Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-17
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

1t IS probable that the new cruiser
| Tacoma, cant. Reginald p. Nicholson
commanding, will be ordered shortly "a
! the Far East and VIII Join the cruiser
squadron Of The .Asiatic fleet Al
| Shanghai.
Miss Viola Allen. who was operated
On. Sunday. at New York. for 1nastoid-
| Ills. shows remarkable Improvement
at the New York Eye and Ear InGrn,-
| any. ard her recovery is looked upon
| as assured
| The tive-story building at Nos 16 and
| Is Park place. New York occupied by
| Colbcrt'S restaurant the American
| Sports Publishing 60. and other con-
Germs. was destroyed, Tuesday night.
| by fire. The damage is estimated al
| $4,000
| John Chuck. Tuesday. shot and killed
| his rival, Rolla Smiley. at Rockville
! Mo. Then. kissing the young woman
| tiley both loved and who had witnessed
| the killing, Cluck sent Il bullet through
| his own brain and fell. mortally
| wounded The men We're about 20
years Of age.
A subpoena was served on the Ar
| ington Cooperative Associa ton. At
Lawrence. Mass. Tuesday summonin.
| it to appear before the supreme court
III March to answer to the petition of
| the stockholders foi. the appointment Of
Il receiver. This move is made to pro-
| tHct all the stockholders, several suits
having been brought
The New York count Of appeals.
/ tuesday, affirmed the decision Of thei
courts below in refusing to order the
superintendent of the state prison to
return to Roland L. Molineux the pho
to3farhs and Bertillon records of his
person made IL connection with his i'm
rriscnmcnt under conviction of the
| murder of Mrs. Kate Adams at New
York.
With moro than 40 men as candi-
dates for the Varsity and Freshman
baseball mines, the Harvard baseball
practice started. Tuesday. at the cage
on Soldiers field. The men We're divid-
"a into squads Of - each the first
squad reporting. Harvard regards her
chances for turning out an excellent
Varsity nine this year to be very good.
Christopher \. Brown. widely known
to followers Of Yale cquatir events, rs
81 't'tiit INtt - 'lt'l'l Va HtS;lt us
ease 1T his home at Gales Ferry, ct.
II" WAS g. years old. capt. Brown
was an ex-mciMber of the state Legis.
latura. His cottage at Gales Ferry
has hecn used for years by the Yale
locating authorities as headquarters
for The crews i'll training preliminary
10 tie races with Harvard.
The suit OF the Utah Nevada Mining
60. against Joseph Il. Delamar for
5000, has been decided against the
! plaintiff by Judge Morrow III the Unit
ed States circuit court ut San Fran
cisco. on the Ground that IN oral agree
men; involving realty is invalid. Judg"
Morrow. however. granted until Tues
| dry 70 hear the attorney for plaintiffs
on i motion for an appeal. The trans
action took place in New York and in
| wolves valuable mines in Nevada.
| At the annual dinner Of the Chicago
| Alumni Association Of Beoit college.
az the Grand Pacific hotel at Chicago.
| President +. u. Eaton has announced
| that plans have been prepared and ap-
proved and the contract let for the
erection OF a $4,000 library. the gifi
Of Andrew Carnegie. one Of the speak
,rs of the evening was Horace White,
| formerly editor Of the New York Even
| ing Post. who took for his subject
| Personal Recollcctions and Heminis-
| cenccs Of Abraham Lincoln"
After Il weeks sickness of pneumonia.
Liaeus l.. piympton. president of the
| Plympton Mfg. Co. died. Tuesday. ii
his residence at Hartford. Conn. He
| VISA born in SouthbridCe. Mass, in
1880 and went to Hartford in 1863.
! establishing himself as commercial
! printer. In 1879. he organized the
! plympton Envelope Manufacturing
CO.. which bid successfully in 1874 for
t The manufacture of stamped govern
I mcnt envelopes ana has since held the
! contract for this work. M. Plympton
! was elected in 1851 and 1899 To the
! state ScEate. serving during both terms
: as chairman of the committee on in
! surance.
! The bout between Bobby Dobbs. the
! American negro. and Sam Bentley.
which was decided in Plymouth, Eng.
! Feb. l. resulted in a victory for.
! D0bbs in the fifth round. Bentley had
All the better of the fighting. and in
the fourth round knocked Dobbs down,
and the latter rolled out of the ring.
Bently claimed u foul. but it was not
allowed. and in the next round he
knocked the coIored man out. and the
latter again oiled out of the ring.
Again the Britisher claimed a foul and
walked t. his corner and pulled off his
gloves. DCbbs got back in the ring and
was ready 10 continue. but Bentley re
fused 10 do so. and Dobbs was award
ed thu decision. The bout was sChed-
uled for 20 two-minute rounds.