Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-03-27

trustee, is now in Mexico and that he
| Is prepared 10 return to Bridgeport.
The "Yellows." or non strikers.
worked again, Tuesday, in the mines
| at Montceaux Les Mines, France. un-
der the protection Of an imposing
force Of troops. There were several
small disturbances. The Reds or
strikers. renewed their hostile dem
onstratiCns, but they were cowed by
the bayonets Of the gendarmerie and
refrained from serious disorders.
Freeman H. Brown or Gloucester
defeated David Il. Stewart Of Boston
la a fish skinning contest for a purse
or $500 and the championship Of The
world. Tuesday night. at Boston. Tho
men each had $50 pounds Of sailed
fish to be skinned, cut and packed in
10 boxes of 40 pounds each. Browns
time made a record. AZ minutes. 30 see
ords beating Stewart by 8 minutes. y
seconds.
by the largest stock vote ever east
in the history Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad 20. the shareholders of
that corporation. Tuesday. at Phila-
delphia, reelected the old board Of di-
rectofs ana authorized an increase of
2.
The number Of shares voted was H.
.93 Az, representing 591S per cent.
greater percentage than at any pre1i-
Gus election.
A. w. Hogin. senior member Of the
broker firm Of \. W Hosin d Co Of
Memphis. Tenn. one or the best known
furniture firms in the South. was shot
Monday night. by Doris Noble in front
or the Beale Street Market house. 1t
IS not thought Hogin Will survive. The
woman was intoxicated. Hogin is y
years Of age. prominent in social ana
business circles and has wife and two
chilren in Memphis.
Clarence Crawford. farm hand.
Monday night at Los Angeles. Cal.
mortally wounded Ralph MuIhcrron |
killed W. II. Stratton, prosperous
rancher, attempted 70 kill Mrs. STRAIT |
ton and then committed suicide by
shooting himself four times through |
the chest and once in the head Craw-
ford ~ supposed to have become tenn |
poTarily dcranEcd through a violent in |
fatuaJion for Mrs. Stratton.
IN consequence Of the pressure |
brought to bear by the British consul /,
|
the withdrawal Of the armed soldiers |
guarding the Jamaican laborers en- |
ployed in the construction Of the rail |
road from Guayaquil To Quito, under
the auspices of Mr.. Mcdonald, the
American contractor. The gov
eminent Of Ecuador is making great |
Preparations FOR an expected revolu
tion.
The wcll-knoWn Arab sheikh, Hamid |
FL Din. has again raised the standard |
of revolt against Turkish rule in We
men. one Of the principle divisions Of
Arabia. The village near Monastir
which il was announced. Monday. had
been burned is named kruprik. one
hundred ANA seventy houses in the
place are reported to have been de-
stroycd by the marauders ana a num-
Der If the inhabitants, who are made
up Of Mussulmans and BuIGarians, are
said u have been killed.
1t is expected extensive improve
mcnts will he made this year on the
Mountain Hotel III Field. T.. c.. to ac-s
Commodatc the heavy tourist businesSI
anticipated ny the Canadian Pacific |
Railway because Of the opening of-the I
new resorts in the vicinity of Emerald l.
Lake. where glaciers Of cXtraordinarS
attraction have been discovered. is
said stations cabins and Iookouts viii
ba established at various points, and
rev trails will be constructed in time
fcI the openings of the tourist season..
Albert T. Patrick the lawyer. who is
accused of numbering William NJ. Rice /
the aged Texas millionaire. last Sep
tcmber was given a preliminary hear
ing before Judge W. T. jerome. sitting
US 4 committing magistrate at New
York Tuesday. The charge against |
Patrick is based on affidavits made by |
Charles F. Jones. 4 valet in the employ
of the late millionaire at the time of
his death. and by Prof. Withaus. an
expert chemist Jones was excluded |
from the court room while the witness
was testifying.
New Hampshire is enthusiastic over !,
the prospect that Rudyard kiDling |
may he enrolled in the long and dis
t;nGuished list Of its summer residents.
{. p. Gibson. q prominent real estate |
man Of the town Of Chesterfield. |
Monday. sold through an agent in |
Brattleboro, VT. one of the handsom- |
est residence sites about Lake Spot |
ltfu, III 1ntSltlHt 81. 20 MIS-. \iIituS.
The deed was made in her name. and |
the Brattleboro man acknowledged |
that ne was acting in hec interest. |
The spot chosen is but a few niles |
across country from I5rattleboro.
The first serious accident in the new |
Great Northern tunnel which was |
opened for traffic at Seattle, Wash. |
about three months ago. took place, |
Monday night. and resulted in the |
death of Engineer w. w. Bradley |
from Guffocation from the poisonous |
CasSes in the tunnel Six other train !
men were overcome but recovered |
soon after getting to the open air. |
The train east bound became stalled |
in the middle of the tunnel. The |
fumes of the engine filled the place |
and the men were forced to lie on |
the floor of the tunnel until all but |
the engineer We're rescued.