Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-16
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Col. VIM. a. Rafferty, of the 9Th Cav
airy, died at San Felipe, Luzon. Sat
urday, from injuries sustained by a
fall week ago Monday.
Gov. Beckham of Kentucky. Sunday.
directed Atty. Gen. Pratt to proceed
with legal proceedings to stop the Nc
Govern-Corbett fight at Louisville.
Information has been received at the
war department that c. F. w. Nicely
has instituted proceedings in New York
to recover the $4,000 which was found
on him at the time of his arrest in
Cupa.
The countess Bon Martini, wife of
Count Bon Martini, who was assas-
sinated at Bologna. by Tullio Murri
Hisbel, has been arrested on the charge
of completely in the murder of her
husband.
The story of q member of a thrash
ing gang near Newaygo. Mich. Of
throwing Il boy into the machine. where
he was ground to nieceS and after
ward being lynched. proves to he a
falsehood.
The BRUSSELS Soir says that the con-
dition Of Marie Henriette. the Queen
of the Belgians. is hopeless and that
King Leopold will probably be Obliged
to shorten his visit at Bagneres-D
Luchon. France. in consequence.
The force of native constabulary
which has been in pursuit of the Rio
band of irreconcilables in Taybas
province. Luzon. has killed Is and cap
tlred - of the bandits. The constabu-
larry suffered no losses whatever.
Elisha Marston, who died, Friday, in
Center Sandwich, n. H., at the ad-
vanced age of 101 years and days, was
without doubt the oldest man in the
state. He enjoyed excellent health I'M
til within few days of his death.
Captain" Bio. a leader of ladrones
in Bulacan province. Luzon, who was
guilty of 30 murders and who has been
IN outlaw for years. was killed by the
native constabulary. last Friday. Bio
was surrounded but refused to sur
render. He was then shot to death.
Destructive storms ragged in many
parts of Germany. Saturday In Sax
ony the temperature sank to zero and
Il hurricane like wind unroofed many
houses and injured d large number or
people. The damage is estimated at
millions of marks.
Geo. Lutz. engineer Jas G. Dooley,
fireman. and Walter Weber, conductor,
were blown out of the cab of a loco
motive which exploded on the Pennsyi-
vania Railroad just west of Jersey
City. Sunday. Lutz was Killed ana
The others seriously scalded and bruis-
tlsng.
been discovered.
Samuel II. I;abcock. 81. a wealthy
New York banker and stakeholder in
the Commercial Gable Co.. dropped
dead ut T.cnox. Mass. at I =. NJ. sun
da,.. while walking or Mainstreet,
from ,hc I.erox Club to his home. The
cause was heart failure. Two of his
daughters live in LenoX and one, Mrs.
William z. Dixon. lives in Pittsfield.
II is not definitely known whether
the postronement OF the hearing of the
Plus fund case between Mexico and the
United states before the arbitration
court at The Hague. which was. Situr-
lav regarded as not impossible. will
be necessary. but Mexico does not ap-
near 10 be oali,e ready. 1t has been an
notnecd that the court viii open Mon
dag. Sept. l..
Warrants charging Reed Burt. 35
wears old. and his niece, Grace F..
Burt Is years old. of Saugus. with
the larceny of $40 from a boarder in
the house where they lived are in the
hands OF Chief of Police Thompson
Burt has left wife and small child
in the town. who are wondering where
he is at present. The father and mother
Of the girl are almost Frustrated al
the disappearance of their daughter
Reed Burt and his brother Henry lived
in the same house on Chestnut street
East Saugus. and kept a boarding
house. Both families were intimate
and tbe wives and brothers worked
together. Miss Grace Burt. who is i
student at the Saugus High school
was the special favorite of her uncle
Nothing has been heard of the tive
since Aug. 20.