Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-09
NEWS NUGGETS.
Drought by the Wire. From, .,.o
North, East, South and West

Commander John E. Pillsburv has
been ordered to command the Par;ria
Three young men were drowred
Monday in the Missouri river nea,
Murfreesboro. Ark. while attemntine
to cross in a leaky boat
During the foot ball practice Of n,
Harvard freshman team, w. PhiIIins
%. had his collar bone broken in a,
end run. Phillips prepared for co,lec,
at Worcester Academy.
Baron Saingaren. the Carlist leader
who is now in Paris. discredits the re-
ports from Spain of the imminence OF
Carhst uprising. He says Don Car.
los at present favors peace. IT,
Ten contractors signed the new seal,
demanded by the clothing operative.
who went on strike at Boston, Tuesda,
morning. and 20 more, employing in al
some 500 hands, are expected to sign
Wednesday.
Clarence II. Mackays Heno. secont
choice at 3 to |, won the rich Matror
stakes of 100000 at Norris Park, Tues.
day lie made most of the running an6
won cleverly from VIM. c. Whitney.
Yankee. the futurity winner.
Native reports asserts" SAYS a dis
patch to the London Times from Simla
that the accession of Habib Ulla
Khan has been officially announced at
Jalalabad and Bakka and that the an
nouncement was received quietly"
a foot and a half of rain fell at Gal
weston. Texas. during the last "a hours
This rs the heaviest rain ever expert
enced there. The streets are flooded
and some damage has been caused to
goods on the ground floors of stores.
Charles Snyder. a tugboat engineer
who shot and killed his wife while she
was at work at their home at New
! York. Sept 6. pleaded guilty to muir
der ir the second degree in the supe-
lior court. Tuesday. He was sentenced
to state prison for life.
The President. Tuesday, made the
following appointments: War-Captair
artillery corps. Laurence c. Brown
Malcolm Young. Navy-Clifford II
West captain: Geo. II. Stafford, lieu
tenant commander; Raymond Stone
lieutenant; John NJ. Hidgins. leuten-
/ ant.
John Connolly, who recently sold his
farm near Milwaukee. Wis. for Sl2 900
drew his money from the bank Satur-
day. Monday night. his body wa:
struck by Il street car. 1t is believed
he was given knockout drops and laiC
on the track to make it appear that h6
had been killed by the cars.
The leaders in the six days walking
match at Philadelphia, passed the 20o
mile mark. Tuesday night. The score
of the first y men at 10 P. NJ. was as
follows: Cartwright, 205 miles Hegel-
man. POS: Click. POP Tracy. 1893: Gold
en-. 1856: Hart, 1S4: Day, Ia Messier.
III; Barnes, 1876; Cavanaugh, 159; Dean,
1855; Guerrero. las.
A cross tie placed on the track
wrecked a freight train on the Louis
vile & Nashville Railroad at Wasiote,
near Middleboro. Ky. Monday night,
caused the death of Engineer Shumate
and the injury of two other trainmen.
A man has been arrested charged with
the crime. 1t is said he was an enemy
of Engineer Shumate.
Peter Sterling won the $4,000 Ken
lucky futurity at Lexington. Ky.
Tuesday, in straight heats; Walnut
Hall. second: Hawthorne, third: time
2l3. 2.1l1.: PA. Dan Patch won the
Tennessee, 20S pace, $4,000, in straight
heats. time. 25o1a, 80, 2.o1.4. Captor
won the 2.12 trot $500. in straight
heats. each being in 209A.
There is trouble in the Illuminating
gas circles at Boston and the New
England Gas and Coke Co. Tuesday
announced that it had declined longer
To furnish gas 70 the Bay state Gas
COS. of Boston. The trouble, accord
ing 10 the New England Gas and Coke
Co. is that the Bay State Cos. are il
arrears for gas used.
Harry Trieder and William d. Ly-
ons. who were arrested at New York
Monday. on suspicion of completely il
the murder of the 5-year-old boy. Al
bert Robinson, whose body was founC
in a burlap bag in an area way in tina
city. Monday. was arraigncd IN ponce
court. Tuesday. and discharged There
was no evidence on which To detalf
the men.
California's crack team Will come
East next spring to meet the teams Of
the big universities in athletic contests
and to enter the intercollegiate games
at Mott Haven. In every event WITT
the possible exception of two. the pole
vault and the two-mile run, California
will have a man whose records have
already proved him able to compete
with the best.
DIR. C. o. Smith of Portsmouth. n. H..
was arraigned, Tuesday. in the Eas'
Boston court. for alleged bigamy. Tee
woman whom he is said to have mar
ried in Boston in 1891. when she was
Margaret orange, was present. Smith
waived examination and was held II
$500 for the superior court. According
TO Sergeant Hines of the East Boston
station. Smith admits his guilt.
Lord Roberts. after distributing