Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-21
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Fifty Thousand dollars was pledged
Monday night at mass meeting of the
Alumni Association of Boston College
at Boston at which plans were dis
cussed for placing the institution
among the foremost of the Catholic ed
ucational institutions of the country.
Stuysevant Fish and others, who are
endeaVOrinS to prevent the voting Of
481,251 shares of stock of the Illinois
Central Railroad at the annual meeting
of stockholders of that company on
March :, were given an extension of
time Monday at Chicago, to Jar. %.
in which to file reply briefs in an ac-
ton pending in the superior court.
To fight for the district delegates to
the rational convention from Ohio's q
congressional districts and to allow
Secretary of War Taft to have the four
delegates-at-large. without contest,
is the plan of campaign suggested in
an interview Monday with United
States Senator Joseph B. Foraker, who
arrived Monday at Cincinnati from
Washington on business. He maintains
that the call for the Ohio state con-
vention is illegal and that therefore he
will not take part in the selection Of
delegates.
Rev. Charles H. Paisley, NJ \, D. D.,
dean of Mount Allison University and
professor of New Testament Exeeesls and
church history, died suddenly Monday at
Sackville, n. g.. of heart trouble He
was as we'll IS usual Sunday. being able
to attend church. He was in his 65th
year. A widow, two daughters, one son,
Herbert F. s.. editor of the S1ckville
one sister and one brother
Thomas ]. of Newton. Iowa, survive. Dr.
Paisley was a prominent Methodist cler-
gyman and took leading part in church
and educational affairs.
The Atwood Manufacturing Co. at
Ameshury, Mass, which has been shut
down for five weeks, resumed opera
tons today in all departments The
force is somewhat reduced at present.
but the company expects to restore it
to the usual size in a short time. Ordi-
narily about 200 men are employed.
The company manufacture lamps for
automobiles and carriages. The plant
OF Hiram Lowell & Sons, bolt manu-
factureirs, will resume operations Tues
day. The concern has been shut down
for month It employs 25 hands.
An exhaustive investigation into the
wide spread belief that persons con-
nected with financial institutions and
public service corporations of New
York City have been guilty of illegal
acts will be made by committee APP
pointed by the grand jury. The grand
iury came before Justice Bowling in
the supreme court Monday and made a
long presentment on the subject and
announced that committee will re-
ceiye reliable information as to any
specific crimes that are believed to
have been committed and that the
will r7arn an exhaustive in
curry into the subject.
On the ground that the company is
a foreign corporation. Justice Davis of
the New York supreme court, Monday,
granted an attachment for 100000
against property of the Hudson Navi-
cation Co. in favor of Fred w. Bragg,
the amount alleged to be due on six
months note made by the company
April 90. 1907. and endorsed in blank
by the Hudson River Navigation Co.
and Charles w. Morse. No part of the
note has been paid, except $4,000, the
complaint says. The Hudson Naviga-
ton Co. is New Jersey corporation
having 100000 capital. Calvin Austin
is its president and Charles w. Morse
is one Of the board of directors.