Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-06
Kills Seven Men
In North Carolina.
Mckinley Monument to Be
Dedicated Sept. 80.
4 Glance at What Is Happening In
This and Other Countries.


lightning stroke at Buck Horn Falls.
in Chatham county, North Carolina,
| Tuesday show that seven men We're
killed and 10 injured. a heavy storm
| had caused 50 10 70 men to take shelter
in the cement house of the Buckhorn
Burton ccclined to add anything to his
| large tree. instantly killing two white
men ana tivc negroes and injuring three
| whites and seven negroes, all of them
residents of the vicinity and employees
| or the Phoenix Construction Co, which
| has charge of the plant.
| The Kansas State Board of Railroad
Commissioners Wednesday,, after de-
| Gliding to allow Kansas railroads to
| show by testimony why they consider
a 2-ccnt passenger fare order Illegal
and unjust, ordered all the railroads Of
! Kansas to make a fiat 2-cent rate, be-
| ginning oct. l. Tie decision was unan-
| imous. The railways gave no intima-
| ton of what action they might take.
| The intent Of judges To deal severely
| with men convicted OF attacks upon
women and children was evidenced
| "Wednesday when Friedrich .SchOnland
| was sent to prison by Judge Crane in
| the court of special sessions at New
York for not less than &c Tor more than
| IS wears. Secondhand hal been convict
ed of having assaulted 15-year- old Jen-
| ME Tolberg.
| Congressman Burton Of Cleveland,
who has announced that he will accept
| the Republican nomination for mayor
| Of Cleveland and run against Johnson.
| left Columbus Wednesday for Urbana,
where he will make an address. Mr..
Burton declined to add anything to his
statement regarding the mayorality
| race AMI refused to say whether or not
he would resign from Congress.
! Louis Glass, vice president of the Pa
| cific States Telephone < Telegraph Co,
convicted of having hribed Supervisor
Donegan to vote against granting Il
| franchise to the Home Telephone Co,
was Wednesday at San Francisco SEN
fenced by Superior Judge Lawler to five
wears Imprisonment in the state prison
a San Quentin
Lieut. Col. Elijah w Haiford. pay de-
partment, L. S. A, was retired Wednes-
day, having reached the statutory age
of Ga years. Col. Halfurd is attached
to headquarters Of the department of ;
California at San Francisco. He was
private secretary to the late President
Harrison from 1889 to 1899.
II. II. Tucker. Jr.. former secretary
treasurer of the Uncle Sam Oil Co. was
released "Wednesday from the county
Jail at Leavenwortll, Kan, after serv
ing a three months sentence for con-
tempt imposed by Federal Judge Hook.
Tucker was sentenced to Jail for re-
fieCting On Federal Judges J. o. Pollock,
j. F. Phillips and Smith Mcpherson
The allegations We're made in a petition
affecting the receivership of the COM
pany filed before Judge Hook. Tucker
appealed to President Roosevelt for Il
pardon but it was denied.
A receiver was appointed Wednesday
for the Union Iron & Steel Co. a New
York corporation. by Judge Slleen of
the federal court sitting in Bristol. Va.
l.. c. Petit is named a.; receiver. The
company is capitalized at $1,000, 900 and !
owns furnaces and manufacturing
plants in several Southern states and
in Michigan and New Jersey.
The Put-In-Bay House, one Of the
leading hotels OF Put-In-Bay. Ohio,
was burned late Tuesday night, to-
gather with most of its contents
Guests were compelled to leave the
them saved their belongings. No one
was insured Loss $4,000, partially
covered by insurance.
The Rome Corriere D'Italia is auth
ority for the statement that priest
attached to the church of Santa Maria
Maddalena, impelled by his desire TO
visit the United States embeZZled S4,-
600 of the church funds and disap-
reared He is supposed to have start
ed for the goal of his desires The
wardens of the church have lodged a
complaint against the priest with a
Rome magistrate.
The tug Edgar f. Lunkebach arrived
Wednesday at Providence, r.. L.. and
reported the sinking of the coal laden
barge coal King and the narrow escape
that Capt G.. Olsen and his crew or
four men had from the sinking craft.
The disaster occurred in n southerly
storm off Montauk Point Tuesday
night. and it was in 4 small dory that
the five men from the barge made their
way through the high seas to the tugs
side where they We're taken aboard in
safety. The Coal King had on board
1900 tons of soft coal for the New
York. New Haven & Hartford Rail
road and will be n total loss.
A call was issued Wednesday to the
trustees of the Mckinley National
Memorial Association by Sec. Hartscll
for a meeting in the chambers of JUS
tice Day. Canton. Sept. 16, when final