Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-18
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The governor of the port of Baku
was murdered Sunday.
Richard Collins, aged q. was charged
in the New York police court by Con-
ductor Frank Van Derancc Of the Bay
onne trolley line with using profane
language on the car which contained 4
number of women. Recorder Lazarus
sentenced Collins to 60 days.
The Oregon state LEGISLATURE has
passed Il compulsory on the part of
the railroads To furnish free tranSpota-
ton to state ana district officers and
to county judges and sherif1s. The bill
has gone to the governor for signature,
but what his action will be is prob
lematical.
Intimate friends Of IIrs. Coils p.
Huntington Of san Francisco, say that
before many months clal'sc the we'd
ding bells Will ring for her again. and
that her late husbands nephew. Hen
r. T.. Huntington, with whom she di-
vided the vast fortune left by Coils P.
Huntington, Will be the bridegroom.
The Plymouth, \. IL, dog r6is"ncr.
after an enforced Hines. owing IT, th4
vigilance Of tho authorities; i the past
six months. hes got at Wo:.. ag2in. ANA
as result thre" valuable animals diel
of poisoning; Saturday. They We're the
property Of chief ~ Police Mccarthy,
Dr. William II. Garland and William L.
Davis
Tho White Star Line steamship Re
public, Capt. McAulgE. fro:a Boston.
Feb. ;, and Genoa, Feb. a. for Naples,
It-I,t n,,-n ,.i,, \, h.,-- ct
Saturday Collidrd with the italian
steamer Centre america from st.
Thomas, Jan. IL. Nobody was injure,,
but q great panic ensu"i. Eoth steam
crs were considerably damaged.
Packs Of wolves during the long cold
rseil have been invading Slccia from
Russia. The countryside is full uf stor-
icS Of lonely Waytartys Who have been
de+ourcl ~ wolves Few er<ols ven
-urc 10 go on foot outside the villages.
Tho gentry have organized wolf hunts
in the forests. Prince Won plc<s fought
I, small pack Of wolves, ana killed four.
Fearing that the name of the woman
for whom he deserted his family would
be made public in divorce proceedings
instituted by his wife. Louis n. Han
over of Arlington. y. J.. shot and kill
Cd himself Saturday il the Hotel AL
dine. New York The divorce suit
was to have been called in few days
and Hanover had told his friends il
should never come to trial.
Capt. Thomas A. Scott of the I. A.
Scott Wrccling Co, died IT his home
ut New London. Conn. Sunday, aged
~ wears. capt. Scott has been con-
nected with practically all of the large
wrecking contracts hereabouts for
years. He built Race Rock lighthouse
and his work there made him one "f
the characters in F. Hopkinson Smiths
novel, Caleb West, Master Diver"
The wok hunters. who for the past
two weeks have been in Northern on
talio under the guidance Of Il. ..
Armstrong Of the c. p. T., are return
ing to civilization empty handed. The
wolves refused to be inveigled into
shooting distance. and the party never
saw the faintcst suspicion Of 4 wolf
track after roaming about q territory
as big as the state OF Rhode Island for
a week.
A man in evening dress and wearing
q paddock coat snatchcd 4 handbag
from Mrs. William Fitzgerald in South
Lawrence, Mass. and made off with it.
The satchcl contained a small sum of
money and household goods. Tho theft
occurred about . o'clock. ana directly
under an arc light. As the woman was
passing. the man stepped near, and, be
fore the woman OWNED his intention
snatChcd her satchcl.
Miss D"lehanty of HyGcv;!le, z shirt
factory hand. came near a horrbl1
death while at work in Fair ilaV"n.
Vt, Saturday. In stopping to pick w
botbin her hair was caught by
shaft and she was drawn under the
machine. About Two inches or the
scalp was torn from her head and she
was terribly bruised about the neck
ana shoulders hcfor" on" of tho girls
at work could grab q pair Of srizzrrs
and cut the hair from the shaft, rclcaa-
ing Miss DclohaHty.
Rev John T. 10y Pattcc, preacher, o.
ucator ana Astronomer. Gi"I ut his
homo q, NIcrIicn. Conn. Sunday. lie
WAS born IN Sharon. Mass, in iS22. H.
was m amateur astronomer OF note.
grinding his own lenses ana making
his own telescopes, som" Of them Of
nigh power. lis wife died tMo years
ago. AMI soon after her death he
decided his property to Wesleyan Uni
vcrsity under the condition that the IN
stitution care for him during his life.
His estate will probably amount tp
$4,000.