Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-07
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Luxe SANDERS was Managed dt Mdlioi,
Ala, at Hos A. NJ. Thursday, for the
murder of Road Overseer Mullins, last
April.
Prof. G.. n. Brown, dean of the Col
lege of Engineering at the Ohio state
University. died at Columbus, Ohio.
Thursday night of nervous prostration.
In a bout scheduled for 20 rounds at
143 pounds, Patsey Sweeney of Man
chester, N H., knocked out Eugene
Reardon of Little Falls, N. Y, in the
third round, Thursday night, at New
Britain, CT.
An explosion in the Catsburg mine of
the Monongahela River Consolidated
Coal and Coke Co., near MOnongahela,
Pa. Thursday, resulted in the death of
five men. and serious injury of several
others, two fatally.
Gen SalaZar, the new governor of the
isthmuS, has re-appointed SenoreS Ar
jona and Aleman as secretaries to the
departments of state and finance re-
spectively. This action is taken to
show that Gen. Salazar intends to con-
tinue the same policy as was observed
by the late Gen. Alban.
Four United States warships were off
the north side of Jamaica, Wednesday
night. They disappeared, Thursday
morning. The ships were undoubtedly
the United States battleships Kear-
sarge, Alabama, Massachusetts and
Indiana, which left Cienfuegos, Cuba,
March for Colon, Colombia.
The civil service estimates issued at
London, Thursday evening, show an in
crease of 92.S10,525 over those of last
year, including a grant of f1,S0O,0OO to
aid the revenues of the TranSvaal and
Orange River Colonies, 100000 for the
coronation of King Edward and G120,
900 for the Pacific cable subsidy.
The Pope at Rome. Thursday, receiv-
ed number of extraordinary missions
sent to congratulate him on his jubilee.
They all had costly gifts and autograph
letters from the heads of the states
they represented. Emperor William
sent proclaim clock. His Holiness, in
thanking the German envoy, referred
to the friendship existing between Ger
many and the Vatican.
The furious northeast blow which ac-
companied the binding snow storm,
Wednesday night, drove two fishing
schooners to their destruction on the
dangerous coast near Portsmouth, N.
H. The loss of the vessels became
known at daylight, Thursday morning,
when the wreck of the Kennebunk. Me-.
schooner Charles w. Parker was sight
ed on White island. The other craft
wrecked was the Boston schooner Mel
lie Bly,. The crews escaped after a try
ing experience.
The danger af an epidemic resulting
from the conditions following the WISH
tations of fire and floods which Patti
son, n. j., has experienced, has caused
the health authorities to take stringent
measures to prevent an outbreak of
disease. Persons who were driven from
their homes by high water will not be
allowed to return until their houses
have been put in proper sanitary con-
dition. Several cases of contagious
disease have been discovered in the
flooded district and these have been iso-
lated In other sections of the city.
Tom Couhig of Buffalo, received a
well earned decision over Matty Mat
thews at Hot Springs, Ark, Thursday
night. after 20 rounds of hard fighting.
In the third round Couhig received a
foul blow below the belt, which sent
him sprawlng in the ring. He was in
evident pain. The fight was stopped by
the referee until physician examined
Couhig and pronounced him able to
proceed. At this juncture Mulligan an
nounced that another foul committed
would cause the loser to forfeit not only
the battle but would give his part of
the purse to a charitable institution.
From this on Matthews had no possible
chance for victory. He received no less
than six clean knock downs, each time
taking the count.