Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-14
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

} Sec. Ridgeley Carter of the American
embassy at London and Mrs. Carter
gave q luncheon Friday in honor OF
William J. Bryan and Mrs. Bryan
Government receipts Friday: From
internal revenue, $685., 1858; customs,
s1,132,4 92: miscellaneous, $66,6O1. Ex-
penditures, $3,25OOO0
The Eue Hamburger Zeitung at HAM
| burg said Friday that two foreign
steamers which We're leaving Memel,
Prussia, We're detained and searched
by Russian cruisers and that $4,000
| cartridges and a quantity Of dynamite
We're found on board the steamers.
Loring Goes, an inventor died at his
home in New Worcester, Mass, Fri
day from old age. He was "a years
OLD. He was a regular visitor to the
fishing grounds in the Maine lakes and
this was the first spring he missed "a
trip to the Rangeleys in 40 years. He
was actively engaged in business up
to six months ago.
BY the will of Mariana trimmer.
wife of the late Martin Brimmer. flied
in the Suffolk registry of probate Fri
receives a bequest of $4,000 and a num-
Der of valuable paintings and statuary.
The only other public bequest is one to
the Widows Society of Boston of $4,000.
Mr.. Brimmer, her husband, was one of
the founders of the Art Museum.
The alleged adulteration Of American
leather was the principal topic of dis
cussion at Fridays closing session Of
the yearly conference of the Royal Sam
itary Institute at Bristol, Eng. Speak
ers averred that Great Britain imported
from America in 1905 leather so i'm
pregnated with EPSON salts and glu-
cose that the country paid $4,000 for
what cost $4,000. Tho public health.
it was added, suffered. owing to the
flimsy shoes put on the market.
Henry T. Frye of Chicago was Friday
elected president of the American
Whist League, which is now holding its
annual conference in Boston. The
other officers chosen were these: Vice
president. David Auhfeldcr, Albany. ~
"; recording secretary +. a. MontgDm-
cry. Minnea polls Mimi: corresponding
secretary. Clearance w. Vail Brooklyn
n. Y: treasurer, E. c.. ComstOek, Mil
waukee, Wis.
Sec. Borapartc announced at Wash
ington Friday that the Carnegie and
Bethlehem Steel Companies will be
given the contract for the armor for
one Of the new 16000-ton battleships at
the price named by the Midvale Steel
Company in their bid. The contract
for the armor for the other battleship
will go to the Midvale Company. The
Carnegie and Bethlehem Cos. are to
share equally in the contract given
them.
Samuel E. Fisk, we'll known IN politi-
cal circles in southern Massachusetts,
died Friday at his home in FAN River,
aged "a. He"was a ',ftiver of Glare
mont, n. H., but had'hHen a resident
of Fall River since 1869, where he car
ried on a job printing establishment.
He had played a prominent part In
Republican politics for 80 years, and
conducted many spectacular campaigns
for candidates in whose interests he
might be working.
Gov. Guild at Fridays meeting Of the
Massachusetts executive council with
drew the nomination of Wood
ward Emery as chairman OF
the board of harbor and land com.
missioners and nominated in his
stead General Samuel II. Mansfield of
Boston, who for number of years has |
beer attached to the United States en-
department Of Massachusetts !
1t is announced that the governor made |
the change because he concluded that 1
the services of an engineer We're needed |
on the board. ( |
II Attorney General Moody will transfer !
his headquarters from Washington to
Boston for the remainder of the sum-
mer. according to an announcement |
made Friday at Boston. He was ex-
pected at Boston Friday but was de-
tained in New York in consultation
with district attorneys in connection
with the departments investigation of
the oil combine. While in Boston the
attorney general will make his head
quarters at the office of his private law
firm. Moody, Burdett. Wardwell and
Snow. 81 State street.
The Canadian championship tennis
tournament was continued Friday on
the courts of the Niagara Tennis and
Golf Club at Niagara-on-the-La Lake, |
Ont. The failure of the days play was
the playing Of Don Carroll. a Buffalo
boy. in the mems doubles. He was
partner of f. p. Fischer of New York
and won his first match. making a
great stand in the semi-fnals. The
survivors Of the semi-final round in tho
mems championship singles are L. T.
Fischer of New York and Irving
Wright Of Boston.
Charged with manslaughtcr for the
alleged fatal shooting Of Fred A. Aims
worth Of Williamstown. VT, on the
hight of July last, Thomas Jameson
vas brought before Justice of the
Peace Lathrop at Barre Fri
lay and held in :1-A0 bonds
or the grand jury He was
without bondsmen Ainsworth, Who
vas the local druggist at Will
Jamestown, was discovered in jamie
IONS barn on the night Of the shoot
ng with rope in his hand and match
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