Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-21
NEWS NUGGETS.
Steamer Mohawk Burns
in lono Island Sound.
Clergyman Imprisoned for Con-
tempt Of Court.
Items of Interest Condensed for Our
Items of Interest Condensed for Our
Busy Readers.

George Curd and Emma Durham
have been killed and Thomas Card ia
tally wounded near Cumberland Falls
Ky. The Curd brothers owned Il large
tract of land and had trouble with
suuatters. As they We're passing the
cabin where the Durham woman lived
they We're fired upon. Thomas crawled
TWO miles to his home and George was
dead when found. The Durham woman
was probably killed and burned to COW
CT identity The shooting occurred
from her house.
The professional safe breakers who
are working their WAY across the state
of Connecticut visited SomerS. during
Friday night demolished the safe in
the store Of W. +. Fuller. securing 1925
i'll cash and Il like amount in stamps.
Mrs Catherine r. Rooney. died i'll
Fairfield. Vt. Friday. at the age of 102
years. Mrs. Rooney was a native of
Ireland.
The municipality of Ascoli has by
reclamation conferred honorary citl-
Zenship upon J. Pierpont Morgan in
recognition of his action in restoring TO
tn" city the famous Ascot cope 1t was
also decided To- place a bust of Mr..
Morgan in the city palace together
With marble tablet recording his
generous action. and to bestow his
name upon one of the principal streets
of the city.
Fire. Friday night. destroyed all the
buildings of the LorettO Academy. To-
Gated 1T Cairo. ILL.,, with their contents,
causing 4 loss of 100000. The academy
was one Of the oldest educational insti-
tutions in tina. section. having been es-
tabliShed by the Loretto sisters during
the war and conducted by them until
last year, when it came under the con-
troll of tie Benedictne Sisters
The Davis block on Main street. in
Plymouth. Mass. was damaged by fire
smoke and water. Friday, to the extent
of $4,000 The fire started in the base
ment and worked its way to the first
floor. which was practically burned out
CollinSwood & Sons. furniture dealers
and Smiths news stand suffered most
severely. The losses were covered by
insurance.
The Red d Line steamer Caracas,
Captain Wnndrick. from New York for
La Glayrd. arrived in San Juan F. r.
Friday. with eight Of her staterooms
wrecked. The Caracas encountered q
hurricane off Cape May. November 49,
ana for 36 hours the ship was flooded
hfee men passengers We're nearly
drowned. Captain Woodrck says il
WAS the worst storm he had expert
eEcei i'm So years. The passengers are
reported as being We'll.
An International conference of the
principal Jewish societies of the world
VIII be held at Frankfort -on-the- Main
IN December for the purpose of organ
lzlng an International committee. for
the SUI erNision of jewish emigrants.
The BNal Firth Zionists. the Jewish
C"iolll"atl"n association and the Alli-
"hce iSrntiite Cnivcrselle will be
among II" organizations which will
lhfil"lrate in the conference.
The American Anti Saloon Inapre
which has been in session in Coll,n-
"uS' ONO. adjourned, Friday. after
eloctlnG Hishop Lutheran d. Wilson of
maryland. president. and other officers.
he resolutions adopted declare that
me liquor traffic must be regarded and
d'tlt with rs crime: call upon Con
"ieSS 70 make prohibition Il condition
"f Statehood for the Indian territory.
ana favor the passage of the so-called
lerburn- D"lliver bill in such form as
snail effectively secure to the states
| power 10 control the liquor traffic with
| III thcIr own boundaries from without.
under the guise OF Interstate COM
| mcrcc."
: special from Vineyard Haven.
! Mass. SAYS hat the Boston Towboat
r.. IS liGhtering the cargo from the
| schooner 4. Arcularius. which went
"Sii"r" during the recent gale at Tar
! p"ullh cove. The prospects of saw
ING her are very good.
AdJt. Cen. Dalton of the Massachu-
S'tts State militia acting under in
slracuonS received from Governor
BATES Friday. issued an order disband-
| ihg 2. +. Nth Regiment. NJ. Y. NJ. 10
'dled AZ beverly. Mass. The order
""s ISSUED as a result Of reports of the
inspector general made to the governor
| 10 'he effect that the company was not
up L" the required standard of
iii' l'iN
ls'ac smith. motorman, was fatal
y injured, Friday. in 4 rear-end col
iisioh on the Kings County elevated
road' N Brooklyn. \. ~. smith was
pinned down by the wreckage and it
was nearly an hour before the police
ana IRE experiments &eIs., able to eff
1 iec' ms release. During this time.
! however. a hive
MN through the crushed woodwork
anu s"N' nm hypodermic injections
to relieve his sufferings.
John f'unani, 81 years old. and Vim
cehzo 'urusi. so years old. both Sici-
mans, were perhaps fatally stabbed in
genera night in the Federal HitsTal-
ian colony, at Providence r. T. Fri
day night. The former is at the Rhode
, Island hospital, With his throat cut al
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