Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-04-08
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

the city limits at st. Louls. Mo. by
an armed and masked robbcr. whn
robbed the steward of the dining ear
iour Negro walters and Il Negro chef
II. r"oorf from London that Peter
B. Widcner of Philadelphia had pur-
chased The Mill.'' the celebrated
painting b} Rembrandt, was confirmed
al Mr. Widener's office Friday. The
price paid it was said, was slightly in
excess of 100000.
The frigate United States ship IndepeE
| dehce, nearly century old, is about to
| be formally stricken from the list OF
| naval vessels of the United States. The
| navy department. Friday ordered the old
| ship subjected to a general survey which
will determin her final disposition. She
| was built and launcncd in 1914 at Charles.
town, Mass, and cost Si2t, $40.
a mob Of 200 masked men stormed
the Jail at Lawrenccvihe, Ca. early
Saturday morning and after attack
ing the sheriff taking his keys from
him. secured a Negro, Charles Hale
| charged with assaulting Mrs e. G
Williams. They hung him from Il tree
in the business section of the town
and riddled the body with bullets
Tie American Implement Co raised
its capital stock from $4,000 to s5o 900
Friday and fledtthe certification with
the secretary of state at Springfield.
l. iS a forming company for the reor-
sanization of De Ere & eco. imple-
ment manufacturers of Moline, Ills,
and Il other smaller companies, which
1t has heuaht out. paying for them
With its own stock
Th@ collection Of 400 rare books con-
si.tutirg the library of the late +.
Dwight Church, manufacturer OF
Green FONT. l.. l.. known all over the
world as collector of originals and
fret editions, became the property FRI
day of George =. Smith. a New York
dealer. The collection has been called
the finest nf original and first edition,
of America and Old English authors
in existence and is said to have been
purchased 70" 81 .26n, 200.
Charged with making gratuity of sll
To customs officer. Giuseppe Ragine of
Naples and Mchaelc u. Spigno of Proyi-
dence, who We're arrested OH the White
Star Line pier in Charlestown, Mass.
Tuesday. waived examination when ar
raigned before United States Commission
er Hayes Friday in Boston and were held
in $500 each for the present term of the
grand Jury On furnishing bail they were
released and permitted to go to Provi-
dencc, Il. !.
The United States government won its
first case in the fight it has begun TO
drive out of Chicago members of the
Black Hand who are said by the police
to be responsible for nearly 80 dynamite
explosions and score of murders. Clan
nj Alongi was found guilty of using the
mails in sending threatening letters, by
a jury in the United States district court
after Judge Lands and Post Office In
spector James Stewart had both received
threats of death. traceable To this source
-Four hundred striking street laborers
engaged in Il battle Thursday With
the police at Prince Rupert. r. C..
following an attack upon Il force OF
men working under police protection.
During the fight Milan Michedch. =
Montenegrin striker was shot and
probably fatally wounded and sev-
cral other men. including two con-
stables. We're less seriously hurt. Many
citizens are being swern in as depu
ty constables. Many strikers have
been arrested.
Mrs. 7. NJ. Brooks who has been or
triad at Fort Worth. Texas for the last
week, charged with the murder of Mrs
Mary Binford. was Friday declared not
guilty. The verdict was rendered ir
her favor because the jury believed hel
insane. Mrs. Brooks is the wife of a
Unknown local attorney. On Jan. lG
last. she went to a large department
store. where Mrs. Biuford was employ
ed and shot her to death. Mrs. Brooks
claimed that Mrs. Rinford had tried to
ALLEVIATE her husbands affections
The increase in the number Of COL
lege graduates in this country will be
useful directly 50 far rs those grad
yates feel sens" of Responsibilities
growing out OF their education, SaiG
President Taft Friday in an address
In the East Room of the White House
to delegation of the intercollegiate
Civic League. Il would not like t.
stir up feelings by saying that col
iege graduates are necessarily the
hest men in the country said the
President. but certainly they have
the opportunity to be among the most
useful"
The grand jury at Boston had before
1t Friday several city officials, includ.
ing members Of the finance commission
and assessors. we'll as Register of Pro-
bate poian. in the investigation of the
charges that Quincy A. Shaw, Robert r
ilerrick and Francis &. Weich had made
false returns as trustees of the estate ut
Quincy y. Shaw. The trustees made :,
return to the proGate court in 1905 and
l!W1 stating that the estate was valued at
5000. G1 with other uudiscloSed assets. As
the result of an investigation by the IL
nance commission back taxes on Sli 00N
coo in addition wer" paid last month and
District Attorney l'clletier was asked by
Mayor Fitzgerald Ia bring the matter BE-
fore the grand juhy. The bar association
was also asked to investigate the matter.
The palatial country home of Ed
" arr! Il. EoScnhcimer at Pelham. y.
y. known as the Roses where Ills
tathcr Vas tho victim of IL strange
brutal murder. was buned to the
- roItn1 .,a;ly Friday. Only "A car,.taE -