Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-05
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Molly Lorraine, an actress living on
Central Park West, New York, was
found dead in her apartments, Thurs
day. by neighbor Miss Lorraine had
been i'll since her return home
Wednesday. An autopsy was to have
been performed, Thursday.
An electric light bulb exploded
Thursday, in the hands of Alfred j.
Thomas, a chauffeur and flew into
pile of oily waste, starting fire which
destroyed the stable of J. Murray Kay
on Gardiner Road. Brookline. Mass,
together with an automobile and six
carriages Thomas was not injured
The loss is placed at $4,000, partly in
sured.
Tha supreme court of New Jersey,
Thursday. after a hearing Mt Trenton.
refused to set aside the order by the
public Utilities Commission requiring
railroad companies to furnish indi-
vidual drinking cups TO passengers on
their trains. The railroads wanted this
order set aside pending an appeal by
them to the court to have declared un-
constitutional the law passed. last
winter, prohibiting common drinking
cups IN phpnc places
An unknown man, we'll dressed, and
apparently about so years old, was
struck and killed by the Bar Harbor
express train on the Boston & Maine
Railroad. at Rockingham Junction
Thursday A ticket from Portsmouth
to Newmarket was found in the mans
hat. 1t is believed that he had reach
ed the junction from Portsmouth and
was waiting for a local train to take
him to Newmarket when struck by the
express.
The Italian cruisers Piemonte and
Puglia which form part of the Italian
llotilla cruising in the Red Sea on the
lookout for vessels carrying Turkish
troops or conveying contraband of war
TO Turkish ports, Wednesday,, shelled
the Turkish military eneampment at
Djabana, where a large force of Tur-
kish troops is stationed. No casual
ties are reported on the Italian side.
although the Turks replied to the
bombardment with field guns.
A tribute to the memory of the late
Judge Francis c, Lowell of the Unit
ed States circuit court was paid.
Thursday, by the bench and bar in the
courtroom of the United States cir
cult court of appeals at Boston. A
meeting of the bar was held al noon
when resolution was passed upon
the death Of Judge Lowell. The reso-
luton was then presented to United
States Dist. Atty. Asa T. Freroh, who
read it to the court. Judge Putnam
3 responded.
A paralytic shock caused the death
at his home at Newport. r. l., Thurs
day of Capt John Cariey, formerly
| well known as master OF the racing
| yacht Norseman, owned by the late
J ogden Goelet. When the Prince OF
Walos, late King Edward VII Of Great
Britain, visited this country he re-
marked that he considered the watch
the best disciplined and kept boat he
ever had boarded. Capt Carley saw
J service in the indian wars and during
the Civil War was master Of a naval
supply ship He was native Of Dan
bury. Ct, and was Is Years old a
widow and three children survive.
It was voted at a special meeting Of
the stockholders Of the Concord &.
Montreal Railroad, Thursday. at Con
cord. n. H., TO issue 1000 shares Of new
stock to be offered to present stock
holders at $40 share, the proceeds to
be used in reimbursing the Boston &