Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-27
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Dist. Atty. Whitman. protesting great
satisfaction with the examination of
witnesses at Hot Springs. arrived in
New York. Thursday. from the South
west, confident the trial of Lieutenant
Becker. charged with the murder of the
| gambler Rosenthal, would go on Oct. 7.
Il have corroborated the points in Sam
Sehepps' story" said Mr.. Whitman. "and
the defence was not able to shake us
to any material degree
Injuries due to fall down staircase
at his residence in Woonsocket, r. l..
last Tuesday. resulted, Thursday. in tho
death of Seth Sherman Getchell, presi-
dent of the Globe National Bank. He
was in his 18th year. He was a past de
partment commander for Rhode island
of the Grand Army of the Republic
The bronze trophy for record work in
engineering among the torpedo boat de-
stroyers. during the past year, was.
Thursday, presented to the men of the
destroyer Burrows by Capt Edward w
Ebert, commanding the Atlantic feet of
destroyers. At the same time each OF
the 2e members of the engineering crew
was awarded the letter sc" for excel
lency The trophy was received by Lieut.
Commander julius F. Heiweg or the
Burrows and will be held by the de-
stroyer for one year.
Relieved by the wind shifting to off
shore, the unidentified vessel, now be-
lieved to have been the Spanish brig
Aniceto. which for two days had been
flying distress signals and fighting to
keep off the beach near Core Banks life
saving station, North Carolina, put to
| sea, Thursday.
Flags We're flying, Thursday, in COM
memoration of the 57th anniversary of
| the beginning of Rockefeller's bust
ness career at Forest NIill, Cleveland.
| and at Pocantico Hills, on the Hud-
son. John d Rockefeller's summer and
winter residences.
The sum of 100000 was the price
which the so-called Sugar Trust paid
at the time of it's formation. in 1887
to acquire the Bay State Sugar Re-
filming Co. of Boston. according to
testimony of Joseph f. Stillman. for
merly connected with the Bay State.
at the continued hearing. Thursday.
at New York, in the governments
suit to dissolve the American Sugar
Refining Co.
Barricaded in his house in the
crowded Negro section of Louisville.
Ky, Ed Jackson. a Negro. for hours
held scores of armed men at bay and
declared he would allow no one to en-
ter the house. One policeman who at
tempted to go into the house was dan
gerously shot The black did no IA
into the crowd, but sent bullets into
the street ears until service on the
block was suspended
The Democratic state convention at
Grand Rapids. Mich. Thursday. har-
moniously adopted a platform eharae-
terized as strongly Progressive, en-
dol SEQ the party's candidates for
President and Vice President. for
Michigan's representation in Congress
as well as the men selected at the re-
cent primary election as nominees for
state offices, and defeated an effort to
retire majority of the old members
of the state central committee
Six former members of the Atlantic
City, n. j.. city council indicted for
conspiracy to obtain brides for pass
ing an ordnance for concrete board
walk We're arrested, Thursday night.
and released under $4,000 bail each
for their appearance before Justice
Kalisch. the second Tuesday in De-
, tober. Those who entered bail are:
John Mutland, John Donnelly, Harry
| Dougherty. James Lane, Gustav kess-
| Ter and William Malta.