Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-01
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The Americans who are going to
Raiaram Ali, Trans Caucasia, to install
cotton oil machinery in the imperial
domain there, have arrived at Moscow.
The entire plant of the Charles Alb
resch Co. carriage manufacturers at
Milwaukee, Wis, was destroyed by
fire, early Wednesday, enttailng loss
of upward of 100000.
Tod Sloan's valet, a Swiss named
Carlos. was remanded at a police court
at London, Wednesday, charged with
stealing the American Jockeys dia-
mond sleeve links, valued at $425, a
dress suit and other articles. Sloan,
who said he desired to go abroad, was
bound over to attend the trial.
The International Mercantile Marine
Co. has asserted itself at the custom
house at New York for the first time
for the clearance of the American Line
steamer Philadelphia for Southampton
From this time the name selected for
the Morgan combination will appear
on the papers of the American, Red
Star, Leyland and White Star Lines.
The bark Samuel H. Nickerson of
Me-, Capt. Davis, Monte-
video, Oct. 15 for Boston, has put in at
Vineyard Haven, to report. On Dec
%. in latitude 1920; long. 17.40, she
passed the waterlogged and abandoned
schooner Maggie Hart. The decks were
washed out of her. The foremost and
jibboom were. the only remaining spars
Arrangements are being made for a
series of ice races at the head of Lake
George, New York, beginning Jan. Is.
Two races on a kite-shaped track will
be held each week and will be con-
tinued as long as the ice stays good.
A large number of entries from prom
inent horse owners in the various parts
of northern New York has been re-
ceived.
Count Bobrinsky of st. Petersburg,
who co-operated with the American
famine work in 1891, has received in
quiries from America in regard to the
relief required in Finland and has tele-
graphed to the minister of the interior,
Won Plehwe, who has authorized him
to say that money will be gratefully
received. but that other contributions
are not wanted.
Dora Meek, who went into a trance
like sleep, Sept. 2S, as a result of a
lovers quarrel and has never. since
awakened, is believed to be dying, says
special to the Chicago Chronicle from
Centralia. Ill. Since Sunday she has
shown an abnormally high pulse. which
the. doctors believe is due to exhaus-
ton. There is very little fever and
respiration is normal.
Tuo1va ,,,a,, n no ,,ox,,: ;o;l
vile, KY, on suspicion of being impli-
Gated in the holdup of a Louisville &
Nashville passenger train near Louis
vile, Tuesday. Among the names re-
gistered are Frank Hughes of Pitts
burg; George Love, Lima, Ohio; Frank
Wester, Hinton, w. Va; and Jas. Muir
ply, Michael Mccarthy and George
Harmon of Allegheny, Pa.
Andrew Carnegie has notified the
provost of Greenock, Scotland, that he
is prepared to give $4,000 to erect a
memorial to James Watt. in recogni-
ton of his engineering achievements
or Mr.. Carnegie will head a movement
in America to raise large fund, which,
in conjunction with sums raised in
Great Britain will provide for more
extensive scheme of commemoration.
Two attachments aggregating $74, 10:
have been granted, says the New York
American, by Justice Scott of the su-
preme court against the property OF
the keystone Telephone = Co., a New