Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-16
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! OF the Connecticut Railway. died. FRI
! day morning, at Hartford. Conn. Of
| typhoid fever
The Standard oil Co has announced
an advance OF quarter Of a cent a
gallon in the price of gasoline ard
benzine.
The International opium Confer
enCe at The Hague Friday. adopted a
resolution submitted by the British del
egates restricting the Importation or
export OF morphine or cocaine in the
countries represented at the confer
ence II was decided that all resolu-
tons adopted concerning morphine be
applicable TO opium and similar drugs.
Michael Clough, the driver of a gro
Gerry team, was killed. Friday, at one
of the grade crossings of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford, at Ply
mouth, Mass. Cloughs horse became
unmanageable and backed the team
onto the crossing just as the train
dashed round the curve.
A man about 80 years old. who reg
istered on Wednesday evening, as c.
! +. Davidson of Boston, shot himself
| through the heart in a room at the
Crawford House early, Thursday. The
suicide was about 80 years old. weigh
ed 140 pounds, feet 10 inches tau.
The face is smooth, eyes gray and hair
brown. He wore a black sack suit. a
black and white striped negligee shirt.
black stockings, a turned down paper
collar. a black derby and black shoes.
Over 1000 fine specimens were shown
aI CHI Rrldge-
port, CT, Wednesday and Thursday.
| The feature of the show was the
champion Buff Orpington rooster,
| owned by Joe Pry of South Norwalk.
The bird is the finest of its breed in
| the world and is valued at $500. Ii
! came direct from the Crystal Palace
! Poultry Show and was not put into
| competition for it was brought for ex-
| hibition purposes only.
| Cardinal O'Connell in a despatch
received a Boston, Friday, states that
the Holy Father has granted the priv
Iilege of the Roman office to the clergy
| of the arch diocese Of Boston and
that the privilege will become opera
Tive on January LIST, 1912. After that
date priests in the Boston diocese will
| be permitted to conduct the recital of
the office as though they were under
the immediate jurisdiction of the Holy
Father in Rome. The favor is one
that is seldom granted and is held by
but a few American dioeeses.
Michael Godzuk of Wahconah street.
| Pittsfield, Mass. was arraigned in
berkshire district court. Thursday. on
a charge of throwing suiphuric acid
over Mary Kozak, night student in
the High school. She said he had been
Iinsistent on paying her attentions, but
THAT she had repulsed him, believing
he has a wife and a child in Poland.
Police Surgeon Burton made a test of
!Godzuks hands and found traces If
lacid on them. Godzuk claimed these
indications were from dyes in a mill
where he is employed and denied the
lcharge against him. GodZuk was held
in $500 bonds for trial.
Mrs. Annie Sperber of 40 Pear
street, New York, literally laughed
herself TO death, physicians said
Thursday. She went to call on hei
friend, Mrs. Catherine Phillips, and
the two women talked for a time OF
their Christmas plans and then begar
to exchange funny stories. Mrs. Phil
Hips says that Mrs. Sperber laughed
. !uproariously at one she told. Mrs. Phil.