Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-14

ferveseent Salts Co, which had its head
quartersa on the second floor Of the build
ing, is dead, and George Wooabarn, an
employees. of plumbing company. Is
probably fatally burned.
Two members of an Atlantic City
family are dead, third Is dying and
FIVE others are seriously i'll from
ptomaine poisoning, caused, 1t Is be-
loved, from eating cereal and milk
for breakfast, Sunday morning. The
authorities have taken some of this
milk and cereal and viii make an
analysis of 1t.
Regis Roy, SO years old, was found
dead with his body frozen stiff in the
house which he occupied all alone on
the Goffstown road at Manchester, n.
H, near the dividing line between
Manchester and Goffstown, Monday
Afternoon. He was native of Canada.
but had lived in the above vicinity
during the last 80 years. He was
laborer He had not been seen since
Saturday, and the finding of the body.
Monday was the result of an investi-
cation. Six sons survive.
Fathers are entitled to punish their
daughters sweethearts when an elope
ment is in progress, according to
decision in the district court at Mil
waul<ee, Wis. Tuesday, in the trial of
William l.. Swami, wealthy contractor
and Arnold Bruegemann, an employee
ON assault and battery charges made
by William Feilbach, 26 years old, who
Sought to marry Miss Mabel Swami.
on Sunday. The alleged assault took
place when the young people were OH
street car bound for Waukegan, ILL.,,
to be married.
Wong Yoon Wei, under Indictment
for the alleged cmbezzlement OF $3.50
from the Empire Restaura Il Co. of
Beach street, Boston, is under arrest
at Ogden, Utah, according to informal
ton received at police headquarters.
Monday afternoon. inspectors Conway
and Hart have been ordered by Deputy
Supt. Watts to prepare extradition
papers and start West after the pris-
oner Immediately. Wong is TIL father
of Wong Chew, arrested in New York
City Dec. 1 by Inspector Pierce of a
similar charge.
Fire, early Monday morning swept
along a row of brick structures occupied
by various business firms on Vesey
street, New York, causing loss roughly
estimated at s25o,0oo. The building at 81
Resey street, where the fire originated.
was burned out, the building Immediate
~ adjoining to the east was partially
burned. three floors of the building adj
joining on the other side were eaten out
by the flames and the top floor of the
building at No. SIS was damaged One
fireman was caught by back draft and
L.. n, -
A conference of the representatives
of the whole 100000 coal miners in the
United Kingdom, which was held in
London, Tuesday, confirmed the de-
cisien reached during the recent ballot
to bring about a national stoppage of
work in the coal mines, Feb 20. unless
in the meantime the mine owners ac-
cept the principle of minimum wage
for all men and boys employed under
ground. Upwards of 10000 Golfers en-
ployed in the mines in Derbyshire.
Tuesday morning. had in their notices
to qlIit work and by Feb. Is ell men
employed in the mines throughout the
country will have followed suit. There
is still, however considerable body
OF opinion that a way out of the diff
ficulty will be found before extreme
measures are taken.
Gas which escaped from a fixture ac-
cidentally left open caused the death.
Tuesday, of Thomas Wyman and Michael
Monahan. both of Bayonne, n. j.. em-
ployed by the STANDARD Oil Co., at New
York. Monahan, who was foreman.
and Wyman n carpenter. came from New
Jersey, Saturday. to work on building,
"a "a Nv lld o.
house. They retired, late Monday night.
Other employees of the oil company miss
ed Wyman and Monahan, Tuesday fore
noon, and when the room was entered
the foreman was dead and Wyman dy-
ing. An open window Indicated that Wy
man had endeavored to free the room Of
gas. Monahan was So years of age and
Wynan %.
Despite the political unrest following
the assassination of President Caceras
of San Domingo, the Dominican customs
collections for the month of December,
1911, amounted to 1866, 473. Only two
monthly totals during the entire period
of American receivership had been great
er. The report for the calendar year re-
eeived at the bureau of insuiar affairs
of the war department shows that not
only was the amount required by the
: convention collected but there was a
surplus of sio0,oo0. One-half of this was
turned over to the Dominican govern
lnent and the remainder deposited to tho
credit OF the sinking fund for the pay
mellt of the outstanding Dominican
bonds Collections for the calendar year
were s3,470,645, exceeding the total for
any of the four preceding years.
Severe fighting between the Revolu-
tionaries aud Government troops is re-
ported on the Dominican frontier.
, Gems. Senon, Toribio and Miguel were
surprised during Sunday night by gov
| eminent troops and during the fighting
| that ensued Gen. Toribio was killed,
while Gen. Miguel was wounded At
daYbreak, Monday morning, however.
the Revolutionists attacked the gov
eminent troops again and remained III
possession of the field. The schooner
Trina with Capt. Sow in command, ar
rived at Cape Haitien. Haiti, Monday.
from St. Thomas. ID. w. l., bringing
the Revolutionary chiefs and num-
4 bpt. gf their friends The Marty left for