Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-11-02
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Captain Harry W New ton Who MAS
with Funston IN tLc clptAr, ~ A-UiulI-
%. Was presented with Il hlu,l-nn, sword
IN u" citizens Of West Superior WiS
Thursday night
Nm explosion Of gas IN II" Parrish minv
~ Wilkrsbarrr. Pa Thursdat. tatnn.
burned Michael Scr"fSh dnd Walter Os-
kaNag" miners. and seriously injured a
driver boy. ThcmIHt Wa badly damd., /
Harley. the cx-maracrr Of the Rank
Of l:ritiSh North America branch AL Fred
cr!' kton. who was ary, SEA 1T iIaIif.tN.
n =. has been released from custody
y Is understood that S't--' has been made
good ~ relatives.
government dry dock at tn" P!Ect Spund
nay ward undergoing repairs 10 her keel
"hich Wis severely strained when Sh.
ran on thc rocks som" months ago. 81.
VIII be given general oVcrhauiing amt
painting.
MI n" factories included in the Nm, 81
lean Window Glass ~ ana th.. ludrpcti-
dent ,ii,s@ 80 1T Hartford c{ty. Iuh
numbering nearly ~ rlarHs ana reprr-
Sti'inS ~ PCT cent. Of tn" total capacity
~ ihc nit"d States. resumed, Thursday
giving employment to lI.pn men vh,
nav" been i'll" since last May
Tho failure Of T"plir 4 Er"okS bankers
and brokers. Of n Congress street. I:ns-
ton. was announced ON the Boston Stock
Exchange. of which they were members
Thursday. Tho firm consists Of g. r
T"piiT ana G. H. Brooks II is stIppoer.
"" dccltn" ~ .AmalGamat"d copper had
something to DO with the tmburrasSm. M
Fir" started in the business confer III
Wheeling. ". Va. Thursday afternoon
aud promises to be one oi me worst con
haErati"ns in III" history of the city. Tn.
ir" started III III" VIII ColviE hIilding
ana II was entirely d"stro. r,i. The. flames
then spread TO WORKS millinery building
and tn" Morgan building adjoining anI
several other buildings are threatened
Thomas J. Harvey, formerly 4 rro-
srtm seller a. ne Fan American Expo
Siti"h. attempted. Wednesday night to
shoot William j. Mclaughlin. with whom,
h" boarded. The bullet went wide Of m"
mark ana lodged in the hand of an IN
dian named Charles brave. who stnnd
nearby. Harvey then shot himself in the
mead: inilicting a wound which caused
his Death. Thursday. Harvey had been
drinking heavily.
John Rogers. William L">l rx-Coun-
Gilman Alfred N"wmarch and "x-E"pre-
sentative 7. \. Winsloc. VII" wcr, arrest
"d III Boston. Wednesday, night On tho
charge OF being implicated in Tho frauds
OF IN" Republicans caicuScs in Ward Il
o. mat city were arr'igncd before Judg.
I'"lStcr in the RoXbury court. ThIrSd:i,
morning. They pleaded not guilty and
We're held in $lt" for u hearing Nov. l.:
i'all was furnished f"r all except wis.
loo" who expects to secure it.
\ Young negro named Theodore Boon
~ Wilkinson county. Georgia attacked
Mrs. Danchcrty. Wednesday. She cscap =.
cu MN and ran to the house, where she
Sciz"d revolver and prevented his IN
trance. Her cries aroused ncighbors and
l'o"th fled to the swamp. Posses with
dogs ar" now in pursuit of him and his
capture is expected. since h" can be rradi-
~ identified. Mrs. DauGhcrty was no;
personally injured. Booth haze been
reared by the Daughcrtv family
The first inn,rt.n, s,,n
breaking M William G. Whitncy's racing
establishment at Heath House. Newman
kct. Eng. the sale. Thursday. Of IL
of his racers. The Mount Vernon INV
fetched tn" best price. 600 e,1Iincas Wa
yer shed. the winner OF WedncSdav's
CambridScshirc stakes for which MIR
nitney paid go Suneas. brought go,
Guincas. Holst"in was sold for 81
Suincas. Convamore for go guincas. tn.
ShlOGolcth filly for $40 rtincaS DeI..ccy
for $50 suneas. and Lake Ward for ~,
Guineas ="
General Gillespie, chief Of engineers
said. Thursday. at Washington. that an
error WAS made in his office in maxim,
up the estimates for river and harhor
works for III" fiscal Year ending Jane ~
lM'. and Incorporated in in rs report
According t" the original figures thes,
estimates aggregated about $1,000 0po
whereas in fact the estimates totaIIoi
$.o."@,o@,. The error occurred in pivir"
u" total estimate of rivers and on,;ttin,,
m additional estimates for harhors tn
Individual estimates in the annual r,nort
hf1 correct. the only error being m,,ic
IL IN" statement of th.. Yotal Thu, oSti
mate ct $n."".'H' Is eNclusiye of the es,i
mate of -. '".WG for works under r,n
tinu!n@ contracts.