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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-28

Mosher was formerly a resident of this
town and his many friends and reia-
tives will be glad to welcome him back
WINDSOR.
WEST--Among the late arrivals are
Mr.. and Mrs. o. II. McMurdie and @;
A. McMurdie of Somerville, Mass. who
are passing their vacation of two weeks
at the home of Stephen Lamsone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Marshall Of
Boston are stopping for two weeks at
the Brooks camp.
Professor Cowan of Jamaica Plain.
Mass, who has been passing short
time in New Brunswick, arrived in the
place Monday and with his family are
guests at the Pierce brothers for an
indefinite time. ~
The remains of the late Maria S. Bar
ton of Augusta were brought to Wind
sor last Wednesday and inferred in the
Dyer Hill cemetery.
SOUTH-Mrs. John Drake has re-
turned from Augusta where she cared
for a sick woman.
Mrs Elizabeth Bryant of Cambridge,
Mass. and Miss Helen Beach of East
Orange. n. j.. are at the Bryant home
stead for a few weeks.
Frank Trask, who has been confined
to the house for several weeks with
lameness. is improving.
Mrs. Ida Culverhouse, who has been
guest of hire brother. Arthur Marson.
mas returned to her home in Boston,
accom- panied by lie mother, Mrs. Abb
bic Marson.
EAST READFIELD.
Mrs. Hattie Butter and daughter.
Clara. who have been visiting relatives
and friends in Oakland and Arson, have
returned home.
Eben Hunt and daughter Emma, who
have been on carriage drive to Smith
field to visit the latter's uncle. c. Adell.
and other relatives and friends of that
place, returned home Monday. reporting
delightful time.
J. Trask, who has been employed by
B. D. Gordon for the last year. having
completed his work went to Augusta on
Monday, accompanied by Mrs. Trask. for
short visit previous to going to their
new home at Providence. r. l.
John Clough, who has been assisted in
haying by w. A. Hunt and team. have
nearly completed the work.
A recent item in the Kennebec Journal
told of the large number of blossoms and
buds on a crimson rose rambler owned
by parties in Augusta. 1t is believed that
this report is exceeded by quite num-
Der as recently there was found on a
single cluster of similar bush belong
ing to Mrs Eben Hunt, fifty-eight buds
and blossoms. For several days this
rambler which is nearly ten feet in
height has been literally covered with
beautiful flowers, and is source of
great pleasure to all who are SO fortu-
nate as to see it.
Word has been received recently from
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Knowles of the
frightful dynamite explosion occurring
in their residential town of Boulder.
Montana, on July End. which proved
fatal to four persons. wounded several
others, completely wrecked two build
ings, and damaged many more. Mr..
Knowles had just returned from that
section of the town, and the only dam
age resulting to their home was the
breaking of the glass in several large
windows. The many relatives and
friends of the family will be pleased to
learn that Mr.. Knowles health is so i'm
proved that he is able to go to his
ranch some distance from his home in
town, to oversee the help who are har
vesting hay at the present time.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-28
s.HoUR AERIAL TRIP.
Balloon Springfield Reaches Exeter. 4.
l-,from PittsfisId, Mass.

Exeter. X. l.. July 27.--After a de-
lightful early morning aerial trip a.
about FIVE hours the balloon Springfield
which assembled from Pittsfeid, Mass.
this morning at 2.10. came down on the
farm Of Robert Sweet here at O'Clock
The balloon landed nearer the water.
Of Narrangansett Bay than any previ.
GUS balloon alighting in this state.
The ascension was made by William
Van Sleet Of Pfttsfield as pilot and Al.
tor Farrell of Ansonia, Conn.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-28

There have been many devotees Of the
cold cigar. List was one. Massenet
says that the able could not play the
piano unless he had cigar in his mouth
But he did not light It or smoke II; ne
used to eat it. He would sit down TO the
instrument with a big cigar between his
teeth and keep munching 1t all the tins
he played. When the cigar was eaten up
the performance clised.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-28
New Eastern Golf Champion.

New York. July PA new profess
S'"n"' golf champion IF the East step
ped into his honors today. In the final
round of the Eastern Professional
Golfers Association on the Salisbury
links at Garden City, L. l., James Mad
den of the Nassau Country Club. won
by up and 4 to play from Tom And
erson, Jr., of Inwood
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-28
WINS DEClSIVELY.
Continued from Page One.)

ends on this leg. but the Massachusetts
crew had to wait eight minutes and %
seconds before the could give the
Canadians a sympathetic cheer. Some
one expressed the wish tonight that the
"rews might swap boats tomorrow. but
the Yankees laughingly refused to en-
terrain the proposition. The elapsed
time Of the race was as follows:
Massachusetts, 1873 10; st. Lawrence.
2.O1.41
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-28

low. they proposed TO raise them by
striking at the dollar.
Today. when prices are high., they
propose to lower them by striking at
the income.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-28
OHIO REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

Continued from Page One)
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
R4N INTO 4BERN4THY
TzCo Bank Robbers Die and
AnOther Is Wounded.

