Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-23
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The Yale boating authorities have
declined the invitations received, las,
week. to row ut Henley and at the
Irish meet in Dublin.
The United States battleship Indiana
left Kingston, Ja., Sunday. for La
guayara. Venezuela. The German
training ship Moltke is now at Kings
ton.
1t is said upon good authority al
Iserlin that the German government Is
preparing for military action against
Venezuela in order to compel a settle
ment OF German claims against that
country.
Mrs. Elizabeth Dale, who was held in
custody at HobOken hospital, pend
ing the result of an investigation into
the death of her 5-year-Old daughtes
Emmeline. was released. Saturday, on
$1,000 bail.
In the district court at Wichita,
Kan, Saturday. all cases against Car
lie Nation and her saloon smashing
colleagues We're dismissed, the supreme
court having decided all important
points at issue.
dispatch from Vienna to a London
news agency says that at the Vienna
Jockey Club. Saturday. Count Potocki
lost E100.O0c ($5o0,00O) during three
hours card playing. Count Pallavicini
won most OF the money.
The headless body Of an unknown
man was found lying upon the inward
track of the Providence division of the
Consolidated Road at RoXbury cross
ing, Saturday evening. The police be-
lieve it TO be IA case OF suicide.
Former President Kruger of the
Transvaal was, Saturday, at Utrecht.
Holland, presented with purse of 10,-
900 marks by the Rev. Mr.. Schaeffer, a
Protestant clergyman of Remschied,
Rhenish Prussia. The money was SUBJ
scribed as Christmas gift to the
Boer children by the children of the
Rhine provinces and of Westphalia.
Three cases of smallpox were report
ed to the board of health at Boston for
The "a hours ending at 9 A. NJ. Satur-
day. They were: Married woman, 6S,
nurse. vaccinated in childhood East
Canton street. city; married woman. 81,
vaccinated in childhood Gold street,
South Boston: married woman, dress
maker. vaccinated i'm infancy A street
South Boston.
Finance Minister Fielding of the Do
miniOn government, telegraphed to Mar
conf, Saturday. from Ottawa, offering
him. in behalf of the Canadian cabinet,
every facility for erecting wireless tele-
graph stations on the Nova ScOtian
sos hoard kiyoo n
ing propositions. assuring him that
there is no obstacle in the way of his
out his experiments in Cana
dian territory and inviting him to Of
tawa to discuss the matter.
Fire. Sunday. wrecked a five-story
building on Reade street. New York. |
doing damage to the extent of 81. 1000 |
The building was owned by the estate |
Of Thomas Vernon. Among the occu- |
pants were Vernon Bros. & Co, paper |
the Baldwin & Gleason Co., |
printers on celluloid: the Standard !
Water Meter Co.: VIM. P Atkins. |
printer: the Tension Envelope Co.: |
Hunt. Catty & Co.. lace pa
oers. and Theodore Ricksecher Co.
perfume.
At 6.55 A. NJ. Saturday. two of a bat
-ery of five boilers used to operate the
sheet Inill at Singer -Nimick's West end
)lant of the Crucible Steel Co. of Amer
ca. at Pittsburg. Pa. exploded with
crrific force. Seven men were scalded,
NO of whom will probably die. one
,adly cut and 20 or 80 others slightly
burned. This is the third disaster of
similar. character which has hap
,ened in that city within - hours.
Three more Of the workmen who were
ictims of Saturdays explosion ut the