Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-25
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| SONO6NSEO OlSfR CHES.
In the Massachusetts House Wedncs-
day the charter Of the Boston Quincy
& Fan River Railroad 60. was renewed
by vote to Go TO 81, ana the company
was given the right To enjoy The priVil-
tegeS Of Ihe interu:ban act passed last
'ycar.
The board Of directors If the supreme
lColOny. United Order Of Pilgrim
Fathers. held their regular monthly
injecting Wednesday in Lawrence
Mass. and elected &. "A. Moolks of lila
city to The office If supreme medical
examiner.
The Stromholi volcano in Sicily was
in eruption Wednesday. There was Il
series of loud explosions like artillery
ard an enormous quantity of incandes-
cent stones were thrown out Of the era :
the volcano returned To the normal
state.
Senator Ellis Of St. John, n. b.. in
the Senate at Ottawa Wednesday spoke
strongly against the increase in postage
on newspapers to the United States. He
said II was not in the interest Of Cam
ada, as any Canadian living in the
United States would be deprived Of
lhOmc news.
The normation Of George A. Ander-
son and Henry A. King as judges of the
| Boston superior court were confined
"Wednesday by tn" Governors Council
Governor Gould has nominated Hugh
Bancroft Of Cambridge to be district
attorney of Middlesex county in place
of Judge Sanderson.
| The condition of President William ].
Tucker Of Dartmouth College. who has
been seriously i'll for several weeks. is
row reported to show some improve
ment, but it is thought unlikely that he
Twill be able 10 resume his regular COL
lese duties before next fall. President
! Tucker is at his residence at Hanover,
~ III. His executive duties at the col
lege are being attended to by Prof.
John X. Lord, as acting president
! The body of IL man which was found
hanging to the elevated railway. struc-
turr in Brooklyn Sunday night was
| identified Wednesday as that of Otto I
Adams. an inventor The police. il is
said have been looking for Adams since
January on the charge OF sending an
| internal machine 10 a BROOKLYN woman
ADAMS was arrested several times on
*nniiar charges lut was never convict
! cd
! Seven hundred employees of tho Card
| ing department of the mills No. 3, a.
ana Of the J. & p. Goats thread Cos
Mg plant in Pawtuckct ana Central
rails, X. j., struck Wednesday for 10
per cent. advance in wages. one hun-
dr"d mule spnners and back hoys were
thrown out Of work by the strike. ana
It IS said that al the mills nf the com
pany may have 10 shut down unless the
difficulty is adjusted within Il few DAVIS
An award of $4,000 has been made
against the city Of Manchester, n. H.
| IN me refereed case Of the Deyonshire
| NILS against the municipality. The
clam of the plaintiff was that water
which is needed for motive power had
been diverted from Cohas brook for
|WaterWorkS purposes. BY the terms or
The award the city gets a release from
all further claims and can control the
outflow of water from the lake into
C"has brook as it plcases.
Holland S. Whiting. a. years Ola !
| member IF the Union League Club ana
Yale alumnus died suddenly Wednes-
| Gay while undergoing Il ComparatiyeIy
| simple operation in the office of DR.
John A. Wycth, a well-known phvsician
| H. New York City. Whiting lived at the
Union League Club. but il was said
! ihcr" that nothing was known Of his
| family. Following an autopsy, Coroners
Physician OHanIon said: Death was
| due 10 fatty degeneration of all the or
CANS Of the mans body. The cocaine adj
ministered had absolutely nothing to do
| with the matter If the man had STUN
| blnd and fallen. h" would have died"
! The committee on election laws
| Wednesday reported in the Massachu-
setts Legislature a bill requiring that
| there shall DE put uron the ballot at the
| looming fall election in every election
district in the state. the question whe-
Their il shall prevail hereafter The bin
Icovors the nomination Of representa-
tIVcS, senators. congressman, council
Tors, county officers and state officers
1t provides that in each particular dis
| trlct there must be not only a majority
vote cast in favor but that q majority
of the cities and towns in the district
must favor il also to make il operative.
! The selection of VIM F. Willoghby as
secretary Of Porto Rico to succeed Reg
is ii. Post. who has been made COVER
nor IS practically assured it is said at
San Juan. Mr.. WiIloghby is now treas
irer Of the island, and he was recently
elected president of the Executive
Council. If this change is made it is
believed that the vacant treasurership
Twill go to some one already in the ser
vice. Secretary Taft Wednesday night
at Washington said that he would ask
the President to consider the appoint
lmcnt of VIM. F. Willoghby as secretary
Of Porto Rico but that the appointment
F, has not been definitely settled upon.