Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-23
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

"Alf' Shrubb, on the London Athletic
Club grounds. Friday, ran three miles Ill
Il minutes, II 3-5 seconds. beating the
worlds record for that distance.
John Ward Pettengill, judge of the first
district court of eastern MiddlcseN. died
suddenly. Friday evening. at Maiden,
Mass, from heart trouble at his residence,
in his 9th year.
TIL" striking Italian laborers on the sub
way at New York want to go back to
work. One of their number said, Friday:
Il expect to find all the men back at
work by Monday"
News has been received at Canon City,
Col, of the destruction by fire of the mill
and mine buildings at the Terrible lead
mine, half way between there and Silver
Cliff. The loss is $4,000.
E. II. Hartman, who was operated upon
some days ago at New York for appendi-
citis, is improving steadily. He slept we'll,
Thursday night. and his condition, Friday,
was reported as excellent
Reports from North Creek. Gore Noun
tain, Garnet, Silver Bay, Stony Creek,
Thurman and places in the lower Adiron-
ola ckS say forest fires are again aging
and in several places are beyond control.
VIM. II. Pierce. Friday, twice shot but
did not seriously wound his brother
Charles on the Richard Seavers farm i'll
Quichcc village, Vt, on which Charles
Pierce worked. VIM. Pierce is thought to
be unsound mentally.
Tho New York court of appeals Friday,
affirmed the conviction of murder in the
first degree aga inst the three Van Wormer
boys, sentenced to death for the murder
OF their uncle Peter A. Hallenbeck in
Columbia county, Christmas eve, 1901
Angus Nicholson. a granite poisher,
was found hanging from a tree outside
the city limits at Barre, VT, Friday night.
He had used a strand of barbed wire for
a hang rope and his neck was badly torn.
He was 50 years old and had been despon-
dent.
Gov. Odell of New York, Friday, filed
with the secretary of state the annual TAX
tax of 11-100 of mill for the year begin
ming Oct. !, 1903 with which 10 meet III
interest and sinking fund charges of the
canal bonds
The murdercrs of Gov Bogdanovitch
who was shot and killed at iTfa. Euro
pean Russia. Tuesday, have not vet been
arrested. The post norton examination
of the governors body showed there were,
two bullet holes in the heart, four in his
lungs, two in his liver and one through
his hand.
VIM Pophins, a negro. charged with as
sauting his nine-year-old Stepdaughter al
Babcock Miller county. Georgia was
Thursday, shot to death by mob at
train upon which he was being conveyed
to Jail by an office The negro confessed
the crime.
Tufts and Amherst split even in their
Intercollegiate tennis tourney on the Col
lege Hill courts in Medford. Mass, Fri
day Knight OF Tufts defeated Murdoch
of Amherst, 6-3, o. IS. William ms of Am
herst. defeated Wise of Tufts, 49, -, 6-3
6-J Two more matches in singles and one
in doubles will be played, Saturday.
Funeral services over the body of Ben.
jamin Franklin Jones were held, Friday,
at his late residence in Allegheny Pa
Rev. DIR. Maitland Alexander. pastor Of
the First Presbyterian church, conducted
John G. Brown, lifelong friend of Mr.
Jones. The irterment was in Allegheny
cemetery.
Postmaster General Payne has ordered
the immediate resumption of service on
the suspended rural free delivery route ut
Gallatin, Tenn The resignation of John
G. AllgOod. the negro carrier, VINO was
inundated and who refused to resume
work. has he"n accepted and the civil SER
vice commission has been called upon to
certify carrier to fill his place.
In police court at Lawrence, Mass Fri
day, Henry Belanger, charged with man