Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-07-04
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought By ths wires Fren the
North, East. South and West.

The directors Of the Boston Stock
Exchange, Wednesday. voted to close
July 4. and 6.
The steamer Hating at Vancouver
from Skaguay. brought $3.50, 900 in gold
dust and nuggets.
Count Won Walderseee. according to
special dispatches to the Berlin Lokal
Anzeiger. has arrived at Batavia. Java.
Dion Boucicault. the actor. and Irene
Van Erugh. the actress, were mar
ried quietly. Wednesday. at Buxton.
Eng.
The Bourne mill at Fall River.
Wednesday, paid the oath consecutive
semi annual profit sharing dividend Of
3 per cent. on wages earned by the help
from Dec. TO- 1900. to June s, 1901.
Mrs. Elizabeth Boeringer. who was a
member of the royal household as a
companion to Queen Victoria for sew
eral years from lS40. died at her home
near Goshen. N. Y, Wednesday. aged
81 years. .-.
The cotton mills of the Nashua &
Jackson Cos. at Nashua, N. H.. closed,
Wednesday. until Monday next. The
shut down was decided upon to give
the employees a short vacation and re-
lief from the high temperature.
Gov. Crane, Wednesday, issued a
pardon for Henry l.. Gregory Of Pitts
| field. Mass, who has served two OF a
three years term at the State prison
| for forgery. At the time of his SEN
| tence, Gregory was a man OF public
| influence.
The Seattle Post Intelligencer says:
1T is understood that negotiations
We're completed whereby J. p. Morgan
& Co. will acquire the Northern Pacific
Cos. Oriental Line. 1t is thought
probable that an absolute sale Of the
line has been made to Morgan & Co.
John d. Smith. the colOred man who
killed Patrolman Garrett ]. Cody at
| Arlington, Mass. Tuesday. while re-
sisting arrest, was arraigned in the
district court before Judge Almy at
Cambridge. Wednesday. charged with
| murder. and had his case continued
| until July II.
The fire which started in the Metro
politan Coal Cos. stables at South Bos-
ton. late Tuesday night. practically
| at that point. including coal sheds and
Mharves. burned several small build
ings and the barge Buenavista.
Twenty valuable draught horses also
lost their lives and the total loss is
estimated at 100000.
A special from Champaign. H.. says:
| Champaign and Urbana were flooded.
| Tuesday evening. as the result Of what
is thought to have been a cloudburst.
The deluge lasted two hours. The river
which flows through both cities over
flowed it's banks. inundating the uni
versity greenhouses and threatening
| the home of President A.. s. Draper
and the campus. Champaign business
men have lost thousands of dollars
worth of property.
The Dwight & Chicopee Cos. closed
their cotton mills at Chcopee.
| Wednesday, for the rest of the week.
The large amount of surplus stock on
hand in the storehouses does not make
it necessary to run the mills on full
time. Between 200O and 5000 employees
will be thrown out of work tampOr-
arily. The carpet mills at Thompson
vile will also remain closed next week.
| lie WeStIeiu Ildte SO VI 1 lnOfnpSoH-
vile. closed its works for 10 days.
| Striking freight handlers in the rail
| road yards at East st. Louis now num-
ber 1865 men. 800 clerks having gone
out in sympathy. OF this number 600
are drivers of transfer wagons who
went out, today, in sympathy. Not
wheel is moving around the freight
sheds. and 5000 freight cars are wait
ing to be unloaded. Many of them are
loaded with fruit, vegetables and other
perishable goods. Deputy marshals are
guarding the Vandala, because the
property is in the hands of the courts.
| The victorious Cornell crews. to-
gether with Coach Courtney and Mr..
and Mrs. Freddie" Colsen. arrived in
Ithaca, n. Y, Wednesday afternoon.
They were received with one of the
greatest Ovations ever seen in Ithaca.
The men were carried on the shoulders
of the crowd to several large tally hos
headed by the Ithaca Band and pro-
cession of students. A parade formed.
At the Ithaca Hotel at banquet was
held. All the crews We're in the best of
condition and Courtney was the idol of
the hour.
| Rev. Greenough White, late profess
sor of ecclesiastical history and polity
| at the. University Of the South. was
found dead in his room at Sewanee.
| Tenn, Tuesday. He had taken his life
during the night by drinking carbolic
acid. Prof. White had been mentally
unbalanced for some time, though he
had long periods of lucidity since his
trouble first manifested itself in Bos-
ton, 10 years ago. Recently his cOndi-
tiOn became so bad that his resigna-
tion from the faculty was necessary.
Prof White wanted to plead his case.
but this was denied him. last week.
i Arthur c. Train. assistant in District
Attorney Philbin's Office and depOsi-
tor in the Seventh National Bank, be-
gan suit in the United States circuit
court at New York, Wednesday. against
Forest Raynor. the temporary receiver
OF the bank. Henry Marquand and
Frank B. Poor of the firm Of MarQuand
& Co., and Frank Sullivan Smith. as
assignee of Marquand & Co.. to estab-
lish a preferential lien on securities in
the hands. of Receiver Raynor to the
amount of 1866, He claims that the
securities were deposited by Marquand
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