Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-17

IL, President Harris announced several
sHts to Amherst College at chapel.
Monday. The donations include one of
*oo'oVo TO the endowment funds, the
names of givers not being revealed;
$500 to the scholarship fund Of the
current year; $500 for cases in the APP
pleton cabinet. and 500 scholarship
from the class of 1900.
John Henning. brother of kid"
Henning Of Pittsburg. was held, Tues
day. by a Brooklyn magistrate for the
action of the court of special sessions
for participating in prize fight in
which Kid Henning and VIM. Dom
nelly OF Brooklyn fought about a week
ago. Donnelly was also in court. but
secured an adjournment.
1t was announced at New York.
tuesday night, that Archbishop Lewis
OF ontario. and his wife would proba
bly sail for England on April 20. They
will go to their town house at HYDE
Park. London. and later to a summer
resort. The archbishop has recovered
from his attack of pneumonia and slf-
fers now from heart trouble.
| Gov. Dockery of Missouri, has vetoed
the compulsory education bill, entitled
An act to enforce the constitutional
right of every child in the state to an
! education: to provide for truant or
parental schools and attendance officers
! in cities of 10000 population or more,
and to prohibit the employment of
children during school hours"
George Dixon, the ex-champion light
| nd h
liam (Sun) Ash. were arrested at the
Casino theatre, Lawrence. Mass, Tues
day, charged with promoting a boxing
exhibition. Theodore Flowers and
William Robinson, the managers of the
theatre. were also placed under arrest.
charged with maintaining a boxing
exhibition.
The police of the High Bridge station.
New York. believe that in the disap-
! pearance of an Italian they have Il
most promising clue to the mysterious
disappearance of Willie Mccormick
and detectives were engaged, Tuesday
night. in searching the Italian quar-
tiers for that Italian, who disappeared
at the same time as the boy. The par
ticulars are not given out.
I iSiHS4V -HoiINys ~ years WAS
found in bed at her boarding house at
Boston. Tuesday. She came to Boston
! n week ago from Jackson, White
Mountains. n. II. For years she was
housckeeper of the Eagle Mountain
house, one of the popular summer re-
sorts. She had not been i'll and mys-
terry. which the police are investigat-
ing, shrouds her sudden demise.
The joint conference of the miners
delegates and the block coal operators
at Brazil, Ind. Monday night. resulted
| in a complete victory for the miners,
the operators conceding the miners the
| right TO buy powder in the open mar
| ket According to the agreement last
years wage scale will be in effect I'M
til Oct. /. when the day men will re-
| ceive an advance of Is cents per day.
A committee of prominent physicians
in this country has been organized for
the purpose of collecting money to add
IL the Nirchow fund. This fund was
established in honor of DIR. Rudolph
| NirchOw, the famous pathologist, who
since 1856 has beeen the director of the
pathological institute Of Berlin. The
fund was founded in 1891. when he
completed his 10Th year, to enable Kim
to facilitate scientific research.
J. Warren Luscomb. one of the best
known of Salem's mariners. died at his
home in Salem. Mass. Tuesday, of
heart disease. Mr.. Luscomb had COM
manded the Mindoro. Taria Topaz and
the Panay. large Salem vessels. and
during the Civil War served in the
navy. He was an assistant assessor a
member of the G. A. r., Salem. Mar
inc Society and the Masons. He was SO
years of age and leaves a widow.
The St. James parochial school on
Harrison street. Haverhill, Mass, a
three-story structure of Il rooms, was
destroyed by fire. early Tuesday morn
ing. The cause of the fire is unknown
but it is believed to have started near
the boiler in the basement. The loss is
estimated at $50. 900. covered by insur-
ance of $4,000. The alarms were
sounded as the fire threatened the
thickly settled Vehement district in the
immediate vicinity.
/ In the race for the 42d New Market
biennial stakes (of % sovereigns each
with 500 sovereigns added, for 3-year-
olds, over the Rowlcy mile) at the New
Market Craven meeting. Tuesday. VIM
c. Whitney's bay colt Volodicoviski
which has been a great favOrite for the
English Derby. badly disappointed his
admirers by finishing third. The win
ner was Col. II. McClamonts bay colt
st. MacLou. Arthur James bay colt
Magic Mirror was second.
A combination Of umbrella rib manu-
facturers has been completed and tn
new company. to be known as the Ma
tional Umbrella Frame Co. will have
headquarters in Philadelphia. There
| are only six firms engaged in the man.
ufacture of umbrella ribs in this coun-
try and their aggregate production
amounts to about $1.O00,000. The six
| firms are r. d. II. Redmond & Co,
James Conway e Co. the Joseph
| Barnhurst Co. of this city. the Amerf-
can Manufacturing Co, New York,
Winter & Ball Manufacturing Co. Jer-
sey City and the Rib Manufacturing
Co, Shelby. Ohio.