Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-23

Der of about $50 in attendance. The
project to buy the Francis Scott Key
! home IN Washington and have it re-
moved to Fort MclIenry viii be CON
sidcred. The session was chiefly de-
voted to organization.
The steamer CreIan of the Merchants
and Miners Line, which was in COLI
sion with the clyde Liner 1roquois at
midnight, Sunday. passed in the Vir-
ginia Capes, late Monday. The Cretan
had a hole in her bow three feet be-
low the water line, but took little
water. The Iroqnois had Il hole near
her stern
Peleg L. Leighton. aged about 10,
Willie skipping rope in the back yard
Of his home on Allen street, Pitts
field, Mass. Sunday afternoon. fell
heavily ON his left leg, breaking two
bones in that limb Mr. leighton had
gene out to romp with some children
after dinner, and in his second skip
over the rope, caught the heel OF his
shoe and down he landed. He was
taken to Hillcrest hospital.
The largest exposition of textiles and
textile machinery ever held in the
United states was opened, Monday aft
ernoon. in Mechanics building Bos-
ton. The exhibition, which will con-
tinue all the week, is being held in
connection with the annual convention
of the National Association of Cotton
Manufacturers, Wednesday and Thurs
day. and the annual convention of the
Master Mechanics Association of
America.
The Portsmouth and Exeter Street
Railway, built II years ago, Was sold
for old junk at Portsmouth, n. H..
Monday. bringing $4,000, which will
be distributed among the bondholdefs
The last car left Portsmouth at 1 p. NJ
and half an hour later the United
States commissioner in behalf of Re-
ceiver Belden had sold the road to $.
NJ Russell The road has not met its
xed charges for several years, and
six months ago it went into a receiy-
er's hands The cars and other equip
ments will be taken away and the
rails removed from the streets.
Judges Gray, Burlington and Nc
Pherson, sitting in the United States
court at Philadelphia, Monday, heard
argument on the petition of the gov
eminent asking for a permanent in
junction to prevent the United States
Steel Corporation and its subsidiaries
from destroying papers. books or doc
uments in their possession which the
government might need in its suit in
stituted last October. for the dissolu-
ton of the so-cailed Steel Trust When
argument was concluded the court
held the case under advisement.
Dr. Augustus F. Clarke, who took
part in 81 engagements during the
Civil War and was twice called upon
to treat Gen. Philip II. Sheridan, died,
Monday. at his home on Massachu-
setts avenue, Cambridge, Mass. He
was one of the oldest praeticing ply
.sicians in this vicinity, being IS years
of age and up to two months ago,
still meeting a large number of pa
tients. Brown University conferred on
INN the A. NJ. degree. Two daugh
ters, both of whom are physicians,
survive.
Seth T. Nichols, deserter from the
Kfttery. Me-. navy yard marine bar
racks, who startled the country, re-
Gently, by his confession" that he
was responsible for the murder of DIR.
Julia Knahe at indianapolis, was SEN
fenced late Monday, at Boston, to
the Concord reformatory by Judge
Sanderson in the Suffolk superior
court. Nichols was indicted on a
charge of the larceny of clothing in
Boston and was surrendered to the
Massachusetts authorities by the
Portsmouth police 1t was claimed
that he made his untruthful confess
sion while laborinS under a mental
strain caused by the recent death of
his wife.
A strike of the 500 employees at Web
ster, Mass, of the North Village cotton
mill of S. Slater & Sons, Inc, in further
ance of demands for an additional in
crease in wages of per cent. was or
dered, Monday night, at meeting of
about half the plants operatives. This
action followed the walk-out Monday,
of small number of loomiixers and
weavers It is understood that there is
considerable sentiment among the oper-
atives in the East and South Village
mills of the corporation to take similar
action. This would involve 300 persons
At the meeting, Monday night, the North
Village operatives voted TO invoke the
assistance of the Industrial Workers of
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