Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-20

plant Is the largest machine shop in the
city and employs about 700 hands.
Charles F. Dodge. who has bean
wanted in New York to answer sensa-
tional charges, and over the extrad;ti,n
of whom there has been much litipa-
ton. left Galveston for New York
Saturday. on steamer in charge of
United States Marshal Hanson and
three deputies. Dodge was also ac-
companied by his attorney, Mr.. Cohen.
Fifteen hundred children aroused
from sleep by an alarm of fire in the
Hebrew Orphan Asylum in Amsterdam
avenue. New York. before daylight
Saturday, marched in safety from the
building. They performed their fire
drill precisely as they had been trained.
Then the teachers and cider boys COM
posing the fire brigade attacked the
blaze and quickly extinguished it. It
was confined to laundry and the dam
age was slight.
A dispatch from Luxoria. Ark, says
that an old feud between two farmers
and two merchants living at Rosa, five
miles from Luxoria, has terminated in
triple killing. ]. j. Warren and his
son, H. H. Warren, both farmers. and
Ed. Bickerson, a merchant lost their
lives and John Bickerson, brother of
Ed. Bickerson. is held on charge OF
murder.
The ST. Vincent de Paul infant
asylum in Providence, r. l.. four
story brick structure, was damaged by
fire, Sunday, to the extent of about
$4,000. BY the bravery Of the Sisters,
who conduct the asylum, the firemen.
police and life savers. every one Of the
$50 children in the home were rescued
uninjured. Some of the reScuers We're
severely burned in their efforts. The
fire started about noon in the kitchen
from some unknown cause
Rev. DR.. John Reid. pastor Of the
Memorial Presbyterian church in
brooklyn, N. Y, died suddenly Of
aporlcxy. Sunday. DR.. Reid was born
in st. John. n. B., and came to New
York about five years ago from Detroit.
The New England Society Of New
York observed Forefathers' day. SUM-
day evening by attending the collegiate
church on Fifth avenue, and listening
to a tribute to the Puritans, by the
tIllllSteT OF tIit htu cUuTcIl, Iuc Net.
DR.. Donald Sage Mckay.
Marco! Hubert, the Nationalist lead
~. whose five years Punishment for
participation in plot to overthrow the
"t:crnment expired at midnight. Satur-
'ay. was0welcomed at the Orleans sta
ti'N: IN Paris. Sunday, by crowd Of
se"era, thousand. The demonstration
VAS enthusiastic but not disorderly.
-:"ntl:y evening a meeting was held in
~. paul's riding school where Hubert
'.r.!olIly resumed direction of the
fnaeue of Patriots. The meeting re-
solved on vigorous campaign in favor
.: Paul Defoulede ana their exiles.
T:obbers entered the post Office at
Pawtuoket. f. l.. early Saturday, and.
after futile attempts to open the doors
Of two safes. gave UP the search. con-
:enting themselves with taking more
than 800 worth of stamps. The at
tempts to open the safe were made in
a very bungling manner. indicating
that the robbers were amateurs. The
men made six bOrings in the largest safe
did nothing more than to prevent the
opening Of the safe by the postmaster.
One boring was made in another safe.
but with no result.
Senator Porter, who lives in the oil
fields of southeastern Kansas. will in
troduce a bill to establish state indie
pendant refinery, in opposition to the
Standard Oil Co., Senator Porter has
been in conference with leading oil
producers. and says they all consider
the plan feasible.
AS the result of an action taken by
the Women's Missionary and Social
Union of the First Baptist church, Wa
terbury Conn.,. all women attending
service in that church will be obliged to
remove their hats while seated. This
action is believed to be the first step of
| this kind taken in New England.
The body of Maurice L. Brunce. "a
years old, a student at the Boston Law
school, was found in room at Hotel
RefOrd. Boston, late Sunday night, with
bullet wound in his right temple and
a revolver cliliched in his right hand.
Brunce lived with his parent and sis
ters at "A Allen street. He had expect
| ed to graduate last June but failed in
| his examinations and returned to
school this fall. Saturday. he gave his
sister package and told her not t"
open it until Sunday night. Upon
opening the package the girl found
note from her brother saying that he
was discouraged and had resolved to
| end his life.
A dispatch from London says that
| Col Lord Alymer has been appointed
| inspector general Of the Canadian
| forces.
Elizabeth Rumber. Frank Scheiman
| and John Miller have been arrested in
| New York. and were arraigned in the
| police court. Sunday morning by Cen
trail office detectives and remanded for
examination. The police believe that
they are responsible for flood of spu-
riOus coin which has been passed on
the merchants on the upper and lower
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