Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-01
| NEWS NUGGETS.
-Four Men Killed by Dy-
Mantle Explosion.
Cooper Mines in Vermont Closed
Indefinitely.
Items Of Interest Condensed for the
Journals Busy Readers.

\ premature explosion NJ dynamite
occurred Wednesday at Venice Pa. III
nnIts iron Pitrsburg on the Wabash
T.ailroad where Il ct is being made,
ana four men were XII led and TWO seri-
uIs!y irtiuiti
E,I:.il Merchants Association Of New
England. held in Boston Wednesday
night. u resolution Was passed condemn
ing ;hc proposed NV Taroe.s post law.
B. an "vcrWh lining vote, tn" Eutts,
M"r.t.. Miners Union We,in' sday hc-
opted IN. reduction Of wages from st
10 81" AS annDGnced ~ :he Anal@a-
nI:t"r Corner Co.. Tue .s,;iy ni1i:l
Tom L"n-toat. the l,.,ian runner. did
not finish ms lun Of ~ miles from
Hamilton /" Toronto Wednesday. h
began to show signs of distress and iinal-
l. ""lars, Il al the Lumber. four miles
from. lis destination. He WAS taken t"
the civ III Hn automobile ana loon re-
covered from The effects of his journey.
Receivers wer" appointed ir The United
States .'irc':it court ri Baltimore Wednes-
day for tie South Baltimore Steel Car
and Foundry Co. The application wa;
fled by attorneys for the Maryland Car
Wheel Go. 1t il stated that While the
emI.ari ssri "orjpany has liabilities of
nearly ~l."".o0 it las ampl. assets on
which it is 1t present unable TO reallar
and viii pay dollar foi dollar. 1t is said
that Inability to make collections prompt
" for cars delivered /" railroads is the
main reason for the company'S em5ar-
raSSmerIt
fragments of human bodies peppered
with particles of rocks and earth fell in a
shower over the little town of GWendoim,
on The Wabash Railroad. nine miles north
of Canonsbm@. Pa. Wednesday. when
$40 pounds of dynamite exploded with Il
terrific report. Four Len We're torn to
pieces and siN others received injuries.
Williams Il Everett Co.. picture and
fine arts dealers, committed suicide by
inhalia@ gas at hi; home at Boston
"Wednesday His body was found in
bed. with Il tube leading frorn a gas
jet in his mouth. No cause for the act
is Known. Mr.. Everett was widely known
iii art circles and the works of the aC-
ing artists of the world have been eX-
hihitcd from time to time for many years
in the Williams e Everett galleries lie
WAS - years of age and family survives.
The Friend Paper Co.. of West Car
roltOn a suburb! of Dayton, Ohio. was
placed in the hands of Il receiver WedneS-
day on application of its president j.
Howard Friend. The petition states tina.
II" coGranE had debts a2®& tins,
Si,"n;"", and that the petitioner is surety
ON g. notes aSSreSatinS $bW.W6 Further
aVelneht * made that the Strin2en, iii
the money market renders the laynlent
of these notes Impossible at present The
premiership is rcSorted to IS ii protection
measure t. shield the property from at
tacks of small creditors. The company
it is declared is entirely solvent ana is
doing Il prosperous business
An exciting little naval battle took place
IN NiadiNOstok harbor wednesday, be-
tween the mutinouS crew of q RlIssion
torpedo boat destroyer and their loval
comrades. The mutineers finally Were
Subdled. bat not before a number of men
had been killed or wound, d. Tie muffin
GUS boat is the Skory. and she gave fight
to the Su'boat Mandschur the DESTROY
OF one of the harbor forts, manned by
the l2th Regiment ri Artillery Tht
Sk"iN soon was overwhelmed and sh:
mad to be beachtd to save hcr from sink
!l@, Anon" the men killed are Capt
kurosch commander NJ the torpedo boat
Lazy ana Lieut. ST ,cr. commander of
tie Sk"Iy. Lieut.. NasSile con.nllndin..
IN" Sei'iltz, was wounded Several people
in Nladivostok We're killed by shells from
the slips. The town has been declared
in Il state of Seiee.
NJ. Rcgrault, the French Minister to
Mon Deco. has been Informed that the.
firm attitude adopted by Sultan Ahd-el-
AZi1 and the dispatch of troops to NIGGA
dor nave resulted in winning the a,lhe-
sion Of the triheamcn surrounding NIGGA
dor. Thc column under Mulai Hafig the
Sultan of the South which consists of
only 500 men, keeps n II respeC ful dis
tanc'. and is obviously Gisinclinod to fight.
Tn" leaders show signs of wanting 10
open negotiations.
TT" mystery surrounding the sui"id,
OF DR.. Albert Cushnan Day the Young
stan physician o. the City hosuitnI Ros-
ton. was made clear " cdnesdav night bv
IN" discovery that there was n former
VIE OF the young doctor who WIS about
I" bring proceedings against Lin, foiiov-
rig ti'. announcement of his rec.nt we'd
dihS. 1t was learned that he Was mar
rec IN r'i to Miss Martina Thcmpsnn
a"eG II daughter o.! William Thnun,
SON TIE Thompson family then living in
West RoXburl. where Or Day made his
home TE" marriage was kept secrer
a'i'i i'',T lr, lav b"cam" engaged to
marry Miss Helen Murs;, of f;nverbiII