Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-12

| mad" speech to the crew thanking
! them for their past services and wish
| ing them pleasant voyage. In the
alttIn""i. accompanied by the En-
press, n visited the Lutheran church,
"rrc the pastor Of the church deliv-
Il the address, Of welcome. Later in
the day their Majcsties We're driven to
the station and left on a special train
for st. Petersburg.
nuihbcr of places were burglarized
in East Weymouth, Monday night, in
Guiding East Weymouth Savings bank,
the New York. New Haven & Hartford
railroad ticket office. William Tobn's
waiting room. Wehster's drug store
and Humphrey BIOS grocery store. In
ALL the robbers secured several hun
drcd dollars worth of property, mostly
money. cigars, postage stamps and
confectionery. At the Savings bank
large plate glass window was smashed.
and al the other places windows were
broken, where the burglars reached
through to unfasten the catches.
There is no clue.
Eighty-one contestants took part IN
the stroke play qualifying round III the
tournament for the Womens Goil
championship of the United States
which began, Monday, on the links OF
the Merton cricket Club at Haverford
near Philadelphia. Greater interest
than usual is being manifested, this
year. because of the contest of MISS
Charlotte bod, Great Birtains cham
pion golfer.
Hamburg. the famous stallion, was
sold. Monday night. to Harry Payne
Whitney for $4,000. The sale took
place at Madison Square Gardens,
where the entire racing stud Of the lat
William {. Whitney WAS put up at
auction.
one man was killed and two others
injured in Il trolley car accident. at
Canton, Mass. Monday night. While =
Boston bound car Of the Blue Hill Rail
Way 60. Was descending PonkapolG
bill. it jumped the track and crashed
INTO an outward bound car that was
waiting ON Il siding half way down the,
hill. crank Smith. a motorman OF
Canton. was instantly killed. Dugan,
the motorm1n on TIL outward bound
car. and Edward Shcehan, motorman
bI lIlt car lIl'il tIi' u ~ - '" Mn
seriously injured. Several Of the
passengers on board Of the Boston
bound car were injured but none seri-
ously.
A dispatch from Santiago, Chile. says
that 100 workmcn We're buried by
falling walls Monday. The walls We're
being erected for I'm extension Of tn"
Casa Pra stores IN Santiago. Up to the
present time l. cotpsaS and 10 Wounded
have been removed from the ruins.
The walls, which We're constructed of
iron and cement. had reached tn
height of four stories. Much indigna-
ton is felt against The architect who
had charge of the work.
A loving cup was presented to the |
archbishop of Canterbury at the home
of Bishop William Lawrence on Com
monwealth avenue. today. The cup
was the gift Of the parish of ST.
Stephens church. East Liverpool. Ohio
the members Of which are all Of Eng
fish birth or descent. Rev. Edwin
Weary. pastor of the church, rendered
the gift.
John Namet and his half-brother's
wife. Mrs. James Ti-h We're found dead
in wood at Shawnee. O.. Monday.
Mrs fish had been shot twice through
the left breast and Namet had two
bullets in his head. a revolver was ly-
ing at his side. Mrs. James fish was
married, three months ago. in New
York 1t is believed that Namet. a
bachelor, was enamored of his sister
in-law and despairng Of ever winning
her decided to kill her and himself. |
Both were about % years old.
The fishing vessels returning to St
Johns. y. F., from Labrador, report
having sighted strange steamer off
Davis inlet last Tuesday apparently
disabled. 1t is believed that she is the
Canadian cruiser Arctic bound for
Hudson bay and that her engines are
out of order.
Waldo H. Whitcomb. well known rs
m antiquarian. died at his home at |
Nortlian.rton, Mass. Monday. His |
collection Of objects of antiquarian |
value was considered one Of the best |
in New England. He was Il painter, 81 |
years Of age.
The trial of Philip Weinseimer. form |
or president of the Building Trades |
charging nXtortion, was begun, Mon |
day, before Judge Newburger in thu |
court of general sessions. at New York. |
An American Pullman. with its |