Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-04-23
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

L. K. York and his son, Earl, were
burned to death near Osmond, Neb.,
Tuesday. They took refuge in a hay
stack during thunderstorm. Light
ming which rendered them unconscious
started a fire which partly consumed
the bodies.
Several hundred bales of cotton stor-
ed in two lofts in building on Union
wharf, Boston, and owned by J. L.
Kelso were badly damaged by fire,
smoke and water Wednesday. A fire
occurred in the same lofts last August,
causing about the same amount of
damage.
Arthur DenoncOur was held in $4,000
bail for assault with dangerous
weapon on his wife Cora Denoncour
In the district court at Haverhill, Mass,
Wednesday morning. The accused
pleaded not guilty and his wife testi
fed that her husband twice attempted
to shoot her and that during the scuffle
he was shot in the left arm.
Lloyd c.. Griscom, the American am
bassador to Italy and the Rev. Walter
I4owrie, former rector of Trinity
church, Newport r. l., and who is now
rector of the American church at
Rome, arrived in Florence Wednesday,
to participate in the ceremonies on
the occasion of the laying of the foun-
dation stone of the American Episcopal
church today.
The Rev. John G. Ewens, for the
last three years rector of the Episcopal
Holy Trinity church at Manistee, Mich,
was received into the Roman Catholic
church at Chicago Tuesday. Mr.. Ewens
Is 43 years of age and has been an
Episcopal clergyman for IS years. He
is unmarried. He will Immediately be-
gin studying for admission into the
Paulist order.
Late returns from the local option
elections held at New Orleans Tues
day indicated that the ST. Landry par
ish Joined the prohibition column. The
estimated plurality for prohibition in
st. Landry was 500. and in Acidia par
ish about 150. Two other prohibition
fights developed in the election, Wes,
Felicians and Concordia parishes both
voting against this reform.
Alfred G.. Vanderbilt, whose effort to
revive interest in coaching in England
has been so sympathetically received,
left London Wednesday on the first of
series of trial trips over the Brigh
ton road. He was accompanied by 4
small party of friends. A big crowd
assembled outside the hotel where the
start was made and gave the American
a hearty send-Off while the police
stopped traffic in Piccadilly, in order
to allow the coach to gain free pas
sage Mr.. Vanderbilt will make his
first regular trip on May 4.
A set of resolutions opposing the
proposed merger Of the Boston &
Maine Railroad with the New York
New Haven & Hartford Railroad, was
adopted at q special meeting of the
Boston Chamber of Commerce Wednes-
day and the president was directed to
appoint a committee of five members
to appear before the legislative COM
mittee on railroads and make known
resolutions We're adopted by voice
vote, there being about $50 members
present out of a total membership of
1000.
After a weeks trial the jury in the
United States district court at Boston,
Wednesday returned a verdict of guilty
Of the charge of using the mails in a
scheme to defraud merchants out of
goods sold on credit against William
I. Alkon of Cambridge, Harris A. AllSon
of Everett, Thomas Scottran of Cam
bridge and Harry Barish of Roxbury.
The men were given 60 days in which
to file exceptions. Scottran and Barish
are out on $500 bail The bail of the
two AlkOnS was raised to $4,000 each,
which they were unable to furnish
and they were sent to the Charles
street Jail.