Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-05
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


mortal Of General Grants visit to that
city, was totally destroyed by fire
early Tuesday. The cause of the fire is
unknown.
]. S. Patch. general agent of the
Canadian Express Co, died Tuesday
at Montreal. He had been in the SER
vice Of the company 40 years He was
a native of New Hampshire.
Tie Democratic and Republican gen.
raj committees of Kings county, New
York, held their annual meeting in
Brooklyn Tuesday night and .re-elect-
ed all their officers for the ensuing
year.
The postoGice ut Tufts College was
Tuesday found to have been visited by
rCbbcrs during the night. 1t is believed
that about 500 in money and stamps was
taken. The postoftce is in one Of the
college dcrmitorics but students occupy
ing rooms above it did not hear the ex-
rioson.
1t was announced Tuesday at London
il Il special dispatch from st. Petersburg
that !I'cIs" activity prevails among the
Japanese III MarchuIia and that accord
ing t. intern: ton received a the Rus
| SIAN war ministry fresh Japanese regi-
Incnts are being drafted into Manchuria
! by way Of Korea. Local Russian reports
say that the Japanese and Chinese openly
| threaten to compel the Russians to retire
as far as Lake Baikal
| t'ir" Tue Sday night at COnneaut Lake
! Ia, destroyed three of the largest sum
MGR hotels and several frame buildings
and for n time threatened the entire vii
1aGc. Help was summoned from Mead
Vile, and soon after the arrival Of tn
! firemCn from that place the flames wrr.
under control. The hotels destroyed ar.
the Arlington. brunswick and the Thatch-
er. The cause of the fire is unknown and
the loss is estimated at $4,000
Four children, two boys and tw,
girls. ranging in age from two months
10 five years, We're burned to death
at their home near Westficld n. j.
Tuesday night. Mrs. w. F. Wczcl and
Mrs. Oscar Felter. who lived togeth-
CT with The two children each, went
out to work. leaving their little ones
at home alone. During their absence
their mousse caught fire. Fircmcn found
| You'd recognition.
| With the Thermometer ut Is degrees
below zero. Robert Prcntiss Of Ben
ninSton. VT. is supposed to have
stretched himself out by the roadside
near Shrewsbury, Monday night and to
have fallen asleep. His body frozen
stiff was found Tuesday. Prentiss Was
apparently On his way to Il lumber
camp iii Shrewsbury. He was last seen
on Monday afternoon walking along
the highway and seemed t, be uuial
the influence Of liquor. He was co years
O.. AID hal Il family.
With the arrest at Pittsburg. Pa, of
| J. II. Mi.iholand, Il civil engineer. on n
charge Of conspiracy to defraud the is
s,ance of warrants for the arrest Of Jo-
seph Flahorty AMI IT, T. Eostapt on tho
same charge the grand jury indictment
! against President c. S. Cameron charg-
| ing him with contempt and obstruction of
| justice. and the postnonement until Dec.
| Il on the conspiracy hearing Of Common
| Councilman VIM. A. Martin. the develop
rents Tuesday in the alleged so. Con brib-
| cry scandal between the officers of the
| Pittsburg IL Tube City Railroad and the
| members of the Pittsburg select and COM
mon councils We're sensational.
The American National Red Cross in
annual session Tuesday at Washington
elected the following officers for the en-
suing year: President, William II. Taft.
secretary of war; Treas. Charles Hal
lamkep, assistant secretary of the
treasury; counselor. James B. Mercy
nOlds. assistant attorney general; Sec,
Charles l.. Magee. The afternoon scs-
sion was presided over by Sec. Taft.
Dr.. John d. Devine, who was in charge
of the Red Cross work at San Francis
co following the earthquake and fire,
gave an interesting talk on his expert
enccs. At the morning session the ques-
tons discussed included methods of in
cre2sng membership by personal so
licitatiOn. cooperation of the press and
girls first aid drills. 1t was decided to
accept all applicants for membership
who pay their dues promptly.