Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-12-25

was StTICheu Will ouuNS'
and serious attack of illness at the
Monday Club at St. Louis, Wednesday.
Mr.. Warner while at the table sank
unconscious from his chair. Physicians
were summoned and succeeded after
an hours work in restoring Mr.. War
ner to consciousness.
The Bessemer Coke Co., which is the
second largest Independent coke pro-
ducing interest in the Connelville, Pa,
cOking fields, Wednesday, notified their
employees that an advance of per cent.
in wages at all the plants of the COM
pany would become effective, Jan. /.
The notice of the advance which was
announced simultaneously at the COM
pany's five plants applies to the wages
of 5000 men.
The jury at Bloomington, ILL.,. in the
case of Daisy Carlton, charged with the
murder of Mrs. Joseph Leslie, has rem
dered verdict of not guilty. Her plea
was self-defence. Mrs. Leslie, who was
said to be jealous of Miss Carleton,
attempted to horsewhip the latter,
waylaying her on the street. Miss
Carleton who had been warned, car
ried a revolver and shot her assailant
when attacked.
The jury at Bloomington, ILL.,, in the
case of Daisy Carleton, charged with
the murder of Mrs. Joseph Leslie, has
rendered verdict of not guilty. Her
plea was self-defence. Mrs. Leslie,
who was said to be jealous of Miss
Carleton, attempted to horSewhip the
latter, waylaying her on the street.
| Miss Carleton, who had been warned,
| carried a revolver and shot her as
sailant when attacked.
A northbound passenger train on the
Ohio River railroad collided with a
southbound passenger train near Wa
verley, w. Va, Wednesday, during a
| driving snow storm, which obscured
| the tracks. 1t is stated that nobody
was killed. ]. A. Queen of Marietta,
sustained probably fatal injuries;
three women passengers suffered cuts
and bruises and the fireman and bag
gagemaster We're quite badly hurt.
Large numbers of Haytien exiles at
| Kingston, JAM, are preparing to re-
| turn to Hayti under the amnesty de-
cree, which, it is expected, will shortly
| be issued. The leaders believe that a
| period of peace will follow Gen. Nord's
election to the Presidency. Advices
| from Hyti say there is no fear OF fur
| Their rising, but that the government
employees are clamoring for their
salaries, which they have not received
| for some months.
Phillip and George Morgan. brothers
| and George Cunningham, living about
| three miles from Dillsboro, ~ c., went
| tl,Hy
Gated and disorderly. When Town
| Marshal @. W. Dills, assisted by e. w.
| Mason, undertook to arrest the men.
all three drew knives and pistols. At
| ter the shooting which followed had
| ceased il was found that Cunningham
was shot in the shoulder. George Nor
gan in the head and Phillip Morgan
| just above the eye. George Morgan
will probably die. but it is thought the
others will recover.
| An operation in the history of Nova
Scotia mining is planned by Ochiltree
| Mcdonald, who has bonded coal areas
| near Port Morien, according to a us
patch from Glace Bay. N. S, to the
| New York Times. The coal areas
| which he controls are wholly subma-
| rine and he is planning to sink a shaft
on rocky inlet known as flint rock.
mining his coal from under the ocean
| bed. There seems to be no doubt that
during succeeding generations sub
marine mining will be carried on ex-
| tensively in Cape Breton. which has
| large fields of submerged coal beds.
| John Doyle. wealthy mine owner.
| has been missing for two weeks and
| foul play is suspected. He left Gray's
| landing on the Colorado river for Sal
tor. 80 miles distant from San Bernard
inc. Cal, to employ miners to replace
20 Mexicans who had struck. A week
later his pack and saddle animals
wandered in Ehrenburg, which is in an
opposite direction from Salton 1t is
surmised that some Of the Mexicans
waylaid and killed Doyle and led the
animals toward Nevada to conceal the
| crime. Doyle was the largest owner
OF the rich group of gold mines at
Gray's Landing.
A Northboro, Mass. street railway
company has been making an interest
ing and what appears to be a satisfac-
| tory trial of peat as substitute for soft
| coal in the boilers at the power house.
| II was ioullu tndt peat burned very
| rapidly, but at the same time it gave
out a tremendous heat. The trial
showed that considerable more was
used IN given time in producing the
same amount of steam than would have
been the case if coal had been used.
On the other hand the Company is
able to obtain peat at Il cost of So or
I ~ ton, while soft coal costs nearly
three times that amount.
BY the accidental discharge of a COM
panions shot gun. Raymond Simonds.
the 11-year-Old son of Elmer F.. Sim
oEds. a conductor on the HaverhilI G.
Lawrence Electric car line. was in
stantly killed. Wednesday. at Whining
ton, Mass. the lower part of his face
being blow away. Young Simonds and
Harry Taylor. II years old, were TO-
gether in the yard of a neiChbor on
burlington avenue Simonds having a
rifle and Taylor shot gun. A pigeon
aiiShted on the ridgepole of the house
ana as Taylor raised his gun to fire at
IL Sinonds grabbed the end of the bar
rel and pulled it down. At this instant
the hammer fell and the charge struck
Simonds snuarely in the face tearing