Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-02-01

,ica of the road. in stations, offices and II
train crews.
| AS result of the coroner's inquest at /
| Oneida. ". ", on Tuesdays wreck. in |
which Engineer Walsh of a passenger |
train was killed. Attorney kiley has |
rreferred charges of manslaughter in !
the second degree against Engineer |
Willis Angel and Conductor Charles 1
iPnieger of the switch engine crew They |
were arraiGned in the city court. where |
examination was waived and bail given |
in the sum of. $la00 each for appearance |
before the grand jury.
Continued gales in the English cham
mel are causing numbers of shipping
casualties. The most serious, thus far, |
| is the apparent loss of the steamer
Spite, having a crew of 20 men, bound
for Hamburg. She is long overdue
and all hope Of her safety has been
given uD. The channel mail steamers
were unable to start from France, Fri
day MOI ming, and the mail steamer
which left Dover bound for Calais, was
fcompelgod to put back, in a damaged
condition.
| ". G. Woodward. better known as
| Big Hawley," also as c. c. Canister
and Otto Shuler, the two alleged green
goods men who We're arrested in Bos-
ton. two weeks ago, were brought be-
fore United States commissioner Fiske,
Friday. Nearly 90 witnesses were pres
cHt but on the application Of Attorney
O. j. Coaklcy. who represents Shuler, a
continuance was granted until Feb. g.
Ral was fixed at $4,000 and in default
they We're taken back TO the Charles
street jail
Efforts are being made to secure the
release of two Kansas citizens from
service in the Austrian army. Joseph
and Michael Daniel left lola, Kan,
some time ago for a visit to their ma
tive home in Austria. There they were
apprehended by the authorities and
forcibly placed in the army. The men
assert they took out their first natural
iZation papers before leaving Kansas.
The attorney general Of the state will
take the matter before the state de-
partment at Washington.
Reports of the organization of a new
company to be known as the United
Terminal Co, capital $40000000, to
build railroad tunnels across Manhat-
tan. Long Island and New Jersey, un-
, der 18th and 42d streets, have caused
, another burst of activity in real estate
\ u.
the new company has announced that
, while no actual purchases have been
made sl1 900, 600 worth of property along
14th street had been pledged by the
owners in the form of consent to sup
port the tunnel scheme.
A man. who is said to have escaped
from the Manhattan State hospital at
Central Islip, l.. L., was found, Friday,
1T the Great River station, New York
in a pitiable condition. His feet, which
We're bare. We're frozen and he was al
rlost overcome by the exposure he had
suffered The man was found on the
: station platform by Miss Minnie Long,
the railroad agent when she went to
the station, Friday morning. She as
0 sisted him into the station and made
4 him as comfortable as possible and then
s | notified the authorities.
/ The weavers in the Sagamore mot
ton mill No. . at Fall River. have
h voted to strike The vote on the ques-
n ton was II to IL and it was afterwards
= made unanimous. The weavers in this
i mill say that while this action is in the
: nature Of a sympathetic strike they
o have an equal grievance with the No.
| mill weavers who are now out. They
s been cut down in different ways and
! they feel that they are justified in
: their action. The joint strike of the
y Weavers in two mills will cause the
:, shut down of the entire Sycamore
plant when this goes into effect.
According to a report which has just
reached Port Townsend, Wash, an
earthquake and landslide occurred in
: the Olympic mountains in the western
! portion Of jefferson county just prior
Il to the big storm of last week. The
news was brought by a passenger ar
irving from down the straits, who
stated that Indians report that a num-
ber of earthquake shocks We're felt
t, which were followed by a crashing
a noise. The next day Indian hunters
d came to the coast and reported that
G one Of the peaks in the Olympic range
= had broken off and slid into a small
: valley which was uninhabited and was
e a favorite hunting ground of the In
n dians.
An amendment to the domestic law,
J. in relation to the rights Of married wo-
d men. has been introduced in the New
j York Assembly by Assemblyman Colby.
d 1t provides that a married woman shall
e have a cause of action in her own sole
T and separate right for all wages. sala-
e ries, profits, compenSations or other re-
e mUnerations for which she may render
work, labor or services or which may
n be derived from any trade. business or
d occupation carried on by her and her
: husband shall have no right Of action
/. therefor and in any action in which a
/. married woman shall seek to recover
1 damages for such work the presump-
ton of law shall be that such married
woman is alone entitled to.