Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-21
NEWS NUGGETS.
A Summary of Some of the Most I'm
portant Events of the Day.

who nav been missing on the Junk
lrau since last Thursday, was cleared
M"ndiy when guides discovered their
b"alcs on glacier below Rotthalsat-
tai switzerland. They had fallen to-
Sethcr a distance of 1000 feet.
Mrs. Louis Dorman. wife of the en-
slhcef OF the Manchester Light & Pow
cr Co, was struck and instantly killed
Monday night by an express train ON
the Rutland Railroad at Manchester,
Vt. She was 10 years old
The funeral Of Joseph Joachim, the
n"t"d violinist, who died Aug. l.. was
held at Berlin, Monday, and attended
ny a number of prominent persons
crown Prince Frederick William. who
was among those present. tainted in
the hall during the ceremony. He was
at once led out to the open air where
he recov, rcd rapidly
The British admiralty is about to
sacrifice one of the earlier type OF IioI-
land submarine boats with the object
of acquiring knowledge of the effect of
MN" explosion upon a boat of that
class. Mines ANA torpcdoes will be
exploded at different distances from
'''N 'N''t'NA' 90 a Insult vi WHICH IL Is
hoped to discover the effect Of cxp!ns-
ives on the boats equilibrium ana fur
niSh torpedo specialists with hints re-
sar'lns the best means of .fighting
submerged craft. ~
A meeting of vast Importance to
the pottery trade was held in New
York Monday, when the Manufacture
crS met Il committee Of the Operate tors
and discussed the demands of the en-
ri"NcS for an increase in wages The
men demand Increases in wages rang
ing from 10 to 20 per cent. and other
concessions which. the manufacturers
hay" said. cannot he granted. The
Situa ton is said to be critical and, I'M
less ON" sid" or the other gives way, IL
strike is probable.
Little Scvtn-ycar-old William Dunn
VIII" the police al!"gc caused tn" death
by drowning of s-ycar-old Timothy
Conway a playmat" in Il Wrestling
match. in which the latter fell off Il
dock on tho water front at Providence
II. l., was arraiGncd Monday morning
in tn sixth district court and on
Pleading not guilty was bound over in
the care of tho probation officer on
the charge of m1nslaughtcr to be tried
oct Il. The little victim's body was
recovered Sunday morning, with its
arms cntNinCd about one of tn" piles
Of the dock near the spot where the
fatality occlHTed.
Little foureycar-uld Thomas o'N"ill
lost his life and his grandmother, Mrs.
Catherine Murphy lies at the point Of
death at the Relief hospital III I;nst"n
terribly burned. as a result Of a fire
which tho lad set at his home in
Charleston Monday, while playing
with n card of matches. The boy was
in bed when he got hold of tn" match
cs and his grard'nnthcr was attempt
ing to save him when her dress ignitcd
and she too was soon III 4 mass Of
flames.
The accidental explosion Of three 10
pound shells in the ordnance store
house Of Fort Tuttcn ut Willctt's
Point. L. l., Monday. severely injured
three artillcrymcn who were unloading
shells. w. NJ. Blank was burned and
torn from head to foot by the cNpi"-
sion and is cxncctcd to die. Two were
injured less seriously and expected to
recover The cause of the explosion Is
unknown. hut II Is thought one ol inc
shells cxplodo.l setting. off the other
The windows Of tho storc-houSc were
broken but the building was otherwise
unchanged.
Ruilding Commissioner Roncy of
BOSTON Monday suspended Bullding
Insncctor John p. Clark, who was ar
rested Saturday and who is now I'M
der Indictment, which charges him
with bribery.
Io,,is Warsher Of Hudson, n.
Y. suffered conclusion of the brain.
bruises and cuts about the body.
and Charles Van Dyke of kinderhook.
\. Y. had his right leg broken below
the knee. by being thrown from an
automobile which went over an en-
bankment in Berlin Conn. Monday.
The men were making an automobile
tour of New England and were re-
turning home by way Of New Haven
When near the curve the steering gear
failed to work and the machihe went
over a oO-foot embankment.