Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-01
CONDENSED. DISPATCHES.

diocese presided at the ceremony of lay
ing the cornerstone Of ST. Peters Episco-
pal church at Burlington. VT, Sunday.
The building is expected to be one Of the
finest church structures in the city.
Enrice Tossell, who last week mar
| ried the Countess Montiginso in Lon
| don, in an interview Sunday at Flor
ence, confirmed the reports that it was
/ his intention to make an American tour
as IA singer. but declined to give any
! details concerning it.
Lloyd Griscom. the American amhas-
sador, and Mrs. Griscom will leave
| Rome Monday for Varese. Ambassa-
| dor Griscom will sail for the Uni ted
Estates Oct. 13 and will remain there for
| about a fortnight, returning direct to
| Rome. Mrs Griscom will remain at
Varese.
Matt McGrath of the New York Attn
| letic Club Sunday at Kansas City. Mo-.
threw the 16-pound hammer 1854 feet. 3
| inches in open contest on the second
day Of the public grounds meet. Nc
| Grath defeated Rose in two events. The
field was heavy, making running al
most impossible.
Four persons were killed early Sum-
| day in collision between. a freight
| train and a work train on the Sea-
| board Air Line Railroad. near Alamo,
Ga. The dead are: Engineer Charles
| Hines. the negro fireman and negro
| brakeman, and an unknown white
! man, supposed to be a tramp. The
| wreck was caused by a washout.
/ The body of a man hanging from a
| beam by rope in the ruins of stor-
age shed at the New England Waste
| Co, 1876 A. street, South Boston, was
| found Sunday. by "a Waterman. The
body was later identified as that of Ed
ward Carroll of 6 Loring street, South
Boston. and suicide, was ascribed to
| dependency because of lack of work.
A long distance balloon race for the
grand prize of the, Aero Club Of
| France. was started from the Tul-
leries gardens. Paris. Sunday after
| noon under most unfavOrabie weather.
conditions. A drizzling rain was fall
ing and the wind came out of the
southeast. which will take the bal
looms toward the English coast and de-
stroy the chances Of record unless it
shifts. France. Germany and Belgium
arc rerresented in the contest.
A reception was rendered Sunday to
bishop p. F. Feehan of Fall River by the
people of st. Demands Roman Catholic
church of Fitchburg. Mass, of which he
| was pastor and assistant pastor for %
years: The exercises were held in City
hall. Mary ]. Fl. Mcmahon delivered an
| address OF welcome and presented the
bishop with purse Of $1,000 raised by his
former rarishioners. Bishop Feehan ex-
pressed his thanks and an address was
delivered by James C. Mcconnell of Bos-
| ton
The Provincctown schooner Annie NJ.
| Perry. Capt. Joseph Cabral. arrived late
| Sunday at Provincetown, Mass, from the
| fishing grounds. reporting the loss of two
of her crew. During a heavy gale early
| Sunday morning. when about so miles off
| Highland light. a sea boarded the vessel
| sweeping the two men from the deck.
| while setting a trykail. A dory was
| launched and every effort was made to
rescue the men. but both drowned before
they could be reached. Both men were
Portuguese and their names are unknown
They have been engaged in fishing from
Prorincetown about a year. One of them
was married. the other being n single
man.
| Alton r. Parker has been retained by
Corporation Counsel Francis K Pendle-
ton of New York. with a fee of s25. 900 to
act rs special counsel for the city of New
York in arguing the exceptions to the
| report Of Special Referee Arthur H. Mas
ten. who held the law fixing the price OF
gas in that city at so cents per thousand
cubic feet, to be unconstitutional Argu-
ments on the Masten report will be heard
| in the United States circuit court during
the October term. Corporation Counsel
| Pendleton also appointed Austen G. Fox
special counsel for the city. for a fee of
$4,000 in actions pending against the city.
| brought by the Edison Electric Il,mirat-
ing Co. and the Kings County Lighting
Co.