Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-09
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Fred c. Binf1ls, one Of the proprietors
of the Denver Post, was Wednesday at
Denver. Col. found guilty of assault and
battery on former United States Senator
Thomas M. Patterson, principal owner Of
the Rocky Mountain News and the Dem
YER Times. and was fined $50 and costs
The anthracite coal tonnage for the
calendar year of 1907, the figures of
which We're made public Wednesday at
Philadelphia, was the greatest year in
the history of the hard coal trade. For
the u months from Jan. 1 to Dec. 81, 1907
the various railroads which transport an
thracite moved 67,I09.39s tons of that COM
modify, which exceeds the tonnage of 1906
by 11.0O0,oOo tons.
| The Irish government has at last ap-
pointed a commission which is to sift
| the mystery Of the disappearance last
July Of a portion Of the state regalia.
valued at s250O00. from Dublin castle
The authorities have been impelled to
this step by the reports that the jewels
are known to have been deposited as ,e-
curity for a loan. 1t is understood that
King Edward has insisted that the mat
ter be cleared up.
When a mandate Of the supreme court
of Illinois ordering that a penitentiary
sentence of one to five years be enforced
against John A. Cooke. formerly clerk
of the state circuit court. reached the
states attorneys office at Chicago
Wednesday, the fact developed that
Cookies Whereabouts Is 4 mystery. Cooke
II months ago was found guilty of hav-
ing corsrired to obtain by fraud public
funds. His bonds aggregate $500.
Superior Judge Frank ]. Dunno
Wednesday at San Francisco issued an
order turning over Abraham Rueff,
confessed hribe taker. who had been
held under private guard. to Sheriff
Dolan Rueff Thursday probably will
be transferred from his private prison
in Fillmore street to the Jail at In
gleside. where he will join Former
Mayor Eugene SchmitZ and Louis
Glass, manager Of the Pacific Tele-
phone Co.
Augustus ArmaGnac, Phi. D., head Of
the department of modern languages at
the Massachusetts Agricultural College,
died suddenly of apoplexy while seated
at his desk in a recitation room Wednes-
day. He was 6S years Of age and was
born on the island Of Hayti. He gradual
ed from Princeton in 1861 and took post
graduate course at Colgate University.
He later taught in Chester. Pa, larry
town, n. Y, and at the Indiana Univer-
sity at Bloomington, Ind. He had also
| travelled widely. He came to Amherst
about a year ago. A wife and three
children survive.
| C11 Iv1
charge of one Of the departments Of the
Boston postoffice, who pleaded guilty
some time ago to the embezzlelnent of
s4725 from the postoffice funds and who
subsequently made complete restitution.
| had his case placed on file by Judge
Dodge in the district court at Boston
Wednesday. United States District At
torney Asa P. French recommended this
action, stating that Cousins had been in a
bad mental and physical condition for
some time, and producing a physicians
certificate to the effect that 1t was i'm
probable that Cousins would be able to
survive Imprisonment. Cousins was in
ldicted in September last and since then
has been out on bail.
According to the annual report of the
American Ice CO. for the Il months end
ed Oct 81 last. the company paid out In
dividends sl.@5o.010, Notwithstanding the
fact that the company had balance OF
only s151,333 available for dividends. The
. remainder was paid out of the surplus OF
the company but the deficit of the years
:, operations amounted to sl.198.667. The pre-
vious surplus was reduced to H,5S',56S as
!, a result of the inroads of last years div
, idend policy. While the annual, report
, does not directly charge the payment Of
, the dividends which were not earned te
stock market influence. the report con-
: tents itself with criticising the action by
, saving that it was a mistake Sin the ligh
. of the past bad season" The gross re
ceipts were s7.9il,525.