Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-27
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Jcroyne Wheelock inventor OF the
WheeIock engine. dropped dead on the
street at Worcester, Mass, wednesday,
OF heart failure.
The Montreal A. A. A. team won the
Hockey League championship at Mont
real. Wednesday night. by defeating
the Victorias. 3 to Q.
The brotherhood of Locomotive En-
ginceTs is in session at Denison, Iexas'
n large number of delegates being pre-
sent from all over the United States.
Joel III. Prescott, Sr, died at Newark,
n. j., at midnight. He was 80
years old and was member OF
family to which the historian Prescott
| belonged.
| During fire at Dinkelsbuehl, Bava-
ria, Wednesday, the wall of a house
collapsed and buried Is members OF the
, local volunteer fire brigade. There Is
no hope of rescuing the men alive.
| Edward Butler, st. Louis most
prominent Democratic politician, has
been indicted by the February grand
jury for attempted bribery in connec-
tion with the city garbage reduction
contract
! Frederick A. Reed, proprietor of the
Park Avenue hotel which was burned
in the fire, at New York, Feb. 22, and
has since been suffering from shock
was much worse, tonight. Grave fears
were entertained of his recovery.
Henry A. Taylor of New York, was
found guilty of conspiracy to bride in
/ the superior court at Grand Rapids.
Mich, Wednesday night. This is the
second convention as a result Of the re-
cent investigation of the city water
scandal.
| Another case of smallpox was dis
covered, Wednesday, in a house on
Hancock avenue, Lowell, Mass, from
| which several cases have already been
| taken. This is of a child years old
] a sister, a year younger, has men,
| braneous Group. Father, mother and
two children have been taken to the
| hospital
| Princess Radziwill was arrested at
Cape Town, Wednesday, on the charge
of forgery and was admitted to bail in
| s 1000. The information was by DIR.
Scholyz and was supported by an affi-
davit from Cecil Rhodes, the charge
being forgery of the latter's name to
promissory notes. The princess was
| remanded until Feb. %.
A force of cavalry had to be finally
called out to dispense the workmen who
ATTEMPTED to invade the Chamber Of
Deputies at Bucharest, Roumania,
| Tuesday,, while making a demonStra-
| ton in favor of a modification of the
bill dealing with trades unions. In the
charges made many persons were in
jured. About 200 arrests were made.
4 xxr t,xo
which were contested at Monte Carlo,
| Wednesday. in the International chess
masters tournament, four wera disposed
of when an adjournment was taken af-
ter four hours play. Janowski had
4 then defeated Wolf, Tarrasch had
worsted Marco and Schlechter and
Mieses and Teichpaann and Mason had
tdrawn. r.
An affidavit was. He'd in the United
States circuit courfh New York City,
Wednesday. by Franklin Bien, attor-
ney for the Montana Ore Purchasing
Co. in the suit brought by E. Rollins
Morse against the Montana Ore Pur-
! chasing Co. for damages for trespass
based upon the alleged ownership of a
five-sixths interest in the Michael Da-
witt lode.
| Jos. De Isle and his wife, Rosanna,
aged IS and "a years respectively, were
| found dead in bed at the White res
taurant in Fall River, Wednesday
Death was caused by asphyxiation by
| illuminating gas and is believed to be
accidental. The couple were mill work.
| ers and came from New Bedford They
are believed to be former residents of
Suncook. N. H.
For love of his dead mother, a IA
year-old boy, Chas. Anderson, commit
ted suicide at Chicago, Wednesday, by
taking poison. Since mamma died."
he said in a childish scrawl, left for
his father. II don't seem to care to
live. l miss her so that must die too.
Goodbye, father. The money she left
me you can have" The lads mother
died some time ago.
Theodore H. Videto of South Franz
insham, was elected Grand Master
Workman of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen of Massachusetts, at
Wednesdays session Of the Grand
Lodge at Eoston. The other officers
elected: Arthur l.. Bateman Of Boston.
grand foreman: VIM. F. Orr Of North
Adams. grand overseer, and ]. Edward
burtt Te-elected), grand recorder.
Mrs Lucy Smalley. an aged person,
was burned to death in her attic home
on Appleton street. Boston, Wednesday.
She was trying to light a fire on a
small stove by the aid of kerosene,
wnen her clothing caught fire. Neigh
pore hearing her cries rushed in and
extinguished the flames, but the woman
VINO was so years old, succumbed to
the shock and burns at the hospital.
The body is at the city morgue wait
ing the claim Of some one who may
have known the woman.
Seven malt liquor" cases based on
ire keeping for sale Of mon -intoxi-
eating" limitations of lager beer, were
mol pressed by Chief of Police HeaY
IN the police court at Manchester. N.
H.. Wednesday, and some two score
prospective cases, resulting from the
wholesale saloon raids of Tuesday.
We're dropped because the state chem
ISL FAILED to find the new beer contra
pand. The beer analysed Included
Oho bear. from a Boston brewery,
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