Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-21
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

| Fire destroyed the Office building and
yarn room Of the w. Warren Thread
| Works at Westfield Mass. about A.
NJ. Saturday. Loss. Sl0Oe; insured.
| \ special from Lake Charles. La, says:
| Late Sunday afternoon, the jury in the
| ease Of ID. "A. BabSun. charged with the
| murder Of six members of the Earl fam
| lily. returned verdict of guilty. The ju-
| ry had been out since Saturday after
noon.
There was a rumOr at New York. FRI
day, that Miss Georgia Cayvan a once
popular actress, who has been confined
for some time at the Sanford Hall SAINT
arium at Flushing, l.. l., was very much
worse ana that her death might be ex-
pectcd at any time.
Gov. Odcll went to New York City. Sat
urday. lie was in consultation before
noon with District Attorney Jerome and
Police Commissioner Partridge concern
ing the investigation of the death of Nc
Auiiife. witness against former Ward
man Glennon. None Of those present
would talk Of the conference for pubiea-
ton.
1t is announced that G. ". Post 4 we'll
known capitalist and manufacturer Of
Battle Creek Mich, has successfully
brought about the organization of a COM
pany with S3,0G0,OJ0 capital to engage in
the manufacture of sugar, glucose grape
sugar and syrup from common corn. The
company will establish an immense plant
in the corn belt of the West with a ca
sumption.
M. Santos-Dumont. the BRAZILIAN aero
naut, arrived at 81. Louis, Saturday. At
ter luncheon he drove. in company with
Charles W. Knapp and Nathaniel Frank.
to the Worlds Fair site. The aeronaut
says he will need an area of four city
blocks square. 16 in all. for his sheds and
practice space. NJ. Santos stated that he
days on this trip, and then go direct to
London, where he gives an exhibition in
June.
Col Charles L. Marshall, military sec
retary of Gen. Robert L. Lee during the
Civil War. and for many years on of the
leaders of the Baltimore bar died of ap-
opleXy at his home in Baltimore Satur-
day night. He had been in bad health
for about two years. Col. Marshall was
born, Oct. 80. 1880. at Warrenton, va.
He was the only member of Gen. Lees
staff who accompanied him at the sur
render at Appomattox and the terms of
surrender Were drafted by him.
The $4,000 barn al the residence of Hon
Warren +. Daniel at Franklin. N H.,
was destroyed by fire, Saturday night.
The barn contained 10 horses and two
cows. All of the stock with the excep-
ton of a 7-months-old colt was saved.
Fifteen tons of hay and several sleighs
were destroyed. The fire is supposed TO
have caught from electric wires. Among
the horses saved were little Gyp. Fanny
Rice 214A Barnard 2.15. Alruna 2.25, ana
Flora Edbell. promising yearling. The
Two men were killed and one fatally
injured by an electric tram car at Hall
fax, n. s.. Sunday night. The dead are:
Peter Gilfoy, aged p, and Charles Short
on turning from North street into Wind
sor street the horse became unmanagc-
able and dashed in front of the car. The
wagon was upset and the three men were
hurled onto the track and the car crashed
upon. Gifoy and ShortaH were dead
when removed. John Scott. the third vic
tim. cannot recover. The motorman and
were arrested.
Cornell's rowing committee, after con-
ference with Coach Courtney. Friday
night, reconsidered its decision not II
row two races on Memorial day. Final
word from Columbia and Pennsylvania
was received that neither would come to
Ithaca on that date to row with Har-
Yards Newell crew and Cornelfs Junior.
Cornell found 1t necessary to
decide on two races, one of which will
be rowed on Lake Cayuga with Harvard.
The other will be a triangular event OH
the Schuylkill with Columbia and Penn
sylvania second Varsity Fights.
The United Irish League Of Boston IS
rapidly perfecting arrangements for the
great mass meeting in Faneuil hail at
Boston, Tuesday evening. Invitations to
speak have been extended TO William
Lloyd Garrison ex-Gov. Boutwell,, eX-
Higginson, Edwin ID. Mead. the Hon. A.
E. Pillsbury, DIR. Edward Everett Hale,
President Elmer H.. Capen. Mgr. Denis
O'Callaghan. the Hon. Thomas j. Gar
gan. the Very Rev. William Byrne. the
Rev. "A. J. feeling. Thomas Riley and the
Rev. James n. Supple. Mayor Collins
has been asked to preside.
Bryan T. Rawson, credit clerk for i.
RI. Leggett Il Co., wholesale grocers at
New York was arraigned in police court.
charged with. the embezzle-
ment o. $25,o10. According to John G.
Juhring, one of the firm OF Leggett a.
Co Rawson was engaged in a conspira-
ey with Max Borschardt and another
ploye by which the firm was robbed Of
at least $4,000 or possibly more. Bors-
chardt was arrested five months ago. He
Is now awaiting trial and ii Is said he has
turned states evidence. duplicating the
two other men. The third man Is said 10
have disappeared week ago last Thurs
day after drawing his salary. Juhrins
said that Rawson had been in the en-
ploy of the firm as credit man for %
years Rawson denied his guilt when ar
raigncd in court. He was released on
$500 bail.