Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-05-10

CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

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The woman's body found in the Con-
necticnt river off Hockanum. CT.
Wednesday. was, Thursday. identified as
| that of Mrs. Charles Davenport of South
| fIadley Falls, Mass. She disappeared
from her home in December. 1t is sup
posed tire death of her two children af-
| fected her mind.
| The French Champlain delegation
| which brought to the United States the
bust of ia France by August Rodin.
| to be placed at the base of the memorial
lighthouse at Crown Point. Lake Cham
plain, left for France. Thursday. on the
steamer La Provence All the delegates
| were charmed with the eordinlity of their
reception both in the United States and
| Canada. and most of them expressed
their intention of coming again.
Twenty-Five men were carrying a
bar of iron 30 feet long at the Pittsburg
| Steel Co.'S. Menessen plant at Pitts
burg. Wednesday. and We're about to
place it in position in the foundations
|of Il blast furnace when bolt of
lightning struck the iron twisted IL
into an s. shape, knocked all the
NEIL unconscious and internally in
| jured two, who are in a critical con-
ditien.
Walter S. Dipley, convicted of the
murder of Stanley Ketchell, the pugil-
| list, must serve his life sentence in the
penitentiary, according to decision
Thursday, of the Missouri supreme
court. Goldie Smith, convicted and
| serving a life term as an accessory of
| Diiley, was discharged from the pen
itentiary by the court, Which reversed
| the judgment against her. The court
held tire evidence was not sufficient to
convict her.
| Arthur Bosworti. who was found
guilty of the murder of Miss May La
bell at Essex Junction, last June, was
| sentenced To be hanged at the Wind
| sor state prison, on June "a. 1913, by
Judge Aiunson in the supreme court at
| Montpelier. VT, Wednesday. As he
was being led out of the courtroom
| Bosworth asked the officers If he would
Fave - work up to the time of his ex-
| eeution. They Informed the condemned
man that he would.
| The number of victims of Wednes-
day nights explosion at the Central
| Blast Furnace of the American Steel
| g. Wire Co. rear Cleveland. Ohio, WAS
| increased 70 five, Thursday, when An
drew Husell and John Pollock died at
a Cleveland hospital. The other dead
are John Zella. William Champlin and
an unknown foreigner. Several of the
| II injured may die, attending physi-
clans said. The explosion was caused
| by gases which accumulated in the
/ furnace from hot coke.
| In the criminal branch of the United
| States district court at New York
Thursday, Judge Hand sentenced James
] o. Brezinski, who was convicted of per-
| jury i'm testimony which he gave in tine
sugar underweighing frauds, to serve Is
months In the federal prison at Atlanta,
Ga. Breznski was formerly employed in
| the United States Secret Service and
later was a special agent of the treas
! ury department. Judge Hand granted a
stay of execution pending an appeal.
George Redding. Jr., convicted of the
murder of Morris Greenberg, his friend,
was sentenced, Thursday, by Judge Case
/ in the superior court at New Haven, to
die on the gallows in the state prison at
Wethersfield ct. before sunrise on Nov.
Ii next. Redding calmly heard the court
L IifoltDuiftt StHttbtcs ~ 1uttsV tdSt nc
j said he had nothing to say. Redding is
not quite % years of age, and of a good
| family He killed Greenberg to secure
money which he thought the latter had
in his pockets.
The body of Mrs. Mabel Hansen, 25
years old. of Chicago, who with six 9TH
ers was drowned in a storm which swept
Fox Lake, Illinois, Wednesday evening.
was recovered. Thursday, and searching
| parties are dragging the lake for the
i bodies OF the other victims. The other
persons believed to have drowned are.
Herman HUM, 10 years old, restaurant
| keeper, Ingleside, Ill.,; George Russell,
| 80. livery man, Ingleside, Ill.,; Jacob
Hoefer 25 Desplaines, H.; Michael
Klunder, %, Chicago Louis Truschke. rs,
saloon keeper, Chicago; unidentified man,
20 years old.
Governor Foss in a special message,
Thursday, censured the Senate for
rejecting the bill permitting voters to
express their preference for United
States senator's. The Governor said
that the. people of the state would find
ii difficult to appreciate or sympathize
with the action of the Senate in de-
/ feating the bill sin opposition to a
popular demand and after--it had pass