Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-18
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The United States gunboat Marietta
arrived at Port Limon, Costa Rica
Sunday.
In regard to tie report wired to Ar-
G'Ista. Ga. Saturday from the North tina.
he had given SO.C0o,C1O to the Chimes I.
famine relief fund. John D. Rockefeller
through his secretary said the story was
all rot.
L. l.. Walden, superintendent Of the
Purcell mines in til" Serrita mountains,
Arizona. was killed Saturday by tn"
explosion of blasting cap which he
was crilnping between his teeth. He
! lived several hours with his head al
most off.
Crazed by pLin from the grip. with
which n had been i'll for several
weeks Ralph y. Rowland, machinist
10 years I'D. committed suicide in bed
| at his boarding house at Providence. Il.
l.. sunday. by shooting. during the
temporary absence of his nurse
Employees of the Republic Iron & Steel
COS. plant in East Chicago. Ind. went
on strike Saturday. Soon after the men
quit work 4 riot occurred during which
about 100 shots were exchange by police
H't-i' anu iioltIS. IHt IOlCe QuCIleU the
riot within an hour.
Charles Ycschahaus. d shoemaker.
was murdered Saturday at Shamokin
by an unknown man, the motive rrob-
ably being robbery. The murderer at
, tackled the shoemaker with a Ratchet
and escaped. the police think with 5000
/ belonging to the victim.
During the maneuvres Sunday night
| of Ajaccio, France. without lights, the
torpedo boat destroyer Epeo ramnel
torpedo boat No. 263. \ steam pipe on
| the last named vessel burst. killing two
men and mortally injurng another.
The Epeo towed the torpedo boz
ashore whore she was beacEed.
| By the explosion of 80 pounds Of dy-
Mantle in shack on the site Of tl,.
ne" City hospital in Avondale. resi-
dence quarter of Cincinnati, Ohio. early
Sunday enormous damage was done u
nearby residences and buildings. People
awakened by the conclusion. All glass
| within half 4 mile was broken neigh
| boring store fronts We're blown out.
sewers disconnected and chimney.,
shaken down. Tho Jewish hospital. the
largest building near the explosion. suf
iered seriously. The cause OF the ey-
| plosion Is unknown. but a number of
men recently disc hargetl by the hoSpi-
ia! contractors are said to have made
threats.
Herbert Davisson. ~ years old. 1T
! Columbus. o. Sunday. confessed to the
f, t'itIf!"r of EHie Mason. no was found
/ >tranGlrd to death in her room Il mon: n
;'%"- DAVIDSON was arrested SaturGa V
! might WhCli he went into Il par, II shoD
| to redeem n watch that had been idel, :
! t ned Is belonging to the murdered Wo-
! man. In his confession, DavisSon said
! ne had quarrelled with the woman be-
cause She refused to return some moA-
cN he had given her. He had been
| drinking, he said. and in a furious pas
| SION he seized the woman by the throa
| and chokcd her. leaving her. as he sup
posed. only inseHsible. Being unable to
find the money he says he took the wo-
mans watch and pawned it.
! man. believed to be r. G. IIussey o!
Portland. Me. was struck by a street car
on bridge crossing at 18Th .trcct Min
| ncdpolis( and was so seriously injured
| that the doctor says he cannot recover.
! fle was taken To the Russell hospital.
/ where it was found that his chest was
| crashed and that he had sustained a COM
pound fracture OF the right leg He is
| unconscious and has been unable to give
any information about himself The MAJ!
| Is l feet II inches tall, weighs about IN
pounds. and has dark hair and blue eyes.
| There was a card sewed to the insid,
| packet OF the hos coat bearing the name
| Of T. c. Hussey. The coat was made by
n tailor In Portland, Me. No one saY.
the accident. but it is supposed that he
was walking along the street car track
aud in attempting to get ont of the way
of one car stepped in from. of another.