Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-08-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Bits by Wire From North, East,
South, and West.
Fire Destroys Four Large Buildings in
Philadelphia Sisters Of Barthoio-
NEW Robbed Of $415-Fifty Persons
Injured in Collision of Trolley Cars
in New York.

pce"cSh d. runaway MOUNT NeTloii
trolley car and a Yonkers trolley car
at Woodlawn. New York, Sunday, fifty
passengers were injured. II of them
seriously and one probably fatally.
While bathing at Oakland Beach,
near Providence, r. l., Sunday evening.
Michael Slavin and John Deun. walters
in a city restaurant, were drowned and
a friend who went to their assistance
narrowly escaped with his life. The
bodies were recovered.
Hon. Michael J. Sullivan member Of
Governor Bates council, was severely
burned. Saturday evening, in fire in
South Boston, in attempting to rescue
two children who were thought to be
amid the flames and whose mother was
crying for some one to go to their
rescue.
Twentythree persons We're hurt,
Sunday, as the result of rear-end
collision between two large trolley cars
on the Shore Line of the Celcveland,
Eastern & Painesville railroad car at
Nottingham, o. Except Mrs. John
Heinrich, who is said to be badly hurt,
the other passengers sustained only
minor bruises.
The Hamburg American steamer
Aragonia. chartered by the Portland
Asatic Steamship Co, which has been
held at Astoria, Oregon, for two days
awaiting orders, started. Sunday, for
Yokohama and Hong Kong The
Aragonia's crew is similar to that car
riod by the Arabia, which was captured
July rs. by the Russian fleet.
The group of four buildings of the
Ornamental Terra Gotta Works owned
by COnkling. Armstrong & Co., at
Wissihickon avenue and Bristol street,
Philadelphia. was destroyed by fire,
Sunday. The loss is estimated at $780,
900, fully covered by insurance. The
concern employed 200 men and had
orders on hand to the amount of
$500, 900.
Jackson S. Ralston. of Washington.
D. c., has just signed the final award
as umpire of the Italian Venezuelan
commission, and this completes the
labors of all the recent Venezuelan
mixed commissions. About 360 claims,
aggregating s6,OOO,0OO, were filed with
| the italian commissioner, there being
many more Italian claimants than of
| other nationality. and the aggregate
awards were about $500 900.
Having been told that he would all
most certainly die within a very short
time, but believing that he will get
we'll. Samuel L. Dana, the young bank
clerk found in Central Park, New York,
last Friday. with a bullet wound close
to his heart, admitted, Sunday, that the
wound was self-inf1icted. Dana's IA
ther is on his way to New York from
Fairfield. Ia. and will arrive tomorrow
1t was said in New York, Sunday,
that If the members of the unions. who
are held responsible for the strike in
the subway do not adjust matters
| presently. a general lockout may be
ordered by the Building Trade En-
ployes' Association to be followed by an
| attempt to establish open shops. If a
general lockout is ordered between 25.-
| ono and 10000 men in Greater New York
will be affected.
George Francis Clay of Grand
Rapids, Mich. member Of the class of
1907 at the Annapolis Naval Academy.
| died of pneumonia at the Memorial
hospital. about midnight Saturday
| night Midshipman Clay was taken to
the hospital from the monitor Florida.
one Of the vessels of the division of the
North Atlantic squadron stationed at
| New London. Ct, and was i'll for lit
tie over week.
| The three men who murdered
Charles Hays. driver. and it is thought
fatally wounded Patrick F. Compbell.
paymaster Of the Puritan Coal Co,
about a mile south Of Portage, Pa.
Saturday. are hiding in Cedar swamp.
about seven miles from Portage. They
are pursued by 500 determined citizens.
One Of the fugitives Is wounded but not
enough to affect his flight The coun-
try is extremely rough and much diff
Guilty is being experience in prosecuting
| the search.
The police. Monday night, learned
that safe burglary was committed in
a mysterious manner, Friday night, at
the house of the Sisters of st. Bartholo-
new on North street, Boston. The
safe contained s415. which had been
raised by the sisterhood and was to be
monthly debts of the organization. II
is believed that access to the building
was gained at night by rear door and
the safe, which is an old-fashioned one
was forced without much difficulty.
1t is estimated by the strike leaders
in Fall River that it will cost $40, 600 n
week to continue the strike. but they
are convinced that this amount will be
Forthcoming. Aside from the funds
which have been pledged by Labor
unions. not only in Fall River but
throughout Massachusetts, many pri-
vate contributions have been received
and promised. A representative OF
Larrabee & Co., called upon President
Tansey Of the Textile Council and
offered 100 free dinners for each and
every day during the continuance of
the strike.
Edmund bourgeois, aged 63, died in
West Gloucester. r. l., Sunday. from
injuries sustained during a quarrel
with Thomas Sweeney, aged 33 Both
men We're woodchoppers. The two men
came to blows and the younger man
being the more powerful got the better