Guthrie, Okla, Dec. 31.-Five men
who intended to rob the bank and the
postoffice at Harrah, Okla, early to-day
ran into a party headed by United States
Marshal Jack" Alternately, the wolf
catcher" and friend of Colonel Roose-
velt AS a result two of the bandits
are dead one is in Jail at Guthrie,
wounded, and two others are held at
Oklahoma City on suspicion of being
two men who escaped.
Frank Quigg. former baseball
player, was shot dead He lived at
Atchison. Kan. with his mother, who is
rich. Frank Carpenter, another robber,
was mortally wounded, and died late to-
day in Jail. ]. C. Dilbeck, a third ban
dit, was only slightly hurt
The robbery was well planned, but
Carpenter told some one of the plot and
postoffice inspectors learned of the af-
fair. Abernathy was advised, and when
the robbers reached Harrah he was
ready for them. The officers waited
until the robbers began breaking in the
rear door of the bank and then charged.
The robbers ran and the deputies fired,
wounding Carpenter and Dilbeck a the
first Yolley.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
FIRE NEAR HOSPITAL.
Patients Carried out of Beth
Israel Institution.

Fire. which broke out on the second
floor of the six story building at the
southwest corner of Jefferson and
Cherry streets early this morning,
spread quickly through the building.
and the flames burned into the struct-
ure at No. 90 Cherry street. Patients
in the Beth-Israel Hospital, on the op-
posite corner. were panic stricken, and
tenants of surrounding houses rushed
into the streets in terror the flames
spread. in spite of the efforts of the
firemen to control them.
On the ground floor of the building
where the fire started was a saloon,
which was completely wrecked by the
firemen in their attempt to get at the
base of the fire on the second floor.
The upper stories of the building were
occupied by a sweatshop and were filled
with highly inf1ammahle material. The
firemen had a hard time keeping the
fire from spreading to other buildings
= The changing of fire gongs and the
noise of the ffremen at work alarmed
the patients in the hospital across the
street, and when Chief Croker arrived
on the scene he ordered their removal to
places of safety.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
SHIP IN TROUBLE.
algonquin Reported Disabled
off Cane Hatteras.

A dispatch was received in this city
early this morning saying that the steam
ship Algonquin, of the Clyde Line, broke
her cranksha fl at II: 45- O'Clock last night
and that she was drifting helplessly near
Bodie Island, off Cape Hatteras. AL
though she is al the mercy of the waves,
there are no fears expressed for her safety
unless a storm blows UP.
The Algonquin was southbound from
Boston and had been battered by strong
winds for three days. When the accident
happened &C @ d" dispatch was sent
to the wireless station at Cape Hatteras
asking for aid. The operator on the Al
gonquin was also able to get into COM
munication with several other ships,
among them her sister ship, the Apache.
which is northbound and is rushing to
her assistance.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
FIRE AT MARTINS
DINERS IN Il PANIC.
Woman Badly Burned by
Blaze Due to Cigar Lighter.

During the New Years Eve festivfty
at the Cafe Martin. Broadway and 26th
street, woman's dress caught fire. and
before the flames were extinguished she
was badly burned and the cafe was in a
panic. The incident happened shortly
before midnight and came as a shock to
the hundreds of pleasure seekers who
We're in the restaurant.
Mrs. Charles Ellis, of No. 210 West
56th street, was dining at a table on the
balcony. With her were her father,
brother, sister and several friends. One
of the men was about to light a cigar
with a patent lighter. when the top fell
off and ignited a lace curtain. The
flames ran up the curtain, and in sec
ond Japanese lantern directly over the
chair in which Mrs. Ellis was sitting
caught fire. Almost Immediately the
burning lantern fell into her lap and set
fire to her clothing
AS the flames enveloped her she
jumped up, uttered loud shrek and
toppled over on the floor. Instantly the
cafe was in an uproar. Persons who had
been awaiting the arrival of 1910 with
the keenest pleasure suddenly became
like madmen and rushed for the exits.
man at table in the centre of the
restaurant jumped up on chair and
tried to quell the panic, but to no avail
Meanwhile, Patrolmen Murphy and Ken
ney, who had been assigned to duty at
the cafe last evening. rushed up to the
balcony to the assistance of Mrs. Ellis
and left the care of the panicstricken
guests to employees of the restaurant.
When the patrolmen reached the ball
cony Mrs. Ellis's clothing was almost
burned from her body and she was prac-
tically unconscious. Picking up her
evening coat, Kenney wrapped it around
her and Murphy used his own coat in an
effort to smother the flames. An ambu-
lance was summoned from the New York
Hospital, and DIR. Thompson, who re-
sponded said that the woman's burns
might prove serious.
AS soon as she had been taken away
quiet was rapidly restored among the
other diners, and they gave the new year
a belated welcome, entirely forgetful of
the tragic incident which had unnerved
them only few minutes before.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
YALE GETS $65O,OOO
MRS. SAGES GIFT FOR
HILLHOUSE TRACT.
Makes Big Contribution to
University in Remembrance
of Her ancestors.
IBv Telegraph to The Tribune.

