Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-08-06
NEWS NUGGETS
Brought BY the Wires From the North.
East, South and West.

i'Nitiie N'th. 0ittiy Ntul " AldSAd
to inspect the work being done on the
government telegraph line from VAL
dez to Eagle City.
The street car strike at Huntington.
w. Va. was adjusted satisfactorily to
all concerned, at a conference between
officials of the railway and representa-
tives of the strikers. Tuesday. This re-
fers to the Kentucky, West Virginia
and Ohio divisions.
DR. VIM. Beardshear, president of
Iowa State College at Ames, died, early
Tuesday, as the result of nervous pros
tration while attending the meeting of
the National Educational Association
at Minneapolis, month ago. DIR.
Reardshear was president of the assoc
citation.
Astronomer w. J. Husey announces
in a bulletin just issued by the Unver-
sity of California. the discovery of 100
pairs of double stars never before cata-
logued. The discovery with the Mills
spectroscope of six stars whose veloci-
ties in the line of sight are variable is
made public by Director W. w. Camp
bell of the Lick observatory.
The first acts of violence in connec-
ton with the strike of the velvet weav-
ers employed at the Cheney Bros. mill
at South Manchester, Conn, took place,
Tuesday. Henry Lester, a nom union
man. accompanied by a guard consist
ing of four members of the firm, was
attacked by $50 strikers as he was on
his way to work. He was knocked
down by a large stone and it is report
| ed that he is severely injured. No one
else was injured.
The Indiana State Board of Tax
Commissioners. after listening to the
representatives of corporations for 10
days. has decreased by $9.179,045 the
valuations upon which steam and cleo
trio railroads, telegraph, telephone ex-
press, pipe line and Transportation
companies must pay taxes. The as
| sessment Of the Monon Railroad was
increased $500 a mile of main track
The Lake Erie & Western was in
creased $1,000 mile of main track.
With two of her crew missing. the
schooner Corona, Captain Peterson, ar
lived at Gloucester. Mass, Tuesday
with her flag at half-mast. The miss
| ing men are John Dedrich of Shelburne
N. s., and Henry Morrey of Havre.
France Capt. Peterson reports that on
| July %. While searching for halibut off
the Banks the men left their vessel to
take their travis. Nothing more was
seen of them. The weather on the day
| the men left the vessel. and for some
| time after, was clear and the fact that
| the men had Il several days supply of
| food in their dory has given the cap
| tain hope that they might have been
picked up.
Seguin were in collision off Rondeau
| Ont. Monday, at midnight. The for
| mer boat sank. The Seguin arrived at
| Cleveland, Q. Three lives were lost and
several people were hurt The steamer
City of Chicago arrived there, early
| Tuesday, with n number of survivors
| of the wreck. The mate, Waterman
and Il fireman of the City of Venice
were drowned. John Sullivan, mate of
the Venice, is 50 badly injured it is
feared that he cannot recover. He was
removed to the marine hospital at
Cleveland. The steamers met bow on
| in the fog, the City of Venice going
down almost instantly.
| Mr.. and Mrs. John Shandrow of
South Haven, Mich, have adopted a
whole orphan asylum. % children in all.
The % children are not all infants.
| Some of them are bright, rosy checked
| youngsters already old enough to go to
| school. Mr.. ana Mrs. Shandrow have
| made more than competence on their
100-acre fruit farm, and it has been
| their lifelong regret that children have
| never been born to them. To please
| his wife ShandroW wrote to the Smith
| founding hospital in Minneapolis ask
| ing him to send him several children
| for a summers outing, with the privi-
| lege OF choosing from them in case he
| should want to adopt a boy. The Min
| neapolis institution is a small one and
| the management promptly forwarded
| the visible supply of children over
| three years-no less than % boys and
girls. Mr.. and Mrs. Shandrow have de-
| cided to adopt all of them.
The contract for the construction of
the Liberal Arts building has been
| awarded by the Louisiana Purchase
| Exposition co. for $4,000. The build
| ing must be completed by April /.
| 1908, in time for the dedicatory cere-
| monies of the exposition. Orders are
| being received from various parts of
| the country for the souvenir gold dol
| lars, of which 100000 are to be struck
| by the United States government in
| commemora ton of the Louisiana Pur-
| chase Exposition. 1t is expected that
| the first 200 coins issued will be num-
bered and that a certificate of the
| treasury department will accompany
each coin stating the order of its mint
| ing. They will be sold to the highest
bidders. The other coins will be sold
| at 81 each. The premium on the en-
| tire issue viii be devoid to the con-
struction on the site of the exposition
| of heroic statues of Thomas Jefferson.
who signed the treaty by which the
United States government acquired
| the Louisiana territory. and William
| Mckinley, who signed the bill for gov
eminent participation in and super
vision of the celebration of the CEN
| tennial of that event.