Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-25
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from the North,
East, South and West.

Among the passengers who arrived.
Sunday, at New York on the steamer La
GaScogne from Havre were Il French
priests and % Sisters of Charity, en- route
for Canada.
a serious motor cycle accident occurred,
Sunday. at Bristol. Eng. The motor
Swerrcd into n crowd OF spectators. twr
of whom were killed and many others So
riouSly injured.
A field military mass in memory o fthe
American soldiers and sailors VINO we're
killed in the Spanish war was celebrtn H.
Sunday, on the marine barracks Ir'stAe
grounds at the navy yard in Brook st.
A fire which started in defective chin
ney of the Colebrook House nj Colebrook
n H.. Sunday. caused a loss of Sl2,Wu.
The flames communicated to other build
ngs in the immediate vicinity. but not
with serious results. The hotel was in
surcd for 5000.
The Washington Post will announce.
Monday, that John ID. Rockefeller has
given S50.0n0 to the Washington Young
Mems Christian Association. The gilt liz
conditioned on the completion OF can
vass for $500 000 for the association before
January ]. 1904
At a mass meeting of Hebrews and
sympa thizers Sunday. Mt Hayerhiil.
Mass, several hundred dollars were sub
scribed for the relief of the sufferers at
Kishincf. 1t was voted to issue an APP
peal to President Roosevelt to take some
official action in the matter.
The Venezuelan revolutionary General
Matos has finally succeeded in joining his
Lieutenant Gen. Rera In the neighbor-
hood of Coro. Gen. Rera still has an ar
my of 100 men. The Italian newspaper
at Caracas, the Voce D'Italia. has been
suppressed by President Castro.
The engine Of freight train bound
south on the Pennsylvania division OF inc
New York Central. jumped the track
while running at a high rate of speed near
Presho. n. Y. Sunday. The engine turn
cd over pinning. the engineer under the
fire box and killing him instantly.
United States Consul General Bigham at
Cape Town, writes the state department
a warning against the coming OF immi-
grants who are not qualified to pass the
new and severe immigration laws IN
South Africa. Russian Jews have been
numerous in the non-qualihed class
Grant Blodgett. general bookkeeper of
the Bank of Buffalo at Buffalo, N J.,
shot himself, Sunday, i'm the basement OF
the building The bullet severed both OPP
tic nerves so that If he does recover he
will be blind. Blodgett told Elliott {.
MacDougaI president of the bank, that
he was short $5l9.J9. lie had worked ior
the bank Is years.
In ar audience given TO the ban of
Croatia Count Hadervaria, Sunday. at
| Vienna. Emperor Francis Joseph express
ell his approval of the measures taken TO
! preserve order and. II is reported, gave
| the ban extended powers to deal with the
situation. The ban left, Sunday. for Bud
! apest to consult with the Hungarian pre-
mier. 1t Is reported that further fatal
conflicts occurred in Crotia. Saturday
The appointment of Charles Hallam
| Keep as assistant secretary of the treas
ury to succeed Milton f.. Allies. who re
Gently resigned to accept the vice pres-
| dency of the Riggs National Bank. Is an
nounced at the treatury department AZ
Washington. Mr.. Keep is resident OF
| buffalo. N Y. and was graduated by
| Harvard University in the collegiate and
! law courses. He is 40 years old. Since
graduation from Harvard, Mr.. Keep has
been a practicing lawyer in the city of
Buffalo, his speciality being along invest
mcnt and financial lines. Mr.. Keep is
expected to reach Washington, take the
| oath and assume the duties of his office.
Wednesday.