Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-20
NEWS NUGGETS.
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East, South and West.

The Bundesrath at Berlin. Thursday,
approved the tariff bill in the form in
which it passed its third reading in the
Reichstag.
The Hon. John Costigan, will intro
duce a resolution at the next session of
Parliament at Ottawa. Ont, reaffirminS
Canada's sympathy with home rule for
Ireland.
a negro named Scott Bishop is re-
ported to have been lynched near Mar
bury, Ala, Thursday. Bishop, it is
charged, murdered Wade Hacks, a
white man.
Horace L. Hotchkiss, who was Jay
Gould's broker. and one of the oldest
change. has sold his seat and will re-
tire from Wall street after a career of
As years. He has an ample fortune.
Matthias II. Utzler, alias John Brant-
linger, pleaded guilty at Hastings,
Mich. Thursday, of the murder of Mrs.
Robert Garrison. last Monday. The
murder was attended by peculiarly re-
voting circumstances. Judge Smith
sentenced the prisoner to solitary con-
fincment and hard labor for life.
Steamer Boston, which arrived at
Boston, Thursday. from Yarmouth, N.
s., brought seven members of the crew
of the Gloucester fishing schooner
Dreadnaught, which was wrecked ON
Sculpin ledge near Lunenburg, n. S.,
while returning to Gloucester from New
FOundland with a cargo of herring.
Louis Gosselin of Montmagny county.
was found guilty Thursday. at Quebec,
of killing Mrs. Train. who was mys-
teriously murdered Il few months ago.
An appeal will be made on the ground
that certain remarks which Gosseln's
wife had made We're brought in evil
dence against him. The Canadian law
does not allow a wife to testify
against her husband.
Paul Gylbtrom, member of the legis-
lative committee of the Century Road
Club of America. Thursday night, at
Minneapolis. Mimi, gave out the re-
suit of the recent mail elections of Off
GERS as follows: President Fl. A. Lud-
lam. New York: first vice president.
DR.. c. ID. Peck. Sandusky. Ohio: Sec
ond vice president, J. NJ. Miller. Chica-
go, secretary, c. +. Nylander, New
York: treasurer, r. C. Williams, Wash
ingtOn, d. G..
An additional option on 5000 shares
of the Royal Bank Of Canada has been
taken by interests believed to repre-
sent the Armours and the future of the
bank. it is expected, will be linked with
the International Bank recently estab-
lished in New York. F.. l.. Pease gen.
eral manager of the Royal Bank. says
that two New York men will be elect
ed to the directorate. All the Ameri-
can and West Indian business of the
bank will be directed from the New
York office of the institution.
Justice Leventritt, Thursday, in the
supreme court at New York handed
down a decision vacating the stay
granted by Justice Fitzgerald restrain
ing Fire Commissioner Sturgis from
dismissing Fire Chief Croker until af-
ter the appellate division Of the SUI
preme court shall have passed on the
legality of the trial. Under the law
the commissioner will have to give two
days notice before the order vacating
the stay is entered, which will leave
Chief Croker in Office until Saturday.
AS result of an inquest at Wilt
mantle. CT. held over the body Of Mrs.
Julia A. Wilson, Coroner Bill, Thurs
day, ordered the arrest of Mrs. Sarah
Manson. Mrs. Wilson died, last Satur-
day. and the authorities have been in
vestigating the case because of sus-
wicion that the woman was poisoned.
Mrs. Manson. who is believed to have
been more or less intimate with the
woman. was unable to tell a connected
story and the coroner decided to hold
her pending a further investigation.
Edmund Hauser has been arrested at
Canton. Ohio, by federal officials charg-
ed with having represented himself as
government emrloye to examine and
withdraw from circulation counterfeit
coin. 1t is alleged he visited several
stores there, showed badge which
seemed to prove his statement and was
allowed to examine money in the cash
drawers. In several instances he is