Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-23
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Government receipts Monday: From
internal revenue. S1,346,539; customs,
$l,139, 1898; miscellaneous, $177.O92. Ex-
pcnditures, s1,56OOOO.
Two farm houses were DESTROYED and
many acres Of woodland burned over
Monday near the shore Of Canohie lake.
n. H., a few miles north of Lawrence.
Mass. The damage is estimated rough
ly at $4,000.
Fire Monday destroyed the business
| section of Middle Grove. a village -
miles from Balston, N. Y. The village
| IS without fire protection and aided by
a high wind the fire swept the princi-
pal street. The losss aggregate $4,000.
Herman G. Wiles, who pleaded guilty
of murder in the second degree, was
sentenced to a life term in the state
prison by Justice Brown in the superior
criminal court at Boston Monday. Wiles
killed his sweetheart, Mabel V Will
liams.
Sir Robert Bond. premier Of New
FOunGland, had his first conference
Monday with Foreign Secretary Grey
at London. The subject discussed was
the New FOundland fisheries and the
negotiations with the United States on
the subject.
Representativc-elec Langley of Ken
lucky talked with the President Mon
day al Washington about political af-
fairs in his state Mr. Langley. VINO
has been in North Carolina, it is un-
dcrstoG, went to Washington at the re
quest of the President.
1t was learned Monday at st. Peters,
burg that 80 persons lost their lives
through the laundering Of the ferry
steamer Archanglesk while crossing the
Neva Saturday night. Divers recovered
Sc vcral bodies but the majority We're
borne by the current into the gulf Of
Finland.
1t was announced Monday that Prof
Frank e. Wren, Walker professor Of
mathematics at Tufts College, had
been appointed by the trustees as dean
Of the faculty of arts and sciences and
letters. He will succeed Dean Ship
man. whose resignation was ANNOUNCE
ed last week.
At Oakridgc, the Virginia estate Of
Thomas F. Ryan. at Lynchburg, Va,
Monday, Judge W. G. Loving, superin-
tendcnt Of the estate, shot and almost
instantly killed Theodore |. Estes, son
Of the sheriff of Nelson county Judge
Loving Immediately surrendered De-
tails OF the tragedy are meagre.
David f. Stedman, 4 clerk in the
registry division of the New York post
office. who has occupied position of
trust for IS years. was arrested by
postal inspectors Monday, and charged
with the larceny of money from foreign
registered letters. The complaint al
lcges that he took So from a letter.
The supreme court Of the United
States Monday denied the petition for
writ of certiOrari in the case of
David H. Miller, trustee in bankruptcy
of the New York cotton brokerage
firm of Daniel ]. Sully, VS.. Z. o. Nc
Cormick and others. involving details
Of Sully's failure in 1904 The effect
Of the courts denial is to leave in
force the decision of the circuit court
Of appeals. for the second circuit.
which was against Miller.
The resignation of Concertmaster
Willy Hess of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, to take effect at the close Of
Monday. Mr.. Hess has led the first vio-
Inns Of the orchestra for three years
and sewers his connection with the or
saniZdtion voluntarily, because Of the
needed rest. His successor will be Carl
vending, who comes to Boston on
leave Of absence from his duties as con
certmaster OF the Hof theater at Stuff
CART, Germany
Thirty Terrorists, armed with auto
matte pistols. held up a carriage in
Rokicin street, Lodz, Russian Poland.
Monday evening in which a portion of
the funds derived from the government
sale OF spirituous liquor was being
transported to the bank The carriage
was escorted by soldiers. The Terrorists
threw a bomb which destroyed the We
hlcle. killed three of the ACCOMMODATING
soldiers outright and mortally wounded
i've more, as well as the coachman and
q government employee who had the
money in charge. They secured $1,000
and eScaned