Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-04
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CONDEMNED. DISPATCHES.
More than so women inmates of the
House of Correction at Deer Island
Boston, arc confined to the hospital
| and the officers of the institution are
| investigating the food supply on the
| theory that the trouble may have been
| Caused by infected meat. None of the
prisoners are in a serious condition.
The refusal of the Boston & Northern
| Street Railway to sell half-fare tickets
| to the pupils of evening schools in Ha-
| verhill on the ground that the statute
| passed at the last session of the Legis-
| lature is unconstitutional. has been re-
| ferred to Atty. Gen. Dana Malone and
| it is expected that the supreme court will
| be called upon to decide the question.
| \ silver punch bowl and ladle. made
| for the Massachusetts delegation to the
| Newburne, N. c.. on the occasion of the
| dedication of the soldiers monument in
| that city. was sent Thursday by the
| Newburne Chapter. United Daughters of
the Confederacy, as an expression of the
appreciation of the attentions shown by
the members of the chapter to the North
| ern visitors.
| Col Winthrop NJ. Merrill. who filed a
petition in bankruptcy after his re-
| lease on bail of $500 Wednesday in
Boston for alleged larceny of $175 from
| a boot backing manager, filed a state
| ment in the bankruptcy court Thurs
| day giving his liabilities as $15,599 and
| assets at $21 900 with no secured
| laims. Col. Merrill gave his resi-
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| Boston.
| Thomas j. Walsh, John j. Kelley.
Augustine A. Murray and Michael Glib
| bons all of Brookline. Mass. who ear
| lier in the week had been convicted in
| the district court of illegal voting at
| the Republican state primary election
in September were Thursday each fin
ed $l5.4o. Eighteen other men who had
been convicted of attempting to vote
| illegally were made to pay court costs
| amounting to $2.56 each.
The farm buildings of Ezra o. Pink
| ham, former state senator and recen. un-
| successful candidate for may of Dover.
| n H., were burned Thursday together
| with large amount of hay. farm wa
| CONS and tools. The buildings were sit
| uated at Dover Point. on the outskirts of
| the city. and no fire fighting apparatus
was available The fire started from an
| unknown cause in the barn. The loss
| will not exceed 5000.
1 The Tariff Commission of the French
| Parliament. which has spent the last
| six months in taking testimony, has
practically completed a project of tar
| if revision. This will be submitted to
| Parliament in January. The proposed
revision is designed further to
strengthen the arm of France in the
cxacting of concessions from other
countries. .l,..- - ,y.
Officials of the state Lives Stock San
itary Board 'sPnrfadelp1ffa are con-
fdent that they have the foot and
mouth disease under control There
have been no new cases for several
days. 1t was announced Thursday by
the American Line of steamships that
because Of the cattle embargo the
steamships Haverford and Merton of
Philadelphia will temporarily sail from
Portland, Me. The carSoes of these
ships is mainly live stock consigned to
European agents and until the cattle
disease is stamped out they will sail
from Portland. unloading at Liverpool.
Details Of a serious blasting accident.
which occurred in the outskirts of New
Bedford Wednesday, became known
Thursday. While at work on ledge
Joseph Girard mistook/an unexplodcd
chorge of powder for q mound of dirt
and dropped his croWbar on 1t. An ex-
plosion followed which caused injuries
that are expected to result in Girard's
death. Moses Richard, another work.
| man at the ledge, was seriously injur-
ed. Both men were taken to the Emer
gency hospital.
Liabilities of 1853 $50 and assets of
, S. 522S,123 are shown in the schedules
!. filed in the United States district court
in Nav York Thursday by the broker
age firm Of A. o. Brown & Co, which
failed last summer. Claims aggregating
, | 81, ,134 $50 are secured and claims of 81
+ 45l.579 are unsecured. There are a few
minor claims. The assets are described
as bills, notes and securities amount
I ing to 1,336,000 debts due on open ac-
count, SO, 1886, ,933, deposits in banks, $780,
r 100 and property in reversions trust and
: the like $4,000.
!. George White and members of his
i family narrowly escaped death by
: burning or suffocaAion when Mr.
f Whites residence on East street, East
e Weymouth, Mass, was destroyed by
e fire early Thursday. The flames start
0 ed near the chimney and had made
: great headway before the family was
: aroused. The inmates were forced tc
t rush outdoors in their night clothing
!, The loss Is about $4,000, with partial in,
surance.