Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-09
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The sum of approximately S3360.000
subscribed by the public for the con-
struetien of battleship for the Swed-
ish navy was presented TO the King
at Stockholm, Sweden. Tuesday, by 4
deputation representing the donors.
Horace W Wilson. for 10 wears Sec
rotary of the Kentucky Trotting Horse
Breeders Association and one of the
best known horsemen in America. died
at Lexington, KY. Tuesday. He was
for many years secretary of the EN-
pire Trotting Association in New York
and at one time was associate editor
of a Chicago paper devoted 10 horse
racing He was 50 years old.
Nine Navratil of Nice. France, who
declared that the two waits saved
from the Titanic. and who are being
cared for in New York, are her chill
dren, has received the photographs of
the children. She Immediately reeog-
nized them. and will sail on the Gee
anic for New York TO claim her sons
According TO Nine Navratil, her nus
band took the children from her cousin,
to whom they had been confded pend
ing divorce proceedings. Later she
learned that her husband had gone to
England. She described the children
as Michel called '.Lolo" for short,
four years old. and Edmond, called
Mono" two years cid.
|. The deans of the leading New Eng
land colleges attended the annual
meeting. Wednesday, at Hanover, n.
H., of the deans of the Association of
College Officers of the New England
Colleges. Among the institutions rep
resented were Harvard, Yale, Dart
mouth, Brown, Amherst, Bowdoin,
Tufts, Maine, Wesleyan and Prince
ton. An afternoon meeting was devot-
ed to a general discussion of the sub
ject of honesty in written work in the
class room and plans for general Ger
tifcates of admission to colleges.
The refusal of Michael Sidenhop, a
well-to-do farmer, to keep servant
cost him his life. Tuesday. He died in
the City hospital in Atlantic City, Of
starvation. Sidenhop had lived alone
five miles from the nearest habtation
ever since the death of his wife, eight
years ago. Although feeble, he would
not have a servant. Several days ago
he was stricken with hemorrhages, but
managed to crawl to his bed His
house is back from the road. hidden
in a clump of trees, and neighbors
passing by the farm daily knew moth
ing OF his predicament until Tuesday,
when John Mick of Hammonton found
the reclue barely alive.
The Norwegian steamer Hercules.
which has Just reached Portland. Ore.
from the orient, had a double portion
of trouble on her voyage across the
Pacific While the vessel was riding
out a severe storm in midocean a big
black Chinese bear, belonging TO the
boatswan, broke from his cage under
the poop and for three days was at
large. The animal, mad with terror
from the storm, after breaking from
his pen confronted the boatswain, but
the man retreated to safety before avn
harm befell linn. The bear, eventually
becoming weary of proving about the
steamer, fell asleep on the deck the
third day of his Freedom, and was
roped by the members of the crew and
dragged back TO his pen, much to the
relief of all on board.
Young women students OF the New
England Conservatory of Music, a
number of chorus girls rooming In the
building and several permanent occn-
pants of The Dagmar Chambers, 800 to
3l5 Huntington avenue, Back Bay,
Boston, were guided to safety by fire
men. policemen and civilians, soon aft
er O'Clock, Tuesday morning. when
fire which did about $4,000 damage
broke out Three alarms were sound
ed. for in its early stages the fire
threatened to spread Starting in an
elevator shaft in the rear of No. 800,
the fire licked its way up to the fifth
floor and then "mushroomed." Then II
worked downward. damaging the fifth.
fourth, third and second floors. Fire
walls prevented the flames from spread
ing to No. Sill.