Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-13

Mary Nichols, 20 years old. who
swallowed two corrosive sublimate
tablets, last Tuesday, at lodging
| house on Harvard street. Charlestown,
' Mass, while Inspectors Morrissey and
, Lynch of police headquarters were in
an adjoining room questioning the
| landlady about the girl who had been
! suspected of committing larceny. died,
Monday, at the home of her sister.
! 1861 fremont street, South end Bos-
! ton.
George II. Thayer. wel-known bust
| ness man of Manvile Il. l., and Provi-
| dence committed suicide by shooting
| himself in the head at his home there
| Monday. No cause for his act can be
| assigned Thayer returned to his home
| from Providence, at noon, and immedi-
| atey went into his greenhouse, where
| he fired two shots into his head. He
| leaves a widow.
| Mrs. Mary Lempron. 26, twice prevent
| ed Thomas Spinola 26, from Lawrence,
| her professed admirer, from killing him
| self in her presence at Woonsocket, r.
| l., Monday The two were walking when
| Spinola drew a gun and said he woul1
| shoot himself because of her refusal to
marry him. Mrs. Lempron disarmed him.
| Later in the day, Spinola returned to the
| woman's home, where he produced an
| other revolver After a desperate strug-
| gle, Mrs. Lempron disarmed Spinola and
| turned him over to the police
Selectman Thomas II. Reilly chairman
| of the State Board of Registration in
| Embalrhing, died, early Monday morn
| ing, at his home, 100 South street, West
boro, Mass, of pneumonia. He was one
of the most widely known undertakers in
| the state. He was ill five days. He was
| well known throughout the state in
| Catholic circles. His popularity was
| shown at the last town meeting when
| he received the largest vote of any of
| the preceding IA years he served on the
kboard of selectmen. He was born in
| Ware, g. years ago.
Fourteen women clerks and stenogra-
| piers of a Minneapolis, Minn publishing
| company resigned because of an order
that they either buy new shoes or have
the heels on the present ones cut down
pan inch. The girls left rather than obey.
declaring the order was an infringement
on personal liberty and an attempt to
dictate office style The order was issued
as the result of Miss Rose Burkhardt
catching her heel and falling. Manager
l
war on tight fitting gowns in conncc-
ton with Office work.
Felix Adolfe was held in $1,000 bail
for trial by Brooklyn magistrate.
Monday, charged with a misdemeanor.
in that he spat upon and trampled I'M
der foot an American flag, while adj
dressing a gathering of Anarchists IN
the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.
Sunday night. Emma Goldman was
one of the speakers at the meeting.
| During his address Adolfe took q
small American flag from his pocket
and after he had spat upon and
trampled it under foot, set 1t on fire.
Two policemen promptly placed him
under arrest The meeting had been
called to protest the attitude of the
state authorities in the Lawrence
strike.
Patrick A. Whitney, New York COM
missioner of correction, Tuesday, re-
quested the aldermen to give him 800
in special revenue bonds with which
to pay a teacher of instrumental mu-
sic in the city reformatory A COM
mittee approved the commissioners
request with this endorsement: ''Mu-
sic is extremely beneficial in the gen.
eral scheme of social reform for which
this institution is established, and is
necessary as a part of the pecial re-
form work there" Mr.. Whitney says
the money will pay for so instrument
tai lessons to the inmates of the re-
| formatory. He added that beginners
may practice on an island to their
hearts desire and annoy no one but
themselves The full board will act,
next week. on the committee report.