Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-16


nounced her vows recently was very
quietly married, Wednesday, in st. Ma
thias church, In the suburb of West
Mount. near Montreal, to H. Montague
Davey Of the Dominion Bridge Works
The Scotland Yard officials at Lol-
don have been notified by the comm. s.
sioner Of police of New York that q
large gang OF swindlers are gradually
making their way to London and arc
arriving there in patches. Full de-
scriptions Of the members of the gang
have been supplied to the British po-
| lice. r.
Probably as the result of apoplexy.
Alpheus Hyatt, assistant professor in
invertebrate paleonthology at Harvard,
dropped dead in Harvard square, Cam
bridge, Wednesday night, about $50
o'clock. Prof Hyatt was waiting for q
car and suddenly was seen to fall. He
was carried into a store but was found
to be dead.
| Vanity Fairs correspondent at Rome
writes: THE death OF the Pope may be
expected any day as His Holiness can
only be said to be Just alive. He takes
little nourishment and Is generally half
unconscious. He suffers no pain and
simply dozes the hours away without
comprehension of what is going on
around him.
| Unless executive clemency intervenes
Mary E. Jackson, colored. will die OH
the gallows at Baltimore. The motion
for a new trial in her case was over
ruled, Wednesday. The woman was
convicted of poisoning her husband in
Baltimore. Feb. q, 1901. There have
been but five women hanged in that
state since 1852.
The 18th annual voyage" Of the
| Grand Harbor of the American Associ-
alton of Masters and Pilots of Steam
Vessels of the United States, was be-
gun at Washington, Wednesday. Cap
tain John c. Silva Of Boston, presided
as grand captain. There were SO dele
| gates in session. representing almost
all of the states.
Gen. VIM. ]. Palmer has announced
his intention of giving 100 acres OF land
and $50, 900 to establish q semi philan-
| thropic sanitarium in Colorado Springs,
Col, for consumptives, the institution
to cost in all $250.000. The remainder of
the money is to be raised by subscrip-
ton. A company will be incorporated
soon to carry out the project.
Preliminary work in construction Of
the new Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel,
which is to extend from Lond Island
City to New Jersey beneath the East
and North rivers and New York City,
has been commenced. Engineers have
| started drilling holes on the Central
track running into the Long Island
passenger station at Long Island City.
The sound steamer Fair Haven, oper-
ating between Seattle, WASH, Laconner
and way ports, struck a rock or reef
| a short distance from Utsledy, early
Wednesday. during fog and soon af-
forwards sank in 10 feet Of water. The
passengers and crew all succeeded in
| reaching the life boats in safety and
rowed to Utsledy. It is said the boat
can be raised.
| The jury at Oxford, Miss, in the Sec
| ond trial of Whit Owens, charged with
being an accessory to the murder of the
| two Montgomerys, United States dep
uty marshals, returned, Wednesday, a
| verdict of murder in the first degree.
The court sentenced him to be hanged,
Feb. IA, the day fixed for the execution
of Will Mathis and Lester, convicted of
the same crime. 80
Capt. E. G. Parker of the schooner
James w. Fitxh, which was burned at
| sea while on the passage from New
York to Rosario, arrived at Boston,
| Wednesday. He with other officers of
| the vessel, was landed in New York,
| Monday. He related the story of his
| narrowing experience, which already
has been told in Porto Rican dis
| patches. Capt. Parker left for his home
| in BuckspOrt.
President Newman of the New York
| Central Railroad, speaking for the di-
rectors Of the road. Wednesday, made
| public a statement disclosing plan
for the improvement of the tunnel in
which the disastrous collision of 10
days ago occurred. He announced that
1t was planned to dig loop under the
present terminal and to handle the
suburban traffic in the new tunnel by
electrical power.
Five hundred representatives Of the
sporting fraternity attended cooking
main just over the line from Black
| stone, Mass, in Connecticut, early
| Wednesday morning. The contesting
birds were owned by ]. Munroe Of
Hartford, Conn.,, and Frank p. Casey
of Blackstone. Casey won 1--WE out Of
nine points and secured purse of $500.
He also won two battles between
scrubs with $500 on each.
A bill permitting exhibitions with
gloves of not less than five ounces each
in, weight between amateurs was intro
dllced in the New York Legislature,
Wednesday. 1t provides that such ex-
hibition must be under the direction Of
legally incorporated amateur athletOc
| association. Such exhibition must be
| between amateurs and must not con-
tinue for more than Is minutes and for
prizes other than money.
Count Gianoberto Gulinelli Of Italy.
has just arrived Mt New. York. from
Europe. He comes to marry on Jan.
20. Miss Blanche j. Schweizer. daughter
of Joseph Schweizer. manager Of the
| Ansonia Clock Co., of New York City.
With her mother, Miss Schweizer went
abroad last SEASON. At ball in Rome
the count was first presented to Miss
Schweizer. Three months later their
engagement was announced.