By Telegraph to The 1rfbune-I
New Haven. Dec. 31.-Mrs. Russell
Sage made Yale New Years gift to-
day of S65O,OO to be used for the pay
ment of the tract of land the university
purchased in 1909. but has been unable
to pay for. The property is known as
Sachem's Woods. and was for several
generations the home of the Hillhouse
family.
The purchase was made by Otto T.
Barnard, William NJ. Barnum and Clar-
ence n. Kelsey. three we'll known Yale
alumni of New York City. who ad-
vanced a sum necessary to bind the bar
gain. Clifford Pinchot. Lewis s. Welch
and Anson Phelps Stokes. jr.. Yale
alumni, were named as trustees. The
formal transfer of the property took
place a year ago. Mrs. Sage's gift re-
moves not only the original cost of the
land to the university, which was about
S5OO.OOO, but the interest on the mort
gage as we'll.
Mrs Sage is especially interested in
Yale because she is a descendants OF
Abraham Pierson. the first president of
many generations lived on Eastern Long
Island, which has always been closely
interested in Connecticut affairs.
Yale has decided to erect Immediately
the new Sloane laboratory, which will
cost about S45O,OOO, and a new biological
laboratory on the site.
The gift is the second largest ever
made to Yale. that of $1.O0O.OOO by
John d. Rockefeller being the greatest
1t is by far the largest real estate gift,
and means that future new buildings
will be placed on the Hillhouse tract.
which is in Prospect street.
In connection with the announcement,
the following letter from Mrs. Sage
dated December 2S. 1909, is made public:
AS descendant of Abraham Pierson.
the first president of Yale. 1 have an
ancestral interest in that university /
have known through you for some time
past of the effort to obtain for Yale the
SaChem Wood. or HillhouSe estate. as a
new campus, and l know how important
il seems to many members of the cor
poration and faculty 10 do so at this par
ticular time for needed development on
broad university lines
/ understand that this property was
DouSht ABOUT TOUR years ago, SUBJECT 10
a large mortgage, by group of public
spirited graduates. who undertook to
carry it until a donor could be found who
would transfer it without debt to the
university.
I will be pleased. if agreeable to the
corporation, to pay it's cost. which I
understand to amount, with interest and
carrying charges. to the sum of $3.50. 900.
and to present ii to the university as
gift from me without condition or re-
striction. payment to be made. say, on
or before February l next.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
BOY KILLS MOTHER.
WOman Shot Dozen When She
Refuses to WeIcOme Him.

Angered because his mother would
not recognize him on the dawn of the
New Year. after a five years quarrel,
Edward Delperino,- nineteen years old,
of No 619 Lorimer street. Brooklyn,
shot and killed her at her home, No.
JJ1 Leonard street, Williamsburg,
shortly after midnight last night. The
young fellow then walked for half a
mile down the street, and when the po-
lice called upon him to halt he fired at
them. The bullet went wild and he was
arrested.
The police say there is an old grudge
back of the shooting, which began five
years ago. soon after the death of Del
perno's father, when his mother mar
Iied again.
Last night Delperino went to patch up
the quarrel with his mother, but when
she refused TO shake hands with him
he fired a bullet into her breast, just
above the heart. She died instantly.
The youth was locked up in the Her
bert street police station. charged with
murder.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
MR.. METZ APPROVES
BRIDGE DECISION O. K,
HE SAYS.
Upholds Injunction Against
Final Payment to Queens
bOrO Contractors.

