Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-23
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The San Francisco Call says: Three
more deputy sheriffs employed at the
county Jail as jailors, and one, perhaps
two, deputy United States marshais win
in all probability he connected criminally
with the unlawful substitution of Chinese
before the investigation now in progress
is ended.
Four masked men. Tuesday night held
up a Wcst-bound Burlington x Missouri
tram, five miles north of St Joseph. Mo.
The safe in the express car was dynamit-
ca ana the car wrecked of,cials Of the
| money. Other reports say il contained
from $1,000 to $1,000
The trinnial convention of the National
Camp. Patriotic Sons of America. began,
tuesday, at Baltimore, and will4continlIe
IN session. "Wednesday. one hundred and
fourteen delegates We're present. Nation
al officers were elected to serve during
the ensuing year, with j. S. Iliudlc offs
NrauSe. Pa, president. N n
Charged with the misrepresentation "a
funds and securities of the Southport Nj "a
tonal Bank. to the amount of $iel,930s lltz|
Yer 7, Sherwood, the former effskieis u
that institution, who WIS bfofgh 4 ;iyssl
from Panama, was, Tuesday. at New lTfib3
ven. CT. sentenced by Judge Platt To tb92
maximum penalty, 10 years. fssEss ~ 81 - Isl
AdVices from Cape Charies.s al "a 'iIcsI
day night. are to The effect that t1aefesi$
no foundation for the report fronf M &C Hf{
preaguc. Monday night thatzti,e Sfisf3ifis4
steamer Beatrice has made 7}fla5Fares
Breakwater with a loss of two Mems This
practically eXtinguishes the last SpAfk of6
nope for the steamers crew Of 80 men
Tilted on three occasions by men who
had promised to marry her and having,
after each of the first two times lptstic-
ceSSfully tried to commit suicide. Mary
Evakory, a Russian servant "A Years Of
age, made a third and final attempt Y
end her life. Tuesday, at New York and
was found dead with "A gas tubesin her
mouth at the house where she was em-a
ploycd
Interest has been evoked at London by a
letter from Secretary O'Callahansof the,
United Irish League of America, to Mr.
CONDOR, NJ p. saying that since the pass
sage Of the Irish land act many evicted
tenants now residing in the United States
nave been making inquiries regarding the
possibility Of reacauiring their formers
holdings. Mr. O'Callahan expressed the
belief that should large proportion OF
the inquircrs be able to do so, it would
so far towards solving the question OF
Immigration and turn the tide back to
Ireland.
Henry w. Whpples had a narrow cs-
cape from death by fire which broke ont
socket. r. l.. shortly after midnight Tues,
day night, Quilted the building and burned
II horses. The loss will exceed $1,000.
against which there is an insurance OF
about half that amount. The fire is be-
lieved to have been of incendiary origin.
When the flames We're discovered. MI.
Whipples was sleeping in the second story
of the stable and the flames spread with
such rapidity that he was rescued by the
firemen with difficulty.
The Reichlin murder case was taken up
by the grand jury. Tuesday. at Elyria.
Ohio and the hearing promises to be a
lengthy one. Seventy or more witnesses
have been subpoenaed, and the authorl-
ties declare that no effort or expense viii
be spared to run down Reicnnns MUIR
dered The jury was escorted to the scene
of the crime at Lorrain and the Reichlin
house was carefully gone over in order
to give the jurors an opportunity to get
Z clear idea of the position of the rooms.
The examination of witnesses commenced,
Tuesday afternoon