Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-24
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The weavers Of the Granite Cotton
Mills IT, Fan River struck Thursday
The corporation operates three large
| mills ard employees a total Of about 200
hands.
ReDrese ntative John p. Whalen
aged rs, died at the general hospital in
Lawrence, ut 9.15. Thursday night. He
had been i'll with typhoid fever for six
weeks.
The Rev. DR.. James GIBSON johnson
of Pennington, Conn.,, died in Washing
ton. Thursday night. at the George
town University hospital, of sudden
attack of Bright's disease.
All exploding kerosene lamp set fro
to the clothing of Miss Mary Warren.
20 years old. at her home in Roxbury
Thursday night. burning her so severe
~ that she died soon after.
1t is rumored that at a meeting of
the JimineZ party in Santo Domingo
it was resolved to telegraph to the fol-
lowers of the former aspirant to the
presidency at Monte Cristi to prepare
fcr struggle.
A dispatch from Tiftis says a state
of siege has been proclaimed in the
government of Kutais, and General
Ordeliani has been invested with full
power as governor general of the
towns of Kutais. Peti and Balsu
Alonzo ]. Whiteman of Evansville. \.
Y, a former member of the Mnneso-
ia Legislature. was. Thursday night.
acquitted on a charg of grand larceny.
\ financial and commercial crisis has
broken out at Rostov-On-Don, Russia.
The consolidation of the Milford Pink
Granite Co.. the Norcross Brothers
properties and the C. Fl. Cutting Gran
ite Co.. IN Milford. Mass, to be known
as the Milford Pink Quarres Co. with
a capital stock OF So. 100000 is practical
ly consummated.
Col. stephen D. Renfree. a lawyer
about :: yeacs old. was convicted. in
Georgia, Thursday. Of the murder of
his daughter-in-law. The jury recon-
mended him to the mercy Of the court.
He was sentenced to servo the remain
der If his life in the State penitary.
Mrs. Rebecca Tylce. aged 90 years.
one of the five original daughters of the
American Revolution, died in WiScon-
sin. Thursday at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. A. X. Smith. Mrs. Tylef
was the daughter Of Austin Smith. a
veteran of the American revolution.
Herman Hamilton. a negro. convicted
of the murder of Lee Culver. a fore
man in the Norfolk & Western Rail-
road years. at Portsmouth. Ohio. on
May &c. 1904. was electrocuted in the
Ohio Penitentiary few minutes past
Midnight The motive for Hami1ton's
crime was robbery.
The Temps. Thursday. printed dis
patch from Constantinople announcing
the German ambassador has presented
note to the Porte which is said to be
a veto upon Turkey placing eventual
orders for arms in France with men,
aces of serious consequences if the
note is disrcgarded.
James Bodie of Westboro, was killed
on the Boston & Albany division. near
WestborO depot, Thursday. by New
York expires. He stepped out of the
way of an approaching freight train
in front of the flyer. His body was
thrown so feet and horribly mangled.
He was IS years old.
During a heavy spring storm. Thurs
day. John McGovern, engineer at the
Insane asylum in st. Louis was killed
instantly by an electrified door knob.
as he started to open the door of his
home after eating dinner. A charged
wire, broken by the storm. had fallen
across tho knob outside
A dispatch from Howard City. Mich.
says: Two children of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Hysell have been burned to
death in their home at AlansOn, where
the father is a mill employee. The
mother or discovering the flames in the
house. rushed out for help. The roof
fell in just as she returned and the
children persisted
Plans for subways to cost S23 100000
submitted By the New York City Rail
way Company, and by the INTERIOR
ough Company were made public. to-
day by the board Of Rapid Transit
Commissioners. The plans of the New
York City Railway Company call TO:
an outlay of $165. 100000. August Bel
mont's plans for additions TO the Inter-
borough system provide for the expen-
diture of SGT, 100000.