Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-27
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

internal revenue. $616,930; customs,
$"o6,134; miscellaneous. $9S,774. Ex-
ncHdi;urcs. $2,23o,O00.
,Fohn BilIctor. champion lightweight
wrestler. defeated Young" Marquardt
of Philadelphia Friday night At Toledo.
O.. best two out of throc fails.
Il was reported Friday at NV York
that bennett, connected with Douglas in
the bond theft from the Trust 90. OF
America, wa about to confess tie whole
affair.
y. J. BRYAN Friday addressed the stu
dcE;s Of Dartmouth at Hanover, n. H.,
and later spoke briefly at Littlcton. In
tn evening he addressed a large audi
cncc at North Stratford
In tn" trial Of Mrs. De Massey at New
York Friday Cor the murder Of Gustav
Simon. employees testified to the effect
that she was the only person near and in
Il position TO fire the fatal SHOT
The residence of ]. y. Grcenshields. a
criminal lawyer. on tho slope Of Mount
ROYAL Montreal, was destroyed by fire
Friday afternoon. The damages are put
az considerably over 100000 on account
of the magnificent picture gallery
n
jumped out If third story window
and may die
The Liberals Of st. John city and
county Friday night nominated Hon.
William Pugslcy, premier Of New
Brunswick as their candidate for the
scat in the Commons at ottawa. made
vacant by the death Of DR.. A. A. Stock
ton, NJ. p, of st. John. Mr.. Pugsley has
announced his acceptance and this
means he must soon resign his place as
premier of New Brunswick.
That the discarding Of shoes will not
prevent the using of the toe hold in
Catch-as-catch-can wrestling was
demonstrated Friday night at Chicago.
when Frank Gotch of Iowa. defeated
Fred Bell of Wisconsin for the Amer
lean champion hip, winning the first
and the third falls with that hold
Neither wore shoes. Gotch is so pounds
heavier than Bcell. Bcell won the sec
ord fall.
The United States forest service has
issued a circular saying that this coun-
try consumes every year between three
ana four times more wood than all of its
forests grow i'll the meantime, and that
if this is continued the result VIII be .
timber famine The policy of government
control and regulation is recommended
as a remedy The Pacific states, II says.
will soon take the ascendency in timber
production.
Counsel for The American Ice Co. Fri
day obtained from Justice O'Gorman at
New York stay Of the examination OF
the books Of the company which was au-
thorized by previous order OF court.
state Attorney General Jackson wants
informal ion FROM the company BOOKS
for use in his action against the company
to dissolve an alleged combination. The
question will now go to the appellatd
division Of the supreme court.
The village Of West Berlin, Vt, was
placed in quarantine Friday when it was
discovered that there were six authenti-
Gated cases of smallpox in the village
and probably az many more. For nearly
a month al epidemic has been raging In
the place. but until within day or two
II was thought to be chickenpOx. The
local health authorities finally became
grIspcious and notified DR.. III. ID. Hoiton
or Brattlcborn. secretary of the State
Board of Health.
Professor Albert Ritter Won Mosetig-
Monrhof, tho famous surgeon and intro
Queer oT iodoform, accidentally feH INTO
the Danube Friday at Vienna and was
drowned. The body was not recovered.
The professor was subject TO sudden
f.linting fits and, according to eye wit
ncss7s, he apparently felt faint and
leaned over the river bank to battle hi
face. In doing SO he lost his balance,
fell into the water and was carried away
by the swift current
Three hundred or more railroad presi-
dents, vice presidents. freight agents.
traffic managers and other officials. be-
sides manufacturers and all classes or
shippers Of freight. were guests Of the
Traffic Club of Pittsburg, Pa. Friday
night at its fifth annual banquet at the
Hotel Schcnlcy. Tine feature of the ban
uuct was the speeches Of the clubs pres
idcnt. w a. Terry, general freight agent
of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Road; Me-
Gillc Il, Engalls, chairman of the board
Of directors Of the Big Four System. and
Charles S. Hamlin. corporation counsel,
OF Boston.
The 100000 suit in equity brought by
Paine Webber & Co. against Albert G.
Rrrrage, Thomas w. Lawson and others
TO recover on a contract involving 10000
shares Of stock in the Copper Range
Consolidated Mining Co. was brought To
n settlement out of court Thursday and
the resumption Of the case Friday at Bos-
ton. Trial of the case before the su-
premc court closed abruptly Friday
shortly after court opened. Neither side
mako any statement thts
amount involved in the settlement.
The belief in the Wandering Jew is