Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-05
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emperor William and the Empress
arrived Thursday at Karlsruhe puchy
of Baden to be the guests, with King
Gustaye and the Queen of Sweden, of
Grand Duke Frederick
Two more subsidiary companies. the
La Sale and Seneca, voted Thursday
at Boston i'll favor of consolidating
with the Calumet & Hecla. The op-
position in each meeting was very
small.
Adolf Noermann, head of the Woer-
mann Steamship Co. died Thursday at
hamburg. Woermann, with associates.
in 1884, purchased kamerun in western
equatorial Africa and turned the coun-
try over to the empire for a German
colony.
President o'Connel of the Interna-
ti9nal Association of Machinists ar
rived Thursday at New York to take
charge of the local strike of machin-
lists. several thousand of whom quit
work to enforce their demands for an
6-nour day. The large shops assert that
they VIII not grant the demand There
have been no disorders
Following the action of the Massa-
chusetts senate Wednesday IN placing
Massachusetts on the negative side Of
the national income tax amendment
Speaker Joseph Walker. one Of its
strongest opponents introduced a bill!
in the House Thursday for state in
come tax. The bill provides for n
graded tax on incomes from whatever
source derived with the limit to be
determined by the Legislature.
Requests of $4,000 each to seven In
situations III Boston are made in the
VIII Of Mrs. Elizabeth Q. p Sturgis OF
Salem, filed for probate Thursday at
Salem. In addition the Arlington Street
church and the First church. both OF
Boston received $4,000 each. The in
situations receiving $4,000 each are:
The House IF the Good Samaritan, the
Kindergarten for the Blind, the Mas
saehusetts Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, the Boston
Nursery for Blind Babies, and the In
dustrial School for Crippled and Re
formed Children.
After having surrendered to the au-
thorites at Woodstock, n. B.. Thurs
day, William Blagden of that town was
held in custody to await the outcome
of the bullet wound inflicted on Thorn
as w. McCluskey at Blagdens home
Wednesday night. Blagden returned
from Fredericton Wednesday night
and, finding McCluskey, is alleged to
have shot him in the stomach. infiict
ing a wound that is expected to cause
McCiuSkey's death. In a statement
made after the shooting, McCluskey
said that he was paying friendly call
on Mrs. Blagden and her daughter.
Blagden is 80 years old and McCluskey,
who is a member of a local firm o,
produce dealers, is 10 years his junior
BY an unanimous vote and without
debate Thursday the Rhode Island
House passed the amendment TO tic
Grand Trunks charter. The bill will
be reported in the Senate Friday, the
closing day. The bill Incorporates the
agreement between the Grand Trunk
and it's rival, the New York. New Hav-
en- & Hartford Railroad, regarding
trackog e rights in order that the
e6 road to it's desired tidewater ter
minal. The bill practically removes the
last obstacle to thesentry of the Cana
dian road to Providence. 1t permits the
southern New England Railway. thu
new subsidiary of the Grand Trunk, ID
pass by tunnel under the New Have,
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