Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-25
WIRE GLEANikGS.
Items Of Interest Condensed Tor the
journals Busy Readers.

Of Eosicn. fled his nomination papers
with tho Republican city committee
Wednesday. Mr.. Hannah is at present
street commissioner.
e;";h nlcC'iIrin OF Rraintrec. Vt. who
shot and Killed his hunting companion.
!;o..in j.. Forbes of Nortnfcld. in the
woods near Granville. Vt. Tuesday,
miStsN!n" him for q bear was held for
mansiaushter. Bonds of $1,000 were fur
nished.
The cargo of cotton carried out by the
LcylanI Liner Winifrcdian. which
sailed for Liverpool Wednesday. is said
to ha"" l"en the largest ever shipped
IRON, the port Of Eoston Ii amounted
ia over 5000 bales.
According 90 i dispatch from Hall
faE. Tx apple crop Of the Annapolis
valley, which is the largest IL many
wears las been considerably lessened
| W recent severe frosts ard heavy
gales. The damage is estimated al
fully $laG.9on.
Tie administration building at the
weather OF Scrvation station ut Mt
Weather mar Rluemnrt Va. was
| burned Wednesday. The loss is s25,o 900.
| including valuable meteorological in
strum2E,s. Observer Harvey s. SPIN
Glcr was slightly injured
A dispatch from Moji reports that the
| freight steamer kokwa. from Hong
| Kong to Yokohama. went ashore in
| storm Off Bishma and is a complete
| wreck. The crew was rescued in life
boats. The loss to the ship and cargo
| is 100000
The body of Il woman found Tuesday
night in the Harlem river at New York
is not that Of Mrs. Clifford W. Hart
ridge. as Was at first thought A mem
Der of the family viewed the body at
| the mOrgue and declared that it bore no
resemblance to Mrs. Hartridge.
Governor Frazer of Nova Scotia
accompanied by Mrs. Frazer and
daughter, arrived at Old Point Comfort
| Wednesday from Halifax, for partici-
! pating in the Nova Scotia day ce1ebra-
| ton ut the Jamestown Exposition.
| Frazer Will be received and welcomed
by the governor of Virginia and other
| Nirsiniars and Exposition officials.
The Hartford Manufacturing co. of
Hartford. Ct, which had the contract
up to July last for the manufacturing
|
wrappers. Wednesday made a cash pay
ment to Postmaster General Meyer of
$1o0.o00 as q settlement for all damages
ard injuries which the postotfice de-
lpa"tmant may have sustained by reason
OF the ComrAnys failure to furnish pa
per NJ To the contract.
CAPTAIN Maloncy and crew of IS mef,
TO. III" wrecked Gloucester fishing SchOC-
nor Sceptrc were taken off Scattarie
island Wednesday and landed at Louis
burg. y. S. CAP. Maloncy states that
the crow had narrow escape. When
lthcy launched the dorios every man was
lprovidesi with a buoy line to throw To
those on shore when they got near
enough. Thu schooner had 10000 pounds
of fresh fish aboard. and 20 minutes
after shH struck the rocks she went To
IpiCces.
| The Gloucester fishing schooner tt
tania. Captain Vale. arrived at North
ISydney, y. S.. Wednesday with her
Ina, at halt mast for the loss of one
of her crew. John Malcmherg of Swed-
len. V no was swept overheard and
I,irowneG in Mondays storm. Malenl-
lbt.r.c wa; - the wheel when a big sea
broke over the vessel. carrying him tC
death and smashing to pieces the one
remaining dory. precluding the making
of any attempt for his recovery. He
joined the Hitanla at Gloucester Fri
|day Of last week, just previous to de-
IpartIlrc for the Banks
A dispatch from st. Louis says:
With every balloon racing record
broken the second international cu!
competition which started from St
Louis Monday ended Wednesday with
1.-THE German balloon POmInern winning
FIRST prIZc for the longest flight. The
finish Of the race was so close. how
lever. that the French contestant L1Sle
De France. which descended at liz
lo'cIncIt afternoon at Hubertsvilie. n. j.
u few miles from the Atlantic coast
may poSsibly be declared winner after
| official measurements are completed
The Ponmcrn landed at 9 o'clock after
noon at AShilry Park. y. j., apparently
| n few miles further from st. Louis than
HubertSvillo. Another German balloon
1.-THE Dusseldorf. stands third in the race
american entries finished fourth. fifth
land eighth. while a third German team
finished sixth. another French team
| seventh. The one English balloon en-