Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-12
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

El@hty-four horses were burned "a
death. early Monday. INA fire which
destroyed the stable of Peoples Broth
"rS. contractors, in West Philadelnhil.
Pa. The loss is estimated mt $5o.ruu.
partly insured. The origin of the fire
is unknown.
Premier Seldom Of New Zealand. has
invited the premiers of Australia. Can
ada, cape Colony and Natal. to unite
III protesting to the imperial govern
ment against the introduction Of chi
hese labor in the Rand mines. Trans
Vaal colony. South Africa.
Short time. 40 hours weekly. instead
of SO. was started. Monday. in a num-
Der Of mills using American cotton in
the Ashton-Under-L district Eng
land. i'll accordance with the recon-
mendation of the Cotton Spinnrr.;'
Association in its efforts 10 abolish
cotton speculation.
y sentence of not more than 10 uor
less than six years in the State prison
At ''har,estown. was given Joseph
Fisher by Judge Bond in the superior
criminal court. at Boston. Monday.
Fisher had been indicted for larceny Of
property valued at $500 from a Han
over street jewclrv store
EX-c!ty Treasurer John a Glines
confessed further perCulations from
funds of the city. Monday. when he
called upon Mayor Wood AMI Informed
that official that il addition 10 the
$4,000 bonds, to which he had already
confessed. he took two $1,000 bonds III
the insurance fund and had used them
in stock Sp, culation about two years
ago
The convention Of the Nltinna! Wool
Growers Association was called tn
order. Monday. ~ Portland. Ore. with
sheeDncn from the Western states and
representatives of Allied interests
from various parts of the World pres
en-. United States Senator Warran
Of Wyoming. president Of the Wool
Growers Association. presided. ana
inauguratcd with the reading of his
annual address.
ST. Patrck's church. an old landmark
ana the oldest catholic church at Io-
we'll Mass. WAS totally destroyed Ivy
fire. early Monday morning. only tho
four walls of IL once" beautiful church
remain standing. a general alarm Of
fire was sent in and although Strcnu-
Gus efforts We're made To save Il pur-
ton of the spacious building the flames
worked their way from on" end to The
other. sweeping everything before
them. The loss will probably amount
to over $10O00
According to Thomas NJ GIynn
walking delegates of the Compress Il
Air Workers Union, 2G men have died
OF the bends of caiSson disease in
tn" caiSsons Of the Brooklyn ana Man
haitian piers of the new Manhattan
bridge across the East river at New
York. The Brooklyn caisson work is
now finished. Bridge commissioner
Best said. Monday. that he would III
vestigate the conditions in the Man
haitian caisson at once and to intro
dlhe remedial measures if possible.
Former Governor John Young Brown
died, Monday, at Henderson, Ky. ut
an advanced age. While congressman.
he became widely known through n
denunciation of Gen. Benjamin +.
Butler, who as military governor OF
New Orleans was dista steful to the
Gov. Brown received a vote Of CEN
sure. but the next Congress expungcd
it from the records. He was one Of
the first men to take stand against
the merger Of competing railroads
Two trusted convicts of Clinton
prison at Dannemora, n. Y, James
Roberts and John Stewart. escaped
from the prison, late Sunday night.
Roberts had less than three months of
a six-year sentence to serve out They
We're employed in the boiler house on
night work. Immediately after the
escape was discovered guards and
keepers were posted about the country
within 80 miles OF the prison to watch
the highways. railroads and other
avenues Of escape. Both men were
serving at least their third term in
States prison.