Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-05
NEWS NUGGETS.
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North. East. soutA ana West.


Ire. Tuesday morning. that the Mar
quis of Dufferin, who has been seriously
III for sometimes past. is growing
weaker.
Edwin w. Orvis. vice president of the
Coleman Bank at New York. said.
Tuesday. that the report of a defalca-
ton in the banks Harlem branch was
absolutely untrue.
The trial at New York of Albert r.
Patrick, accused of the murder of VIM.
M. Rice. was not continued, Tuesday.
owing to the absence Of J. d. Campbell,
juror, who is i'll.
The laboratory of the Kelley Insti-
tute, the Livingston hotel. controlled by
the Kelley Co., and several other build
ings in the heart of the city Of Dwight.
ILL.,. were destroyed by fire, Tuesday.
Loss, 100000.
Among the passengers who arrived
at New York, Tuesday. per steamer
Orizaba from Colon, was Capt. w. w.
Meade of the United States cruiser
Philadelphia. who is ordered home on
waiting orders.
One of the fastest ocean-going yachts
in the world has been completed at Port
Richmond, S. l., for w. B. Leeds, pres
ident Of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cific Railway Co. The boat is said to
have cost 100000. 1t will be launched,
Tuesday next.
Thomas Hernon, a well-known base
ball player, died suddenly, Tuesday. at
New Bedford, Mass. His last engage
ment was with the New London, Conn.,.
nine. He had played ball in California
and all prominent Eastern organiza
tons. He was 81 years of age.
glycerine carelessly handled by an OPP
erative at the Cerberite Manufacturing
Cos. plant at Ardwick. Md, early
Tuesday morning, killed Richard j.
Martin. the superintendent. and slight
ly injured two workmen. The building
was slightly damaged. e
The Trunk Line Association has. it is
understood. virtually decided upon the
establishment of an interchangeable
mileage bureau, to have charge of the
preparation and accounting of 2000-mile
tickets interchangeable on any road in
the association. Final arrangements.
A mass meeting of the master coal
teamsters of Fall River was held. Tues
day night. for the purpose of making
arrangements to enforce IL possible the
demands of the transfers for a new
scale Of wages. and 1t was voted to
suspend action until Thursday morn
ing, when they say a strike will follow
unless the coal dealers allow the de-
mands of the strikers already out.
The steamer Mira, which is total
wreck near Yarmouth. N. S.. was par.
TALLY stripped, Tuesday. The supplies
and materials have all be stored on
shore. The steamer sits on an even
keel about so yards from the high bluff
on the shore and can be boarded at
low water by means Of ladder. Capt.
Muir and his crew are in Yarmouth.
The captain feels the loss of his ship
very keenly.
Medical Examiner Pinkham of Lynn.
Mass. has given as his verdict on the
unknown woman found dead in creek
on the Saugus marshes that death was
caused by drowning. In his opinion 1t
was suicide, as there are no marks in
dicating violence on the body. The
identity of the woman is a mystery,
though the police expect that the tat
too mark IN. T. c. on the right fore
arm may lead to Identification
The strike of the students at the
against what they assert to be unfair |
treatment by the faculty, bids fair to
continue indefinitely and the result is |
the closing of this well-known institu- |
ticn for the present school year. The |
trustees have decided not to interfere |
with the rule that in matters affecting |
discipline or standing Of the student |
the decision of the faculty shall be final. |
On the announcement in court at Chi |
cago, Tuesday. by the counsel in the |
Dowie-Stephenson suit for receiver |
ship of Zion lace industries, that an |
agreement had been reached by the |
parties to the suit out of court, Judge |
Tuley dismissed the suit and announced |
that Elmer Washburn. whom he had |
FAMED as receiver, would not be ap-
pointed. Attorneys for both sides re-
fuse to announce the basis Of settle |
ment. but it is supposed that the full |
amount claimed by Samuel Stephenson,
duout SScV,VVV, 10 CiOSe " TIE amount
agreed upon.
The coroner's jury was summoned |
at Portsmouth, N. H.. Monday, to con-
slider the death Of Mrs. Hannah Shaw,
sc years old. who died at her home.
morning, after a few days ILL |
ness, during which time 1t Is claimed |
she had no medical attedance. The |
medical examiner gives the cause OF |
death as pneumonia. Medical Examin- |
err Ryder and City Marshal Entwistle |
the case and the coroner's |
action followed. 1t was learned that |
Mrs. Shaw had been attended by Miss |
Ada r. White, first reader OF local /
Christian Science church. who claims /
that the sick woman did not desire any
other medical assistance.
A van loaded with silks. feathers,
furs and general merchan-
disc said to lie worth $4,000. sent out
by the American Express Co. for whole
sale houses In New York City to retail
ers in New Jersey towns Is reported to
have been looted. Detectives on the
Ease have found the horses and vehicle
In New York but no trace Of the goods
Or driver can be secured. The driver
was not one Of the ,company's employees
but was furnished with the conveyance
BY delivery company. The fact that
the goods had not been delivered nj