Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-26
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Cardinal Peter Lambert Gossens.
archbishop of Mcchlin, is dead at Brus-
sels, Belgium. He was born i'll 1927 and
was made 4 cardinal in 1889.
The first passenger train carrying
nota5ilities and officials, passed
through the SimpIon tunnel Thursday.
There was no noteworthy incidents.
burlington passenger train No. g.,
eastbound, struck Il landslide on the
Great Northern Railway near Rock Is
land, Wash, Thursday. The engine was
thrown into an almost perpendicular
position while the tender and baggage
cars were thrown into the Columbia
river. Martin Murray. the baggageman.
wds drowned. \ number Of wCrkmen
were slightly injured. but none of the
passengers were seriously hurt.
Sixteen naIermen of the schooner
Quo!Eol oWitt. who had bceA picked up
astray last Tuesday on the eastern part
OF TIE Georges, arrived Thursday at
Boston on the fishing schooner Fanny
Belle Atwood. They had left their
schooner in eight doricS Tuesday MORN
ing to set travis and all of them lost
their vessel during the thick fog. Tho
dH;i"s were picko Il mp. one by one. by
the Atwood. 1t is believed that Capt.
Ni,kcrson of the QuOnnOpowitt will
have difficulty in bringing his vessel to
port. ds only the cook and one other re-
manned on board. Four other fisher
men who were lost in a fog Sunday of
the southeast Georges from the schoon-
or Ellen &. Burke fell in with dorymcn
from tho Nattlc and were taken to Bos-
ton on the Nelson.
One of the largest real estate and
lumber deal; ever recorded in Southern
Vermont has just been consumated at
Wilmington. VT. involving $4,000 acres
of timber land on the mountains and in
tie valley along the Deerficld river
The land which was the property of
the Dccrfield River Co., has been sold
to w. II. wood Of Cambridge. Mass
and \. y. Hlandis Of Bath. y. H.. for
certain sum roughly stated to be sew
oral hundred thousand dollars. With
the land are sold the sawmll and pulp
mill Of the company at Mountain Mill
iii Wilmington, Vt. The wood land is
in the towns of Wilmington. Somerset.
ScIrsburg. Marlboro. West Dover and
Glastonbury. MIR. Wood will be presi-
dent and Mr.. Blandis, treasurer of IL
new company to be known as the Deer
field Lumber Co, and to be Incorporate
ed under the laws of Vermont with a
capital stock of 5000 900.
After a conference which lasted all
day Thursday at Chicago the attorneys
il the packers case We're still trying.
when evening arrived. to come to an
agreement regarding the facts involved
i'll the case. The jury was dismissed for
the day early in the afternoon and
Judge Humphrey WAS informed that if
an agreement was reached it would be
submitted to him in the morning. Dur
ing the day several messages regard
ing the case passed between District
Attorney Morrison, who is conducting
the Case here, and Attorney General
Moody in Washing ton. Counsel
fer the indicted meat packers
and for the government were unable to
agree tonight on Il statement OF facts
concerning the action Of Commissioner
Of Corporations James r. Garfield
while investigating the beef industry
and it was decided that the trial be-
fore Judge Humphrey and jury in his
court should be again taken up tenor
row morning. when witnesses will be
called tn decide whether Mr.. Garfield'S
action can give immunity to the pack
ers.