Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-22
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from the North,
East, South and West.

Gen. ossc II. Lee is at san Francisco
en- route from the Philippines. to sue
coed Gen. Fred Grant in Texas. Gen.
Lee WAS under Gen. Chaffec With III"
allied troops CT the march 20 Pckiu
during the Boxer troubles.
James Weeks az Dorset, W.. who
was under indictment 70" IN alleged
assault upon Il 15-ycar-old girl, and
who has been out on $1,000 bail. WIS
taken Ia bennington. Saturday. lis
brother, who was the bail, surrender
irs, him.
Mrs. Louise < Cable, wife of George
w. Cable. the novelist. is seriously i'll
at New York in the German hospital.
-Four weeks ago She submitted to an
operation after long suffering. and
complications followed. The Cables re-
side in northampton, Mass.
Washington Irving Tallman, aged 60
eyars. al cXpressnan, committed sui
eide by gushing his throat with a table
knife iii the hay loft of Il barn on the
premises OF @ Mel s; SENEGAL at Brock
ton, Saturday noon. Dependency over
the threatened loss Of his cyesight is
Believed 10 have been the cause.
Prof. N. T Bogcrt, professor Of or
! ganic chemistry. while conducting an
experiment at Columbia College at
New York, Saturday, was severely in
iurcd by an explosion of gas in a bot
tic. Fragments of the glass struck
him in the face and at first it was
feared he would lose the sight Of on-
eye, but his physicians hoped to save
the injured eye. ~.
Secretary Of War Taft arrived S3t-i
| urday. at Cincinnati, Ohio, from Cleve-
! land, where lie attended the funeral Of
| the late Senator Hanna, ard was driv-
en- to the residence of his Brother,
Charles p. Taft. the proprietor Of the
, Tiraes-Star This II Judge Taft's first
visit TO his old home since his return
from the PHILIPPINES. On Monday night.
next, dinner in his honor will be
given, at which go persons will be
present.
Representatives from 20 per cent. of
the steel Skating manufacturers of
the United States, in session at pitts-
burg, Pa, have rcaffirmcd the Sdk!c Of
prices promulgated, year ago. by IN.
conference of manufacturers ut Chi
cage. Among the companies repre-
scented are the American Steel {: Wire
! CO.. Cambria Steel Co, Colunbil
, Bridge Co, and the Cumberland Steel
, Co. The trade outlook was reported
| encouraging.
tn" Independent cracker and bi=crit
| manufacturers of the country, includ-
| ing the Cartwright Borden Co., have,
after years effort, entered into i
Wording agreement to prevent price
cutting, called the National Associa-
ton of Independent Biscuit Manufac-
turers. They have made an agreernnt
with tn National Biscuit Co. regarding
territorial rights and certain other.
matters. II 10 proposed to make better
crackers in return for higher prices.
About $1,000 worth OF jewelry and
$3.50 in cash have been stolen from the
hotel apartments of Postmaster Ge1-
ei;,l Payne at Washington, D. c., and
the detectives working on the case are
seeking to locate a nurse formerly cnl-
plcycd in the family. Her description,
has been tefegraphed to the police OF q
! nuniber of cities. It is thought she has
gone ID New York city. The jewelrya
taken consisted Of rings ana pins and I
were in q trunk which lix4 been opened.