Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-11-18
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Gottfried Hugg. until recently LIST
sergeant of the 27th Co, Coast Artil-
lery. and Charles w. Cation. private
in the Coast Artillery, shot themselves
in an attempt to commit suicide be-
cause they had been disciplined for
participating in poker game at the
Presidio San Francisco. il became
known. Friday night. Hugg and 10 9th i
er non commissioned officers We're re
duced TO the ranks and Cation and -
privates We're sentenced to pay fires
for taking part in the game. Hugs
wound is considered serious but Ca
toms injury Is said to he slight.
A storage reservoir for the water
supply of Pittsfield, with a capacity
of 440.G00.000 gallons, las just been
COMPLETED on Washington mountain
and is shortly TO be turned over to the
Board of Public Works. While the nor
NAL capacity of the great structure Is
to be 440.000000 gallons. with fash
boards II will be increased to 5l3.oo0,-
eco gallons. This addition TO the water
works gives Pittsfield a total storage
capacity Of nearly a billion gallons
of water The daily average eonsump-
ton of water is $500, 001 gallons. and
whea the new reservoir is hlled the
city Will be able to furnish its inhabi-
tants with 100000 gallons day for a
year during a so-called dry wear
The banana civilizations in Jamaica
were considerably damaged Friday
night. by gales accompanied by heavy
rains. In the eastern and northern sec
tions of the island bridges and APP
proaehes on several of the main roads
suffered greatly. A report just receiv-
ed from the west end Of the island
says the tail-end OF hurricane struck
that district 1t is not known whether
any great injury was done, as tele-
graph communication is cut off
Driven out OF the woods by a six
inch fall of snow, which settled with
crust, dozen Manchester, y. H.,
hunters, who have been hunting deer
in Pittsburg, Coon county, since the
day after election, returned TO Man
chester. n. H., Saturday, with Il deer
as trophies of their 10-days shooting.
The party comprised Laurent Roy.
Anne Beauchemin, Alphonse Bildoeu.
Charles Newcomb, Medor MoQuin.
Wilfred Roy. Philip Des Laurier,
Frank Paradis. Samuel Jungemann. f.
Hall and Joseph Landry. Partridge,
rabbits and other small game abound
ea to the extent that the hunters
merely picked for their needs, and the
camp table overflowed with game deli
cacies.
Philip William Deupree of Little
Rock. KAN. S-months- old son of the
late Philip William Deupree of Kansas
city, died % minutes after carbolic
acid was given him, it is said by his
nurse, Mrs. j. T. craw. A eoroner's
jury decided that the poison WAS given
accidentally in mistake for wine, which
was prescribed by a physician. the
child's father died July 25, and his
mother, Mrs. Ellen Deupree, left her
baby with Mrs. Craw to care for while
she went to France to close her nus
bands estate. This was about month
ago Mrs. Deupree said the boy wouid
have inherited 100000 when he came
of age.
The Worcester police found eight
sticks of dynamite in an electric car
running from Worcester to Boston.
The name of Henry +. Forkey was
written on the package. Forkey n
Ieice ster man, has used much dyna-
mite at his estate. He says the pack
age is not his The police fear the dy
Mantle WAS brought with the ldea OF
wrecxirg property in Worcester.
Frank j. Leonard of Lynn. Mass,
was in Manchester N. H., SATURDAY..
in conference with the officials of the
Amoskeag Textile Club with reference
to the occupancy of Varick park as
the home for New England League
Club, next season. Friction comes, as
the Manchester Manufacturers League
wants the park for Saturday games
and an effort is being made to over
come this difficulty. If this cannot be
done the next step will be to look
over the city for new grounds
Some of the leading items in the
budget of the German empire for the
coming year were given, Saturday, in
the Boersen Courier, one of the lead
ing financial dailies. The total income
and expenditure are balanced at APP
proximately s762000.00O each, an in
crease of about 74.000,000 over last
year. The estimate for the navy is
given at $119,259.0o0. or an Increase of
| 81, 100000. The ordinary naval expendi-
| ture increases by 100000 and the
non-r recurring expenditure by $5,250, 900,
| but the extraordinary expenditures on
the navy is reduced by $7,750.000 ow
| ing to the approaching completion 81
the naval construction program.