Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-19

forgery and larceny in connection with
the suspension OF the Jenkins Trust Co.
This Is another step in the effort Of
the Jenkins brothers to have their Fer
tillop records destroyed.
A. H. Freelksen. formerly clerk Of
the board of labor employment 1t the
Puget Sound navy yard, while holding
such position by virtue Of civil service
examination, was twice elected mayor
OF tie city Of I'remerton. Twice he
was ordered dismissed from the service
by the Civil Service Commission and
the third trial is the public hearing Or
dered by the navy department with q
view to his possible reinstatement.
Evidence submitted Tuesday tended to
show civil service combine in the
politics OF the navy yard and that
Freerksen was III the combine. Other
employees according to the testimony.
did not oppose the Ring" for fear Of
losing their positions.
A dispatch from Teheran says that
the ReactionarieS have taken possess
sion there and now are holding the gun
square and open places in the vicinity
of the palace, while the Constitution
-alistS to the number of about 10000
have erected barricadeS extending for
miles around the Parliament buildings.
The latter are acting solely on the de-
fence and in an orderly manner. The
rough elements are aiding the Re
dictionaries and several murders and
some looting have occurred.
Frederick +. Sargent, vice-president
and cashier of The jewelers. National
Bank OF North Attleboro, Mass, and
prominently identified with many bust
ness enterprises in that town and in
Providence, Il. l., was found dead in
the bath tub at his apartments Tues
day night. Medical examination pro-
nounced death to be due to accidental
drowning.
While t king a wagon load Of old
bombs. which had been stored in the
New York custom house since the Civil
War, to a fire boat which was to carry
them out into the bay where they were
to be thrown overheard, Michael j.
Howell was seriously injured by the
explosion of one of them. The load
began 20 shift and Howell got down
to re-arrange ii when a bomb Cell and
exploded at his feet. His right arm
was blown off and he was taken to a
hosDita! in a serious condition.
At the closing session of the National
Civic Federation at New York Tues
day, Seth Low, former president Of CO.
lumtia University. was elected presi-
dent of the association.
vt e p NJ Tuesday AZ blackened and
manglrd bodies had been taken from
the Inflated YolaEde mine al YUlande.
sion occurred Monday. Nineteen more
bodies are still below. making a total
Of 81 victims of the catastrophe.
john NJ. Williams, manager of the
New England Car Service Co, dropped
dead soon after dining late Tuesday
a a MOTEL in Boston. Medical Examiner
Stc6man asclibed death to heart dis
ease. He lived al 81 Thorndike street
Rrokline. A widow and child survive.
The Altanbra hotel at Richmond Va.
was destroyed Tuesday afternoon by 4
fire which threatened for time the
Academy Of Music. the principal theatre
of Richmond. The guests lost practically
all their personal belongings Tho loss is
estimated al $1,000 partly covered by in
Surance.
Inspector Lebbeus McCausland, a
Weil-known detective and for l. years
member OF the Boston police force,
died at his home III Dorchester Tues
day. aged 81 years. Mr.. McCausland
was a member of the Bank squad" Of
the bureau of criminal investigation at
the time OF his death.
The three miners who have been i'm
prisoned for ~ days in III" Alpine mine
al Dctl NeV., seem destined to re-
main there for at least several days
more. The ground is moving and this
has necessitated a stoppage Of the work
OF clearing the shaft. They have been
supplied with food through a tube, but
now there is danger of their source Of
supply being cut off.
The election of Thomas w. Lawson
as president of the Bay State Gas Co.
is to be contested by j. Edward Adj
drick. the original head of the concern.
according to friends of the latter who
are in touch with the affairs OF the
The Addrick forces claim
that the election of Lawson rs legal be-
cause the election should have been
held in Delaware where the Bay State
Co. is Incorporated and also because
no meeting Of the stockholders was
called.
Police Commissioner Fred n. Wier of
Lowell Mass, former district attorney
of Middlesex county. resigned Tuesday
from the Lowell police board. His ac-
ton follows the appointment of two
new members to the board by Mayor
Farnham. to succeed the former men,
bers who have been serving with Mr.
Wier and who were removed by Mayor
Farnham for malfeasance in office. Be
fore he resigned Mr.. Wier caused the
cases of IA Lowell hotels to be called