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

Twelve year-old James Hooper seek
ing to aVenge what he believed to be
an insult to his sister. searched all of
Tuesday for Asa King, aged 80, and
killed him, only TO learn. according to
what he is said to have admitted, that
the man he really wanted was a
brother of the man he killed. The lad,
who was accompanied in his search
for King by a still younger brother
was brought to Admission. Ala.
Wednesday night, from Piedmont
where the killing occurred.
I'm as happy as the day I was
born" said William r Woodruff on
the stand, Wednesday. in the Orange
district court, at Orange n. J., after
swearing he had worked q years as a
clerk in shoe store there and is now
getting SIS a week. He added that he
pays So week for beard for himself
and 81 for q sister, and enjoys the 50
he has left to "blow." His worldly as
sets he described as 20 cents and a
dollar watch.
One of the biggest transactions in
the news print paper trade that has
ever taken place at or near Water
town. n. Y, was consummated. Thurs
day, when the st, Regis Paper Co. in
terests acquired the w. p. Herring
properties, known as the jefferson
Power Co.. at Black River, and the
Herrings mill at Herrings The plants
win increase the capacity of the st.
Regis to one of the largest of the
country.
More than 100000 is to be dis
tributed in charitable requests pro-
vded by the will of Garolyne Neustad-
ter, which was filed, Thursday, at
New York. Half of the amount is left
to trustees with which to found a cor
poration as a memorial to her hus-
band, Henry Neustadter, to build and
maintain model homes for tenants of
moderate means. Other requests to
public Institutions include 100000 each
to the Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan
Asylum Society and Mount Zinai hos
pital.
Irish Presbyterians TO the number
of 25,000 made demonstration
Thursday. in Belfast. Ireland, against
home rule. a dozen halls and churches
in various parts of the city We're filled
with enthusiasts, who voted resoiu-
mination not TO obey the laws of any
Irish Parliament, whose demands for
money in the shape of taxes would be
thrown into the fire. The resolutions
declared that the religious and indus
trial interests of Ireland would be
calamitously imperilled by home rule
and appealed both to the British gov
eminent and to their co-religionists in
Great Britain to save the Presbyte-
rians from disaster. The proceedings
passed off without any disturbance.
Daniel d. Whitney, formerly mayor
of Brooklyn. celebrated his 93d birthday,
Wednesday, with a hard days work in
The Office of his wholesale grocery
business in No. 20 Fulton street,
Brooklyn. He walked to the Office un-
assisted, attended to his business af-
fairs with lively interest and return
ed to his home, where his family and
a few relatives held a reception in the
evening. Whitney was mayor in 1856
and 1887. Before that he had been an
alderman several times and once was
collector of arrears. we got along
smoothly in the old days" he said.
wednesday, referring to his term as
mayor. The records will show in the
two years of my administration rae
oebt of the city was reduced $4,000
oV He attributed his long life to
regular habits, particularly regularity
in eating