Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-04-08
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Jacob Riis of New York, a close per-
sonal friend of President Roosevelt,
was dinner guest of the latter at the
White House Sunday night.
II was announced at Rome that the
seventh cardinal to be created at the
consistory to be held April Is will be
Mgr. ASuirrey Garcia bishop Of Bur-
COS, Spain.
CHARLES w. Strinc, manager Of Con-
REDS opera tour died at 10 A. NJ Sat
urday at the BOothby hospital at Bos-
ton. He had been operated on for
appendicitis about 10 days ago.
The condition Of United States Sen
ator w. E. Hepburn of Idaho, who was
taken suddenly ill at Philadelphia Sat
urday night. was much improved Sun
day. Senator Hepburn suffered from an
attack Of acute indigestion.
Fire practically Quilted the six-storv
building occupied by the Ragus Tea,
Coffee e Spice Co, and the Union
Pacific Tea Co, at Washington ana
Lalght streets, New York City, late
Saturday. The loss is estimated 1T
$500, 900.
Fire broke out in the machine shop
of James Quincy & Co. at 2O2 Border
street, East Boston, Saturday. Before
the blaze was eXtinguished two alarms
were rung in from box 634 and damage
of about $4,000 was caused. Firemen OF
Engines II and 40 We're thrown down
flight Of stairs by q hot-air explosion.
narrowly escaping serious injury. John
Gibbons Of Engine 40 sustained a cut
on the head.
Ottawa and other places in the Do
| minion are to have an opportunity to
See Sir James Alexander Swettenham.
the British colonial governor of ia
maica. who got his name in the papers
through his snub of Rear Admiral
Davis. u. S. n, at the time Of the
earthquake. AS a result of his action at
that time Sir Alexander is now ent-
tied to write "ex-Gov" before his
name and will start on his travels with
spare time enough ahead Of him to visit
not only Canada, but Japan as well. 1t
is expected Sir Alexander will leave
Jamaica in June.
AS the result Of the accidental igni-
ton of her clothing while she was
lighting a gas stove Saturday after
non, Miss Rertrude Smith, &c years old,
housekeeper for her uncle, Charles f.
Smith of 80 Reddington street, Swamp
scott, was so badly burned that she
died at tho Lynn hospital Saturday
night at s. She was alone i'll the house
and it is supposed that when she ap-
piled q match to the burner of the
stove a large quantity of gas had es-
capped from the opened pipes. A sheet
of ilame burst from the stove and in
an instant her clothing was ablaZe.
The Great Northern Railroad was
fined $1,000 each in Il counts Saturday
al st. Paul. Mimi. for rcbating. The
trial of the Great Northern was before
Judge Page Morris of the federal court
on the charge Of giving freight con-
ccssion on grain shipments 10 the Pa
cific coast. The case was called, the
jury selected. the addresses to the Jury
made, the charge Of the court deliver
ed, the verdict returned and penalty
imposed within three hours. The
judge in imposing the penalty, en-
phasized the statement that il must
not be considered a precedent in any
o'iier case. eAA
The summer home at Bridgeport,
Conn, of DIR. a. l.. Northrop, retired,
formerly Of 81 West 49th street. New
YORK City. was broken into and robbed
early sunday of solid silver ware to
the value of several thousand dollars.
Among the pieces taken were many
winch We're heirlooms and presents.
before their departure the robbers had
broken open refrigerators and the wine
closet and had RECALLED themselves
with the contents. DR. Northrop and
MS wife were sleeping up stairs and |
the servants We're also in the upper
part of the house and none was awak-
encd by the noise during the night
The police have begun an investiga-
ton into the cause of the big fire which |
destroyed the plant of the Gould Drug
Mills Co. at Saugus, Mass, early Sat-
urday morning. in which Foreman Os-
borne s. Ellis and Assistant Michael |
Desmond persisted. The head of one |
man was found several feet from the /
charred trunk. and this has caused |
suspicion which may prove to be we'll /
founded. There are two theories: One |
is that an explosion started the fire /
and knocked the two victims sense
less: the other is that they We're slain
and the place set on fire by yeggs, but
the police 90 not take much stock in !
this latter theory.