Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-22
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Potter X E.rkha.n- Irs m5crs M TN
New York Consolidated stock and retro
leIm Exchange. have suspended
Manager Goldwaith of the Williams
College track team. has completed ar
runrtments for dual indoor meet be
tween Williams and columbia University.
II ia proposed To- hold The meet, FcD- =,
IN New York city.
Prof. Elisha Cray 81 Chicago. associ-
ated with Prof. Ale: Graham Zen III the
perfection OF the telephone and more re-
Gently prominent IN connection with the
invention Of submarine signalling, died
suddenly, Sunday night, at NewtonFilIe,
Mass.
4. \. Johnston, mayor OF Fargo, y. d.
IS at Copenhagen as the guest OF Mr. l.
: Swenson, the United States minister.
liz, is working up the project Of cmigra-
tiun To the Northwest Of America. Mr.
Johnston viii later 60 10 Sweden, Norway
and Finland.
The Arkansas House spent an hour.
Monday. discussing n resolution extend
ing sympathy 70 the Fillp!nos in their
-'heroic struggle for freedom The reso.
luton was amended 80 as to include The
Beers. hg vote OF - 10 .Jr ana was then
adopted amid cheers
A water boiler exploded in tile bakery
If j. Il. Marin at Ii9 Lowell street, Law
renee. Mass. about y. NJ. Monday. ana
damaged the building TO the amount OF
SlttJ. The bakery ~ On the ground floor
uf q foIr-stCry tenement ana there were
several narrow escapes among the people
living in tho house
About aDl delegates were present when
the fourth annual convention Of the Ma
tiouaI Association NJ Retail Grocers IF
the United States was called To order
Monday. at Detroit Mtch. The report OF
Treasurer Robert X. Floyd Of Boston
showed total receipts during the year
from All sources Of Ss-I; total expenses,
.lg7
The Carbon Steel Co Of Pittsburs, Pa,
has booked orders for 6yO tons Of high
grade Of omen hearth acid steel wire for
ust, on the new East river bridge at New
York. The company took the contract
from Swedish producers. who here tofore
have been regarded as the only interests
able to supply the grade of the wire re-
quired-
County Prosecutor Emley said. Monday,
at Paterson. \. J.. that ne would plac"
George Kerr Ga trial as soon as possible,
for thc murder of Jennie BusSchieter. but
that probably 4 week or 10 days would
clapsc before ii would begin. When asked
when he would move for sentence on Me
Alistcr. Death and Campbell. the prose
cutur minated that the men may not bc
sentenced Until after Kerr is tried
DELEGATES to tho number If 1000 gath
erred at INDIANAPOLIS ina. Monday. III the
annual convention Of the mtcd Mine
Workers uf America. IL was announced
that the conf rcnycs with representative:
Ot the Cu.l noiSting engineers. the black
smiths ana the foremen. resulted in no
agreement President Mitchell said the
whole controversy Will be taken into the
open convention ana decided ~ thc dele
gates
Burglars entered tile Oak Park post
office AT Chicago, through skylight,
some time after miunght Sunday night.
ana with no one Io disturb their opera
tiCns thcy opened between aN0 ANA IN N
letters ana extracted the money they
found therein. The amount taken hIs
not yet been estimated. but il is believed
oak Park citizens lose heavily The ROB
berry was discovered by the janitor. who
found the floor behind the letter cases
piled high with torn mail.
District officer hammond was n Law
renee. Mass, Monday night. and left sum
mons with several members OF The city
government and some of the policemen
appointed ut The last meeting in Drccm-
Der TO appear before the grand jury at
Salem. Tuesday. Ugly rurnors connect
ing two members of the board Of alder
men with the solicitation and receipt of
money from the new appointerS on me
police force have been il circulation ana
the grand jury is to probe these reports
yl,.a I.,.I .F,,