Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-11

ed wednesday Dy the Srdnu jury III
the United States district court at Chi
cago. The indictment contains Is
counts and the company, if convicted
is subject to a maximum fine OF ST.
900. 900 or q minimum fine of 500, 900
The rebates are said to have been
granted on shipments of building ma
tCrial.
The New York cOroner's office is in
vestigating the circumstances sur
rounding the death of Curtis Page, an
architect Of Springfield, Mass, who
died Tuesday night in a local sanitar-
ium, from the effects of sand-bag-
ging received IL days ago at Coney
island It developed that Mr.. Page was
missed at Springfield and his relatives
went to New York to search for him.
He was found unconscious in Bellevue
h hospital suffering from the effects of
blows on the head He was removed
to sanitarium where he died.
Ten-year-old Frank Morgan of Led
yard is locked up in the county Jail at
| New London, Conn.,, on the charge of
murder. He is accused Of killing his
playmate, Ivy L. Rogers with shot
gun last Friday. Young Morgan will
| have a preliminary hearing at Ledyard
Monday July %. 1t is alleged that the
| two boys quarreled during a fishing
| excursion and that the Morgan boy
| shot at his friend. inflicting terrible in
juries from which he died in New
| London hospital. The parents of the
boys are we'll known people in Ledyard.
| Roy. Edward S Rousmaniere, rector
Of Grace church. Providence. Il. L..
V dnc*.iav notified the vestry of st.
lT.u.'s Episcopal church, Boston, that
h.. had decided to decline the call to the
rcCtnr.hip of st. Paul's extended to him
the weeks ago. In his letter OF de-
c..a.:t.un Mr.. Rousmaniere said: II
| feel that Grace church presents larger
| opportunities; / 90 not mean necessa-
rily opportunities in institutional work
| lar;i' uarly. but larger general oppor-
tuniti"s in religious interests. That Is
| lAy sole reason for declining the call
| To st Pauls church.
| The German ambassador. Baron
| Speck Won Stcrnburg and Baroness
Won StcrnburS arrived "Wednesday at
| New York on the steamer krOn PrlnZ
| W!ihcim. The ambassador appeared to
.c in excellent health. He said he was
hot at all concerned regarding the re-
ports to the effect that he would be
| comp, He'd to retire from his post on ac-
| count Of illness. The baron declined to
| Comment on the American Japanese
| situation. He will go first to Washing
| ton ana then to Dublin. n. H., where
| the German embassy will be located
during the summer months. &.t,
A series Of dynamite outrages. for
tunately unaccompanied by fatalities
occurred Tuesday night near the mines
at Johannesburg, Transvaal. the white
| miners of which are on strike. The
| Crown Hotel 1T Boksburg and the wa
ter main supplying the Simmer and
Jack mine were destroyed by eXplO-
sions which did much damage and in
iured a number of persons. Attempts
| we're made without success to destroy
| the shaft and engine house of the Cas-
son mine and the shaft Of the Modder-
| fontein mine. y feeling of anxiety pre-
walls throughout the district.
jeremiah Kavanagh. 4 retired ice
dealer Of Wenham, Mass, was run
over and instantly killed Wednesday
1
by W. II. Smith Of Detroit, Mich.
Smith was detained by the police
pending an Investigation of the acct
dent. Kavanagh was "a years of age.
He was riding a bicycle on the road
to Salem and turned out to pass an
oil tank, wagon. At the same time the
automobile, q large touring car, swung
out from. behind the oil tank. The au-
tnmobile struck the bcyclist and
wheels passed over his head killing
| him instantly.
\ proposed consolidation of the Unit
cd States Leather Co. with the Central
Leather Company was enjoined by Vice
Chancellor Emory Wednesday at New
| ark, y. j., on application of James c.
Colgate and other holders of preferred
| stock of the United States Leather Co
MIR. Colgate and others opposed the
consolidation on the ground that they
We're entitled to he paid accumulated
dividends IF 10 per cent. from the sur
plus of the United States Leather Co.
| In enjoining the combination. Vice
| Chancellor Emory declared that it
would effect the rights of the preferred
stockholders inquitably.
Baroness Won Eckardstein, wife of
| the councillor of the German imperial
| foreign office at London and former
| secretary Of the German legation at
| Washington, has been granted at Lon
don judicial separation from her
husband on the ground of cruelty and
misconduct. The baroness, who is
daughter Of Sir Blundwell Maple, the
|Well-knoWn merchant of London testi-
ged that the baron spent s10OO,0O0 of
her money in leading fast life gem
| orally. The baron. who arrived at
| London from Germany on Monday
denied the charges The crowds about
| the court booted the baron who has
alplltd To- the German courts for a d-
vOrce.
New York City is $4,000 greater in
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