Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-30
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Lorenzo Rohr. editor of the Evans
vile. Ind. Morning Democrat, is dead.
He formerly was connected with sew
eral metropolitan newspapers.
1t was announced, Wednesday, that
the budget for the city of New York
City for 1903 would be $97, 119,031, a de-
crease of 81. 5OO.569 from the expenses
for 1902.
1t is said that Stewart & Mensies of
Glasgow and Lloyd & Lloyd of Birm-
ingham. two of the largest steel tube
firms in the United Kingdom. have
amalgamated with a capital Of $1,000
600.
After binding' and gagging the town
marshal of Gardner H.. Tuesday night,
five masked men entered the Exchange
National Bank. blew open the vault
and escaped with $4,000. Gardner is 65
miles from Chicago on the Alton road.
II is announced at Los Angeles, Cal.
that shippers have agreed not to for
ward green oranges to the East. this
season. even though the first shipments
must be delayed two or three weeks.
Formerly shipments were rushed out
in order to be the first on the market.
Old Tabbey. chief of the Uintah
tribes. as far back as the memory of
the oldest inhabitant runs, is dead near
White Rock agency in Utah. aged 104.
He was in the early days friend of
Brigham Young and did much to pre-
serve peace between his people and
the whites.
Eighty pounds of opium. worth $1,000.
which Il Chinese steward on the coast
survey steamer Gedney, will be charg-
ed with attempting to smuggle from
Victoria to Seattle. has been seized
aboard the cutter by customs inSpec-
tors. A cOuversa ton heard by Sec. of
the Treasury Shaws young son, Au-
gust. on the Gedney led to the dscov-
cry.
A story of mutinous conduct on the
part of the crew and the leaving of the
mon on one of the Ladrone islands is
brought back to San Francisco. by the
bark Gay Head. The whaler sailed
from San Francisco nearly year ago
with a crew made up largely of Chile
ans and Mexicans. They became surly
and disseminated and We're left at
Guam and their places were filed with
Ladrone islanders.
The steamer Capital City. operating
between Olympia, Tacoma and Seattle.
and the small Canadian freight trader.
Capt. Parsons. which was bound from
st. Eveston. r. c.. to Tacoma. with a
cargo of canned salmon. collided, Tues
day night. off Dash Point. The Capt.
tai City. with passengers aboard. had
big hole stove in her port side. She
filled rapidly and barely had time to
run for the beach where she sank.
DR.. Ernest Lederle. president of the
health department Of New York City.
has called meeting of house physi-
clans in all hospitals and dispensaries
to formulate plans for the eradication
of trachoma. Il contagious disease Of
the eye. commonly known as "granu-
lated eyelids.'' DIR. Lederle states that
is per cert. Of the school children in all
the borOughs have trachOma and that
10 per cent. should be at once operated
upon to save their sight.
The whaling schooner Altaire, which
has arrived at San Francisco. from the
Arctic. reports having sighted the
schooner Olga in a gale off Herschell
island. The Olga was nowhere in
sight when the storm passed and fears
are entertained for the vessels safety.
Capt. MOgg says he landed at Banks
Land. which was discovered in 1880 by
Explorer Perry. The signs on the
beach showed that the island is full of
reindeer and moose. He probably is
the first white visitor there since the
discoverer sailed away.