Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-04-13
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

A special dispatch from Hong Kong
says two Chinese steamers came into CO.
lisions, Thursday. between Canton and
WI Chow, and that 70 Chinese were
drowned.
Chairman Walker of the Atchison. To-
rcka 4 Santa I'c Railroad died Suddenly
at his lcme in Now York. Friday. ~
days +. Walker was born in West Rut-
land. Vt, in lSi2
Col J. q. McCook. United States consul
for the klondikc whose dangerous illness
was announced in Dawson adviccs. z few
days ago is reported dead by The White
Horse Tribdnc of April 4.
Col F. r. RiGbv. a weIl-known Chicago
real estate dealer and one Of tn" charter
members of the Union Lcacu" Cub, died.
Thursday night. aged - years. His estate
is variously estimated from $yr,0oo to s.
Wo.tm.
The British ship Eme. outward boun'I
from New York for CulcutIa. which had
Two Of her crew taken "f Thnrsday, q
passed out. Friday, in tow of Il tug an!
proceeded, ON her voyage.
Tho Duac ami Duchess If cornwall ami
York landed at Columbo, Ccyiou, Friday.
and were accorded an enthusiastic recar-
ton. While the receptions were in pro-
crcSs wndslorm swept over Colum3o
and . number of natives were injured
near the royal pavilion
y special ia tn" Euffaio. n Y. News.
says: While G. Nj. Simm"nis, the barrel
ma lllt lCf Irtr OF NJ una. Win MS ltllillN
was attending a performance ut the OPP
era house. Thursday night, burglars cit-
tered his house and stole S1G9 in G"l J.
Simmunds distrUstcd banks.
The London Daily Express pubIshcS tn,
following Dispatch from Vienna: Tho
MosIers1 porulation of Adachaic island.
near tho iron gat" of the Danuhc. re-.
bcllcd The troops were called out bus
mot with rnucil resistance. SiXteen Mo-
lens were killed ana - others wounde J.
John Alh9rt Sfoog. tn" Il ioC"d counter
fci;cr. who shot himself twice at New
York, Tuesday night, while being pur-
| sued ard was later taken to Bn'icvuc
Hospital, is suffering from paralysis of
the right side. Ills condition is serious
and the hospital physicians DO not think
he will recover
The prince and princess Of the Astutia 7.
who have been at Nadrd since their mar
riagc, started for SaraSossa, ThurSd Y
night on their wedding tour They will
also visit Lourdes, the Riviera, farit,
Rome and Vienna, and expect I" return
to Madrid about the middle of May 70:
King Alfonso's birthday.
The United States torpedo boat de-
Stroycr Golsborough left Seattle. Thurs
day. for Tacoma. Saturday morning. Snc
will make her last otiiciai trip over a y
knot course. Thirty knots an hour IS tn,
speed required Of her, but her builder;
| believe that she viii 10 at least Il am!
| possibly Il fraction more.
Hunt Bros Co.'S fruit canning plant a.
! stroycd by fire. The conp1ny'S boaTdinI
! house and 81 cottages, % OF which We
| owned by the company. the liant frhi'
warehouse and 2o0o eases cf fruit. were
destroyed. Six fruit cars We're also con
sumcd. The loss will exceed $l2',o",
The New York Herald says: 1t is now
a project of the officials Of the Unite
States Steel Corporation to so INTO iht
| insurance business on behalf Of the con-
| many The corporation. il is expected
| viii insure its own property against fire
and create an accident insurance depart L
| mont also. The plan is to establish a
| sinking fund for these purposes
| A huge mas of snow and rock swept
| down from the mountain near AdClaid n
Col, on the Florence & Cripple Creek
| railroad. burying work tram and Kill
! ing three men and seriously inJurins foni
| others. The men were clearing up the de
| bris of an earlier slide when tha scconJ
avalanche swept down the mountain sid:
| and buried all but Supt. Rockwell.
! william II. Gorham of Dover. mil
| operative. dropped dead az his boarding
| place at Salmon Falls. N. H.. THURSDAY
! nf heart failure shortly after leaving tho
breakfast table lie was about 4: year.
! 81 age and unma rried. German had Lcsi
! in tho employ of the Salmon Falls MfS
; Co for about eight months German Ia.
served in several branches of the ci:y
government
The San Francisco Examiner says
Vessels bound from this coast TO chineSt
| and japanese ports must carry ezra i'll
| stlrancc and have been put on a wa
risk basis. This means heavy additio,
to the usual rates of insurance an! COME
in the class as special hazards. Tie res,
son for this decision on the part Of III
marine underwriters is the strained reia
tioaship between Japan and Russia.
James ". Gerard, attorney for Coun- il
man Stewart NJ. Rricc of New York wn
was. Thursday. sentenced to Jail and fine
for cc.!tc mt Of court for failure TO ODE