Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-05-24
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Gen. Morris Hcrkiner Of Wheeling,
VIVA. died at q hotel In Atlantic
City, y. j.. Wednesday. after a long
Illness. He served with distinction in
the Confederate Army. His wife,
daughter and two sons were with him
when he died
Forty-eight Moors sentenced by
courtmartia for participation in the
recent uprising were executed. Thurs
day morning, at Fee, Morocco. The
preparations We're Kept secret and the
public vigorously excluded bat as 1t
was desired To give a striking example
to the Moorish troops. detaehments
from all sections We're paraded on the
execution grounds.
On charges of conspiracy to pass
counterfeit half dollars i'm Fitehburg,
Dee. Z. Salvatore Ragonesi. Gloria Di
Rosario and Constantine CoTsentino of
Lawrence. were convicted. Thursday,
in the United States district court at
Boston. In addition Ragonesi and hi
Rosario were confined on charges of
passing counterfeit money. They will
be sentenced, Friday.
workmen employed in constructing
building in Charter street, Boston,
stone, which apparently came from
the copps Hill burying ground. The
date on the tombstone was 17b5. The
stone was found FIVE feet below the
street level and was covering a well
so feet deep. Historians declare that
a century ago many tombstones We're
stolen and used for such purposes.
Fraternal greetings from the South
ern Baptist Association were read by
Rev. s. ]. Porter of Texas at the OPP
ening of Thursdays session of the
Northern Baptist convention at Des
MONIES, Ia. A special committee has
been appointed and viii report on the
adbisability of aftiliating all state Bap-
tist conventions in the Northern dis
t-ict with the annual Northern Bap-
| list convention.
Irving Conkiin. plumber employed
| in Tuxedo Park. y. Y, a son of Dav-
id Conklin of Johnstewn. was killed by
a stone hurled nearly 1900 feet by a
blast on the new state road. CoulSlin
| was standing outside of his home. His
father, hearing the blasts and seeing
| the big stone flying through the air.
Went to see where II had struck and
found his son dead, The stone had
| hurled itself out of sight in the soil
after it struck the young man.
Andrew Carnegie, his wife and
daughter left New York, Thursday,
| bo' was looking we'll and hearty.
visit To Europe. The Laird of ski
| bo" WAS looking well and hearty
| Not word on the Political sitna-
ton" he said 1T is too humiliat-
| ing. That is all have to say. But"
| he added, II shall never despair of
| the republic. Ii bears charmed life
and it will ceme right in the end.
can't say who viii be nominated
Mr. Carnegie said he would be gone
until fall when he Would be here to
vote but declined TO say for whom
he would cast his ballot.
| A special session of the full bench
of the Massachusetts supreme judicial
court, was held, Thursday. to hear
| larguments on exceptions taken by
counsel for Bertram G. Spencer, who
was found guilty of murder in the
| first degree for killing Miss Martha Il.
| Blackstone, q school teacher, at
Springfield, March 81. 1910 The prin-
cipal point relied on by the defence -
| the mental condition of Spencer at the
i time Of the trial. ii being contehdeu
! that he was not sane when released
from an institution to which ne hau
been committed after MS arrest. ~
iforney General Swift represented the
cammon wealth and Robert r. Staple
ton of Holyoke appeared Tor spencer.
caught by a gust of wind when
| caused him to lose his balance on
Hedge nj the fourth story OF the Stite
| Mutual Life Assurance building, Whcre
| he was engaged in fitting up awnings,
| Joseph Mongeon. aged 32, OF HoWaru
| street, Worcester. plunged mead hrst.
onto. Maple street "Wednesday, anu
| WAS instantly killed. The accsdent oc-
| Cured when the streets in the business
| section were crowded and several per-
| sons narrowly missed being struck py
| Mongeon as he fell. Mongeon was en-
| ployed by a local awning company ana
was engaged in installing and repair
ing awnings on the fourth foor. ne
| was working on the Main street sue
of the building and was about to pass
| around the corner of the bulidins 70
the Maple street side when he was
| blown off the ledge by sudden gust Oh
| wind.
Patriotism in Philadelphia may be
| purchased for 40 cents barrei-the
! barrel holding 40 gallons. Some time
ago barrel of water taken from the
interior OF the hattlesilip Maine, which
! was blown up in Havana harbor, was
consigned to Gustave Augerstine, as
chairman of the Spanish-American
| War Veterans ,rhe charges on the
4 barrel were 500 and the veterans re-
fused to pay the amount Wednesday.
the water was offered for sale in the
United States appraisers stores. The
| auctioneer at first was unable to get
a bid, but managed to start it at 10
cents This gradually was increased to
40 cents, at which price 1t was knocked
down to Francis Conway of No. 1917
Mifiin street. Conway says he will bot
i tie the water and send it to the vet
i Grams.