Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-24
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linquish office to the new board
Chief of Police Oman, after COZ
sultation with the former commits
Sioncrs, handed his resignation to the
n"w commissioners Thursday after
noon.
The executive council Of the Amcri-
can Federation of Labor. headed by
irrsid"nt G"mp"rs, arrived Thursday
~ ,'prfoik, Va. The council viii
complete arrangement Tor tn" annual
session Of the Federation, which will
convene at Norfolk Nov. II ana bear
grievances from labor organizations in
various parts of the country Mr.
Gomrrrs after going to Boston and
Washington will return To Norfolk to
make the Labor day address at Tie
jamestown Exposition, on which oc-
caSion W.~R. Hearst OF New York also
Will speak.
Nv" daughters. aged II and 16
respectively, Of John Carr. farmer
living two miles from Pohontas, w.
Va. w"r" attacked hy Waiter Rippey.
4 negro, who attempted t. assault
the younger, and shot twice at the
Oldest IS she ran to summon aid
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Tazcwcll Jail. The crime caused
considerable excitement ana the
speedy transfer Of the prisoner to
TazcwcH probably prevented trouble.
The American ship Tile T. Star-
buck. which left New York April 10
bound for Honolulu, has been
abandoned at sea. Her crew were
rescued and landed It Coquimbo.
j. r. Harrison. chief post office in
srcctor in Denver, Colo, said Thurs
day that not more than $3.50 was
secured by the robbers who recently
stole three registered mail sacks from
a railway car between Denver and
oxford, Neb. | have q complete list
Of letters ana packages in the missing
pouches and l can say with authority
that no great amount was lost" said
Inspector Harrison.
Marion Story. the artist and brother
of Julian 2. Story, the well-known
artist who was divorced by Nine.
Emma Eamcs, committed suicide at
Erook Farm, beautiful country place
in Wcstchester county, New York,
Thursday night. Owing TO The
absence of any member of the family
at the time. no authentic statement as
TO the cause Of the deed has been
procured but it is known that during
the past year or two he has suffered
heavy financial losses. His domestic
relations have not been pleasant. Mrs.
Story being now in the South where
she has lived for some time.
The Swedish armored cruiser Fule:a
-, 1f I L
with Prince Wilhelm of Sweden on
board The Prince was entertained at
dinner by Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish and
Edward j. Berwind.
Empress Augusta Victoria met with
the third accident from which She has
suffered during the past eight years
by slipping on soft ground while play
ing tennis Wednesday and injurinG
vein in her leg as well as spraining her
ankle. The accident is considered
sufficiently serious to prevent her
leaving Wiihelmshoc before Sept. 10.
The identity of the person VINO
placed a bolt on the track of the
Plymouth & Middleboro branch Of the
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad, causing Il wreck of pas
senger train, was discovered Thursday
night when Peter Silva, aged nine
years. of Plymouth, Mass, acknow:-
edged that he put the bolt there to see
the train 1latten it out. The boy was
not arrested, but will be called into
court Monday. 1t is believed that he
had no idea Of derailing the train.
Fortunately no one was killed in the
wreck, though the engineer and fire
man suffered injuries
The finding Thursday of two half
burned chests containing portions OF a
human body in the forest of BcIlo
Tampa. Italy, not only brought to light
a brutal murder. but also led to the
discovery of an extensive plant for the
manufacture of spurious bank notes.
Italy has recently been flooded with
this counterfeit money. The victim of
the murder has been Unidentified as
Henri Francois, q dcsertcr from the
French army He had been dccapi-
tated and then dismembcred. A local
engraver his wife and two merchants
have been arrested. both as the as
sassins and as countcrfeiterS. The
motive of the crime is alleged to have
been the fear OF Detrayal by FRANCOIS,
who was a member Of the gang.
President Roosevelt Thursday APP
proved the sentence of dismissal from
the navy Of Chaplain Jones. who was
tried recently by courtmartial for
financial Irregularities.
John ]. Peckham, u years old, shot
and killed himself at his home at
Newport, Z. l., Thursday. No cause is
known for the act. Peckham was a
member Of one of the known
families in the city.
Statistics regarding contraband dur
ing the year 1906 show that the crors
Of Russian Frontier Guards made H.
COO arrests. scizinG $50. 900 worth 81
smugglnd goods. In s.irmishes with
snupplcrS nine guards we're EiIIa1 ,nd