Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-03
NEWS NUGGETS.



ued at G515.592 This is an increase Of
| e7SS5 over the same exports for 1900.
VIM. Jerome took the oath Of office as
district attorney of New York county.
Thursday. The oath was administered
by Justice Leventritt Of the supreme
court.
The British ship Canada. from Car
diff, Dec %. for Cape Town, has ar
rived at Falmouth. Eng, in tow OF
tug with loss of sails, topgallant masts.
| anchors and chains. The Canada halls
| from Windsor, N. S.
The Atlanta & West Point Railroad.
Thursday sent its first train through
| to Montgomery, the interruption to
train Service and the delay to the mails
occasioned by the floods of last Satur-
day and Sunday having been finally
| overcome.
| Col. j.. +. Hand, who arrived at Seat
| tie, Wash. Wednesday, from Java is
lands. states that cholera is raging
there more severely than ever before.
The death record in the city of Saura-
baca during the month of November was
over 1000. Col. Hand is returning from
a mining expedition to Celbres island
quantity.
At Thursdays meeting of the Ana
tomiCal Society at Chicago, paper by
Dr.. L. A. Spitka of New York was
read by the secretary and in it the doc
tor declared that the brain of Leon
Czoleosz, President Mckinieys muir
dcrer. was normal The doctor said
that during the fourhour dissection
which followed the execution of the
criminal he had been able to study the
brain with considerable thoroughness.
The entries for the spring stakes of
the new California Jockey Club have
been announced. All the stakes filed
beyond the expectations of the racing
officials. The $4,000 Burns handicap,
to be run Feb Is, attracted "A nominal
tons. The Thornton stakes at four
miles, to be run March Is, has 80 nomi-
nations. For the California Derby to
be run March l, there are no less than
81 entries.
General Electric Co. officials in Lynn
are disposed to query the report that
the Westinghouse and General Electric
Cos. are TO he merged. Il am looking
for information myself concerning that
report" said one of the heads of the
company, Thursday. while another
stated that while such a thing might
be brought about in the future he did
not think negotiations had reached any
definite shape at present.
Eugene Carter. the billiard expert.
died at Chicago. Thursday. Of lung
trouble. aged As. He had been ill since
September Mr.. Carriers fame at three
cushion caroms and as a fancy shot
player was world wide. he having play
ed several matches in London and
Paris and taken prominent part i'm
many tournaments in New York and
Chicago His earlier years We're spent
in Toledo and Cleveland.
DR.. d. X. Pearsons, the Chicago phil
anthropst. has issued an ultimatum to
the colleges. which the expecting to
of these colleges and s4oo. 900 Of the doc
tors money is waiting to be handed
over to their endowment funds the
minute they have raised corresponding
sums on their own account. Not one
of then, had. however fulfilled the con-
ditions at the close of last year.
The Sofia correspondent Of the Lon
don Daily Telegraph has cabled an I'M
Stone and Nine. Tsilka were liberated
in Turkey. Jan. 1. and that the Amer
leans who conducted the negotiations
resulting in this reported release
agreed. in the presence of the captives.
to maintain absolute silence concern
ing the capture. If this promise is bro !.
ken. concludes the correspondent.
vengeance will be wreaked upon the
American mission.
The Pan-American delegates at Mexi
co City. attended the ceremony of the
laying of the corner stone Of a monu-
ment to Mexicos independence on the
Pazo De La Reforma. At the evenings
session of the Pan-American confer
ence. one article of the proposed extra
dition convention was approved. the
United States delegation abstaining
from voting for dhe clause of ssid ar
tice. owing to diversity of state Iegis-
lation in the United States. but endors-
ing the project as a whole.
II. II. McI.ane. wealthy citizen of
San Antonia. Tex, who is an euthu
siastic collector of old violins and who
owned Sta-divarius of 1921 make and
q Wilhelm Gutham violin, the first val
ucd at $4,000 and the second at several
thousand dollars was robbed Of them
by stranger, Wednesday night. who
had been endeavoring. to purchase
them. The man called at McLane,.
house and on pretcxt of desiring IN
execute a certain air in the Instruments
got them In his hands and while Mr.
McI-ane's back was turned darted from
ne house carrying the two violins with
i'm. McLane has offered largo re-
ward for their return.
George F. Donovan who is tbo,.h.
2 pc the son Of respectable parent. 81
springfield. Mass. attempted highwan
'obebry. Wednesday night. at Ole.
trcet and Calumet avenue. Cb,caro
md was shot and killed by his intends:
'ictim. Eugene Hector editso or . ch,
ago newspaper. IN his pocket w wa
o pa lie, letter addrsssed to his mother
nd signed "win dated Mani,s "o, me
y lyol, and referred 10 domestic sr al
: Springfield. It 4 rated III STAIRS
2 De stenographe $3.50 writer
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