Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-10-24
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

| The second day Of the Goth convention
| of the Massachusetts Christian Endeavor
| Union az Lynn, Mass, was the one of
| most interest to the hundreds of work
| ers who went to Lynn for the delivera-
| tons, the days program including the
| biennial business session. at which Off
| GERS for the coming two years We're to
| be elected and a series of ''Workers' con-
| ferences' While the formal opening oc-
| CURED Thursday night, the convention
| business was not taken up until Friday.
Rev J. Spencer Worries Of Adams was
chosen president.
The Presbyterian Synod Of New
York and New England adopted Il res
olution Friday creating an executive
commission of the synod. 1t was denied
that The commission would have leg
iSlatiVe control. 1t was declared its
work would De mostly administrative.
Many OF the younger clergymen OBJ
jccted on the ground that tn com
mission would centraIl#" power among
Il few churches of the large cities 50
that the rural church Wolid have no
voice in the administration or affairs.
The commission viii consist Of the
tcv. Dr.. Hubbard, AuIurn; Or. ". G.
Wylic. New Yorl,, II. D. Hunter. Buff
falo ana Elders Edmund T. Platt
poughkcep>it ana Rusn Taagar;. New
York. Youngstown, \. y. was selected
as the meeting place Of the next
synod and GloNcrSVille for the Wo
mems Synodical Association.
The St Petersburg Rcch printed Fri
day the official statistics of tie executions
in Russia during the year 1907 on sem
fences imposed by the military district
courts The total is CT, Of which 81 were
soldiers and 543 civilians. These figures
are considerably below the earlier unotii-
cial estimates. which were based on the
condemnations reported in press dis
patches According to the official claGs
tications 453 persons, on over 20 per cent.
We're hanged or shot for murder or rob
hery, accompanied BY violnmce; g We're
executed for mutiny or other offensos
against military discipline, 81 for crimes
against the state and four for dosertion.
The balance is not specified. The baltic
provinces took the lead in the number
of executions with 1874. This was duo to
the final stamping out of the insurrection.
The Kieve region was next with s. oNecu-
tions, Odessa counted 50, Warsaw 65, ana
Moscow 50.
'rhr merger Of all lines Of the Den
Yer < Rio Grandc Railroad was made
effective Friday by the filing at Der
Yer. Col. Of 4 mortgage for S130Oo0. on'.
1his mortgage secures a new issue of
bonds The sum of G,000000 will be
u#oG for rnfunding outstanding indebt
cdncss, 81. zoo 600 to aid in the con
strrTtiOn of the Western Pacific Rail-
road, now building from Salt Lake to
the Pacific coast and the remainder for
extension of old and construction of
new lines. Coincdent with the filing of
Ill" mortgage came the denial Of the
report that +. II. Hartman would as
sumo control of the Western Pacific
road. The statement was made that the
Rio Grandc owns tWo-thirds of the
Western Pacific stock and that it
Wouli Ee impossible for Mr. Hartman
to take over the Western Pacific with
out at the same time purchasing the
Rio Grandr
Because he ate green apples after re-
pcatcd Instructions from his command
er not to do so. Private Bernard Lcis-
er of Battery ID, Cd Field Artillery, I.
s. A. has oeon diShonorably discharg-
ca from the service and sentenced to
forfeit ali pay ana allowances due
him and to be confined at hard labor
for six months. The verdict of the
court martial which considered the
charge against Lesser found him guilty
and imposed sentence as announced
from artillery headquarters at New
York Friday. The specific charge was
conduct to the prejudice Of good order
and military discipline, in violation Of
the cd article Of war" II was found
that Lesser at green apples after hay
ing received a lawful order from a ser
gcant to throw them away. Lesser will
serve his sentence at Fort Meyer, Va.
Another step in the government suit
against the y. Y, y. Fl. & H. r. r.
to prevent the road acquiring the stock
of other lines, notably the Boston &
Maine was taken in the United states
court Friday when the New Haven Co.
filed an objection to the governments
request that the case be heard by not
less than three judges. The New Hav
en- Co. objects to the motion for the
reason that three judges sitting as re-
that it is not competent for Congress
under the Constitution to authorize the
determination of q case as requested;
that three justices in question have no
jurisdiction and that such action would
constitute a transfer Of jurisdiction in
violation of all proper procedure,