Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-20
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The Servian cabinet has rendered it's
resignation.
John Woodward, a negro murderer,
was lynched, Wednesday, within $40 yards
of the parish prison in Nidalia, La.
Hon. T. .. Reed is on a three weeks
cruise in West Indian waters on H. I'll.
Rogers yacht Kanawha. Mark Twain
was also one of the party.
Capt. Joshua James of the Point Aller-
ton life saving station at Point Allcrtoh
Mass, dropped dead of heart failure,
Wednesday. while drilling his men.e ~
Capt. w. b. Phillips. a prominent seas
faring man and a 32d degree Mason, die,l.
Wednesday, at Lynn, at the age of a
years. He was. first secretary of the Col
den Fleece Lodge, f. & \. NJ, and of the
Chapter pnd Commandery.
Geo. w. Woodruff. the falnots Yale
athlete and coach of Pennsylya IA s loot
ball team is to locate in Chicago. Wood
ruff will accept the position OF sseefctary
in a manufacturing concern. sFpr NUM-
Der of years Woodruff has been ranked
among the foremost football coaches of
the world.
The London divorce court has granted
the Countess De La War; a-dccfee, pro-
viding for the restitution of per eonjasai
Counsel for the countess of mdet unhap-
| Ply family relations since 1880 eand said
| that last June the respondentsleft the
| family mansion and had not s40ce lived
with his wife.
The trial before a secular courtspf three
| officials of the Vatican chargdA with
| thefts from the Vatican treasurssaggra-
eating $4,000, commenced, wednesday al
| Rome. This is the first time thEVati-
can has had recourse to n secular tri-
bunal La Patria asserts that altosether
| 81, $50, 900. mostly the Pope's personal prop
erty, has been embezZled.
King. Edward has set the custom of
snuff-taking which as a result promises
llagNrr-
ough House dinners a Georgian silver
i snuff-box once used by the prince regent.
| is handed to His Majesty at the beginning
| of the dessert while the ladies are still
| at the table. The King helps himself
| literally, sharing his pinches with ia
| vored guests
A loss of $4,000 resulted from fire at
West cry, n. H., Wednesday. which de-
stroyed the old Norton block in the CEN
| ter of the town. The building was owned
by \. II. Morse. In the upper StorieS
| were tenements and on the lower floor
was a furniture store and q barber shop.
| The Baptist church, situated nearby was
| saved with great difficulty. The insur-
ance on the building was $50.
There was some excitement in the sec
| ond chamber of Parliament at Stockholm.
| Sweden, Wednesday, owing to a demand
made by Adolf Hedin, a Liberal member.
| for the impeachment of the minister OF
| finance Count Hans Wachtmeister. The
grounds for the impeachment which were
not announced. were delivered to the
President in the sealed envelope. The
| matter was referred to the executive
committee.
The Wexford worsted mills at Wick
| ford, r. L., owned by the estate of the
| late Gov. Gregory, were badly damaged
by fire. Wednesday, and will probably
| have to be shut down for several days.
| The fire started in the picking room, pre-
sumably from spark caused by nail
or some other metal substance getting III
l, a-sxr
were damaged by water before the fire
was subdued. The mill agent declines to
estimate the loss.
An investigation at ST. Petersburg OF
| the report published by the Paivatchti. Il
| Finnish daily newspaper of Calumet
Mich, of the assassination Of Bobrikoff
the Russian governor general OF Finland.
who was said to have been shot three
times by soldier while alighting from
a train at st. Petersburg. and who was
alleged to have died from his wounds.
Feb. IA. shows that Gov. Gen. Bobrikon
was transacting business at Helsingfors
the capital Of Finland, March IA.
Harry and Walter Content, stock brok-
ers, secured a temporary Injunction from
Justice Greenbaum of the supreme court
at New York. Wednesday. restraining
the Metropolitan Street Railway Co. from
leasing its lines to the Interurban or the
Metropolitan Securities Co The argu-
ments will be heard. Friday, by Justice
Gildersleeve. Stockholders will vote,
Thursday, on the lease. Camille Weiden-
field and Parker w. Chandler Of Boston,
are associated with Messrs Content.
Death Wednesday, relieved the suffer-
ings of Amos d. Perrin, the Birrillvilie
r. l., citizen, who was assaulted in the
house between Glendale and Tarkiln in
that township, Sunday night. Albert
Dixon. the self-confessed assailant, VINO
is in the Providence county Jail, now
stands charged with murder. The two
men quarreled and came TO blows in Dix
on's house. Dixon claims that while Per-
rim was striking him over the head with
an umbrella he defended himself with
stick of wood and inflicted blow which
split Perrins skull. Burrillville officers
found bood-stained axe and have been
working on the theory that this was the
implement used. The defendants house
keeper, Julia Rankin. over whom the
trouble is said to have started, denies
that an axe was used. Perrin was 20
years of age and Dixon is about IS.