Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-02-03

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Mrs. Covert, scared and scorched,
crawled to safety in the adjoining
building.
Jerome Keogh of Rochester, n. Y,
won the worlds champion pool title
from Thomas Hueston, the titleholder
in the last game of their 0-point
match in New York Wednesday night
Keosh with a high run of 80, secured
the 100 points necessary to complete
tie $50, while Hueston obtained IT'S
with high run of %. h Twenty-six
frames were played. The final score
was 600 to $40 The match was for the
championship title and emblem, a
purse of $1,000 and a side bet of $3.50.
Sir Robert Finley, representing
Lionel Edward Sackville West, now
Lord Sackville, a nephew of the former
British minister at Washington, &C
cupied Wednesdays session of the pro-
bate court at London with the intro
duction of documentary evidence to
disprove the legitimacy OF Ernest Hen
ry Sackville- West, who is petitioner in
suit to have the court declare him the
Oldest and legitimate son of the late
Lord Lionel S;aekviilc-W West and as
such. TO establish his right to the es-
tatcs now held by Lord Sackville.
DR.. Andrew $. Draper, state commits
sioner CT education, Wednesday at AL
bany, n. Y, made public q letter he is
sending to superintendent of school
commissioners throughout the statesin
which he says he has declined the re
quest of an officer Of the United states
navy. engaged in recruiting service,
who asked for a letter of introduction
TO school teachers, to assist him in
reaching the young men Of the state"
MI Draper declined the request and
the officer renewed it and finally insist
Ell he would go to the schools notwith-
standing the disapproval of the state
commissioner.
trustees of the Southbridge, Mass,
savings Bank, whose former treasurer
John a. Hall, is accused of larceny, said
wednesday night that the examination
made so far by the experts indicated a
shortage of 100000 or more The sur
plus of the bank, said to be SIT 900, would
be wiped out by such a shortage and the
trustees, 1t is believed, may be called
upon to make good the remaining loss
to the depositors. The bank re-opened
for business Wednesday, its operations
being limited, however by the terms Of
the injunction issued when the accounts
were first discovered to be in error.
-Four of LoWelPs large cotton cor
porations. the Hamilton Manufacture
ing Co, the Booth Mills. the Lawrence
Manufacturing Co, and the Massachu-
sets Cotton Mills have combined their
efforts at economy by organizing a new
company to be called the Merrimac
CullZauOn Co, and have leased a
large portion of the plant at Warren
vile, suburb of Lowell. The capital
stock is $4,000 and the officers of the
new concern are the treasurers of the
four corporations interested. All waste
at these mills will be handled by the
new company.
The grand jury of Onondaga county
wednesday at Syracuse, N. Y, report
ed indictments for perjury against Ira
Z. Reed, president, and William III.
Peck, secretary of the Peoples Mutual
Life Assurance Association and
League. The jurors reported to. the
court that they had made a close in
vestigation of the transfer of the as
ISOLATION and We're indignant over the
but were unable to find
any indictments for larceny as it did
not appear that the money distributed
by Lieut.. Gov. Horace White as trus-
tee was the money of the association.
AS result of the reduction of the
westward bound freight rate by the
Erie & Delaware, Lackawanna &
Western roads and consequent danger
lines the New York. New Haven {,
Hartford will raise it's first class rate
from GO cents per 100 pouds to 70 cents
per 100 pounds on its Canadian Pacific
and Ontario and Western routes. This
will assimilate the New Haven's rate
to that of the standard trunk line
Western railroad rate. to which it is
inferred the Erie e. Lackawanna will
now return.
The first successful fights of three
different types of aeroplanes Of pure
ly German construction took place
Wednesday in Germany. A bipIane
with the inventor, Echler and his as
sstant, made a flight of short dis
tance at Landau. but the assistants
nervousness was the cause of a slight
accident. The machine is built to car
~ six. AT Essend a biplane under con-
troll of Engineer Hilsmann, made a
number of flights. while at Bcrken a
monoplane constructed on the new
Schulze- Hcrfort system, flew 200 yards.
Miss Caroline Astcr Drayton Of New
York, only daughter of j. Coleman
and grand daughter of the
late William Aston Wednesday became
the wife of William Philips, secretary
Of the American embassy. The parish
church at Rogate, Sussex, England,
was the scene of the wedding ceremony
which was performed at 2 o'clock and
witnessed by large party Of rela-
tives and friends including the moth
er Of the bridegroom. Rev. Canon Ed
gar Sheppard, sub-dean of the Chap
els Royal, ofticiated. Mr.. Philips is 81
years old and a native of Massachu-
sctts. He was third assistant secrc-
tary OF state during the administra-
ton of President Roosevelt and was
appointed to his present post Sept. 20,
1909. His home is in Boston.