Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-09-28
NEWS NUGGETS.
A Glance at What is Happening In
Many Places.

throwing about 200 men out of employ
ment. The buildings and stock were
insured for $12J, 200. The loss was to-
tai.
The funeral Of Former Mayor Frank
lin Edison WAS held. Monday, from tl'
family home in West list street. New
York. Rev. John G. Peters. rector ol
st. Michael's Episcopal church, oilicIat-
ed.
jefferson Ettcr killed Max Wolf IN
a ft of jealous RIG" and ais" shot ana
slightly wouHdcd his own wife at Mid
dlcsborn. Ky. Monday. In his dying
agonies, Wolf managed to shoot Ettcr
through the abdomen.
Former Senator William f. Chand-
Ter is suffering from 4 fracture Of botiI
bones of his left forearm. having been
sturck by the Crank Of ms automobile.
Mr.. Chandler Was about tc take o.
trip. Monday. from his summer h"in"
al Waterloo, n. H., when the accidcn,
occurred.
Tn" international Pure Food Con-
SrcSs assembled Mouday, at the 81.
Louis Wulrd's Fair. The purpose OF
the congress is to call into confcrenc"
food scientists. government authorities
and food manufacturing interests I"
take action relative to the control Of
food ddulterations and miSbranding.
The archbishop of Montreal has fixed
upon ST. Iukc's dav. oct. is, for the
conSecration Of Arrhdcacon Worrcll.
bishop Of Nova Scotia. The bishop or
ontario ana Bishop Courtney Of New
York, will he the presenting bishops.
I'll" ordination sermon viii bc preached
Ivy Bishop Courtney.
Frank RuShaw of Bucktom, st. Law
renee county. New York. has been ;icri-
'!cItally shot while hunting in the Adj
r"ndacks. Th" party bringing the body
reports that BuSlaW ami two compau-
ions were crossing a stream on q log
when man named Flint of LoWelI,
Mass. Slipped off ANA his gun. striking
the log, WAS discharged, the bullet en-
l,linS EushaW's back.
Louis Carmichael. a carpenter. aged
GA years. killed his wife, aged 30 years.
seriously wounded His 12-year-nIl I
st,p-'inJghtcr ANA committed suicide
at krrnrmSyillc. Forsyth county. ~ a.,
Mnnday morning. Carmichael :lnd his
wife separated several weeks ago.
ThoS" who talked with Carmichael a
short time before the crime WAS COM
mitt"d Say that hc was sober. ana il is
thought that he must have been insane
The Sirl will recover.
Alex Martin. aged Il. soldier at
Stanley BdrrackS. ana his WIFE, Il wait
rrSS in a Queen street restaurant at
Toronto. are locked w on Il charge nf
mur,it ring their 10-m0uthS'-ul child
The body of the infant WAS found il,
Ashbridges bay with its head crushed
in. After her arrest Mrs. Martin con-
feSSed that her husband had taken the
babe out in Il boat and killed il with an
oar because ii initiated against her Sc
curing employment.
Charles II. Cultu. Il special officer of
the town of Dracut. MISS, was fired
upon by two men in the woods Mon
lay afternoon. He was trying to pre-
vent them from shooting robins and
wrested tie gun from one man when
the other fired both barrels at him.
filing his legs ANA thighs with bird
Sh0t. The two men then escaped
Later George LacuEns. il Greek. was
on suspicion. Cultus wounds
are painful but not serious.
The body of Miss Bessie Davis who
has been missing flom her home at
Beverly Farms. Mass. since SUNDAY
night. was found. Monday. in the water
off Lees Reach MISS Davis Was >.
years old and had been employed as a
governcSs. An autopsy on the BODY
was held. and at the conclusion Mrdi-
cal Examiner George A. Stickncv
stated that h. was uncertain as to the
exact cause Of hcr death and WAS NOT
prepared to say whether it was murder
or suicide.
Mayor Dean sent Il communication
to the Maiden aldermen. Monday eve.
nllg. relative to the recent rxployian il,
Mclrosc in which he states that the ia
tallty makes il necessary that Maiden
ana other cities provide an ordinance.
relative to the transportation of dam
E"rouS explosives ana recommended
the immediate enactment of an ordi-
nance which shall permit the trans
P"rtdtinn of explosives Only at such
times and under such provisions as
snail seem best calculated to make the
streets sale tc travel. An order aiI,
th"flIlhE the committee on ordinances
I" draft such Il new ordinance was
passed.