Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-04-05

died almost instantly. Gov. O'Neil OF
Alabama and others prominent in edu-
cational circles in the South We're
seated on the stage.
DIR. Joseph A. Blake, head surgeon
of the Presbyterian hospital at New
| York, who has operated on scores of
distinguished Americans for appendi-
! citis, is himself commissioning from an
/ operation performed a few days ago,
by his assistant, Or. Charles IL Peck.
DR.. Blake has been sufferer from
chronic appendicitis for several
| months. The operation was entirely
successful Two of DR. Bakes more
| recent appendectomies We're perform
| ed on the same day on Cornelius Van
| derbilt and DIR. Charles II. Mayo. the
| distinguished Minnesota surgeon
When a child crossing Bowery street,
Newark, n. j.. was run down by a
| trolley car, late Thursday. DR., Adolph
| II. Flachs, the nearest doctor a block
away was hurriedly summoned. Lean
| ing over the mangled little form the
| physician was Mortified to find it that
| of his own 4-year-old daughter Ella.
Almost in a state of collapse from the
shock ci the discovery. DR.. Flachs was
barely able to pick up the body Of the
child, who had apparently been in
stantly killed. and carry it home.
The girl had rolled under the car fen
der and been crushed by the front
wheels.
-Four teams got away, Thursday. from
Nome. Alaska, in the all-Alaska sweep
stakes the famous dog race of the North.
The drivers are Charles Johnson, driving
for Fox Ramsay; a. a. Allen, driving
the team of Malamutes owned by Mrs.
Charles +. Darling of Berkeley. Cal; AL
exander Holmsen, driving John Johnson
team of Siberian wolf hounds, and a
driver named Oliver. This course is from
Nome to Candle and return. a distance
of 4t2 miles, and the purse is 5000. The
record is held by John johnson, who
drove the distance in "A hours, IA minutes
and Il seconds. The trail is in good con-
dition and the weather perfect.
\ discussion of charges brought by
former Mayor James +. Burke of Bur-
lington, VT. against Thomas Brown. the
Democratic state leader, regarding the
management of the campaign in Vermont
four years ago, took up most of the time
of the Democratic state meeting, Thurs
day night, at Burlington, and resulted IN
Browns vindication by a vote of 76 to
Al. So much time was occupied with the
matter that the committee adjourned
without fixing a date for the state cor
vention. which will meet at Montpelier.
Emery Harris of Bennington presided ut
the meeting. Thursday night.
The defence of Mrs Louise vermil-
N1 on trinl ar l,bipop o.. for bn oltpxrpd
murder of Richard T. Smith, is that
he committed suicide This developed
Thursday, for the first time, when
Russell II. Thompson testified that
Smith threatened two months before
his death to commit suicide. Thomp-
son exhibited bottle containing
chlorai which, he testified, he took
away from Smith Thompson's state
ment was unexpected by the prosecu-
ton. 1t was admitted after vigorous
protests by Assistant States Attorney
Durham. Mrs. Vermilya was the only
other witness examined. She denied
the ownership of the pepper box
which the state contends she used as
a poison receptacle.
Theodore Furman. supposed to have
been murdered at Middletown, n. Y,
last January. arrived at his home
there, Thursday, to the establishment
of the authorities, who had almost
abandoned efforts to solve the mys-
terry of his supposed death. His re-
turn leaves still unidentified the hui
man remains found, on Jan. s. in a
carload of hot cinders at West Brook
vile, Is miles from Middletown Fur
man came from Philadelphia. He said
ne had just passed an examination
fer the United States Marine Corps
and expected to enter that service. He
said he had left home suddenly and
knew nothing of the trouble in which
his disappearance had plunged his
| family.
The $4,000, 900 Chelsea fire of 1908
was legally recognized by the supreme
| court at Boston as IAN act of God be-
| yond the power OF human hand to pre-
vent and as a result the Standard
| Oil Co. of New York won a $40, 600
| damage suit brought against it. On
| April -, 1908, several oil tanks ex-
| ploded during the Chelsea fire. The
| burning oil spread over the waters of
| Chelsea creek, set fire to and con-
| sumed the passenger steamer Mary,
owned by Capt. Alfred Sorensen. Capt
| Sorensen brought suit against the
| company fer the value of the steamer
! The Standard Oil Co. set up the de-
! fence that the fire was An act OF
| God, beyond the power of human hand
and the Standard Oil Co, to prevent, .
| which contention was sustained by a
! jury in the supreme court, Thursday
| Mayor Woodruff. Thursday, at Peoria
| H., sent an ordinance prohibiting free
| lunches in city saloons. A heavy penal
| ty has been provided for violations The
| order affects 800 saloon keepers.
| Fort Frances, Ont, and the country ii
rectly north of the city are excited ovei
the discovery of a new iron range, ex
tending rs miles, with a width of twt
! miles. Miners and experts are fiockins
into the district and that section seem:
destined to undergo another rush" likr
that of 1896.
dispatch from Tien Tsin to thu
Exchange Telegraph Co, at London
says that the reported assassination
of Gen. Ii Yuen Heng. vice president
of the Chinese republic. is confirmed