Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-22
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
The tug Tasco left New London Ct,
Sunday to pick up the abandoned
schooner Elvira Ball. which is reported
as being about $50 miles southeast of
Nantucket.
Reports add the name of James r.
Garfield, secretary of the interior. to the
list of possible successors of DR.. ]. B.
Angel as president of the University of
Michigan.
A dispatch from Odessa to a London
news bureau reports that more than
100 lives have been lost in blizzards in
southwestern Russian during the last
three days.
Adlai e. Stevenson, ex-Viee Presi-
dent of the United States, is i'll at his
home in Bloomington, III. Mr.. Steven
son is recovering from a recent severe
bilious attack, which has kept him con-
fined to his home for several weeks
past and which caused alarm for a
time among his friends Mr. Stevenson,
it is stated, has now almost completely
recovered.
Coloney Emilio Kosterlitzy. command
err of the Fiscal Guards of the State of
Sonora, Mexico, who has just made a
| trip at the head of force of troops
| through remote part of the mountains
} of western Chihuahua, reports to the
government that he has discovered the
| notorious Apache Kid, living in a little
valley in the recesses of the Sierra
Madres, as the head man of a settlement
of about 200 Apache renegades from the
United States.
! Miss Maude Odell, Buffalo actress.
| and Adolph Hagemann, a wealthy mine
| owner of San Francisco. are now man
and wife. Mr.. Hagemann fell in love
| with the former Miss Odell while she
was appearing at San Francisco two
years ago. 1t was not until a year later
that the couple became engaged. the en-
| gagement being kept secret. They met
by appointment at Denver eight days ago
and were married.
The latest estimates of the amount
of work necessary to complete the
Panama canal show that the work is
over one-third finished. The total eXca-
walton required when the Americans
assumed control was 174G66,595 cubic
yards. of which 62751, 924 cubic yards
| had been taken out up to the end OF
January, leaving III. 9o4,671 cubic yards
still to be removed. Under the present
plan there will be necessary z93S7 900
cubic yards of filling for locks and
dams and 5o15,400 cubic yards of con-
crete.
When the March term of superior
court convenes at Flushing, l.. L., Dis
| trict Attorney Frederick G. Dewitt of
| Queens county will appear before JUS
| tice Garretson and move that date
| be set for the trial of Capt. Peter G.
Hams, who is under indictment for
the murder of William E. Annis. 1t is
more than likely that the last week in
March will be designated the time
when Capt Hams will be placed on
| trial 1t was learned Saturday that just
| as soon as the district attorney takes
| such step countermove will be
| made by counsel for Hams, who will
ask Justice Garretson to appoint
commission in lunacy for their client.
| a fire broke out in the Mcdowell
| hail, the main academy of st. Johns
College, Annapolis, Saturday, and de-
| spite the efforts of the firemen of An
napolis the entire building was soon
| ablaZo Mcdowell hall was one of the
oldest buildings in Annapolis, being at
| enc time the main building of old Will
| liam and Mary College. 1t was built
III 1874, of English brick, and was of
very heavy construction. 1t contained
most of the classrooms, the chapel and
executive offices of the institution and
| most of the fraternal rooms. When
the alarm was sounded Captain Badg-
or, commandment Of the Naval Acad-
envy, sounded the fire call and hurried
| the brigade of midshipmen to the
scene With their powerful fire APP
paratus the midshipmen did effective
work in subduing the blaze and pre-"
| venting it's spread.
| The Office of LaPolitica Comica, Ha-
yana, was the scene Saturday of a
battle Three colonies of the Cuban
army, on one side, and the editor and
employees of the paper on the other,
proved their military ability, using
firearms, sticks, tables, chairs and 9TH
er furniture as missiles. Colonel Man
uel Amanda was wounded in the head.
Antonio Rey. an employee of the news
paper, suffers from blows on the head.
Eight revolver shots were fired. The
laffair started when Colonel Manuel
Amanda, Alfredo Limo and Jose Ca
nejo entered the office, notifying Ri
cardo Torriento, the editor, that they
lcame to demand in the name VI the
Cuban Veterans an apology for the
words published in Fridays paper
which jokingly referred co recent
meetings of veterans, who are reor-
lganizing throughout the island.