Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-29
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

One-half of all the street railway cars
operated in the commonwealth of Massa-
/ chusetts must be equipped with lifting
jacks of at least Is tons capacity, on and
after July /, according to an order issued,
| Thursday. by the Board of Railroad
Commissioners With the equal distribu-
ton of these jacks among the cars used
throughout the commonwealth the COM
missioners expect by their order to pro-
vide a speedy means of relieving injured
persons caught under the wheels of street
cars.
Mrs. Henrietta Goodloe of Denver, Col,
niece of Former Banker James S. ARM
strong. will not share in his $3.50, 600 es-
tate, according to a decision by Common
Pleas Judge Swing, Thursday, at Cinein-
| natl in suit brought by the trustees to
expedite the distribution OF the estate.
| Her share was lost to her because of the
omission of the word sisters in the
will The document provided that the
property was to be distributed among
the heirs of brothers, nephews and
nieces Mrs Goodloe is daughter of i
sister of Mr. Arnonstrong. Her attor-
neys hold the omission was unintentional
NJ Deiahaye, Thursday. in the
French Chamber of Deputies, de-
nounced the Paraguan loan. the flota
ton of which is announced for Janu-
airy as device to abstract 20,000.000
francs from the public savings. He
demanded that the government do
something to stop the issue. NJ. Crup-
| ri. minister of justice, assured the
Chamber that he had instructed the
judicial authorities to take the neces-
sary steps to investigate the whole
matter. A motion inviting the gov
eminent to adopt measures immediate
~ to defend the savings of the pub
lie was accepted by the premier and
adopted by a vote of 522 to l.
Franklin w. Fort, son of John
Franklin Fort. formerly governor of New
Jersey. underwent a skin-grafting opera
ton in his home, No. 20 Carleton street,
East Orange, n. j., Wednesday. for the
benefit of his three-months-old son, Will
liam S Fort, who was burned accidental
ly on Thanksgiving day. The baby was
in crib with his twin brother when a
paper shade on a gas je' above the crib
caught fire and fell on the right side of
the baby's face, burning it sereyeiy. The
other twin was not injured. 1t was de-
clded i'll order to prevent the injured
child from being permanently SCARED it
would be necessary to graft new skin on
| his face, and that was furnished,
| Wednesday. by his father. four inches
being removed from the mans leg.
Edward Romer, Ia years old. of No.
| 514 Westchester avenue, The Bronx.
! New York, was run over and injured
| so badly by freight train on the
| New York Central in the cut at 142d
| street and Walnut avenue, Wednes-
| day, that he died in the Lincoln hos
pital, few hours afterward. He was
picking coal when the freight train
| struck him. Both legs We're crushed
so badly they were amputated above
/ the knee. The Romer family, which is
| large one, is poor Coal trains pass
| ing through the cut drop pieces of
coal, and for years it has been the
| practice of poor children in the neigh
| borhood to pick them up. Edward vol
| unteered to go, Wednesday, and he
| had his bag almost filled and had
| started across the tracks with 1t when
! the train came along. The boy be-
came confused. and fell so he landed
| beneath the foremost car.
| With the arrival at Clinton, Wednes"
day, of the body of James Gaughan
from Brown Station, n. Y, there came
1.-THE first intimation to Clinton rela-
tives and friends that he had been
murdered. Patrick Gaughan, brother
of the dead man, who had been en-
ployed with him on the New York
water works, gave the information. Mr..
Gaughan, who formerly lived in Gin
Iton. had been in Brown Station sever
lal wears and had recently been en-
ployed as Waterman. On Christ
mas night his charred body was
found in a burned pump building. IT
was found that he had suffered a
fracture of the skull and had a knife
wound in his abdomen three inches in
length. Officers are now investigat-
ling. It is the theory of the officials
that Gaughan was assaulted and, when
Ibis assailants found they had killed
him. they set the building on fire, mop
ling to conceal their crime. Two broth
ers, James of Clinton and Patrick OF
Brown Station, survive. He was 40
Years old.
| Three Negroes and Negroes were
| arrested at Pittsburg, "Wednesday, and
goods valued at thousands OF dollars
are In possession of the police, togeth-
err with several opium outfits. among
| the valuable furs and dresses recov-
cred was one believed to have been
a wedding gown, which is said to be
worth at least $1,000. The neck of the