Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-24
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Another case OF smallpox was report
ed 10 the Maiden board of health, Sat
urday evening, the victim residing on
Adams street. The house and inmates
have been quarantined.
The annual game of football under
association rules between Oxford and
Cambridge took place, Saturday. at
the Queens Club and was won by Ok
ford, with a score of to o. -s..
Twelve additional cases of smallpox
were found at Woonsocket, r. l.. Sat
urday, making total of 100 infected
persons in the city, so being at the hos
pital and so under quarantine.
A Virginia & Southwestern passenger
train was held up by unknown persons
early Saturday, between Big Stone Gap
and Intermont, Va. and $40 was taken
from box in the baggage car. ~
Emma Fisher, the servant who at
tempted to kill her 5-year-old charge.
Georgiana Simons, in Yonkers, N. Y.
Friday, will probably recover, as will
the little girl. The servant is under
arrest.
Jake Gaudaur, the champion oars
man, slipped on the ice while curling.
Friday night, at Rat Portage, and broke
ia bone in his right shoulder. His doc
tor says Gaudaur will never be able
to row again.
Poultney Bigelow is arranging to give
up his London home and take up a.
permanent residence in the United
States to devote his time to American
problems and American relations with
European countries.
Signor Marconi sailed from South
hampton for New York, Saturday, on
the steamer Philadelphia, which is
fitted with new and powerful wireless
receiver and transmitter. With these
instruments Marconi expects to COM
municate with England and Nantucket
at distance of 1000 miles. The Phila-
delphia. he hopes, will thus be severed
from land by only a day during the
voyage.
Miss Ellen J. Anderson was found In
a room at the corner of French and
Bridge streets, Lowell, Mass, Satur-
day, with what looked like knife
wound in the head. Six stitches by
surgeon in st. Johns hospital closed
the wound. A Centralville young man
satisfactorily explained to the police
his presence in the room. The woman
is not yet able to tell how she was in
jured.
The police at Dover, N. H., Saturday
night, made the biggest liquor raid in
years, at the residence Of Clifford
Goodwin. on Sonnet street. Four half
barrels of ale were found in his cellar.
another was found horsed up in his
kitchen, and, together with a pitcher
and pail of beer, were carted to the
police station. Goodwin was summoned
to appear in police court, Monday
morning.
Roy Hines, one of the crew of the
schooner Harvester, was suffocated in
the forecastle Of the vessel as she lay
tied up at the wharf at Gloucester, Sat-
urday. Hines was the only man aboard
He was found at the foot of the COM
panionway. His position showed that
he tried to escape, but was overcome.
The fire is supposed to have caught
either from candle left burning or
from the stove. Hines was native of
Pubnico. N. S. He was % years old,
unmarried. He has brother. Albert
Hines, who is one of the crew of a Bos-
ton fishing vessel.
After being out so minutes, the SUI
preme court jury at New York, in the
suit of Millionaire Francis ]. Cakes for
divorce, with Mario Del Sol, operate
singer, as correspondent, returned a
verdict. Friday, acquitting Mrs. Cakes
of all blame. When the verdict was
announced the wife fell back, half
fainting in the arms Of her lawyer, A.
III. Hummel. Then, wiping the tears
from her eyes, she arose and trembling
ly said to the Jury: Gentlemen. I
won't thank you, but will say, God
bless you, in the name of my aged
mother and my son."
Joseph Minor of Webster was taken
to the Worcester Insane hospital, Sat-
urday, by Sheriff Glare. He is hope
lessly insane Some time ago he was
compelled to quit work, and upon re-
covering from his illness he was taken
to the town farm. He had not been
there long before temporary fits of
alteration seized him, and at one time
he wandered away from the institution,
and for three days roamed in the
woods. wet, hungry and totally blind,
before he was located by the authors
ties. While at the farm his sickness
caused his blindness, and finally In
sanity. He has suffered excruciating
pain for months past. His case IL one
almost without parallel. Tc>r ~.