Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-28
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

John F. Magner, associate editor OF
The ST. Louis Star-Chroricle, died sud-
denly at his home in that city Sunday.
of hcmorrhage of the stomach He was
born in St. Louis in 1855.
A separate house is being built at the
Dudley, Mass poor farm for the care
of inmates with contagious diseases.
The house is 24x20 feet, and contains
four rooms, with separate apartments
for men and women.
The Pauline street Grammar school
at Winthrop, Mass. was destroyed by
fire Sunday, and three firemen were
injured by falling timbers. though not
seriously. The loss on the school
building is estimated at 100000. The
school accommodated $50 pupils.
Miss Maria Young. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Milton Young. OF McGrathia-
ma, KY, will leave next week for New
York to enter the Convent of the Sa-
cred Heart Of Manhattanville. as no.
vitiate Of several years. preparatory to
tking the final VOWS Of that order.
Mont Runyon, 40 years old. who has
been held at Delaware. o.. on suspi-
cion for several days. Sunday confessed
% Chief Of Police Mathews that he shot
and killed his father at Williamson. w.
va. two weeks ago during a quarrel
while they were at work in a logging
camp. The son fed. leaving the fathers
body in the woods, where, he says. 1t
probably remains, as there was no one
within several miles.
Chief Watts OF Boston said Saturday
that he had received few cables from
Inspectors McGarr and Armstrong, who
are in Paris for the purpose OF bringing
back one Malavio, wanted on the charge
of numbering an italian named Placido
Russo, several years ago. Chief Watts
said that the murder suspect did not de-
ny his identity, but that he would fight
extradition The inspectors started from
Boston the day after Christmas.
According to Information obtainable at
San Juan, FCrto Rico, which, however.
cannot be verified. the damage sustained
by the battleship Connecticut when she
ran on a reef recently while entering the
harbor of Culcbra Island, consisted OF
an indenture forward. 80 feet long. 1t Ia
also said that 1000 feet Of lumber and 30
barrels of cement were used to stop the
battleship's leaks. A court Of inquiry Is
investigating the accident, the response
b,lity for which is not known. The Off
GERS Of the Connecticut refuse to discuss
the matter.
Alton Cameron, aged % years. q
brother-in-law of Judge William Con-
molly of the recorders court OF Detroit.
Mich, was shot and instantly killed
Sunday evening In n saloon on Russell
street by Joseph Schultz. the bartend-
ho1 hot
the two men for some time, 1t is said.
Cameron, in spirit Of fun, began
knocking the hats Of people In the sa-
loon down over their ears. Schultz or
dered him to stop and a quarrel en-
sued which ended, it is said. by Schultz
drawing a revolver and shooting Cam
eron through the heart.
Mohammed Ali Mira. who has sue
ceeded to the Persian throne OF rubies
as Mohammed SAM Shah. is hailed by
his subjects as the ruler who IL to de-
liver Persia from the many and difficult
problems which beset all former rul-
ers, and to convince the people Of 9TH
err nations that the court OF Persia
has ceased to be a comic opera one.
The new Shah is not Persian. He IL
a Turk by descent, and the sixth Of
the Kajar dynasty, which conquered
the country in 1884, and whose princes
are renowned throughout the East for
their cunning.
J. 3. Cana and bis wife were proba-
bly, fatally injured and their home
wrecked Sunday night in a natural gas
explosion at Canton township, near
/ Pittsburg. A leased gas line running
through the yard broke and the escap-
ing gas leaked into a cistern pump at
the kitchen sink. The sucker in the
pumpstock prevented the gas from I'LL
ing the room. Cana pressed the pump
handle down just as Mrs. Canaan was
, striking a match. The gas ignited and
Canaan clapped his hand over the top
of tine pump in an effort to smother
the blaze. The flames shot down Into
the pump and there was an exploeion
which blew the pump through the calf
ing and roof.