Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-27
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1 ARM IlIullr dStd ~ "l't star loot
ball player OF the University of wilson
stu and all ,westcrn and altAmcrican guard
died Sunday at Madison. Wis, from in
| festival cancc. lie was clerk of the cir
cult court for Dane COUNT
Daniel Duncan. aged 50 years. an of
fetal of the American Security and Trust
| Company of Washington, d. c., and former
| ly a member of several exclusive clubs
there, died Sunday at Colorado Springs
| Colo. OF tuberculosis He left Washington
FIVE years ago on account of his health
lie is survived by his mother and sis
ter.
That Matthew McDonough, the s.
year-old South Boston boy who was
badgered into drinking an unknown
liquid Sunday, died of acute alcohol
poisoning is the opinion of the Boston
City hospital physicians Young Me
Donough drank hall pint bottle of
Whiskey which he found while play
ing with other boys during the after
noon.
a hotel, three residences and a barn
We're destroyed by fire Monday at Bath.
a small town 20 miles north of Wood
stock. \, b. The buildings were the
Central Hotel owned by G. H. Giber-
SON. the residences Of f. f. Secord
and Hiram Prest, and the house and
barn of Rev. G. A. Giberson, pastor of
the Baptist church. The loss will not
exceed $4,000 and is partly covered by
insurance
Prefacing his sermon with a recita
ton Of Casey at the Bat" the Rev.
Franklin Baker, pastor of the Sacra-
mente. Cal, First Unitarian church,
Sunday night spoke to q large con-
gregation in defence OF Sunday base
ball He declared thai the $4,000. 900
spent for baseball last season was
better expended than the same in for
eign missions, and thdt the game is
Americas mental showerbath."
six airmen Monday began the Han
over 10 Muenster stage of the German
aviation contest. Only two of these
have made all the scheduled flights
since leaving Johanstahl. the starting
point just outside Berlin Gusty
winds had interrupted the competition
for several DAYS. Dr.. oscar Witten-
stein with passenger, rose Monday
morning at Lunneburg, but fell into
the river llmenau AMI broke his pro-
peller.
Twenty persons we're injured, some Sc
fousiy. Sunday nisht when a special train
OF ;hree cars on the Chicago & Milwaukee
interurhan railroad, loaded with members
of the German singing societies OF Chi
esgo, returning from the North American
Saengerbund convention in Milwaukee.
crashed into the rear end of train be-
tween North Chicago and Waukcgan Fol-
lowing the collision there was panic
among the 300 passengers, many of whom
were bruised and cut by flying glass.
Bound on Il four DAYS pleasure trip.
the members of the Exempt Volunteer
firemen's Association of Buffalo. \.
l.. to the number Of about rs arrived
Monday at Providence. RI They
were met hy delegations of the local
veteran associations and regular fire
department and escorted to their no.
tells after parade through the city,
IheN' will remain until Tuesday eve
hing when they will go to Boston for
a two-days visit.
\ new fresh air camp. which will bring
sunshine and health and happiness ia
hundreds of little tots throusht the COM
ing summer, was dedicated i'm the widst
OF the groves at the foot of the Blue
HIS at Canton, Mass, Monday. Evan
geline Booth, the commander of the
salvation Army of America, personally
standing sponsor for the new eamp. A
half hundred children can be accommo
dated at time at the camp. which will
be maintained by the Salvation Army.
one of the four balloons which ascend
ed at Paris Saturday fen Monday into
the North sea near the island of Juist. Of
the East Frisian group. y violent storm
prevailed at the time and the aerial craft
was carried rapidly out to sea. Two per
sons were aboard her The other three
balloons made landings on the East Fri
sian coast y rescue boat was sent ont
as soon as possible to the aid of the dis
tressed balloon, but later returned hav-
me- recovered only an empty ballast bag
marked ar. G. DO"
physical connection beneath the har
nor between the Boston x Maine Rail.
ROAD terminal at East Boston and the
New York. New Haven & Hartford Rail
road lust outside the South station. Bos-
i"H. Is provided for in bill reported
Monday to the lower branch of the Leg
stature. The petition of the Boston &.
Maine to acquire the Boston. Revere
heach d Lynn Railroad as one of the
incidents connected with the tunnel is
not referred to by the committee report
ing the bill. The identification of the
Boston & Maine as far as Beverly and
the New Haven as far as Readville and
also the state may take the tunnel aft
er 20 years are in the bill
dorado Tafts colossal statue of an In
dian which stands on Bluff above
Rock river near Oregon, Ill. has been
completed and will be unveiled next Sat
urday. Of those who will speak at the
unwilling are Miss Laura Miriam Corne-
nus of seymour Wis, granddaughter of
Daniel Beard and herself the last nun
blood princess of the Oneidas, and Chas
Eastman, who is also full blood Miss
Cornelius whose Indian name is "Wvn-
hosene,' er Ray of Light" will tell
of the work She is doing in behalf of
her race. Mr.. Taft has been at work on
the statue for the last three years It's
facial lineaments are those of Black