Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-04
NEWS NUGGETS.


brought BY the Wires FrO0 the
North. East. soath and West.
The United States cruisers Chicago
and Albany, attached to the European
station. arrived at Palermo, Sicily,
Monday.
O.. An avalanche from Mt. Dobratch has
partially overwhelmed the village OF
Bleiberg, near the town of Vilach, Aus
tria. A number of persons have been
killed.
James ]. Walsh, alleged to be one OF
Portland's most persistent liquor sell
lers, was to have been given Jail SEN
tence in the superior court, Monday,
but couldn't be found and his bail was
defaulted.
e A delegation of Louisiana Purchase
Exposition officials have left st. Louis,
Mo-, for Columbia, s. c., where they
will appear before the South Carolina
Legislature to secure a Worlds Fair
Similar delegations will
coon start East to visit New York and
tie New England states.
The second annual sportsman's show
of the International Forest, Fish and
Game Association opened at the Coli
scum, at Chicago, Monday night. The
exposition. it is claimed, contains the
largest collection of living game from
American and Canadian forests and
strcams-animals, birds and fish-ever
shown in this country.
Cumberland county is said to have
saved s3313 in the cost of the operation
of it's Jail during the six months since
the adjustment of the sheriff fee sys-
TEN. This fact is shown by the report
Of the county commissioners, just COM
pleted. The total resources of the coun-
ty are $97,712: total liabilities, $33, 205;
balance on hand. $64, 506
Frank Childs. the colored heavy
weight, knocked out wild Bill Han
rahan of New York, after one minute
of fighting in the fourth round of a
six-round contest at the America Club,
Chicago. Monday night. In a six
round bout, Jimmy Handler Of New
ark, NJ j., lost the decision to Jack
Beauscholte of Chicago.
Eighty-four bodies and 16 men barely
alive. some of them horribly mangled,
lave been taken from the Hondo, Mex,
mines The foul odor from the mines
caused the search for the bodies to be
temporarily discontinued, but disin-
fectants arrived, Monday afternoon.
and the work will be resumed. The
shaft had lis men enrolled and Is are
still missing. The damage to property
is very great.
Rear Admiral Francis j. Higginson,
commander-in-chief Of the North At
lantic station, whose squadron left Gu
Zebra Island, D. w. l., Sunday, has left
a company of marines in permanent
camp on Culebra island under COM
mand of Major Henry C. Haines. The
marines are housed and have supplies
for one year. 1t is reported that they
intend to officiate at the transfer of the
Danish West Indies to the United
States. The camp on Culebra has been
named Camp Hunt, in honor of the
governor of Porto Rico.
The identity of a middle-aged, richly
dressed woman, who committed suicide
in Stockton, Cal, Friday night. has been
established by friends in an Francisco.
She was Mrs. Hammond Moore of New
York City. the widow of Col. Hammond
Moore, an officer of the Confederate
army, who settled in New York shortly
after the Civil war. She went to San
Francisco from Guatemala last May in
the course of a tour around the world
which she began three years ago and
which had just been concluded. The
cause of her suicide is unknown.
A fire at the Cook & White coal mine
at Madrid, N. NJ. operated by the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Co., caused the
death of two Italian workmen, one
named Bruto and the other unknown.
and threatens great damage to prop
erty. At last accounts the fire had
burned to within 30 feet of the room
filled with miners and should this be
reached explosions will follow causing
great damage to property. All openings
Leading to the mine have been closed,
the fans stopped and all available wa
expected. will be flooded in three or four
days.
At a mass meeting held in Exeter
hall. London. Monday night. Gen
Booth, the leader of the Salvation
Army. inaugurated a special temper
ance campaign as a feature Of the work
of the Salvation Army during the pres
ent year. Gen. Booth said he relied
confidently upon the cooperation OF
saloon keepers in the work through
their indicating the habitual drunkards
insomuch as the supplying of habitual
drunkards with liquor endangered the
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ed to compile drunkards directory in
each town and follow the habitual
drunkards home and reform them
there.