Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-01-24
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


Former Senator Shelby NJ. Cullom of
Illinois, critically i'll in Washington. pass
ed a good night Thursday. his physician
said, and was stronger Friday morning
than at any time since his present illness
began.
The seismograph at Chabot observ-
atory, Oakland, Cal, showed a slight
vibration travelling from east 10 west
at 7.3S Friday night. Windows ratified
in San francisco, Oakland and Berke-
ley. No damage was reported
Private Francis Wildman of the
Army aero corps established what is
said to be a worlds record in San Di-
ego, Calf, for hydro -aeroplanes Fri
day, when with a passenger he reach
ed an altitude Of $500 feet in % min
utes. The weight of the machine and
passengers was a ton.
The approaching Presidential election
in Colombia is regarded Bogota, Colom-
sia. as the most important in the history
of the republic. The four-year term of
the present President, DIR. Carlos e
Restrepo, will expire Aug. : this year
The election for President is to be held
on Sunday, Feb. 8.
An explosion OF an oil tank below
decks on the torpedo boat DESTROYER
Roe 1T The Philadelphia navy yards
Friday seriously burned J. NJ Carman-
d., water tender. Car, . is said
to have been experimenting with oil
when the explosion occurred The in
terror of the Roe was considerably
damaged.
Nathan c. Brownell, proprietor of
the Parker House at New Bedford,
Mass, died very suddenly Friday aft
ernoon. Mr.. Brownell was widely
known to travelling men all over New
England and for many years was en-
gagged in the grocery business He was
about 90 years old. One son, Clarence
H. Brownell, survives.
c. V. Wood, vice president of the
Springfield Street Railway Co.. of
Springfield, Mass, announced Friday
the appointment of r. W. Reynolds as
manager of the Springfield Street Rail-
way Co. Mr.. Reynolds has been mana
ger of the Springfield & Hartford
Street Railway Co. Mr.. Reynolds. sue
ceeds George F. Reed who died Jan.
10.
-Four children who were bitten and
scratched last Monday in Reading,
Mass, by a dog will be given the pas
teur treatment at once in consequence
of report by the state bureau of ami
mai industry that the dog was mad
The animal was killed Immediately
after its attack on the children and
its head sent to the state bureau fer
examination.
Antoine Comes, a well known bar
Der Of New Bedford Mass, was found
Friday morning by his fiance. Miss
Lydla Enos, lying on the couch of her
sitting room bleeding from a wound in
his chest. A revolver still hung from
his hand. He was rushed Immediate
ly to st. Luke's hospital. where he will
probably recover. Neither Miss Enos
nor the mans parents could guess at
any reason for his deed.
The first indications of possible set
tleren in the strike of folders at the
American Print Works. Fall River,
Mass, came Friday when the company
offered to take all strikers back and set
tie the differences after they return to
the machines Heretofore the company
had offered to take back IS per cent. of
the help that struck The union will
hold a general meeting tonight to con-
slider the proposition.
Samuel Kalespian, who attacked the
help at the Hood Rubber factory at
Watertown on July 12 with a revolver.
al other employees, pleaded guilty to
murder in the second degree Friday
and was sentenced to prison for life.
Kalespian claimed that he had be-
come exasperated by the taunts of
his fellow workmen over his action
during a strike.
Thousands of SUBURBAN residents
were delayed from 80 minutes to an
hour in reaching Boston Friday be-
cause of a fire on the West Boston
bridge, which for a time tied up traf-
fic to and from Cambridge. The blaze
was caused by the short circuiting of
wires. The signal system was disabled
and the movement of all Cambridge
subway trains was regulated by Sig
nal men with flags and lanterns.
Judge Fuller of the United States
district court of Fairbanks, Alaska,
Friday rejected the report of federal
grand jury which criticized federal
officials, particularly District Attorney
Ciossley. Declaring the jury had ex-
ceeded it's authority, Judge Fuller dis
charged it summarily. The report al
ready had been published in newspa-
per at Fairbanks and a copy had been
mailed to Attorney General Mercy
nolGs.
Jack Wilson, prisoner on charge
of stealing arms and ammunition from
the camp of the 5th United States Cav
airy last May treated his captor
Charles r. Price, United States dep
uty marshal of Phoenix, to dinner in
Nogales, Ariz., Friday night. When the
two finished eating Wilson lodged out
the back door of the restaurant and
ran across the international boundary
200 feet away. Price was left to pay the
bill and mourn the sad ending of his
first arrest.
George T. Armstrong and Robert H.
Jackson, Democratic lawyers of
jamestown, N. Y, are taking affida-
Wits preparatory to filing charges with