Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-30
CON DENSED plspATcHea.

line seafaring men Of New England. dled
at his home. 25 Folsom street l,orches.
ter, Saturday after an illness Of inore
than year. It was d splnal trouble and
siRce June he had been confined. 70 his
bed. Capt, Meacom was s. years old. Hs
was born IN Beverly June 6. 1859, aud was
educated In the academy in that town. Al
the age OF Is he shipped as a cabin boy
In his fathers ship. and until after tl,e
civil War he followed the sea, working
his wy up to the command of ship.
4 A verdict Of guilty as indicted'' was
returned. by the jury In the United states
court at Pittsburg Saturday In the cara
Of c. E. Mullin. cashier: r. X. Hisscm,
president Of the defunct Farmers and
Merchants, National Bank ,of Mt. Pleas
ant. Pa. and 3. II. Steinnlan former
president OF the Acme Lumber Co. The
indictment charged Cashier Mullin with
mtsapplying funds Of the bank, and His
sem and Steinittan with aiding and abet-
ting him. isThe shortage, II Is alleged.
ami mounteds to 3l40.6Oo A motion for new
trialcw ne amade tsl 80
&c Tlrso Mesa 4 irdhulti-millionaire ana 4
I member III tKe London board. Of directors
of THE United Railways OF Havana, was
shot and killed Sunday on his estate near
Aguado de Pasajeros. Mantanzas nro-
vince, Cuba, by Ramon f. victorio vic
| torio Is an Havana merchant. and it IL
supposed that the trouble arose through
| business quarrel. Mesa, who was
prominent sugar planter and the owner Of
much real estate-in Havana. received f1yA
shots. causing instant death. His assail-
ant was arrested. ss
The finance commission which ic inves-
tigating the departmental adp1inistra-
ton Of the affairs OF the city OF Boston,
Sunday night rendered its report on the
public buildings department. It found
that the present superintendent had re-
duced expenses the past year over $42,JeO.
but recommended further cutting. The
commission recommends that the building
department be given entire control over
all buildings. that the number Of en-
ployes In the same be reduced, that fuEni-
ture be purchased hy competitive BIDS.
and that rented wardrooms be,givcn up.
H. r. Nickerson. general manager of
TIE, Sierra Madre railroad, In an sintef-
View at Mexico City Saturday stated
that he has secured concessions and
will Immediately extend the road from
to: the Yaqui river in Sonora. connect
ing there with Harriman's new Yaquf
river line from Guaymas. 1t Is believed
Hartman is backing the project, as It
would give him an all Mexican line
to Ell Paso from the Mexican Pacific
coast several hundred miles shorter
than the connection at Los Angeles. =,
Six men were -suffocated Saturday af-
in, ho x.fvl In nr
urb OF Detroit. Mich. They were work.
ing at the bottom Of 5O0-foot shaft
which was being sunk for a salt mine.
The canvas tube which supplied the men
was air became clogged. and tho shaft
filled with gas. The contractors state
that the men had failed to properly CON
meet the canvas tube which carried air
down the shaft. With the air supply shut
off sulphur gas soon filled the shaft and
snffocated the men. 1t was several hours
before rescuers reached them. and at
tempts at resuscitation were fruitless
The Merritt. Chapman wreckers went to
work early Saturday morning on the
wreck of the Panama Railroad steamer
Finance, sunk on the west side of the
main ship channel at New York on
by collision with the White
Star freishter Georgic. Capt; Mowbray
was aboard the wreck and superintended
the task of recovering 100000 in button.
mainly gold. which. with valuable rfail
and the jewelry Of some OF the passen-
gers. was locked In the vault Of t'ee ship.
The diver Lad little trouble locn Ing tho
room, which ope ned with several .:tys At
ting succeeding doors. He brought up
the coin at 1880 p NJ and It was put
aboard a tug and transferred to tile
steamship Advance.
Reports to j. F. Ellison secretary of
the national rivers and harbors con-
gress. indicate that the attendance Will
be fully 1000 when the congress asHefft-
HES at Washington Dec.:s9. to empha-
size the needs Of waterway develop
nent to meet the growing demandt OF
.rade and commerce. Mr.. Ellison has
opened headquarters at the New VIII
ard hotel. where the congress win hold
Is sessions. Delegations have Been ap-
pointed by governors Of states, mayors
If cities and trade and ,commefcial
bodies throughout. the. country In
many instances governors, themselves
will head delegations, a,3r2s a,'3i4r2s $50
The Pope has abandoned the. idea tof
folding Consistory in December. Ttfs
lecision has been reached partly be-
sause Of the difficulty or choosing the
lew French cardinals. and party be-
,ause the Pontiff desires the. .ternina-
ION of the discussion of the education
,iil in England before he createssaa
British cardinal. in the meantime the
Pope will profit by the presence in
Rome of Archbishop John j. Glenron
# st. Louis and the Forthcoming visit
# Archbishop ireland. to Study the
natter Of the American episcopscy.
With the view of creating another
american cardinal Right Rev Joseph
4. Emard. bishop OF valleyfield. Can.
md Sidney Fisher, the Canadian min
ster of agriculture, were presented to
he Pope Saturday. Mr.. Fisher went
|rst to see the Pope after having asked
IN audience Of King Victor Emmanuel.
nd this fact has created comment.
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.
81 ~ n1,S-7Ir--- l Y
r. r. Babbidge, whose place At the
outh, end, R9Skland, was raided by stur-
Is deputies Friday, was arrai9ned before
,,Ioo Mnaorx,ov ca t,rd Ia -. Ae,n xfo a rsyAp