Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-22
CON DENSEn DISPATCHES.

LondonS dramatic censor, George Ar.
'exander BEDFORD known officially aa the
examiner of plays. resigned his position.
Thursday. Charles y. Brookfeld. who
was appointed his assistant on Nov. %
last, is to succeed him. -
Striking freight clerks Of the Har-
riman lines at Houston, Tex, Thurs
day, announced that q general order
has been issued for all freight clerks
on the Hartman lines. in Texas and,
Louisiana to go out. Friday, because
Of the refusal of the management 10
grant an .8-h9ur. day. with time and.
a half pay, for overtime. AL points Of
the system east OF n Paso. are sxr
peeted to be involved: =. 49,
Amendments to the az ticles. Of incorpor-.
alton of the Minneapolis q ST.. Louis
RatifSad Co., increassag the capitol stock
from szl 10000 to $3aQ0o.oe0. were fled
with the secretsry Of state. Thursday.
at ST Paul. MINI. OF, the original s294
100000 stYck issued, ss50e.o0e was RETIRED
BY the increase TO $s0oQ1 90. today., the.
company viii have 81, 500 600 ID the forth,
coming issue. This Increase Il made in
order to pay for the Iowa Central whtch.
the road recently took over. said George
SEWERS, counsel general Of the company
Levi P Morton. of New York. bank :.
er and former Vice President Of the :
United States, was sued WedHeaday
in, the supreme court ,for $50 go jam
ages by Miss Harriet pHyisy. a. tenant,
in an apartment house Atti AroadwaN3s
and 140th street. owned 4RYs MrssM0r-s.,
ten- Miss Davis said that sta AAteEsds
the elevator of the house oRothe SIXTH
floor and, alighting ON the street hoar
failed to see that the car was bHloNts
the, level of the floor. because there
was no light in the car Miss Davis fell
and received permanent injury to herss.
spine. n = ~ a astss2lza l. - nid.s sar.
Jacob Godek, w atchnaan at the plant.s
was. placed under arrest, ThufudaE,s
on fseharge of ; murdering Charles
/ Ayers in the engine room at ,they Page
I Storme Drop Forge Cos. foundry in :
Chifepeee Mas s. = He skill. boz giFens a.
hearing. Jan. 2. Ayers apparently en-
tered the. engine room. Thursday
morning. to warm himself. He had :,
been out of work. and according to
Cock. Ayers. took the watohman's
revolver from shelf and shoe him.
self. The police, .hpwever.s say that
Ayers, who had been drinking, made
disturbance in the engine ro6pi and
that during the trouble he was shot
by the Waterman. Godek is a PoA Of 7
good reputation. totsm1o lpfidSss
One of the biggest WRECKS f IL aadSe btiI s-
tory of the Laokawanna Railroad Waas
due to a runaway loaded frsight and
coal train Of 81 cars. eaAtb1NH1 which,
came down the grade :. fFpins the
Mountain, at terrific rata az speed.
Wednesday morning, at Analouink, q
five miles from Stroudsburg. Pa, Cars
were piled up at intervals for . milo
and a half, breaking down thu small !
iron bridge over Brodhead's Creek .
short distance west of the cut where
the nife.up Of Aug 8. 1870, took place.
Fire, In, the Frank W. Stiles block. :
ont the, square. at Sprin gfsld. VI. AZ
ap early hour. "Wednesday. practiealr
Nv, destroyed the. stock and ffixtures
of Charles. Tarro. fruit and cigar deal
er and .eonfeetfonerry valued at upward.
Of, 5000. and, dana ICED, the butldtns 4
few hundred ,dollars.9 The Tarrs stock,
and ,fixturesr; were. Insured, for $2l0Q
The block is fully protected Atty.
Fred II. Spaufding. who rooms. In the
rear OF the block on the second floor.
was awakened by the smoke about 2
A. NJ. sI1d turned In the alarm. The
fire originate in the basement from
an overheated furnace. and owing to-
the large number of empty boxes
stored there, the low ceiling and the.
cold. it was a hard one to handle.
Fred w. Wheeler was on the scene
| promptly. however. with hand extin-
l"1ishers. and the w. II. II. Siaek Hose
Co. arrived within eight minutes and
soon had three streams on the blaze
The last bar between the Grand
Trunk Railway and the Providence
water front was taken down, Thurs
day night. when the Providence, Il.
H., aldermen voted to allow the road
to lay tracks parallel to those of tho !
New York. New Haven & Hartford
railroad on Aliens avenue, Proyi,x'
denoe. There was but one dissent inc /.
| vote. The common council voted, Two,
weeks ago, to allow the Grand Trunk
to utilize Aliens avenue the only
available route to the harhor, hut the
aldermen refused permisslon on tho
ground that tina. city was giving ,tlia
Grand Trunk a perpetual franchise.
The committee on railways then tes.k
up the matter and repeated fayorabiy !,
on the petition. Thursday night. .pEe-.s
vious to the vote being taken BY. tba /,
dIueIuieA, ~ sgFs ~
Somewhere IN Minneapolis ! is q man
declaring himself to be New York nil.
iionaire, who is seeking . young woman.
name unknown to him. who sometime
ago aided him when he fell on the sIip-
perry Sidewalk there. The wouid~ba
wooer, who gives his name as aeorga
Barnes, Jr.,s has asked the aid Of Mayor
Haines in finding the young woman The
letter written to Mayor Hainea by
| Barnes and which contained . torn
photograph, says: II. bachelor rnii-
lionaire OF New York. met with an acct.
dent recently and was quite badly In
jured. This girl Of whom I send the
photograph. saw me fall and bsndaxed :
my hand. Now. rs am q bachelor, I
would like to have her become Mrs.
Barnes. Jr. got the photosrapk when
II dropped from her purse I was Unine
to keep It. bat she grabbed it and tore
it."