Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-12-24

| charged with whipping her puDlciy.
All are residents of Atherton, Mo. MISS
| OdelI. who was a clerk In the store OF
| J. c. B. Hiffner, was, according 10 the
| evidence taken from the store, one
night, last February, stripped oi hef
clothing and whipped with rope. The
women accused of taking part in the
| whipping are married.
Judge Grosscup, in the United
| States circuit court, in Chicago, Ihurs-
| day, refused to order sale or the
street car companies controled ny the
| Union Traction Co. The receivers OF
| the company applied for authority 10
issue certificates to pay for equipment,
repairs, etc. The bondholders objected
| and intmated that the court should
sell the property. Judge Grosscup In
| the interests of the bondholders and
the stockholders, declined to order the
sale ard ordered the Union Traction
| co. to produce the money required by
| the receivers under their agreement
with the underlying companies.
| Chicago is experiencing a deluge or
grain and dealers are anxiously urging
the railroads to come to their bellef
|
| of grain from the West are now await
| ing transportation to points east OF
Chicago. The railroads are doing all
in their power, but, today, were COM
PEELED to refuse 5000 cars Of grain for
transportation. The inability of the
roads to handle the stuff is laid to
| equipment.
| The old DeWolfe mansion, known as
| THE Mount" on the east side of Brls-
tol, f. l., and one of the finest types of
colonial architecture in Rhode Island,
was destroyed by fire, Thursday night.
| Mrs William d. De Wolfe, who Occu-
| pied the mansion at the time, escaped
| with her maid, and the two with the
aid of "A neighbor, saved two valuable
portraits and considerable furniture.
| The loss is estimated at $4,000, but
this does not represent the loss from
an historic standpoint.
See Taft, Wednesday, directed the
| quartermaster general to award the
making of some $1,000 pairs of trOu-
sers at the Schuykill arsenal for the
| enlisted men of the army to seam
stresses in that city, mainly the Wild
ows and orphans of soldiers, thus set
| tling questions raised some time ago
so far as the present lot is involved. II
| is ordered, however, that in future the
matter of making clothes for the army
shall be left wholly to the discretion of
| he quarterma ster general. the work to
be done by construct or otherwise, so
long as the material is of the best quail
ty and at the lowest prices.
Leroy Gravette. aged s, and Robt. 3.
| Tanning. aged {, have been drowned at
Hiehton. n. j., while coasting down an
| incline leading to Ped6ies lake The
ice broke beneath their sleds. A
brother of Tanning was drowned in the
| same manner Il few years ago.
Robt. S. Mccormick. American am
basador TO Russia. who has been on a
two months vacation trip to his home
in the United States. started. Thurs
day, from New York. on his return to
| st. Petersburg on the steamer Moltke,
| which sailed for Hamburg.
Seth Stoddard Wood, well known as
| Il writer on social economies. dropped
dead in the street at Passaic, n. ]. In
1869 he established IL household maya
zine which gained considerable circu-
lation. For many years he contribute
| ed frequent articles to various periodi-
calls.
Fred Johnson. 50 years old. is dead
Of hydrophobia at Chicago, although it
is declared he never had been bitten by
4 mad dog. He became i'll. last Sun
day. and some time before his death
| attached his wife and two small chill
l,dren. Johnsons pet dog was bitten.
last July. by a rabid animal and the
man constantly worried over the mat
ter. Finally a policeman killed the
pet. A Aphysician diagnosed Johnson's
case and declared the man contracted
rabies because he constantly was fear
ing hydrophobia.
Forefathers' Night was observed by
the Congregational Club of Boston in
fremont Temple. Boston, Thursday
night. The speakers were Henry s
King of Oberiin College: George r,
Jones, president of the State Senate:
Rev. Cornelius II. Patton, home secre-
tary of the American Board of Foreign
Missions; President Sylvester B.
Carter Of the club. The reception was
held, followed by a banquet in the eve
ming.
Play in the annual International col
legiate chess tournament was begun at
the West Side Republican Club in New
York, Thursday, Columbia, Harvard.
Yale and Princeton were each repre-
sented by four students.
A dispatch from Berlin. Germany.
says that the Imperial Yacht Club an
nounces the following American entries
for the transatlantic race: Schooner
yacht Endymion, owned by George
Lauder of the n. Y. Y. c.: schooner
yacht Thistle. Robert E. Tod, of the
N. Y. Y. c.: schooner yacht Ariel,
Francis l.. Leland Of the ~ Y Y. c.:
schooner yacht Hildagarde. Edward r.
Coleman of the N. Y. Y. G.; auxiliary
schooner yacht Resolute, John W. Ma
sury Of the n. Y. Y. c.; auxiliary
schooner yacht intrepid. Lloyd Phoenix
Of the n. Y. Y c.; auxiliary schooner
yacht Ariadne, Henry w. Putnam, Jr,
Of the N. Y. Y. c.: sloop yacht Consti-
tuition, August Belmont and others OF
the N. Y. Y. G.: sloop yacht Columbia,
]. Pierpont Morgan of the N. Y. Y. c..