Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-06


the grand jury without bail.
Fear of burglars was the indirect
cause Of the burning to death Of Mrs.
Amelia Ericsson, Wednesday, at Chi
cago. Mrs. Ericson's dread of house,
breakers led her to lock and bolt all
windows and doors to her house. The
house caught fire from a gasoline ex-
plosion. Neighbors heard Mrs. Eric
son crying for help, but being so much
delayed by the latter's precautions
against intruders, entrance was gained
too late.
Thomas MaIoney. farmer, 25 years
old. was thrown from his wagon near
Brewsters, N. Y, Tuesday night. and
sustained severe injury to his spine
Unable to walk, after he recovered
consciousness. Maloney crawled 2h
miles to the railroad station at Mill
Plain. He was five hours on the way.
The thermometer was at zero and his
hands and feet were frightfully frozen.
Maloney was one of Roosevelt,s Rough
Rioers In the Spanish-American war.
w. r. Jarrett of TuborvilIe, Pa, adj
vertised short time ago for a wife.
Miss Dorothy Shaffer of Wilkesbarre,
Pa, saw the advertisement and an
swered it. Pictures were. EXCHANGED.
and. Tuesday, Jarrett arrived in that
city to meet her and be married. 1t
now transpires that he is greatly dis
appointed in his lady love. Miss SHAFT
fer did not correspond with the photo
graph sent Jarrett and had an impede
ment in her speech. She is not able to
read or write, and had a friend to write
the love letters for her.
The new schoolhouse connected with
the Church of the Sacred Heart in East
Cambridge, Mass, was badly damaged
by fire, early Wednesday morning. The
loss is placed at $4,000. The building
which is commodious five-story brick
structure. was recently erected at a.
cost of s150.000. 1t had not been COM
p!eted but the contractor expected to
finish the work in few weeks. The
fire originated from an unknown cause,
although it is believed it was due to
steam pipes, for there was steam in
the building supplied by furnaces in
the basement.
The discovery has been made at
Cheyenne. Wyo., that every law enact
ed by the last Legislature which met Il
the bills were not read and properly re-
corded in the lower House. Among the
laws passed and whose validity is now
questioned, were the apportionment act.
the new jury law, and an act licens-
ing gambling. The matter probably
will be referred to the state supreme
court. but possibly the tangle can only
be Strengthened out by an extra ses-
sion of the Legislature. Gov. Richards
is now in South America and an extra
session cannot be called until his re-
turn, about May /.
Joseph Ziegler, the cigar dealer OF
Wilkesbarre, Pa, who broke one OF
Miss Nellie Whites rib while sqeezing
her and then refused to pay the doctor
who attended the young lady. has set
tied with Miss Whites attorneys and
the case will not reach court. 1t is I'M
derstood Zeigler consented to pay not
only the doctors bill. but the attorneys
fees and all costs in connection with
the case. Miss White refused to accept
any money. She says the suit would
not have been brought in the first place
had not Zeigler torn up the physicians
bill when 1t was sent to him. 1t is said
that when the bill reached ZeiGler he
thought 1t was joke.