Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-07
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

AS result If the visit made Wednes-
day, by Sec. Taft to Eenici:I. Cal, the
| straits OF rarGuinrZ probably will be
brilsrd by the Southern Pacific. Sec.
TAFT has announced his approval Of
| the project.
| American interests have obtained a
| contract for the identification Of an
Italian railroad. have also closed for
| electrical equipment To be installed in
| Japan. The Value Of these contracts is
| about s.. 100000
| Thomas y. Cushman of Melr"se Il
years old. was drowned while swimming
| in Fosters pond. at Andovrr. Mass,
| Thursday. The body has not been re-
! covered. CuShmIu was 10 nave entered
| Harvard in the fall
| The two trainmen who escaped with
| their lives from Wednesday nights col
| lision on the Iitchburg division Of the
| Boston K Marie in which three others
| w"r" killed. were reported at Fitch
burg. Thursday. as doing well
1t is stated at San Francisco that f.,
II. Hartman, with the cooperation Of
| II. f. Huntington, is preparing to build
at san Pedro, in the southern part of
| California, quays docks and ware
| houses for the accommodation OF
| steamships to ply between San Pedro,
| Hawaii, Japan, China and the Philip
| pines.
| Westhound passenger train No. 3 on
| the Great Northern railroad was deraied
| IL miles east Of Willistun. y. d.. Wednes-
| day. evening. on" man was killed, a
| tramp VINO riding on the front end
| Of the mail ear. None of the passengers
| was seriously injured and all were able
| to resume the journey when the track
| was cleared.
George Porter. 4 lincman of the New
| England Telephone and Telegraph Co.
| was instantly killed, Thursday afternoon.
| at South birmingham. Mass. while
| working On a pole, through coming in
| contact with Il live viva The body Of
| ;he unfortunate man nung suspended on
| the wires for Il quarter OF ali hour be-
| for. il could bc removed.
| Ii is ANNOUNCED that Albert r. Pat
| rick. " no is awaiting execution for the
| murder of VIM. Marsh Rice, tn" Texas
| multi-mill"uaire. has instructed his
| counsel, David Il. Hill. to take his case
| to tho United States supreme court.
| The execution Of Patrick is set for the
| week commencing Aug. :. ana the ap-
| peal will act as a temporary stay.
| Tie wholesale grocery house of Phil
| lips. Webb < Co.. at Nashville Tenn.
| was totally destroyed by fire, early
| Thursday. The loss is about $ll0,n1.
| Geo. Rogers. a sub-fir"man. was danger
| ously hurt by falling four stories
| through an elevator shaft This IS the
| third serious fire IN Nashville in 10 days,
| the combined losses aggregating $16oIU.
| The body of Winthrop Tucrey. a mil
| Iionare owner of a mine in SCrora,
| Mexico was found. Thursday in a
| pasture in the town of ColebroOk ct.
| There was a bullet wound in his head
and his hand clasped a revolver. II is
| supposed that Dependency due To po-r
| health led him to commit suicide He
was 40 years old ana a graduate Of
| Yale. class Of 1883.
| Surgeons in a New York hospital ara
| puzzled over the case of Harvey
| MnWik. who during an alteration on
| the irrryhuat Clstleton. On the Fourth
| IF July. was shot by fellow passel-
ger. Tile bullet entered the left breast
ana WAS at first thought to be harm
less. but a further examination.
| Wednesday. revealed that it had lodged
in the mans heart.
Near Sylvan Beach. a resort on the
| west shore of the lake near Muskegon
| Mich. the steamer Cayuga, rammed
ex-President Cleveland's former pleas
urc boat Ruth, now owned by the
White Lake Ferry Co, "Wednesday. but
the captain Of the latter ran his boat
on shore and safely discharged 20 pas
scngcrs. a panic was averted among
the passengers through the GOODNESS of
| Capt. Baxter.
| Commercial insolvencies in the Unit
cd States during the first nall of 1905
were 621O in number and 500, sos,9S5 in
amount of defaulted indebtedness, ac-
cording to the Journal OF commerce.
Numerically, this shows scarcely any
alteration in comparison win the 62l4
failures in the corresponding six
months of last year. but decrease APP
pears when last years liabilities of
So. 400 409 are considered.
Albert d. Kingsley. call man in
the Quincy. Mass, fire department,
died at the Boston w 80.
Thursday. as the result of injuries re-
| ceivei when a ladder tfucE ',n'ue'i
! with a tree on the morning ol "",E +
This is the second death causeu os
the accident. one fireman having uieu
f early Wednesday. Two others VINO
; were less seriously injured are resting
comfortably and will recover. .--esA.