Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-12-28
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Former Congressman Alvah II.
Clark died, Friday, at his home in
Somerville. n. j., of pneumonia. Mr..
Clark was widely known as a lawyer
in corporation and criminal cases. He
was elected to Congress. III 1876. and
was reelected for the following term
A reduction of one hour day in
the working time of it's employees
without loss of pay was announced,
Friday by the Boston elevated Rail
way Co. The new schedule provides
for nine working hours instead of 10
and becomes effective, Jan. l.
\ private cable message received, Fri
day, at New York, brought news of the
death Of Very Rev. Louis Estevenon, S.
S. S, superior general of the Fathers of
the Blessed Sacrament, IN Rome, Thurs
day, after short Illness. in his cd year.
He was the founder of the house of this
order located in East 18th street. IN New
York City. and was its superior for two
years.
The National Press Club of Washington,
Friday, held its annual election of officers
with the following result: President,
John 7. T. Suter, Chicago record Herald
vice president, Theodore H. FILLER, Wash
ington Times; secretary, Austin Cunning
ham, San Antonio Express; treasurer,
Henry Sweinhart, The Associated Press
financial secretary, George w Summers.
Wheeling CIV. va Register Board of
governors, Ben +. Allen, Cleveland Plain
Dealer; William A. Crawford, The Asso-
ciated Press; John P. Gayit, New York
Evening Post and Frederick j. Haskins,
special writer
DIR. Benjamin Rand OF the department
of philosophy of Harvard University, who
is attending the annual convention here
of the American Philosophical Associa-
ton, announced, Friday. as the result of
his Investigations among old English
manuscripts, the discovery of a hitherto
unknown work by the third Earl of Sha-
fiesbury written in III II is entitled
Second Characters" and is the second of
the English noblemans manuscripts UNI
earthed by DIR. Rand in the London rec
ords office. The first. discovered several
years ago, entitled philosophical Regi-
men," ranks the Earl of Shaflesbury with
Epicletus and Marcus Aurelius as an ex-
ponent of the stole philosophy, according
to the Harvard professor The latest
discovery deals with esthetics.
Henry Shalifoe. an Indian fisher
man. MAS captured by sheriff s posse.
| Friday. after a long chase and hurried
to jali at L'Anse, Mich. to avoid pos
sible mob violence. Thursday night. he
shot and killed his father, John Shall
! foe, in a saloon at Keweena Bay. Fa-
! Their and son were camped near the
! town fishing and spent the evening in
i the saloon. The Younger Indian got in
| to an alteration with the bartender.
and when thrown out of the place
went back to camp and procured RI
| fie. Returning to the saloon he at
| tempted to shoot the bartender The
| father interfered and the son. turn
| ing the weapon upon his father, shot
| him dead. The crazed Indian then
started to shoot up the saloon and
| later took to the woods.
! II. II. Humphres. one of the accused
| Columbia River Orchard Co, on trial
in the federal court at Portland ore.
| charged with using the mails to de-
fraud, Friday, changed his plea to
| guilty He is the second of the five
men accused to plead guilty r. H.
! MacWhorter being the first. w. Il.
| Belarm the principal, and G. c. Hodges
have never been captured. Delarm
was reported to have died in Califor-
| nia A. J. Biehl, who is charged by the
! government with being closely asso-
! ciated with Delarm in the operatio
which resulted in throwing broadcast
| over the Pacific coast nearly S4000,000
| OF alleged worthless bonds. is the only
man on trial before the federal tribu-