Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-03-02

oldest man i'm the world, he says. I.
Manuel Del Vail, Mexican. living neal
San Francisco who is Isl. YAH part:
of the world are included in this col
lection.
A slight fire, but one attended by ia
tai results. occurred shortly before 81;
T.. NJ, Saturday, at 21I Gold street
South Boston. the victim being little
Ellen Davis. 2 years of age. who eX-
PRED at the Carney Hospital few
hours after the accident. Catherine
Davis. 20 years old, the mother, and
John Davis. Jr.. 10 months old. the in
| FAINT brother of the little victim, We're
also seriously burned and are confined
to the Carney Hospital as result Of
| their INJURIES tt "a' s" tH
| Former Secretary D. r. Francis,
president of the st. Louis Exposition,
left London. Sunday night, for Paris.
in consequence of a telegram from NJ.
lie Grave. the French commissioner 10
| the exposition. urging him to visit
Paris. and saying that President Lou
bet would like to receive him at the
| Elysee. After seeing President Loubet,
| Mr.. Francis intends to proceed to Ma
| drid. and thence to Berlin, where if
| possible he will have an audience with
| the German Emperor, March 3.
Van F. Rouse, treasurer of the board
! of commissioners of the St Louis EX-
position, is authority for the statment
| that the board will have no difficulty
in securing the greater part of the
$I0.000.000 of gold bullion to be used
in reproducing the state capitol in
miniature at the st. Louis Exposition.
In an interview Mr.. Rouse is credited
with saying that Thomas f. Walsh
and Jas. f. Burns, millionaire mine
owners of Colorado, have each agreed
to loan the commissioners $500, 900 in
gold bars to be used in carrying out
the idea.
Physicians at the Erie county hospi-
tai at Buffalo, n. Y. state that as Il
result of al operation performed 1T
the hoSpi.a 433 carpet taciis, Al small
knife blad' :. 142 screw nails, 20 pin
points reese bling the points on g shoe
makers a. l. 6ia ounces of ground
glass and Il wire chain about three
inches in length We're taken from the
stomach Of the patient. Claude Trim
blt. "a years old. Who says he is 4 cook.
He went to the hospital complaining
of indigest ton and dull pains in the
stomach. The physicians report that
the patient is in Il fair way to recovery.
The steamer Switzerland of the
International Mercantile Marine Co,
arrived at Philadelphia, Sunday, from
Antwerp, after a voyage of 49, days,
during which she experienced terri
fic gales. On Feb. IA. the vessel err
countered a severe storm from the
several days and during its height the
steering gear gave way, yeaving the |
vessel helpless for three days. at the |
end of which time the steering APP |
paratus was partially repaired. The |
vessel sustained other minor damages. |
The Switzerland carried 231 passen- |
gers
Treatment by f;oentgen rays is prov
ing of Importance in cancer of the skin. |
Reporting four recent cures, DR.. Gil |
christ of New York, mentioned having |
seen in Manchester "a cases that had |
been completely cured. while Finsen |
has reported IS cured cases. The APP |
plicalion usually lasts u minutes. |
though ii may extend to 80 minutes. |
The malignant cells seem to be special |
" sought out by the rays. but burns
may occur. and for preventing them Il I
special glass tube-opaque except at /
the ends-has been devised. The eff
fccts vary greatly with the idiosyn-
traeies IF the patients.
Rcv. Er. ]. NJ. Caldwell, for many
years presiding elder of the Methodist
church at Chicago, and now pastor CT
the Union Avenue Methodist church, |
attempted to end his life, Saturday. by
throwing himself in front Of q Grand
Trunk train at 18th street at Chicago. |
His lee was broken and he was inter-
nally injured. but he may recover. Rev. |
DR.. Caldwell was arrested. Friday |
night, on 4 charge of disorderly con-
duet and released on bail. He left |
home. saturday morning to answer the
charge in the police court and instead
of going there deliberately walked in
front Of the rapidiy moving train.
Ey the derailment of the Grand
Trunk westbound limited express at
Battle Creek, Mich, Saturday. Bliss L.
loa rker of Battle Creek. was instantly
Killed and brakeman George Cowles of
Battle Creek, had his skull crushed
and will die. The first day coach left
the rails and swept broaGside across
Dixon was standing in the street talk
ing to Parker, and both men were
swept under the car. DiXon's leg was
broken. and it had to be amputated.
The car was crowded with passengers,
AL of whom escaped with slight inju-
ries. a defective switch caused the
accident.
The steamship Canada, the first of
the Dominion liners to call at Halifax,
n. s., on the new Liverpool. Boston
and Halifax service. arrived in port,
Sunday morning. after a rough pas
seg e. She left Queenstown, Ireland. |
on the Goth and it was expected would
make n fast passage across. One one
day of the trip she made only 95 miles
SEe ran into hurricane and the waves |
swept her from stem to stern flooding |
the smoking room and doing some !
slight damage about the decks The
be ggage of the passengers was all III
ready for landing when the steamer
came up the harbor and she remained
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