Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-09
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

All CApISSS tIoAii was
day near Grjsolles, France. Ten per-
sons were killed and many injured.
The main business block of Orange,
Va. was destroyed by fire Sunday
with loss of 100000, partially COW
cred by insurance.
William Edward Ayreton, a noted
electrical engineer and inventor. dled
Sunday in London. He was born III
1S47.
The British battleship Invincible, at
her full power trial on Saturday,
steamed 2S knots an hour over perlod
of eight hours. At recent trial, under
seven -tenths of her power, the IN
vincible attained a speed OF 70 knots'
and it was expected at her full power
trial that she would reach 80 knots.
The armaments commission report
i ing in the Brazilian Senate on the pro-
iect of increased naval and other de-
| fences recommends a maximum eX-
penditure over a period of SIX years OF
| $33. 900 900 in place of the $75.0QO,o0o
voted by the Chamber of Deputies last
| August
John F.. Godding, president of the
was sentenced Saturday to serve eight
to 10 years in the state prison. he
| had been convicted on charges of max
ing unlawful use Of the banks FUNDS
and receiving deposits after ne khe"
the bank to be insolvent.
The French Line steamer La Lour-
aine. which arrived at New York Sun
day from Havre, reported the loss OF d
fireman, J. T. Leguerre. who. while al
fictel with "Stoker madness induced
by the heat of the stoke hole, jumped
overheard on Nov. a. The steamer
stopped and lowered a boat but no
trace OF the man could be found.
The schooner Maple Leaf, Capt. Splc-
err from New York for Wolfeville, n. s..
with hard coal, dragged into the
schooner Crescent, lumber laden from
Economy, N. S., for Vineyard Haven
for orders Saturday at Spencer lsiano
during a strong westerly gale. The
Crescent had her head gear ana raj
forward carried away and other minor
damages, while the Maple Leaf hae
her stern so badly damaged that IT VII
require extensive repairs. She pro
ceeded to Wolfeville and the Crescent
returned to Parrsboro, N. s., for re-
pairs.
A special dispatch from Hibbing
Minn, says that Ellen Geary, aged II
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Richart
Geary, was shot and accidentally killed
Sunday evening while rehearslng Will
fother children in an amateur play Sh
was the 'villainess" and Russell Bar
ret, aged II, was the hero. While recit
ing the lines of the play Young Bar
rett aimed q gun, not supposed to b.
loaded, at the girl and piled the trig
ger. The little one fell dead with bul
let in ner brain. The tragedy occurred
at the home of w. c. Barrett, fathe
of the boy.
J. W. Harris and his 15-mOnthS-olC
daughter who were injured in the fuS
silade of shots which followed the rai(
of officers on an alleged Blind tiger
saturday night at Birmingham, Ala.
are dead. Mrs. Harris is Frustrated ant
may not recover. officer Little'S funer
al was held Sunday Officer Jones i:
still being held pending investigation
A special dispatch from Belgrade
says that a band of Bosnian refugees
from the mountains on Friday blew
up with dynamite the barracks at Kon
itza, a town in Herzegovina SO mile:
from the Servian frontier. killing III
German-speaking Austrian soldiers
The dispatch also says that the Aus
trian papers have suppressed this news
While defending himself and mothe
from the attacks of his father. Albert
Messig Jr., Is years old. Sunday at Eliz
abeth, N. j., shot and probably fatal.
/ wounded Albert Messig. Two bullet
lodged in Messig's head, one in the bon
of the right jaw and a fourth in his righ
shoulder. Messig, according to the stor
of his son. had been drinking heavil
for several weeks. When he quarrele
with and attacked his wife Sunday TIL
boy tried to interfere. Thereupon, tin
sons says, the father pulled a revolve
and fired a shot at his wife, which wen
wild. He then pointed the weapon at tn
son, but before he had time to fire youn
Messg wrested the gun from the eide
man and shot him. The boy was arrest
| ed.