Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-23
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Prince Edward Island delegation to
the Canadian Senate have been filled
by Premier Borden. The new senator's
are: Nova Scotia, w. b. Ross, Mid
dleton; E. L. Girror, NJ. p, Antigon-
ish; William Dennis, Halifax; Dr.
William Mackay, Cape Breton, and
Nathaniel Curry, Amherst; Prince Ed
ward Island. DR.. H. C. Murray, Tig
nish. The appointees are Conserva-
tives
Angered because his stepmother,
Mrs. Grace Green CraVens, formerly
la Chicago settlement worker, refused
to tell him where she had hidden two
Iof his revolVers, Frank Cravens 10
years old. a student of law at Ham
mond. Ind, Thursday, fired four bull
let's into her body. One of the bullets
struck a corset steel and drove it into
her heart, killing her. Cravens then
fired into his own body until he fell
to the floor. He is dying
In widely separated parts of Brook
iyn two tragedies. resulting in each
case in the suicide of a mother and
the death of her child, were enacted
almost simultaneously, Wednesday,
Mrs. Freda Kaufman, % years old
wife of a baker took her 5-year-old
daughter to bed with her after turn
ing on the gas. In like manner, Mrs.
Katherine Herring. a widow. who had
been i'll for several months, and her
| 6-year old son. met the same fate.
They were found asphyXiated by
neighbors.
yNaInoCTatr H.,
the paper mills of Westheld, owned
by the Crane estate and for 40 years
conducted by the late James A. and
Robert y. Crane would, Monday, be
taken over by Crane Il Co. of Dali
ton. The new owners include United
States Senator w. Murray Crane,
Fred q. Crane and others of Dalton
Many radical changes are contemplate
ed by the new management, to include
increased wages and shorter hours in
a number of the departments.
Although confined to her bed as the
result of a recent operation, Mrs. An
ME Hicks, Of Murdoch street, Cam
bridge. calmly dressed and made her
way from the house. Wednesday af-
ternoon. when fire started in the kit
ond floor and was alone in the ROOM
Just as she reached the bottom of the
stairs several neighbors rushed in to
assist her, among them Mrs. Sarah
Jelly of 10 Murdoch street. The fire
was confined to the kitchen. The dam
age was 5000.
Fresh eggs at 20 cents dozen at
Wholesale are looked for in New York
in the near future Eggs of Wednes-
DAYS having from Long Island and
nearby Jersey points are already
bringing IS cents dozen at retail On
the Produce Exchange, Wednesday,.
the wholesale price of eggs was IS TIC
60. and it was the general impression
the 70-cent mark would be reached, by
next week.
An addition of 100000 to the en-
doWnent fund Of the Carnegie Founda-
ton for the advancement OF teaching
was announced by Andrew Carnegie
al d meeting of the trustees of his
Foundation in New York, Wednesday.
The endowment now stands at $4,000.
000. The gift. Wednesday. was part Of
Il grant # 5000. geo made in 1908, ON
which another 50 .0000 Geo is yet to come.
The money was conveyed to the trus-
tees. as usual, in Steel Corporation
bonds
Deer are SO plentiful in the woods
all over Cape Cod. that a great number
of the farmers will probably soon ask
the Legislature for an open season. SO
that they may reduce the number.
Hundreds of persons are grieved be-
cause the animals have destroyed their
.rI. hn
Very tstlne and are often seen in heards.
j. NJ. Moody OF Pleasant Lake recent
~ saw three large ones near his home
they were coming out of a swamp,
Two aviators were killed, Thursday, in
France, one, Andre Frey at Rheims.
and the other. Sub-Lieut Laurent. at
Etampes. Frey was well known both
sides of the water He finished third in
the international aviation at Chicago in
September of this year. The cause Of
the accident is a mystery Lieut. Lau-
sfent and Sapper Chenu were making a
flight near Etampes at speed or 60
miles an hour. when squall caught the
aeroplane Laurent was killed, but
Chenu escaped.
. conference to discuss the wage Sit
tion VAS asked of the FAN River Cot
ten manufacturers Association in a
letter sent out, Thursday. by Secre-
tarv Thomas TAYLOR of the Fall River
Textile Council. Secretary Taylor was
instructed TO seek this conference at a
meeting Of the council, Wednesday
night Many Of the Union leaders be-
lieve market conditions warrant an in
crease of pay for the operatives but
no formal demands have been made.