Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-05-19

more, who has been i'll at her Melrose,
Mass, home for several weeks, con-
tinues to improve and her remarkable
vitality promises to allow her soon to
resume, to some extent, her public
work She is 81 years old.
Jones & Laughlin. Limited, Of Pitts
burg, the biggest steel manufacturing
concern III The country outside the
United States Steel Corpora ton. is to
be incorporated. At present the firm is
a limited partnership, capitalized at
$40 600, 900. The capital stock of the
rew company will be $4,000, coo or
more.
The weavers of the Leominster wor-
sted mills of Leominster, are assisting
the striking weavers Of the Beoli and
Fitchburg mills of the American Wool
en- Co. In all about $1,000 has been con-
tributed TO their support since the
trouble commenced. The local weavers
have also assisted the strikers at Oh
NEVILLE, r. L.
Three new cases Of smallpox were re-
ported to the board of health at Nal
den. Mass. Saturday, one of them be-
ing in a family on Ashland street, and
the others on Salem place, where a
mother and her 2-year-old daughter
were the patients. The health officials
have been kept busy the past week be-
cause OF the numerous cases of the dis
ease.
Augustus Hcinze and his associates
have transferred the Nipper. Minnie
Healy and a number OF other claims
TO the Nipper Mining co. of New York,
Cora Rock Island Purchasing Co, Min
ME fiealy and the Montana ore Pur-
chasing 90. Thirty-three deeds were
filed with the county at Butte. Mont, :.
bearing revenue stamps indicating a
consideration Of 100000.
The German steamer Ehrenfels, be-
longing to the Hansa Line Of Bremen,
vas lo5t on May g. in latitude Il de-
grees north, longitude IS degrees east.
Whiie bound to Hamburg from Cal
cutta, from which port she sailed. April
q. Part Of the crew has been landed
at Allen, Arabia. The captain and 40
other persons embarked in small boats
ana nothing has since been heard Of
them.
The dual games between Williams
College and Syracuse Academy of
syracuse We're contested on Weston
presence Of q large crowd, among whom
were many friends Of the visitors from
Syracuse The events were very close
~ contested. ana events were very
closely contested, and several college
records were broken. Syracuse won
the meet with total Of G2 points to 50
for Williams
Lewis Abrahams. SO years old. a pho
toGrapher of 1T6 Point street Provi-
denCe. was found unconscious lying
across the grave Of Amelia Abrahams.
his wife, in Cypress Hills cemetery.
Brooklyn, Sunday. He was taken to
st. Mary's hospital. where he died later.
The authorities believe he committed
suicide by taking laudanum. although
NJ bottle could be found in the vicinity
Of the grave. Mrs. Abrahams was
buried three days ago..
August Bemont's Mizzen galloped
home an easy winnergin the nati,.al
stallion stakes at Morris park, Satur-
day. Thirteen high class 2-year-olds
faced the starter for this event, with
Mizzen an even money favorite. while
the Keene entries, Dalesman and Dus-
ter, were second choices at IL to o. Ben
sonhurst set hot pace to the dip.
closely followed by Sir VOORHEES, and
Mizzen. The Hastings colt won in a
gallon by three lengths, with DalesTnan
second and Bensonhurst third.
The athletic representatives, of the
University OF Pennsylvania scored q
decisive victory over the Columbia
Iniyersity's athletes in the dual meet
at Columbia oval, New York, Saturday.
by total score of 50 points to 35.
There We're IL events on the program,
eight on the track and five in the field.
Columbia failed to get first honors in
any and only second place in two of
the track events, but won the shot-put,
hammer-throw, running broad jump,
and divided the honors in the running
high jump.
The grand jury at Minneapolis,
which has been investigating the
stories of bribery in the police de-
partment, Saturday. returned a number
Ames, Detective Gardner, son of Lii
cense Inspector Gardner, and Detec-
tive James G. Howard. Gardner is
supposed to have been the "go-be-
tween who collected the money and
distributed it to the police officials.
There was but one indictment against
Supt Ames. for accepting a SIS bride.
Gardner was charged with extortion.
All gave bail in $4,000 each.
Old Soldiers Experiences.