Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-02-13

Sumner Cooling, . respected citiseu
and the oldest resident Of East Liver
more, died, Friday. after e lingering
illness. aged IS. S M
The FEBRUARY term Of the supreme
judicial court closed, Friday afternoon.
after an unusually short session. All
civil cases were settled by compromise.
There were four criminal cases. In all
which parties were found guilty. -Four
divorces were decreed.
The camp near Great Pond owned by
Adelbert Avery was burned, one day.
this week. Only Mr.. Avery's wife and
daughter were at the camp-the men
being at work some distance away.
They succeeded In saving the stove
and much OF the contents of the camp,
but Mrs. Avery was severely burned,
reports the Ellsworth American.
Thursday afternoon. train 81 on the
Pennington branch Of the Maine Gen.
trail, ran into cordwood team, belong
ing to $. p. Libby. at farm crossing
near the gravel pit. Curtis Corner. and
killed one pair OF his oxen He had
two pairs and the crossing was UP a
steep embankment and just as the
forward pair got on to the track they
could not haul the load and before he
could get the leaders on the train came
around sharp curve and threw them.
The other pair escaped without injury.
The executive committee Of the Cit
liens party Of Biddeford. has COM
pleted it's list of nominations and be-
gun a canvass for signatures to the
nomination papers. Mayor Heard and
all the winners of last springs ticket
except Councilman Napoleon B. Os-
good will be re-nominated In three
wards. which, last year, elected Re-
publicans, these nominations are made
for aldermen: Ward one. Geo. H.
Hussey; three, Fred L. Goodwin;
four. Beloine Lalime.
Maine Society. Sons Of the American
Revolution. at the meeting OF the board
or managers at Portland. Thursday after
noon: William Henry Mains. Bath: Hud-
land. Biddeford; William Chesman Mel
son. Portland; Henry Irving Nelson
Woodsfords: Albion Hersey. Cumberland:
William Gerry Mann. Cumberland Mills;
George Therndike Hardness. Rockport;
Sumner John Cadbourne. Augusta: Philip
Quincy I.oring. Portland: Edward Ward
Corey, Portland: John Lincoln Corey.
eepted from Charles Freeman Libby.
Portland; Frederick Lincoln Tower.
Portland: Augustus Franklin Gerrish.
portland The annIa I'm meeting OF the so Q,
the Maine Historical Society. Baxter
building, Feb. % at 10 o'clock A. NJ. The
annual dinner will occur at the Preble
resident i Butler Of Rockland will pre-
side and there will be after dinner adj
dresses by the mayor, Hon. Charles +.
Libby and Rev. DIR. J. l.. Jenkins.
Starting with the case of DR.. Dodge
there have been rumors aflcat to the
effect that there had been another case
OF a criminal operation within this
city recently resulting in the death of
the victim and the flight Of the guilty
doctor. There is some foundation for
the story although as usual it has be-
come exaggerated in transit. On Mon
day. Feb. I. a girl from Prince Ed
name is withheld for reasons which
will appear later. was taken to the
Greeley Hospital from a boarding
house in the center Of the city suffer-
ing from peritonitis. City Physician
Pudor took charge of the case and he
very soon came to the conclusion that
a criminal operation had been per-
formed. He communicated the facts
of the case to the county attorney, who
at once took the proper steps to secure
an ante-mortem statement which
should implicate the guilty person.
The patient grew worse rapidly, how
ever, and by the time the authorities
were ready to take her statement she
was in comatose condition and died
soon after without recovering con-
seriousness. A post-mOrtem examina-
ton showed that DIR. Pudor's sus-
picions were correct and that a mis-
carriage had been procured. There
the matter ends, however. 1t is not
known who operated on the girl.
whether it was done in Portland or
somewhere else, whether any physi-
clan was responsible or whether some
amateur tried it. Under the circum-
stances the authorities had nothing to
do but bury the girl and close the case
If any doctor is out of town it is prob
ably not on this account.-Portland
Argus.