Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-01
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

| His Excellency. Ali Asgar Khan Alta
| beck Assam, wealthiest of Persians an
until four months ago the grand vizie
of his country, sailed, Saturday, fror
New York for Europe.
Amanus n. Hogbery of Worceste
Mass, committed suicide at his hote
| in st. Augustine. Fla. Sunday,
| shooting through the right temple. n
| motive can be assigned for the deed.
Out of work and respondent, Calvin
d. Fairbanks so years old, of Row
| ley, snot himself in the left breast
Saturday afternoon. i'm his room in tht
jefferson House. North street. Boston
The wound is likely to prove fatal.
Several prisoners convicted as pick
pockets were placed in the regular
army at Mexico City, Sunday. to serve
erment officials believe this mode OF
punishment will prove more satisfact-
DRY than imprisonment.
A 40-inch water main burst. early
Saturday. at Philadelphia. resulting in
about $4,000 damage. The cellars of
hundreds of dwellings, and stores were
flooded, foundations We're weakened
and walls We're soaked. The asphalt
pavement on 9th street was ripped
open for a distance of % yards. Fire
engines were ordered out to empty the
cellars and reduce the flood in the
streets.
A strike is on at the Perry Lee shoe
shops at Athol. Mass. The cutters
clyr oI,,Ia hot
they receive % cents an hour. amount
ing to $15 per week for 60 hours. Here
totore they have been on piece work
and they claim that with the broken
stock they cannot make fair wages. The
firm refused to grant the request and
all of the cutters struck, Saturday j
morning.
In tie GIaeCo- Roman WIRE sting match
at the Olympia, at Londan Saturda.
night for the championship Of the
world. a purse of $4,000 and side
bet of $500. George Hackenschmidt, Il
Won the first fall within one
minute from Ahmed Madrali, Il Turk
Madreli's arm was dislocated at the
elbow and Hackenschmidt quickly Sc
cured Il fall and was declared the win
ner OF the bout.
lii tho 50-mile race, with four turns
ut Ormond-Daytona Beach. Fla, for
the American Automobile Association
championship at that distance, open t.
ali. w. X. Vanderbilt. Jr., covered the
distance in 40m., 40 Ass. An hours
run at the same pace would cover 1872
miles. II. c. Bowden in the same race
covered the course in Aim, A 2-5s. The
two records break any previous time
made in America.
Mayor Mcclellan of New York Sat
rrday, notified the managers of l!
theatres that. having been informed
that they had failed to fulfil promise
to adopt measures of safety prescribed
by the fire, health and building depart
E1cnts. he would give them up to mid
night, Tuesday, to inauguratc the re
forms. and that in the event of failing
to DO so he would then exert all his
power to compel compliance.
There were nearly 200 guests at tn,
complimentary dinner given. Saturday
night, at New York. by the Lotos Club t.
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand. the Brit
ish ambassador at Washington. Franz
II. Lawrence presided. and among tn,
guests were Pres. ]. G. Schurman o
Cornell University. EX-Atty. Gen
Wayne MacVcagh. Dr.. Henry Van
Dyke of Princeton and Sir Percy San
dcrson, British consul general to New
York
Joseph ROLAND. aged 10. was arrest
ed Saturday. at Spencer. Mass. on q
charge Of larceny Of letters from boxes
in the Spencer post office. He was
caught by means of Il decOy letter. Rol
land was captured by Deputy Sheriff
Draper after 4 long chase through tn,
streets. Forty-seven letters contain
ing money mailed to the ST Jean Ban
tiste Society and one containing /;
check for 500 have been reported
stolen.
After suffering repeated reverses 0.
furtune for more than 20 years, tn,
worst stroke that of being defraude.
Of I'll mis- claim to his fathers wealth,
estate in Paris. and retaining to,
much Of the old family pride to b
longer an object OF charity Louis julie.
Bourgignion. G. years old, shot anC
killed himself at Els F. NJ. Saturday,
in plain sight of hundreds passing nea,
the soldiers monument on Boston Com
mon. ana frightening the children who
were coasting there.
Judge Charles H. 3. Drew died. Sun
day, at Brookline, Mass, after Ion,
Illness. He was born in Plymouth
studied law in the offices of Judg,
Chaplin of Worcester. and after sery-
ing through the Civil war engaged IN
the practice OF law in Boston, being
for a time partner of Albert Mason.
the present chief justice of the supreme
court. Judge Drew represented Ply
mouth in the Legislature in 1868, but
since 1853 has been a resident of Brook
lire. One daughter survives him.
Various hospitals at Chicago have
come under the ban of Building Com
missioner Williams. Fifteen were no
tired. Saturday night, that improve
ments. 10 comply with the laws, must
be made at once'or the hospitals would
nc closed. Midnight closing of all sa-
looms is being strictly enforced. Res
taurants are prohibited from selling
wine or beer with food. Restaurant
Keepers are complaining bitterly Of the
law. Clubs will be notified that they
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