Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-16
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

jured in an explosion in the power
plant of the Denver Gas and Eiectrlc
Co. at Denver, Colo. Monday night.
The plant was badly damaged.
The steamer Batavia with the steer
age passengers of the wrecked Cunard
Line steamer Slavonia on board, pass
ed Gibraltar Tuesday without stopping
The Batavia proceeded direct to Ma
pies.
The Detroit Free Press Wednesday
will say that the Iongshoremen OF the
Great Lakes have voted against
strike, the majority being less than
200. No official announcement Is OBJ
tainable.
The receivership in the Cincinnati
branch of the A. Booth & Co of Chicago.
was lifted in the federal court Tuesday
when Judge Thompson approved an en-
try of dismissal of the receivership pro-
ceedinss. All of the matters in contro-
versy were settled about two weeks ago.
Herbert w. Allen, convicted of mis-
appropriating $4,000 of funds of the
Woodsville n. H., National Bank. was
Tuesday at Concord. n. H., sentenced
in the United States district court
there to five years Imprisonment in the
federal penitentiary at Atlanta. Ga.
The state tax bill reported in the
Massachusetts House Tuesday pro-
vides for the raising Of $4,500,O00 or a
million less than raised last year. The
reduction, it is stated, comes through
rigid economy by the committee on
ways and means and through the OPP
Grafton of the inheritance tax.
Salvador Signorell, a Lawrence Ital-
ian. indicted for the murder of Maria
Masri and the attempted murder of
her daughter Annette, whom he wished
to marry, after being allowed to plead
guilty to the charge of manslaughter,
in the superior court at Salem Tues
day, was sentenced by Judge Fox to
serve not less than 10 nor more than
Is years in state prison.
A gain in the imports at the port of
Boston for the first "a weeks of the
year of $4,22S, 992.72 over the cores
ponding week of 1908, is shown by the
report of Collector George H. Lyman,
which was forwarded Tuesday to
Washington. The value of goods
brought into the port in that time was
SIG, 635, 949.
Secretary of War Dickinson intends
to make personal inspection of the
Atlantic coast defences and the prin-
cipal military posts in the East during
the next few months. He will accom-
pany Maj. General Wood on a tour of
inspection of the defences of New
York, Long Island sound, Boston and
the New England coast. as far north
as Portland, Me. He will begin the
inspection trip June 26.
A passenger train on the Guayamas
branch of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road was wrecked Monday night at
Pesquern near Hermosille, Mexico
Conductor A. c. Bulge and IS passen-
gers are reported to be seriously in
jured. All the coaches except the sleep
er turned over.
A dispatch from Los Angeles Tues
day announced that Louis Prang Of
Boston. an art publisher and litho
srapher of world wide reputation, dice
in that city OF pneumonia Monday
| night. He was the husband of Mary
Dana Hicks Prang, formerly of SYRIA
| cuse, N. Y. the Well-knOWn art educa
| tor and authOress.
| The Harlan & Hollingsworth Corpor-
alton of Wilmington, Del. Tuesday an
nounced that it had received a contract
to build large passenger and freight
steamer for the Hartford & New York
| Transportation Co. The steamer will
run between New York City and Port
land. Me-, and have accommodations
for $50 passengers. The contract calls
for delivery by April l. 1910.
Abbot Academy at Andover, Mass.
Tuesday sent out graduating class of 2;
members. The exercises began with the
| tree and ivy planting on the schoo
| grounds. The tree song was written by
Miss Mary NJ. Bourne of Kennebunk, Me
| The Commencement exercises were hel(
in the South church. the address to the
graduates being delivered by Prof. Joshua
Royce, IL. D. Diplomas We're presented
to the graduates by Rev. Daniel Merriam
| ID. d., president of the trustees. The
graduates included Mary NJ. Bourne OF
| kcnnebunk. Me. and Edith II. Gardner
Of Dennysville, Me.
The sale of the big timber property
| of Adams. Burns & Co. in Glouces
ter county, New Brunswick. to Ameri
can interests was confirmed Tuesday
| NY - w SECRETARY Ol the Nep
iSguit Lumber Co. The latter com.
pany. Mr.. MacRae says have purchas
| ed the Adams. Burns Co. holdings
The price is now stated TO be $780, 900
The Nepisiguit Co., is composed Of
American capitalist. r. w. Willis oil
Springfield. Mass, is president. Among
others interested is the Sherman Lum-
Der Co. of Philadelphia
With President Samuel Gompers in the
chair but unlikely to be able to attend
all the other sessions because of his ap-
preaching departure for Europe. the ex-
ecutive council of the American Fedora
ton of Labor at the opening of it's quar-
tery meeting Tuesday in New York
adopted resolution favoring the estab-
lisEment of an international federation
of labor. The resolution declared that
such federation. while not impairing
the autonomy of the trade union move
ment of each country, would have for its
purpose the protection and advancement
of the rights, interests and justice of
wage workers.