Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-02

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~. @'iias 70 Keep the peace.
axanvt,, ,sa'are Of the meeting of the
RantSers council of the American
Monde, sociatIon which began
ad,irass 90 nashville, Tenn, was the
dent OF the National Rans i, presi-
cage. delivered at the baue,''.. " chi
ed by local bankers Mr. ssnutr
spoke on monetary feyisiation s an
Guiding the possibilities Of tha u, ~
Of Former Senator y. w 4lar,os -
Rhode Island. Tire DAYS sasssos.-
/ were devoted to matters con,ing =.
fore the various sections
While temporarily insane, James ]
Robbin, a surgeon Of the United States
army on his way from Fort Ethan Al
len VI, for the Philippines. jumped
through a window Of the Union Pacific
passenger train Sunday. 30 miles east
| OF Evanston, Wyo., and eight hours
later was found dead four miles from
TIE track. 1t is believed he escape nm
injured from the leap. His death prob
ably was due to exposure. as he was
attired only in his underclothino ard
trousers.
The grand jury investigating the fai,urs
of the Carnegie Trust Co. handed an IN
dictment Monday to Justice Davis IN N.
criminal branch of the supreme court ar
New York. The proceedings were s,r-
rounded with great secrecy, but II wa.
said that the indictment was drawn under
section 372 of the penal law which noskes
1T a felony for a public official TO receive
value in consideration of his vote. onin.
ion. action. Judgment or decision in any
affairs of his Office" 1t is reported thai
the indictment is of more consequences
than any other so far found by this
grand Jury. but The name of the accused
man. it was said. would not be revealed
until an arrest had been made
Unless it be otherwise decided by
Attorney Leo Rappaport, counsel for
the international Bridge and Structur-
al Iron Workers Association, who is
expected to arrive soon at San Fran
cisco. there will be no motions for
ehahge of venture in the conspiracy
case or any other technical points to
ueiay me trials of John j., and James
%. Mcnamara. No one visited ths
prisoners Monday and District Attor-
hey trederiels said no one would be
permitted TO see McManigaI until the
latter has testified In the trial Of the
MeNamaras.
IL vas announced at the afternoon
session of the Hoe Library sale Mon
day at New York that an autograph
letter of Henry w Longfellow. dated
1856 and relating to his book "Outre
Nicer with q copy of which IL was to-
have been sold, is missing from the
collection. The sales company disiikes
To believe that it can have been stolen.
but is unable to account for its loss.
Letter and book We're valued at 1900
or more. Prices that are the despair of
collectors continued today. j. r. Nor
gan's librarian bought for $4,000 Sir
Thomas Malory's "Morte D'Arthur."
tie only perfect copy known of Clax-
ton edition, printed in 1886 The win
ming bid is the second highest ever
made for printed book or manuscript.
Having obtained the consent CT the
court and all parties interested In the
case, the stockholders of the Osceola
Mining Co. met Monday at Boston and
formally voted to merge the company
with the Calumet & Hecla Mining Co.
the vote being 81 COS to SS7 which showed
2 per cent of the outstanding shares in
favor of the plan. just before the meet
ing of the stockholders in March, G. M.
Hyams obtained an injunction from the
|courts in Michigan against consolidation.
Counsel for and against the plan had a
conference with Judge Swami at l,etroit
on April Is and it was agreed that at Inc
adjourned meeting Monday the stock
holders might take formal action. which
would not be construed as contempt of
court. Either other subsidiary companies
OF the Calumet & Hecla will vote under
a similar agreement later in the week
Miss Janet Perkins Williams, the
Brooklyn rechse, who was removed
to the Kings County hospital Sunday
for an examination into her sanity.
may be worth sl,000,000 Henry Clews.
FOR 20 years her banker, believes SO,
and added Monday that he had never
known her to make a losing specula-
ton she began On a sman sum-"
said Mr.. Clews Monday afternoon.
but she was shrewd and conserya-
tive. She waited for low prices to
buy and she never held for the top
OF the market 10 sell. l cannot be-
lieve she is insane" The shanty
in which Miss Evans lived
was snuttered and barred and
the front stoops We're walled in to
Keep small boys from playing on them.
Her rooms We're found filed with un-
opened letters, some from Companies
In which she held stock, calling on her
to cash in checks which she had never
banked. Thousands of dusty news-
papers. all opened to the FINANCIAL page,
Uttered the floors. Her only finery was
seal skin coat which she wore day
and night. The few neighbors She
spoke to describe her as a gentle wo.
man whatever her eccentrieities