Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-11-18
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


Friday. The board just now is defend
ant in federal proceedings in which the
government alleges a conspiracy to
raise the price of eggs.
The viii of the late John r. Walsh,
banker, who died recently just nine
.iays after his release from a federal
prison. was fled, Friday. at Chicago,
The total value of the estate is placed
Il 100000 and Mr. Walsh's widow is
.ameG as the sole heir.
Mrs Flora Hamilton Cassel. hymn
writer of national prominence, and for
mer president of the Nebraska W. c. T
L. met horrible death, Friday. on the
prairie south of Denver, Col. She was
dragged over five miles of rough country
road by a runaway team.
The Gloucester schooner Rob Roy
put in at Lousburg, c. E., Friday, to
land her commander, Capt. Vale, who
WIS severely injured when q sea
boarded the vessel in the Banks, last
Wednesday. The schoener's steering
gear was carried away and she sus-
tained some damage about her decks.
Lord Decies and Lady Decies, who
vas Vivian Gould, arrived Friday at
New York, from Europe 10 visit the
Goulds and to attend the wedding OF
Lord Camoys and Miss Mildred Sher-
man. Lord Camoys was best man at
the Gould Decies wedding, but at the
Sherman-C amoys ceremony Lord and
Lady Deeies will be but lookerson.
Four persons We're frozen to death
in a blizzard near Kamloops, B. c.,
Thursday. The victims are John Keef-
CT. a ranehman, his two young nieces.
and James A. Thomson, a brother-in-
law of Keefer. They We're overtaken
by a storm While returning TO the
keefer ranch from Kabioops in a
sleigh and lost their way
While about 5000 persons We're witness
ing the performance of a circus at Lake
Providence. La, Friday. q violent wind
storm demolished the tents, severely in
juring three spectators and three circus
employees. The performance of several
lions and tigers in an iron-barred arena
had just been completed and the animals
returned to their cages when the col
lapse of the tent wrecked the arena. \
stampede of 13 elephants was narrowly
averted. "a
A family of three persons were found
dead in their home at Tampa. Fla.
Friday, death evidently resulting from
poison The dead: II. X. Collamer
Helen NJ. Brown, sister of Collamer
Agnes Collamer. aged g. Collamer.s
daughter The face of each victim was
distorted when found by a delivery
boy. The theory of ptomain poisoning
is advanced. but the authorities have
ordered rigid investigation. POST
mortems will be held, Saturday.
The business of the Middlesex county
cuperior court at Cambridge. Mass.
has beer SO delayed by the hearing of
the past few days before Judge Mes
Laughlin of the motion to set aside
the Indictment and conviction of Jack
son Palmer of Lowell for perjury that
the court, Friday, assigned an addi-
tonal justice to sit at this session
and take care of the other cases on
the docket. Both sides in the Palmer
case rested shortly before $50. Argu-
nents were set for Monday, Nov. "a
The names OF scaly and Shiny crea
lures which give the little submarine
boats Of the United States navy dis
tinction, are doomed to vanish from
the naval register. The word has gone
forth that there shall he no more
threshers ard cahcelots and snappers
7nl yipeTs and moccasins, nor even
plungers. Hereafter all Of the subma-
rines are to be known by letters and
numbers, such as CO instead of Stin-
gray and H. for the Nautilus. This is
/ In, nd
German practice and the order issued,
Friday, by the navy department is in
tended to aid in the classification of
the boats according to size, speed
and other qualities.
Persons who sign notes for the pay
ment of premiums on life insurance
policies for the purpose of swelling
! the records of agents and expect that
| their notes will be returned and their
! policies win be cancelled with no liza
] bility to them can be compelled to pay
! the face value of the notes. the APPEL
! late division of the New York supreme
court decided, Friday There are many
such cases pending in court. The de-
cision was in the case of Charles A
| Newman, who testified that a life in
surance agent got him to take out a
| $40, 600 policy to help the agent make
a good showing and that the policy
was to be cancelled before any further
| sums were payable. Subsequently,
| Newman says, he paid 800 on the pre-.
| MUM on the assertion that it would
discharge all liability, bat did not gel
| back his note for 1884.
| The directors of the Grand Lodge
of the United States, Independent Or.
| der of Odd Fellows, Manchester Unity
! were in session, Friday, at Hartford
! Conn. Grand Master James w. Gregl
of Everett, Mass, is in attendance, al
so representatives of the order from
Philadelphia, New Bedford, Mass, ant
Norwich, Conn. A large delegation al
so is present from Rhode Island ant
they presented petition TO be Sc
/ apart as separate. district. Crane
| Master Gregg reported upon the pro