Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-24

he went " ,tjilid's mother and conf
mitted .sui6lde In her, presence.
4 Five of the victims Of the Singer
Nlmick mill explosion which occurred
|at rlttstprg, Pa. last Saturday llt9fn-
Ing. arc dead. The fifth victim - Will
liam sharp. helper. aged Is yeafs. Of
Eiiiot borough, Who was scalded about
the face. head and body. He died.
early Monday. at Mercy hospital. An
other. Mr.. Johnston, is not expected u
|Iive. - 4
Ii Judge Dunno OF Chicago. Monday.
uunshed the two indictments found
|agatnst John a. Hinsey. former Hecrc.
|tary of the endowment rank. Supreme
J.odEe. Knights Of Pythias. The charge
was that Of making false afsidAvfts and
resulted from the management Of funds
Of the order. Judge Dunno held that
the afi,davits could net constitute per:
jury.
Capweil Allen of Brooklyn. N. r..
and Stephen II. Easton Of Central
Falls, having won In the trial match
held at Providence, last week, have
been selected to represent Brown UNI
versity in the chess tournament to be
held. Dec. 81. at the rooms Of the Man
haitian Chess Club. New York. with
Cornell and the University Of Pennsyi-
vania.
Arbuckie Bros. have reduced the
price Of resned sugar 10 points. The
cut is said to be the result Of over pro-
duction and this means Is taken, to dis.
pose Of the surplus stock. The Ameri-
can Sugar Refining Co. has lowered It's
list prices Of hard grades Of refined SUI
gar 25 points and IS points on soft
grades. b. II. Howell. Son & Co.. are
meeting the reduction. ~.
The brighton. n. Y. post Office was
entered. Monday. by four burglars. the
safe door blown open and about 500 In
money and 500 In stamps taken. The
noise OF the explosion aroused Mrs.
Sylvester Downs. who lives near tho
post office. She went to a window and
vas fired upon by one OF the burglars.
MrE. Downs was not hit but by this
ttinc the entire village was aroused and
the robbers fled. There Is no clue TO
their identity.
The disnembered body OF an un-
known. man was found. Monday morn
int. BY track walker Of the New
York. New Haven & Hartford Railroad
near IIighwcod. Ct. The head which
was severed from the trunk was 20
badly disfgured as to I've unrccogniz-
able. Afterwards searchcrs found the
arms. legs and clothing mile further
along the track. There is a suspicion
Of fcut play aud the authorities are in
a man carrying A dress suit case
party filed with postage stamps. who
was arrested at New Haven, Conn,
is believed by the police to t,s
an important capture. lie is suspected
Vi connection with the recent robbery
of the Chicago post Office. He said his
name was Henry Rantah and that nc
was A resident OF Providence. Postage
stamps " orth about fli5 and a number
Of gold watch cases were found in his
He Is held under bonds Of
l:c0o
B; Tile Montana state supreme cou,t.
reversed. the order made 10y
Judge Clancy Of the district court of
Butte. last spring, on r;oinlng the Bos-
ton & Montana CO. from working the
rotnatche mine. Adolph witzstein. who
claims to own oste- fourth interest in
The mine. but who is generally under
stood To represent r. A. Heinz. secured
lhe injunction. The mine was closed |
and the Roston & Montana appealed. Ii !
r.. nov believed the property will he re-.
worked
During services in the Second Rap
Ast church at Columbus. Ohio. Sun
iay. five women were overcome BY |
fatufa) gas escaping from a heater
rRe gas escaped into the choir gallery.
All were resuscitated and will recover. |
During the services the ianitor. in at |
tempting I" regulate one Of the natural |
gas heaters. accidentally turned the |
ismper the wrong way and the sur
1lus gas escaped. The congregation |
vas dismissed during great excitement |
ind a panic vas narrowly avertcd.