Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-21
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


Delegates from Is Southern states met
at Baltimore, Tuesday, to consider prob
lens relating to the agricultural develop
ment and increase of immigration for the
South In addition more than 90 railroad
and steamship companies sent represent
atives. in some cases the presidents OF
the lines acting in person.
r. r. Hazard, an independent shoe
manufacturer of Gardiner, Me, defend
ed the United Shoe Machinery Co, Tues
day, before the House judiciary commit
Toe AS spokesman of committee of
independent manufacturers, he declared
opposition to the Thayer bill, which
would prohibit the restrictive leases of
the United Co.
A special appropriation of s5,0o0,ooo
to be expended during the next five
years in the construction of new state
highways is recommended by Gov.
, Foss in a message sent to the Legis-
lature, late Tuesday. The governor
urges this in addition to the regular
appropriation for the state highway
commission, estimated for this year
at S262,750.
Frank b. Smith of Worcester. for
many years treasurer of the Slater
Mills, has become treasurer of the
New England Cotton Yarn Co. q.
Minot Weld remains as president. The
selection of Mr.. Smith fills vacancy
existing since the lease of the COM
pany to the Union Mills, two years
ago.
An official order for changing the stars
of the National Ensign and the Union
Jack i'm use by the navy to show the ad-
lition of two new stars to the Union has
been issued by the navy department. The
changes will will take effect, July /,
provides for 4S stars to be arranged IN
six rows of eight stars each, with the
corresponding stars of each row in a YER
teal line.
The demands for general increase
in wages of 10 per cent. which the
delegates representing 1000 station
agents, freight agents and ticket
agents, have formulated at the bien-
NAL convention of the Order of Rail-
road Station Agents. now in session at
New York, will be presented on April /.
No trouble over the adjustment of de-
mands is anticipated by the men in
the order. The delegates were the
guests of the Lackawanna Railroad
and viewed the New York harbor and
the railroad terminals.
Another of the wooden vessels which
composed the old navy has been sold
and her name has been stricken from
The navy list. The Pensacola, which
has been doing duty at the receiving
ship at the San Francisco naval train
ing station, was sold Tuesday. for ST.
025, to Henry j. Rogers of San Fran
cisco Cal The vessel was built at
Pensacola, Fla, in 1862. Coupled with
this announcement came an ominous
one for five other old vessels of the
navy. A general board of survey has
been ordered to examine the reeeiv-
ships independence and Lancaster, the
prison shin Manila and the converted
Yachts sylvia and Vixen. The Manila
was a Spanish vessel captured during
the Spanish American war.
Mrs. Francis O'Shaughnessy, who
shot and killed her husband, George,
on May last, ITO save his soul, and
was acquitted of murder charge on
the ground that she was insane, was
released from the Manhattan State
hospital for the Insane, Feb. IA. The
fact of her release did not become
public until, Tuesday night. While in
the hospital there were no signs of IN
sanity. and the conclusion was reach
ed that although Mrs. O'Shaughnessy
might have been insane at the time
OF the killing, her arrangement was
form of emotiinal insanity, which
passed away Immediately after the
shooting. 1t was after she had faiied
to induce her husband to cease pay
ing attentions to another woman that
she shot him.
/ Col Lorenzo Arthur Dodge, newspaper
war correspondent, Civil War veteran
and soldier of fortune, died, TUESDAY
at his home in Worcester, Mass, at the
age of 81 years. He was born at sea an
for time lived with his parents in Yer
I mont, but ran away and became news
boy in New York. At the outbreak OF
the Cuban war in 1868 he went to cupa
as correspondent of the New York Her
aid. Later he was arrested and impris'
oner in Moro castle. He was also cor
respondent for the New York Herald y
the Franco-Prussian war and poasteo
that he sent his paper the news OF th'
French surrender at Sudan nearly tWe
/ hours ahead of his rivals. He was or
the staff of the Boston Globe during Las
great Boston fire of 1872. He also worh
. ed on newspapers in Manchester, ~. n.
and elsewhere. He had Travelled aroune
the world.
RASERAll MITES.