Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-11-09
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from North,
East, South and West.

Hon. George Charles Brodcrick, who re-
gently resigned his position of warden of
Merton College, Oxford which he had
held since 1881. is dead.
bill modifying the Belgian tariff laws
VIII soon he introduced in Parliament
1t VIII propose increased duties on wines
fruits and aluminium ware.
II. c. Cadle, a white man. was Iynched
sunday. at Erinkley Ark. Cadle, in an al.
tercation cut Policeman J. c. Cox, who
died shortly afterwards. A mob secured
.adie, shot him four times and hung him
to telephone pole.
e. p. Broughton, &c years old. formerly
general superintendent of the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois Railroad, who after 81
years OF service was recently retired fell
dead in the Alta Vista Hotel at Colorado
Springs, Col, Saturday night, of heart
disease.
The threatened detection of the Social
lists from Premier Combes failed TO occur
In the French Chamber of Deputies. Sat
urday The continued Socialist support
or M. COmbes appears to remove the chief
cause of the recent reports that he intends
to retire from office
The body of a man found floating in the
Merrimac river at Haverhill Mass oct
- has been identified as that of Hugh
Gallagher of Methuen. AS tar as can Ire
learned there was no cause for Gallagher
to commit suicide and it is believed that
he fell into the river at Lawrence
Two Cinnamon were indicted on the
charge of murder in the second degree by
the Suffolk county grand jury which re
ported its finding, Saturday. at Boston,
before Judge White in the superior Grim
inal court. They are Charlie Ching and
Wong Chung and they are accused of kill
ing Wah Chong in the Chinese district Oh
the night of October I'd last.
Potter O. Elliott, the MINNEAPOLIS man
who some time ago attempted to see
President Roosevelt ut the White House.
and who violently resisted the efforts of
officers to remove him, was taken back to
Minneapolis and was given hearing be-
fore judge of probate, who, Saturday, ad-
judged the man insane and sent him to
the state asylum at St. Peter, Mimi.
Arthur Jenkins, publisher of the SYRIA
cuse, n. Y, Herald, died. Sunday at
Westbaden. Ind. MIR. Jenkins was 81 years
of age. He was one of the founders of
the United Press and later his paper be-
came member of The Associated Press.
He served upon the boards of directors of
both organizations. He was also one of
the founders of the United .Typothetae
of America.
Tax Collector William P. Foley, Satur-
day, at Milford, Mass. placed 800 poll tax
warrants in the hands of local constabes
and deputy shcriffs. This is a new policy
on the. part of the collector. and conster-
nation reigns among the delnquents. who
must pays,the extra costs or receive a
seven days sentence in Jail. A large NUM-
Der have applied to- the assessors to have
their taxes abated.
GrainAexports from Boston, last week.
were the heaviest for several months. and
every steamer leaving port for Europe
carried cereals as part of the cargo. The
shipments aggregated 436, 466 bushels Sof
bushels corn, 1906 bushels oats. Book
ings for the present week show that the
steamers will carry about 271d00 bushels
of wheat corn and barley, =
IT,.
from New York for Zion city, Monday,
has been served with papcrs in a suit by,
the keeper Of Lexington avenue board 4
ing house for $3.50 unpaid board, alleged
Eettes acting as agent for the restoration
hosts BoWie's legal representative de-
clareS no such eontract.was entaFed into
for the members Of the host, d
Col. John d. Adair, who serveflS6n Cen
Grants staff in the Civil war. died Sat 4
best-known attorneys in Chicago. He was
born in Pennsylvania in 1911. a fter &tatss
war, he settled I'M hicago. He was
assessment attoIsey for The "a CIV fss'a In
state, politics hsgas & Republican,; in
municipal politics jnaiepeadeilt
Thomas r EeTpeft ID years old, son of
Morris Herbert. I'M Race street, Holyoke,
about go p. M. Saturday while gather
ing coke near the Geo. r.. Dickinson pa
per division. Herbert stepped in front of
the engine, which, was moving slowly.
and was thrownsto the ground. The en-
CINE was brought to a standstill almost
instantly, but not before wheel ran over
the boys neck. M
Miss Fannie McGarvey. Sunday night
entered the kitchen of her home at
Strathroy, Ont, where her uncle, Patrick
Upton, was seated, and taking an axe
from the folds. of her cape dealt him three
blows over the head, crushing his skull
Miss McGarvey. who has recently shown
signs of insanity, had for several wears
been her uncles honsekeeper. "a pton is
fatally injured and the girl has been
placed under arrest. I'D ts a8a. sIa4
Four children wereinstantiy killed. Sum
day, by an explosion of nitro-glyc erine at
Bucks Run, in Hooking county! 4 Ohio.s THE
dead are: Oscar Bohn. IA, and Charles
Bohn, II; their S-year-oId sister and the
9-year-old son of Robert Conrad. The
children were playing with IA can which
had contained nitro glycerine and, it is
supposed, struck it with stone The
home. of the Bohns was partially wrecked.
The bodies Of the children were terribly
mutilated. 80
DR. S. S. J-athrop. aged 50, was instant
y killed in Norwich, at 1926 P, NJ.
cycle withvar autnxaohile driven by c. IL.
Oosgood. The accident occurred at the
junction of Central avenue and Hickory
street where an electric car stood Or.
l.athrop was riding his bicycle down
Hickory street as Mr.. Osgood was trying
to turn out to avoid passengers from tie
car when they, not seeing each other,
came together.