Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-14

distinct lines. The shoplifters are h..
lieved to be well organized, both fov
effective larceny and the defence ~
victims who fell into the hands of the
police. A study will be made of the
methods employed and united eiYort
made to break up the system.
5 If death results directly from a fit
fight following taunts the man who
committed the homicide is not aIto.
gether culpable under the law, jude
Gould decided at Evansville. Ind, when
he discharged Jacob Fitchtinser
charged with striking and killing ia.
ward Singleton THE fist fight NAV
De Illegal" the court declared, but i,
is an American institution, and when
as in this case, it results from taunts
Of cowardice coming from the man who
happens now to be dead. / can't CO
that the survivor is clearly guilty ~
any degree of murder. The grand iurv
may take this case if it wants TO. I'M,
will drop it," !
Mail advices from Leichou.
kwangsi province, China, report TIA,
rioters have burned numerous build.
ings there, including the American
Presbyterian church, hospital and col.
iege, and proceeded to Tsoiyuenpo. in.
tending to STAY the missionaries The
gentry, however, assisted the latter IA
escape to boats to Canton. Three bat.
talions have left Canton to nuel III.
disturbances. The British gunboa
Co 1,afr ig ole
The mob was enraged at officials mum.
bering their houses, believing that this
was an excuse to impose taxation. Tho
Lienchou American Presbyterian mis-.
sion comprises Drs. Maclle and Ross
Mrs. Ross, Mr.. Carper, MIR Kunk,e
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwards and Miss Elda
Patterson.
With a bullet hole through the head
tEe body Of Ray Mason, prominent
labor official residing in Kalamazoo.
Mich, was found Saturday in marsh
on the outskirts of Warsaw, Ind. The
body evidently had been in the marsh
for more than a week. That Mason had
been the victim of holdup men, and had
been killed and dragged to the marsh
in an effort to conceal the crime Is
the theory OF detectives who have been
investigating the case. Mason had no
known friends in Warsaw. He was the
owner of considerable property in
Union City, Ind. 100 miles south of
Warsaw, and it is believed he was on
his way to Kalamazoo to that city
when murdered. A revolver, with which
it is believed Mason was killed, was
found near the body. The purse of Ma.
son was found in the pockets. empty.
Mason was second vice president of
the National Master Horseshoers'
Protective Association. -
Chancellor Lloyd-George of England
has collected for the exchequer sl5,WONo
in death and estate taxes under the wills
of two multi-millionaires, Charles Morn.
son, whose total estate is now sworn as
being $55,OO0,OOO, and Alfred Belt, who
left S4O.0O0,OO0. OF course everyone knew
Alfred Belt as one of the South African
group of immensely wealthy men. But
Charles MORRISON, who died aged 81, had
been unknown socially and even in bust
ness circles for many years 1t is said,
even now, that the full tale of his wealth
has not been told. The foundation for
his fortune was made in the Manchester
cotton trade.
Nothing could we'll have been more
unprcpitious for aviation than the
weather of the early afternoon, on
the closing day of the Bal
tinore aviation meet. 1t was nearly
5 o'clock when HoXsey took the pas
senger carrying Wright aloft for a
brief hight which was the last ascent
of the meet. and which saved the days
gate. The prize money was divided
in a manner said to have
been agreeable to the several aviators.
nounced plan. owing to the many in
references of the weather with the
program during the meet.
The third new star to be discovered
at the Harvard College observatory in
the past six weeks was announced
Saturday night by Prof. Edward C.
Pickering. Miss A. j. Cannon of the
staff found the new star
in an examination of Photographic
plates taken Aug. TO- 1899. 1t appears
in the constellation Sagittarius from
that date until Oct. 1901. The observa-
tory has received advices from Captin
7. f. Dewitt Veeder, superintendent
of the Naval Observatory at Washing
tor. stating that Cerullis comet was
observed by Epps on Nov. II in Right
Ascension hours, 3S minutes, go Sec
onds. The comet was visible in small
telescope.
Harry Stevens of Whitinsville. a con-
ductor on the Worcester & Blackstone
Valley Electric Car Line, says he found
$500 in a shoe box on his car. While
making his trip collecting fares between
Farnumsville and Northbridge, Mr. Ste.
vens says he noticed the old shoe box on
a seat. He took the box to a rear plat
form and laid it on the floor. "When
down near Millville," Mr. Stevens said,
Il thought I would open the box. On
lifting the cover I saw rolls of green
backs. At first I thought they must be
counterfeits, but on closer examination
saw them to be the real article. On my
trip back 1 left the box in the safe down
in the Uxbridge car barn. shall adver-
tise the money. If the owner doesn't
show up, l am going on sudden ana
long vacation"