Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-24
NEWS NUGGETS.
Items OF Interest Condensed for the
Journals Busy Readers.

1t is reported at Mineral Bluff, Ga
that three white men have been
'ynched near there as the result of out
RACES committed upon the step
laughter OF Robert Robertson of
Culberson, n. c.
Charles Beaulieu, aged Is, while
Walking on the ice in the Nashua
Manufacturing Cos. canal Monday
1t Nashua. n. H., broke through
md was drowned
Eugene Delmar one of the leading
chess experts for the past so years
lied suddenly Monday of heart failure
1t the residence of his SON in-l law in
New York City. He was 81 years of
age
Hans b. Hanson. d farmer living
near Strun, Wis. cut the Threats of his
four children. a boy and three girls
whose ages range from to Is years.
Monday, with d butchers knife He
then stabbed several horses and cows
fired the barn and house and cut his
own throat
William Muldoon, better known as
William Carroll" who has been on the
stage for more than. 40 years, dropped
dead Monday night in the Broadway
theatre. Camden, n. ]. Muldoon. who
was formerly a well-known Irish
comedian. was the manager of COM
pany which was about to present
June" at the Broadway
The battleship Vanguard. the
seventh vessel of the Dreadnought
lay at Barrow, Eng. Although the
contract calls for the completion of the
vessel year hence, it is generally be-
'ieved that the Vanguard will be ready
before the end of 1909. more working
having been done on this vessel befor E
'aunching than on any other battle
ship.
The long line of people who filed by
Governor Eben S. Draper at the annual
reception in the Hall OF the Flags, at
the State House at Boston Monday,
numbered $3.50 individuals. new re-
ord for this event. although only six
more than the number attending Gov
Guilds reception last year. The mill
tary and patriotic organization headed
the column. followed by those who
state House and who were as cordially
welcomed as those who had received a
more formal invitation. At least a
third Of the crowd was made up of
children. The governor was assisted
in receiving by Mrs Draper and be-
hind stood the staff and six cof6r
bearers
f. H. Gary, chairman Of the United
States Steel Corporation. when asked
Monday night at New York for con-
firmation or denial of the published
announcement that there would be- a
reduction in the wages of steel and
iron workmen before May I said: THE
statements are inaccurate. The Unit
ed States Steel Corporation has never
considered such thing.
The third trial at Pittsburg growing
out of the recent graft exposures was
abruptly ended Monday when A. A.
Vilsack, former cashier OF the German
National Bank. pleaded mo defence"
to charge of bribery in connection
with the 800 said to have been given
by w. w. Ramsey. former president of
the bank. and Vilsack. to Councilman
John F. Klein in payment for an ordin-
ance making the bank city deposit
tory. Immediately the fourth trial
was taken up The defendants are
Counclmen John F. Klein, ]. c. Was
son and William Brand. and w. w.
Ramsey, the bank president. All are
charged with conspiracy.
The keel of the battleship Utah. a
sister ship of the Florida, now being
constructed at the Brooklyn navy
yard. was laid Monday in the yard of
the New York Shipbuilding Co. at
Camden. y. Y. The new battleship is
to have displacement of 1887 tons
and will have speed of Il knots an
hour The contract price without
armor or ornament Us S3.946.000. Her
tonnage is to be 1000 tons greater than
that of the North Dakota. or that of
the Delaware. the most recent Dread
naughts.''
After selecting the cloth for the
dress she was to wear at her gradua
ton from school of elocution. Flora
Fullerton Heath. 90 years, of Moriah