Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-12-03

CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Inc regular quarterly dividend OF
4 per cent. was declared Friday by
the directors of tn" Boston & Maine
Railroad
Moses Webb. a Negro. who is said
t" have been the last survivor Of the
eight "contrabandS who led the
horses ;ttta"ned to the hearSc at the
funeral of Abraham Lincoln in Spring
field III 1860. died at Aurora Thurs
day Webb Was born u slave in lS25
.Iudg" james brooks Dill, until re
Gently u member OF the New Jersey
cour; Of errors and appeals. and one
OF the leading American authorities,
on corporation law, died early Satur-
day at his home at East Orange,
\. j., of pneumonia after u short i'll
ness. Ne was 81 years old
The missing pilot boat J. L. Thomas,
formerly the Defender, which was un-
reported since leaving st. John, \. H.,
previous to the heavy sale Of Satur-
day ana Sunday, IS safe Postal cards
received Friday at ST. John from two
Of the men on board stated that the
boat had put into Rockland, Nc, after
having successfully wcathercd the big
storm.
The body of Pedro Mont, late Ircsi-
dent of chile, was removed ,T'riuia y
from Berlin to Bremen and placed
aboard the Chilean cruiser Blanco En-
calada, to be taken home. President
Mont died at Bremen on Aug. l6. The
transfer Friday was made with mill
tary honors. Emperor William was
represented by General Won kcSScl.
The flags on the government building
here We're placed AT half mast
Flood conditions are again general
throughout France. About three and
one half feot Of rain fell in November
ana from all sections comes stories OF
| imm"ns" damage done Although tho
Seine and the Rhonc were stationary
| F'riday the Girondc. Garonne and the
Loire rivers continued rising and the
| rivers of Normandy and Brittany are
| greatly swollen. Great fear of serious
| effects on next years cereal and wine
crops is felt
Six hrndrr,, and thirty acres Of
| land in Live Oak county, Texas. and
| $4,000 in money. is left by the will OF
! the late Charles L. Simmons to pro-
vide :; ZONE for Superannuated min
| listers of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. South The will was filed for
proDatc Thursday at San Antonio;
| Tex, and dispos"s Of $4,000. The
land is to be divided into IS farms
| Of 10. acres .e3teaRe-The~ bishops are tc
designate sucha superannuated min
/ listers as they See fit to occupy these
| farms. The SUM Of $1,000 is to build
cottages, dig wells and make other
| Improvements.
The romance OF Miss Blanche Ma
lone. daughter of the late Lee L. Ma
lone, a wealthy goal operator Of Fair
mount. W. Va, and y. H. Saunders Of
Baltimore" who vas for i time chauf-
fcur of the Malone family, is disclosed
by the announcement that their we'd
ding took place oct. - last. Miss Ma
lone, who was Il student at the Mount
Vernon Seminary in Washington, D.
G., met Saunders during the summer
holidays at her home in Paramount
but when She returned To school here
h" left his employer. the girls mother,
ana came to Washington, where the
"lopm"nt was planned The couple are
now on honeymoon trip. Tho bride
i" said to be wealthy in her own right.
One of the worst fires in the last
eight months ut Detroit, Mich. caus-
ing Il loss estimated at about $150,
VW, partially wrecked tie stores Of
PIEil WalJ;c. & Sons. Sroccrs. and
T.. Is. King ~ Co. rhinawarn. and
damaged The paper stock of Gregory,
Mayer aud Thorn Thursday light
Two hrpmcn, Ray Bcgg and Robert
powncy, were injured by falling glass
rs they We're fighting the fire near the
t"l' of the extension ladder, and mar
rowly escaped falling to the street
The water frozc as it fell upon the
paNtinentS and Oh the rungS Of the
ladders. and coated the hose many
iircmcn who were not seriously in
jured. We're badly bruised by falls.
Fifteen persons were injured. one
seriously, when three coaches on the
Missouri Pacific Railroad passenger
passenger train No. from Kansas
City 10 st. Louis, left the track four
miles west of Lamont early Friday
The train which LETT Kansas City
at 9!5 p. NJ. Thursday was com
posed of a mail car. Il baggage car
Il smoker. a chair car and two Pull
mans. While the train was running
at a high speed. the smoker left the
rails, dragging with it the chair car
and the two PuIlmans. These lost
three rolled down a 25-fcot embank-
ment and turned over. the last Pull
lnan turning over twice. Of the in
1urcd. one. woman, who boarfled
the train in Warrcnsburg, Mo. for
st. Louis, was seriously hurt. All the
injured, who were unable to continuo
their journey, were taken to a hos
p'tal in Sedalia. Tho wreck was