Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-11-17
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Miss Mabel Taliaferro, the actress, who
was operated upon for appendicitis at
the University hospital at Baltimore Sun
day, was reported Monday to be making
excellent progress toward recovery.
Rev. Dr. Timothy Dwight, ex-prcsdent
Of Yale university, celebrated Monday
the Seth a',: :I. of his birth. The oc-
casion W;ls observed by an informal re-
ception at the home of DR.. and Mrs
Dwight on 1Iillhouse avenue, New Haven
several members of the faculty and their
wives assisting in receiving.
Another fatality has been added to the
already considerable list OF victims of
hunting accidents in the provinces
through the death at Tiverton, Long Is
land, N. S, of Norman Elliott, who was
shot by his own gun, when he struck the
hammer in slipping from a rock. Elliott
was 20 years old. The bullet entered the
left side just below the heart.
The city of New Bedford. through its
Eoard of Trade, will present a silver ser
vice set to the new revenue cutter Acush-
net, stationed at New Bedford this even
ing. The Acushnet is at present station
ed at Woods Hole, but will go to New
Bedford for the ceremony. First Lieut.
Charles E. johnson will accept the pres
ent.
Lying in POOLS Of blood with their threats
cut from Car to car, Mrs. Agnes Lidner
and her two children, aged five and three
years respectiveful, were found in their
home at Frankfort, Ky, Sunday by
neighbors who We're attracted by the
cries of the children. A razor was found
in the clenched hand of the mother The
cause of the tragedy is q mystery.
The possibility of trouble between Aus
tria- Hungary and Servia has not vet
been eliminated. semi-official state
ment issued at Vienna Monday SAYS that
the Austria-Hungarian government will
be compelled to take decisive steps if the
Servian provocations do not cease A fl
nal decision as to the course of the gov
ernment will be reached in few days
RESOLUTIONS criticizinG President Roose-
velts letter on religion in It's relation to
political life were introduced at the weekly
meeting of the Methodist Ministerial AS
sociation Monday at Philadelphia by the
Rev. Or. A. S. Hobart, professor of the
Bible and of Pastoral Theology at Crozler
Seminary, Chester. At Dir. Hobart's re
quest. the resolutions after reading we're
referred to the resolutions committee and
discussion and action on them postponed
until the meeting on Monday of next
week.
Representatives. of four firms which con
trol the whaling fleet of San Francisco
have decided that none of their YES
sells will set sail for the Arctic next sea
son unless the market price Of whale
bone is materially advanced, which ali
present seems unlikely. While the sea
son just ended has been characterized
by catch unusually small, the market
IS said to be glutted with bone through
the efforts OF the Dundee whaling inter
ests.
information has been received at
Campbcllton. n. b, of the death of four
laborers and the injury of three others
at Port Daniel, Quebec, by an explosion
of dynamite several days ago 1t is un-
derstood that the accident occurred near
the scene of tunnel construction on the
line Of the Atlantic e Lake Superior Rail
road 1t is said that the injured viii re-
cover. According to the meagre reports
the explosion was due to the carelessness
of one of the workmen, who threw d
box in which We're several bars Of dyna-
mite. upon the ground, believing it to be
empty.