Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-07


| the thoinc Of his son, Chester w.
| Barnes. Norwich, CT. at the age Of
+, l0l years and nlOnths. He was born
J March 8 1908, on the banks Of the
| Quinnebaug river in the town Of Pres
ton. in the house now occupied by
| A. ID. Zabrskie. He was one Of II
| children. His father was born in
| Grotcn in the last part of the past
century and on Dec. q. 1904 was
united in marriage to Abigail Cook.
daughter Of Elisha Cook. a well-known
| farmer of Preston. Mr.. Barnes at
tributed his long life to being out In
| the open air and good plain living He
| never used tobacco or liquor i'm any
| form.
| George Graham Rice, before Justice
Rischof in the supreme court at New
| York, set up the defence that he was a
| bigamist in answer to the application of
Mrs Frances Drake Rice. who Is suing
| him for an absolute divorce, alimony AMI
counsel fee He said that as he had COM
mitted bigamy when he married her he
| was not obliged to support her. Mrs
| Rice NAV abandon her suit for divorce
and sut for annulment. Rice averred
that when he married Mrs. Frances
| Drake Rice he was the husband Of Thera-
NUTS Ivey Rice whom he married when
| on the train on his way to serve SEN
| tence for forgery. A Tombs chaplain
| went in the train to perform the ceremo-
! ny.
The Honduran government has made
M movement to GUST Gen. Valadares,
| the deposed commandment Of Amapala,
To ha discharged h.
| or has it called on the United States
| to end his arbitrary reign over the
Pacific port OF the republic. Dispatch
| es to the state department from Unit
ed states Minister McCreery in Teeue-
| igulpa indicate no change in the stu
| alton. The navy department has no
| report in two days from Commander
| HAYES of the gunboat Princeton.
which is in Amapala ready 10 land
marines at the first sign OF hostile
demonstration against foreigners. The
| isIarG is 90 miles from the main land
| and can be reached only through tor
| tuous channels.
After going over all the flying rec
| ords made at Belmont park, the COM
| mittee issued Saturday the official
| figures in all the events and the total
amount in prizes won by each aviator
| The prize money was divided as fol-
| lows: Grahame-W White $4,000. Mois-
ant $13.550, tombstone $960S.33, Lath-
am $S183.33, Hoxsey $6708.33, Auburn
$4,000, De Lesseps $4,000, Drexel $1,000,
McCurdy 1880, Radley 1890, Parme-
lee $3.50, Simon $3.50, Brookins $500,
Audemar $3.50, Willard 800, Ely 800.
Parrier 800, Mars $50. and Hoxsey
! the $1,000 cup for the grand total in
duration. In all but speed and pas
senger carrying events American fly
ers hold leading positions.
Charged with manslaughter in caus-
ing the death of Sylvester McNally of
Lynn, Charles H. Twist 81 years old,
! OF Brownn street, South Peabody, was
arraigned Saturday before Judge AL
bert u. BosSOn in the Chelsea court
He was held in $4,000 for a hearing
next Thursday. The police say that
McNally was waiting for a car at the
corner OF Cabot street and Broadway
on the afternoon OF Sept. II last, when
Twist came along, and. after eXchang-
ing some words. struck McNally and
knocked him down. In the fall Me-
Nally fractured his skull, and he died
Mentally was a Civil War veteran and
a member If the G.. A. r.
Acquitted on eight counts and con-
victed on one count in an indictment
for larceny. the jury having reported
a sealed verdict in the superior crim-
nal court at Boston Saturday, AlmOn
d. F. Adams, the broker, will be SEN
fenced Monday. The jury retired at
$50 P. NJ. the previous day and agreed
at S35, reporting about 10 A. NJ. Sat-
urday. The count on which the de-
PENDANT was convicted alleged the lar
ceny of stock worth 1865 from George
H. Robinson. The latter put up the
stock as collateral in connection with
purchases of other stock, and when he
went back for it he alleged the de-
PENDANT smiled at him. He charged
the defendant with having disposed of
the stock without his authority.
UNFOLDING the sweeping advances made
by Southeastern railroads on many class
es and commodities from Ohio and Mis-
sssippi river crossings to Atlanta and
Birmingham since Aug. 1, 1908, the Inter-
state Commerce Commission Saturday
dismissed the complaint filed by the
sion and Grain Cos. against the Atlantic
Coast Line, Louisville & Nashville and
other lines. The commission held the
rates were not shown to be unjust am
reasonable or excessive. 1t held that to
permit the roads in that section to be
of ultimate lasting advantage to the
Southern people the railroads should be
permitted to charge rates fully compen-
satory for their services Dissenting
opinions were filed by Commissioners
Lane and Clements.
Anna Held, the actress, was ordered
by the appellate division of the SUI
preme court at New York to testify
before trial in a suit brought against
her husband, FlorenZ Ziegfeld, by AL
fred Boulant of Paris for 100000 on
note which Ziegfeld gave at Biarritz.
France, in 1908. Boulant says that he
left ziegfeld $4,000 and took the note
and Ziegfeld alleges that he lost 100.-
00O francs playing roulette in Boulant's
casino at Biarritz and that since the
note is for a gambling debt the suit
cannot stand Boulant got an order