Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-10-15
NEWS NUGGETS.


John O'Brien, superintendent of the
erecting shop of the Richmond Loco
motive Works AT Richmond. Va, was
instantly killed by stray shot. Satur-
day.
The elections for all officers except
President will be held in Cuba, Dec.
p next. and that for President will
take place Feb. "A. Cuba's national
holiday.
The Hudson river steamers Mary
Powell and Dean Richmond collided in
heavy fog. saturday between Milton
and Marlboro. y. y. Neither boat was
seriously damaged. and no one was
hurt.
| Two field hospitals have been estab
| ished at Peshawir, a strategic point
| on the Afghan frontier of Punjab In
! dia, as Il precautionary measure In
case a British force should mobilize in
| Afghanistan.
| As IA result of a quarrel at a dance
. in Lane. in Pottawattomie county.
/ Kansas. Saturday. two men We're
| burned To death. one is at the point of
death from an injury and another is
hopelessly insane.
Two large silver shields Of very
elaborate design We're shipped. Satur-
day. from a factory at Meriden. Conn.
to st. johns, y. F.. to be presented by
! the citizens of Newfoundland to the
Duke of Cornwall ana York.
WieN Congress meets Senator Fora :
ker VII introduce a bill to pay Mrs.
! Mckinley 4 years salary. $50. 600 on her
. late husbands account. following 4
precedent established in the cases of
Presidents Lincoln and Garfield.
Miss Genevieve Hecller is the cham
pion woman golf player of the United
States. She beat Miss Lucy Heron Of
Cincinnati at Short Hills. ~ j.. Sat
urday. in the finals of the open cham
pionship al the Baltusrol links up :;
to play.
John Black. a wealthy rancher, resi-
dent OF Gallatin Valley. Mont. died
Friday night. with symptoms of NOR
phine poisoning. His wife and hired
man are under arrest charged with the
crime. Black is said 10 have beer
worth so U00.
The six days go-as- you-please race
at Philadelphia. came to an end. Sat
urday night at 1923. the survivors
having raced 1+2 hours. George Tracy
of Undertook. y. Y. finished first.
covering 500 miles. $500 was divided
among the first eight pedestrians.
The Ottoman students in Paris who
are generally secret agents Of the
Turkish government. have telegraphed
TO the Sultan demanding the immediate
payment of their allowances. Other
wise, they threaten to launch an agita
tion which will endanger the throne.
Mrs. Lizzie Charpentier and Miss
Rosa NORM. two young women who rar
away from their homes in Nashua. y
H. recently. and for whom the police
Of the neighboring cities have beer
searching. We're found in Manchester
. y. H. Saturday. and taken to th-iI
homes.
\ change has been made in the cable
rates 10 the Yukon by the Dominion
government. which heretofore have
been - for a minimum Of 10 words
The future rate is to be 10 cents PEI
word. The press rate, heretofore So foi
100 words. has been made 81 per 100
words
\ mob Of over 100 people took q hand
In the street car strike at Scranton
Pa. saturday. on the West Side. and
burned in eftigy General Manager Still
man and Claim Agent Dyer. who is in
charge of the special police Of the com
pany. Five arrests followed the riot
and the parties will be given a hear
ing, Monday.
! William s. Peckham. cashier of
Dowie's Zion Bank. Chicago. formerly
treasurer of the school board of La
fayette, Ind, has refunded 1898 re-
tanned by him as interest money be-
fore his conversion to Dowiessrn. In
letter Peckham explains that he
thought at the time he was legally en-
titled to retain the interest
Judge Morris Of the United States
circuit court at Baltimore. handed
down his decision in the Russian su-
gar bounty cases, Saturday, upholding
the action of Collector Stone in levy
ing an extra tariff duty of 20 cents a
hundred pounds on sugar imported to
Baltimore from Russia by Robert f.
Downs, a commission merchant of that
Il city.
The celebration. Saturday. at Berlin
| Of the SOth birthday anniversary of
Prof NirchoW attracted prominent
men of science from all parts of the
| world. The newspapers devoted col
umns to his eulogy, reviews of his life.
instances of his remarkable vitality and
incessant work, referring to the fact
that he only allows himself four or
five hours sleep daily.
In the cupola Of his dwelling at East
| vile. Mass. Saturday, Fred G. Luce
killed himself by cutting his throat
with Il knife and then using a shot
gun. the charge going through his
! chin 1t is thought that depression.
| due TO a physical aliment. was the
/ cause. Mr.. Luce was well known in
Cottage City. where he conducted
! planning mill. His age was 46
/ At the age of 20 years. Martin DAILY.
i retired grocer of Jersey City. was ad-
judged guilty by a jury in the Hud-
son county circuit court. of having
tfifed with the affections of Miss E.liz-
abeth NJ. +. Aird. AS a balm to her
wounded heart the jury allowed her
damages of $50. Miss Arid had insisted
that by backing out, her Eray-haired
lover had wrecked her life and happi-
ness. Her suit was for $25. 900 dam