Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-03
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The Duke and Duchess of Fife onen-
cd the Glasgow Exhibition. Thursday
afternoon. The weather was fine and
the town was beautifully decorated for
the Occa sion.
The establishment of f.. S. PercivaI
e. Co.. % New street, New York. do
ing business as brokers, was closed by
the police. Thursday. on the charge
that it was a bucket shop
The Glover Club of Philadelphia.
Thursday. gave n banquet in com
Alexander X. Mcclure from active
journalism, after busy career of IS
years.
Starvation and typhus are increasing
among the village population Of Ecs-
sarabia. Russia. Seventy per cent Of
the farmers Of that district have lost
al their horses and have no seed for
the spring sowing.
Placer claims in the new Wyoming
oil fields are being filed at the rate Of
$50 a day. The field covers nearly all
of the southern part of Uintah county
Several hundred claims have been filed
by the Standard Co.
Miss Philis Rankin. daughter Of Nc
Kco Rankin. the American actor. and
Harry Davenport Of Edna Fays Co.
a brother Of the late Fanny Davenport
were married before the registrar al
London. Thursday morning.
Tie body of the old woman Isabella
Mcleod who was found dead at Rose
Valley. p. +. l.. n few nights ago. has
been exhumcd and what is thought to
be traces OF Strangulation found there
on. An arrest is likely to be made.
The International Conference Of
Charities and Corrections will hold its
2Sth annual meeting at Washington.
May to l. inclusive. John Nj. Glenn of
Baltimore will preside. Secretary Gage
will deliver an address. Many pulpits
in the city. Sunday. May l.. will lie
filled by well-known ministers.
F. Rogers Il Cos stock and grain
brokerage Office at No. IS Wall street,
New York was closed. Thursday. by
Deputy Sheriff Strauss. who served m
attachment in suit brought by Henry
l.. Falco. who sued TO recover SIGH. al
legged to be due for breach OF con
tracts on the part of the Rogers co.
Mrs Josephine White is in jail at
Rrantfurd. Mich, on 4 charge Of hay
ing caused the death of her husband
by strychnine poison, April IA. The YER
diet of the coroner's jury announced
Thursday. said: THAT White came to
his death by strychninc poisoning
which we suspect was administered hy
his wife"
! Father Gregory Logic. pastor of the
Roman Catholic church ut Mountain
View, Cal. positively Unidentified &. Il
| Grin. the suspected murderer of the
Dunham family. as n man whom 1t
| ma FRIED under that name to Miss Nors
Schneider al Pueblo. Col. in 1887. He
had no special knowledge of Grill bu
knew the Schneider family well.
The British steamer bohemian. which
arrived at Liverpool. April 80. from
| Boston. VIII have to go into dry dock
| for repairs in consequence of her stem
being badly twisted by collision
We,inC sday. with the British steame,
Aclnthas. The Acanthas had hole
knocked in her starboard quarter
through which she leaked rapidly.
TIC Turkish mission under Enver
| Pasha. composed of military officers
! and clergy. charged with the establish-
| ment of relations between the Turks
and the Chinese Mussumans. embark
| cd from Constantinople, Wednesday
The delay in the departure of the mis-
| sion was due to Russian opposition
| The scheme is favored by Germany.
| placed under arrest at Portsmouth, n
H.. Thursday night. upon warrant
| charging him with the cmbcZZement OF
city funds aggregating HOO. Moore
was given a preliminary hearing anc
placed under bonds for his appearance
! in the police court. Friday. for a fur
| theI. hearing. DR.. F.. F. Towle and Har-
ry Il. Yeaton furnished the required
| bonds. -
Sir Walter Healy- Hutchinson, the
| governor of Cape Colony, has wired
| the British colonial secretary. Mr.
| Chamberlain, that the total Of deaths
| due to the bubonic plague up to Apri
-, is 2l1. This number includes IL Eu-
ropeans If the reported cases al
Mafeking that have the symptoms OF
the plague are embodied in the repor;
| the total number of cases would be
SO, these including 1876 Europeans.
1t is announced, says a special to the
| New York Times from Tampa. Fla.
that the negotiations which have beer
pending between the American Cigar
CO., a branch of the American Tobacco
, Co, and the Havana American Cigar
CO.. owning the largest clear Havana
factories in the United States. have
been completed in Tampa. All the fac
tories of the latter company will pass
into the possession of the tobacco com
bine.
! Mother Ascension, the last of the ear
~ pioneers at Notre Dame, Ind. diet
| at st. Marys Academy, Wednesday
night, Born in France in 1896
she came to Notre Dame in 1S45
one year after Father Som, the found
er. She was a famous character ant
known in every part of the United
States For the last so years she hat
been known as the mother of mission: