Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-06-19
NEWS NUGGETS.
Drought by the Wires From t..
North. East. South and We,


There was a blaze in tha phoso.
Curry CO.'S wood working f,ctor,, a.
Amherst N. s, Tuesday. and tho ,oss
was $4,000.
\. Nj. Rogers, the agent of tho JJ,t+;a
and Lottie was judged not p.i,tw az ~,
smuggling immigrants by Commissioner
Clifford al New BEDFORD MaSs irmelS.,ei
and was discharged i''3''' ;
The death is announced at I.ondon oe
}. ID. Barbour. head of the firm Of
Barbour q Sons, thread manufa ctlrers
of Peterson, n. j.. and Ireland.
Five hundred employees of the keystone
Golliery It Hudson, near WlIkesbarre,
/ pany "dockod the outside men for tho
time the beakcr was temporarily ont of
use
The La Plata river firm of Weingren
& CO.. with offices at Hamburg. have
! failed, with liabilities amounting to be-
tween 100000 and 1900, 600 marks.
II. X. Brent, Sd L., has been appoint-
ca treasurer OF the Harvard Union Tor
! the next year by tho horse cornnittae
/ He will also be graduate manager Of am
\ letics next year after the close Of The foot
ball season.
Emperor William has ordered the
squadron commanded by Prince Henry
of Prussia to proceed to Cadiz to meet
the German squadron returning from
! China.
The old Putnam house on Revere street
Revere, Mass. one Of the landmarks OF
the place. was Quilted by fire Tuesday,
resulting in Il loss of 5000. 1t is not
known how the fire star ed as all the
lower floors were ablaZe when discovered
Special dispatches from Hoissen. Sax
ony, say that three Italian Anarchists
have been arrested in the Senfteuburg
Miru. on evidence that they had been
connected with Brcsci in the assassination
of King Humbert The three Anarchists
were delivered over to the Italian author
tiles.
The Japanese consul at Nick Tho. Corea.
reports that the recent mission troubles
. at the island of Quelpaort. at the en-
I trance of the Yellow sea. We're caused
by native converts. These persons SO eX-
/ asperated the other natives that the lat
ter surrounded them and killed 40 of
| them. The foreign cruisers are still nj
QGelnaort.
Ms. Ellen Common Of y West street,
Holyoke, Mass. was badly burned,
| Tuesday morning. her night dress
catching fire while She was lighting her
kitchen fire. She was removed to the
House of Providence hospital and is in
critical condition.
Fire. Tuesday, destroyed lnrge
portion Of the business section Of
Greenville, s. c. The destruction OF
the Western Union office has rendered
communication impossible. 1t was
learned over the Southern Railways
wire that no lives were lost
\ gift Of Sln00o0 from business man
who's" namc is % he kept secret WAS an
Northampton Mass Half Of this amount
is 70 bc used for the erection Of new
buildinE and the balance for the cndnw
mcnt fund. This gift is conditional up W
the raising Of an equal amount y trus-
tee Of III" college has already contributed
$luCU.
c. ". Prince. viii Prince and Bert
Prince father and brothers Of Lulu
Prince Kennedy. We're. Tuesday. at
Kansas City. indicted by the grand
jury as accessories 10 the murder of
Philip H. Kennedy. for which Mrs
Kennedy was found guilty, last Satur-
lay.
the creed revision committee ap-
pointed by the last general assembly
of tNe Pr, sbytrrian church at Phila-
delphia met at Pittsburg, Tuesday. be
hind closed doors With a full attend
ancc Of members. 1t is expected that
the committee will be in session all
The week
Barre, VT. narrowly escaped a serious
Cnufia grafton. early Tuesday. 10y the well
directed efforts Of til" city fire depart
mcnt NJ one time nine buildings were
on fire bit the total loss. il is thought,
will not nycccd $1,000. Tho loss is nearly
covered by Insurance. The armnry build
ing. dancing pavilion. and Morse Il Jack
sons wood yard We're totally destroyed.
The first two buildings were owned by ..
H. Hale
Henry NJ. MaCilton. a once famous
4 acrobat. is dead at Philadelphia. He
was 20 years of age. i'y 4 fan in the
London Alhamhra in 1859. MaGilton
sustained incurable spinal injuries.
Magilton'S speciality was that of n
monkey. ana he was known as "Jocllo.
the brazilian Ape"
The elegant new lodge room and Ma
soric building of George II. Taber
Lodge of Fairhaven Nately Concordia)
which has been erected at cost of
$4,000 by Henry II. Rogers. and pre-
scented to the lodge. was dedicated.
Tuesday. by the grand officers for Mas
sachusetts with elaborate ceremony.
As 4 consequence Of the action of The
young men of the senior class of Wesley
an University in passing a resolution de
barring the female members from sitting
with the class at the class day exercises.
the secretary of the faculty said. Tues
day, that the WISH OF the majority ot the
. class will probably l." acceded to and that
the young ladies will not have seats on
the platform for the exercises. The ac-
ton of the class is an outgrowth of SINH
lar agitation, last year.
Capt. Sylvester G. Griffin of the
fcrryboat Mauch Chunk, and Abraham
Johnson. the pilot of the wrecked fer
ryboat Mortified, We're held by Cor