Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-12-30
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

.ss(3ilbert Noble, once the richest man
II Pueblo, Col, with Il fortune of ST.
t|e0Bo 900, died Wednesday at the county
fS5oor farm. He was lavish with his
money and at the time of his death had
only an interest in mine which was
! tied UP in litigation. Mp n
-;;',The Old war museum at Danville, Ill,
where President Lincoln had his Office
when he was riding the circuit as an at
torney. was burned Wednesday. The mu-
scum contained many valuable relics,
among them number of shells. These
exploded during the fire.
Stricken by heart disease j. Mason
Marean. president of the Pilgrim RUB
Der Go. Of Boston, collapsed in Cam
bridge while waiting for a street car
Wednesday and died within a few
minutes. Marean was 62 years old and
was formerly WOODEN manufacturer
Of Chicago.
Colonel Mol, commander of the
French forces al Chad reports that 300
Borllu warriors, in revenge for the cap
ture of Abeslr. attacked the Meharisr
| outpost As miles northeast of Mao on
A\oFs ~. Liz Nttiiiclo hilSO VI "OuhN"
ed 90 Tirailenrs including lieutenant.
Colonel. Mol has despatched reinforce
ments to the scene Of the outbreak.
The divorce suit Of Edwin f. Mar
tin. the commission merchant, against
his wife, Mrs. Eta Hamilton Martin,
the Brooklyn choir singer, in which the
Husband named seven correspondents,
was decided Wednesday by Justice
Crane in the New York supreme court
in favor of Mr.. Martin. Two of the
correspondents were held in fault
Brig. Gen. Clarence r. Edwards, chief
of the bureau of insular affairs in the
United States. met with mishap Tues
day night at San Juan, p. r.. which kept
him in his bed Wednesday. In the dark
ness General Edwards missed his footing
and fell from 15-foot embanlSment. His
left leg was wrenched and his body and
right arm were bruised.
Through innoculation of guinea pigs.
which in turn affected other pigs the
pellagra germ that scientists are trying
to combat has been isolated by two Dur
ham. n. c., physicians. The direct trans
mission to the pigs Of the germ from
patient afflicted with pellasra at the coun-
ty home will be closely watched in the
hope of determining the cause of the
plague.
The British steamer Whitfield, from
Boston to Jamaica via Norfolk, arrived
Wednesday at Norfolk, Va. after a Sc
we're experience in the Christmas gale off
the New England coast. All anchors
failed to hold during the worst of the
storm and she was almost driven aground.
Charles Huttinger a member of the Whit
fields crew. had to be sent to st. Vim
With the mother Of two of them as
an awc-stricken witness. three boys
who were coasting on one sled down
long hill at Prescott. n. ". Wednesday,
broke through the thin ice of the ST.
Lawrence river. The two brothers,
Harry and Frank Easter, were drown
ed Their mother succeeding only in
saving Gerald Easter, cousin, who
clung to the ice.
Charles Dickinson resigned the pres
idency of tie Carnegie Trust Co,
Wednesday because of ill health and
a desire to devote himself to personal
business. Au a meeting OF Ife dHeo-
tors the resignation was reluctantly
accepted and Joseph B. Reichman was
elected to succeed him. Mr.. Dickinson
remains member of the board of d.
rectors. 3-
The importance Of an airship in time OF
war may be demonstrates by night At
tack of dirisibles on the revenue cutter
Perry off the harbor Of Los Angeles dur
ing the aviation tests in January. Plans
for the tests have been sxEhinitted for the