Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-08
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


Nine stores and two hotels ON Main
street in the heart of the business
district of Boonton. y. j., were burned.
Thursday. with a loss of about $4,000.
The City hall was blackened by smoke
and many of the windows were broken.
| Several volunteer firemen received
slight burns, but nobody was badly
| hurt
| In an endeavor to establish Il cen
| trail organization to treat with strikes
| and other difficulties which arise fire.
| quently in the shoe factories of Lynn
| Mass, Stephen NJ Walsh. master
| workman of the Knights Of Labor
| Thursday, sent out a circular letter to
| the various local unions calling IL con
| ference, Jan. 10, next. Labor difficult
| ties which occur frequently in LINN
are prolonged il is believed. because
| 1t is hard to settle the troubles Ow-
ing 10 the fact that there are some
Is distinct unions
Sir George Henry Lewis. senior
member of the firm of Lewis & Lewis
solicitors, London. died there, Thurs
day. He WIS born in 1888. Sir George
Henry Lewis was one of the most
prominent lawyers in the United King
dom. During the last 40 years of his
career up to his retirement in 1910 he
was engaged in nearly every law suit
Of note, but more especially in Grim
inal prosecutions.
The visit of the Russian foreign
minister. Sergius Sazonoff, who ar
rived at Paris, Thursday, Is generally
regarded by the press as timely re-
affirmation of the Russo Frcneh en-
tente. The newspapers express the
opinion that NJ. Sazonof also wishes
to sound France in regard to the Rus
sion proposition TO Turkey that the
Dardanelles BE- opened for the pas
sage of Russian warships. President
Fallieres gave a luncheon, Thursday,
ut the Elysee, in honor of NJ. Saxon
off.
DR.. A. ST. John Chambre. rector Of
St. Anne's Episcopal church at Low
ell Mass, was found dead in bed,
Thursday morning, after a brief i'll
ness. Angina pactoris was the cause
Of death. DIR. Chambre was one of the
most prominent Episcopal clergymen
of New England. He was born in
England, II years ago, and came to
this country as a young man. He
served as chaplain of a New Jersey
regiment during the Civil War and at
the close of the war. accepted posi-
tons in St. Matthews church, South
Boston, and the Church of the Asso-
citation, Fall River. coming to Lowell
in 1884.
The trial of the English ship broker,
Max Schultz. and his four German
associates. who We're arrested at Ham
burg on March Is, on charge of es-
pionage. began at Leipsiz, Saxony.
THURSDAY. before the imperial court.
Schultz is accused of having used his
profession as cover for corrupting
shipyard workmen TO betray naval Sc
crets. He was kept under close obser-
walton for a consderd bic time by gov
crnment detectives while passing be-
tween Hamburg and Bremen, where.
at the time, 10 warships of different
types were under construction. IT is
said that the discriminating matter
found in mis- possession at the time
Of his arrest was not of a grave char
acter, but it is believed that he sue
ceeded in communicating a number
of documents to the people by whom
he was employed He is regarded by
the naval authorities as most dan
gerous espionage agent. The proceed
ings are taking place in secret.