Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-06-30

is survived by widow and chifd living
in England.
TO win purse of $50 and two suits
oil boy. jumped off the Brooklyn
bridge Wednesday afternoon He
5trdck the water 1856 feet below, head
first Hc was rescued by the crew of
tug which brought him safely to
shore.
Drspondeni because his wife COM
nitted suicide on June lG, Charles An
dtrson, iG years of age, of RoXbury,
Mass, shot himself through The cheek
Monday night with a revolver and af-
ter wandering about in the street all
night, was found Wednesday in front
of Station 10 anG removed to the New
York City hospital. He will recover.
David Waters. a motorman of an At
tleboro car which collided with another
in Pawtucket on June 5, is held RESPONSE
bic for the death of Conductor Frank
w. Simmons, who was crushed between
the two electrics By the report of Cor
oner Thomas F. Vance, filed Wednesday
in the superior court at Providence. Wa
ter's arrest is expected
tAnOtner conference OF progressive New
York Democrats, similar to the Saratoga
gathering of last year out of which grew
the Democratic League, is to be held
either prior to or in connection with the
next New York Democratic state conven-
ton. This was decided by resolution
"Wednesday at n meeting of the general
committee of the league in New York
City.
I Count DeLesseps, the French await IL
/ who came to Canada to demonstrate the.
good points Of the Bleriot monoplane.
l3nade his first trip Wednesday evening. at
| Montreal in a Wright hiplane Brock
ems, the most daring of the Wright avia
tors, took the count up about 1000 feet
! and the flight extended far beyond tho
| ilmts OF the course, including a reverse
and side dip which took awav the
| breath of the big crowd
The funeral of Bishop William N
McNlcker of the Episcopal diocese of
Rhode Island who died at his
summer home at Beverly. Mass.
| Tuesday. "ill be held from St. Johns
! church N Providence at 2.3o Friday
! afternoon Miss d. McVicker. the
2 bishops sister, is expected there Thurs
| lay. when final arrangements for the
l funeral will be made
l chemists retained by Judge Paul
harlton, father of Porter Charlton
] Ire continuing their examination of
/ he young prisoner in the Hudson
/ county l2ll. where he is being held to
/ wait expected proceedings for his ex-
| tradition to Italy to face a charge of
| wife murder. Reports that the insan-
I ty experts mad completed their exam
/ nation Wee denied by young Charl-
IONS counsel, j. Floyd Clark.
The case of Lee O'Neil Browne, the
gislator charged with bribery in con-
'ection with the election of William
ormer to the United States Senate,
resulted in a mfstrial Wednesday at
Chicago. The jury was out 115 hours
md "a ballots Were taken. the count
throughout standing eight for convic-
ion and four for acquittal. 1t was said
lnofficially the jury stood seven for
conviction, five for acquittal.
Following the outbreak of the Tong
war in Chinatown of New York last Sun
lay night, when Shn Foo and Sen Jing,
wo members of the Four Brothers Socfs-
", were murdered in Mott street by the
Don Ieong Tong Society. terror reigns
lmong the Cinnamon in Boston and vicin-
ty. Following meeting of the On Leong
Tong in their club house Tuesday night,
4foTts are being made to prevent an out
oreak of the Tong war in Boston.
Tire. first curtaillnent in New Bed
ord's cotton mills this spring, outside
If the occasional individual curtail-
npnf in niffprant fanfnrinc fol
place this week. when practically all of
the cotton mills. will be closed from
'riday night until Tuesday morning.
Monday is holiday and with the shut
ing down on Saturday it will amount
a curtailment Of production of
lay and a half, The mills will open
Tuesday morning.
| Secretary of Commerce and Labor
Charles Nagel arrived in Boston Wednes-
lay on the same train that brought Pres
dent Taft and spent the day in confer
ance with Commissioner, of immigration
George f. Billings. the greater part of the
time being spent in discussion of the
proposed change in the site for the new
immigration station at East Boston. Sec
rotary Nagel left at night in his private
car for New London to witness the boat
races.
With a handkerchief stuffed in her
mouth, the body of a woman about 40
-ears old, was found late Wednesday
night OH pier on the Hudson river
ia New York City According to re-
ports gathered in the neighborhood by
the police, the woman was seen alive
near the pier in company with three
men about an hour before her body
was discovered. Strangulation had APP
parently caused death.
An address on 1.-THE Unsolved prob
lens Of the American Democracv." 6"- |
livered by Rev. DR., George Sale, fea-
tured the second days session OF tne
Sycamore Beach Sociological Confer :
ence held Wednesday. at Sycamore |
Beach, Mass. At the preparatory SER
vice which was led by the Rev. f. Tall |
madge Root of Providence, r. T.. "a !
letter was read from President Taft |
announcing his regret that it will be
impossible for him to attend the con-
ference.
Louis Chevrolet, the noted automo- !
bile racing driver. had a narrow escape