Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-05-05
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

King Edward and Queen Alexandra
returned to London Monday from their
Scandinavian tour.
Cardinal Logue, the primate of Ire
land. who came to this country for
the celebration Of the centennial Of
the Roman Catholic diocese of New
York left New York Monday for WASH
ington. The cardinal will return to
New York on Friday.
Delegates are at San Francisco from
all parts Of the country to attend the
annual convention of the Nurses Asso-
ciated Alumnae of the United States
The opening session was called Mon
day. 1T is believed there will be in at
tendance at the convention almost 500
women.
In 95 cases brought by the government
against six railroad companies charging
violation of the 2S-hour law for the trans
portation of cattle Judge Lands in tho
United States district court at Chicago
Monday imposed fines aggregatng sl3,15O,
The majority of the fines were imposed
on pleas of guilty.
Governor p. H. Post of Porto Rico ar
rived Monday at New York on the steam
er Philadelphia from San Juan. He will
go first to Boston and thence to Wash
ington where he will attend the 'conven-
ton of governors During his visit to
Washington he will confer with Presi-
dent Roosevelt on insular affairs.
While playing tag with other boys
Monday at Concord Junction, Mass,
James Tupps, stumbled across the
track in front of an electric car and
was run over and instantly killed. He
was S years Old and the son Of Mr..
and Mrs. John Tupps The accident
occurred on the Concord, Maynard 4
Hudson Street Railway.
William J. Sanderson, superintendent
of the Linden Congregational Sunday
school, committed suicide in the store
room at the Davidson Rubber Cos. plant
in Cbarles.own. Mass. by shooting him
self through the head with a revolver
late Monday. Sanderson had been suffer-
ing from a nervous trouble for some time.
A widow and two small children survive.
He was 40 years old.
Governor Guild left his house at
Boston Monday for a brief drive. the
first since his severe illness. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Guild and
nurse and walked to the carriage from
the house door with the aid of one of
his attendants, Except for a lack of
color in his face the governor seemed
little altered. He was Il trifle thinner
but seemed to have lost none Of his
spirits.
The Rev. William r. Manning. vicar of
ca 10, IT,; init Noxv
York, and assistant rector of the parish,
was unanimously elected rector of Trim
itv parish Monday to succeed the late
DR.. Morgan Dix upon the fist ballot at
meeting of the Trinity parish vestry
The Rev. DR. William T. Manning was
called to New York City as assistant rec
tor of Trinity five years ago from Christ
church, Nashville. Tenn.
A petition was filed in bankruptcy
in the United States circuit court at At
lanta. Ca. Monday by attorneys for
the Atlantic Compress Co, the Gulf
Compress Co, J. C. Evans and G.. Il.
Sims, against the firm of Inman & Co,
of Augusta. Ga. 1t is claimed that the
liabilities of the firm are $1,250,OG0 and
the firm says their assets are of about
the same amount. The firm of Inman
& Co. of Augusta is in no way con-
nected with the firm of Inman. Akers
& Inman of Atlanta, Ca, which has
branches in Liverpool and Bremen.
The firm of Inman, Nelms & Co. Of
Houston, Tex, and Inman, Swan Il
Co. of New York are in no way. con-
nected with the firm of Inman & Co.
of Augusta and are in no way af-
fected by the suspension.