Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-26
CONDENSED DISPATCHES,

Later an automobile truck loaded
with new furniture, took fire. while
on the way to this city. The truck
and furniture were destroyed, the loss
being estimated at $400
Sir Laurens Alma-Tadema, the famous
English painter, died, Sunday night, at
Wiesbaden, Germany. He had been suf-
fering from liberation of the stomach
and was undergoing the cure. He was
in his nth year.
Sir Laurens Alma Tedoma was born
at Dronrich, in The Netherlands, Jan.
s, 1896 but was later naturalized in Eng
land. He received gold medals for his
paintings from most of the leading acad-
emies of Europe and was decorated with
most of the chivalric orders.
Outfielder Moran of the Brooklyn
National team is seriously i'll in New
York. of blood poisoning, the result
of a spike wound sustained, last
week, in the series with Philadelphia.
His condition is said to be very Sc
ries and it is feared that amputation
of the leg may be necessary.
Thomas DAILY an electrician en-
81 doing repair work in Havermeyer
Hail. Columbia University. thrust his
head through hole in the wall of the
elevator shaft on the sixth floor Mon
day, to see where the car was and was
deeapitated by the descending counter
weights.
The militant tactics of the Suffrag-
cites at London has assumed a new
form. on the arrival of a train from
Tunbridge Wells at Victoria station.
Tuesday night. it was discovered that
many windows had been smashed, car
Rage fittings and cushions cut and
destroyed and the walls plastered with
written demands for votes for women
and the abolition of forcible feeding.
The Iculprits were not discovered.
The firemen of Newburyport, Mass,
were. twice. Tuesday night, called out
to fight unusual fires. The first blaze
was in Il motorboat owned by F. 4.
Perkins which took fire from an ex-
piosion. Charles r. Perkins, a son
of the owner. and Henry Currier were
in the boat at the time and were
Obliged to jump overheard to escape.
The boat was damaged to the extent
of $4,000.
Fire, starting from an unknown
cause. destroyed the Hotel Warwick, a
212-story wooden structure. unoccu-
pied, near the Boston q Maine station
at Gloucester, shortly after o'clock
Monday morning. The lass is estimat-
ed at $4,000. The blaze was discovered
by the owner of the house. James F.
Flynn. who lives nearby. The cries of
his infant son awakened him. All the
apparatus of the town responded 10
the alarm.
Charles Morris. veteran eff the
Civil War. was burned to death, Tues
day night. at Providence, r. l.. wehn
flame destroyed his cottage dwelling
in Narragansett avenue. Riverside, on
the edge of Narragansett bay. His
body was found ON the railing of a
small veranda overlooking the water
burned to crisp. The firemen were
told no one was in the house and the
first inkling of a fatality came when
the, body was discovered. Whether or
not Norris leaves relatives is not
known.
The New York walters and other ho-
tel employees, Tuesday night, declared
their long drown out strike off and are
they announced, to return to
work. They held a meeting. ut which a
of the International Hoo
tel Workers Union presided and lis
tened to a report submitted by a dele
gaticn of so of their number, which
had been appointed to make a canvass
of the leading hotels affected by the
strike. This report was that the condi-
tons were favorable for the men re-
Stunning the work.
An Innovation in woman suffrage de-
Tuesday, at New York, when
an automobile filled with women.
drew up in the heart of Chinatown and
one of its occupants. who wore an ORR
entail robe, addressed an audience of
200 Chinese on a street corner. talking
to them in their native tongue Three
voilcys of Chinese cheers when the
speaker, who was introduced as Mrs
Jean White" reminded her auditors
that women in China can vote now and
urged that the men OF their race in this
country do what they can to secure a
like privilege for American women.
Undetered by the sex of the prison.
er, a mob lynched Negro woman
early, Tuesday, at Pinehurst. Ga. She
had been taken from officers at Cor
dele. Ga, and rushed to Pinehurst to
the scene of her crime, in an automo-
bile and hanged to tree. Ann Boston,
the victim, Monday, fatally stabbed
her mistress, Mrs. r. e. Jordan. wife
Of planter. residing at Pinehurst.
Her only motive was to avenge a rep
rimand given her by Mrs. Jordan. The
black was arrested at once and taken
to Cordele for safe keeping. While a
mob of residents of Pinehurst and vi
cinitv was on it's way to cordeie to try
to get the murdress, Mrs Jordan died.
The sheriff was overpowered, the wo-1
man taken to Pinehurst and soon aft
er hanged. The mob then dispersed