Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-11
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Sir William Henry Broadbent, ply
sician in ordinary to King Edward and
the Prince of Wales. died Wednesday
at London. He was born in 1885.
i'y direction of The President, Lieut..
Col. Charles G. Ayres, 14th Cavalry.
has been ordered before retiring
board at the army building, New York
City. July II next.
1t is understood at Pekin that Russia
and China have arrived at an under
standing regarding the customs in north
crn Manchuria and it is expected that
custom houses will shortly be opened
there.
Great surprise has been caused in Vat
lean circles by the fact that the Papal
secretary of state, Cardinal Merry Del
Val, has bought n powerful automobile.
1t was generally supposed that the Pope
would not cOuntenance the cardinals rid
ing in motor cars.
AS a result of the recent mutines at
kiev. Sebastopol and Tsarkoe-Selos,
courtmartials are in session in those cit
les trying the mutineers. AT Kiev 101 men
are being tried and Al are on trial at Sc
bastOpol. Great secrecy is observed re-
garding the proceedings.
Judge Pritchard of the United States
circuit court of appeals. at Richmond,
Va. in an opinion handed down
We dn"sday continued the restraining
order preventing the uniform two-cent
passenger rate as adopted by the state
corporation commission from going in
to effect.
The plant Of the Cream City Woven
Wire Co, 923 Rebecca street, ALLIE
enemy. Pa. and the works Of the Il.
\. GauSman Machinery and Metal Co.,
occupying the adjoining building were
Turned Wednesday. entailing n loss of
about Sl1o,co0. Several small dwellings
in the vicinity were also damaged.
The removal of Walter l.. Sears. sup
crintendent of tho Massachusetts state
free employment bureau. was illegal.
@ccor.lirg 10 an opinion given late
"Wednesday by Atty. Gen. Dana Ma
lone. Mr.. Sears was removed by CHIEF
Z. i. Pidgin just before G. f. Gettemy
succeeded Mr.. Pilgin as chief of the
bureau Of statistics Of labor.
Frederick II. Covin and Edwin A.
Eek" were Wednesday indicted by the
federal grand jury at Chicago on the
charge of using the United States mails
To promote fraud. 1t is alleged that
the two as president and secretary re-
spcctively of the Boston Colorado
Copper Co. sold stock throughout the
country in mine that was practically
wort hle IS.
Minority Leader Grady of the New
York Senate said Wednesday at AL
bany. n. ", that he would oppose on
the Senate floor the confirmation of
the nomination of eX-AIayor Thos. NJ.
Osborne. Of Auburn, as a member of
the public service commission in the
second district and would allege per-
Sonal unttncSS for the position. Sena-
tor Grady said he did not expect to
oppose the confirmation of any of the
other nominations.
Governor James r. Higgins of Rhode
Island Wednesday granted eXtradition
papers to the New York authorities in
tie case Of Jacob Bassing of Bristol
who is charged with grand larceny of
$4,000 worth of shoes on two indict-
mcnts. This is the second time that
Passing has been eXtraditod. The first
tim" the indictments were dismissed A
nearing on the present papers has
been held before Governor Higgins for
nearly three weeks.
At the hearing before the Maesachu-
s"it% Highway Commission Wednesday
ar Boston relative to the affairs of the
New England Telegraph and Telephone
Go. II was brought out that between
July |. 1906. and Jan /. 1907 more
than 10 per cent. of the amount paid
for underground construction went to
men who did not render full enuiya-
lent in labor for wages paid and who
were placed upon the payrolls through
political or other influences.
Forty Or more workmcn employed in
the door. sash and blind factory of
Hastings & Co. on Friend street. Ros-
ton. had considerable difficulty in es-
Gaping from the building when a fire
broke out there Wednesday afternoon.
The flames spread rapidly and those
who were on the upper floors of the
were taken down on ladders by the
fircmcn. The cause Of the fire has not
yet been determined. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000.
An indictment charging the Atchison.
T",rnka and Santa F. Z. r.. with
granting rciatcs amounting 10 S12.G0
t" lie lnited states Sugar & Land