Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-02
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


! immigration figures at st. John, n.
B., for the season just closed were
made public Monday. showing that
4n,s01 foreigners landed there. This is
an increase Of about 10000 over figures
of the season of 1909-1910.
Miss Ressie Terrell, one of the best
| known teachers of drawing in the
| Brooklyn. n. Y, public schools. was
found dead In bed Monday. Sine mad
| committed suicide by intaling iiiumi-
| mating gas, because tile dust Of her
| drawing chalk had affected her eyes
| and she feared she was going blind.
! by a ron call vote of 1872 TO &c, the
| Massachusetts House Monday substi-
| tnted the public opinion bill for the
adverse report of the committee on
election laws. The bill provides for
! form of initiative on questions of pub
| lie policy. The bin was reported in
the Senate but that body refused to
approve the substitution.
Afflliatfon of the Western Federation
| of Miners with The American Fed
| Grafton of Labor, which was submitted
| to referendum vote of the miners,
| has been ratified ~ a large majority.
was announced Sunday. The exact
vote will not be known before MGn-
| day.
The case against Alexandra fischer
| niem charged with an attempt to
| blackmail the Duchess De Choiseul
/ PrasIin formerly Mrs Charles HamiI-
| ton Paine of Boston, suddenly collapsed
| Monday at London, the court ruling
that the plaintiff had not made out
case and taking the matter from the
| jury. The defendant was discharged.
The forest fire which has burned
/ over 1000 acres of timber and brush
| land during the past two days, in
| Sandwich, Mass, was extinguished
early Monday by a downpour Of rain.
| The only buildings destroyed were
those on the Cobb and AIinot sheep
farm in Forestdale. The loss on these
/ buildings was estimated at $4,000
The "Conqueror" Great Britain's
10Th Dreadnought, was launched Mon
day ON the Clyde. She has a displaee-
ment of %, $50 tons and will be equip
ped with turbines of a total of $1,000
! horsepower, permitting contract
speed of 81 knots an hour. The vessel
is 5s4 feet in length and viii be armed
with 10 13.5inch guns and "A 4-inch
| guns.
Rev Donal Browne, chaplain of the
| Boston hospitals for the Episcopal
church and native Of London, died
Monday at Maiden, Mass. after a
brief Illness. Mr.. Browne was born in
1851, and before taking orders served
as judge ut Bonne Bay. Labrador, for
| eight years. He was ordained at Man
chester, y. H.. and had held parishes
| at Derry, \. H., Middleboro and Ma
| rion. Mass.
The Chinese found starving Sunday
on Coronado islands, 20 miles from
San Diego, Cal, win be returned to
| Ensada whence they CAM. The is
lands belong 10 Mexico and the find
| ing of the starving Chinese was re
ported Monday to the Mexican consul
a San Diego, Cal. who has arranged
| to have them taken to Ensanda. The
identity of the smuggler Of the China
man has not been learned.
The scheduled strike of machinlsts
for an s-hour day, two big parades and
half a dozen smaller ones marked May
day III labor circles in New York City.
| The strike WGs conducted quietly. APP
| proXinately 10000 men walked ont. To-
| ca, labor leaders say. 4 free-fo all
| fight III which three persons were
| stabbed broke UP one of the parades
| Approximately 1000 bakers joined the
| machinists in striking. The waist MAX
crS made no demonstration as planned
The action of the customs officials in
OBTAINING Mrs. David II. Jacobs and her
daughter Bessie, upon their arrival sun
day night at New York from Europe.
is still surrounded with mystery to-
night. The immigration authorities, it
| is said. will consider Tuesday whether
there is cause TO deport the family. ia
cobs, who is dealer in antique jewelry,
has been a resident of this country seven
years, but never became a citizen. His
wife has been in England over year.
\ petition to have adjudged insane
StiIson Hutchins. founder of the st.
Louis Times, Washington Post and
Times and once prominently connect
ID with the Des Mnines State Journal
dubuque Herald and st. Louis Dis
patch, Was granted Monday at Wash
ington, the writ being retGrnable May
4. Mr. Hutchins is a multi mniona Ire
and was an organizer and chief pro
moter OF the Mergenthaler linotype.
/ Rushing out of barn in Charles
street in the Italian section of Provi-
dence. r., l.. luigi D'Parlo Monday
shot ana probably fatally wounded
Mrs. Katie Bertuglio who had repeat
eddy refused his attentions and after
being fired at himself by a passerby.
committed suicide in nearby vacant
lot Only two weeks ago D'Parlo was
arrested on information given by Mrs
' BSrtugliO. who S1id the man had