Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-10

Two men lost their lives and two
boys narrowly escaped death during
fire which communicated from the
subway to the mailing and press rooms
IL the cellar of the New York Times
building at New York City. saturday
afternoon. The dead are John Daily
and William Mccormick. The boys.
who were partially suffocated. and arr,
nov in the hospital. are John Powers
and Myer Fishbone. The men and
boys We're overcome by smoke i'm
small room used for mailing purposes
in the front cellar. close to where the
fire started. The fire originated in the
explosion of a gasoline lamp.
Nicholas Hyperion. town marshal
of Independence. KY, was shot and
killed, Saturday. by William Rice. :,
farmer Rice had come to town intoxi-
Gated and carrying a shot gun. The
marshal arrested him and ,iisarmed
him. but later gave him his gun when
ne was about to leave town. In few
minutes Rice returned and dared the
marshal to arrest him. The marshal
advanced to disarm him again, when
Rice fred and the marshal fell mortal
ly wounded. He fired three shots at
Rice. however. each shot striking.
Hopperton died in Il few minutes
Rice's wounds are said to be mortal.
senior Quesada. the Cuban minister.
Saturday. had n short interview with
Secretary Hay at Washington, regard
ing treaty between the United States
and Cuba. Only the general subject of
treaty was discussed. Mr. Quesada
has received Instructions on the sub
iect. but before entering into negotia-
tons awaits further directions from his
government. There are expected daily.
and probably would have reached
Washington, Saturday, but for the non
arrival 9fIhe les2tii2r mail from Cuba.
due Saturday. Mr.. Quesada awaits Il
report from Consul General Zayas at
New York on the matter of the Cuban
children at Ellis island before acting.
Christopher Willis of Bath, ". Y,
Saturday. shot his sweetheart. Mary
Ferguson. also of Bath. through the
head then turned the revolver and put
three bullets into his own body. He
died instantly and she survived him
only half an hour. dying in the hos
pital without recovering conscious
ness. the tragedy was the outcome of
a lovers quarrel. Both were students
at the State Normal School at Geneseo.
When the police arrived at the scene
of the double crime they found the
bodies of the couple lying on the grass
plot in front of the house where they
fell The girl was only is years old.
Next Tuesday would have been her 18th
hi n
T.. Is. Armstrong. private secretary
to Secretary Shaw. Saturday. at WASH
ington. said there was no political
significance whatever in the fact that
button was being widely distributed
in Iowa. bearing the portraits Of the
President and Secretary Shaw. The
buttons, he said. We're prepared at the
time Of the proposed visit Of the Pres
ident and Secretary Shaw to Dennison,
Iowa. the secretary's home town, dur
ing the Presidents recent trip through
the Northwest. which was unexpect-
edly terminated at Indianapolis. They
were prepared without any thought of
political Significance by a non-partisan
citizens committee and were to be
given cut as souvenirs OF the occasion.
Tt,ctiN i N'rttr7 ana Efo1es cf
Boston. Who aie fii.~eti -~'l" t',e
Weinberg murder, left Baltimore.
shortly before 2 p NJ. Saturday. II ~
thought that they did not secure any
new information. though they both
visited Rabbi Erettcnheimer and pr.
Wolf. who Is a brother-in-law of Mira.
Weinberg. Their inquiries Of the two
men were confined strictly to the early
life of the murdered woman. The de-
tcctives will stop off at Philadelphia for
a few hours. and will then go on to
Boston. Mrs. Weinberg lived in Phi'a-
tieirhia previous to July. 1901, and had
SIS in n bank there. She closed the
account and received the money a few
days before she was murdered.
In the midst of all the stress of his
parliamentary labnrs. oct asioned by
the bitter fight against the education
bill Premier Balfour found time to
write 4 letter TO d gofing paper against
the Standardization Of golf balls which
has been so keenly debated since the
introduction OF American rubber
cored balls The premier declared he
had viewed with great apprehension
the Introduction into golf II 50 great
q novelty as that Of the STANDARDIZED
ton 81 the implements used BY play
ers.'' Such standardization, he con-
siders. could not be restricted to the
balls. and he thinks il "a pity to de-
gtrcy the unlimited freedom Of seIec-
tor which among all games belongs.
go far as know, alone TO golf