Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-14
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The Harvard lacrosse team will leave
Monday, on its Southern trip with Is men
| They Will arrive in New York, Tuesday
They will play with Stevens Institute
| Swarthmore College. the Crescent a. G..
and Johns Hopkins University.
| Spontaneous combustion was RESPONSE
| BILE for a fire that caused almost com
| plcte destruction of the cotton batting
| mill of Barlow & COokson at Fitchburg,
Mass, carly Sunday morning. the loss be-
| ing about $4,000; insurance, 5000.
Rev. f. l.. GOodspeed Of Springfield
Mass, who recently announced his ac-
| ceptance to the pastorate of Calvary
! Presbyterian church at Cleveland. Ohio,
| has reCOnsidered the step and now an
| nounces that he will not go to Cleveland.
| The Anarchist Bertoni. whose publish
| ed article led to the rupture, last week
| of diplomatic relations between Italy and
| Switzerland has been arrested at Laus-
anne. Switzerland for holding general
| strike meeting in defiance Of the prohi-
| bition of the police.
prominent and wealthy Southern
white man, native of South Carolina
engaged in business in Birmingham. Ala
| has made centribution of $500 to the
Ieuskeges stituts.sa This is the largest
donationa Fever received by this institution
| from a southern white man.
Jimmy Michael, the cyclst. for the first
time made. a good showing as a Jockey,
Tuesday at-Maison's Laffitte, Paris. He
rode 4-year-o1d belonging to the Comte
de Saint Phalle. at to l in the betting,
and Was second by three-quarters of a
length j. Reiff winning on Dorine.
William Fraga, one of the crew of the
Gloucester fishing sloop Laura Enos. was
drowned by falling overheard while going
to set his trawle. Fraga was a native
of Western islands and had followed fish
ing from Gloucester several seasons,
where he had a wife and three children.
Advices received at Bombay state that
another revolt against the Portuguese
has broken out at Goa, the colony of
Portugal on the west coast of India. The
leader of the Mahratta land owners has
taken UP arms with 5000 followers. who
have burned the military barracks at
Nalpoy, where a number of soldiers were
killed.
Four lives were saved at Providence r.
l., Saturday, through the daring of a
1n-year-old girl, who when she found the
sleeping rooms in her home filled with
coal gas. rushed to the aid of her mother
and brothers. The girl. lido Robinson.
tainted when she realized what she had
averted Mrs. Robinson and the children
have recovered
The Vienna Neue Freie Presse publishes
a dispatch from Sofia Bulgaria, annonnc-
ing that proclamation has been issued
by NJ Sarafoff, the Macedonian leader,
calling on the Macedonians in Bulgaria
to join in general rising on April p.
Bands collecting on the Turkish frontier
are to cooperate and invade Turkey at
different points.
A. j. Murphy Of the Cambridgeport
gymnasium, won the annual eight-mile
cross-country run of the North Cam
bridge Athletic Club. Saturday Murphy
had a handicap of six minutes, and his
actual time was ISM IS. The time prize
went to T. c. Lynch of the Cambridge
port gymnasium, his actual time being
45m. Is, which is a record for the course.
The mystery surrounding the killing Of
A. Il. Sharpe of Detroit. on a crowded
street at Memphis, Tenn, Saturday
night, was cleared up, Sunday night,
known in Memphis, surrendered to the
police. Chase claims that in an alterca-
ton with Sharpe the latter knocked him
down. whereupon he drew his knife and
cut Sharpe several times.
From a poor orphan girl to the position
of heiress to $250.UD is the change which
has just come to Miss Belle Slater Of
No. 701 East Eighth street, Kansas City.
even dream of riches. Today she is one
of the. heirs of b. C. Redion of Girard,
Kan, whose wealth is estimated at more
than 81 900 900. Mr.. Redlorl is Miss Skaters
uncle, but until a few days ago she was
not aware of his existence.
The SURROUNDINGS kissing case at
Richland Center, Wis, ended in a verdict
for the defendant with the jury out but
10 minutes. The verdict was received
with demonstrations of joy by the friends
of the defendant, who was In the court
room. This was the case in which Mrs.
Sarah Stayton brought suit against Da-
vid c. James for $4,000 damages, alleged
to have been sustained through the de-
PENDANT purloining kisses from the plain
tiff against her will.
The remains of Mrs. Elizabeth Whittier
a niece of John Greenleaf Whit
tier, whose death occurred in Boston.
Wednesday, were taken to Amesbury,
The funeral was held at the
Whittier home on Friend street The
ft.11 MI
was placed in the parlor, as was the re-
mains of her uncle 10 years ago Inc
service, simple and impressive, was III
charge of the Rev. Robert LeBlanc
church.
In basket ball game at Lowell Satur-
day night, between the PawtucketviIle a.
G. and the Burkes. which was won py
the former, II to 8, there were several Tree
fights. Harrington, r. A. c., was Knock
ed out by a right-nand blow on the face
from the fist of Donnelly of the Burkes.
floor. Harrington was unconscious for
two or three minutes. kelliher or the
Burkes, and Mcfarland of p. A. G., had
an encounter and both were ordered from
the floor.
An unidentified man shot and killed
himself on one OF the North river piers
at New York, Sunday. In one OF, the
pockets was found a card reading Ine
Lawrence Dye Works Co.. Leland 3; FL
shirt, however, were the initials Nv.
W. In the black derby hat was the
trade mark of a Boston firm. The man
was fairly well clothed and had brown
hair, was clean shaven and appeared to
be about SIS years old. feet inches tall,
and weighed about $50 pounds.
Harris Steinberg and Isaac Kaatz were
arrested by United States officers, Satur-
day. at Adams, Mass. on the charge Of
Illegally distilling liquor. This was TIC y.
first step in what may be an fmpc
case OF ''moonshining," In whic
charged that several Hebrews Il.
have conducted an ~ u"Pay
an extensive sca,c .dery at which
an investig see all her former
a soge.1 pen, wnew ones, At her EAR
resulted. it, on April Is and 1k
sion BY one 1Srs, dttnpf1e