Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-09-24
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

Fire at the home of Daniel Hurtle
on Jewell avenue, Attleboro, Mass,
early Sunday morning, caused a loss
estimated at $4,000. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hurtle were i'll Providence for the
night.
A steamer with $50 sawmll workers
aboard, was rammed by tugboat on
the Dvina river near Archangle. Mon
day. The steamer sank in 10 minutes
Most of the passengers jumped into
the water and 80 of them swan ashore.
Twenty are known to have been
drowned, while the others are missing.
The package containing 5000 in
currency which was mysteriously ex-
tracted from an express shipment
from the First National Bank at Pen
sacola, Fla, to the Louisville e Nash
vile pay ear at Flomaton, Ala, was
found, Monday, at the rear of the bank
by the Negro janitor of the building
The return of about 100 loomfixers to
work. Monday, brought to an end the
srtike at seven cotton mills of the Fall
River Iron Works Co. at Fall River
Concessions granted by the mill own
ers resulted in settlement of diff
culties, which began two weeks ago
and partially closed some of the
weaving rooms in the mills.
Curtis Guild. United States ambas-
sador to Russia, left Boston for New
York, Monday, whence he will sail,
Tuesday, for Bremen on the way to
st. Petersburg to resume his duties.
Mrs. Guild. with whom the ambassa-
dor returned to this country from
Russia a week ago. will remain in
Boston until the first of next year.
George Going, aged 10, living at Free
port street, Dorchester, was knocked
down by an outward Columbus avenue
car shortly after g. Sunday, evening at
the junction of Blue Hill avenue and
Columbia road, receiving a fracture of
the skull and a fracture of the thigh He
was taken to the City hospital and his
name placed on the dangerous list
Unusual preparations are being
made by the ericketers of Philadel-
phia and vicinity the home of the
game in this country, for the big In
ternational match between Australia
and the Gentlemen of Philadelphia,
which will begin, Friday The Aus
tralians who have made a successful
tour of England, will arrive in Phil
adelphia, Tuesday.
The battleship Wyoming was turned
over to the government at the Phila-
dclphia navy yard Monday, by the
C,amp Shipbuilding Co. The Wyom-
ing, which is a sister ship to the bat
tleship Arkansas, will be under the
command of Capt. i. L. Chaplin. 1t
Will be placed in commission. next
week. and will take part in the naval
review in New York harbor. next
month.
Four little girls and two boys had d
miraculous escape from serious injury or
death, Sunday, when they were thrown
out of a wagon when runaway horse
attempted to make a sharp turn at the
corner of Willow and Waterson streets,
Wollaston Park. Quincy. The horse and
wagon are owned by Havelock Keith
of 156 Waterson street and driven by
Miss Pearl Keith. With her were Misses
Gladys Keith Natalie Ryder and Ken
meth Keith. The horse ran away on
Beach street and went down Willow
street at such speed that people in
houses ran to their windows. attracted
by the screams of the children. At the
end of Willow street the horse turned
sharply in Waterson street and the
wagon was tipped upside down.
Jacob Foy Guthrie. know as the
educated burglar who is charged
with having stolen $250,0O0 worth OF
valuables from the homes of society
people was arragned for trial at Chi
cago, Monday. but when he confront
ed the judge he threw a cuspido at q
deputy sheriff. Then he began to snarl
and show his teeth so menacingly
that spectators fled from the court
room. His case was continued. 1t was
said he would be sent to an asylum.
Guthrie, a college graduate and for
mer school teacher, was one of the
most mysterious prisoners with whom
the police have had to deal His room,
when he was arrested, presented a
dazzling array of iewelry. bric-abrac
and silks, taken from the homes of
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