Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-15
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to Miss Margaret Robe. magazine and
newspaper writer of New York.
Death came suddenly Monday to Benz.
l.. M. Tower. a prominent member of the
Suffolk bar and member of the law
firm of Tower. Talbot & Hitler of Boston.
Mr.. Tower was born in Cohasset in 1s4S
A widow and four children survive.
Rev. Dr. James H. Spear, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of New York
City. was fatally hurt Monday at Webb
City, Mo, in collision of two street cars
ing. He arrived in Webb City Sunday to
fill a local pulpit.
The four cases against j. M. Police.
Jr., charged with bribing four colored
men in South Kingston at the election of
June !, came up in the district court Mon
day at Kingston, r. l., and was contin-
ued until July r. The bail was increased
frcm $1,000 to $4,000
Although the Rev. Archibald Black,
a young Edinburg theological graduate,
declares that he does not believe the
Biblical accounts of Adam and Eve,
the virgin birth or the resurrection, he
was admitted Monday to the pulpit by
the New York Presbyterian after a
warm debate If heresy.
Richard GriCgs, imperial trade COM
missioner for Canada, arrived Monday
at st. Johns, N. F.. from Montreal to
| assist in organization of a Board of
Trade. The movement which is in the
interest of opening new markets for
New F'oundland, has the support of all
sections and the political parties.
An indictment against Sanford Rob-
inson, formerly vice president of the
| United Copper Co, was found Monday
by the federal grand jury in New York
| City. He is charged with aiding and
abetting in spiritng away the books
of the company wanted by the grand
jury in the Heinze investigation.
| Michaelo Teleppo, an Italian, recent
| ly indicted for the murder of a fellow
countryman. was sent to the State in
sane hospital at Waterbury for obser-
walton as to his sanity, when he was
brought into the county court before
Judge Waterman, at Manchester, VT
Monday. No date was set for his trial
Lieut. f. H. Shackleton, leader of the
South pole expedition, which attracted
much attention recently, arrived in
London Monday with several members
of his party and was welcomed by the
President, and members of the Roya
Geographical Society. A great crowG
also had assembled and gave the ex
plorer an enthusiastic ovation.
| A continuance of fortnight was agreed
to Monday at New Haven. CT, in the
case of Frederick Fl. Brigham, the al
| legged defaulting bookkeeper of the Mer
chants National Bank, when the defend
| ant was taken before United States Com
missioner Wright The bonds remained
unchanged at $4,000
The power boats Heather. Ilys and In
sep started from the farewell buoy al
Hamilton. Bermuda. at 1909 A. NJ. Mon
day on the return race to New York
The signal to get away was given by
J. w. Sheppard and the boats passed the
ozark in the order named. AS they disap
peared from view the Ilys was in tho
lead.
Miss Jane Adams of Hull House
Chicago, is the president of the Nation
al Conference of Charities and Cor
rection for 1910 The election was unan-
imous. This is the first time in the his
tory of the conference. covering &c
years, that a woman has been at the
head of the organization. The principa
speaker at the evening session at Buff
falo was Right Rev. Samuel FallOws,
d. D., of Chicago.
Investigation of F. Augustus Henze $
alleged manipulation of the funds of the
Mercantile National Bank while president
/ of that institution. was resumed Monday
by the federal grand jury at New York
Otto Heinze. F. Augustus Heinzes broth
| err: Max d. SchultZe. a partner of Otto
Heinze. and members of several Wall
Street brokerage houses. appeared for ex-
animation. -
| Charges that big corporations in the
country have financed saloon move
ments. are given as the reason for the
| warning issued to the trusts by Chair
man G. c. Dempsey in the report of the
executive committee of the National
Liquor Dealer Association presented by
| the committee Thursday at Atlantic
City. N. J.
Joseph Adam of Rockland, Me-, Carroll
| H. Chapman. George Roukous and the
Young & Holland Co. of Providence, r.
| L.. charged with conspiracy to conceal the
assets and thereby attempt to defraud
| the creditors of the bankrupt Holland
| Co., were before the United States cir
cult court in Providence Monday. when
| the trial began with Justice Arthur l..
| Brown and a jury. The matter has been
before the courts for the past two years.
Willis N. Kimball of Lawrence. Mass.
who last week pleaded guilty to the
| charge of larceny of wool from the
American Wooden Co.. Monday in the su-
perior criminal court at Salem retracted
his plea of guilty and entered a plea Of
not guilty claiming that the former plea
was made through a misunderstanding.
II is alleged that $4,000 worth of wool
| had been stolen and three other men have
already pleaded guilty of receiving stolen
goods. The case will be tried next Sep
! TENDER.
New Bedford's mill property will be
augmented by s2,5O0oOO in capital by
100000 spindles in spindleage and by
more than $500 looms by the arrection
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