Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-28
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

D. H. Nichols of Springfield, Mo.
prominently identified with several
railways of the country, died sudden
ly Sunday at Monroe, La, from heart
failure.
Gas fumes from his automobile over
which he was working in his garage
caused the death by asphyxiation Sun
day Of Edwin NJ. Hadley, prominent
Worcester manufacturer and capitalist.
Mr.. Hadley was Sc years of, age and
lived at Lenox street. A widow sur
wives
A total of 11,455,0oO bales Is the final
estimate of the New Orleans Times
Democrat for the cotton CROP of 1910.
as based on reports from correspoiid
ents throughout the cotton belt J4'his
forecast relates to the actual Rrowth
OIL the year and is exclusive of. liriters.
repacks, etc.
Inc tennessee supreme court Satur-
DAY dismissed the petition Of the state
10 fehear the case of the state VS.. j. W.
hei'y q Co. of Chattanooga, which Ia
known as the interstate whiskey self.
ing case. The effect of the dismissal Il
10 uphold the contention that Tennes-
see firms can sell whiskey in other
states -,
Gen. James Cakes. who was retired
IN 1879, after 30 years of active service
Ia the Mexican and Civil wars, as well
as the lno1an uprisings in the South
west, sank unconscious to the pave
lhent Sunday near his home in Wash.
inston and died 20 minutes later at a
local hospital. Death was caused nv
heart trouble. Gen. Cakes was S. year,
old.
Inc demurrer filed by Mrs. Laura
FarEsworth Schenk against the indicf
mant charging her with the attempted
murder of her husband, John O.
Schenk, was argued in the Ohio coun-
" criminal court at Wheeling. w. Va.
saturday before Judge Jordan and
overruled. Mrs. Schenk's trial was set
Tor Dec 49, One count in the indicf-
ment was quashed, leaving four count.
on which the woman will be tried. Fol-
lowing the decision Mrs. Schenk enter
eu plea Of not guilty.
Detachments Of troops are operat-
ing against the hostile Manobos in
Davao. MindanO island. One column
mas Killed several of the tribesmen. in
the murder of Earl Gerr. PLANTER
from seattle. Another column has
Killed three of the tribesmen IMPLICATED
IN the murder of Gerr and other plant
ers, and has succeeded in recovering
Gers body. third detachment had
TWO soldiers wounded while foprth
'ost one soldier killed in ambush. The
rounding mp of the tribesmen contin-
ues.
IN letter made public Saturday at
Phlladelphia the Rt.. Rev. OH W. Whit
aker. the aged bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese of Pennsyiyahia
places the ecclesiastical authority. OF
the diocese in the hands of Bislop, CO.
adJutor Mackay Smith, who came from,
washington. Bishop Whitaker. how
ever. reserves for himself AUTHORITY in
certain things which he specified. Bish-
on Whitaker is 80 years old. and one
Oh the best known prelates In the Epie-
c"pal church. Ill health led him to give
up the greater part of his authority.
J. William Greenwood of Springfield.
Mass. and Joseph Sullivan OF Hart.
ford, Ct. were struck and instantIv
Killed by Boston & Albany EXPRESS
t'sN"i iSecAciu LOT SpIlnRu3l0.
IN the Boston & Albany freight. yard
IN west springfield late Saturday. Tho
men mad been out looking for work
and were walking through the yard On
their way to Springfield when struck
by the train, Greenwood formerly liv-
ed in Chelmsford. Mass IA
The United States monitor Puritan
which sank on the middle, grounds. not
lar from Newport News before Oh.
could be got to the Norfolk navy yard
lor docking. following her recent use
lor tne purpose of testing explosive
quantities OF nitro-glycerine on, armor
piate, appears to be sinking deeper In
to the mud. Her main decks are CON
stantly aw'ash even at lor: tide, while
/ her after deck between turrets nj =,
awash at high tide. s'fhis "r.y,i irr-
cate that all com a rfrnentS 5rh 800