Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-02
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The American cruisers Washington
and Tennessee left Punta Arenas,
Chile, Thursday. for Callao, Peru.
The Grand Trunk Friday placed or
ders for 100 freight and passenger To-
comotives with different Canadian and
/ United States builders. The cost will
be about $1,5O0,ooO and delivery is TO
, be completed in the first nine months
of next year.
Bandmaster John Philip Sousa, who
arrived at the Auditorium at Chi
cagO Thursday, suffering from
ptomaine poisoning, was considerably
improved Friday. House Physician
Hammond said there is no cause for
alarm but that the patient must keep
quiet for some days.
Returning to his home in London, Ont
from a tour in China and Japan, Charles
Smith Hyman. Canadian minister of pub
lie works, arrived Thursday at San Fran
cisco on the steamer Korea He said that
Japan had no hard feelings against the
Canadians for their treatment of the Jap
anese at Vancouver a few months ago.
II heard very few expressions of hostility
against either Canada or TIE United
States" he said.
The kidnapping of Marquis Giuseppe
Cito. Il cousin and aide of King Victor
Emmanuel of Italy, who after being
tortured and forced to give up $500,
was released by his captors. has caused
great establishment through the dis
covery that the organizer of the plot
is in reality policeman. = On being
nctn cd ho Tho R,.ifi CHI
haSsv at Naples is interested in the
case. as Marquis Cito is q trusted anti
uuarian for several sovereigns in
Guiding King Edward.
A leak in the water main running
through Derry. N. H., which caused a
sudden failure of the water supply late
Thursday was located Friday at e point
about midway between the villages of
Derry and West Derry, and it was expect
ed that repairs would be made within a
short time. During Thursday night there
was sufficient water for the needs of the
residents of West Derry. but there was
no supply for Derry village. The fire de-
partment maintained careful patrol
throughout the night and fortunately no
fire broke out.
President Roosevelt Friday stepped
out of his Office at Washington and
carefully examined Ezra Meeker's yoke
of oxen and prairie schooner which
has just accomplished 3OOO-milc trip
from the state of Washington over the
old Oregon trail. Mr.. Meeker was i'll
troduced to the President by Senator
Piles and Representative Gushman of
Washington He made plea to have the
Oregon trail made national highway.
The President listened with interest
but suggested that the project would
have to be on Il commercial rather
than Il sentimental basis.
Joseph Bertig. who told the police Of
Duluth, Mimi, Il few days ago, that he
accidentally shot and killed John
Shuta in Hudson. y. H.. while on a
hunting trip with his brother and
Shuta on Dec Is, 1904, and who SAID
that he wanted to return to New
Hampshire and answer to the indc:-
mcnt found against him, probably will
not be brought back to that state I'M
less he returns voluntarily. County
Solicitor Anne T.. BOisvert, after Il
with former County Solicit |
tor Edward II. WATSON. City Marshal
Wheeler of Nashua and Inspector Field
Of Nashua Thursday night intinatcd
that he had found nothing that would |
Justify putting tho county or the state |
to the expense of bringing Bcrtig to
the East