Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-06-27
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Because he feared the consequences
of allowing his 13-year-old daughter
to marry Daniel Griffin of ithaca
George l. Russell CT Briton, Mich.
committed suicide by hanging with
chain in his WoodShed. Russell wrote
letter to his wife stating that the
marriage of the girl drove him to the
deed. Griffin was arrested in Ithaca
for bigamy and is now in Jail. This
also prcyed upon the fathers mind.
y gunpowder magazine at the en-
campment of Carabanchel, five miles
from Madrid exploded, Thursday
morning. Two men were killed and
IA were injured. Scores of houses
We're damaged, the doors of the royal
palace We're blown open by the force of
the explosion and many windows We're
smashed. The King. accompanied by
tn" members of his household, joined
the crowd which hurried to the scene in
order to ascertain the extent of the
damage.
Temperance delegations to the Inter-
national Sunday School convention at
Denver, Colo, We're surprised, this
week, to learn that IL movement had
beel started to Sidetrack all temper
ance studies in the Sunday school
courses throughout The United States
1t was stated that temperance had no
more place in the curriculum of the
sabbath classes thar physical culture.
The w. c. T. L. delegate from Cali
fornia was the first to discover the
recommendation and instantly raised
such furore that it is possible the
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the convention rather than be practi-
cally settled in committee.
News has reached Hazelton, Ind, of
the death of three men in Knox county.
across White River, from Hazelton.
Three brothers, Ben. Joseph and
Charles Hardy. lived in a cabin. Neigh
bors missed them several days and went
to their house to investigate. The men
We're on the floor unconscious. one of
them lived long enough to tell the
story. Back Of the house is an old well.
1t rcCt ntly went dry and the men used
dynamite 20 get a fresh supply of
water. They used the water and it
made them deathly sick. All three died
before medical aid could be secured.
The Hardys were among the most
prominent farmers in that section.
They were buried in the same grave.
a young man, dressed in smart
cowboy costume, astride real West
crn broncho, arrived at the Planters
hotel at st. Louis, Mo-, ard registered
as William II. Jacobs, indianapolis.
Dressed like a plains dandy, with big
| leather beltcd straw hat, tight fitting
| corduroy trousers, blue flannel shirt
| and fancy boots, Jacobs created a
great stir at dinner as he edged his
way past costumes that were as rich
| rs they were proper. Jacobs said ht
| started from Kit Carson, Col, for In
| dianapols. on a wager that his bronchC
could make 35 miles day. He has
| followed the line of the Union Pacific
railroad and claims to be like Phineas
Fogg "a hours ahead of time by
| travelling toward the sun.
| Very contradictory reports come
| from China of the rebellion in Chill
The imperial officers have sent out re-
| ports claiming victories over the
| rebels but these are not altogether
credited by the papers. despatch tC
| the North China News from Pao Ting
| Flu says: From latest accounts from
| reliable sources in the north it is as
serted that the news given out by the
officials at Pao-Ting Flu that the vic
! tories of Niceroy Yuans troops (and
we may add, the massacres perpe-
tratcd by them in the districts Of
| Chuh- Luh- Sicn, Kuang- TSung HaieI
| and Weihscn have quite pacified then
| is mere fiction. The majority of the
troops have been charged with whole
sale plundeIing and maltreating the in
| haDitants of the peaceful districts
| through which they had to pass wher
enroute to the disturbed districts ant
| furthermore, when in the rebel, to have
| pillaged, burned and destroyed no les:
than 81 large towns and villages, ruth
| lcssly assaulting the inhabitants.