Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-03
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


has foundered off Wei HaiWei. The
board We're lost.
The United States battleship Maine
left the kittery navy yard Wednesday
for New York where she will take on
supplies.
The United States and Germany have
arranged for postal rate on letters
between the two countries of two
cents, instead of the existing rate of
cents. The new rates will go into eff
feet Jan. /.
Twelve additional bodies We're re-
covered from the mine at Mariana
Pa, Wednesday, bringing the tota
number of dead up to las.
DR. John b. Taylor, the former
champion quarter-mile runner of the
University of Pennsylvania, died at his
home in Philadelphia from typhoid
pneumonia He was the first coloret
man ever picked to carry the American
flag in Olympic championships,
The section of the National Con-
servation Commission having to deal
with the matter of forests was in ses
sion Wednesday in Washington. Gov
ernment experts We're heard. y dis
patch was received from Governor
Higgins Of Rhode Island announcing
that he will attend the governors con-
ference next week.
Fire late Wednesday destroyed the
clothing ana jeWelry store of Anthony
Shapiro at Dickson City, a suburb of
Scranton. Pa, five members Of the
family being burned to death. Mr..
Shapro's parents lost their lives. Mrs.
shapiro and two other children es-
capped by leaping from the second
story windows.
Major General Alexeff. retired, has
been indicted by order of Russian Min
lister of Marine Dilloff on the charge OF
peculation and having received brides
while in the service. General AleXieff,
who was attached to the department Of
marine artillery has been publishing
in the Novoe Nremya for several
months past, a series OF sensational!
revelations regarding the conduct of
the ministry of marine.
Francis j. Douglas. an editorial writ
er on the Boston Globe and in former
years a contributor to several New
York dailies. died at his home in Bos-
ton Wednesday, after an illness of sew
eral months. He was born in Georgia
in 1867, but went to New York when
young where he was engaged in jour
nalistic work until 1883 when he made
Boston his home.
When Col Winthrop NJ, Merrill of
Laconia. y. H., but formerly of Boston,
who was arrested Tuesday on a charge
of larceny of $1,000 from the proprietor
of a bOotblacliing stand, was brought
into court at Boston Wednesday, bail
was fixed at $500, it being stated that
investigation showed that the actual
amount claimed to be in Col. Merrill S
hands was $175. Friends of Col. Mer-
rill furnished the bond and his case
was continued until Friday.
Among the cases considered by the
United Starcs grand jury now sitting
in Boston is that of the seizure of the
schooner Frederick w. Alton in Pen
sacola, Fla, for alleged smuggling of
Chinese INTO the country and the ar
rest OF her commander and backer.
Witnesses from the South, principally
the crew of the schooner have testified
and it was stated Wednesday that the
grand jury would probably report Fri.
day.
JOY Morton of Chicago, brother of
Paul Morton, president of the society,
Alfonso f. De Navarro of New York
and Robert Mather. president of the
Rock Island Co, Wednesday We're
elected directors of the Equitable Life
Assurance Society to fill vacancies on
the board. The following directors We're
re-elected: Frank s. Witherbee, Abra-
ham Birttan, Edwin r. Robinson, Dan
iel A. Tompkins, Charles H. Zohnder
Charles A. Littlefeld and Jacob G.
Schmidlapp.
Mrs. J. c. Wardwell, the leper widow
of General Wardwell, whose case Gre
ated such q stir in Los Angeles, Cal,
and ill Arizona, died Wednesday of
leprosy in the county hospital in Los
Angeles. Since her return from Ari-
zona and the death of her husband Mrs.
Wardweli had grown steadily worse.
DR.. Charles H. Neil, commissioner of
labor, in a short time will be reap
pointed to his present position by Pres
ident Roosevelt.
Upwards of 400 American sportSmen
contributed $4,000 to the provincial ex-
cheouer in hunting license fees during
the New Brunswick deer hunting sea-
son which ended Monday. Of these
sportsmen nearly every one carried
away moose head as a trophy Very
few caribou We're shot in New Bruns-
wick this year. Guides and experienced
hunters are of the opinion that this
class of game is getting scarce, while
on the other hand deer seem to be on
the increase.
After several adjournments the hear
ing of the governments action against
the so-called Powder Trust, was re-
sllmed in Wilmington, Del, Wednes-
day. The action which was brought in
the United States court for the dis
trict of Delaware alleges that the E. I.
Dupont De Memours Co., manufacture