Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-12-28
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

At the funeral of Mrs. Margaret st.
George in st. Paurs Catholic church
at Warren, Mass. Saturday, her 10
children and 60 grandchildren We're in
attendance.
The official announcement is made at
Montreal, of the retirement of H. M.
Whitney of Boston, as vice president
of the Dominion Coal Co. Mr.. Whit
ney also retires from the board. His
successor is j. Deid Wilson of Mon
! treal.
Charles II. Mcneil. wealthy. drug
gist of New York City, 60 years old
and almost blind, mistook a window for
door, early Saturday, and fell from a
second story window to the sidewalk,
fracturing his skull and injuring his
spine. He was removed in dying con-
dition to the hospital.
An explosion of dynamite. Saturday,
near the Portland mine at Victor Col,
broke windows in many houses in that
vicinity and sent rocks crashing
through the roof of the residence of
John Herber. No one was injured.
Nothing has been learned of the per-
pretators nor of their object.
A chair factory lat North Conway,
n. H.. owned by Senator Timothy Sui
Ivan of Lancaster, and Frank w. Cobb
of Portland, Me-, was destroyed. by
fire, Saturday, causing a loss of $10,-
900: not insured. The flames started
in the paint room, where lighted
lamp came in contact with benzine.
The steamer Shinano Maru and Oan-
ia, which arrived, Sunday, at Victoria.
=. c., with about 800 Chinese, brought
the last of the influx into Canada prior
/ to the increased taxation of Chinese
which will become effective, Jan. /. The
poll tax will be raised from 500 to $500,
which will, it is believed result in the
exclusion of Chinese.
Isaac Osterhaut. mate of the steam
er Chrstenah, and christopher Sick
enger, engineer of the steamer Rock
land, left their vessels, which are ~
ing at Nayack, N. Y, Christmas even
ing. in a small boat for Tarrytown.
The rowboat has been found, but moth
ing has been heard of the men, and 1t Is
feared both have been drowned.
Announcement is made at New York,
of the purpose of James Gordon Ben
nett to lay out and adorn a large park
to be dedicated to the public use and
pleasure in memory of his father It
will lie between the Boulevard Lafay-
cite and Broadway, north of One Hun
dred and Eighty-second street, and
lands now owned by Mr.. Bennett.
The funeral services over the remains
of the late Rear Admiral Edwin White,
U. s. N, retired, We're held at the Ma
val Academy chapel, at Annapolis, Sat
urday, after which the interment took
place in the naval cemetery. The es-
cort was composed Of the marine bat
tanon and detachment Of sealnen, ac-
companied by the Naval Academy
band.
Gardner w. Northup, Chief Dinneens
assailant. was arraigned in court, Sat
urday, at North Adams, this being his
first appearance in public since the
shooting, last week Thursday. He
pleaded not guilty to the charge OF as
sault with intent to murder and was
held in $4,000 bonds for his appear
ance, Jan. 4, to which date the case was
continued for hearing. e
Major Malcolm Mcdowell of Chi
cago, widely known as an iron and
steel expert, is dead at the age of rs
years. He was the youngest brother
of the late Maj. Gen. Irwin MCDOWELL,
who commanded the Federal troops at
the first battle Of Bull Run. Maj. Nc
Dowell was an aide-de-camp on his
brothers staff during the battle. De-
ceased was an intimate friend of Gems.
Grant, Sherman and Logan and Of
President Rutherford 3. Hayes.
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