Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-21
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


federal court at Detroit, Mich, Jan.
3d. it was announced. Monday. at De-
troit
+. r. Bedford resigned Monday, as
Il director of the Standard Oil co. ANA
also as president of the Bedford fe-
truleum Co. of France. the Colonial
oil Co. and the Borne Serimms Co.
He had been connected with the
Standard Oil Co. for 80 years and had
been u director for 10.
The Boston Post compositors turned
fire fighters, shortly after their paper
had gone to press, Monday, when
fire started in Chld's cafe on the first
floor of the Post building. In q smoke
filled room, the compositors got out
their line of emergency hose and play
ed stream on d burning roof beneath
them. The blaze was eNtinguished with
A loss of about $500. The fire is be-
lieved to have been caused by defec-
tive wiring.
Dr. Hamilton Wright of Maine one
of the American delegates TO the III
ternatfonal Opium Conference at The
Hague. who has arrived in London,
says that the American delegates have
no cut and dried program to submit
to the opium conference. They expect
the other nations who are participant
ing to submit suggestions in respect
OF the tentative proposals laid down
in the circular issued by the United
States government as the result of
the Shanghai commission ia 1892.
According to j a Macdonald, edi-
ter of the Toronto Globe and promi-
nent member of the Liberal party
Canada is sorry she rejected reciproe-
ity. Mr.. Macdonald so declared in an
address before the Sunday Evening
Club at Chicago. Sunday night. The
people have returned 10 sober think
ing and regret their action. he said
THE voters were swayed by the unin-
telligent emotion of tho crowd. The
annexation bughear was to blame for
it all. It was Just an evil rumor that
got started and you could no more
stop It than you could halt a tornado.
People were swept away by it and
acted rashy. They are nov in re-
pentant mood Mr.. MaeDonald's sub
get was Tile Man and the crowd.
President Taft's administration
promises to break the Roosevelt rec
More actions against alleged Illegal
combinations have been instituted dur
ing the past five months than during
the entire term of auy other President
except Col Roosevelt. and while the
Taft term has year and three months
vet to run, it's record already nearly
equals that for the seven years Roose-
Welt was in office. IN all II bills in
equity have been fled and 20 indiet-
ments secured under President Tafts
administration. Under Col Roosevelt
IS bills in equity We're filed and -
indictments secured. Seven bills in
equity and four indictments make the
total for the past five months.
1t required but two hours. Monday,
at Burlington, VT, to secure Il jury
to hear the evidence in the trial of
Arthur Bosworth. indicted fer the
murder of the girl he loved, Miss Mae
LABEL Bosworth pleaded not guilty
and adjournment was taken until
Tuesday. From questions asked the
veniremen by Attorney G. l.. Sher-
man. acting for the defence, It was
apparent that the defence will be IN
sanity. It is expected that the trial
will be short. Bosworth was infatuated
with Miss LABEL. but his affections
were not returned by that young wom-
an. on June I, last, when he saw Miss
Label at the railroad station at rs
sex Junction, he pulled revolver, 1t
is alleged. and fired at her five times,
INJECTING wounds which caused hef
death.
Charged with arson, Peter DuSas was
arrested, Monday, at LINN, Mass, after
a fire in his grocery and provision store
had caused an early morning panic in an
adjoining apartment house. Dukas, when
given "a hearing in the district court.
pleaded not guilty. a continued hearing
viii be held, Saturday The fire was
discovered a few minutes after man
was seen hurrying away from the door
1t was extinguished with little damage
but the smoke caused 20 persons III an
adjoining apartment houssfto rush to the
street in their night clothes. An lnYes-
tgation into the basement of the store
resulted IN the discovery that the gas
pipes had been disconnected
Justice scudder of the Queens county
supreme court at New York. Monday.
ordered the issuance of warrants for the
arrest of Joseph Cassidy, leader Of
Queens county; William Willet, Jr., can
didate for supreme court Justice on the
Democratic ticket III the second judicial
district. and Louis T. Walters Jr., fol-
lowing an investigation as to whether
certain politicians received large sums of
money for Wilet's nomination The
warrants i'll the case Of Willet and Wal
tiers will charge barterinS and purchase
OF nomination, and in the ease of CassI-
dy, conspiracy Walters placed Winet
in nomination for the iusticeship and 1t
was testified at the Investigation that
willet drew large sums of money from
the bank at or about the time of his nom
nation.
The receipt of many gifts was an
nouneed, Monday, at the November
meeting of the Yale Corporation, the
most important Of which was that
from Owen f. Adds of Washington,
d. c., of the Glass of 1874 and con-
slsts of a collection of first and notable
editions, manuscripts and letters of
American authors, making what is