Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-07
BITS BY WIRE.
A Glance at What is Happening ir
Many Places.

scout ShIpS chester, birmingham and
Salem. The bids will open next year.
The charaC ,tr!SticS are: Length. 42i
feet; BREADTH IL feet. y inches: drsiught
1T full lDaG, IN feet. 3 inches: depth
amid ships, &c feet. . i'll, hes: displacc-
ment. 1910 tons -. ed. "A knots: bat
tory. l. 3-inch guns and submerged
torpedo tubes. Accommodations will
be provided Tor a complement of com
handing officers. ~ Wardroum officers,
fac warrant officers and 36S men.
The Niru Fr"ie Press at Vienna.
states that the ministers have resolved
net to close the Innsbruck University
OF the Italian faculty.
By . resolution adopted ut the final
session Of tn" convention of the Amcri-
can Humane Association. in It. Louis.
the beard OF direC tors was instructed
t" draft, ANA rndcavor To secure the
rass5,gc Of by Congress, bin pr"Nld-
ing f0r the ,rcdtiun Of 4 government
ho"rd |" study the protection Of rhii-
drcn and animuls. The board of diIec-
tors was also instructed u secure. if
possible. an act of Congress, authoriz-
ing the Incorporation Of the American
Humane Association under the federal
laws.
The dead body Of Miss Rosa Butts.
aged % years. Of Marshal. Mo. was
found in the suburbs Of South Marshal
in pasture. 1t is believed that the
sirl WIS murdered. Her throat had
been Gus with Il sharp stick. a piece "f
which still remained in the flesh; her
left ear had bt--n cut off and there WAS
It bullet hole III her head. Miss Butts
was lust seen on Wednesday night
With two young men, one of whom her
sister did not recognize. Neither 81
il" men have as yet been located.
t.v-Prrsident Grover cleveland de-
liv"red his second speech Of the cam
p"ign. Friday night. in Newark. y. j.
About >"0H p-Opl" We're gathered to
herr him in the Essex Troop Armory
Following MI Cleveland. was Former
Comptroller Of the currency james II.
; F.ciirls % Chicago. ana several local
Congressional candidates.
The safe Of James J.. Blodgett. 4
private banker ut Hermitage. y. Y,
WIs blown open. early Friday morn
ing. The robbers got $500 in cash and
certificates Of deposit amounting to
81, 900. Blodgett IS 50 years old and
lives alone He graduated from Yale
40 years ago.
Triton. Ca. suffered the most dis
astr"us confaeratinn in the history Of
the city, Friday. AT night the loss was
estimated Al approximately $3.50 Oo1.
/ There We're no casualties.
The condition of Secretary Hay. who
has been confined to the house with Il
. cold. has improved greatly and he en-
poets To resume at the state depart
| nient, the first fair day
a dispatch from Victoria, =. g.. says
! that II. NJ. :. Ration and II. NJ. 5.
Florida. have received orders to leave
Pacific station Immediately for Eng
land.
Latest reports from Deer Ranch,
| Wyo.. show that the bandits who
murdered the cashier of the Cody bank,
have not. as Vet been captured. al
though reliable information has been
! received to the effect that the bandits
| have taken refuge 1t the ranch house
! OF syr1pathiZcr near the notorious
| Hole-in-th he Wall rendezvous southwest
of the place.
Two men, Friday. entered the pool
room operated by Pat Hurst 1T
| Niagara. \. n. held up the l6 men in
! the place with a revolver and escaped
with $500 in cash and several watches
and rings.
| A large stable connected with the
Woodstock Inn, summer hotel at
| Woodstock. y. H. was burned. Friday.
causing a loss of about $4,000. The
loss vas about equally divided between
| the binding and stock. Only a few
| horses ana carriages were saved
| The former crown princess of SaXOny
| Louise Of Tuscany. the divorced wife IF
| the King. Of SaXony. has arrived 1T
| Florence. Italy, desiring. it is said, to
! the Negotiations with the Vatican with
! the object Of bringing about reconcile
alton with the King. This is consider
ed t" i" more probable now. owing tn
| the death Of the late Eing George. who
was impiacahle.
Mary Kane, unmarried and about 10
years old, fell down a flight of stairs
| at her boarding house. 26O Canal street,
| at Lawrence. Mass. about 11.3O o'clock
| Frida" night. and sustained a fracture
| at tn" base of thu skull. She died at
| Lao q lock, Saturday morning. without
| rc%aining consciousness.