Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-12-20
Admiral Dewey Observes
His 10th Anniversary
WeII-knoWn Circus Man Dies
al New Orleans.
A Glance at What Is Happening
In Various Places.

AUGUSTUS fsilSIllp, 9BGu 30, OleU III
New Orleans Wednesday. whore Ec was
at q sanitarium undergoing; treatment foI
Il complication Of diseases. He was The
oldest of the seven proti.r3 VITO control
the shows of kngling Brothers, BarAunI
x Eailey and Forpaugh x Sells.
1. Is estimated that in the ias: l. years
-. Sih rnen have lost their lives i'll the
coal I'ines of the United States. AS many
violent deaths have occurred in the Irincs
during the last six years as during the
prec seeding IL years. In 1896. i,sGl rnen were
killed or injured in Ne mines. the dead
numbering :,6tl and ihe injured 400.
These, Figures have been CLEANED hy gov
ernmcEt experts acting und".' 81 drrs from
Secretary Garfield az til" int"ripr depart
mt4t.
y meeting of The National Association
Of state Insurance. Commissioners hat ing
for it's object the .iilftng Of Uniform
sur;!nca companies was begun at the
Stcclbach hotel at Louisville. Ky,
Wednesday. Nearly all til'. members Of
the body and n number of representa-
tives of insurance companies are present.
The metropolitan Tobacco "a, OF E,w
York City. :, jobbina ;i:1m affiliated with
the American TohacG3 %, does bust
ness Of sl5,T".".' i yea in tnat city.
THIS fact WIS brought UU; Wvdnt s,lay
in tie hearing Of th,. governments action
against lie Tobacco Co.
Admiral Dewey gave a dinner Wednes-
day at his home in Washington in cel.hra :
ton OF The 10Th anniversary 81 ais birth.
The actual anniversary Hoes MI occur
was advanced in order hat President
until the Goth instant but the celsbra ion
RoUFev"lt might be present as ne expects
TO he away from III" city TO- u time next
week. The dinner wls informal in
character.
The 5,Wc Pennsylvania Railroad shop
men in Altoona, Pa, ~ho three weeks
ago were. reduced from u to hours a
day have received orders IN retlnn 20
h1. a do sNyst tar, ii.
Tho Senate Wednesday, passed Il con
current resolution offered Dy Senator
Gallineer, authorizing Ill" department. oil
state to invite the governments Of other
representatives to the International Con-
eress on tuberculosis TO be held in Wash
in3ton. Sept. Il to Oct. y, itS.
Excise COMMISSIONS Mulvihili OF St
Louis announced Wednesday, that ,ve:y
brewery i'll 81. Louis ana East st Louis
and the four leading brewers Of otIe:.
cities having dspUtS i'll st. Louis have
mad" ~litten pledsc hat thew VIII
saloon ur Lid club which .na com
missioner places on 4 blacklist Which
he will Furnish the manufacturers The
blacklist VII comprise. tn" .lan.-s d: Sal
looms or c!Hhs that viOidt,. the liquor law
What is said to hav.. been he short
est murder trial IN record WIS held
in the ri ninal hr"ncn Of IN. Supr. n.
Court II New YORK "Wednesday. wien
Milton Albir. a plastelrr. charged with
killing John Reilly, wnrklnan, last
Jug. was found not guilty Of murder
on III" ground OF Instanity Within ~
minutes from the time III" cas-. Was
called before Justice bowling. u Jury
selected. tie Itsth.'onR taken, the
vcr''i"t rendered and Albion Was sent
enc'd to til" Insane ASYLUM al Mat
terwan. Justice Dowlings al iress 10 the
Jury was short and IL lta point. He viii
preside, at the second trial NJ Harry N
Thaw-, which is down IN. the calendar for
Jan. t.
George Rex Clark blinl :ronl birth.
graduated IRON The University OF Chicago
Wednesday with an a. H. degree, having
made his course. in tho usual time allotted.
four years. He made marvellous ad-
vanccmcnt in his studies, finding lime al