The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-04-25
Fire in Unoccupied
House Tuesday.
Damage Vas Confined To Upper
Part Of Building.
Westbrook w. @. T. u.
Elects Officers.
Haskell Silk Co. Lets Contract
For New Building.

The alarm of fra at 355 O'Clock Tues
day morning from box 30 called the de-
psrtmsnt to blaze In an unoccupied
house on Dunn street. The fire was con-
fined to the upper part Of the house and
required the use of quite a quantity Of
water before It could be drowned. The
Building was formerly owned by Fsiix
Daniels who last fall moved TO Gorham.
The tuilding is at present the properly
Of the Casoo Loan and Building assoeis-
tiop OF Portland. The tenement has bean
unooeopied for several months, but work
men have been engaged In getting the
rent ready for occupancy for new tens INT
yesterday. The origin OF the fire IL I'M
known.
Ihe adjourned annual meet ing OF the
West Fad W. q. 4. U. IL to be held
Thursday afternoon at three O'Clock at
the home Of Mis- s. ]. Gikey, Stroud
water street.
Mr.. Harry Yerrsn has resigned his pc
sition with DIR. q. X. Anderson, prspara-
tory to his entrance examinations at Har-
ward Dental college.
Ainnebaha council, ID. OF p, will en-
tertain the memb eIs OF Minneola council
Il Knightsille, and Wenonah council Of
Portland this evening at their hall.
The westbrook Chronicle and the West
brock Globe Star are to be consolidated
1rder the name OF the Westbrook Chron-
icis and Globe Star.
Measrs. Frank Raymond and Benjamin
Woodman, conductors on the Westbrook
division Of the Portland Railroad COM
pany are both confined to ths house with
the German measles. Notorman 9. II.
Fleak, who has been confined to the house
for seVural days with the measles, re-
turned To work yesterday but was obliged
TO abandon 1t last evening as he has not
thoroughly recovered as yet.
Conductor Eugene Harmon OF the Wtst-
trook. WIndham and Naples Electric rail-
way has gone to Sebago Lake on a btisf
fishing trip.
The psppristors of the Haskell silk mill
company have awarded the contract for
Nesthruok to Messrs. Gray and Hueston
the local contractors and builders. There
were SEVERAL bidders from out of the city.
but the home concern was the successful
ono. They will probably commence work
at an early date. The building ia to be
50x3O feat, OF two stories ana Will prob
ably require about two mouths TO build.
Rev A. II. kearuey, pastor Of the Be-
rean Advent church Of this oity, IL to
preach Thursday evening at Sebago lake.
W. G. L. U. ELECTION.
The annual meeting for the election Of
officers was held yesterday afternoon by
the Hast End W. G. 4. U. at the home
Ct Mrs. Dudley 4. Swan. The election
resulted As follows: President, Mrs. q.
W. Morrill,; vice president, Mrs. Peter 5.
Grahs m corresponding secretary, Mrs.
ID. h. Cotton; recording secretary, Mrs.
Mendsll Bailey; treasurer, Mrs. ID. n.
Abbott. The following presidents to work
in the interests OF the several churches
were sIectsd: Methodist. Mrs. ID. L
Cotton Univsrsalist, Mrs. A. N. WithAm :
Advent, Mrs l.. A Rowe; Baptist, Mrs,
A. II. Porter; Warren nhuroh, Mrs
Stevens. The next meeting is TO be held
in two weeks at the home Of Mrs. John
Jordan. Haskell street, when tbs re-