Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-09
NEWS NUGGETS.
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East, South and West.

C. II. Ebermin of Boston, a promi-
nent officer of the Christian Endeavor
Society, is seriously i'll with typhoid
fever. at Banff, N. w. T., but it is ex-
pected he will recover.
Schooner Abbie ingalls,, Portland for
New York with lumber, now at Vine
yard Haven, is leaking considerably,
having sprung a leak in the heavy
weather off Cape Cod. She will pro-
coed.
The jury in the case of Michaelange1o
de Palma, who has been on trial in the
supreme court at Providence, since
Monday for the murder of Robert
Lyons, ST., Wednesday, returned yer
dict of not guilty after having been in
consultation one hour.
The Turf and Field Club of New
York has elected the following officers:
President, Perry Belmont; vice presi-
dent, Brayton Ives; secretary, e. G.
Lamontagne; treasurer, f. r. Apple
ton; executive committee, Clarence
Mackay w. III. Sands and r. T. Wilson.
Rose Quinn, who has been on trial
at New York for the murder of her
three days-old child, was adjudged
guilty of murder in the second degree,
Wednesday. Sentence will be imposed,
next Tuesday. The young woman grew
hysterical when the verdict was given.
Mrs. Yetta Brownstein, aged 30
years, and her two children, Cecilia
and Tetta, were burned to death,
Wednesday, in their home at Philadel-
phia. Two other members of the fami-
ly are in a hospital in a critical condi-
ton due to burns. The fire was caused
by the overturning of an oil stove.
The will of the late Gustavus F.
Swift was filed in the probate court,
at Chicago, Wednesday, The estate is
valued at s12, 100000. The principal
feature of the will was "A bequest of
s25o,0O0 to charity. The greater part of
the remainder of the estate is divided
among the widow and direct heirs.
Miss Freda Pink, an 1S-year-old
senior at an, indianapolis High school,
is dying as n result of injuries received
in a basketball game at Crawfords-
vile. Miss Pink went down in a scrim-
mage and was kicked in the side, re-
ceiving injuries which will terminate
fatally. She is prominent Socially. ~
The cable steamers Anglia and Co
lonia sailed, Wednesday, from London,
to lay the remaining sections of the
commercial Pacific cable :. from San
Francisco to Manila 1t is expected
that the cable from Honolulu to Md
Mia by way of Midway CBrook) island
and the island of Guam, will be COM
pleted July 4.
The president of the Board of Trade,
Gerald Balfour, informed the English
House of Commons, Wednesday, that
the government agreement with the
International Mercantile Marine Co.
had not yet been executed. 1t was now
before the company for final considera-
ton. He hoped it would be executed
before Faster.
A motion for a new trial was made in
the Rutland county court, at Rutland,
Vt, Wednesday, by the defendant in
the case of the Patch Mfg. Co, against
the Protection Lodge of Machinists on
the ground that one of the jurymen
had stated during the trial that he was
opposed to the union. Arguments on
motion will be held next week.
The Dresdencr Cigaretten Fabric, the
name under which the American To-
bacco Co. operates in Germany, is be-
ing prosecuted in the Berlin courts by
a combination of dealers for alleged
unfair competition in placarding that
the company's cigarettes can be bought
everywhere, which the complainants
aver is not true. They ask far 'protec-
ton from the foreign concern, with
1S0,000,0e0 marks capital
1t has been learned that the four.
masted schooner which was in collision
with the schooner Sebago on Nantucket
shoals, March 10, when the latter YES
sci was SO badly damaged as 70 make
it necessary to beach her at Chatham,
was the schooner Fred A. Davenport,
Wiscasset for Philadelphia, with ice
Her port quarter was badly chafed and
the quarter rail torn away. She made
repairs at Philadelphia.
AS the result of competitive exami-
nation held in Concord, N. H., this
week, United State Senator Gallinger
mas appointed to the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis Guy Ir-
win Davis of Tilton, and VIM. J. Ahern,
DR., of Concord. Alternates for Davis
are Trad +. Willis of Concord, and VIM
c. Wildey of Goffstown; for Ahern,
Francis CogsWell of Portsmouth, and
Oscar Moreau of Manchester.
Leading eye, ear nose and throat
specialists from all parts of the country
are in attendance at the annual meet
ing of the American Laryngological,
chronological and biological Society,
which opened, Wednesday, at Indian
apolis. Dr. ]. A. Stuckey of Lexington,
KY, is president. Several papers were
read and discussed during the day.
Resident members of the profession
gave a banquet at the Columbia Club,
for the members of the middle di-
vision.