Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-19
LlTcHFiELD PLAINS.
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Two severe earthquake shocks were
felt Thursday morning at Manila. No
damage was reported.
Serious disturbances have again broken
out in Odessa. Several members OF the
Union of Russian People Wednesday at
tackled workmen along the harbor front
who refused TO join the union. killing
two and woundiEg five. no arrests were
made.
Nearly 1860 of the city's foremost BUSH
ness men enthusiastic for the citys fu-
ture as a great center Of commerce and
trade. gathered at the banquet given by
the Chamber of Commerce at Buffalo. n.
Y, Thursday night. The magnificent new
home OF the Chamber of Commerce was
formally dedicated Thursday. The build
ing is u stories in height and faces on
both Main and Seneca streets.
Secretary Metcalf Thursday signed
the plans and specifications for the 90
00C-tOn battleShips to be built for the
United States navy. They are to be of
the general type of the Dreadnousht of
the British navy. The plans will be
sent to two navy yards and such pri-
vate shipbuilding firms as signify their
intentions to make bids. They will be
sent out April 20 and bids will be
opened June 20.
The bronze statue Of jefferson Davis
which is to be unveiled at Richmond,
Va. June 3. was drawn through the
streets of the city to the monument
site Thursday by $500 to 5000 children.
who did the hauling by means of a
double rope two or three squares long.
The children were led by Lee and Pick
ct Camps of Confederate Veterans.
There were thousands Of spectators
Later the rope used in hauling the stat
ue was cut into many thousands of
pieces for souvenirs.
In what is known as the Peavey Eleva-
tor case, the Interstate Commerce Com
mission has announced its decision
against the Union Pacific Railroad Co.
The commission holds that the arrange
ment between the Union Pacific and the
Peavey Elevators was unlawful, as 1t
was in excess of the actual cost of the
elevation of tine grain and therefore a
rebate. The decision as prepared by Com
missioner Harlan and his opinion was
concurred in by a majority of the COM
mission. Commissioner Clements and
Commissioner Lane. however, filed dis
A bill having its basis in the Thaw
murder case and introduced in the New
York Legislature is that of Assembly
man Duell of Westminster. 1t provides
that in criminal action in which the
insanity of the defendant is an issue
the testimony of witness as to a mar
ration of facts made by him to the de-
PENDANTS shall not be admissible for
the purpose Of showing that such mar
ration tended to produce or aggravatc
the insanity of the defendant, unless
prior to the admission of such testi-
mony the alleged facts involved in
such narrative be proved.
The $4,000 stolen from the Office of
the Northern Express Co. at the Union
depot at st. Paul Tuesday night was
Thursday recovered by the police. John
Gunderson. the suspected robber who
was arrested Wednesday, confessed to
the police where he had hidden the
money. The officers who were sent to
the place indicated by Gunderson found
the money in three packages, one of
which was found under a pile of dirt
in JackSons street and the other two
packages under platforms at the Great
Northern shops. The packages from
the express office was consigned by the
Merchants National Bank of ST. Paul
to the American Bank at Duluth, and
when the robbery became known the
Northern Express Co., promptly sent
the Duluth bank q draft for the full
amount stolen.