Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-18

Inc Royal MetSefbIUg}c3l society
has awarded the Synons gold medal
70 Cleveland Abee the metcorologist
Of the United states weather bureau
at Washington, in recognition of his
work.
John w. Garrett. minister To Vcnc
zuela. las been appointed minister to
Argentina and mas been accepted by
The Argentine government. Sec. Knox
ANNOUNCED, Friday. His successor has
not been named.
John Jack" Frost. a Civil War vet
cram So years old, is dead, ut Quincy.
H., having been stricken with apo
plexy, Thursday, while walking the
street. Frost led the famous attempt
to escape from the Andersonville pris
on during the Civil War.
A Danzig, Germany dispatch says:
| There is no truth i'll the report wide
Ily circulated. Friday. that Crown
Prince Frederick William has been
ordered to undergo a months deten-
ton for his recent public display of
| opposition to the governments settle
ment of the Franco German contro-
versy over Morocco.
/ - Il feSulI u ufIitklIR the SIedttT
part of a half pint of whisky. iiyear-
old Mary Ricei, daughter of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Jerry Ricci, died, Thursday
morning, at the home at 237 West
street. The little grl drank the whis-
| ky, Wednesday, having discovered the
| bottle on table, and was found by
| her mother a half hour later uncon-
scious or the floor. Doctors worked
| over the child for hours without avail.
Mrs. Pearl G. hopkins, who. July
II, last. shot and killed her husband,
Jesse Hopkins. at his place of en-
ployment in New Haven, CT, and
who was indicted Tor murder in the
first degree, Friday, pleaded guilty in
the superior court to a charge of MUIR
der in the second degree and was sem
fenced to state prison for life The
shooting was the outcome of domestic
troubles. Mrs. Hopkins is about 80
years old.
Insanity proceedings have been
brought at Washington against Mrs.
William Jones, wife OF the man who
attempted to kill Guiteau, assassin Of
President Garfield, by Charlotte D.
Bates, a niece Mrs. Bates claims that
her aunt's mind has been unbalanced
by worry over her husbands dissipa-
tions, and that although the aged wom-
all is worth $4,000, she recently was
discovered living in a hovel. Mrs.
Jones will be examined in the district
supreme court. Monday. She has re-
tanned United States Senator Tteynor
of Maryland and two other lawyers
to resist proceedings.
A real stabbins in a scene between
| jealous women broke up a vaudeville
act and threw the female portion of
the audience into Mysteries at a Nor
folk, Va, theatre. Thursday night.
Minis Yuki YamakuTa forgot a table
knife had been substituted for the
usual property dagger, and when
she attacked Nine Anna kremsa at
the climax of heated quarrel. the
latter fell to the stage with blood COZ
ing, from a wound i'll her left breast
When the excitement had Guieted
down it was discovered that Mime.
Anna WAS not dangerously hurt. The
women are the best of friends in real
life.
Mutt" Il brindle bulldog, whose
master is Lieut.. y. ]. Skerrett of the
state militia, saved the lives of sew
en- occupants of an apartment house
in Worcester, Mass. Friday. Shortly
before dawn Mutt was awakened by
smoke, which filled the kitchen of the
Skerrett apartment. The dog set up
a howl that awakened Mr.. Skerett,
who in turn aroused the other occu-
pants and all got out safely. The
damage is estimated at $4,000. The fire,
which originated in the cellar, is be-
lieyed to have i,een caused by hot
ashes igniting the woodwork.
Evidently in anticipation of the pas
sage of the proposed law providing pay
for members of the New York Militia,
the militia division OF the war depart
ment has requested militia command
ers 70 provide some form of duty ros-
ter with = view to keeping complete
.rccord of the attendance at drills OF
the militia men. The men are now re-
ouired To have e drills n year, but the
proposed bin under which they were
to receive pay for the time spent in
learning soldering provides that they
receive p Pc cent. of fhe pay of
regular enlisted man upon the condi-
tion that they attend As drills.
Sleep walking. due to an injury
Josenh Edwards received during one
of the street cleaners strikes, in New
York. led him to an open elevator
shaft. early Friday. and a fall Which
resulted in his death. Edwards was
one Of a gang of strilzebreakers
brought from Boston. Four days ago
while at work, he was struck in the