Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-03
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

'nns were hurt Sunday, when a Penn
sylvania flyer collided with carriage
Il Bedrord, II miles south of Clevc-
and, Ohio.
Mrs. Ara Martin died Saturday night
of burns received Saturday at Bristol,
N. IL. She was filling an oil stove while
it was lighted. when it exploded. The
husband and daughter about 10 years
ola survive.
William T. Thorp. a prominent busl-
ness and club man of Maiden, commit
ted suicide at Roslndale Saturday al
ternoon by throwing himself in front OF.
a train known as the Dedham local,
leaving Boston at zoo p. M. Death was
instantaneous.
The three maStcd schooner st LOUIS
of st. GATHERINGS. owned by Sylvester
Bros, Toronto. and bound from OSWe-
go to BrOnte, with coal, foundcred orr
Toronto island at 6 A. NJ. Sunday. Capt.
Williamson ard the crew were taken
oft by Il fishing smack
Delegates from all over New England
were in convention Sunday in Pawtucket
l.. at the annual session of the New
England Association of Journeymen
Plumbers. The officers elected for the
coming year were: President J. S. Finen
of Pawtuciet; vice president, George Wal
lace of Portsmouth. N. H.: general secre-
tary and treasurer Patrick McCary of
Boston.
Tho crew of Sc men of the French bank
fishing barkentinc Turenne arrived Sun
day at st. Pierre, Mid, on the brigantine
! Annals, bringing news of the sinking of
| their craft while anchored on the Grand
| banks Tuesday. A leak, the origin of
| which none of the men could state, caus-
| cd the sinking. The brigantine Turenne
was owned at Port Fecamp by II. Archer
| & Sons. She was of 391 tons and of wood
en- construction.
| The sealing steamer Neptune was
towed into ST. johns, N. F., Sunday
with a broken shaft by the steamer
| Newfoundland, also of the sealing fleet
! For both these ships the season has
been I. failure, the Neptune having on
ly 5000 Delts, and the New Foundlan(
only 120G. One of the largest catches o.
the season was brought in Sunday BY
the steamer Terranova which had %,
900 pclts.
| Announcement was made Saturday
that 2O5c Harvard graduates have sub
scribed $4,000 to the Charles w. Elio
fund. The subscriptions thus far re
cCiveI have been turned over tt
Charles Francis Adams, I'd, G. M
Lane and +. l.. Higginson, trustees. t
invest and hold for the benefit of Pres
ident Eliot and, after his death. of hi
widow 1t is understood that the funC
VIII ultimately pass to Harvard Uni
ceTsity
The first formal session of the secon'
| National Peace Congress will be hell
in Chicago Monday afternoon. Rober
Treat Payne of Boston, president o
the American Peace Society, will pre-
side. Secretary Of the Interior Richar'
A. Balinger will read President Taft
message to the delegates. Gov
= Deenen will welcome the delegates /
the state and Mayor Bussc will wei
come them to the city.
AS the result of the explosion in tn
film room of the Crescent NickclOdeW
ut Peoria. Ills, Sunday night plungin
the entire front of the theatre in flames
William Robinson, city editor of tn
, Peoria Star and manager OF the pleas
ure house is dead. Walter Woodrow
the moving picture machine operate,
was severely burned. More than 80
persons We're in the theatre at til
, time, but they left the tire-cnWrappe
main entrance without any panic.
: An overturned boat. bobbing up an
down in 2 cove off Freeport, L. l.. Sun
day, with sail gone and rigging entan
gl"d. told a story of a Long Islan
sound tragedy. Three boys, Davi
Hultz, Is years old, Henry Ludlow,
year older. both of MerricR. L. f.. an
William kunz, is years old. of Was
Hoboken, n. j.. set out Saturday af
ternoon on d claiming expedition. /
stiff wind was blowing ut the time
!, They did not return at night but
shepherd dog. which was taken wit
them, crawlcd winning to the hous
of young kunz in the darkness. Searcl
was then started which resulted in til
finding of the capsized boat.
Minor demonstrations against non
union bakers. the lockout by employer
of 300 men in 50 shops i'll Harlem til,
seizure of several patches of bread b.
strikers and the distribution of circG
lars calling on consumers to buy Onl,
bread bearing the union label were tn
principal developments Sunday in tn
strike g East Side bakers of Me-
York City, who demanded il fixed mini
mum Wag" scale and better Sanitar
surroundings. Hundreds of additions
bakers Joined the strike. but those EN-
ployers who are firm in refusing t.
meet the demands declare that i'm tn
end they will triumph. They declined
the offer Of special police protection.