Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-08-27
CON DEVISED, DISPATCHES.

1t was stated Friday at Newport. r.
IT,. that Reginald Vanderbilt. who Is
Iii at mis- home at Sandy Point with ty-
phoid fever, passed comfortable
night.
injured Friday when two heavily load
ed freight trains on the Diver Route
division of the Missouri Pacific, collid-
ed head on near Blackwater. about IS
miles west of Jefferson City. Mo.
\ The Jamaica government upon strong
representations from the British min
lister resident at Panama is taking
steps to prevent the procuration OF wo-
men for immoral purposes on the 18TH
mus Of Panama.
The Valley Worsted Mill. the. only
mill of the American Wooden Co. in
Olneyville, II. l., manufacturing yarn
exclusively, closed Friday for an indefi-
rite period. Lack OF demand for fts
product is the cause. The mill employs
about 300 operatives.
Eight men attempted to rob the Iowa
Central passenger southbound from
Minneapolis near Northwood, Iowa,
early Friday. Members of the train
crew succeeded in placing five of the
men under arrest and they are held at
Northwood.
Refusal Of the Pennsylvania and the
New York. New Haven & Hartford
to establish through routes and joint
rates on coal shipped from the Allie
ghany field in Pennsylvania to New
York and New England points via
Jersey City is made the burden of a
complaint filed Friday with the Inter-
state Commerce Commission by the
Bader Coal Co. of Boston.
!. s. D. Valentine of Brooklyn. N. Y,
and his fiance, Miss Moore, who is be-
lieved also to have come from that city.
were drowned in. Lake Warramaug,
New Preston, CT, Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Umbach. an aunt of the young
lady. was rescued. The boat in which
the party was out for a row. was upset.
The Portuguese gunboat Tejo of 1913
tens. was wrecked Friday on Berlangae
islands. small rocky group off the
west coast of Portugal. about 70 miles
north of Lisbon. The crew was saved.
The Tejo. which was officially rated
as a torpedo boat destroyer, was 23O
feet long, carried the usual armament
of her class and had a complement of
IS men.
The Republican state and congress
sionsl conventions of Rhode Island
will be held Oct 20. according to a
leader of the party. The election will
come on Nov. 3. 1t is expected that the
entire state ticket and the two con-
gressmen will he renominated. The Re-
publican state central committee will
meet Sept. 20 when they. will issue an
official call for the convention.
The Chicopee Manufacturing Cos.
cotton mills at Chicopee, Mass. were
shut down today until Sept IL. The
mills which have been running five
days week for some time, employ
about 1000 operatives. M. A. Rawlin-
son. the agent of the company, states
that the shutdown is in accordance
with the general plan of the different
companies operating mills in New
material and the scarcity of demand
for the finished product.
Wakefield Mass, citizens do not like
the proposed change in telephone rates
and service recommended this week
by the Massachusetts highway COM
mission for the Metropolitan district
and Friday the selectmen presented to
Acting Governor rockingham at the
State House a petition asking that any
change be held ip allegiance until the
towns and cities in the district have
had an opportunity to present to the
next Legislature their views.
The granting of certificate of ext
gency to the Hampton Railroad for q
proposed line in western Massachusetts
will not be opposed by the Grand
Trunk Railway. according to a state
ment Friday by First Vice President
f. H. Fitzhugh of the later company.
The Hampton line as outlined by its
petitioners will occupy strategic po-
sition between the Grand Trunk and
TIE New York. New Haven & Hart
ford railroad and as vet it's hackers
have not been disclosed
j. NJ. Clough of New London was
elected president OF the New Hamp-
shire Veterans Association Friday at
the closing session Of the annual re-
union of the organization at The
Weirs. The other officers chosen were
as follows: Vice, presidents, D. E. Proc
tor. Wilton, and S. F. Murray. Wilton:
secretary. Nathaniel Shackleford, The
Weirs; treasurer. Dana w. King.
Nashua; assistant treasurer. c. E.
Buzzen. Lakeport:4 quartermaster,
Frank H. George, Concord; command
ant Of camp. c. E. Buzzell. Lakeport;
musical director. A. F. Rublee, Lake.
port: medical director. G. B. Conn,
Concord: chaplain. j. w. Adams, Me-
thuen. Mass. 1888, st,
P. E. Dove of Black River. n. Y.
president of the Commercial Travellers
National League of America. who has
been a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for lieutenant governor of
New York. issued statement Friday
at Providence, Withdrawing from the
race. II hnd," Mr. Dove SAID, "that
under the conditions imposed emanat-
ing from the absolute boss Of the
Democratic party to accept the nom
ination would lessen my standard of
manhood. cause loss of self-respect
and practically eliminate the emoiu
ment of Office through assessments.
campaign contributions and expenses
Il know more about the aims and de-
Of tho M,,r