Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-24
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

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the will of Miss Anna L. Gardner. pro-
bated, Tuesday. Miss Gardner was the
last of three unmarried sisters, who
lived there.
DR.. Charles Russell Lowell Putnam,
Ia relative of James Russell Lowell.
is taking children from the hospitals
and other institutions to his country
estate at North Tisbury. Mass, and
already he has legally adopted three
waits. DR. and Mrs. Putnam, it is
said. are making arrangements to
adopt two more children, this year.
A Gordon setter. said to be worth APP
proximately $500 and bearing tag with
license number 20S. issued in Hampton,
Va, was picked up at the Union sta
ton, Springfield. Mass, Tuesday night,
by officer Charles c. Learned. The dog
was first picked up, Monday night, when
the officer took him to livery stable
nearby. securely tieing him. The dog
gnawed the rope apart and returned TO
the station, where he roamed about all
day. IT is thought that he became sep
arated from his owner as the latter was
passing through the city.
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lamity. by which IL boys were drowned.
and the collapsing of portion of a
grain store on Common street, Sunday, a
general inspection of buildings through
out Lawrence, Mass, will be begun at
once made under the direction of Alder
man Bradbury. commissioner of public
property and parks, assisted by Acting
Building Inspector jeremiah j. Murphy
who was, Monday. appointed temporarily
on account of the resignation of Supt
Battershill
All gambling places in the state of
Rhode Island were ordered to close,
Tuesday, and to remain shut UP. For
NAL notice was served by Gov Pothier
upon Mayor Edward NJ. Sullivan and the
presidents of the town councils of John
ston, jamestown and Burrillville, that
complaints have come to him that gam
bling and Illegal liquor selling are car
ried on in these places and that unless
the local authorities take some action
to put an end to the condition which it
is charged exists. he, as governor OF the
state. will be forced to take hand in
the matter. Gov. Pothier also notified the
ready to raid at short notice.
The lives of 10 young women and four
young men were i'm danger. Tuesday
night. when large power boat caught
fire half a mile from the short of Gun
Rock Beach. near Hull. Mass, and but
for the presence of fast launch and
the fearlessness Qf=..two watchers on
shore the outing would have resulted Sc
riously for the young people. The power
boat containing the party was discovered
to be a mass of flames clSee to Boston
light at 1890 and the frantic shreks for
help of those aboard could be distinctly
heard on shore
Charles S. Robbins of the Brandy
Hill district, Thompson. Ct. who we'd
ded Mrs. Eliza beth Kramer, June /, in
Putnam because Edward Horton. a
Webster furniture dealer asked him
why he didn't get married, Tuesday be-
gan divorce proceedings in the superior
court of Windham county, CT. Robbins
had lived with his wife about a month
when her former husband, Joseph
Kramer. whom she thought dead. re-
turLed to Thompson and elected Rob
bins from his own house.
Nantucket. Mass, has lost its pride
by the sale of the fishing steamer
Waquoit to the Bay State authori-
ties to be used as a leper boat. The
old boat. which has helped to give the
quaint tinge to Nantucket,s fleet has
virtually been banished. for it cannot
be used for any other purpose once il
has started on its new career of ply
ing between New Bedford and Peni-
slisse Island where the leper colony %
3oca ted
John Crowley. driver of two horse
tipcart, was forced to look on while
his runaway outfit crashed into an
other two horse cart driven by Patrick
Costello of 20 Gleason street, Dorches-
ter, Mass. on Savin Hill avenue, on
Tuesday afternoon. He had pursued
the runaways along Sawyer avenue,
but the animals out -distanced him.
Both wagons were badly smashed and
the harness broken, and Costello was
knocked from his seat and badly in
jured
Because their mothers had forbid
den them to play with each other
William Heffernon, IA, and Wilfred
Sweeney. IL, decided that they would
rather try the fortunes of the big
world together than stay home and be
separated. Tuesday afternoon. Mrs.
John j. Heffe,non of 81 Thornton
street and Mrs. Edward F. Sweeney
of 2S1SA Washington street, Roxbury.
Mass. received postcards from their
sons statiHsethat they were jumping
the first freight train out of Boston
and were going away as far as it
would take them.
The listlessness of mid summer. as far
as politics go, was disturbed a bit, Tues
day, when ex-senator Nye's letter to
Gov. Foss of Massachusetts leaked
out. Of course it was a quasi official
leak That is to say, the text was given
out at the executive department The
ex-senator from the Cape district, still
holding himself Republican stalwart,
had, on Monday afternoon, taken out pa
pers to circulate in his district to place
Gov. Foss in the running for the Republi-
can nomination for governor at the CON-
ing primaries. The fact, published
| Tuesday morning, startled the Republic
can leaders somewhat. Then came the
letter which the ex-senator had written