Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-01-04


upon the National Pure Food uoInmis-
sion to investigate III peanut shells
constitute one basic clement in the
manufacture of breakfast foods. In a
recent freight train wreck it was dis
covered that several cars consigned
to breakfast food concerns were load
ed with peanut shells from the peanut
butter factories in the South, said
President John Fitzpatrick.
Friends of Capt. Hiram w. Hammett OF
Providence, r. l., and New Bedford
Mass, announced Monday that they be-
lieved that the captain and his crew have
been lost at sea by the sinking of the
New York three-masted schooner Belle
Carleton. The vessel is long overdue at
Colon, Panama, for which port she sailed
| from Hoboken, N. j., more than two
months ago.
| James J. Seaman, member of the New
York police force, swan half way across
the Hudson river Monday and back
again, his only difficulty being in lodging
| large cakes of ice. Seaman had wager
with another policeman for swim across
| the river but his challenger failed to ap-
pear. IT could have gone all the way
across the river" said Seaman. but l
am an officer and to go more than half
way would be entering another state
| without permission"
During the year 1909, the total num-
! Der of vessels arriving at the port OF
! New York, according TO the books OF
| the government at the barge office,
| was 10, 100 of which $500 were steam
| ers and 1857 sailing vessels. This shows
| an increase of 1851 vessels compared
| with the year 1908, of which sos were
sailing vessels. The arrivals by totals
! from countries for 1909 We're: Amerl-
can, 1872; British. 1862; German, $50;
| Norwegian 1863: French and Italian,
| ISL; Dutch 17S.
The marked increase in"tustoms re-
| ceipts on passengers baggage under
| William Loeb's collectorship at New
| York City was brought out by figures
| for the wear which were made public
| Monday. The receipts for 1909 were
nearly 100 per cent. greater than the
combined receipts of 1906 and 1907, al
| though the latter year had been the
| best in the history of the port. More
than 81 100000 in duties were collected
| in 1909, more than double the amount
| for 1908.
| Out of work and made desperate, it
| is SAID, by his inability to support his
infant daughter and his 12-year-oid
brother, Adelard, George Narcotic, a
| Lowell, Mass, mule spinner, q years
old, Monday night threw the young
lad into the Hamilton canal. The crew
of a passing train rescued the boy.
| The elder brother gave himself up at a
police station, where he is held on a
charge of attempted murder.
A 25-foot pile of sawdust, partly
frozen, caved over upon a team in
which We're Dean and Earl Tufts,
brothers, at Rochester, N. H., Monday,
burying the former. He died after be-
ing buried a second time, following
martial release by Earl. Both had seen
the great pile totter as they backed
their team against it, but Dean did
not move quickly enough. The younS
man was dead when taken out. He was
90 years old and unmarried.
Dr. William A. Monnish, formerly
physician in Atlanta, Ga, was found DEAD
in his hotel at San Francisco Sunday
night An empty choroform bottle lay
beside the bed. He was AZ years Old A
1S-year-old daughter survives. DR.. Rosa
F. Monnsh, his wife, committed suicide
at her home in Atlanta several months
ago after having been found guilty and
sentenced to two years imprisonment for
violation of the United States postal laws.
She conducted a private hospital and was
charged with sending obscene letters
through the mails.
That the parents of Alma kellner,
the Swear old Louisville girl who dis
appeared several weeks ago, are prob
ably negotiating with the child's abb
ductors, was seemingly indicated at
Cincinnati Monday by an advertise
ment inserted in a local newspaper.
The notice reads: please let the par
ty that has our girl know that we will
comply with their request-all they
need do is to ask for it." The mention
of request" is believed here to be
demand for ransom.