Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-24
NEWS IN BRIEF.
A Glance at What is Happening in
Many Places.

Henry G.. Davis. the Democratic Vice
| Prcsidrntiul candidate spoke to Il large
| gathering. It the opening of the cam
paign in Wheeling. ". Va. Mr.. Davis
! VAS followed by former Senator
Charles a. T"wne Of New York, and
John r. McGraW, leader Of the West
Nirginian Democracy
According To private advices received
in Boston. Thursday. tn" schooner FL
| Vir" J. French. which left Newport
\hW%. September :. for Portsmouth. y.
H., has been lost IT sea and III" crew
I drowned With the exception Of the en-
! %in''r and one sdiior. who funded Ut
\ Norfolk, VA, Thursday. Particulars Of
! The disaster are moi given, but ii is be
. licrcI that the vessel fpluldercd during
( Tie hurricane Of Thursday morning,
. september H.. The vcssrl was valued
1T about $4,000 ANA owned by i. Is.
Baker Of HurNich. Mass. Those VIII"
I were drrW rcd ara rs follows: capt.
/ Daniel 6. CuInor, Portland, Ne; flfst
| Mate ABIDE, Portland. Me-; Steward
George I:r;tn,!". Pennsylvania; Sea
| !nln Barney New York: McHlld1e
/ New York: AudruS Riga, ItuSSian ana
| unknown seaman. The rescued hrr:
! Seaman Max ShulZ. washington street
4 Iiubol:rh, n. j.. and Engineer Airing
/ tom Nelson, lo4 Henry street, New
York.
Reports received from points
TIM "ugLnut tn" .Amnarolis Valley, =. =,
apple :,ruWi ing district state that tine
recent high winds aud frosts nave
ruined q large part Of the crop.
conservative cstitnIt" places the loss At
nearly - per cent. Al several places
the trees We're badly dtina&ed
While chief Of Police N-iGgart in
c"mplny with Prince Dbol-nskE, his
SsiStant. was Inspecting buildings in
tn" boulevard Nicholas, Odessa. hear
the PuShkih monument, a young man
wearing :: blue blouse fired a revolver
from Il distance Of six PAGES ut Neli-
;sart. The bullet did not strike tn"
chief of police aud when the man Was
about to fire again, he was seized by
Prince DbultnSky. The mans WEAPON
tell to tin. ground, ana i'll the StrugSl-
| Whicl! rnSIed NJ. Nciis<Hrt WdS wounds
"a III tie hand With Il dagger. III" as
| :.;ri,;tnt WAS secured and placed in GUS
! tutY. H.. refuses to give Ills name on
any account of himself.
Charles f. Martin. secretary Of tie
! National I.iVcstoc: Association, while
luurieying 10 Cheyenne, Wyu., from
Denver Colo. WAS seized with a henInr-
/ huge Of The, lungs ana expired !; few
| minutes after being removed from the
! train al Greedy, Col. He had long been
afflicted With pulmonary troubles.
/ When the National Livestock AsSucia-
| ton was organized in Denver several
years ago, Nj. Martin WAS chosen Sec
rotary and was unanimously reelected
1T each annual meeting of the asSoCia-
! ton. He had an enViablr newspaper
| career. having edited several papers in
the West ANA served the Assnciitcl
Press for several years as its Denver
representative.
The Sovereign Grand Lodge Of odd
| Fellows has decided to meet, next year.
1T Philadelphia, instead of Washington.
| The steamer Arctic. commanded by
| Captain Bernier, with the Canadian
expedition under Major Noodle. sailed
| from sydney. \. =. Thursday. for
| Hudson Bay ANA the North. The PARTY
! sill remain three years. They will
| take formal possession Of the Arctic
| islands ana Will collect Information and
| curioS of various Kinds. Capt. Bernier
expects to make an attempt TO reach
| the North Pole in the Arctic after COM
| l,lcting the present trip. The Arctic
! took provisions for 1900 days. III the
| party are 10 Of the Northwest mounted
! police. Major Noodle stated that the
| principal object Of the Hudson Bay eX-
| pedition is To- enforce the observance
Of tn" Canadian laws at Hudson Bay
and the Arctic islands by all. including
/ United States whalers and lisherm"n.
! Thomas NJ. Higgins was acquitted. in
| Huntsville, Ala, Thursday. Of the
charge of murder in the first degree in
c"nnectitS with the lynching Of Horace
| Mapes. 1'here was no demonstration.
\ young f1nglish woman giving her
!iame as Florence Gray has crossed
the o2cnn, remained a few days at the
t.liiS island. y. Y. Immigrant station
and returned To England, in order Il,
fulfil the terms Of her uncle's will.
Which provided that she must visit
America. li"t uncle il; said to tllve :c-
cunultt"d 4 fortune in the " est. and
II "fdr'r - assure himself That his niece
would s." His country. provided in his
Wlll tilal St't SHOULD receive none of his
estate until SiIc had made the trip.
Miss Gray declared that she had no in
irr"St Wiii!.N"r in America ana r.
muiHei AZ Hills island returning to
| England by tn. Steamer which hrourht
/ hel 'vrF. having technically complied
| WITH the terms Of the VIII
Announcement has been made by n
| steel company tnI,lpNinp 400 lu.I III