The decision of Justice Dowling Oh
Thursday making permanent the injunc-
)n restraining the city from making
final payment to the Pennsylvania Steel
Company on its contract for the erection
of the superstructure of the Greensboro
Bridge, sustaining The Tribune in its
long campaign to prevent the completion
of a bridge that might have been a
menace to public safety caused much
discussion yesterday among city officials
and brought forth various opinions from
them.
Controller Metz said yesterday that he
approved Justice Dowlings action. TT
is simply vindication of my corps of
engineers and of the head of the corps.
Chandler Wilmington" he said. Mr.
Wilmington raised the question of
whether the contract had been fulfilled
in the summer of 1908 and recommended
an examination of the bridge by outside
engineers The Corporation Counsels
office took the position that the contract
had been fulfilled and, of course. I had
to follow their advice TO keep up the
payments to the steel company. The
Controllers office will have nothing more
to do with the case until there is a deci-
sion from the courts. ! am glad that the
injunction is TO hold. particularly as it is
a. support 20 the departmc ats engineers"
Mr.. Wilmington said:
Two years ago / thought that the
bridges design as built would not carry
the contemplated load. Without making
any definite statement, I suggested that
1t be referred to a board of engineers.
This was done, and the engineers re-
ported that the bridge wouldn't carry
the loading called for in the contract.
The contracting company's engineers
say. that the bridge was safe and the
specified load was exorbitant. We say,
on the other hand, that the steel COM
pany is responsible for the load specified
in the contract and for the detailed design
of the bridge. The general design for
the bridge was made by the Bridge De-
partment and the responsibility for the
detail plans was put up to the company.
The bridge is not strong enough to hold
the increased loads given in the anaended
contract. 1t was up to the bridge COM
strain and to determine accordingly the
size Of the members"
Bridge Commissioner Stevenson said
regarding the action of Justice Bowling:
Il would like to see the whole thing
thrashed out in the court. am glad
that Justice Bowling took the position
he did. If anything is wrong l am as
anxious to know it as anybody else
Mayor Mcclellan was not anxious to
discuss the turn that the controversy
had taken when seen yesterday in the
City Hall.
Far be 1t from me-" he said, ito COM
nent on the decision of the court
In reply to further questions the Mayor
had this to say:
THE bridge is safe for all practical
purposes. You may walk across it with
the absolute assurance that it will not
fall down under you. OF course, there is
no bridge standing which you cannot
break if you put enough strain on it"
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
TO INSURE ITS MEN.
Philadelphia Streetcar En-
pIOyes also Get Pensions.

Philadelphia, Dec. 31.-At a special
meeting of the board of directors of the
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company.
held here to-day, it was decided TO give
$500 free insurance to all employees in
the service of the company,
1t was also decided to give pensions of
$50 a month to all employees who have
been twenty five years in the employ Of
the company and have attained the age
of sixty-five years.
new scale of wages, to become eff
fective on July 1, 1910, was also adopted.
On that date the wages of motormen and
conductors, which have been % cents an
hour, will be increased to % cents.
These wages will be increased one cent
an hour every two years until the maxi
mum of IS cents an hour is reached. A
similar increase will be granted the en-
ployes of the elevated road. The maxi
mum for motormen on the latter line
will be % cents an hour.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
FIREMAN OVERCOME, MAY DIE.
Taken from Cellar Unconscious and
Hurried to Hospital

Lieutenant Schultz, of Engine Company
2l. was rescued from cellar fire in the
five story tenement at No. 336 East 3Sth
street. last night and taken 10 Bellevue
Hospital unconscious and in a dangerous
condition Schultz, with Firemen Lanman
and Hughes apd others, had been down in
the cellar playing hose upon the f1re for
half an hour. The cellar was In no way
yentiIated, and the smoke grew very dense.
Latlpan and Hughes felt themselves
threatened with suffocation. and, calling for
aid were taken from the cellar. The alb
.c,ce of Lieutenant Schultz then no.
ticed. and the entire squad of fremen
rushed In To- look for him. One Of the men
stumbled upon his body, lying face down
ward In the water. He was carried TO the
street. and as be was unconscious artificial
respiration was attempted until the am
bllsiice arrived from Bellevua-
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
CAR CRUSHES GIRL.
Coasting on Neso Sled She
DiUes Under Trucks.

