Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-29
ran the distance In 1.04 4-5, one-fourth
Of a second faster than Colloquy a few

ran the distance In 1.04 AS, one-fourth
OF a second faster than Colloquy a few
days ago.
Horace F. Lyman, go years old, a
farmer living near Talcottville, Ct,
was killed by bull Monday while at
tempting to drive 1t into a barn The
animal turned on Mr.. Lyman, tossing
him in the air, then trampling on him.
An arm, a leg and several ribs were
broken and internal injuries inflicted
which caused his death. The widow,
two sons and a brother, Rev. Payson
w. Lyman of Fall River, Mass, sur
vive.
Bert Edward Dewey, known on the
stage as Bron Attention, who has been
playing at the Crystal theater in Den
yer, was shot through the head and
instantly killed Monday at a rooming
house by Bert Bell who was arrested.
Mrs. Bell, who was in the room with
Dewey, escaped by climbing fire es-
cape to the third floor She was arrest
ed and taken to the city Jail in hy-
stcrical condition. Mr. and Mrs. Bell
were married in Cincinnati in 1906.
Dewey was also a native of Cincinnati,
where his relatives now live.
Tom Longboat, the Indian long dis
tance runner was quietly married to
Miss Loretta Maracle at 6 o'clock
Monday evening at the Church Of st.
John the Evangelist, Toronto. There
were n dozen or more friends of the
bride and bridegroom there. Tom Flan-
ogan, the Indians manager, was best
man and Miss Caluse, a cousin of the
bride from Albany N. Y, was the
bridesmaid. The bride was given away
by her brother, an Indian chief There
was delay of half an hour at the
church. for Tom Flanagan had forgot
ten the marriage license.
With James Bryce, British ambassa- :
dor presiding. the American Political
Science Association met at Washington
Monday in fifth annual meeting. The
general topic for consideration was
"The Increase of Federal Influence and
Power in the United States" One of
the principal papers was by stephen
Leacock, McGill University, Canada.
on The Limitations of the Federal
Government" In the course of the dis
cussion Prof. Henry Jones Ford of
Princeton University declared that
neither the power nor the responsibility
essential to Democratic rule was en-
bodied in the American state.
West Grubb was arrested Sunday near
Wytheville, Va. for attempting to wreck
passenger trains on the Norfolk IL West
ern Railroad on three different occasions
within the past three weeks. Grubb was
taken to Roanoke Jail for safe keeping.
Grubb confessed that he placed spikes
on the rails one night. piled cross ties
on the rails on two other night and re-
turned a fourth time to try to wreck the
same train, the Chattanooga and Wash
ington Limited. He was frightened
away by track walker Grubb said he
tried to destroy the trains because Of a
grudge he had against section foreman
on the road.
According to advance sheets of the
forthcoming report of the New York
Chamber of Commerce. the total foreign
commerce of the port of New York de-
creased only s7911S during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1905 although there was
a decrease of s302, ,402 ,943 for the total for
eign commerce of the United States. The
that of the United States was between s
and per cent. The loss was entirely in
imports and the excess of exports over
imports for the whole country was $685.,
100, ,262. Comparing 1908 with 1898, the sta
tistics show that the commerce CT New
York has had growth of nearly g. per
cent.
The bobbin and excelsior factory or
Sidebotham & Hambleton at East Leb-
anon, n. H., was burned Monday, to-
gether with highway bridge across the
Mascoma river, near the building, causing
a total loss of about sS6.5O0. Sidebotham
& Hambleton's loss is estimated at $S5,-
900, while the loss on the bridge. which
was the property of the town, is placed
at $500. The building was insured for
$4,000 The bobbin factory was the only
industry in East Lebanon and had been
running on full time. The business was
established last June in the factory build
ing formerly occupied by Emerson Edge
Tool Co. The cause of the fire is un-
known.