Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-21
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An early morning three alarm fire
Thursday on the Mystic river front IN
lCharlestown. Mass, destroyed the dry
house of Lawrence & Wfggfn, lumber
dealers, at the corner of Terminal and
Medford streets, together with a large
quantity Of valuable lumber The loss
Will probably exceed 100000.
An advance Of three cents gallon in
the basis for distillers finished goods.
commonly referred to as Whiskey. was
made effective Wednesday at Cincin-
natl. This fixed the basis at 1856 a
gallon. The advance is made because of
high price OF raw materials such as
corn, malt. etc.
The much mooted cruise of the pa-
cific fleet to Hawaii which has been
twice postponed, once by direction of
the President, will not be abandoned
as had been threatened. The vessels
will sail from San Francisco for Homo
lulu Nov Is unless Unforeseen develoD
ments nterpose.
A gun ON the French armored cruiser
soire burst Wednesday at Toulon.
rance, and 13 members OF the crew
ere injured. The accident occurred
Turing target practice at sea, port
sun exploding as a projecthe' was be-
ing inserted in the breech. One gun
ner was killed and IS wounded.
An excursion train on the Boston &,
Maine Railroad, bound from Boston to
Lake Winnipesaukee was run into by
a switching engine Wednesday at SOM
ellsworth, n. II. One or two passen-
gers We're slightly cut and both en-
gines We're badly wrecked. The cars
were subsequently sent north on
regular train with most of the excur-
sionists.
The mis-spelling of the name of
FRANK j. Donahue, one of the Demo-
cratic candidates for secretary Of
state, on the ballots that are to be
used Tuesday at the Massachusetts
state primaries was called to the at
tention of Judge Morton in the equity
session OF the supreme court Wednes-
day through a writ of mandamus to
compel reprinting of the ballots.
Judge Morton will hear the case on
Monday.
Irony Grannetta a cousin of the has-
band of Mrs. Pasquale Grannetta, who
was killed at her home in CilftondaIe.
| Mass, on Friday last, was taken into
custody by the state police Wetlnes-
day at Lynn, on charge of having
some knowledge Of the murder He
was taken To Boston by Deputy Chief
Neal for further examination at the
office OF the state police. The body of
Mrs. Granetta was found on Friday
with nine wounds. all apparently from
a long knife
The vacancy on the supreme 'heneh
Of Massachusetts was filled by Cover.
nor Foss Wednesday by the advance
ment Of Judge Charles A. DeCuurcev
Of Lawrence 10 the superior court.
Justice \. =, Rugs was confirmed al the
Same time as chief justice of the SUI
pleme court and Immediately took the
oath of Office. Judge DeCourcey was
appointed to the superior bench in
1902 and ranked as 10th on the list of
judges. He is Democrat. Gov. Foss
also appointed E. Gerry Brown of
Broekton as superintendent of small
loan agencies.
With only her masts and jibboom
visible above the water, the four-nast-
ed schooner Stella b. Kaplan. which
struck on the Tail of the Horseshoe in
lower Chesapeake bay near Old Point
Comfort, Monday night. Wednesday
rested ON the bottom of the Horseshoe,
a hopeless wreck. Capt. Charles w
Dow ef Melrose, Mass, who was max
ing the trip in the Kaplan from Nor
folk to Savannah, for her regular mas
ten, Capt. Merritt of South Portland.
Me-, vent Wednesday aboard a wreck
ing tug to the scene of the wreck. but
finding the Kaplan beyond saving. Gi-
rooted the stripping of the vessel.
The city officials of Newburyport
made 3. vigorous protest to the Massa-
chusctts Railroad Commission Wednes-
day against the issuance of s11D. O0o
bonds and $260000 stock by the Haver-
hill d Amesbury Street Railway. on
the ground that the road is not profit
able. 1t was also contended that any
additional debt would increase the bur-
zen OF the travelling public. Counsel for
the road replied that the new capital
was FOR the purpose of taking up
much of the floating indebtedness.
well-dressed man whose appear
ance indicated wealth and refinement.
was found dead in freight car
wednesday, at newark, N. j.. With a
bullet hole in his breast and his peck
let's turnedxinside out. The police be-
lieNe that he was murdered Tuesday
night and that his body was placed in
the car in the hope that it would be
carried to some other part of the coun-
try before it was discovered. The dead
man was about 40 years old, weighing
about lS5 pounds, with thick black
hair and clean shaven. Nothing was
found about him that might lead to
| identification.
Ogden l.. Mills. son of Mr. and Mrs
| Ogden Mills of New York, and Miss
Margaret Rutherford. daughter Of Mrs.
William K. Vanderbilt, ST., were mar
/ ried Wednesday by Mayor De Launoy
of Nauville, village of $50 inhabitants
eight miles from Deauvilie. France
The civil rite was performed at the
village offices. The Official witnesses
We're Mr.. Reid. the American ambas-
sador at London, the Earl of Granard.
who married Miss Beatrice Mills; Mrs.
Samuel Stevens Sands and William X.