Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-07-28
NEWS NUGGETS
Brought BY the Wires From the North,
East, South and West.


East, South and West.
The New York Central Twentieth
Century Limited, Saturday, ran over
the Mohawk Division, las miles, from
Syracuse TO Albany. in 140 minutes.
At Z p NJ. Saturday, Hornellsville
and Canisteo, n. Y, We're visited by a
cloudburt, which flooded the country
for miles, washed out the Erie Railroad
tracks for miles and wrought untold
damage. The fall of rain made a roar
like the cataract at Niagara.
Ogden Mills steam yacht Felicia
sank the Thomaston, Me-, schooner
David Druid, bound from Vinal Haven
for New York with granite, off Little
Guites Island. Friday night. Capt.
Hart and the crew of the schooner
We're landed in Boston by the yacht.
At Cleveland, Ohio, Saturday, The
Roman won the 2.1S trot, in four heats:
best time 2.12A. Martha Marshall won
the 2.0S pace; best time, 2.06A. Sylvia
one won the 2.21 pace; best time, 2.0S1a,
by King Charles; winners best, 2.13A.
Betsey Tell won the 2.25 trot; best
time, s.15
Henry Norris, son of rich Jersey
City merchant, who was arrested in
Jersey City charged with a series of
check forgeries in Boston, a few days
ago, has retained counsel to fight eX-
tradition. The hearing before Gov.
Murphy of New Jersey, has been set
for next Tuesday.
Subterranean roarings resembling
thunder are frequently heard in San
| town 111s miles distant. They are be-
lieved to be caused by the Poas vol
cano, 19 miles northwest. Quantities
of ashes have fallen at San Pedro, a
village near the volcano.
In the final stage for the Kings prize,
at Bisley. Eng, Saturday, Mitchell,
| McRobbie and Rennie of the Canadian
team secured the National Rifle Asso-
citation badge, and Mitchell won prize
| of $50, and McRobbie and Rennie each
Won a S25 prize with respective scores
of $50, go and 26S points.
By the explosion of a kerosene lamp
at Dover, n. H, Saturday night, at her
home on Second street, Mrs. Maria
| Quinlan was SO badly burned that she
i is in a critical condition, and her re
covery is doubtful. The fire depart
ment was called out, but the damage
| to the house was triiling.
The opening exercises in celebration
| of the 200th anniversary of the fonud-
| ing of Byfield parish and church at By
| field, Mass, We're held, Sunday, and
hundreds of people from surrounding
| cities and towns together with resi-
dents of Byfield attended the exercises
| which were held in the old church.
Fon du Lac, Wis, was flooded, Satur-
day. by rainstorm which turned some
of the principal streets into raging tor
| rents and tore up many blocks of pave
ment. The rainfall aggregated three
| and a quarter inches, and the damage
in the city, alone, is estimated at $780,
COO. The crops are seriously damaged
| and many oat fields cannot be saved.
The insular bureau of the war de-
partment has cabled to Manila for all
the captured insurgent records. Those
with the records already in possession
| of the bureau are to be compiled by
Capt j. K NJ Taylor of the 14th In
| fantry, who translated many of the
documents captured from the Filipinos.
| The compilation will make a record of
| the war.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert e. George of 81
East street, Attleboro, Mass, were in
stantly killed, Saturday night, by the
| Colonial express on the N. Y, N. II. &
| II. X. Il. line. They walked upon the
| grade crossing at Mill street, not hear
| ing the cries of the crossing tender,
| William Chase, and were thrown with
fatal force, one to the east and one to
the west. death coming instantly.
| IGlxes and Champion, bitter rivals,
met at the Revere Beach track, Satur-
| day evening, and gave the $500 Specta-
| tors one of the best races of the season.
The pair went % miles in So minutes,
s 1-5 seconds, and Elkes won by the
very narrow margin of so yards. 1t
was nip and tuck battle from the
gun, and at no time did victory perch
very securely over Elkes' standard.
The annual Ostend to Dover yacht
race was won, Saturday, by the Clara,
with the Namara in second place. The
Bona, the Brynhild and the Creole al
SO competed. The Cicely went over
the course with the yachts, though she
WIS not entered in the competition. She
led grandly and covered the course,
| slightly over 20 miles in length, in
record time, 4 hours and "a minutes.
| Charles L. Bent, who shot himself in
the head. Friday night, died, Saturday
night, in st. Johns hospital at Lowell,
Mass Mr.. Bent served in Co. g, 9th
VT Regt.. in the Civil war. He received
a pension of $12 a month. Mr.. Bent
was member of Post AZ, G. a. r. A
son in Lowell and a son and daughter
in Maine survive him. He had been a
sufferer from stomach trouble for years.
The United Mine Workers may try
| to obtain the impeachment of Federal
| Judge Jackson of West Virginia, who
| restrained them from holding meetings
| to induce men to quit work and inn
| Jrisoned number of the organizers
| for violating an injunction. 1t is prob
| able that the impeachment proceedings
| will be begun soon, if Judge jackson,
| after final hearing, refuse to dissolve
| the injunction.
Rumor is persistent at Chicago that
| ARRANGEMENTS have been made for q
| speedy amalgamation of the packing
1 interests of Armour e Co. and Swift
| & co. The former is a close corpora