Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-21
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

strel. who during his professional ca
reer appeared in nearly every state in
the country, died at his home in Bos-
ton. Sunday. from a complication of
diseases. He was So years old.
Major S. w. Pcessler, in charge Of
the river and harbor work for Port
land, Me, district, in his annual report
to the chief of engineers, submits the
following estimates for the fiscal year
1904: Breakwater from Mt. Desert to
POrcupine island, Bar Harbor, Me-,
$50. 600; Kennebec river, between Gar
diner and Augusta, Me, SAL 900
Edward Burgeuil, aged 3, son of John.
was fatally burned at 10 Common
street. Lawrence, Mass, Saturday,
death resulting at the general hospital,
Saturday evening. The child's parents
are Poles. AS near as could be learned
the child was asleep in cradle, and
the bedclothing was set on fire by an
older child who was starting a fire in
the kitchen stove.
While the handsome steam yacht
Duquesne, Capt. James G. Butler of ST.
Louis. was on her way down Long Is
land sound. Saturday, one of the tubes
of her boiler burst, severely Scalding
the chief engineer, j. Il. Allen; the oiler,
Hiram Farnham, and his brother, Isaac
Farrham. the fireman. The injured
men We're taken on board the oyster
steamer Commander and taken to
South Norwalk. They are now at the
Norwalk hospital. A tug lowed the
yacht to New York.
Wolfe and Cassidy of the Lowell
team of the New England League.
were arrested at Whitinsville, Mass.
Saturday. by deputy sheriff from Lo-
well. charged with the larceny of
sweaters and suits owned by the Lo-
well Baseball Association. Both men
were taken to Lowell at the close of
the Whitinsville and East Douglas
game. Cassidy played with Whitins-
vile. as did also Bernhardst and Flick
Of the Cleveland team. The arrest
caused great excitement.
1t is officially announced that there
have been SO cases of cholera and so
deaths from that disease at Moucha,
near Assioot, the principal town and
capital of Upper Egypt near the Nile.
1t is further announced that 107 cases
of cholera have occurred at Assisoot
half OF them were fatal. Assisoot has
Il population of $4,000. 1t is the
largest and best built town south of
Cairo and is an important military
station. 1t IS also known as Assiout
and Sioot.
Vassili Verestchagin, the Russian
painter, who was commissioned TO
paint a picture of the battle of San
Juan for President Roosevelt left
Santiago, Cuba, Saturday, for New
York. The painter has completed a
study of the San Juan battlefield, and
the scene of the battle with Admiral
Cervera's fleet, which will probably be
masterpieces of war painting. Verest-
chagin was much annoyed by the I'M
founded reports of his dangerous i'll
ness, which distressed the President
and very many of the painters friends.
Homer. the 7-year-o son of Forest
Duke of MarShfield, VT. was accident
ally shot Friday evening, with a %
calibre rifle. The bullet entered the
boys head below the left ear and he
died two hours after the accident. The
boy was playing with two other lads
about his own age. They were so
frightened by what had occurred that
they did not give the alarm for nearly
an hour, during which time the wound
ed boy lay by the roadside, his head in
pool of blood. He was partially con-
scious when found. but was unable to
tell before he died how the accident
occurred.
The New York Times, Saturday.
printed the following from Louisville,
Ky, under date July IS: Negotiations
are pending for the sale of the Louis
vile Commercial and the Louisville
News to Chicago capitalists. An OPP
ton on the properties was secured by
l.. D. Sampson of Barbourville, for
merly a Chicago newspaper man. 1t
is claimed that both papers can be
bought for $780, 600. The publishers are
at war with various factions of the Re
publican party in Kentucky and the
property has greatly decreased in
value. Mr.. Sampson has not announced
The names of the Chicagoans inter-
eSted.