Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-22
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Five men We're killed, one fatally in
jured and a number seriously injured
by the explosion of q boiler in the John
H. Roper planning mill. near Norfolk.
Va. Wednesday.
Daniel Sinclair, who in 1880. as chair
man of the Minnesota delegation in
the National Republican convention,
gained prominence by pushing the cam
didacy OF William Window. Gied at
Winono, Mimi, Wednesday, aged &c.
Mr.. Sinclair's persistency was one OF
the factors contributing to the defeat
of Blaine and the nomination of Gar
field.
1t was announced in Boston We'd
nesday that the receivers of the Pope
: Manufacturing Go. have sent a notice
to the creditors ard stockholders, stat
, ing that an offer has been made to pur-
chase a plant of the Federal AIanufact~
uring Co of Milwaukee, for $1,000. The
, Federal Manufacturing Co. is owned
entirely by the Pope concern and the
receivers have petitiOned the courts
for authority TO vote the Federal Man.
lufacturing COS. stock at a meeting
called for Nov. 2G. in favor OF authoriZ-
ing the sale of the plant
A man who dropped dead on board
the steamer Governor Dingley on her
trip to Boston from Portland Wednes-
day. was that night identified as Ben
iamin ShackfOrd, Is years Of age, of
1861 Washington street, Jamaica Plains.
Mr. Shackford was the driver of the
old stage coach which ran from Boston
to Cambridge before horse cars came
into use and later was employed by the
horse car lines and the Boston Elevated
Road, being at his death a Waterman
at the Forest Hill car barns.
| Speaker Cannon was in a railroad
wreck at Bsrark, ILL.,, Wednesday. He
ESCAPED injury although his life was in
great danger. Train No. IA of the
Chicago * Eastern Illinois ran into an
open switch, derailng two cars, in one
of which Mr. Cannon WIS riding. The
speakers car turned squarely across
the track but did not overturn. Be-
yond being badly shaken up none of
the passengers Or trainmen were injur-
ed.
Members of the national committee of
the Prohibition party met at Chicago
"Wednesday &c select city in which to
hold the national convention in June
1908 The following were among the
| new members chosen tc fill vacancies:
A \. Morrill,. New Hampshire: Chas-
II. Tilley and Vernon Home, Rhode Is
land: w NJ Harris, Vermont Chicago,
Atlanta and South Angeles were bid
GERS for the next convention.
Eighteen members IF tie committee
Of appropriations OF the National House
,, of Representatives, who have been on
, tour of inspe ction of the Panama
canal zone, returned Wednesday on the
steamer Colon. Chairman Tawney 81
the commission said the committee
found every thing on the canal pro-
crossing in a most satisfactory way. he
/ believed, however, that as result OF
the inspection the Appropriation lot the
coming year will be at least Sl,""'Voo
less than the s32OOO,oO0 asked for by
the officials who estimated the amount
needed.
Tie federal grand jury at Salt Lake
CITY Wednesday returned indictments
against the Union Pacific Railroad, tire
Oregon Short Line, the Union PaciHc
Co. T. w. Moore general agent OF the
Union Pacific Coal Co. and Everett
buckingham, assistant general supecin-
tendent of the Oregon Short Line fer al
legged violations of the Sherman anti
trust Law.
! Caleb Powers in his fourth trial at
George town. Ky. fo- the murder OF
Gov. Gobel, won the first substantial
jyictory Wednesday Wien Judge Mordis
sustained the motion D discharge I'll
second venire. TIL. main contention
throughout the proceedings so fsr has
been that politics has been injected into
th,; case at all previous trials; that an
effort 10 continue this condition has
been made and the selection CT Venire
of 200 men from Harrison county. and
that the defendant could not OBTAIN
Justice at the hands of the Jury COM