Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-10-11
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Rev. C. X. Flanders, recently of Chico
pee. Mass, has been unofi1cially invited
TO become pastor of the First Baptist
church of Biddeford. and formal call
will be extended.
The Westbrook municipal officers have
offered a reward of $500 for the arrest and
conviction of the persons who removed
the body Of Mrs. John Roberts from the
Saccarappa cemetery, MONDAY night.
The body of man was found in the
river near Winterport Saturday. and was
later identified as that of Alfred Dean,
one iof the four victims of the drowning
accident near Bucksport. Sept. %. The
body of Willard Lowe, another of the
men drowned. was also found, Saturday.
It was picked up a short distance north
OF Bucksport. All the bodies have now
been recovered.
Tuesday evening, Sumner Jewett, a ma
tive of Arrowsic, but who has for years
ness in Boston, left his Office after closing
mis- days work and started homeward
with a large roll of bills and considerable
silver in his pockets He has not since
perate man. his family fear that he may
have been murdered for his money.
Frederick A. Brown, alias Fred B. EN-
mons of Brunswick, sentenced to four
years in the State prison for breaking
and entering, and now awaiting his re-
moval to Thomaston, attempted to break
out of the county jail at Pennington,
Friday night the attempt being frus-
trated through the vigilance of Jailor
Dyer Brown occupied cell on the
north side, facing theh outside brick wall
the same cell in which Fred w. Lake OF
Boston, made his unsuccessful attempt to
escape Brown dug into the wall, and
would have finished his work before Sun
day morning.
Freight train No. 615, Luke Olney
ho H..
ern division of the Boston & Maine,
near Maryland Ridge in Wells, early
saturday morning. The train broke
apart while on a down grade. and the
ear cars crashed against the forward
section, which was braked lightly.
seven cars were piled up. and the track
was blocked all day, trains being
run over the Eastern division between
Biddeford and North Berwick.
Sensational rumors of an attempt to
hlow up ST. Mary's parochial school
caused by the finding Of piece OF
oaded gas pipe in the main entry
The school building is a three-story
f-ick structure located on Elm street
in the heart of the city Philip Sulli-
van, a pupil, found the piece of gas pipe
as he was about to enter the main cor
ridor yesterday afternoon. 1t was
trapped in a copy of the American
tftizen. Boston anti-Catholic weekly
ia ted Feb. 20. The gas pipe was abou,
a foot in length, and one end was filled
With hardened lime, while wooden
Mug was driven in the other END
Young Sullivan gave it to Eddie Rivers
who proceeded to investigate the me-
chanism of the mysterious find, ana
he dug out quite quantity of powder
and shot. He took the pipe home with
him, and showed it to his mother. The
matter was reported to the police Off
tials, who have been investigating 1t
While some regard the affair as an at
TEMPT to injure the school building, the
gersral opinion is that it was perpe-
tfaled as a joke, or that the gas pipe
was left in the school house entry by
BOYS who intended to use it as gun
'rhe annual report of the Maine Cen
trail Railroad Company, to be submit
ted at the stockholders meeting this
month, shows that the passenger earn
ings for the year aggregated $l,S97 FAY
freight earnings, So, 1856, 1873; gross in
come from all sources, $4,95O, 1873. The
total operating expenses amounted tC
S3l73,2S5. Deducting the taxes inter
est and rentals, there remains sur
Mus of 1851, O73 OF this amount 1898.
s24 were distributed in dividends, leay-
ing a balance of $3.50. Fourteen
stations and six freight houses were
instructed. A new passenger station
is about to be built in Brunswick, a
roundhouse in Bangor, and freight
&tation in Lewiston. Referring to the
recent restoration of wages, the direc-
tors say in the report: ION the Isl
day of July, last. we restored to tbs
employees in the operating department
the remaining per cent. reduction
which was made four years since In
their wages, having in the prior yea.
also restored 5 per cent. This restora-
ton will require economy and sacri-
fees, perhaps, in other directions, bu
we thought that labor had borne it
llll share of the burdens of depression
If the business of transportation as fal
rs this corporation was concerned"