Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-02
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GOdOfn on front street, ttecneSIefr ~.
H.. Tuesday evening. Mrs. Godein fden-
titled Freeman in court The prisoner
pleaded not guilty. Judge McGiIt ordered
the man committed to jail without bail.
An extra freight train was badly
wrecked about one mile above Ashland,
N. H., on the White Mountain division
of the Boston & Maine Railroad, at 2:5S
Wednesday, eight cars being deraiied
two of which, containing merchandise
were broken into kindling wood and the
contents strewn along the tracks, No ona
injured. 10 sssasls
Another ssquaa Of isiictorious Ameri-
can athletes, who participated in the
Olympic games at Stockholm. arrived.
Thursday. at New York on the steam
ship Majestic of the White Star Line.
Mrs. jean Hooper Page, author. poet
and magazine contributor died.
Wednesday, at the summer cottage of
her father, Maj. S. K. Hooper, at Pine
Crest, Col. She was 4 years old
The court at Soule. seoreas engaged in
the trial of the 123 Coreans alleged To
have been implicated in the. conspiraa-
cy to assassinate Count Feraucai, the
governor general of Corea. hasrejected
the appeal of the attorneys for the dr.
fence of examination of police wit
nesses in regard to the alleged tortur-
ing of Coreans for the purpose OF pro-
curing confessions. st.ss
Ray Bronson, Indianapolis, weiter-
weight boxer, is In a Noblesville hos
pital, suffering from concussiofl of the
brain. as a result of an automobile
accident near there, Wednesday night.
Bronson was still unconscious. Thurs
day. Bronson, who was driving from,
Fort Wayne to Tfidianapoffs.l lost con
troll of the machine and Il tumbIed
down a 5-foot embankmenf
7 AutofnobiIists and business, organizes
Z tions IN eonhetticuit, have been asked to
send delegates to mass meeting in the
Interest OF gbdd roads. TO be held at
Bridgeport; CT, Monday, under. dfrec-
ton of the Connecticut Automobile As
ISOLATION. The main purpose IS to advo-
eatei highways about 20 feet To- widtn.
running from Port Chfester, n. ".
through Connecticut The Legislature
will be asked to make an appropriation
for this highway. - -
The body Of an unknown man abo,,ts
45 years OF age was found, Wednesday.
f. Ester. The man had evidently be-
come sick and pitched forward on his
face into the soft dirt under the tree
and was suffocated because of his m
ability to rise. The only thing that NAV
lead to his identification is a scar In tIse
right groin. made by a surgeons kiiffs
In an operation for hernia. The body was
taken to the morgue.
Burton Reidy aged 8, son of John r
Reidgs.of cal Grafton street. WoTces-
ter. was killed, Wednesday, by jump
ING in front of trolley car on the
Blackstone Valley Line while at play.
Teh boy, who was deaf and dumb was
playing on a stone wall near his home
and jumped directly in the path of the
electric. which he did not hear ap-
nroaehing. His left leg was cut on and
his right leg broken in several places
He was hurried TO city hospital,.whers
he oied at 5.45. three hours after the
accident.
The Goldman House at Enfield Gen..
ter, N. H., owned and managed by
Frank r. Morse. was burned to thu
ground at o'clock. Wednesday morn7F
ing. So rapidly did the flames spread
that it was with difficulty that tia
10 guests and the employees escaped
The house was burned seven years
ago, and a new building erected. The
loss is $4,000 with insurance of $1,000.
The cause is unknown. The flames
were discovered in corner of ths
basement. .sa,s
Charles E. Pickett, New Haven, CT,
clerk of the United States court, who
Is the master. in the injunction into
any alleged steamship combination,
will sail. on Aug. %, for Southampton
to take testimony from J. Bruce Is
may He will be accompanied By
two lawyers representing the United
States government. 1t is said that
Mr., Ismay is unable to come toS.this
side of the Atlantic at present but
will come before Mr.. Pickett, Sept 9.
ia party from the cruiser Maryland,
which arrived, last Tuesday. has left
fori the tMatamisRa coal field, from which
ii is pnrposed to obtain fuel for the navy
coaling station to be established m Sc
ward. Alaska A report. will be fnafie to
the navy on the feasibility of obtaining
coal from the fields for the Pacificefieet
An explosion of gunpowdersat the
Frankfort, arsenal I'm, thes northeastern
part of Philadelphia. Thursday. seriously
injured one Of the employees, shatteresa-
windows, tore off a part of the roof of
building and did other damage.
The Turkish Chamber of Deputies at
Constantinople, after an acrimonious dis
cussion, voted, Thursday, to refer TO o.
committee, the governments proposed
amendment to the constitution. whereby
the Sultan is empowered to dissolve the
Chamber under exceptional circumstances.
without consent of the Senate. Asked.
whether the vote could be considerea rs
tantimount to want of condolences In the
government. the grand vizier replied, hes
would decide that point after couSult4
ing with his colleagues. 1t is believed the
cabinet will resign. i
One man was killed and two others
fatally wounded. Thursday, in a light
between prisoners in the county Jail AZ
Los Angeles. III. Mullen. serving orse
year for contribution to the delits
quency of a minor, was Killed and
Leads w. NOEL and Martin Mendoza
were fatally wounded. John yalshik.
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