Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-19

lIHcu " tIlc Stdtc
Providence, II. l.. for several years
for the murder of Daisy C"ultc*' ana
the attempted murder of MS llancee'
has again escaped from the asylum
this time by digging through an eight
foot wall This makes his thlrd cs-
cape in almost as many weeks. Be-
cause Of a slight illness he mas been
confined in temporary quarters from
which he escaped.
According to latest advices there Is
now no hope of saving the British
steamer Micmac which is ashore at
Cape st. Mary's. The vessel struck on
rocky shore and the action OF the
seas has badly damaged her bottom.
The crew and passengers, two women.
left the ship Friday and went ashore
at ST. Johns, N. +. 1t is thought that
the valuable cargo of lumber can be
saved.
Advices received at Tangier Friday
from the coast towns Of Morocco We're
more reassuring than of late. Vice
Admiral Philibert, in command of the
French squadron, telegraphed that the
authorities at MazagOn deny that the
tribesmen are marching against that
city Nevertheless, Europeans are
leaving Mazagan. A French warship
has reen dispatched to Mogador with
orders to take Oh board the women,
children and Jews. In view of the
Moorish guarantees of the security of
the Europeans at Fez, no further steps
will he taken towards eacorting them
to the coast.
According to the London Daily Mail,
George Bernard Shaw, the author. had
a narrow escape from drowning. While
swimming with friend off Llanbedr,
Merionetshire, they were carried far
from shore by a current. After long
and desperate struggle they succeeded
in reaching 4 distant sandbank. They
were utterly exhausted and had given
up all hope Of life.
DR.. w. II. Simpson, r. A. Leavitt and
James Buckley of Boston arrived at
Halifax, n. S., Friday night and re-
ported that their yacht The Re,lskin
was destroyed by fire at Argyle. n $.
Thursday night. by the explosion OF
an oil stove. The explosion occurred
at II 30 o'clock and as there were only
the three men aboard they could not
fight the flames. AS it was all three
had a narrow escape as the fire spread
with great rapidity. The yacht was
valued at $4,000, and one hour after
the fire started there was nothing left
but the charred hull.
Eleven persons We're injured. two
perhaps fatally. in a train wreck near
Russell, Iowa. Friday The wreck was
caused by the dcrailment of the truck
Of the first mail coach.
Beverly Cole. 80 years old. colored.
was arrested in Boston Friday and
later turned over to the New York au-
thorities by whom he is wanted for
the murder of Henry StclSrs. A quar-
rel over a love affair, followed by
hand to hand fight, resulted in the
shooting of Stokes by Cole.
An unknown woman committed sui
eide by jumping fr2nl steamer hcnne-
bee Of the Enterprise Line about l-o
Friday morning offsSayhro"k. Conn \
life boat and scarchlight were brought
into play but to no purpose. No clue 10
her identity could lie found. Their" was
nobody on deck but the pilot. VINO
CHANGED to see her as she jumped.
William Brooks, n farmer about a"
years old. is dead ut his home l'ta'
Vernon VT, as a result OF an acci-
dental shooting, by his brother EaScne
Rrooks. The two men were on tnclr
wav to a stable to shoot a horse. Ed
gone carrying As calibre rifle with
sa fcty attachment in his hand INC
two men had climbed n fence ana III
aIiphting on the other side Eugene al
lowed the rife to hit the ground vlo-
,entlv. discharging it. the bullet pass
inc through the left side of his brother
penetrating his heart. States Att"r-
nov Bacon ordered an inquest hcld' $"
that the dead mans brother might nc
exonerated. "A wife anG one daughter
survive.
The Wannscc won Fridays race at
1SicI Germany. in the Sender class
Yachts for Emperor Williams cup with
extraordinary ease. She finished more
than eight minutes ahead Of the W.T.
telsbach and nine minutes and !" sec
ouds in front Of the Spokane, the near
est American competitor. i'll one "t the
fairest races of the series. AS the
German yachts have now wor TOUR
straight firsts. the American bcats.
under the agreement. are excluded
from furthr competition for the Elm
peror'S cup.