Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-29
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The Toxic correspondent of the Lon
don Daily Express cables that over 200
soldiers have been frozen to death in
northern Japan.
Queen Alexandra is again slightly in
disposed, owing to a cold which has
caused a postpOnement of King Ed
wards return to London from Wind
sOr.
The Commercial hotel, Phillip Man
del's marble cutting shops, and a tene-
ment owned by A. II. Tower, was burn
ed at Lyons, N. Y. Tuesday. The loss
was $4,000.
Calvin A. Black, a Chicago travelling
man, fell over a banister in a hotel
stairway at Wichita, Kan, Monday,
and was killed. His home was in Som
erville. Mass.
Gen. Frederick Funston arrived at
Kansas City. Tuesday. from San Fran
cisco. He will continue on to Lola.
Kas.. the home of his parents, for a
brief visit. He appeared in good
health.
At Il meeting of the stockholders of
the Arlington cotton mills of Law
renee, at Boston, Tuesday, it was voted
to Increase the capital by the issue of
$500,000 new stock. making the total
capital stock $4,000, 900.
John F. Maloney, lawyer of Juneau
who arrived at Seattle from Alaska, re-
ports that Mush Creek to the interior
from POrcupine is rich. He says the
diggings will yield $25 to $50 a day to
the man. The creek is y miles long
and auriferous it's entire length.
w. r. Bristow of Meriden, Conn,
who was at the Murray Hill hotel, New
York, at the time of the tunnel explo-
sion, Monday, and who received scalp
wounds and cuts of both hands, is in
st. Vincent's hospital, not seriously in
jured. He was improving, Tuesday
morning.
More than 4 score of lives were en-
dangered by a fire which burned the
Mansion house at South Auburnham.
Mass. early Tuesday, but all escaped
injury. although some did not have
time to dress. A dwelling house near
the hotel also was destroyed. The total
loss is placed at $4,000, with partial
insurance.
Sir Thos. Fitzgerald. an eminent sur
geon of Melbourne, who was honored
with an appointment as consulting sur
geon to the British army in South
Africa some months after the breaking
out of the Boer war, is at San Fran
cisco on a visit. He says that fevers,
due to bad water, cause more deaths
in Snnth vi he or ha
Beers.
Baron and Baroness Moncheur have
arrived in Los Angles. Ca, direct from
the City of Mexico. The baron, who is
Belgian minister plenipotentiary to
Washington, was married 10 days ago
in the City of Mexico to Miss Clayton
daughter of Powell Clayton, United
states ambassador to Mexico and now
is touring the coast on his wedding
trip.
Two hundred employees of the Boston
Ice Co. at Wellesley, Mass, struck.
Tuesday. for 9-hour work day and 50
a day wages. The men who are cut
| ting ice state that the firm has not
| terated them fairly, particularly with
regard to handling the ice cutting ma
'fllltS. Hty cIalnl tnat Wnen the ma
chine has to be stopped for half an
hour in order to place it in another po-
sition. the firm has taken note of the
time the men Were idle, through no
fault of their own, and deducted it from
| their wages at the end of the week All
| Of the men have received their time
slips and will go to Boston to be paid.
Former State Senator John Fay of
California. died, Tuesday. of Bright s
disease. aged "a, at New Brighton, s. I.
Mr.. Fay was born in New York City
| During the gold excitement in 1S49 he
went to San Francisco and engaged in
mining enterprises in which he was
successful. He was prominent i'm poll
| tics and was elected city supervisor of
San Francisco and afterward a menu
Der of the state Senate. Mr.. Fay came
East about six weeks ago, to visit his
sister. Mrs. John Scott of Clifton, S. l..
and his brother, p. II. Fay of the New
York firm of Fay Bros, soap manu-
facturers. A week before his death
when he realized that his illness might
terminate fatally, he said to his sister
| that he wished his body cremated