Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-27
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Mrs. VIM ]. Bryan denies the statement
that she will go TO New Haven, CT, for
the purpose of teSti1yng in the Bennett
will case.
Mrs. Louis 1verson, who killed three of
her children at Pacific Grove, Cal, Satur-
day. has been committed to a hospital for
the insane.
1t has been announced that Emperor
William will have erected monument
to the memory of the late Herr Krupp,
the gunmaker.
Thos. j. Van Alstyne, former congress-
man from the Albany, N. Y, district and
former mayor of that city, died, early
Monday, after a lingering illness.
The Ella blast furnace at West Middle
sex, Pa. owned by Pickans Mather & Co.
of Cleveland. went out of blast. Monday,
depriving 1900 men of employment.
The schooner Winslow Morsel of Ban
gor, Me, which was dismasted off Watch
New London, Monday for repairs.
Secretary Moody Monday, decided the
long standing question of the awards for
furnishing armor for the battleships Yer
mont, Minnesota, Kansas, Mississippi and
contract for supplying 5000 tons and the
Carnegie and Bethlehem Cos. a contract
for supplying 5000 tons each.
A dozen or IS passengers on a down
town Euclid avenue street car at Cleve-
Euclid avenue crossing of the Pennsylva-
mia Railroad between the car and a loco
motive attached to a caboose. None of
the injured are seriously hurt.
VIM. H. Anthony. for 10 years super
intendent of the Commercial Gable Co.
at Boston, who was arrested, Saturday,
charged with the larceny of $1,000 from
the company, when arraigned before
Judge Parmenter in the municipal court
Monday, waived examination and was
held in $1,000 bonds until Nov. g.
The schooner Dawson City from which
II men We're rescued by life savers when
she grounded on Race Point. Saturday
night. was still fast aground on the
total loss. She has filled with water
every tide since Saturday and there now
seems little chance that she can be float
ed
Constable VIM. Barron discovered bur
glar trying to enter the house of Mrs.
Mills at Hamilton, Ont, Monday, and
tried to arrest him The burglar fired
three shots at Barron, one of the bullets
striking the of1cer just above the heart.
A brass suspender buckle DETECTED the
bullet somewhat but his injuries are con-
Sidered very serious.
Two railroad employees were killed and
two others fatally injured. Monday, by
the explosion of locomotive on the
Pennsylvania Railroad near Rohrers-
town. The engineer and firemen were
blown 80 yards from the engine and were
terribly mangled. They cannot recover.
The tracks were torn up for a distance
of 200 feet by the force of the explosion.
Capt II. Gagnon. Mate Barras. the
owner Michael Connolly. of the tug Mer
sey. were, Monday, at Quebec, Ont. ex-
onerated from all blame for the wreck of
the Mersey off Pointes des Outardes. a
few months ago. Five landsmen were
drowned when the tug foundered. 1t was
charged that Capt Gagnon and Mate Bar
ras deserted the men. II was also alleged
that the tug was unseaworthy.
Incoming steamers at New York are
being closely watched for a band of
thieves who arc reported to have secured
SI0o 00G worth of diamonds and iewelry
from the vaults of Knight. Frank e Rutt-
lev. the London auctiOneers. Oct. 16. Mo-
tices have been received giving a descrip-
ton of the plunder and offering $500 re-
ward for the robbers. who are, supposed
to comnose a band which chiefly has op-
Grated in several European countries.
According to an announcement made,
Mpnday at Chicago by Secretary Job of
the Chicago Employers Association, the
Conference in Chicago of associations Of
s;n,iiar nature would be widely attended
One hundred cities. scattered from Maine
70 1,aIifornia. have already promised to
no ranresented when the conference opens
in Chicago. Oct. %. for its two days dis
cuSsion of the labor problem. 1t is ex-
nected that a permanent organization
will he arranged