Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-24
WIRE CLEAN|NCS.
Woman Saves Boy From
Death by Drowning.
Eleven Men Are Injured by
Collapse Of Piazza.
A Glance at What Is Happening In
Many Places.

Charles GuilulOy, aged 80 years, fell
down Il flight Of stairs at his home in
Chelsea, Mass. Sunday, and died in
the ambulance on his way to the hospi-
tai. He was unmarried.
Nose Dossctt. negro, was lynchr,.
Sunday 1T Prtchard Station, Ala, for
an attempted criminal assault upon
Mrs. J. Breeder. a white woman, 80
years old. Dossett was hanged to the
same tree from which two negroes, Jim
Robinson and Will Thompson, were
lvnchcI almost. exactly one year ago
for assaults upon small white girls.
The steamer Alexandria n. "'ont
ashore Il miles west of Whitefii. -.
in Lake Superior Saturday night.
Randall and five sailors were drou.,
Eleven members of tho crew were res
curd. The Nimick was bound North
With coal. 1t is supposed the engines
broke down and the vessel driftcG
ashore during the storm.
Five Massachusetts men are being
held at WiIlmantic. CT, by the police
on the charge Of robbinG Mcrrrw's Sta
ton on the Central Vermont railroad
about II miles from W'ilimantir. They
arc Robert Burns. aged Il, of 35l
Charles street. Boston; Thomas Burns
IA. of Sc School street, Boston: John
Gallagher. IS, Of Charlcstown; Char
les Mckay. of ChGrlcStowl and Michael
WEIGH Of Boston. The robbery is al
legged to have taken place Friday night.
The boys are also wanted by the New
York, New Haven & Hartford on the
charge of robbng freight cars.
Mrs. Emma Whittemore, wife of
Walter Whittemore of Wakefield,
Mass. saved the life of Walter Osborne,
aged l., Sunday. Osborne and Ernest
Machdc. aged IS, an architect, or Salem.
Mass, started out early in the Gay in n
canoe to paddle across Ossipec
Lake. y. H.. and when a considerab BILE
distance from the shore were thrown
into the water by the capsi2inS of the
canoe. Machdo almost Immediately
sank and was drowned while Osborne
chung to the canoe and cried for help.
Mrs. WhittemOre. who was driving on
the highway with her husband. wit
messed the accident ana went to the
rescue. using piece of board to propeli
an OarlCSs boat which she found on the
shore.
a third story piazza on the rear of
the house at Buchanan street ROX-
bury. Mass, collapsed Sunday, lnjuring
II men, two fatally. The men had as
scmblcd around q quarter barrel of
beer, understood to have been the gift
of an aspirant for political honOrs in the
ward. when suddenly the supports OF
the piazza gave way throwing the men
to the ground 80 feet below
William Bruce, the explorer, for
whose safety much anxiety has been
entertained. arrived at Tromsoo, Nor
way. Sunday aboard the sloop Baclle,
which was five days in sailing from,
Prince Charles Island.
The proprietor and two clerks of the
Quincy House, Boston, were placed
under arrest on charges Of drawing the
color lice against two negroes who ap-
piled at the house Thursday right for
lodgings. Tho men under arrest are
Frank L. Robbins, proprietor, Thomas
j. Murphy and charles w. Address,
clerks. William II. Scott Of IS Sherman
street and Louis +. Baldwin of Be2
con street are tie negroes who claim
to have applied at the house Thursday
for lodgings. They claim they We're
told there were no vacant rooms, b'lt
that later the same evening rooms were
assigned to white mon. The complain
ants maintain their action is prompted
only by principle.
The Chattanooga and Washington
Limited train on the Southern Rail-
way vas dcrailcd near Ryan's Siding.
80 miles south of Charlottesville. Va.
early Sunday The train was composed
Of baggage car. day coach and three
slcepers. all of which left the track. the
Slcepcrs being almost destroyed by fire.
Thirty-two passengers were injured
none Of them seriously.
Tho funeral of George II. GchriG,
aged r.. who died on board th. battle
ship New Jersey Thursday, took place
Sunday with all the naval ceremonialS
permitted by the regulations. This is the
first occasion for many years when an
ordinary seaman has been nonorcd with
n naval funeral aboard ship ut the
navy yard. Gehrig died
from injuries received the day before
while doing athletic stunts.
General Booth. head of the Salvation
Army. addressed three public meetings
in the Opera house at ST. John, y. b,
speaking in all about 81 hours.
At the afternoon meeting Lieut.. Gov.
Twocdic presided.
Negotiations for the cessation Of
i:oetiitieS having failed. Gen. Drudc
Sunday resumed the offensive ard
burned the Moorish camps at Sidi Bra
him, south of Cdsablanca. and dispersed
the tribesmen, who offered little resist
ancc. r hese operations were chiefly
notable for n brilliant forced march Of
the French troops, who covered 40 kiIo-
meters in II hours