Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-10-13
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


Self Protection won the champion
steeplechase $4,000 stakes ut Morris
park. Saturday. Time, 2.27 for 3R
miles.
Congressman John l.. Sheppard OF
Tcxarkana. Tex. died. Saturday, at
Eureka Springs. Ark, after a long i'll
ness.
Dispatches from Barbados say the
smallpox is increasing there, and that
?GS cases OF the disease were reported
last Monday.
Gen. Horatio G. King, who received
the Republican nomination for Con-
gress in the III New York district. Sat
urday. announced that he could not
accept.
The grand jury at New York has in
dicted Henry j. Rose, the theatrical
man. who shot and killed his wife two
weeks ago. on charge of murder in
| the first degree. He will be taken into
| court. Monday. to plead
Prof. James Il. Paige. head of the
veterinary department at Amherst Ag-
| ricultdral College, was unanimously
nominated for representative at the So
Hampshire district Republican conven-
ton at Amherst. Saturday.
The question regarding wages be-
tween employees of the National Rail-
road of Mexico and that corporation
has been satisfactorily adjusted. The
wages of engineers and conductors
have been raised an average of II per
cent.
Benny Yanger. the Chicago feather
weight. and Terry McGovern We're
matched at New York. Sunday. to meet
In a 20-round contest before the club
Offering the best inducements. the con-
test to take place before McGoverns
meeting with Young Corbett.
Repairs to the St. Lucia-Granda ca
| hle were completed. Friday. The cable
was lifted from about 2000 fathoms of
water. and owing to the fact that il
was buried in volcanic mud the strain
was very great. The cable used in the
repair work is valued at between $50
| 00c and 100000.
Senator Sparks has filed with the sec
| rotary of state Of Massachusetts his
claim to the Democratic nomination for
Congress in the 18th district. He has
retained Malachi Jennings of Boston.
d.
counsel A hearing will probably be
given. this week.
Charles C. Eastman. who. it is al
legged, murGerously assaulted his wife
at Nashua. n. H., Thursday evening.
was. Saturday, remanded To jail IN
Manchester to await trial before the
January term of the superior court. The
hearing was brief. At its close, the
defendant was taken To jail.
S. H. Daniels a well-known ice dealer
of Williamstown. was shot through the
accidental discharge of his gun, Satur-
day. ana died at the North Adams City
hospital He had been out hunting and
in attempting to get back into his
wagon the gun was discharged and the
shot tore a fearful hole under the arm
King Edward ended his long holiday
with a visit to Berwick. Scotland. Since
the King started on his yachting cruise
for health he has grown wonderfully
well. but excessively stout He never
looked better and, according to one OF
those who accompanied the party. he
feels in better health now than he has
for years.
Grant Suuires. a New York attorney,
who was the New York government
censor in the Spanish war. is accused
Of making secret profits and UNSAFE IN
vestments while trustee, in suit
brought by Mrs. Leila II. b. kissain,
who is separated from her husband,
nephew of william II. Vanderbilt. Mrs.
Nissan asks an accounting of $4,000,