Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-01
NEWSY BITS.
Items Of Interest Cleaned by Wire
From Many Places.

+ An attempt to dispose of $29.00o.O0O
New York City 4 per cent bonds. for
which bids had been offered for sew
eral days, proved a failure Friday at
New York. When the bids were
opened 1t was found that only $780,
900 of the bonds had been subscribed
for. The remaining $26,5OO0OO will be
re-advertised. Mr. Metz ascribes the
failure Of the sales to the present con-
dition OF the money market.
Secretary Straus Of the department
of commerce and labor Friday ratified
for this government. the agreement
entered into between the bureau of i'm
migration and the Canadian transport
tation lines respecting the transporta-
ton of aliens through Canada who in
tend to come to America. The agree
! ment was made to conform to the i'm
| migration law enacted at the last ses-
| sion of Congress.
George Melville Ryan. superintendent
Of the Canadian Railway Mail service
| in New Brunswick, died suddenly late
Friday on a c. p. train between
McAdam Junction and st. Stephen.
| Accompanied by his wife and a nurse
he was on his way from his home in
Hampton, n. H., to a hospital in St.
| Stephen for treatment, as he had been
in poor health for some time. He was
| SO years old and had been superin-
tendent of the railway mail service in
the province for 10 years.
| The railroad shops and roundhouse
of the Central New England Railroad
in Hartford, Conn, We're burned Friday
night. causing damage to the amount
of about $4,000. When the fire broke
out there were six engines in. the
rOundhOuse. One of them was being
run out but it jumped the track. thus
preventing the saving of the others,
and they were ali destroyed The loss
is covered by insurance.
| Miss Mary Smith, aged 50. employed
| as hCusekeeper at 10 Dover street,
| Boston. met a sudden death Friday
night as result of being given what
is supposed to have been bromide of
! potassium in mistake for medicine.
Miss Smith was not feeling we'll when
| a boarder at the house offered to go
to nearby drug store and secure med
| icine for her. Miss Smith took the
medicine brought her and died within
an hour. No arrests have been made.
Mrs. A. Cooke Scelv was killed out
right. while two of her companions,
Mrs. George Decker and Howard s.
Hoyt, were badly injured when the
Pittsfield express struck the carriage
containing them as it was crossing the
tracks Of the New York, New Haven
d Hartford Railroad at Greenwood
avenue, Bethel, CT, Friday night. A
fourth occupant of the carriage, Mrs.
| r.. Il. Rosevear, daughter of Mrs
Seely. jumped as the engine struck the
equipage and escaped injury. All the
members OF the party We're from Dam
bury and well known.
The 1867 Legislature of Massachu-
sets, after being in session 17S days,
closed Friday night with the record Of
having enacted more laws than any
previous Massachusetts Legislature.
There have been 5s7 acts and 1873 re-
solves signed by the governor; six acts
ana two resolves vetoed and all voices
sustained.
A report has been received at Winni-
peg. Canada, that two Canadian Pacif1e
/ Railway express trains We're in COLI
sion Friday night, near Kenora, Ont.
and that 10 persons were killed.
John O'Brien, who lived at q Dick
eEs street. Dorchester. Mass, died at
the Boston City hospital Friday night
as the result of his gallantry in de-
Tending an unknown girl from assault
on Alden Court last Wednesday.
IO'Brien saw two men accost a girl in
an insulting manner and going to her
assistance was so badly pummelled by
the two young men that he had to be
taken to the hospital. where he died Of
his injuries. The two young men who
were arrested and charged with assault
and battery at the same time gave the
names of jeremiah Curley of 1873
| street, South Boston, and Michael r.
MOnohan