Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-03
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


The Peninsula e. Occidental Steamship
dock and warehouses at Key West, Fla
with freight stored therein valued at
$4,000. were practically destroyed by frs
late Wednesday.
The members of the Amcrit an In
stitu:e of Mining Engineers f" the
number of $50, with their families. al
rived at Panama Tuesday night after
tour of Gatun dam. They inspected
the Culebra cut Wednesday.
Chilean Minister Cruz. en- route for
Washington. is detained at the quar-
antine station at Panama because Of
case of bubcnic plague discovered on
the steamer on which he was pas
Senger.
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine from
ali parts of the United States met
IN Philadelphia Wednesday night to
celebrate the feast of All kalam or
Oriental Thanksgiving. Owing to a
dliZZling rain the monster street pa
rade was not held as planned but
several delegations paraded in their
uniforms.
Gilbert f. Jones. former owner Of
the New York Times and son Of
George Jones. founder of the Times.
committed suicide Wednesday by
shooting himself in the right temple
in his office in the old Times building
or Park Row, New York City. Jones
was secretary of the Park Building
Co.. the owners of this building.
formerly occupied by the Times.
The young man held at St. Louis for
the police of Washington, ID. c., on the
charge of obtaining cameras under false
pretences, who gave the name of Gilbert
Z. Gladstone. and said he was son OF
Viscount Herbert ]. Gladstone, is Gilbert
E. Gerguson. according to the superinten-
dent of the Industrial School, Allan Rich
ardson. Gerguson when told of the ldeh-
titication said: That is the truth" lie
recently had been working on farm IN
Texas.
Fire early Wednesday destroyed the
Bethlehem House al Bethlehem Ia
nous as summer hotel for more than
% years with loss of upwards oil
$4,000. The building has been UNI
occupied. With the exception OF
Waterman. for more than month
and it is believed that rats ana
matches were responsible foi the fire.
The Bethlehem House was the FOURTH
or fifth summer hotel in he W hite
mountains to- lie destroyed by fire
within the past few years.
Two of Uncle Sans naval training
ships are having their troubles Ill
Lake Erie. The Essex, stationed IN
Ohio, is hard aground off the Toledo
Club waiting for a strong northeast
wind to help her off, while the Gopher
III Minnesota, is aground off Belle
Isle. The Essex left the drydock
Tuesday for Il try-out of her boilers
and couple Of hours later was fast
in the mud. The Gopher is on her
ray to Toledo to shipbuilding com
pany for new engine.
After Il thrilling experience i'll the
recent storm in the Caribbean sea, the
American schooner George AZ LawreS
from TruXllo, arrived "Wednesday at
Now Orleans badly battered, Capt
Banks reports that on Oct. IL. when 10
miles east of Capt San Antonio, CUBA.
nc encountered hurricane winds ana
high seas which smashed into splint-
els the only boat on board, demolsh-
ed the cabin, swept clear the COOK
galley and destroyed all provisions.
lii the height of the storm two of the
crew were washed overheard but a re-
turning wave deposited them on deck
and they were rescued with slight in
jury. The crew lived on cocoanuts for
three DAYS at the end of which time
they were supplied with provisions by
a passing vessel.
The examination of Edward l..
Wayman was continued Wednesday
at Pittsburg, Pa. by Edwin p Gros-
Vehor. special assistant to Attorney
General Wickersham. in the investiga-
tlon or the alleged combination OF
enameled iron plumbing manufac-
turers. Wayman said he had been
present at the meeting of the price
committee in Mount Clemens. Mich.
ana at the Astor House meeting III
New York. Mr.. Grosvenor offered
the minutes Of the Sanitary Enameled
Nare Association in evidence and dur
ing the session kept up a continuous
line of questioning concerning the
Blue Book" and the part Wayman
he'd taken in the various proceedings.
The first arrest that has been maze
in connection with particularly brut-
al assault and robbery in the South
End, Boston, on the night of Sept. 20
last, was made Wednesday. when the
police took into custody Henry Flor.
Flor was charged with being one oil
the men who assaulted Joseph B. Re
dian, a hotel proprietor of Sharon. on
Columbus avenue. Boston, and in tax
ing Il diamond ring, slashed his I'M
ger so badly that he had to have treat
ment al hospital. After taking the
ring, watch and chain and small
amount Of money from his pockets
the men threw Kedian into an areaway