Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-24
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charged with various degrees of law.
iesshess IN connection with the strike
"t uil", moiders Of Cincinnati. Coyine.
ton. ard Newport. r,y.. a half doz IN
men were arrested Tuesday night. and
otners are under surveillance. Those in
custody arc William Patton ALA.
Friend. charged with murder: Eugene
Trainer. charged with murder. Thomas
Bracken. charged with murder. Fro !
Rauhauser, Jr., charged with malicious
destruction Of property: Fred Pan.
hauser. senior. and John Hook. charead
| with aiding and abettins- the des+,,,
ton of property.
The steamer Donald Capt. Rosalind
which left Marble Mountain n
Novemhe.' u. and was due at New,
Brunswick Monday the 18th. has nor
as vet heen heard from. and. accord;r,
to dispatch received in Halifax. N G
| Tuesday. it is believed that the steamer
| has been lost. and her crew been
| drowned. The steamer had been char.
tered to carry crushed dolomite FROM
Cape Breton to Chatham. and was last
seen when she bore away from Gran.
berry Head in the direction of Cane
| North. after landing her pilot Satur
day about midnight. Wreekase sun
posed to be from a steamer is strewn
along the north shore of Prince
Edward Island. near the entrance to
New London harbor. There is nothing
to identify the vessel from which the
wreckage came. but it is thought to be
from the Donald. as that vessel recent
| carried fU-n nf ;<,l>
sydney to Perth Amboy. N. ].
Cattle butchers employed in the large
plants at the stock yal DIS held a mass
| meeting. In Chicago, Tuesday night.
and decided to go on strike when upon
TO do so by the officials of their union.
The cattle butchers employed by the
Hammond Packing Co, struck. Mon
| day. because Of alleged discrimina-
ton against union men. Although the
butchers in the recent strike at tho
stock yards surrendered unconditional
ly. the vote. to strike, if necessary. was
unanimous.
Plince. which has been lying fast IN
the sand near Point Lookout. off the
Long Island shore since early Sunday
Tuesday. 1t is thought that the vessel
is not damaged to any great extent.
The yacht Mischief, with a party of
Massa chusetts yachtsmen on board
which left Boston in September for a
cruise in Newfoundland waters, en-
couEtered gale recently. and the
helr,sman. George McCullum was
swept overheard and lost. The yacht
was badly damaged and arrived at
Mira bay. about % miles southeast o.
North Sydney. G. B.. in distress. The
owner and commander of the yacht *
capt. Henry Sparks If Lynn. Mass
and his guests were y. A. Sparks and
Albert G. Allen Of Danvers. Mass
The men were suffering from hunger
whe the yacht reached Mira bay
the provisions on board having
been damaged from salt water
The yacht Mischief successfully de-
Tended the American cup in two races
with hte British yacht ATLANTA. over
the New York Yacht Club course in
1881. She was built in 1879 in Whining
ton. Del. and halls from the port Of
New York. The yacht will be repaired
at Mira.
lowell Coal Co.. Lowell. Mass. COM
nittcd suicide at his summer home in
Amherst, n. H.. Tuesday. Mr.. Moore
was A years of age and passed prac-
.icalv his entire life in Lowell. He
was well connected both commercially
and socially
Antonio Lapello. rs years old of
West Farms. \. Y. was arrested AMI
locked up ir the Westminster station.
hargrd With kidna oping and extortion.
| According to the police. Antonio
Lap.llo has confessed that he is a
member of the BLACK Hand Society,""
| The arrest was made on complaint Of
Antonio Barroncini, contractor.
| William Holden. a farmland. during
the noon hour, Tuesday entered the
Platte Valley bank. Platte Center.
| Neb.. demanded the banks cash. and.
| on the refusal Of Cashier Barney
Schroeder to surrender it. shot the lat
ter in the breast. infiictinG serious
but not fatal wound. Holden made his
escape in a buggy. but was pursued by
The sheriff and captured. He was
taken back to Platte Center. and
Sheriff Carrig had hard work to save
| him from mob violence.
The big Spanish tramp steamer
Jupiter is now eight days overdue ut
| Boston from Java. and the under
writer's who are heavily interested are
becoming anxious regarding her. The
Jupiter has on board one of the largest
cargOes OF sugar eyer shipped to this
port from Java its value approximating
$500. 600. The dead weight of the cargo
is 1000 tons and the steamer was we'll
down to her marks when she COM
| mcnccd her passage.