Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-19
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The Portland wooicn mills at Se,lwood.
a suburb of Portland 1Oragon. was de-
su"Nc" by fire. Thursday. loss, Sl0@0;
insurance. $lo0,0S.
TIL" south portion of West Virginia is
h"nrath 4 sheet Of ice an inch thick. the
result of l. hours Of Sleet.. Railroad traf-
ic is delayed and telegraph and telephone
WIGS are down III every direction.
:. fire which started IN the dry goods
stone of L. l.. MorriSon's Sons at Asbta-
hai", Ohio. Thursday afternoon caused a
loss If %l:'o"o to tenants in that building
and the post Office building adjoining.
Fire Quilted the nail-pouch factory of
ii'lam Taylor ut Lyons, \. Y. Thurs
day. causing Il loss Of $50 on stock
and machinery. The origin OF the lire is
unknown. Taylor has a contract FOR sup
rlEing all the mail sacks and pouches fn.
the COY lnmcnt. over iisr pouches were
burned.
g. y. McEryan. formerly cashier Of the
bank Of Wanrika ut LAYTON. Oklahoma
who X charged with usiEg $1',ah OF the
bank funds for his private use. has haen
brought I" Lawton for trial. McI;ryan
was formerly probate judge Of Biain
county and private secretary to COY.
Ferguson
Fire, Thursday. destroyed the buildings
Charlotte. n. G. Ninctt pupils ana the
faculty escaped with most Of their per-
s"nai effects. Loss. $l31.1iG; Insurance,
ff','N S>tttt'iitS siNdEtNtt ny smoke gave
the alarm. Greensboro college is one of
the oldest chartered colleges for women
in the South.
Sir John Gordon Sprisg. the premier Of
Cape Colony. who was defeat d in the
parliamentary election recently held in
East London (which he represented for
nearly 80 years.. has resigned the premi T.
ship. DR.. Jameson Of raid fame the
he Afrika,idcr Bund party i'll the eler-
tions. has been summoned to form a new
ca binet
The Boston schooner 4. c. Nrwhall
went ashore near Long Point End at
hometown. Mass, early Thursday. hut
WAS not injured and il was expected that
she would easily be fioated at high tide
The bay is covered with thin ice from,
wood End to sandwich and rs there was
vessels had much trouble in making, their
way across
The Most Rev. John NJ. Farley. arch
niShop OF New York. accompanied by the
fsev. Patrick J. Hayes. the chancellor of
me archdiocese. and the Rev. James V.
Leads. the secretary of the archbishop.
arrived at Naples. Thursday. on fhc
steamer Prinz Adelbert from New York.
Feb 4. They Were received by Mgr. Ken
nedx. inc rector OF the American College
az Rcmc. who went there specially for
that purpose.
rom MASKED men appeared Mt the Sill
S ;i l-9;,i Goa. mine near Vincenncs. Ind..
THURSDAY. and ordered the engineer to
stand aside. while they stopped the turns
turning the water back into the shaft
hch nus was accomplished they hat
tered the engine to pieces and fed ~
cicw to the men has been found. Tho
mine mas been closed for some time ow
ing TO labor troubles. but was to have
been opened Friday.
rhe new Colonial theatre at Lawrence
Mass. owned by the Swecnv heirs oni
una, I the mana cement of Weber & Rusl,
OF Ncw York, was opened. Thursdtv
mSht. with a production of ."Tna Tor.
e:hof with Jefferson De Angels in liza
!tie role The event was the society ar
lar OF the season and the entire scat.
ing capacity of 1910 was taxed to The ,t.
most. The theatre is built on the rronnd
rVel with two balconies. 1t is decorated
in colonial colorines o'"'cu