Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-29

Miss. The details of the shooting are
| not known. but the report said it was
accidental. E
seven miles south of Superior, Neb.,
has been dynamited and robbed Iof
$3.50 in cash. The robbers dug heie
through the stone vault large enough
10 admit a man. and then blew open
the steel chest which contained the
money. They then escaped.
The Cornell University register shows
that the total number of students in at
tendance to date is $685., gain of 17s
oyer last year. This year there are $50
professors. instructors. etc, an increase
in the teaching staff Of 80. Forty-six
states and is foreign countries are rep
| ress llted in the student body.
The suit against j. r Morgan
brought by Harry Nevelson Of &1few
York for the alleged failure Of. THE
financier to provide heat in an apart
INERT leased by Nevelson has been set
tied out Of court. Mr.. Morgan's agents
promised that there would be an ample
supply of coal in the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
In room filled with gas from aspar-
tally opened jet. James Chandler, =.
was found dead in bed at a92 Shatemut
avenue. Boston. Friday afternoon, from
asphyxiation. 1t is thought that
Chandler dropped asleep while reading
ana that the fame WAS extinguished BY
the reduction of pressure at the gaso-
meter.
Judge Samuel J. Clarke. who led~an
overland expedition toCalifornia in 1873
and is said To have been the last sur
vivlng member of the first Legislature
IT that state. died. Friday. at Geneva.
n. Y. HI was born i'm New Haven. ~
yeor ago. and was graduated from the
Vale Law School. He served :is judge
81 tho court Of bankruptcy.
Il. ". Gable, for many years chair
man nf the Rock Island beard of fiircc-
tors. has resigned end has been elected
chairman of the executive committee.
ID. 9. Reed has been elected chairman
~ the b,arC ~ directors. Mr.. Cnbi.
has long desired To tighten his work
and the change WIS made "a his re-
quest. He u now 20 years old.
The first official trip Of n car over
the new line from Haverhill to Boston
in The Eoston a. Northern Street way
system. was made. Friday afternoon.
by officials of the company, members
of the Haverhill city government and
town officers OF Andover and North
Anlover. The line will open, next
week. AMI very soon ears will run d.
rect to Boston. . f VIA
The 5000 railway freight handlers lof
Chicago whose strike, last summer. in
a. ell Of
ior three days. are preparing to de-
mand more pay. The railway clerks
organization Is making similar prep
ar; tons. Negotiations between the
clerks and freight handlers are in pro-
ercss. 1t is said that the two organiza-
tons will take concerted action.
The directors of the Connecticut state
prison have decided 10 recommend IN
their annual report the parole Of NE
prisoners who have served - years ot
their sentences with the understa n,lnS
that such parolc power shall he, aver
cised by the board Of pardohs with
great caution. The Legislature viii be
| asked to pass q law erbOlyinG the
recommendation.
Mrs Mary ]. West. widow, 80 years
l. VI dSt, WIZ itNCN alOtc III q tShNA'>'."
on Harrison avenue. Boston. WIS
burned to death. Friday afternoons, M
fire. it is supposed being caused bY an
overturned lamp. An occupantRof a
lower. tenement snelied smoke and go
King to Mrs. Vests room found irsr
dead on the floor. There was but lite
fire and it was easily extin2ulshtn
| Rev. n. b. Naylor performed mar
riaye ceremony. Thursday night, W
which five couplesgwere united. says.f
special to the Chicago Chronicle frogn
Armstrong. Mo. The brides and bride
grooms formed a circle around the min
lister and with clasped hands took ne
vows They beleRged-ts atriniof'ias
club and had agreed "a be>Varried at
the same time and by the k4hae min
lister. MN
Associate. Justice Jacks&1 TdpPf 0t
the supreme court of Calfforria. s9rti\ads
lin San Francisco. He was born fsin
Massachusetts. Aug. II. 1877. IN lsos.
he went to California and had. served
with distinction as judge Of the DIS
trict and superior courts, He was'tnree
times elected to the supreme bspcn.
Justice Temple had a beautiful nome
lat Santa Rosa. where the widow anu
i..l. .~sxI