Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-03-18
CONDENSED DISPATCHES,

Advices from Tacoma, Va, are that six
persons are positively known to have lost
their lives in the explosion which wreck
ed the coal mine Of Bruce &. Bond near
that place Saturday.
The Arctic steamship Frithjof. which
is to transport the Welman Chicago Rec
ord-Herald relief expedition to Spitzber.
gen in the spring, has arrived at Trond.
jhem, Norway, for repairs.
The curfew law was rigidly enforced
Saturday night in the business section
of Chelsea. Mass. the police making
more than hundred arrests of young
men and women. The city council
passed the ordinance a few weeks ago
and the police We're ordered to en-
force it.
Charles Clegg. and Atlantic City hos
tier, was informed Sunday that he had
fallen heir to n fortune of 100000 or
more by the death of his father in Eng
land 4 law firm of England asked tho
police department to find Clegg. Clegg
promptly quit work and prepared TO 20
to England.
Eight hundred men teachers and prin-
cipals, representing all the male teach
ers' and principals organizations in New
York City, Saturday passed resolutions
i'll protest against the passage by the
Legislature of the McCarren and Conklin
bills. which provide that women teachers
shall receive ray equal to the men
Articles of incorporation filed with the
secretary of state at st. Paul, Mimi, by
the Darterders' Benevolent and Protec-
tive Asso citation Saturday announce that
the organization among other things will
"espouse the cause of true temperance"
According TO the articles, the association
will instruct its members along, moral
and educational lines.
A special from Oaxaca, Mex. says that
Saturday night band of 10 armed BAN
dts held possession of the highway
about four miles from Tule and robbed
so persons of more than $500. The vic
tins were held captives by the robbers
until operations We're concluded. The
highwaymen escaped into the mountains
before an alarm was given.
The Catholic church of Our Lady of
the Lake. and the McGregor- Banwell
Fence Cos. plant at Walkerville, Ont.
were destroyed by fire late Saturday. Tho
loss on the fence plant Us estimated at
$50, 000 fully insured, and that on the
church at $4,000, partially covered by in
sllrance. The fire is supposed to have
caught from sparks from a railroad loco
motive.
w. r. Rhea, 4 cornice maker. returned
from Fort Worth to FL Reno. Okla. Sat
urday night and Sunday afternoon walk
ed into the confectionery establishment
of A. Newell in the principal street OF
tho city and fired five shots at the pro-
priotor. killing him instantly. Rhea
stopped over and put out the powder in
NewlalPs clothing and then stepped GU,
into the street and surrendered to the
chief of police, saying; Il would kill any
man who ruined my home"
With four stab wounds in his body.
Edward ]. Crowley, aged 20 years, is
lying at his home at Bristol, Conn,
probably fatally injured and the police
are looking for an Italian, whom they
know by sight but not by name, in con-
nection with the affray. According to
the police Crowley and companions
brushed against group of Italians on
the street just before midnight Satur-
day night. One of the Italians drew
knife and stabbed Crowley. The most
serious cut is on the left side. where
the knife passed between the ribs anu
into the lungs.
Rev. Edward w Matthews. score
tary and chaplain of the British and
Foreign Sailors Society. acting as the
representative of the King of England.
Sunday presented to the Naval Acad-
envy at Annapolis a bust of the Eng
lish admiral, Nelson. made Of copper
taken from his flagship, the Victoria
and mounted on a pedestal of oak from
the same vessel. At the same time
there was presented by Mr.. Matthews
to the first class of the academy
shield of metal from the Victoria.
The shield is to be mounted in such a
way that upon it's base can be inscrib-
ed each year the names of midshipmen
who have become distinguished for
heroism.