Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-11

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connection with the HillsviIie. court
house tragedy, Tuesday. at Withvilie
Va. testified at the trial of his younger
brother, Victor Allen. that he had taken
vietor's revolver that day and Victor
therefore. was unarmed at the time of
the shooting Seventeen other witnesses
testified in young Aliens defence. It is
expected the taking of evidence will
conclude, Wednesday.
Three unknown men were killed. Tues
day night. by a train near the PIKE
Street station of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad in Olney-
vile, r. l. Railroad men expressed the
theory that the trio were endeavoring to
board freight train and We're sucked
under the wheels of the Federal Express
as 1t passed All of the men were about
25 years of age.
A special to the Baltimore American
from Clifton Forge, Md. Tuesday night.
says: Rev S. H. Greene. a member OF
the Baltimore Conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, South. stationed
, near Lynchburg, was apparently muir
dered, either Sunday NIGHT or Monday
morning. His body was found in a ditch
, near Lewisburg. Va. and every indica-
ton showed that life had been extinct
for many hours. No reason for the APP
parent murder can be found, for Mr.
Greene was poor man and without en-
emies, as far as known.
The street car situation at Duluth,
MINI. Tuesday. remained strained.
with sympathizers talking of further
outbreaks against the car company
| and the imported "strkebreakers"
About so per cent. of the cars are
running. In the riot, Monday night.
one driver was injured so seriously he
was unable to report for work. Tues
day Thirteen arrests were made dur
ing the disturbance. There We're no
strikers among the prisoners and the
police say that as far as could be
learned the union men took no part in
the violence.
John D. Rockefeller was an unexpected
visitor, Friday, at the meeting at Cleve-
land of the Old settlers Association. The
attendance of the worlds richest man
was an event. so he was called on for a
speech. II feel it great honor, Mr..
Rockefeller said ito be numbered among
the old settlers Until recently I could
not think | was one of them, but having
been resident of Cleveland since 1858,
l expect that bye and bye / shall be
counted as an old settler. God bless
you. Good bye" The old settlers gath
cred in force about their visitor and
shook hands
The expedition under the leadership
of Mrs. Fannie Bullock Workman of
Massachusetts has completed the ex-
ploration of the Siaehen glacier of the
Kurakerum mountains, the central
range of the Great Plateau of Central
Asia. Mrs. Workman and her party
made the first ascent of the high
peaks ranging from 10000 to 21.000 feet
All the camps for six weeks were To-
Gated above IL 900 feet. Mrs. Workman
had a narrow escape on one occasion.
when guide was killed. she bringing
up on the brink of an abyss
Mob spirit which has been at fever
heat at Cumming, a.. since the threat
ened race rioting, Saturday. boiled
over, Monday, when several hundred
white men stormed the local Jail and
riddlsd Ed Collins. a Negro. with bull
let's. dragged the body to the public
square and then strung the dead Mes
gro to a pole Collins was arrested.
1 hOHudy. dtOHS WITH LnFe6 Otifef NE
groes in connection with the assault
on young white girl. Sunday. 1t Is
alleged that he assisted Ernest Cox,
the Negro who confessed to the crime.
in hiding the body.
The will of John Jacob .Astor. who
persisted when the Titanic went down.
was admitted to probate. Tuesday. at
New York. for the second time. The
birth of posthumous heir made the
step necessary. With the second pro-
batting statement was filed by Eyer
ton l.. Winthrop, Jr.. the Aston baby's
guardian. in effect that nothing con-
tanned in the probate should be, con-
sidered an acceptance for the heir
'Of any provision that it may be-
claimed is made for him under the.
provisions of the WILL"
Augustine III. Dooiey was nominated,
Tuesday. at Lawrence, Mass. as a
candidate to oppose School Committee
man John J. Breen at a recall cleo
ton, Oct. L. Breen was convicted of
planting" dynamite during the re-
cent textile strike at Lawrence and
fined $500. Later he testified before
| the grand jury at Boston, which
| found indictments against William M.
| Wood, president of the American
| Wooden Co, and two others charging
| conspiracy in connection with the dy-
Mantle planting. But 1913 votes we're
| cast. Tuesday, as against a normal
| vote of about 10000. Dooley received
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