Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-01
NEWS NUGGETS
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East, South and West.

"'i'su at NHtoria, d. u, from Homo.
lulu. She was 80 days out from the ~
lands.
The Morgan Opera house at Share,
Pa, was completely ruined by fra i.
an early hour, Friday morning. loss
$50. 1000.
The warehouse building Of the Rob.
inson Basket Co. at Painesyil,e n
containing 100000 baskets, was d.,
stroyed by fire. Thursday night. Loss
100000; partially insured.
The Ail-American bowling trio NJ.
taken every game Of a series Of five
with the Butte. Mont, team. The An
Americans broke all records. mak,n.
total of 30S5 pins, or an average ~
Gil for each game.
The new issue Of IL cent nost.uo
stamps is out. The postmaster general
has just received the first shipmen,
of printed stamps and the stamna
shortly Will be on sale in all the nos.
| offices in the country. The issue hear,
the portrait of the late President Har-
rison.
The last section Of the British i'm
perial cable was laid at the Fiji Island.
Thursday. congratulatory cable
| message to King Edward reached
buckingham. London, Friday. being
the first message sent over the lima
which links the British empire ~.
gether.
A notable development Of the eo,Iin.
| ment of the University of California
College of Medicine to consist of
| clinical hospital that will cost s400 00o
| has been proposed i'm report submit.
| ted by a committee representing all
! interested factors in university admin.
| istration.
Fire. early Friday, DESTROYED three
upper stories of a five-story building
owned by George Bullen & Co., malt
sters. at No. Is Pine street, Chicago.
The structure is in the midst of a COL
ony of small frame houses occupied nv
laboring people, but the flames were
confined TO the larger building. Loss.
$4,000
The engagements announced Of Miss
Marian Jones. daughter of Senator John
Z. Jones of Nevada, to Robert Farau-
har OF Boston. Miss Jones is the wo-
man tennis champion of the United
States. and well-known in Washing
ton society. Her summer home is at
Santa Monica. Cal. Mr.. Farquhar is
a prominent merchant of Boston
Two great Dane dogs have saved the
lives of four persons in fire on Ash
land avenue. Chicago. The dogs be-
came frightened at the smoke and the
cracking of the flames under them and
began to bark, awakening Henry and
Arthur Hirsch, members of the Calu-
met Metal Co.. and j. c. Spokane and
Benjamin Barrigan, who were asleep
in the building. The men escaped to
the street. but so thankful were they
to the dogs that they turned back and
dragged them out. overcome by smoke.
The fire caused loss of $4,000
The transport Sheridan arrived at
San Francisco. early Friday, % days
from Manila via Nagasaki. She has
on board 10l1 soldiers. including six
troops of the 9Th Cavalry consisting of
$40 men. 2S5 casuals. 1874 sick. eight
prisoners and five insane men. She
also brought the bodies of IL dead SOL
diers. There are 50 cabin passengers,
including a number of officers return
1I1S ~ llitil ht tio'SfO'~
Sumner with General Chaffee on board
left Nagasaki four days ahead Of the
Sheridan. but on account of stopping
at Honolulu is not expected until next
week.
Mattresses in the downtown restau-
rants at Chicago want better conditions
and threaten to strike if their demands
are refused. They get no tips and say
wages that vary from Sc to 80 a week
for Is hours work are Inadequate.
More than 400 attended meeting at
which it was decided to file the de-
mands, Friday, giving their employers
until Monday to answer. There are
more than 1900 mattresses in the union.
They ask for 10 hours a day. the same
wage scale. but double pay for all over
time. The girls who hold dinner
places" get $3.50 a week for a 9-hour
day, and want $3.50 a week and WORK
ing day of hours
Charles f. Hammett, former prom
inent business man of Newport, n. !,
died. Friday morning. in his S0th year.
He was for many years member anu
chairman of the public school commute
tee. n member of the park commission
and at his death president of the saw
ings Bank of Newport, trustee OF the
Newport hospital and director anu
secretary of the Redwood library =
member of the Long wharf trustees
He was prominent member OF lne
United Congregational churcn lor
nearly half n century and for over 20
wears a deacon in the church. When
Io rat;rad from, business a few years
ago he had been continuously III o''
business. that Of bookseller ana s'a
toner, for SO years. =