Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-17
CONDENSED DISPATCHES,

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The international relations committee
Of the Twentieth Century Club will ten
der reception to the foreign students
in Harvard University Tuesday after
noon. The reception will last from tt
o'clock.
France has over 10000 families. O
these nearly 100000 are childless. whilt
3, 000.000 have but one child each a little
over 100000 families have five children
nearly 100000 have seven; 5000 eleven
nearly 1900 have 10, 200 have Is, and q
have II children.
| Hyacinths have been banshed from the
Boston Pubic Garden BY DR.. Henry Sulli.
van, superintendent of public grounds
on the charge of being poison. Children
handling hyacinth bulbs last summer
complained of an irritation on the hands
which often extended in the form of a
rash.
| The garrison that has been guarding
Fort Revere at Hull. Mass, was removed
Saturday to Fort Strong. Long Island.
The reservation at Hull becomes a sup
port to Fort Andrews. The garrison has
been at Hull nine years and its removal
who claim Hull can no longer be called
a military town.
| If Congress remains in session through
the hot weather President Taft probably
| will become pronounced weekend COM
| muter journeying from Washington to
| Boston and Beverly whenever he gets an
opportunity The President hopes to get
some sort of a vacation in his new cot
tage near Beverly, if he has to take it
a few days at time.
| King George of England has decided
definitely to adopt as his state crown
the crown of King Edward practically
| without modification except having it
made to fit his head. The historic
| crown of ST Edward. the official crown
of England with which the King will
be crowned in June must not be con-
fused with this state crown.
Their love for Easter finery is alleged
as the cause of the arrest of five women
| in Boston who fell into the hands of
Inspectors Knox and Abbott Saturday
afternoon in the department stores.
charged with shoplifting. Goods to the
value of $50 were recovered by the in
spectors, every article being something
that women would wish to wear on the
Easter parade.
The Pioneers of Zion, which is composed
at Boston of the younger Jewish ele
ment, Saturday elected as honorary mem-
ber of the association Hans Herzl, son of
the Herzle who died few years ago. The
Pioneers of Zion have now received
letter from Mr.. Herzl, in which he thanks
them for the honor and urges them to
keep up their work for the Zionist cause.
cause.
News of the death of the Rev. Edward
j. Connolly, one of the best-known of the
older school of Catholic priests of the
archdiocese of Boston, was received in
Boston Saturday with feelings of the sin
cerest sorrow by his friends and ac-
quaintances. FIR. Connolly had been a pa
tient at the Norfolk hospital at Norfolk,
Va, for several weeks and for some time
there were hopes that he might recover,
but on Monday night last change for
the worse came and he continued to grow
worse until Tuesday night, when he died.
The German Kaiser has another griev-
ance against the Socialists because of
their refusal to grant the money asked
for to bestow royal decorations. The
Reds say, if William wants to bestow
crosses and stars, let him pay for them
out of his own pockets. I'VE have to do
So they say. ''if we desire to buy our
wife or daughter of friends a piece of
jewelry." The Socialists show that,
while the population of Germany has in
creased 30 per cent, the distribution of
orders and decorations has increased
100 per cent.
All rumors to the effect that Paul With
ington, Harvards al-round star athlete,
is to marry. Miss Constance Reshtarck.
daughter of the Bishop of Honolulu,
were confirmed Saturday when the ath
lete went Ia Boston city registry and
took out "A marriage license. The mar
riage, which will be attended only by i'm
mediate friends and relatives, will be
held at Emmanuel Church on Tuesday
afternoon at O'clock The officiating
clergyman will be Bishop William Law
renee.
Charles b. Kelsey, former assistant
cashier of the Hartford Fire Insurance
Co. % Hartford. CT. who was arrest
ed in New York a few days ago and
brought back 10 Hartford to answer to
a charge of embezzlement from the
company. was arragned in the police
court Saturday. He at first pleaded
guilty, but, upon advice of counsel,
changed his pleas to not guilty. His
case was continued until next Tuesday.
In default of $1,000 bonds, he was taken
to Jail. The charge alleges shortage
OF about $500. but the prosecutor in
formed the court that additional counts
would be brought Tuesday. Kelsey is
married.
y raid on the New Hampshire state
treasury where there was 500 900 in cash
at the time is believed to have been plan
ned by two men arrested Saturday at
Concord. on the charge that they had
stolen five big automatic revolvers from
a Manchester hardware store. The money
was in the Office of the state treasurer
SCION a. Carter. who had it on hand to
pay off members of the Legislature and
Capitol attaches. There We're policemen
guarding the treasury and if the sus-
poets had tried to get the 100000 booty
there would probably been a gun fight in