Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-07-17
NATIONAL LEAGUE STANDING,
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

According to an agreement signed at
Corinto six months ago the republics
of san Salvador and Honduras became
allies fer defensive purposes.
A powder mill of the Atlantic Dyna-
mite Co. several miles from Ashland
Wis. blew up Monday. killing three
men. Twenty others were injured.
The body of William Moredeck, who
disappeared from TouiSett Mass, after
a severe toothacne Tuesday night last
i'll Il akin. was found Sunday in the
narroW:s nf the Eickemuit river by tho
Bristol, r. L.. police.
The taking of testimony i'm the Mart je
divorce case, which was to have been
resumed Monday at PittSburg, Pa.
was again postponed until Tuesday
counsel for Mrs. IIartje having re-
auested a continuance for another day
to allow the defence time to examine
the Nadine letters.
An unidentified man. with crushed
skull and his right leg severed at the
hip. was found dead near the New
York. New Haven & Hartford railroad
tracks at Wood River Junction. Conn.
five feet 5 inches in height and weigh
Sunday. He was about So years old
ed about 100 pounds. His clothing bore
a Baltimore tailor's mark.
At a meeting of the council of minis
ters at Paris Monday. War Minister
Etienne announced the assignment Of
Ma ior DrcyfuS to the eth regiment Of
artillery, stationed at Vincennes This is
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state functions at the capital Brig. Gen.
Picqnart has been designated to serve
on the staff of the military governor of
Paris
The largest increase given recently to
textile workers in New England was con-
ferred Monday to the 40 weaferS at the
Maushon mills at Valley Falls. r. I The
incrCIS" was .tnu"unc "d lat Thu ..ti,tv to
be Il per cent. but Monday a l6 per cent
was given. The company manufactures
cotton dress goods and ginehams and
has had considerable difficulty in secur-
ing good help.
Am"rouS Eonicr. a Pole. while at
tempting to eludc officer Sylvester at
Central Falls. r. l.. leaped from a
thrve-story window. When he landed;
on the ground he wa~ easily captured
and although badly shaken up. il is
believed that he is not seriously injur-
ed. He was arraigned on a charge of
revealing. He was also recently charC-
ed with sticking a table fork in a mans
head.
The Bible and the study Of the Bible
and mission work were the subjects
Monday before the Seabury conference
of the Episcopal church at Northam-
ton. Mass. The principal speakers, were
Roy. Samuel Colladay. professor of
New Testament Literature in Berkeley
Divinity School at Middletown. Conn,
and Rev. Samuel Hart. d. D.. secretary
of The House of Bishops of the Episco-
pal church.
While attempting to alleviate tho
pain of ivy poisoning in five feet of
water and at the very door Of his
fathers house. LEROY j. Taft was
drowned at Brush Neck cove, r. L.,
Sunday. The young man, who is the
son of Warwick Poor Farm Keeper
Henry II. Taft. whom he was visiting.
sank without a struggle or cry. A wife
ard four-months-old baby boy sur
vive the drowned man.
In chopDy sea that made il i'm
possible to make full length stroke
and which caused much discomfort,
Capt. Nicholson, Jr., a young swim
mcr Of Provdent, r. l.. accomplished a
rcmarka bic feat Sunday when he COM
plet.d a seven-mile swim in the Provi-
tcnce river in three hours. He was
accompanied by a boat from the United
States Volunteer Life Saving Corps,
and next week will try further swim.
The now Marlboro City hall at MARI
boro. Mass, built at cost Of
$50. 900. was dedicated Monday with
elaborate exercises, the residents of
the city enjoying half holiday in
honor of the occasion. The new mu-
nicipal building was constructed to re-
place the old City hall which was de-
stroyed by fire in 1902. The new struc-
ture is in modern French rennais-
sance style Of architecture and con-