Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-04-15

W. Coleman of the National city Bank
of Cambridge, now in the hands bf "a
receiver and of his friend Wilson Lock
hard, both charged with making false
entries In the books Of the bank and mis-
Of its funds. has been fixed
for May 10 In the United States circuit
Court at Boston.
William S. Phillips, president of the
American Mexico Mining and Deyel.
opment Co.. was sentenced to three
years Imprisonment and fined $1,000 by
Judge Lands Thursday in the United
States district court at Chicago. Phil
lips was found guilty of using the
mails to defraud. His victims are said
to have lost an aggregate of 100000
through his operations
The report that the Pope had elm
mated the names Of American candi-
dates from the list of candidates for
the cardinalate. has, upon invcstiga-
ton. been found to be erroneous. 1t
was authoritatively denied Thursday
at Rome and the idea that such a step
had been taken because The odorc
Roosevelt did not visit the Pope was
characterized as ridiculous.
The spinners at the Devonshire mills
at Manchester, N. H., are on strike
because of difficulties over the wage
question and only a few looms are
running, to clean up work in hand. 1t
is alleged by the spinners that a change
was made recently from the day to
piece system and that under the latter
they are unable to earn satisfactory
wages.
Patricksk. Cummings of Attleboro
was foufsd n in the United States
district. Boston Thursday of
using thH Mn a scheme to defraud
by persnHd4ng a score of men in diff
lerent parts of the country to become
lis agents in the sale of jeweiry, but
requiring them to put up $1,000 to Sc
cure the goods. The government claims
that Cummings obtained $4,000 which
he never returned nor did he send the
agents any jewelry. Howard Dill of
Philadelphia. who supplied the office
furniture. was acquitted OF a similar
charge by order of the court.
Overriding a demurrer which sought
to have the indictments quashed be-
cause the word knowingly" was omit
ted therefrom, Judge Cochran. in the
United States district court in Gov
ingtor, KY, Thursday ordered to trial
II residents of Grant county. Ken
lucky, accused of conSpiring to re-
strain interstate commerce by might
riding" tactics. Selection of jury was
at once taken up. This is the first
tobacco war" case to. be brought in
the federal courts. The government has
sent from Washington two assistant
attorneys general Edwin p. Grosve-
nor and Bruse Vielaskie.
Charles Revalee, aged II. suspected
of having beaten and burned to death
Mrs Frank Allison at her home near
Va, is said by Chief of
Police Georgian, who arrested Revalee
Thursday at hotel in Richmond, Va,
to have confessed. In his confessions
the police say he gave robbery as the
motive for the crime and said that
Mrs. Allison interrupted him while on
April he was in her house searching
for valuab les.
. Judge Ward in the United States cir
cult court at New York Thursdays ~.
pointed Edward G. Benedict receivHAJ,fs
the Natural CarbOnic Gas Co. Of sSarss-
toga Springs, NY, with a bvfsd OF
$4,000. The capital stock of ,the.Seor-
poration is s1.000,000. The receiv6f Has
appointed on the application of Charles
9. Stratton of Worcester, Mass. bond
and stock holder. He says that be-
cause of a law passed by the New York
Legislature in 1903. forbidding the ex-
tracing of gas from mineral waters,
hn hItS of tt,a
affected.
Asenath Cooper. aged - vaars ~
Newburgh, N. Y, girl who disappeared
last Thursday and her uncle, j. H, H.
Sperry, aged so. were taken into Gus
tody at Mongaup, Sullivan county, late
wednesday night by Deputy Sheriff
Porter of Sullivan county, Chief Wilkie
of MiddletoWn and the Rev. E. I.
Campbell of Newburgh. The pair were
trailed by Mr.. Campbell, the girls
pastor. They were found in a little
house in the mountains owned by a
family named King. Sperry and the
girl We're brought to Newburgh and he
was locked up. The child said that
she had gone willingly with Sperry
and said that he had not ill., treated
her.
Nashville, Tenn. has quoted down
after the excitement of Wednesday at
tending the action of the supreme court
and the governors subsequent pardon
In the case of Col. Duncan b. Cooper,
sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiarv
for killing Former United States Sena-
tor f. w. Carmack. Although there
was much excited comment on the
streets late Wednesday night, there has
been no indication of disorder pot,
Colonel Cooper and his son, Robin. have
declined to make any public statement
The case Of Robin Cooper, who is at lin
cry on bond Will be taken up at the
May term OF court. according to an an
nouhceihent by Attorney General Nc
Earn. The supreme court Thursday af-
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