While coasting on the sidewalk in
Boston Road. between l66th and 18th
streets. on her new sled last night. ten
vear-oid Catllarine Wittke lost control
of the sled and shot into the roadway
and between the trucks of a southbound
West Farms trolley car. The rear truck
struck the sled, and after crushing It.
hW'ed the girl and the broken parts oi
The sled clear OF the track.
The girls upper and lower jaws were
lacerated and fractured, her left leg VAS
fractured in two places and her ieft fore-
arm was broken. She was removed 10
Lebanon Hospital. where IL was said her
condition was critical. The motormah'
wno said he was John Mason. was ar
rested on a charge OF assault and iockea
I'd in the Morrisania station.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
HAKKA BEY'S DEMANDS.
Turkeys Grand Vizier Wants Free
Hand and Less Militarism.

Constantinople. Dec. S1.-The acceptance
by Hekka Bey, Ambassador to Italy. of
the Office of Grand Vizier Is tentative. The
formation of the Turkish Cabinet will de-
pend largely upon the result OF his nego-
tiations with the committee of union and
progress.
Hakka Bey demands free hand in the
choice of his ministers. the right TO re-
wise the foreign policy OF the empire and
abolish martial law, and to curtail the
powers of Mahmoud Schefket Pacha. COM
mander of the army. in order TO insure
popular liberty and a real constitutional
regime.
Whether the committee of union and
progress will acauiesce in the demands of
liakka Bey Is still unknown.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
MORGAN At CAPITAL.
On Train rith T1t-Visit
Causes Mann Run1Ors.

-ashington, Dec. 81. Pierpont Nor
gan. who arrived here to-day on the train
that brought President Taft from New
York, did not visit the White House or
the departments, so far as could be
learned tonight. Word was received by
his friends late this evening that he was
back in New York,
There is much speculation as to the
cause of Mr.. Morgan's visit here. Many
ascribe it to the opposition offered from
certain quarters to the proposed issue Of
3 per cent certificates by the Treasury.
According TO Fred Carpenter, secre-
tary to the President, Mr.. Morgan did
not see Mr.. Taft while on the train COM
ing over from New York.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
$40, 900 FOR ANIMALS.
Ne1c York Relatives of &. r.
Wright Get $2OO,OOO.

Boston, Dec. 31.-A fund of $4,000 to
care for favorite horses and dogs and
more than $4,000 left to household
servants are among the bequests of
Charles Francis Wright, who died on
December 81 and whose will was filed
to-day in the Suffolk County Probate
Court The bulk of the estate, which is
estimated at several million dollars. is to
be divided between the New England
Peabody Home for Crippled Children Of
Boston and the Free Hospital for Wom-
Ell of Brookline on the death of a rela-
tive.
Two cousins, Anna B. Taylor and
John H. Wright, Of New York, receive
100000 each, and two children of the
late Eben Wright, Of New York City,
receive $4,000 each.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
COMANCHE OFF SHOAL
Clyde Liner Safe after Eight
Hours ON ROmer Mud.

The Clyde liner Comanche. which went
aground yesterday al 1:30 p. m. on the
mud between the tail of the Romer Shoal
and the Romer beacon. was f1oated last
night at $50 o'clock. The tugs Dalzel-
line and the c. p. Raymond. of the Dali
zell Towing Company. which were sent
to her assistance soon after she
grounded. aided by the revenue cutter
Mohawk. pulled the steamer undamaged
into deep water with the rising tide
The Comanche. bound in from Jack
sonville went aground as she was enter
ing the Bay. 1t s said her steering gear
broke down.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
FRIEND LEFT ALL TO FAMILY
Pittsburger' Will Disposes of $l5,,
Nothing for Charity.

Pittsburg, Dec. 3l.-The late James w.
Friend. by his will. filed for probate yes
terday, disposes OF an estate amounting
10 over Sl500o,000 one-third going TO his
wife. Martha A. Friend, and the remain
ing portion equally divided between the
testator's four children. There were no
charitable bequests.
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
TRINITY RECEIVES 100000.

Hartford, Conn.,. Dec S1.-Fffty minutes
before the time limit expired tonight the
s5o0.Ooo endowment fund for Trinity College.
which was being raised by popular subscrip-
ton. was completed. thereby saving $4,000
in pledges conditioned on the total amount
being subscribed by f2 o'clock tonight At
noon to-day there was lacking s25.29 At
I:1O tonight the books. were closed with
that amount and sl1.7oe additional sub
scrihed
New-York tribune., 1910-01-01
ODD FACTS ABOUT JUDGE GAYNoR

Odd things happen in little old New York.
and here's one. Mayor-elect Gaynor never
in the City Hail. But he Will be seen
there rather frequently after IL o'clock to-
day. when :.e assumes office. Judge Gay
nor never met Mayor Mcclellan. Both
have been attending dinners and functions
in this city for the last twenty years. but
they never met.