Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-16

an inch in diameter fell in the locality
Of Swiss Alp. \ number Of cows and
hogs were killed by lightning at differ
cnt points. one life was lost.
Public announcement Will be made
after tie official installation ceremonies
in Columbia College of a munificent
money gift to that institution by An
drew Carnegie, according to informa
ton which reaches the New York
Press and which that paper will print:
Wednesday. The exact amount il
known only to the president and to The
board Of trustees, but there is good
reason to believe that it is not far
short of $1,G00.000 This will be more
than sufficient to build a college hall
a chapel or dormitories to which pur-
pose the sift is to be applied.
Judge Nicely at Chicago. Tuesday, de
cifed the case Of Fred NJ. Libby against
.Josephine Libby to recover property
worth about $3.50 The court ordered
a division of the property, giving Mr.
Libby the lions share. Two pieces OF
the real estate involved are in Revere
| Il suburb Of Boston. Mr.. Libby mar
ried the defendant in 1850 and for q
years he says they lived happily to-
| gethcr. Then, he alleges, his wife
| formed 4 conspiracy with two sons by
two former marriages ana her sisters
to deprive him of his property. So well
did the scheme work, says Mr.. Libby
that when Mrs. Libby left him in 1899
he was practically pennilcss. The com
rlainant was formerly broker in Bos-
| ton.
John Campbell, the Oldest member of
the Order of Scottish Clans and one OF
the oldest Masons in the world. cee-
| brated his 9Sth birthday anniversary
at Pawtucket, r. l., Tuesday. The old
gentleman is hale and hearty and ex-
| poets to complete a full century. H
was born in q suburb of Glasgow and
for years lived in Scotland, coming
to America 10 years ago. For 80 years
he followed the occupation Of dyer. He
was a newsboy during the Napoleonic
wars and he sold papers announcing
| the battle of Waterloo. He was q spec
| tatOr of the jubilee celebration of King
George George III. He was twice mar
ried and two children, 2S grandchildren
and upwards of 30 great grandchildren
| ciiC liN IFS. Il vi lllOIt llidlI ycttlS III
has been a member of st. Mary's Lodge
of Masons, Glasgow.
| A savage duel with 1S-inch butcher
| knives, which probably will be followed
! by two deaths, occurred in the kitchen
of the Union League Club at Chicago
| Monday night. The principals were
! Emil Cotton, butcher, and Jules Kuntz
chef. They cut and slashed each other
| furiously. Colton's left hand was al
| most severed at the wrist. Kuntz re-
| ceived four wounds which severed eight
arteries and his skull was fractured
The combat lasted fully 10 minutes and
was witnessed by several other en-
plCyes of the club, none of whom dared
interfere. The men were not separated
until both fell to the floor, weak from,
the loss Of blood and still trying tC
strike each other. They were uncon-
| scious when removed from the kitchen
Cotton had been discharged from the
club and the trouble arose through his
having accused Kuntz with being re-
sponsible for his dismissal.
An application by the Vanderbilt.
Webb interests for power to construct
maintain and operate a subway under
| the st. Lawrence between the soutf
shore and Montreal will come before
the railway committee of the privy
council, this week, says a Montrea
dispatch to the New York Times. The
plans. which are now at Ottawa indi-
cate that the tunnel will be the larges
| in the world. 1t viii begin at the Soutf
| shore near Longueuil, pass under St
| Ieiena'S island, then into the city t.
| Il central point of the east end. where
the central station will be erected TIL,
tunnel will not only be medium fol
the Quebec Southern trains and fol
electric street cars, but for the inter.
changing of all business traffic ant
communication between the Soutf
shore, st. Helena's island and Montreal
The subway Will have two tubes. eacf
q feet wide and q feet high. That fol
cars. passengers and freight will b.
double tracked. The second will be fol
teams and pedestrians, having drive!
and footwGys. The cost is estimated
at from s4,00O,0oO to $6,OOO,OOO.