Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-18
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The British tank steamer Romany
arrived at Seattle, Wash. from Sin
gapore. Tuesday, with 5000 tons OF
5enzine produced in Sumartra and
Burma. The oil WA enter into COM
petition with the product of the
Standard Oil Co. Preparations have
been made for the handling of great
quantities OF The Asiatc oil
The plant Of the Tennessee Mill Co.
at EstiH springs, Tenn, was burned.
Tuesday, eataiiing a loss of $500, 900
The mill, the Target in the South, had
a capacity OF 2500 barrels of flour a
day. II was the principal industry of
the town and 300 employees are thrown
out of work.
J. y. Sneed, the Amarillo banker.
was indicted, Tuesday, at Amarillo.
Texas, on a charge of numbering Al
q. Boyce, Jr.. last Saturday. Appiea-
ton for 4 writ of habeas corpus will
be filed probably Wednesday, accord
ing to Sneeds attorneys. The hear
ing will take place, Monday,
BY the viii Of Francis T. Holder. a
manufacturer of Yonkers, \. y, who
died, last month, leaving an estate
valued at over 100000. the Clinton
Historical Society of Clinton, Mass,
gets $685. and Mr.. Holders coilec-
ton of works of art and bric-a-brac.
Miss Mary Lathrop, IS years old,
retired Boston school teacher, COM
mitted suicide, Tuesday evening, by
Jumping into Delaware Park lake, at
Buffalo, " Y Miss Lathrop came to
Niagara Falls, six weeks ago, on a
visit Her mind became unbalanced
and she was committed to the state
hospital at Buffalo, In her rational
moments size said relatives live in
Cambridge, Mass. She escaped from
the hospital grounds, Tuesday eve
ming, ana jumped into fhY lake vs.
Tile Duluth, Minn,s city council.
Monday night, adopted "a fesoluti9n
instrnchns the city legal department
to take steps to acquire the Duluth
Street Railway. as city property. The
action of the council was due TO. the
strike, which has been III progress
there for a week, attended by more or
less serious rioting and the alleged re-
fusal of the manager of the Street
Railway Co. to arbitrate differences
with nine of its employees. a special
election will be called to pass on pub
lie ownership. An act of the Legisla-
ture. which Will assemble. next Jan
uai.y, Will be necessary TO authorize
an issue OF bonds.
Secretary MacVeagh' is wrestling
with the question whether to admit
free of duty food for use on board
American ships under an amendment
to the Panama canal act abolishing
duty on all ship building material and
equipment imported into the United
States. Is food equipment? That is
what bothers the treasury department.
There are other articles in doubt and
Mr.. MacVeagh is drafting regulations
which will define the scope of the
free list in this connection. It is prac-
tiealls conceded by treasury officials
that all furniture for ships and even
the American flag to be flown by them
are entitled to free entry under the
new law.
Coy. Glasseock. Tuesday night.
at Charleston, West Virginia, APP
proved the finding of the Military
Commission in sentencing 81 striking
miners, nearly all of whom are Greeks,
to 50 days in Jail for intimidation Of
workmen. The offences were commit
ted at Dorothy. Raleigh county, last
week, when, armed with clubs and
stones the men sought to prevent
miners from entering mines. Gov
Glasscock, Tuesday, notified the va
rious commercial and civic organiza-
lions throughout the state that he had
called a mass peeting for Saturday
al Charleston Of operators and miners
and representatives of the various or
CARNATIONS to discuss Industrial con-
ditions.