Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-10-22
NEWS NUGGETS
Girl of Ia Poisons Her
Infant Niece.
Capt. SeeIey Appointed In
spector Of HuIIs.
The News Of the Day Condensed for
Busy Readers.

Representing the Boston police
board, Lawyer Edward i. Adams Went
to the municipal court at Boston,
Thursday and applied for sumronScs
for several persons on Il charge of VIC
latinG the law in the transportation Of
dynamite through the city. The appli-
cation WAS based particularly upon the
transportation of the dynamite which
exploded in M"lrosr, last month, re
sultinS in the killing of nine electric
car passengers.
American marines will be retained
on the lsthnus Of Panama for the
present, prepared to meet any emer-
Sency WaiCh may arise This decision
WAS reached. Thursday, and orders
lave be2n ISSUED for a new battalion of
marines commanded by Lieut.. Col
Thomas Wood to so to the Isthmus
about November -. The exact num-
bcr has not yet been decided upon.
Capt Henry l.. Scclcy of Boston has
been appointed inspector of hulls, and
Theodore l.. MerzSreHu inspector of
boilers in the Streamboat service Il,
New York. These appointments are
one OF the results of the conclusions Of
sSeeley is at present inspector of hulls
at Boston and will be transferred to
New York. He was one of the officers
who made the examination of the con-
ditionS of tie vessels which were of the
style of the Slocum. Mr.. MerErcau
now fills the position Of assistant in
spcctnr of boilers at the port of New
York, his new Office being given him
rs Il promotion for the cretlitablc work
he has done in the past.
David W. Baldwin. aged 50. one of
the oldest residents of WATERFOWL. n.
V, died Wednesday,. He founded the
steam engine industry there and in
war times manufactured guns for the
Govcrnm mt. A daughter Mrs. Charles
X Steiner of Albany, ana a son. Henry
l.. Baldwin of WatcrtOwn, survive him.
The 2lst annual convention of the
Supreme Commandery Ancient and
illuStriouS knights of Malta. closed its
sessions in Washington. ID. G.. Thurs
cay The next convention will be held
IN Albany. on the third Tuesday in
October, 1905. Among the officers
elected Tor the ensuing year are: Su-
pr"mc commander, Willie Higgins,
Worcester, Mass; supreme prelate.
Frank r. Hayden, Worcester. Mass;
supreme representative. Albert &.
Hutchins, Nashua, n H.; imperial REPS
rcS"ntative; to the parent organization
at Glasgow, Scotland. David +. Mel
Vile, IriddocH, Pa; John w. Hickson.
Boston, L. r. buckley, Washington, ID.
G.
suffering from an acute nervous dis
order, 1r George II. PurviauCa or
aShlnSton. assistant surgeon general
or the public health and marine hos
pital service, jumped from the fourth
story window Of the Orthopedic hospi-
tai. in Philadelphia. Thursday night,
and was instantly killed. a nurse who
tired TO prevent him from I,aring to
the sidewalk came very near losing
her own life. She grasped the docto,
ny The shoulder ana he in turn
SraSped her about the waist ana Mas
dragging her over the rail. but SHE,
manage" to escape from him. Before
Shc could again seize hin lie hac
plunged head foremost to the pave.
heht below, and was dead when picked
up. Or. Puryiance .Nar a widower 81
Years Old and is survived by two sons.
who reside in Philadelphia
Mont Tennes. turfman and book
maker. was held up, Thursday night. at
thlcago. ny three men i'm a street full
Of passersby and robbed of $500 in
money and diamonds valued at $500.
AT the points of two revolvers the men
PEELED Tennes to cross the street to
vacant let, where they robbed him
and escaped.
1t is reported that fresh disturbances
have occurred in Santo Domingo and
that the custom house at Porto Plata
has been or will be taken possession of
by an American representative. SINH
lar action il expected at Monte Christi.
Alice Klingenberg, a girl of IA years,
poisoned her infant niece, Thursday, in
Upper Montclair, n. j.. by giving her
carbolic acid mixture. Alice lives
with her sister, Mrs. William E.
Poecker. who left her six-weeks-old
baby in the girls charge. When she
returned she noticed a peculiar odor in
the room. and perceived that there
was something wrong with the child
and that there We're blisters about the
child's mouth. A physician was i'm
mediately sent for but before he could
reach there the baby was dead. The
girl at first denied that she had given