Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-12
NEWS NUGGETS.
brought by the Wires From the
North. East. south and est.

4 fatal case of bubonIc plagu- has
occurred in the suburbs of sydney. y.
:. W.
The main building of the University
of Wooster at Wooster, O., burned.
early Wednesday. Loss Sl9o,Or0, insur-
ance. $4,000
John z. Redmond, Thos. O'Donncll
and Patrick y. McfiuEh. Irish Nation
alists, who came 1" this country To So
licit subscriptions To the United Irish
League sailed from New York. Wedn-s-
day for Europe, on the Oceanic.
Charles f. Fitcham teller "l the First
National Bank " Eall~t"u. y VI. WAS
Irraieacd III Ills home Y cdueSiay. before
United States Commissioner DAVIDSON.
an charges which ailrgc h. misdprro-
priated Sl".'"r ri ;he bank : funds \
plea of not guilty wt~ entered ard s.
animation Was waived. liaU WaS .N"i
It S5'"". which III lS expected Will h'
furnished Fitcham remains l.l In hcd
+. q. St.inmann, said 10 be the lead
"f The New York jewrlry firm of +. q.
sitcinmann & Co, committed suicide ~
Chicago. "Wednesday, by cutting MS
throat III the office OF the National
Stamping 60. Steinmann was 3S yca.s
old. But 4 few moments before his
death he had been laughing and joking
with business acquaintances.
An attempt was made. Tuesday ni-hj,
to wreck west bound passenger train
on the Erie Railroad near Lima. ohio.
Two heavy ties were placed on the
track. The engineer discovered the ub
StruCtion but was unable To stop his
train until the ties had been showed
~ "A |;r,. nF H.,
engine was derailed but no other dam
age was done.
The difficulties between capital and
labor are assuming ageravatinE pro
portions at Ruba Pest. Hundreds oi
unemployed persons paraded. Wednes
day morning. shouting down with the
bunkers.' They made such Il threaten
ing demonstration before the National
club and Social clab buildings that the
police We're obliged Ia charge and dis
perse them. Numbers of arrests were
made.
The city council Of South McAllster,
|. T.. granted a franchise to several
Chicago men for an electric railroad eX-
tending from South McAlliatcr to Nc
Allister, krebs. AlderSon. Carbon and
Haileyvile. !. r. The line viii be about
30 miles long and will connect South
McAllister with All the mining towns in
the ChOctaw nation. Work is to be
commenced within six months and the
line completed within IS months.
The plans for the new Westminster
bridge at Victoria. l.. G., for which the
government is calling for tenders. have
been seized by the collector of Gust oms
for duty. They We're prepared at Kan
sas City by Mr.. Waddell. the bridge ex-
pert, and the collector contends that
they are liable to $4,000 in duty The
plans of the Puget Sound Bridge and
Dredge Co. for the proposed bridge at
Point Elice, were seized for the same
reason. The provincial government is
appealing to Ottawa against the action
Of the collector. The amount Of duty
claimed on the plans from the Seattle
, Co. is $3.50.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed in the office of the secretary of
state at Sacramento, Cal. for the
Grand Trunk Western Railway. The
principal place of business is given as
Detroit. Mich. The directors are: c. NJ
Hays. f. W. Meddaugh C. Percy. F..
II. McGugan. J. H. Muir F. W. Cotter.
! Capital stock. $600O.0O9 The articles
show that the Port Huron 4 Indiana
Hallway and the Indiana & Illinois
Railway have decided to consolidate
under the above title There has been
talk of the Grand Trunk striking for n
; Pacific coast terminus and railroad men
think this may be step toward that
: end.