Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-01-16
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from the North,
East, South and West.

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with Laura Biggar, on the charge of
| conspiracy.
Burglars in ransaching the residence
| Of Mrs. Adelaide Anderson, Minneapo-
| lis, Mimi, carried off 400 pounds of am
thracite coal in sacks. They did not
touch the jeweIry and plate.
Tommy Ryan. the middieweight
champion. knocked out Billy Stiff OF
Chicago, in the fourth round of 10
round bout at the Delaware Club at
Kansas City. Thursday night.
NJ. Goubet. the~inventor of the sub
barine torpedo boat bearing his name
who. as announced, Jan. II, was re-
Gently confined ait Paris, France, in an
asylum for the insane, is dead.
John Weaver. present district attor-
ney of Philadelphia, was nominated,
Thursday. by the Republican city con-
vention for mayor. The Democrats
nominated Francis Fisher Kane for
mayor. Wednesday night.
Dr. Hendricks and former Justice
Piece Stanton, convicted of conspiracy
to secure the entire estate of Henry
NJ. Bennett We're sentenced at Free
hold, n. j., Thursday to two years
and six months Imprisonment each.
Five boys, whose ages range from i3
TO ID years, while coasting at South
Bethlehem, Pa, Thursday night, were
struck by a train on the Philadelphia
& Reading Railroad and instantly
killed and another was fatally injured
The net results of Wednesdays pro-
ceedings in the Wilcox murder case at
Hertford, n. c.. are II jurynen with
the regular Jury and the special venire
of 10o exhausted and a second venire
of p men drawn. Five of the selected
jurymen are Quakers and one is a
colored man.
The 18th annual conference of the
National Conference of Church Clubs
of the United States opened in Trinity
Episcopal church at Pittsburg, Pa.
Wednesday. A short address of vel
come was made by Bishop Cortland
Whitehead. Delegates are present from
all sections of the country.
The steamer Seminole, Captain Wat
son. from Jacksonville and Charleston,
S. c., while entering Boston harbor,
early Thursday, ran aground on the
southwest side of Governors island
where she remains uninjured A thick
haze prevailed at the time,-and it was
impossible to discern the buoys plainly.
An explosion of gas occurred at
Packer No. 4 colliery. at Shenandoah.
Pa, Thursday. by which two men
We're instantly killed and two others so
badly injured that their lives are dis
raireG of. The dead men were married
and leave families. There were several
other men in the mine at the time of
the accident but they escaped injury.
the jury at New York. in the case of =
William O. Thompson, ex-county treas
urer, charged with embezzleinent of
$500. rendered verdict of not guilty.
Thursday. The costs were imposed on
the county. There are 10 other indict-
ments pending against Thompson,
which bring the total amount of his al
legged emheZZlement UP to $4,000. These
cases have been continued until April.
A special from Nogales states that
Gov. Ysabel of Sonora requests denial
of the report sent from Hermosillo
under date of Jan. II, announcing two
deaths in that city from the bubonic
plague. Gov. Ysabel states that there
in the state of Sonora and that he is
personally supervising the sanitary ar
and disinfection of all
cities. his methods being approved by
DR.. Grubbs of the United States Ma
rine hospital service who is Investigate
ing conditions there.
Burton Payne Gray, a LAWYER. was
Thursday. at Boston, appointed by EN-
ory b. Gibbs, receiver in bankruptcy,
as temporary receiver of the property
now in the possession of Edwin ]. Dun
ming, the State street banker and bro
ker. who is in Jail on charge of lar
ceny. The appointment was made upon
application of counsel for the largest of
the creditors who represented that Mr..
Dunnng might be bailed out at any
time and leave the city for good. car
rying with him all the papers which
the creditors were anxious to get hold
of.
Thomas Sanders of Haverhill, Mass,
became stalled in a snow drift near
South Ackworth, N. H., while driving
pair of horses from Vermont to his
home, Thursday, and is now at the
house of Abner Livingston with both
feet frozen. Mr.. Sanders was out all
night, the strong west wind and cold
weather making conditions exceedingly
The traveller was discoy-
cred by Mr.. Livingston, who procured
assistance and dug the horses and
sleigh out of the drifts. A physician
who was called stated that Mr.. SAM
1ers will not lose his feet. ~