Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-04

Jockeys. against the French Jockey Club
for damages for having deprived them OF
their licenses, has been fixed for Nov 10
Inc Inc Jockeys claim s"1p damages. The
French tracks were recently withdra wn
by the Jockey Club as an outcome Of very
careful examination made by the detec-
I've department of the Jockeys methods
of riding.
Barney Demarest, with his geIding
Burnham, won the seventh and deciding
heat of the unfinished Els pace at Nash
ua, N. H., Saturday, cleaning up the rae
ing cards for the season at the Nashua
track. Friday. Demarest objected to rae
ing after shutdown. and the rules were
in his favor. Saturday, only Burnham,
Harry Nc and +. NJ. Williamson came
out, each having two heats. Burnham
won easily.
Fire at Larchmont, N. Y. Sunday. de-
stroyed section OF the business district
and wiped out houses i'm which a dozen
families lived. The estimated loss Is $75.-
900. The flames started soon after 5
O'Clock in the morning in the large gro
Gerry store of ouinas & Qui-le". frame
building. Before the fire was checked
the Larchmont Casino. occupied ty -
Larchmont A. c., the Alexander and the
Bull flats and the J. c. Harding and the
Montrose livery stables, were burned.
The man arrested at Boston. Saturday
night. on suspicion of his connection with
the murderouS assault committed upon
Miss Clara Morton, a laundress, on the
grounds of the Mclean asylum In Wa
verley, earlier in the evening. was re-
leased from custody, having satisfied the
authorities that he could have had no
guilty knowledge of the affair. Miss Nor
ton, the victim of the assault, died at
the Massachusetts General hospital, SUM-
day night, without having regained con-
SciOusneSS
The negotiations between Great
Drift 10, rloNv MI rd tn q
encroachments of Turkish troops to
the Hinterland of Alden have resulted
in satisfactory settlement Of the
matter The Porte has modified Its
note to Great Britain and has ordered
the evacuation Of the Hinterland which
was formerly occupied by British
troops. l-t
The famous John V. Bender case was
decided by Justice Rich at Auburn. N. y,
Saturday. in favor of setting the convict
free. Bender shot and killed man at
Utica, was sentenced for life. the sem
tence was committed to 10 years. and Ben.
der was discharged, but came back for
five years for again shooting a man but
not fatally. Prison officials claimed that
the second offence forfeited his commuta-
ton and that he must stay for life.
bender fought the case and has now won.
He will be discharged at once unless the
Stdte dpptdlS.
James S. Mitchell of the Harlew Rowing
Club and nj. J. Sheridan of the Pastime
A. c., broke the 56-pound weight and dis
Gus throwing worlds records. respective
Iy at the Star Athletic Clubs games IN
Long Island City, Sunday. Mitchell threw
the "ffty-six" distance OF ~ feet, =
inches from stand without follow.
beating John Fianagan's world record OF
% feet, inches, made on dirt floor IN
Madison Square Garden. last DecemDer-
Sheridan who IL the worlds champion
discus thrower increased his figures OF
127 feet Sis inches made at the MetropoI-
itan A. A. Y. championship games, last
August, to 1873 feet, inches.
The Colorado Springs. Col. Gazette
saws that Colorado Springs Is to nave
another outlet to the Pacific coast as
well as a new road. which will tap the
immediate coal fields at Trinidad. Within
60 days. ii is said. contracts VIII oe
awarded for the building of 265 miles OF
railroad by the Rock Island system, con
Meeting Pueblo and Santa Rosa, n. M.
The Rock Island line from liberal kansas
which connects with the Southern racine
at FL Paso runs through Santa Josa anu
the proposed line from Pueblo 70 Santa
Rosa will be the connecting link IN the
Rock Island system between Coiofauo
and the Pacific coast