Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-02-01
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

One OF President Alfaro of Ecuador
first DEGREES provides that all foreign
erS having resided two years in Ecua-
dor can be elected aldermen.
Advices received at Victoria, b. G.,
from the scaling fleet hunting off Cape
Horn and in the Antarctic say the
than last season.
Mayor Adam of Buffalo has sent tn
The Associated Press an announcement
that he desires to hear of the "ablest
United States army or navy officer
qualified for superintendent of police
of buffalo, and available for the posi-
tion.'
The Monaghan prince, Tashi Lao of
Iii, in Turkestan, who purposes to &c
to America to travel and study for
three years, was received in audience
Tuesday by the Empress Dowager at
Pekin, who approved his plan and pre-
scented him with money for his cX-
penseS. -.
Indictments for forgery in the first
degree in the issue of forged Norfolk
& Western Railway certificates were
Wcdne sday brought by a grand jury
at New York against Charles Augustus
Seton and Charles T. c. p. Colmey
Both these men l;,re now in Jail await
ing sentence after conviction in other
cases. IT. -
\ collection of ! Russian documents
and state papers has been presented tC
Columbia University by M. Witte. the
Russian premier. The collection in
cludes all the Russian state papers now
in print. as well as copies of the Rus
sian agricultural census, finances anC
Siberian affairs. NJ. White last Septem,
Der received fraiA' the university the
degree of doctor. af laws.
Prof. Frcd'k Starr. the University OF
Chicago anthropologist, who set out
for central Africa last September t.
study the piGmcs, has entered the jun
gle of the Dark continent and begun his
searches. Tuesday letter was received
from him by Rob't +. Baldwin. a stu
dent. 1t was dated Dec. l. and was
mailed Dec. II at Leopoldville which is
1900 miles inland from the East co1st
Prof. Starr intends to spend year il
the study of the pigmics and other
tribes.
Miss Rose Weller aged is. whose
home was in Constableville. y. ", died
at the house of her sister. Mrs. Johr
Dunn, in Rome y. v, Wednesday af-
| ter lying in a trance for more than two
weeks. The death of Il sister i'll Deccm-
her was a source Of deep grief to hci
and she could not be comforteu. Nor
vouS prostraJ ion resulted and on the
18TH of January. she went into a trance
| remaining in the condition except for
bl ief intervals of consciousness until
her death.
In reaching from her bed for some
medicine Wednesday morning Mrs. FL
len McC larcn, aged 63 years OF
| Maiden, Mass. upset a lamp and re-
ceivcd burns from which she soon after
| wal DIS died at a hospital where she had
been removed. Her husband. William
| McClaren. was also badly injured in at
tempting to cNtinguish the flames
Mrs. McClaren had been suffering from
the grip and was attempting to helI
herself to some medicine on table al
her bedside when she upset the night
lamp. The damage to the house from
the flames was slight.
a store of H. G. Clark was a burglar
Gus Anderson shot and probably fatal
ly wounded Leon Tracy early Wednes-
day at Easthamton. Conn. The men
who are prominent citizens of the town
slept in the store Tuesday night. This
store has been robbed twice during the
last few months and as two suspicious
looking men were seen about the place
Tuesday it was decided to sleep in the
building in order to watch it. About
$50 O'Clock Wednesday morning Tracy
got up to get blanket and Anderson
thinking he was a burglar picked III
the shotgun which was by his side
Tracy told Anderson not to shoot but
the latter did SO, the entire charge en-
tering Tracy's groin. causing a terrible
wound. Tracy. who will probably die.
places no blame on Anderson.
Alex Bradford. Jr., of Columbia. Tues
day. at Columbia, Mo. sold to A. 5.
Butts, reDreSentipp II ~ Drake of poc