Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-12-14
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Glance at What is Happening in
Many Places.

Marshall Bean, alias Marcel Lefebee
who is alleged to have attacked several
girls in Lowell, Mass. a few months
ago, throwing one from a bridge into
the river, was declared insane in the
Midd.escX county superior court in
Cambridge, Monday, and sentenced to
the Bridsewater Insane hospital.
Commander Boyle Of the British
navy. and Miss Lily Gardiner, daugh-
ter of beaumont Gardiner an Ameri-
can. We're married in PaIermon, Italy,
Monday.
Michael A. Finn. a merchant, aged
So was found dead at the foot of the
stairs in his home at st. John, N. b..
Monday morning. A post mortem re-
vealed the fact that his skull was frac-
tured in two places. BY the body lay a
hot water bottle. He evidently had
fallen in going down stairs to fill this
A widow and six children survive him
The Pope. at the request of the Hun
garian United Greek Catholic bishops.
has approved Il project for the estab-
lfshment Of an Independent United
Greek Catholic Episcopate in America
under which the Hungarian emigrants
W III w pIelt'i. Illlutfto
have been distributed in the diocese Of
New York, Baltimore and Pittsburg.
Michael Farnan and other Baltimore
officers, Monday. arrested a man who
gave his name as Edward Morgan, "a
years old, and his wife Maud, about %
years old, in connection with the bank
robberies in Laplatta, Charles county
and Mount Airy. Carroll county.
Maryland. Including Mrs. Morgan
there are in all % persons in custody
in Baltimore, on charges of being i'm
plicated in bank and rostoffice rob
berries in Maryland, Delaware, Penn.
sylvania, Virginia, West Virginia.
North and South Carolina.
Prize money due the IA riders who
stayed to the end of the six day bicycle
race which closed in Madison Square
Garden, New York Saturday night.
vas paid. Monday, each rider received
i bonus Of $50 per day, as did the
riders who were forced to drop out of
the contest because of injuries Or eX-
haustion. The demands of some of
the 10 riders who withdrew, Wednes-
day. because of the ruling of the
judges, however, were not honored.
Zion City has paid the final INSTALL
ment on the big debt which a year ago
involved it in sensational bankruptcy
proceedings and threatened to wreck
the gigantic enterprise established bv
John Alexander Dowie. Checks were
sent out. Monday. by Deacon c. ].
Barnard. head of the financial depart
ment Of Zion, in payment OF the final
t0 ~, u .n
the original Indebtedness of more than
100000.
Mrs. Archie Racine committed
suicide at her home in Haverhll.
Mass. Monday, by taking carbolic
acid. Temporary insanity is assigned
as tfe cause. The woman is survived
by husband to whom she had only
been married about two years.
The body Of Albert A. Hatch, a
member Of the firm of Hatch & Fer
nald, building contractors. Lynn,
Mass. was taken from the sea near
Red Rock. by the police. Monday Mr..
Hatch disappeared from his Office,
Monday morning. The medical exa-
miner said the case was undoubtedly
one IF suicide.
County Treasurer Frank Obenchain.
Of Logansport. Ind, has been missing
fer two weeks. and Monday. his
bondsman placed Jacob Guthrie in
charge. pending an accounting. 1t is
known that there IS shortage Of sGO.-
GOO. Obenchain. it is said. has been
heavily interested in Virginia oil COM
ranles. He was elected treasurer four
years ago. and his term expires Janu-
ary 1st.
Tie feast of the Virgin was marked
by riOtous scene at Valencia Snain