Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-25
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The first Edison medal which is in
tended to rank in electrical science
with the Nobel prizes, was awarded
Thursday night at New York to Prof.
'1lihu Thompson by the Electrical In
stitutc of Engineers.
A fracas on the frontier, during which
The Turkish and Bulgarian outposts bonn
harded each other. was ended by the
Turks, who had oversteppPd the bounda-
ry. returning to their own territory.
Or. !. r. HUH was arrested at Mon
zoe City, Mo. Thursday morning on q
warrant issued in connection with the
death of Prof. j. T. Vaughn at Kinks
vile, Mo-, at the request of Prosecuting
Attorney Reisher Of Adair county.
The Kentucky court Of appeals
Thursday reversed the Christian coun-
ty circuit court in the case Of the state
against Thomas Hodges. The decision
in effect is that pooled tobacco cannot
be sold and that the Creccilus law is
| unconstitutional
\ movement to make Chicago a
"Noiseless city" came one step nearer
realization Thursday when Chief OF
j sid enforcement of the citys Anti
ehouting' ordinance. This means that
"eddlers must noe call out their wares.
Insolvent corporations while in the
hands of receivers do not have to pay
4 corporation tax, according to an
opinion handed down Thursday by
Judge Kohsaat in the United States
circuit court at Chicago. Judge Kohl
eaat ordered NJ. ]. Carpenter. receiver
for the Southern Indiana and the Chi
cago Southern Railroads, not to furn-
ish information regarding the railroads
10 the internal revenue collector.
Fred :Iomfort and Harry Burdick,
Jerks Of the United states Express
CO.. were arrested Thursday at Scran-
on. Pa. charged with swindling the
company out of thousands of dollars.
When questioned by the police officials,
ne two men admitted their guilt and
Implicated is other employees. The Of
ficills of the company refused to give
any details.
The incorporation of company to
develop the soft coal areas OF queens
county. n B., was announced IN the
Royal Gazette Thursday at st. John,
~ B. The incorporators are r. +.
Shaw. ST. John: Trueman Beckwith,
Providence. r. l.: William q. Late
New Haven. Conn, and Theodore I.
Iazlewood, New York The new com
pany is capitalized at $20OO0O0
Henry L. Parker, Sr.. one of the old
est members Of the Worcester county
bar, died Thursday of heart disease at
his home in Worcester. Mass. Mr.
Parker was born at Acton. in 1888 and
vas graduated from Dartmouth Col
lege in 1855 In 1886 and 1887 he vas
a representative in the state LeSisla-
rure In 1889 he was sent to the state
Senate and served for two terms.
A terrific explosion in the garage Of
Tinan & Reynolds on Washington
street, Paterson. \. j.. Thursday was
followed by fire that burned out the
ge and its contents and seriously
damaged two adjoining buildings. Ten
automobiles We're destroyed and the
total loss is estimated at $4,000. SO
far as known there was no loss of life
and no serious injury to anybody
Clara Sprague and Frederick Rayner
were placed on trial in the criminal
superior court at Bridgeport, Conn.,. |
thursday charged with the murder of
James Mullins in that city over a
month ago. It is alleged that Mullins
was beaten up while in the woman's |
room and that he was afterwards |
dragged downstairs from her apart- |
ment and placed outside on a snow |
pile, where the body was later found !
Practically all of Thursday was con-
sumcd in getting a jury. Al
Waving a greoti,g 70 welec~-irqi
tiends from the steamship F~conla--ri
AT Ne"- Work from hntvo~.1 Th,,rs-'s, w.
Mrs, William l.. Wirebe,auer, nearly