Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-08-17
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Six persons We're killed, Wednesda
night. in wreck OF the northboun,
Santa t'e train between Santa An
and Riverside. Cal. The train ran int
q freight.
George F. Morris. arraigned in polio,
court at Lowell, Mass, Wednesday
on the charge of numbering Mrs. Jenni,
Is. spauding. Aug. 6, was held withou
ball for the grand jury.
1t is reported on the best authority
at Mexico City, that the Yaqui Indian.
of Sonora. tired Of the long, disastrou:
warfare carried on against the govern.
ment, are ROW asking peace and that
negotiations to that end are actual,
being crried on.
n-hiteiaw Reid. the American ambas.
sador, has leased the late Earl Cowper's
country seat, Wrcst Park, near AmpthilI
Bedfordshire England. and Mr. Reid
and his family will take up their resi-
dence there for the winter within a
couple of months
The valuation Of the property Of Mar
shall Field in Chicago, was fixed al S40.-
10000 by the board of review. OF the
sum named $30,000.0N0 is in real estate
and the balance in personal property.
The personal holdings in his residence
on Prairie avenue are valued at g..
Q00000.
Ambassador T.. H. Conger arrived in
Washington. Wednesday. from Mexico.
He had conference with acting Sec.
hdee AZ the war department and later
made arrangements to visit the Presi-
dent at Oyster Bay. Mr.. Conger said
that he lad no intention Of entering
politics in Iowa.
Complaints having reached the civil
service commission at WashinGto:; that
J. +. 3. Stuart. collector Of the port of
Newport News. Va. has been unlaw-
fully removing Democratic employees OF
his c.iiCe. an investiga:ion>has been or
Gcrcd. 1t is understood that the prin-
cipal complaint was filed by Representa-
tive Maynard of that district.
Lost in the woods on South Mountain.
near Catsl>ill n. Y. - young women
wandered for two and a half hours
among the boulderS ana stunted pines
before they were found at dusk. Sam
uel Layman. mountain guide. who
was the first to reach the lost ones, was
pounced upon and as he declares, was
''hugged and kissed to death"
The Tangier correspondent of the Lon
don Times says that the announcement
made in the Times, Tuesday, that Ger
many had officially announced that the
contract for the Tattenbach Ashoid loan
had been signed. is Inaccurate. 1t Is
conceded, however. says the correspond
ent, that arrangements for the loan haye
been made, although the details have
not been completed.
Fighting is reported to have occurred
between Russian troops and the revo-
lutionaries in Crete, Tuesday. and still
continues, the center of the disturbances
being the village of Atsipopouos. De-
tails are lacking. but reports state that
several revolutionary chiefs have been
wounded. A skirmish also took place
between British troops and insurgents.
The casualties were slight.
Meager details of the daring robbery
by a highwayman of the Yosemite VAL
ley stages. running between Raymond
and Wawona. have reached Fresno. Cal.
The stages were held up one at a time
about three and a half miles below All
wahnee a few miles above Grub gulch.
All the passengers were relieved of their
money Among them was the Austrian
consul at Milwaukee.
Henry Young. a negro who shot and
killed Edward A. Parry, on the Bass
planta ton near Lake Cormorant Miss,
last Sunday, was taken from Sheriff
Withers ana a deputy, "Wednesday
night, and at the scene of his crime.
was hanged by q mob Of 100 armed
men. The negro confessed his guilt,
but pleaded that he did not intend to
kill Perry, pistol for the possession of
which they were contending, he said,
having exploded. .ss .-.- 2,, Y 5.-t gy
"A unique election has been held among
the boys who ,disport themselves on
Hamilton Fish playground, New York
East Side park Under the tutelage of
the city commissioner of parks, they
cast a regular ballot for mayor of the
playground city and elected Nathan
Kase 16 years old. All the boys under
10 years were allowed to vote and they
rallied to Kase under the banner of po-
litical purity party. Lads to the number
of 500 were registered, but less than half
of them went TO the polls in the heavy
storm which prevailed. The new mayor
will be responsible for the care of the
dumb-bells. trapeze and other apparatus
used by the youngsters who frequent the
park. He will appoint a squad to act
as police agents and other lads will be
nominated to aid the park laborers in
keeping the playground clear of rubbish.