Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-08-22
NEWS NUGGETS.
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South and West.

| The horse races at Barre, VT, sched-
u!ed for Thursday, were postponed on
account Of rain.
A cablegram to the New York Clip
per from Portsmouth, Eng, announces
the death there, Thursday, of Bessie
Bonehill. the vaudeville actress.
| The steamer Mira which went ashore
at ChebOgue, near Yarmouth, N. s.,
some time ago, was fioated, Thursday,
and taken into Yarmouth. She will
repairs.
| The Kotlire, official organ of the Rus
sian naval department, says there has
been loss of $1.250,000 on the steam
| ship service, started a couple of years
ago III connection with the Chinese
| Eastern Railroad.
Charles A. Johnson, aged "a years,
| formerly well-known pugilist and
professional bicycle rider, committed
suicide at his home at Philadelphia,
Thursday, by swallowing chloroform.
Johnson went to that city from Mime
apolis six years ago.
| The hearing of the eXtradition case
| against George Clark of Pittsburg, was
| adjourned by Judge Morgan at Toron-
| to, Thursday, until Aug. 30, the papers
| in the case not having arrived from
Massachusetts. There are charges of
obtaining money under false pretences
against Clark and two of larceny.
| Palmer park, comprising SS9 acres,
has been formally turned over to Colo
| r.i nj hv t
| Palmer, founder of the city. The ia
nous Austin Bluffs, two miles north
east of the city are included in the
park. The general sometime ago in
serted a clause in the deed excluding
automobiles in their present state of
| development.
| The White Star Line steamer Cedric
| of q 900 tons, the largest liner af1oat,
was successfully launched at Hartland
& Wolfff's yards at Belfast, Ireland.
Thursday. She is 700 feet long, has IS
feet beam and draws 40 1-3 feet of wa
ter. Her carrying capacity is 1874
| tons and she has accommodations for
1900 passengers. 1t is expected that the
Cedric will be ready for service in the
autumn.
| According to a telegram received at
| the Merchants Exchange of San Fran
cisco. the German ship EerZOgian Ce-
cillia, bound from Bremen to Oregon,
has put into Montevideo, partly dis
mantled. The Cecilia belongs to the
Hamburg american Line and is used
for training officers for the company's S
steamships. She has on board about
200 cadets. The damage is said to be
not serious.
John w. Gates has not given up the
fight for control of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Co., but what his next move
will be has not yet developed. The an
nual meeting of the stockholders is
scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.
Whether the meeting will be held is in
doubt as it is asserted in some quarters
that it has not been regularly called,
and any election held under such cir
cumstances would be illegal.
Considera BILE apprehension is felt
over the disappearance of Costa Silva,
a wealthy Portuguese of Barre, VT, who
has been missing from his home there
since July IA. Because of the large
amount of money which he was known
to have carried on his person. District
Attorney Hoar, with Barre and Mont
pelier police officials are now investi-
eating the case and developments are
looked for within a short time.
George Shiras, Sd, of Pittsburg, son
of Justice George Shiras of the United
States supreme court, said: 'It is true
that my father expects to retire from
the bench of the supreme court, early
in the corning year. There is no par
ticular reason behind the retirement
except that my father believes that
there is wisdom in the law passed by
Congress, enabling judges to retire
when they have reached the age of 20
years.
Klaw & Erlanger have just bought
from Sire Bros. the New York theatre
and the Criterion theatre at New York.
The new owners will enter into possess
sion. Sept. Is. AS soon as the con-
| tracts were signed, Klaw e Erlanger
sold the Criterion to Charles Froham
and Rich and Harris. The price paid
by Klaw e. Erlanger for the New York
theatre is said to be $4,000, 900; the pur-
chase price of the Criterion is said to
be less than s5o0,0o0
| The Associated Press at London,
| learns that according to the present ar
rangelnents, contracts for building the
| Shamrock III will be signed next week
| Sir Thomas Upton expects to arrive in
| the city then, on board the Erin, to
make final arrangements with the Den
nys. The contracts will provide for the
very early lunch of the next challenger
| for the Americas cup, thus giving more
time for tuning up than by previous
competitors for the trophy.
Because a prisoner is too fat to get
through the court room doors, United
States Commissioner Dudley Lindsey
of Owensboro. KY, has telegraphed to
Washington for permission to hold
court in the open air. The prisoner is
Jane Woolsey of Litchfield. arrested for
making moonshine whiskey. She was
hauled to Owensboro, in wagon but it
was discovered she could not be taken
I'D the narrow stairs leading to the
court room. She is feet, inches high
and weighs 430 pounds.
A eloudburst near Fenton, Ill,
Wednesday. flooded several thousand
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