Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-02-24

injuries which probably will prove ia
tai. Gov. Longino, who is attending
the Mardi Gras celebration in Natchez,
was summoned home by telephone.
The news reached Oxford, Ct, late
Monday night, that a woodchopper' $
hut on the land of John Pope, on the
outskirts of the village, was burned
during the evening and that one man
was burned to death and another mar
rowly escaped a similar fate. The cir
cumstances surrounding the accident
could not be learned owing to the isola-
ton of the Pope property.
Replying to a question in the British
House of Commons, Monday, Gerald
Balfour, president of the Board Of
Trade, said that the general lines of
The agreement between the British gov
eminent and the International Mercan-
tile Marine Co. had been determined
upon and that the House would be
given an opportunity to discuss the ar
rangemeEts before it was finally con-
cluded.
Mrs. Annie Leno, 65 years old, died
in a hospital at New York, Monday, as
/ result Of burns received at a fire in
the rooms of her son, Sunday. Mrs
Leno, her granddaughter, Lizzie, IS
years old, and John Leno, the father of
The girl, We're all taken to the hospital
suffering from burns and the inhalation
Of smoke. The man is in a critical con-
dition and will probably succumb to his
injuries.
Albert O. Schumacher, horse sheer,
was beaten into insensibility at New
York, Monday night, by number of
striking horse shoers and blacksmiths,
while he was looking for work. George
Lowden. a manufacturer of Fort
Wayne, Ind, interfered and in his eff
fort to rescue the man was roughly
handled. He then called policeman
but Schumacher's assailants escaped
The injured man was taken to the hos
pital where it was feared that he was
fatally hurt
Jimmy Gardner of Lowell, to the
surprise of everybody, stood for Is
rounds before Patsey Sweeney of Man.
chester. N. H., at the Criterion A. C.
at Boston, Monday night, and as agreed
before the bout draw was called, both
men being on their feet. Sweeney was
expected to finish Gardner in a few
rounds, but the latter's blocking saved
him defeat especially in the third
and fourth rounds, when he was none
too strong. Sweeney forced matters
continually and the bout was good
one.
Naval Gov. Seaton Schroeder of the
island of Guam, who has arrived at
Honolulu, reports the occurrence of a
severe and prolonged series of earth
quakes, which have raised the level of
the island some six inches The shocks
were accompanied by loud subterra-
mean rumblings. The Solace on her ar
rival at Honolulu smashed into the ma
val wharf, doing some damage. She
reported that during the voyage So.
Locascio. bandmaster returning from
Guam, jumped overheard while insane.
He was rescued but died on Feb. 10.
The British steamer Monadnock,
Capt. Woods, which sailed from Blythe
Eng, Feb. H. for Boston, has put into
Stornowa, Scotland, and reports having
encountered terrible weather during
which one of her crew was drowned
md four others disabled. In addition
20 these casualties three of the steam
er'S boats We're smashed, her forepeak
vas flooded owing to a broken scuttle
and considerable damage was done
about her decks. The storm was so Sc
we're that the Monadnock was only able
TO wear around and return by the lib
eral use of oil.
In the United States court at Tren-
to Il
$500 damages to Rev. Henry p. John
ston of Camden, a colored man who
sued the Pullman Car Co. for 100000
Johnston is editor of the Christian Ad-
vocate and on March % last, while rid
ing in Pullman car between Rich
mond, Va, and Washington, sought
service in the dining car. He claimed
that he was refused food by different
subterfuges Notwithstanding he applied
three times. Finally, when all the
passengers had been served and the
employees were eating he said he was
offered food.
Rev. Ferdinand S. Pudgarski, pastor
Of the Independent Catholic church.
Jersey City. was again arrested, Mon
day, on the complaint of Mjaich Ma
turzeski, the president of the church
society, who charges him with assault
Pastor Pudgarski caused the arrest of
MaturZeki on the charge of having
stolen $500 of the church funds. The
opponents of Rev. Pudgarski locked
the doors of the church, Sunday. and
kept him out. He broke the doors of
the schoolhouse in the church building
with an axe but was prevented from
the church by Maturzeski.
Rev. Pudgarski and Pres. Maturzeski
gave $500 bail to appear in the police
court when wanted.