Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-30
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

A tornado passed over Cooke county,
Texas, Thursday night doing nnuci,
damage at Midway, Muenster and
Myra. One person was killed and sew
eral injured.
Fire Friday at la Crosse, Wis. dam
aged the buildings occupied by the LII
Crosse Candy a. Cracker Co. and the w
A. Roosevelt Co, wholesale plumbing
supplies. Total loss $l5O,OOO, covered by
insurance.
Sidney Salisbury, son of Monroe Sails
bury. the well-known horseman, who was
found unconscious late Thursday night in
a bathing house at San Francisco with "A
tube connecting with an open gas jet in
his mouth, died Friday.
A strong wind storm assuming almost
the proportions of a tornado swept over
the western part of Indian Territory to
the Texas line Friday night, doing some
damage to small buildings at Rolf and
Marietta AS far as known no lives were
lost.
Announcement was made Friday by the
officials Of the Lowell, Mass, cotton
mills that the mills would be closed the
last week in August in order that the
employees may have a vacation. "A week
ago the Textile Council requested the mill
officials to take such a STEP
The steamer Portia which was charter
ed Thursday night by the New Foundland
government to make search for the
partly disabled steamer Greenland, sail
ed Friday from st. Johns. No word re-
garding the Greenland has reached s.
Johns since the sealing steamer Grand
Lake arrived on Wednesday an reported
that the steamer Greenland with 1873 men
on board had drifted into the Atlantic
and disappeared: "-."7',
While chasing n crown Of diSorderIy
young men along the Boston & Maine
tracks north of Prospect Park at Hol-
yoke, Mass, Friday, IA squad of police
men stumbled over the body of Orion f,
Jones a mell-known resident of Holyoke
Jones was Il well-to-do farmer living III
the northern section of the city 1t is
thought that he was struck by a train
while walking along the tracks from the
center Of the city to his home, which is
near the railroad. He was 4G years old
and was not married.
The summer residence at Cotuit
Mass, of Judge Charles Amy of the
Cambridge, Mass, district court and
one of the finest structures of its kind
on the bay shore was entirely burned
Friday night with its contents. The loss
Will be about $1,000 with partial inSur-
ance. The fire was caused by sparks
from burning beach grass which were
blown inShore by the high wind which
prevailed during the afternoon and
evening. Several other valuable cot
tageS in the immediate vicinity were
endangered and We're only saved by en-
ergttic work.
Mail adviccS from Bay Of Islands, n.
F., Friday, state that Il number Of fish
err,en at that station held Il public
meeting Thursday and adopted reSolu-
tons protesting against the policy of
the government in excluding the Amer
leans from the herring fishery there.
The resolutions call upon the imperial
government to take measures to secure
the unObStructed prosecution of the
herring fishery by the Americans. The
resolutions were forwarded to Governor
MacGregor today for transmission to
the British Cabinet. The village Of Bay
of Islands, was built up by the Amer-
can frozen herring industry and the in
habitants are largely dependent upon
American money tor their livelihood.
Passenger train No. ! of the Chloe
taw, oklahoma 81 Gulf Railroad from
Memphis for Amarillo. drawn by two
engines. was partially deraiIcd Friday
at Council eight miles west of Okla
homa City. Both engines We're badly
wrecked and the mail and baggage
cars We're turned over but the coaches
remained on the track. One engineer
and an unknown negro We're killed,
fireman was fatally injured and several
passengers suffered bruises mvesti-
cations shows conclusively that the de-
railmcnt was caused by wreckers. Bolts
had been removed from the connecting
rods that throw the switch. Blood
hounds have been taken to the scene
in an attempt to trace the criminals.
Fireman Overton died after being TAX
on IN Okla hOma