Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-11
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Injuries sustained when she set fire tc
| her clothing while curling her hair sew
eral days ago resulted in the death Sun
day night Of Miss Erma A. Richardson
of Aston. Mass, a well-known classic
dancer She was p years old.
Ray Harroun. in his Marmon 6, was
the star of the day at the Grand Cir
cult automobile races Sunday at Gin
cinnati. Ohio. In an endeavor to lower
the track record of ST 2-5. made by
Barney Oldf1eld. last year, he covered
the mile in LOO rs.
The highly interesting report is
af1oat in London that ]. nj Barrie. au-
thor and playwright. will marry Hon.
Dorothy Eugene Bret, the elder of
Lord Esher's two daughters. Miss
Brett is considerably younger than the
famous dramatist; she is q, while he
is So
Unable to persuade Nellie Westerly
to run away with him, Joseph Franck
of Newark. N. j.. a married man and
the father of two children, shot her
| through the head Saturday night and
then killed himself. in full sight of the
crowds that thronged the Board walk
DIT oOuIH l5SdCH SIdlIOI1, otdIeH
The girl will probably die.
Ter the first time in many years
Senator Lodge mas opened campaign
headquarters. With his secretary,
| Theodore Clark. in charge. the sena-
tors new fighting center, No. 511 Bar
rister's Hall. Pemberton square. Bos-
| ton. is expected to hold together the
senator's supporters now under at
| tack from Congressman Butler Ames.
Announcement was made Sunday at
| Springfield Mass, of a plan for the
organization of the Hampder Railroad
| Corporation with capital stock OF
| 81, OOO, 900 to construct line to be OPP
| Grated by steam or electric power be-
| tween Springfield and Bondville on the
| Massachusetts Central division of the
| Boston & Maine, with a spur to Hol-
| yoke
Russell D. Hartman, reputed lead
er of the Maybray crowd of race track
and prize fight operators. died Fri
| day night at the Oakland. Cal. hos
pital, where he was operated on sever
al days ago for cancer of the stomach.
Hartman had been in the Alameda
county Jail for several months await
ing an appeal to the United States
supreme court against an order of the
United States circuit court remov-
ing him to Council Bluffs for trial,
| A Concord. n. H. attorney. acting
for Mrs Marilla NJ. Kicker Of Dover.
presented to the secretary of state Sat
urday her declaration of candidacy for
| the Republican gubernatorial nomina-
| ton at the direct primary in Septem
Der, accompanied by the 800 fee re-
uuired by law. They were accepted by
| the secretary of state subject to an
opinion to be obtained from the attor-
ney general as to the right OF woman
| to become such candidate.
| The wild cat mining law. passed al
the last session of the Nevada legislature
was sustained by the state supreme court
Friday, the decision was given in the
| case of r. c. Moore against the Verde
| Manhattan Mining Co. The court order
| ed that all stock sold be marked treas
ury'' or promotion when issued. The
| law was passed to prevent mining com
panies from issuing promotion stock in
| stead of tire asury stock
| The curiosity of Avon, N. j.. has been
aroused because small sloop is an
| chored off the entrance to Shark river
| near Life Station No. l. The SlOop has
been in exactly the same position since
early last Tuesday morning and Avon
| folk wonder why. According to re-
port. two young men and a young wo-
man came ashore in small boat. This
| boat is still tied to a jetty. but its
| former occupants have not been found
| 1t is said that the Young woman was
| in bathing suit.
A party of pilgrims bound for Eu-
rope and the World Congress of Free
| Christianity and Religious Progress.
| to be held in Berlin Aug. 6-10, will be
| passengers on the Devonian of the
Leyland Line when she sails Wednes-
| day from Boston. Twelve denomina-
lions will be represented in the party.
| The entire cabin space of the ship has
been reserved for their accommodation.
Another smaller company will sail
on the Cymric of the White Star Line
July II from Boston. Both parties will
unite on their arrival in Europe.
Mrs. Julia Frances Lowe. the wife
If John j. Lowe. a well-known evan
gelist. was found dead in a gas filled
room at her hotel in Philadelphia Sun
dav by her husband on his return
from tour in New England, Mrs
Lowe was born in Troy. N. Y. SO years
ago. She formerly assisted her hus-
band in his services by singing gospel
hymns. but had been in poor health
for the past year and was unable to
accompany him on his recent trip. The
coroner is investigating the case.
Standing upright in seven feet of
water in an abandoned well on the
summer estate of William c. Endicott
Of Boston at Danvers. Mass. the body
of an unknown man was found sun
day. The body was discovered by a
Polish farm hand. who. while cross
ing the field stopped to get drink at
the well. Medical Examiner Horace
K. Foster of Peabody was inclined to
to belief that it was case of sui
eide The dead man was apparently
about As years of age and weighed
about IFS pounds.
Early to bed and early to rise is the
cry of the members of the cottage settle
ment at Newport. r. l., this summer. and
plenty of exercise In the open and less
drinking Mrs John r. Drexel intro
duced the ehalthy early-to-bed fad during
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