Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-16
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

William +. Riley of GAINESVILLE. |
Mass. was considerably surprised whenl
a fine English setter named Rex,
which he gave. two years ago. to a
resident of Clinton, Me, appeared at
his old home. two days ago Mr.. Riley
on going to the door found Rex pound
ing for admittance and wagging his tail
joyfulls in recognition of his old mas
ter. Rex had left the Maine farm and
travelled by instinct to his old Lanes
vile home. Mr.. Riley will notify his
owner of the whereabouts of the dog.
John Jones. 80 years old, of New
York. an iron worker, was hurled from
the Poughkeepsfe bridge at Poughkeep-
sic, n. Y, into the Hudson river, 200
feet below, Tuesday, and instantly kill
ed, His body has not been recovered.
Jones was working with others in
erecting electric lamps on the bridge
when ladder on which he was stand
ing, suspended by ropes, swayed
against the electric wire The shock
separated Jones from his support and,
revolving rapidly, he plunged into the
water.
Rollin White, president of the Union
Gas and Electric Co. Cincinnati has
a new plan for Kidding the city of
the sparrow pest. He suggests plac-
ing live electric wires over build
ings, so that when the birds alight on
the wires they will be instantly shock
ed to death. Mr. White says the wires
could bo so charged that the electric
current would not be dangerous to a
human being, while it would innict
| painless death on bird He says he
| is going to try his scheme ON some
| tail downtown buildings.
Harold L. Shook, the 3-year-old son
| of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Shook of
Pittsfield, Mass. was drowned. Tues
| day afternoon, while playing about the
little pond at Pontoosuc lake. The
little fellow tried to catch his hat as
| it blew toward the water. according
! to the stories of his playmates, and
| fell into the pond. The other children
ran TO the Shook home and told the
lboy's mother who ran franticaliy to
the pond. All she saw on arriving
| there was a little round hat, floating
on the surface. DR. ID. +. Murray was
summoned from his home nearby. and
after wading into the water, which
was not over three feet deep, found
the body and carried the lifeless form
| to the mother, who was watching.
/ BY a vote of much more than the
necessary o-thirds the stockholders
of the American National Bank, Tues
| day, voted to merge with the Phoenix
National Bank. and thereby consum-
mated one of the biggest Hartford
| banking deals after months of ne
gotiations and disagreements. Tues
day night it was reported that Ex-
| United States Senator Morgan G.
! Buckley, who was present at the
meeting. was satisfied with the actio
and still adhered to his purpose to
merge the Aetna National Bank. of
which he is the leading director and
which has its offices in his Aetna Life
Insurance Company building with the
Phoenix, of which he has lately Sc :
cured a stock control If the second
merger eventuates. the proposed
Aetna Phoenix Bank will be the larg-
est in New England outside of Boston,
Roy McKinnon. % years old, was
drowned about 5 o'clock, Tuesday eve
ming. in Charles river. while canoeing
opposite the Waltham. Mass. watch
| factory. In company with his chum,
Ralph Gilchrist. who. like himself.
was an employee in the watch factory.
| McKinnon hired canoe about z P.
NJ and padded from Crescent Park
down the river to Moody street
bridge Turning about they started
toward Newton. When near the watch
factory they undertook to change
| strokes" anad in some way the canoe
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