Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-21

pistol on himself, intlicting a wound
from which he died in 4 hospital an
hour later The, victims were about
80 years old
The third of the six corpses to be
found in the ruins OF the Chamber Of
Commerce building at Cincinnati which
was burned II days ago. was recover
ed Friday. 1t was that of Charles S.
Silshald, secretary of grain and pro-
vision company which had offices i'll
the building.
The largest number of vessels laid up
in st. John. y. R.. in many years, is
tied UP at the present time. The ag
STegate tonnage is 1904 and the value
is $l45,2C0. These figures have been OBJ
taino1 by totalling of the tonnage of
39 vessels that are in port met work
ing" and the values have been placed
on each vessel by owner or agent. A
slump in the American lumber mar
k,t is responsible for the condition of
the shipping trade.
Every dog in the village of Durkee.
near Baker City, Ore, was killed by
the townspeople Thursday night. Ear
lier in the day Il band Of mad coyotes
had charged INTO the place. biting
many people and dogs. The settlers
armed and Waged war among the in
truders for many hours. Then they
turned their guns toward the dogs
fearing that the rabies. which is
rampant among the coyotes i'll the
district. would spread.
striking Il stick Of dynamite with Il
pickaNe while working in sewer at
the corner of Washington and Newhall
streets. Lynn, Mass lat Friday. Den
mis- HcalX Was Instantly killed. AMI
two other worl<men. James DOYLE and
Patrick Crowley were seriously i'll
jured bV tie explosion \ gang of 20
men. who We're also working on the
sewer. were rtninjured by the lying
sticks and stones, but the blast shat
tered thu windows i'll the nearby build
ings. Healy was a Years old, and
married
Another evidence that friction be-
tween the United States and New
fuundIand fishing interests is rapidly
decreasing. following the satisfactory
fisheries conference held in Washing
ton last Week. is shown by q dispatch
received by Gloucester Mass. fishing
interests Friday frcm Newfoundland
that three Gloucester fishing boats
caught III the ice in the Bay of Is
lands have been liberated by the New
foundland cruiser Fiona The vessels
liberated from the lee We're the S T.
Willard. Ella VI. Goodwin and the
DauntleSs. The cruiser was under no
obligation to attempt tn break the ice
about the fishing crafts. and the Glou-
cester fishermen expressed their ap-
probation of the act of courtesy,
Fred Ee dch, sc years old. Civil War
veteran and resident ut Nottingham.
Il suburb OF Cleveland, offers his body
for sale Tor $50. Ie is induced to
make tais offer because of inability
to lind any kind OF work that he can
do ana want Oh money to support
himself and his aged Wife. Besides
he believes his body would prove val
uabie to medical science for dissec-
tion. because of a peculiar disease
with which he has been afflicted all
his life and which doctors have been
unable to help. I've not long TO live
and why shouldn't | get $50 for my old
bones ?" asks Beach. IN have no
use for them when [ am dead and we
need the money now His wife ap-
proves the offer Of sale
During fit of dependency as the
result OF d nervous breakdown. Mrs.
Eugene MIGRANT. wife of the pastor
of the Danvers Univers7list church
at Danvers, Mass, committed suicide
at her home Friday by inhaling illu-
minating gas. She was 80 years old.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant came from Con
nccticut eight years ago when Mr..
Grant accepted a call to the Danvers
parish. Two weeks ago Mr.. Grant
rendered his resignation to the trus-
tees, to take effect April /, in order
to accept the pastorate of the Univer-
salist church at Wilton, \. H., where
the Grant summer home is located.
Besides the husband, son and three
daughterS survive.