Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-20
NEWS NUGGETS.
A Brief Record of the Important News
of the Day.

Three loaded freight ears on th'
I.acawanna Railroad jumped the tract
lat Newark n. j., Sunday, tore through
the freight yard fence, crossed thu
street. and crashed into the residence al
School Commissioner James Shape. The
| forward ear was driven into the house
" hich is of brick. and fell into the Gel
| lar. The others piled up against the
| front Of the house. Mr.. Shape and his
family were asleep ON the second floor.
Mr.. Shape WAS thrown out of bed and
bruised. but his wife and three children
were not injured. They We're unable
10 go out of the house until neighbors
came to their rescue.
Members of the Old Timers Tcle-
grapher. and Historical Association
United States Military Corps Will meet
in joint convention ut Atlanta, Ga, for
Il thrce-days' session, beginning Tues
day.
Pending an investigation of the case
tn" state department officials are dis
posed to treat as Il fraudulent scheme
to obtain money the information which
press reports from Pasadena, Cal,
state has come to Il relative of Con-
G1essman McLachlan of California, of
the reported death of Louis Blaisdell in
a Spanish hospital. and the detention
Of his 1iyear-old daughter in a convent
at AraJucZ. According to tn" views Of
the Department officials the report
hears the ear marks of the work Of a
gang Of imroStelS, who have operated
ut various places in Spain for Il long
time ana who have secured sums Of
money on the strength of being rcpra-
ScntatiVes of newspapers.
George T.. Stillings, president of the
Preferred Mercantile 60. of Boston, has
been arrested by United States officers
on the charge of using the mails in the
furtheranCe of an alleged lottery
scheme. He was released in bonds Of
5000, the case being continued until
Sept. 26 for Il hearing. StillingS, who
has been in the West on a tour
throughout the country. returned, Fri
day. and went to the Federal building
ana surrendered himself. The other
men under arrest in this case are j.
Franklin Kmscly. manager, and Guy c.
Stilln@s. treasurer.
James byron, aged 26 years, COM
mittcd suicide, Saturday. at Niagara
Falls by going over the Horseshoe Falls
from Tcrrapin Point. He had been Il
driver of one of the reservation vans
but was r, nntly laid off. He hailed =,
van ut the island bridge and told tn
driver he was going over the falls
Leaping from his vehicle. the driver
grapplcd with Byron as the latter was
he hid Int
knocked down. Byron then mounted
the railing and leaped to death.
F. X. Gale. manager of the Eastern
Grain Co. of New Haven. Conn, has
suddenly left town. The company has
been formed about three months and
advert ised that stockholders were get
ting 40 per cent. dividends. A furni-
turc dealer. Saturday. took away the
handsome office furnishings. as nothing
had been paid on them. Gale owes
printers. stcnoGraphcrs and his board
ing mistress.
The huttleships kcarsargc. the flag
ship of Rear Admiral Barker, COM
mandcr-iIl-clicf Of the North Atlantic
fleet, and the Maine. the Alabama and
The Missouri of the battlrship squadron,
North Atlantic fleet. have arrived in
port ut New York, from the M-diter-
rancal cruise.
It has been definitely announced that
judge Parker will not go on speech
making tour. ana al his speeches viii
be made from the vcranda at Rose
mort.
Gel. John r. McGinnes, U. :. A., the
ranking officer of his grade in the
ordnance department, has been on the |
retired list. Because of his service in
the War Of the Rebellion he was re-
tired with the grade of brigadcr gen
cral. Colonel McGinness was ut one
time stationed at the lIennebcc |
Arsenal, Augusta. Maine.
At an inquest into the death of Will
liam q. Mcknight at st. John. N. b., |
the coroner's jury brought in verdict |
to the effect that Mcknight came to his |
death by blow from a club in the
hands Of Oscar j. Wright. Wright is
under arrest.
During a band concert ut Cleveland, |
Ohio. lead pine, loaded with powder |
or dynamite was employed with serious
intent, and Pasquale Ferritt and Wal
ter Cox were probably fatally injured. |
Pasqualc's back WAS torn away and |
Cox had Il leg blown off. Rivalry be-
tween two bands of the district is said |
to be the cause for much ill-feeling of |
the bandsmen towards each other.
Its fingers and head gnawed by big |
rats, the 1S-months-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Smith of Crowley
Court, Lowell, Mass, now lies in 4
serious condition at it's home. The
parents, who are Poles, We're awak
cned by noise in the bedroom, Satur-
day. Getting up they found the child's
bed sWarming with rats. All the
fingers on both hands We're bitten and
In some cases the bones showed. The
head was gnawed in some places to the
skull. The family tried to dress the
child's injuries themselves, but, Sun
day, doctor was called. The little
one may recover.
J. Willard Smith of st. John n. B..