Daily Kennebec journal., 1912-02-16
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The four-story building occupied by
the Michigan Furniture Co. on Third
avenue, New York, was burned, Thurs
day, entailing a loss of $50 900 Several
occupants Of houses in the rear of the
burning building were overcome by
smoke.
telephone speech by President Ar
thur T. Hadley of Yale University
from his home, 1000 miles away in New
Haven CT, will be the principal fea-
ture of tie 10th annual banquet of the
Yale Alumni Association at Chicago.
next Saturday night Arrangements
have been made for each diner to be
given "watchcase" telephone receiy-
er and listen to the speaker as soon as
he is introduced by the POSTMASTER.
Premier Mcbride advocated a policy
of Asatie exclusion for British Column
bia in a lengthy speech in the provin-
cial Parliament at Victoria, Wednes-
day. He said a measure restricting i'm
migration from the Orient should be
adopted without delay.
A mob at Memphis, Tenn, Thursday,
lynched an unidentified Negro accused
of having attacked a 16-year-o white
girl. Wednesday. 1t is said the Negro
confessed in part. A rope was tied
about his neck, he was dragged to a
bridge across a branch of Wolf river
and hanged from the bridge. and then
the mob used his body for a pistol
target.
Improvement of the character and
quality of steel rails was the subject
of an all-day conference, Thursday, at
all
officials and officials of the principal
steel rail companies of the country.
The conference resulted in the ap-
pointment of a committee of railway
executives and manufacturers to con-
time investigation of the problem and
report its findings to a future meeting.
The north bound Montreal express,
due at WoodsVille, \. H., at 8 p. NJ.
arrived there about 40 minutes late,
Wednesday, the delay being caused by
an accident to Fireman Sam w. Gates,
aged a. who in some manner while
the train was passing through Went
worth. n. H., at a high rate of speed,
slipped and fell from the locomotive
and was instantly killed. He was a
single man, and had been in the SER
vice of the b. & M. r. R. for about a
year. and was doing relief service on
this run
The Men and Religion movement
Which is being conducted in the Ohio
State University by the College Y. NJ.
c. A. is meeting with opposition from
a number of students who have form
ed a club 10 protest against holding
religious reyivals in non -seetarian
schools. This club. which is known as
the Ohio State National Club, has
membership of about % and is Il
branch of the Young Mems Intidel AS
| socation. c. F. klinefelter, Il Senior
student in the College of Arts from
Cincinnati, is the president and organ
izer.
The British Miners Federation has
decided to appeal to the miners on the
continent of Europe To break all at
tempts TO export coal to the United
Kingdom in the event of a national
strike being declared. on Feb. %. A
meeting of international delegates is
to be held, next week, to discuss what
action shall be taken. There is no
doubt that a similar request will be
made to the American miners and
should the proposed restricted action
be asked to stop work in support of
| the British strike.
Alexander Unoc, aged SO, was burn
ed to death in a hut ON Sherman
street, Brockton, Wednesday after
noon parts of his charred body he
| ing removed from the ruins by the
| police and firemen. AT first it was
| thought that another man, who helped
| Unoc home had been burned, as none
| of the neighbors saw him leave the
| place after assisting Unoc into the
hurt. A search of the ruins was made
| and no body was found. While the
unknown man is not yet accounted
| for, the police are satisfied that there
are no other bodies in the debris, al
| though thorough search has not been
made Unec lived in the two-room
| shanty, which only a few weeks ago
! he purchased for $500 and fitted up
J with new furniture, planning to send
to Poland for his wife and six daugh-
! tars He had two roomers, who also
| boarded with him.
| Guided by an improvised rudder
made out of the jib-boom and 80 faith
oms of 2-inch cable spliced and knot
ted into various lengths, the fishing
int