Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-05

but since the couple came from Italy
about two years ago Mrs. Rufiano has
seemed always in fear of something and
carried 4 loaded revolver in her pocket.
Perley J. Stanley. aged Is. vas acti-
dentally shot and killed while hunting
in tho woods on the outskirts of Med
ford Mass. Sunday. Accompanied by
Albert Frost an l1-year-Old chum,
Stanley was clambering up over a rocI.
seeking n good point from which to
shoot crows. when his small rifle slipped
from his hand and was discharged. the
shot striking him in the stomach,
Frost r2n to n nearby farmhouse, but
before aid could reach Stanley; side he
was dead. He was the son Of John G..
Stanley of Medford.
The Cunard Line steamer LusitanirL
sailed from Liverpool at o'clock Sat
urday night. Among her passengers
were Baron Won Hengelmuller. Austro-
Hungarian Ambassador to the United
States. and Baroness Won Hengelmul-
Ter; Mrs. Patrick Campbell and her
company. who will make Il tour of the
United States covering - weeks. and
Julia Marrow
4 violent earthquake occurred at
Samarkand. Russian Turlcstan. Sun.
day morning. but did comparatively lit
tie damage The Inhabitants of Sam
arkand were panic stricken and rushed
out into the streets and tor some time
great excitement prevailed.
on The eve Of their planned s"para-
ton William Frederick John. Il con-
tracing stone cutter. shot and killed
his wife Grace. and mortally injured
himself, at their home in Brooklyn, n.
y, Sunday night. john died soon af-
forwards. lie was 80 years of age and
his wife %. They had been married
seven years and had two daughters, one
two years and the other four years old
AS Il result of the murder Saturday
nigh: of Tom Thompson, assistant chief
of the police of Talladega. Ala. Fred
Singleton, a negro, was riddled with
bullets by pursuers early Sunday. Po-
liceman Orwell was shot in the icg. Two
other negroes. implicated in the killing
of Thompson. were placed in the jail at
Sylacauga for safe keeping. Thompson
last night arrested three crap shooters
They told them they knew where a big
crap game was in progress and directed
IL
Thompson arrived there. he was fired
upon simultaneously from several di-
rections.
A dispat ch from London says the com
plete results from the municipal cleo
lions held in England and Wales last
week, augment the already enormous
Conservative gains and emphasize
defeat of the Socialists. The returns
from 145 boroughs show the following
gains: Conservatives 125; Liberals 81;
Laborites %; Socialists 4. and Indepen-
| dents 4.
| John Sweeney, married man 81
| years old, narrowly escaped lynching
| at Marietta, Ohio. following an as
sault upon 1f-year-old Anna Foon A
crowd bound Sweeney with rope and
| started FOR the river. bent on throw
ing nm into the river. TIE police in
terfered. rescued Sweeney. and fought
the crowd all the way to the police
station
Frederick Sandal. city chamberlain
OF St John, y. E. has been temporar-
lily suspended from Office with his own
consent IN order TO permit an investi-
cation to be made of the city books
Diiterences arising among the members
OF the city government regarding GER
tain salary payments are understood
to nave led to the Investigation.
Joseph Walker. United States Sc
cret service man, was shot and killed
Sunday by an employe Of the Hesperus