Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-18
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An'lrew F.. Sherman for % years reg.
istei of deed Of Barnstable county
| Massachusetts. died Friday night at his
home, after a short illness. He was Il
years Of age. A widow. son and
daughter survive.
Shipping men of Philadelphia arc
greatly interested in the voyage of the
big Se"en-masted schooner Thomas w
| Lawson. which cleared from there Fri
| day for London. The Lawson will carry
cargo of 100000 gallons Of ga
oil, valued at about $4,000. and will be
the first schooner to sail for the United
Kingdom from this port in years. The
big schooner was chartered by the
Standard Oil Co. from the Coastwise
Transportation Co.
Mrs. Evelyn Romandtkt who is the
wife of wealthy merchant of Milwau-
kee. and who was recently indicted at
Chicago for burglary and larceny was
today sentenced to the penitentiary for
from one to 20 years by Judge Bretano.
Her COUNSEL declared in court that she
was being "railroaded" to prison for
the purpose Of shielding ether persons.
Mrs. Ronlandtkt was convicted of being
accessory to the turglaries an lar
cenies Of Albert Jones, a negro. She
was arrested while wearing jewels stol-
en- from the home of a restaurant keep
err. Jones is now in Jail awaiting
trial
On the outskirts of Passaic. n. j..
Friday. four men held up paynaster
and fled with a satchel said to contain
between 5000 and $1,000. Three of the
highwaymen were later arrested after
an exchange OF shots with the police
but the fourth escaped with the booty
The man robbed was Paymaster Knapp
of the Worthcn & Aldrich Co.. cotton
dyers. at Delawanna, n. j., two miles
from here. He was driving to the city
to deposit the money when the men ap-
peared in the road at lonely spot and
took the money from Knapp at the
point of shot gun.
A dispatch from Chicago says. thirty
five carloads of Kansas flour stood on
the tracks near the Polk street station
Friday preparatory to being hauled to
New York on its way to Europe. This
is one of the first consignments of
Kansas products which the farmers of
that state have decided to ship direct
to Europe instead Of having them
handled by brokers and agents. The
farmers have organized and insist that
the gold which will be forthcoming
from the products shipped to Europe
shall go direct to Kansas without be-
ing dropped off in New York. The
present shipment is valued at $4,000.
A prominent st. John river lumber
man. who has operated at the head Of
the river for 30 years. predicts that the
total amount of lumber to come down
the st. john river to the booms of the
st. John Log Driving Co. next spring
will not be more than 60.O00,00O feet.
The driving company this season
handled over l35.000.0oO feet. The con-
tlnued rains of summer and fall have
made everything so soggy that work
generally is impeded.
Governor George L. Sheldon of Ne
braska was notified Friday that the
executive mansion had been sold for
delinquent state taxes Of 1899, and
that unless the taxes and costs were
paid tax deed would be issued, ac-
cording to law.
United States Senator John Kean
raced Friday through the outskirts of
Elizabeth. N. j., in touring car af-
ter George Remainder. a negro horse
thief and caught him. The man stole
tine team of George Townley as it was
in the street and started for
New York. Townley hailed Senator
Kean's automobile just passing by and
the Senator consented to go after the
thiet. overhauling him near Newark.
He was taken back to Elizabeth.
The shipment of a cargo of 10000
bushels Of grain from Gulf ports. direct
to Odessa, was announced on the
Produce Exchange, New York. Friday.
This is believed to be the frs:
Instance in a number of years in which
the United States has shipped wheat to
Southern Russia from which is usually
shipped the surplus product of the
great Russian wheat fields to European
cities. The shipment is due to the fact
that the Russian government has
advanced railroad freight rates
1t is believed to indicate that the
foreign demand for American wheat
this winter win be heavy,,a prospect
which is extremely cheerful to bankers
and financiers as it will influence the
balance of trade in favor of the United
States and continue the flow of gold to
these shores.
Secretary Root has requested that a |
ienial be made OF the story that the |
French government had proposed to
secure tariff concessions from the |