Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-17
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Following Il conference with the at
tor,ley general. Acting Gov Lam
Fremont of Louisiana Friday night
sent a telegram to Sheriff Parker OF
Ccachita parish directing him to put
a stop to the cooking main in progress
there.
Three Chinatown loafers who beat ana
robbed n young woman from Connecticut
who was seeing the sights last MONTH
were convicted of robbery in the first de-
gree Friday and sentenced to Sing sing
fo,. 81 years each. They are Thomas
O'Rrien. % wears old: his brother. John j.
O'Brien, 81 years old, and Samuel Fried
man, IS years old. They persuaded Myf-
tie e. Harding. whom they met IN 4
dance hall. to visit stable to look at a
race horse. and there knocked her down
and took all her money she had--SW.
Nineteen arrests were made today III
towns; in Pennsylvania and New Jer-
sey i'll the governments crusade
against persons accused of using the
mails 10 dcfraud. The arrests We're
made bS postai INSPECTORS ana all the
defendants Wcrv, given hearings De
fore United States commissioners
AMI held in bail for trial, or for 1ur-
tier hearings, OH charges OF Using
the mails to dciraud." Seven OF the
defendants were given hearings in
philadelphia.
Professor Frederick Caesar De SUM
ichrast. associate professor OF French
at Harvard University, has tendercd
his resisnntion TO take effect Sept. l.
1911. Prof. De Sumichrast has been
associated v Iii Harvard since 1859
Fer 10 years he was assistant pro-
f. ssor OF French and in 1899 was APP
noint.d professor. He is president OF
tho ALLIANCE Franchise the leading
French society. Prof. Sum!chrast IS
not only one of the foremost lnstruc-
tors in the country. but he is also
one of the most prominent BRUSH
subjects i'll Boston and is associated
with numerous British societies.
Buried beneath an immense rock winch
became loosened and fell upon then'
while they were at work. three men EN-
ploy ed at the plaster quarrleS dt 1i'Is
boro n few miles from Moncton. \. b.
were instantly killed Friday. AS the DIG
rock fell it crumbled, burying the men
Their fellow workmen thinking there was
a. possibility of saving their hVes' aug
into the mass with .vigor ana "otAeo
steadily for q long time. only to ne qls-
appointed in finding their comrades dead.
The men killed were Edward Collett.
Fred Nelso and Michael Amen. The nrst
two named were married and are surylv-
ed by families.
BY doing its own sealing IN Alaska tue
United States government has prohted
this year more than three tunes as much
as it ever did in any single year ~hen
the sealing privileges were rented to
commercial company. Secretary Nagei
was advised Friday from London, where
the department Of commerce and labor
sold its first crop of seal Skins, that' inc
1900 skins were found to be OF the very
finest quality and nctted the govern
ment $4,000 in cash. This is the inst
Year the government has done the seal
ing. For MANY years the concession mas
been leased. Not ,only does the govern
ment expect to profit, but the seal herds
will be conserved.
Chandler 7. Anderson of New YORK
Friday was appointed counsellor for the
state department to succeed the late
Henry NJ. Hoyt. Tho counsellor of the
state department is an advisory officer
and in Importance ranks next to the sec
rotary himself. Mr.. Anderson, who is u
lawyer of New York, has done important
worl; for the state department during tie
last few years. In this work nc has been
identified particularly With British and
Canadian negotiations and his experience
in this line, it is regarded, will be of
value in connection with reciprocity ne
gotiations between Canada and the Unit
cd States which win be resumed in Jan
nary. Work performed by the new coun-
sellor as agent Of the United States in
the north Atlantic coast fisheries arbi-
tration at The Hague attracted attention.
Mr.. Anderson will assume the duties Of
his office ut once