Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-10

Honolulu and investigate the postal
situation in the Hawaiian islands. He
is instructed 10 ascertain what, if any
increased facilities are needed. the cost
of the same, what new buildings are
necessary, ETC., and report to the sec
rotary of theNtreasury
| The Chicago Teachers Federation al
a special meeting, Saturday, voted ia
| affiliate with the Federation of Labor
| The action of the teachers was almost
| unanimous. One of the reasons assign
| ed Tor such radical step is that the
| support of the voters reached by the
| Federation of Labor would be of great
| benefit to the teachers in their fight for
| better wages and an Improvement in
| the conditions surrounding the school
| room.
Daniel Huntington, a wealthy con-
tractor of Schenectady, N. ", Sat
urday morning, shot and seriously
wounded his wife and then blew his
brains out. The couple, who had been
separated for some time, were, Friday,
together for several hours. but quar-
relied again and parted. Huntington
returned. Saturday morning. to the
hotel where his wife was employed
and shot her. Jealousy is given as
the cause of the tragedy.
A final effort is being made from
Kalispell, Mont, to find Superintendent
Egan. Two large parties have left E,s-
sex and Coram. and will meet at Il
common point. covering every foot of
| the ground Egan could have traversed
Several Flathead Indians and the
| reservation police have joined the
search. Sheriff Hunt reports that the
| trail has been found and that il is
known that Egan was last seen on thJ
| north arm Of Half Moon lake.
| In the near future the Rock Island
| Co. will make important extensions OF
| its lines in the Southwest, which will
| materially shorten the distance be-
tween Chicago and the Pacific coast
and give that system another outlet
for it's Western traffic. This extension
will be in New Mexico and will con-
| meet the Rock Island and Ell Paso Line
with the Sante Fe. The projected ex-
| tension probably will run from Tu-
cumerai nearly due west to "A point on
the Sante F'e main line.
| The British cruiser Charybdis will
sail from ST. Johns, N. F.. Monday.
| for the West Indies. taking 100 New
! foundland fishermen. recruits for the
| British naval reserve. These men will
serve six months training course. The
recruits taken by the Charybdis are
double in number the party previously
| taken. Half of them will join the
| flagship Ariadne and the other half
| will remain aboard the Charybdis. The
training ship Calypso will remain at
ST. Johns permanently. She will take
on board 800 other recruits.
Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark Potter,
wife of Bishop Henry c. Potter of New
York. who is in Detroit with her hus-
| band. said that the report from New
York that she intended to erect on the
lower East Side a great philanthropic
institution similar to the Hull House
| in England. was greatly exaggerated.
Mrs. Potter explained that she was
| about to have erected, at a very small
cost. a building intended for men.
where they could be provided with re-
freshments at very moderate cost.
She denied that the building would
have a library.
Miss Sarah A. Davis committed sui
| eide in her apartments at Maiden,
| Mass, Sunday. by hanging. Three let
| tiers were found i'm the room all adj
dressed 20 Mrs. Mason, her landlady.
| The first contained 81 and on a small
piece of paper WAS written For Mrs.
Mason. for her Kindness In the sec
| ond was $3.50 with the words Forest
L ~ .,,I In, third xgO with
| the words Westerly Granite MISC
| Davis, who was about 40 years old.
had been suffering from catarrh and 1t
| is thought that dependency caused her
act.
Bird s. Coler. the Democratic candi-
date for governor. filed with the secre-
tary of state at Albany. Saturday. an
account of his election expenses. He
lcertifies that he gave $500 to the Dem
ocratic State committee. $29'3i3 Tor
Autographs, printing and literature, and
| 5000 for postage. making total OF
sn,67375. Alfred l.. Maniorre, the Pro-
hibition candidate for governor de-
clares that he spent $s74.25 during the
campaign. The canvass Edgar l.. Ry-
der made. as the candidate OF the
Liberal Democratic party for governor,
cost him nothing.
A man about 25 years old, who says
he went to snoot United states Senator
kean. is locked up at headquarters. He
says he is Fred Fl. Robinson and that
he belongs in Corning. n. Y. He reach
ed Elizabeth, Saturday. and afteT ne
had loitered about a railroad station
for some time "A policeman asked him
what he was doing there The man re-
piled that he came from New York for
the purpose of shooting Senator Kean.
He refused to talk any more except to
say that he was reporter. He de-
clined 10 explain HIS enmity toward
Senator Kean or why he had intended
to shoot him.