Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-20
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

| The loneehoremcn of st john n. B..
now divided into two bodies, arc planning
n ma %amati"n and meetings viii b" held,
! "Wednesday night, to consider the matter,
United. there would be 500 to 1000 men in
| The or@aniZH ton.
Thirteen hundred slot gambling ma
chimes valued at about $I25, 500, were pub
Iicly burned Tuesday, at PhiIadeIphia. by
order of the directors of public safety.
The machines We're captured in raids con
Gnct"d by the Law and order Society ana
the police authorities.
A fire which threatened to destroy the
whole town of GlrnShaW, Pa, broke out,
Tuesday, III the plant of the Glenshaw
Glass Co., and, Tuesday evening, it was
still raGin& but under control. The loss is
estimated AT 100000, with very little in
SUlaECc. I no origin of the fire is myS-
terry.
The Montreal Street Railway COS. en-
iloy"s hava submitted a lengthy schedule
Of wages and grievances to the company
with a demand for a reply by Thursday.
it is said TIE company will not agree To
the demands and is making arrangements
to operate their cars in the events of a
| strike.
At a meeting Of the Tufts College Pub.
| fishing Association, Tuesday, at Aedford.
| Mass. editors of two publications Were
selected by competition. Among the sue
ces&ful ones We're Ernest {. Nitham, Jl,
Chopin, 'o6. ii Eockland Me-, Who were
| chosen associate editors of the Tufts
Weekly.
,, Hon. T. A. Jon,s founder Of the Jones
| x Iau%hlin steel works, the largest indie
| pendent plant in the United States, died
| suddenly, Tuesday, ut Iittshurg, Pa, from
nervous rrostrati"n. aged -. He was
| chairman Of the Republican national com
suittco during the lbIainc-Clcvoland cam
paen and was otherwise prominent in ma
| tional politics.
| Edward GlCnnon was rcinstated in the
| New York police force. Tuesday. 10y Com
| Missioner Greene and placed on patrol du-
| tY. Glrnroni was Convicted Dec 2A 1871.
| a di@urde rly house. He was sentenced t.
| six months in the pcnitentiary. The court
Of appeals recently reversed the decision,
| granting a new trial,
| At the celebration of Bishop Mcdonnell 5
18th anniversary of ordination to priest
| hood in BrooElyn. y. y. Tuesday the
| dignity Of domestic prclate to Pope Leo
! XIII was formally conferred upon him.
| The new honor to Bishop Mcdonnell
| makes him an assistant at the pontiHcal
| throne and thereafter an immcdia t. me m
| Der of the popc'S household. He is the
| only bishop in the United States at pres
ent who is an assistant 1T the Papa
throne.
The fire in DCmiNon No mine at Glace
| Bay. n. s., is still burning. though mil
lions Of gallons OF water have been pump,
| rd into the pit. Deputy Inspector OF
| Mines Cadigan, Tuesday, ordered mining
| operations to cease ut Reserve collery
| and all three shops are now idle. Great
| pressure of water from Dominion mas
| cause the barrier between the two mine;
to break. The barrier may hold. but as
salt water has been used for the last few
DAYS the crash might come at any timc
| and should work continue hundreds OF
| lives may he lost in a moment the OUTPUT
| of the Reserve colcry is 300 tons day
Erysipelas is now classed as a con-
! tagious disease.