Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-01-30
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

A dispatch t. the Frankfort-on-thc
Maine Zeitung from Saarabueckcn says
there are still = bodies underground in
the Reden mine OF the bodies brought
only Il have been recognized. The otehr:s
are so burned that their identity cannot
be established One woman became de-
mented when she was confronted by her
husband alive, she having believed hin,
among the dead. The cause of the ex
plosion still remains 4 mystery.
Strenuous protests against the cree
ton of a gigantic water dam. are be-
ing made by the residents of Johns
town, MOXham and other towns locat-
ed in Conemaugh valley. the scene of
the great IohnstOwn flood. The Cam
bria Steel Co. proposes to erect a dam
leo feet high. which will submerge 400
acres of ground. The people are up in
arms and say if the dam should break
the water would sweep everything in
it's path for a distance of Is miles.
Probably the biggest tax sale ever
proposed in the city of New York, has
been ordered by Controller Herman A.
Metz. The controller instructed that
all property in the boroughs of Brook
Ign. GU, ems and Richmond, upon which
arrearage prior to 1914 exist be sold
forwith. Millions Of dollars are in
vovcd. The order includes all uncOl-
lected special franchise taxes upon
railroads and other corporations oper-
ating in the three boroughs which can
be sold.
At the annual meeting Of the stock
IL .Nr bo krli nf To
renee held Tuesday at Boston it was
voted TO increase the capital stock from
$4,000. 0C0 to SG,000,0G0 by the issue of
10000 additional shares of the par
value of 800 for cash. The new stock
is to be paid for in full On or before
March Il. 1907. The directors of the
Amoshcas Manufacturing Co. declared
a semi-annual dividend of 6 per cent.
$50. payable Feb. 1, on its stock of
record Tuesday This is an increase
in the rate of . per cent. per annum.
Unconscious. bound, gagged and tied
to Il chair Nellie Campbell. chief oper-
ator at the telephone station at New
Cumberland, w. Va, was found nearly
dead at her home Tuesday. She was
not yet rallied sufficiently to tell who
her aSsailants were, and it is stu
doubtful whether she will recover. Miss
Campbell lives with her widowed
mother. Mrs. W. j.. Campbell, and her
sisters and was alone III the house. APP
parenty the girls assailants We're
burglars, who after assaulting her tied
and gagged her and then ransacked
the house, taking several articles of
value.
The following ministerial changes
were announced Tuesday at London:
Walter Runciman. parliamentary sec
rotary to the local government board,
becomes financial secretary to the
treasury vice Reginald McKenna who
recently was appointed president of the
board Of education. Charles f. Hob
house. Liberal member of Parliament
for Bristol, succeeds John E. Ellis who
has resigned as under-secretary of
state for India. Thomas j. Magma
mara. Radical. member of Parliament
for Chamberwell. replaces Mr.. RUM
man as parliamentary secretary OF the
local government board. None Of
these Appointments involve bye-elec-
| ton.
| The eastbound Maritime express from
| Montreal. running at 4 speed OF ~
| miles an hour, was wrecked on curve
two miles north of Windsor Junction,
n. s.. Tuesday night. Five cars left the
rails, including the first and second
class passenger coaches. The second
class car turned completely over and
the four passengers and the conduc-
tor were cut and bruised, but not bad
" hurt. They escaped through the
windows -Four other cars We're thrown
crosswise of the track, but none OF the
passengers were hurt. The engine and
postal car held to the rails. The track
was torn up for 200 yards and all traf-
tic was blocked. The damage to the
rolling stock will be heavy. WreckinG
trains are now at the scene.