Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-19
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The grand jury in the federal couri
ut Montgomery, Ala, Monday, re-
turned 10 indictments against promi
nent citizens of that and neighboring
counties for peonage.
The police stopped the bout. Monday
night. at Baltimore. between Herman
Miller OF Baltimore and Fred Eanucf
of Canada. in the sixth round of the
15-rcund bout, on account Of rougl,
tactic:.
Ed Atlerton of Batavia. the veteran
middleweight champion wrestler, was
defeated, Monday night. at Buffalo. n
Y. by Walter Willoughby of Buffalo
The match was for the CHAMPIONSHIP,
and Il purse.
The Mercantile Trust Co of Boston
with a capital Of 100000 has absorbed
the business of the Massachusetts,
Trust Co. The latter company was
capitalized at s1,O000OO. The merger
went into effect, Monday.
Charles Ronier. the convicted muir
deier of the Frehrs, was not brought
into court. Monday. at Buffalo, y. Y.
Il postponemcnt having been agreed
upon between Attorney Murphy and
the district attorney, until Wednesday.
Charged with having stabbed There's,
Lucello, young Italian girl. because
she refused to marry him. Nicolo Skel-
ton WAS arrraigned. Monday. at New
York. and held without bail to await
he result of her injuries. The girl is
in dangerous condition.
After hearing that continued all
day. Owen Mcnamara and Martin
Macy charged with holding up an
electric car on the Worcester Consoli-
dated Street Railway, Jan. .. We're held
by Judge Stone at Clinton. Mass, Mon
day. in $1,000 for the grand jury. The
two men We're arrested in Lawrence
the day after tho hold-up.
While being towed into the harbor
1t New Haven, Conn. Monday. the
coal laden barge Cleurah. from Perth
Anboy. collided with a large cake of
ice which stove Il hole in her star
board side causing the barge to sink
almost Immediately. Her crew escap-
"a. The barge is owned by Lewis
Gildersleeve OF New York.
The tug Gypsum King towing two
barsvS and Tamaqua with three barges.
both bound north, came out over the
Vineyard shoals. Monday afternoon.
but We're obliged to put back on ac-
count OF a heavy set. The anchored. at
night. ut Bass river. The bay was
frozen over for the third time. this
season. the ice reaching from Dennis
TO Monomoy point.
A wcll-dressed man about 40 years
old. has been found unconscious by the
police of Hammond. Ind. in a deserted
Darn near the old Forsythe race
tracks. Discharge papers in the peck
Its showed his name to be Siese of
Chicago. ard that he had seen service
in the Cuban war. The mans throat
had hn"r cut and he cannot recover
No clue to his assailant has yet been
found.
Through a confession secured from
one of their number by Officer George
SalvaS. the identity of seven small boys
rs the perpetrators of the series of
breaks which have occurred III Natick.
x. l.. during the winter. was obtained.
Monday. None of the boys implicated
ore over Il Years Of age. while one is
but eight years old. Their cases will
y" heard in the district court at APP
ponaug. Tuesday.
Edward Gaffney of Brooklyn. con-
victed for the 18th time of wife beating.
was sentenced, Monday by Judge As
pinwall in the county court at Brook
Ign TO FIVE years Imprisonment at Sing
Sing and to nay fine of $1,000. which
il not paid. entails additional impris-
onment for 1000 days. The sentence
is the extreme limit of the law. Gaff-
ney has served one term for burglary
and II for wife beating.
The San Francisco Call says that the
police have secured evidence which
tends to show that Leon Seoder was
but one of band of cOnspirators in