Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-08
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


All grades of refined sugar We're add
vaneed 10 cents hundred pounds,
Wednesday, at New York
John Shambow. owner and proprietor
of the Shambow Shuttle Co, died sud
denly at his home at Woonsocket, r. J.,
Wednesday, of angina pectoris. He was
TO years old and a native OF Vergennes,
VT. He had been engaged in the manu-
facture of shnttles in Woonsocket since
Iep9
Allison MacFarland, found guilty of
numbering his wife Evelyn, by giving
her cyanide of potassium. was sentenc-
ed. Wednesday, at Newark. \. j., by
Chies Justice Gummere to die in the
electric chair at Trenton. on March II.
As expected counsel filed notice of an
appeal. This will act as a stay of exc
cutien. unless the case be finally dis
pcsed Of before March Il. which is UNI
likely.
Al 5ut three of the % walters en-
rioyed in the cadet mess hall a; West
Point. y. Y, struck just before the
noon meal hour, Wednesday. The
walters. most of whom were hired In
New York. walked cut because they
work in the kitchen. The cadets had
to wait for their dinner until soldiers
from the regular army forces We're de-
tailed temporarily to act as walters
Tie strikers eft for New York. Their
pay was So a month and board.
Twentv-one Turkish strikers at the
plant of the Lowell Rendering Works
ut Lowell, Mass, were arrested
Wednesday, after they had refused TO
leave the South Lowell Railroad sta
ton where they had gathered with
about 90 other strikers to intercept any
persons arriving by train to work at
the plant They were charged with
trespass. The strikers We're not arm
ed and they offered no resistance to
the squad OF - police officers sent To
dispense them.
knocked unconscious, Tuesday, at
Johnston Pa. by l5,ooQ- volts Of cleo
tricity that passed through his body
Wilbur scrUddors.' aged II, foreman
of the Citizens Light. Heat K &Power
Ce.. was carried into physicians Of
flee for dead He remained in a com
atoSe condition throughout the night,
but. Wednesday morning arose and
Went 10 NAik Is usual S'iii i't't'ti+4t7
ONLY of a soreness of muscles Scrub
ders was directing the repair work Of
some machinery when he touched a
charged wire.
w. Morgan Shuster, the former
American treasurer general of Persia.
had a long interview with Sir Edward
Grev. the British foreign minister, at
London. Wednesday. The situation IN
Persia was exhaustiVely discussed and
while, no startling change in British
policy in that country is expected to
occur Nas result Of the interview, 1t
can be stated that the meeting was OF
an entirely pleasant and cordial ma
ture. both Mr.. Shuster and sir Edward
Grey obtaining better understanding
of each others point of view.
The British steamer Cairndon, z days
from Leith, Scotland. for Philadelphia
and 10 days overdue at her destination
nut in, Wednesday, at Newport, r. /.
with her coaf-bunkers empty. Capt. Don
aid NJ Ross the Cafrndons commander,
said that he had never before experienced
such tempestuout weather. Four of the
ships boats were carried away and the
steamer sustained considerable damage
| in the way of twisted ratings and. splin-
| tered woodwork The Cairndon took On
| a supply of coal and sailed for Philadel-
phia.