Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-23

that during the prevalence of last
Sundays tornado at Baltimore. Il
shower of pumice stone fell in south-
east Baltimore. Specimens Of the
stone, when crushed, gave out a sui
phurous odor. 1t is announced that
scientists there Will investigate the
matter.
Cong. James II. Griggs of Georgia.
chairman of the Democratic Congress-
sional committee, who is in New York
to meet other members of his commit
tee, says the issues of the next cam
paign from a Democratic standpoint
should be the tariff, the trusts. tht.
Philippines and ship subsidy. Il think
there is a very good chance" he said.
for the Democrats to control the next
House on the issues l have named
Capt Titus of the New York detec-
tive bureau said. Tuesday. that severa!
detectives had been at work all night
looking for Putnam BradIee Strong.
against whom a warrant, charging
theft was sworn out by May Yohe, bus
that his men had found no trace of
Strong. Capt. Titus said that Miss
Yohe with several detectives was max
ing a tour of the pawn shops for the
purpose OF identifying if possible some
of the jewels supposed to have been
pawned by Strong.
The first case on record wherein Il
full-blooded Indian has petitioned for
a divorce has occurred in the federal
court at Pawnee, Okla, when Spah-
Pah-Bear asked a legal separation
from his wife, MadBear. He charged
her with infidelity, abandonment and
with gross neglect OF her household du-
ties. The plaintiff is very old and al
most blind and was accompanied by
several sons ana daughters. The wife
did not appear in court. The evidence
was taken through interpreters. Judge
Haines granted the divorce.
Besides an apostolic delegate for the
Philippines the Vatican is preparing
to appoint an archbishop of Manila
who will probably be Bishop Sebas-
tan Gerhard Messmer, Ca Swiss) pro-
fessor of canon law at the Catholic
University in Washington since 1890.
Three new Philippine dioceses viii be
created. GOV. Taft before starting for
Naples to visit Pompeii and Mount We
suVius, expressed a desire that the
bishop. or one of the new diocese be 2
native Filipino. Maj Porter has start
ed for Paris to spend few days there
before returning to Washington.
VIM. Filler. steel worker. shot and
killed his wife Clara, and Harry Ben
nett, a machinist, Tuesday, at Steel
ton, Pa. 1t is alleged that Filler was
jealous of Benefits attentions to his
Wife, The parties had a bitter quar-
rel, Monday night and, Tuesday morn
ing. the quarrel was renewed. The
husband drew his revolver and shot
Bennett, killing him instantly. Mrs.
Filler ran into the street, followed by
her husband, who shot her through the
heart She died while being carried
into the house. The murderer escaped
and is still ut large. Filler and Ben
nett We're employed at the Pennsyl-
vania Steel Works.
The first news of the sperm and right
whalers, whose field is in the south
Pacific, and the Okhotsk sea, has been
received at San Francisco, in q cable
gram from Hakodate, Japan, where the
vessels put in annually. The report
covered the time up to July and is as
follows: The Charles w. Morgan, Capt
ScuIlion. two right whales and 100 bar
res of oil; bark Alice Knowles, Capt.
Montgomery, 500 barrels of oil; bark
California. Capt. Joseph, 700 barrels Of