Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-23
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

iA"NN''N' oiNu ct tit hdSSdGHuSbltS Ten
eral hospital Monday night. Paralysis.
following weeks Illness. caused death.
He was IS years old
Sen. Cnllora has been devoting the
leisure moments Of his SIND year to
the preparation of a volume of REM
lhiscences, which will be published
early next fall. The work will be il
Illustrated and will cover the past
NIFTY years of American history. with
which the venerable Illinois senator
has been identified in an active ca
pacity.
Harry Ingham, known throughout
tie countryside as the man of all
trades. Monday discharged both bar
rls of a shot gun into his wife's face
at their home at Milwood, N Y. She
was almost instantly killed The man
attempted his own life by gashine
himself with Il broken bottle after be-
ing locked up He admitted the muir
der of his wife, the police say. and
was at a loss to know why he killed
her.
By vote of IS to the New York
Senate Monday night confirmed the
nomination by Governor DIN of Dan
iel F. Cohalan as supreme court jus
tice in New York City to fiji the va
cancy caused by he election of James
A. IGorman 20 the United States SEN
ate
Forest fires. which threaten serious
results, nave broken out in timber
lands in Rumfries parish, about %
miles west of Fredericton, y. r., on
the ST John river The weather con-
tinues very dry. and only the absence
of wind has prevented the rapid spread
of the flames
Investigation of the affairs of the
American Wooden Co., with particular
reference to whether it is operating in
violation of the sherman antitrust
law, is to be considered by the House
rules committee. a resolution of in
quiry. introduced by Rep. Francis of
Ohio was taken up Monday. !, Mr..
Francis was notified to appear, before
the committee Saturday.
Charged with manslaughter. ]. Walter.
Shields, member of a prominent Phia-
delphia family. was placed ON trial Mon
day in the superior court of Grafton
county before Judge Pike at Plymouth.
N. II. Shields is alleged to have shot and
killed Christopher Kenney. lumber
scaler. during dispute in Shields room
at the Moosiluke hotel in Warren, on
Feb. 5. The prosecution is being looked
after by County Solicitor Fred E. Wright
of Woodville and Attorney General East
man, while Shields is defended by A. +.
Wentworth of Plymouth and Former
Mayor Nathaniel Martin of Concord.
That a few years ago the big lumber
companies agreed on the curtailment of
production, that prices were fixed by a
committee and that printed price lists
were sent to all the firms as means of
controlling the market. were the asser-
lions made by witness Monday in the
initial hearing at St Louis of the states
custer suit against the alleged lumber
trust
Henry Pentz. As. Intercolonial Railway
baggagemaster at Truro. and Frederick
Boston. 80, a brakeman. were drowned
Monday by the capsizing OF canvas
boat while fishing in Colchester lake near
Truro. N. S.
An open City Point electric car was
derailed and toppled over with its
score of passengers in collision in the
South End. Boston, Monday evening
with coal service car, seven passen
gers being taken to the hospital. Five
were discharged almost Immediately
afterward. The two detained suffered
only from probably minor injuries.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men Monday at Harrisburg. Pa, re-
elected w. 6. Lee. of Cleveland. pres
ident.
Lord Transformers bill for the re-
construction of the British House of
Lords, passed it's second reading in
that House Monday without division
after War Sec. Haldane had announced
that the government would not divide
against it.
Disapproval of the bill which ex-
tends the firemens pension law of
Boston was the subject Monday of
the eighth veto of Governor Foss The
governor said that he could not
agree with the provisions which give
the right of applying for pension to
firemen who are temporarily disabled.
That price list committee of the
yellow Pine Manufacturers Associa-
tiOn recommended unl1Gfm price
scale for lumber and that this scale
with or without amendments was
adopted by the organization. was
brought out at the hearing Monday
at St. Louis on the states custer suit
against the alleged lumber trust.
joe Moore. the Negro, who Sunday
az Charlottesville, Ga, confessed to
having murdered Henry Googher. a
wealthy farmer Saturday night, was
taken from the Jail Monday by mob
and hanged to a tee.
Prof Nepsser, whose arrival at the
Roydl chateau at Goedoelloc, Hungary.
where Emperor Francis Joseph is So
joarning. caused some ALARM is 50
satisfied with the Emperor's condition
that he Monday left for the Austrian
capital.
Harvey Phillips, the former govern
ment Secret Service detective who
helped watch over President Roosevelt
at Oyster Bay, pleaded guilty Monday
to shipping ammunition to Eel Paso.
Tex, as furniture, fittings and fix
lures He was fined 800 and paid its
Phillips was indicted for violating the