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

| Thursday. for New York City Esti-
! mates are that the contingent of Eas-
ter season visitors from this district
| of Canada to the American Metrop-
| oils will spend something like $600.0 600
| in that city and in railroad fares
Herbert Chapman, one of the three
| brothers, who attacked Carl r. Hem
| mans, the Boston musician Sunday,
at Montreal. and was shot by him,
| died, Thursday morning. His brother
| Edgar may not live through the day.
| Hemmans has been exonerated of
| blame and released
| John X McDonough, justice of the
: second district court of Bristol coun-
| ty. died at his home al Falls River,
| Mass, Thursday morning, aged about
| 50 years. He was appointed to the
| bench by Governor Russell in 1898.
| Judge McDonough had been in i'll
| health for long time.
Peaceful persuasion in cases of
| strikes and other labor troubles found
favor in the Massachusetts House,
Thursday, by a vote of ia to so. The
measure was reported adversely by the
committee on labor but the House
substituted the bill drawn by the at
torneys of the American Federation
of Labor.
An explosion. cause unknown. wrecfl-
ed the press mill at the Burton pow
der works near Quakertown. Pa..
early Thursday. One employee was
killed and two We're injured An un-
known man seen near the mill is miss
ing. It is feared he may have been
blown to bits. Windows two miles
away We're shattered
The board of trustees of the Jeffer-
son Medical College of Philadelphia,
Thursday, selected DR. Thomas Nc
Craze of Baltimore, To fill the chair of
medicine made vacant by the resigna-
ton OF Prof James c. Wilson. The
place is one highly esteemed among
the medical schools of the country.
William Lynn. a planter, is under
arrest at Mariana, Ark, charged with
having shot and killed three of his
Negro farmhands and wounded Cor
don Wright. a bystander, last night
Lynn and the Negroes, who had
brought cattle and farming equipment
from the Lynn plantation. which is in
danger of overflow, To this city, be-
came involved in an argument, it is
asserted. as TO whether they should
return 10 the farm and the shooting
resulted. Wright is only slightly
wounded.
Representatives of the trainmen on
branch lines of the Grand Trunk sys-
tenn whose pay was recently reduced.
had a conference, Thursday, with REP
resentatives of the company which re-
suited. according to the trainmen. in
the settlement of Several issues =
What the specific issues We're could
not he learned but il was announced
that both sides had reached "A full
understanding" and that there would
he further conferences.
Five nersons were injured. THURSDAY
night and 500 900 damage was done
"a nropertv bv a fire which practically
DESTROYED the Webber building at
Main street and Depot square. at
Tarrytewn, Y. Y, the towns princf
nal business corner. The flames almost
immediately ignited a key of gunpow
der in n hardware store on the ground
! floor and blew out the side of the
! h,iildine. Three employees of the store
! including woman. We're knocile I
| down and burned by the explosion and
I Two paSserSby hurt by flying bricks.
1o,nas 1vnn roc,s driller at wor,,
an tha na,y aeoued,,et 2o5 feet below.
the street level at broadway and 25th
street. New York. stubbed his too
when he started to run out of the wa.
| of a falling elevator, fell and was in
! stantlv killed. Thursday Martin Logh :
! ney "a companion, who had cleared The
/ bottom of the elevator shaft, turned
| TO rescue Lynn. was struck by the
cage and sustained injuries which
may cause his death. The cage fell
/ from the street level, but warning was
given the other laborers in time 10
| enable them to escape.
The naonle of western and middla
| Tanpessea Thursday Maid tribute to
tha n,aY,orv of "E,ddlinp Rob" Ser
| afo. t,aberi Love Tav,or. Through the
ron of tho House i'm the State Capitol
| thnu,ands of narsons walked past thu
| bodv of the senator who died in
| tu7ast,ington saturday Nashville sus-
nanded au business and the capital
gave itself over to providing for the
| thousands of Tenneseeans who came