Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-03
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

will be held in Fitchburg MONDAY. The
business session will be- held during tie
day. An open meeting Will be held In
the evening in G. y. X. hall.
Carriage shipments from Amesbury- last
month show IN increase over thos. OF
January. 1871. Several Of the fl;aDlfae-
turers have more orders ahead than la
several years past. a..d tfc oiticok K
tor an Increased business oyer 5li
Col. Addison 4. Hosmcr Of Washing
con. ID. g.. ctcd Suddenly. Saturday. OF
apcpleNy at the horne OF his yon. Edward
). Husmcr Of New York He was III. sou
of Gen. +. Mason Hosmer Of oakdalc.
Mass, where u. was born. Feb -, iS..SS.
Judge Cantrill at Frankfort. Ky. Sat-
friday, overrulcd the motion for q new
rial in the Jim Howard ease and sep
fenced him to Imprisonment for life. All
'ruer was entered transferring Howard
to Georgetown for safe Keeping pending
an appeal.
~ report has reached here from west
ern Corca. wires tho St. Petersburg cor
respondent If the London Daily Mail,
that 2,o Chinese Boxers have crosseu
The Corcan frontier and plundered scvet-
Al towns. the inhabitants Of which fled.
The governor has asked for military az
sistancc." -
BY an explosion of a dynamite cartridge
At Lincoln, y. H.. Saturday. Henry Rid
He lest an arm and an eye and received
other injuries which will probably cause
death. He is married and employed On
the new highway In Lincoln. ana was in
he act OF blasting a rock when the pre-
mature explosion took place.
kazarimer Greblawsky.. aged SO. of
Bartlett Place. Was admitted 10 the
Massachusetts General Hospital. Satur-
day, suffering from fractured skull.
The accident occurred ut . Bartlett Place
and Was caused by his slipping at the
mead Of fight Of stairs and falling into
the basement, striking on his head.
The striking dyers of the Hartford Car
pet Corporation at Thompsonville. Ct.
nave voted TO remain on strike Indefinite
~. More than 800 hands are now idle,
while the corporation employs about 100.
The strikers demand the reinstatement OF
a discharged dyer and an advance In
wages from l2r. cents an hour TO Is cents.
John Higgins. horse trainer for viii
liam G. Whitney. sailed for London frosn
New York. Saturday. on the Minnehah.
He had a severe chill half an hour before
the steamship sailed, and doctor deciaf-
that ne might be able to give Mr. Whit.
ney's' Derby candidate. Nasturtium, his
personal attention.
c. c.. IIarz, a prominent North side ~
srym.n at Chicago, was shot and. killed.
Saturday. by Edward Coughlin, one of
mis- drivers. Coughlin was captured and
admitted the. shooting. The shooting re-
suited from n dispute over 81 which
claimed was due him. AR. fIarz
$ said 10 have been The largest cab own-
n in Chicago. and his estate is feputed to ,
W worth SstV.ls0 -.
George W. Burgess, aged g. was fatally
injured BIZ being caught in the. shafting
Y the Lowell machine shop at Lowell,
Washing when his clothing was caught in /.
he shafting. He was whrled about a.
of times before the machinery
'ould he stopped. He was removed to the
corporation hospital and lived until noon.
lie came from Preston. Que. where his
PARENTS live.
James Caffrey, Go. q farmer who has
'een living alone at his home out on the
ide of Green mountain. near Clnremont.
'. H., was found dead in his house, Sat
rday, by Christopher Caffrey, a nephew,
Who had gone to hunt foxes on the noun
ain, He was lying on a couch with his
ead hanging over the side when found.
IT, was partly dressed a lighted lantern
eing on the floor near him. fi
Mrs. Elizabeth Watkins, an octogena-
ian, met death in the Stratford avenue
re at bridgeport, CT. Saturday. The
ramo structure occupied and owned by
avery Bros. liquor dealers and grocerS.
ias damag ed to the extent Of 5000 Mrs
Watkins. aged 81. occupying an uppe-
cor tenement. was smothered by smoke
efore help could reach her. Other occu-
ants barely escaped. The fire was caus-
] by q cigar thrown into pile of saw
ust on a lower floor.
Brook Curry, through the Lexington.
W.. TrottinS Association, has issued q
ountry for Il stallion representative
weepstake race, 3-year-old. $500 per en-.
", three heats In five. to meet Il get OF
ilent Brook by Dark Night during til,
ctober meeting at Lexington. Tod.
relatess, oxford Boy, Eldrud, patt!c
NTH, Chesko and many other fast colts
i'll be eligible, and II Is expected that
'e purse viii be worth between 5000 and
60
In the district court ut Gloucester. Sat-
rday. William Morson, who was found
the act of rlnlnE a safe In the building
6. X. Corlcss, Rogers street Thursday
ght, WIS held in $500 for his appearances
fore the superior court on charge OF
eaking and entering and larceny from
building. When discovered by pafruT-
an M.hlman. II. threw his dark lantern
10 pan Of oil and. jumping through
back window. eldcavored to make his
cape. lJc was brought down on Rogers
rect after a hard run.
Thursday was the anniversary Of the
friday of the late Gen. n. r. BANKS,
ID. Saturday the Boston Club celebrated
,rker House Gen. Y. X. Champlin Of
imbridge. presided. Vice Pres. r.
earns Gushing and John e. I:uik. OF
well, also2took turns in presiding. The
eakers were cx-Cioy. Dyer OF Rhode Is
I'd. cx-t;ov. Bracket OF Massachusetts.
d ex-Gov. Boutwell, OF Massachusetts,.
q Col. Henry .. Kent Of New Hamy-
ire. They all dwclt on the life and
reer of Gen. Banks. ealogiziDS him
,hly.
Patrick Coffee. aged As. married and
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