Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-15
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


]. J. Karins of Boston, seaman on
the torpedo boat destroyer Stewart,
was shot and instantly killed at An
napolis, Nd, Wednesday night, by an
unknown negro.
In the United States circuit court,
district Of New Jersey, at Trenton, N.
j., Wednesday, a decision was filed in
favor of the Western Union Telegraph
Co., restraining the Pennsylvania Rail-
road from interfering with the COM
pany's lines along the<Toads. The in
junction is made permanent.
Signor Marconi left, Sydney, n. s.,
Wednesday, for the wireless station at
Cape Cod. File was accompanied by
members OF his staff and they have
with them some apparatus for the Cape
Cod station. 1t is reported that Mar
conf has been experimenting with a
pocket telephone for wireless communi-
cation, but he refuses to affirm or deny
the report.
The Massachusetts State Board of
Agriculture, Wednesday, organized for
the year by electing Hon. VIM. Fl. SEES
sions Of Springfield. first vice presi-
dent; Augustus Pratt of North Middle
boro, second vice president: j. l.. Els
worth, Worcester secretary; DR.. H. T.
Fernald, Amherst, state nursery in
spector; and P. NJ Harwood, Barre,
general agent of the state dairyi bureau
Governor Bates is ex-officio president
lof the board.
Chas. Brown and John Lewis, the
colored man arrested at Danbury, CT,
Tuesday night. on Browns confession
that they were members of the gang of
highwaymen who shot Samuel Wander
Plank, prominent resident of Fish
KILL N. Y, several months ago in an
attempt at highway robbery were still
held, Wednesday, in the police station
pending the arrival of Fishkill officers
Brown changed mis- story and said that
he was alone in the shooting.
The body of a bandit killed in fight
with United States deputy marshals
at Spiro, I, T., after he had slain
Deputy Samuel Sarreb, has been fully
| identified as that of Samuel Morley,
| for whose capture $4,000 reward was
outstanding. Morley has killed three
men before his last battle. At San
| Antonio, Tex several years ago he
killed a butcher; at Chickasaw he
| killed another man; and recently he
killed Sheriff Jacob Hartman, of FL
| Reno, Okla.
An attempt is being made to have
the government hold the great annual
| maneuvres between the army and navy
| on the Pacific coast, next year. It has
been learned from reliable source
| at the Preside, San Francisco, that
| the secretary of war and the secretary
| of the navy are to be communicated
with in regard to the matter and re-
| quest backed by what are deemed ex-
| cellent reasons, is to be made that
| these officials order the great mimic
war to take place off the cost of Cali
| fornia.
The final tests of the DeForest wire
| less telegraph system which the board
| CT wireless experts has been conduct
| ing for some days between the navy
yard at Washington and the Academy
at Annapolis. were brought to con-
clusion, Wednesday. In the presence
of the board 10 cipher messages were
sent from Annapolis and an equal num-
Der from Washington. The speed of
| transmission obtained, it is stated, was
] So words per minute. The navy de-
partment viii purchase working out
| fit of the DeForest system as d result
of the tests and when the Prairie re-
turns from the manuevers at sea, tests
will be continued from this boat to
ANNAPOLIS.