Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-12-29
Wealthy Ohio Man Meets
Strange Death.
Gas from Stove Causes Death
in Lawrence.
The News in Nutshell for Busy
Readers.

can Association for the Advancement
of Science. began in Philadelphia.
Tuesday, and will hold sessions until
Friday. More than 1900 scientists from
all over the United Sttaes were in at
tendance All OF the sessions will be
held in the buildings of the University
of Pennsylvania. Among the socletles
which opened session were the follow
ing: American Physiological Society,
American Society OF Natural1sts,
American Society of Vertebrate Pale
ontologists. American Society of Zoolo-
gists. Society of American Bacteri-
ologists, Society of Horticultural Sci
ence and the Science for Promoting OF
Agricultural Science.
Senator Charles w. Fairbanks, Vice
President-elect was initiated into the
secrets of Masonry, in Indianapolis,
Tuesday. He took the first two de-
grees, Tuesday, in Oriental lodge, No.
500, at the lodge hall, and, Tuesday
night, in the Scottish rite temple he
was given the third degree by the lodge
before a distinguished crowd of Indiana
%iasons. numbering 1900.
The West bound Boston express due
in Stamford, Conn, at 7.06 p. NJ,
crashed into Il est-bOund accOmmo-
dation train il front of the depot, Tues
day night. and Conductor George How
land of Mt Vernon, n. Y, an instruct
ing conductor on the accommodation
train was crushed between the two
rear cars. A heavy fog which had
hung over Stamford for "a hours, hid
from view the signals warning the en-
gineer of the express. and it was not
until his train was almost upon the
other that he saw the danger.
John H. Lands. superintendent of the
United States mint in Philadelphia,
announced, Tues lay, that the available
silver bullion of the country had eX-
hausted. Unless prompt action is TAX
Ell to relieve the situation by authoriz-
ing the purchase of more silver bullion
Cor coming purposes or by accepting a
suggested temporary remedy, he said.
commerce will be greatly hampered.
next year. as result of a $10.000.000
shortage in small silver coins. The
prevailing condition of the cOuntry's
coinage also entails wholesale dis
charges of mint employees to take eff
feet, Jan. l, and unless relief is OBJ
tanned from Congress the regular mint
force will be cut down to nominal
number within the next few months.
Five persons were rescued from a
burning building on Willow street.
Lynn. Mass, Tuesday night. Jacob
Goodman, tailor. in whose shop the
fire started has not been seen since the
alarm was rung in. and the police are
looking for him. The rescued persons
occupied tenements over the store. The
loss is estimated at $1,000, partly COW
cred by insurance.
President Gompers and Secretary
Morrison of the American Federation
Of Labor, Tuesday. called on Secretary
Taft in Washington urging the en-
plOyment Of Porto Ricans, as far as
possible, in the construction OF the Pa
mama canal. The matter was dis
cussed at some length, and Mr.. Com
pers will confer on the subject with
Governor Winthrop of Porto Rico, in
New York, next Friday.
With the adoption of a constitution.
the Pittsburg Peace Society was
formed, Tuesday. Andrew Carnegie
has consented to accept the office of
honorary president and Senators PEN
ose and Knox will be honorary vice
presidents. The constitution provides
for special arbitration committee to
whom all parties connected with labor
disputes will be invited to bring their
grievances.
The special legislative committee re-
Gently appointed for the purpose of
making a thorough investigation into
the affairs of the various institutions n
Vermont, met in Montpelier, Tuesday,
with Governor Bell and Attorney Cen
eral Fits. The committee will hold
it's first hearing January 10, when the
formal Investigations into the condi-
ton existing at the Insane hospitals
will be begun.
Edmund Pendleton, postmaster at
Star Lake, N. Y, is missing and is be-
lieved to have perisbed in the woods.
He left his home, last Tuesday, with
out coat or hat. Friday, he appeared
at hotel II miles from home. A
searching party of so men are securing
the Adirondacks in the vicinity of
Cranberry Lake.
The theory that the woman murdered
on Cutler mountain, near Colorado
Springs, Colo, was Bessie Kenton
Bouton of Syracuse, N. Y, is regarded
by the Colorado Springs police as the
strongest yet. The police inter-
viewed the drug store proprietors and
hairdressers, and found that Mrs.
Bouton was in Colorado Springs for
several days about October 1, as the
representative of proprietary rem
edy concern IN New York.
Henry Parent, a newspaper man.
was asphyxiated by gas in his room, in
Lawrence, Mass, Tuesday. A leak
in a gas stove was the cause. Parent
was unmarried. and came to Lawrence
from Fall River about two weeks ago.
Attorney General Moody for the
United States, through United States
District Attorney Haupt, and Frank B.
Kellogg and James M. Beck, special
assistant attorneys general of the
United states, late this afternoon. filed
petition in the United States district
court in 81 Paul, Minn., in which he
makes heHieneral Paper Co. princi-
pal defendai and large number Of