Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-21
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Isador Rayner Of Baltimore, counset
for Rear Admiral w. s. Schiey, lett -.
Washington. Thursday he oeciinru -
comment upon President Roosevells -,
cision in the matter Of Scnley dpPeai O-
the finding Of the court OF inquiry
The MIX Producers Union voted Al
meeting at Worcester, Mass; Ahui 49, -
TO maintain the winter scheuie OF PI aIr
during the coming summer Inc I iiiees
ing was attended by about lD proouceiA
in Worcester and surrounding towns
According to reliable reports received
by river men at Louisville, ny. an isI
gorge has formed in the narro"s OF lhe
ono river about - miles below that city.
The ice is piled up from bank 10 odnh.
and II the gorge holds II VIII oach m
water up the river for many miles, eau7
ing a food
Edward F. Groze. clerk Of Saratoga
comfy. New York, has rendered his res
ignatiOn TO Governor Odeil as result y
cha rgeg of rnaifeasance in office MADE Dy
District Attorney Salisbury. The charges
-5-er.. mat Groze retained $500 Office fees
and did not return the same 20 oouht}
treasurer Grippin as the law requires
Because his wife. whom he married last
June. had left him. Charles I2%he "a =.
shootiug. Thursday. He was Il years
old. For the past five years ne had been
a grocery clerk. Recently 1t had become
known that he and his wife did not agree
and. Monday, Mrs. Togne withdrew IRON
his home.
Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, =
s. y CretiredJ, has signiiied MS intention
Of visiting Boston as the guest OF IL
South Boston Citizens Association az ~
annual Evacuation day banquet, Marco
n. The admiral will be accompanied by
George Edward Graham The Associate
Press war correspondent. VINO was on tn
Brooklyn with Admiral Schley during the
naval battle at Santiago
Articles Of Incorporation have been flE'
with the secretary OF state at Concord,
y H for the Manchester & Milford
street Railway CO. capital stock $I3Hti,
ali ~ which is subscribed. The list Of IN
corporators Is headed by Wallace u.
Lowell. This is taken as an indication
that Mr. Lowell and his associates aTe
preparing for "A contest with the Boston
Il Maine in New Hampshire.
f. ". Roberts. an electrician. created
A sensation in a suit against Mattht 3
Kelley and Dallas Tyler, charged with
causing the downfall Of Richard DaEis,
former bank cashier, by unfair gambiiE%
schemes He testified that at the direc-
tIon Of Kelley he placed a new battery
in the saloon and adjusted two saucer
magnets under the bar, where II Is a.
legged that Davis lost 5000 throwing
craps.
Justice Horace Gray Of the supreme
court has suffered attack Of paral-
sis at Washington, but IL Is stated tina
there is every reason to expect MS re
cOvery. The attack occurred. TUESDAY
night His mind IS clear. but he has los
the muscular control 81 a part Of h..
body Justice Gray has been I'll for som'
time and his advanced age, - years, ga
rise to some apprehension az to the odt
come. although his family says the At
tack IS not serious.
Frank VI. Godfrey. a member Of FL.
CINE Co. No. ! at Salem, Mass, was XIII
ed the city's fire alarm and police sig
nal systems being useless and "A large ST.
bic occupied BY Rupert Wheelock, DE-
stroyed by fire. at A. NJ THURSDAY
\ number of explosions occurred "n!c
demolished the stable. the debris falllni
on 4 fish market building owned b. tn
city. knocking IN the side and completei!
destroying the fire alarm and police sig
nal system, which mad lately been In
stalled at cost Of S5sJ.
The under secretary Of the British for
eign office. Lord CranbOrne, in the Hous
Of Commons. Thursday. informed Henri,
Norman U-iberaD that His Majesty
government did not doubt the good fdlt
Of Russlas promise to restore the admin.
istration of the customs at New Cha
Wang to the Chinese so soon as circum
stances permitted this to be done. Lor
Cranborne declined to be drawn into a
announcement Of the steps the Cover
ment might or might not take under til
AngIO-Japanese treaty, to effect sue
restoration.
Four apartment houses. Nos. y to 2
Kingston avenue, Brooklyn, were burned
Thursday. The Brooklyn Orphan Asy
lum. which is across the way from IN
burned buil0luRS, was threatened ~
officials aroused the 200 children in tn
building and prepared them for instan
flight, but it was not found necessary 70
them 10 leave. The fire was caused y,
the explosion of steam heating boil"
in the basement of the apartment hous
at y Kingston avenue. All occupants b
the houses made their way to the stree
in safety. The fire department estimate
the lDss 2 go GO.
ne eniIre Iitigafi0n arising out OF tn
Boston subway explosion of March
1897, is practically at an end. Only iv
cases Of the 10 or so personal injur,
suits which We're brought. remain. Tn
others have all been settled by counsC
for plaintiffs and for the Boston Ga
Light Co. and the Edison illumination
co. Gas company was defendant II
$50 cases and the Edison Co. either
joint or a separate defendant in 80. Tn
total amount sued for against the ga
company was 81. 1850. while the sun
against the Edison co. was s14j7,J Tn
sum required to settle the cases, as We