Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-05-07
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

BCWdCin College will send reprcsen-
tatives to take part in the athletic
sports At Mott Haven. this year. In
the number will lie Clnudman. the phe-
nomenal 10o-yard Splinter.
The store Of L. Andrews & Co. at
Bryant's Pond, was entered by bur
glars. Friday night. They carried
way quite an amount Of goods. There
is no trace Of the burglars. who are
thought to be tramps.
Harold y. Heal. aged IA years. was
arraignCd in the municipal court at
Bangor, Saturday. On the charge Of BE-
ing a runaway. The action was taken
at The request of his mother. and young
Heal was sentenced to the Reform
school.
Erskine n. Phelps az Chicago. has
presented BoWd1in College with fine
portrait Cf Chief Justice Melville W.
Fuller Of the United States supreme
court class of 1873. The portrait. which
il the work of Artist Robert HLnckley
Of Washington, d. G.. has been hung
in the Walker Art building.
Hayes, q Well-known member Of the
Bowdoin track team. was taken sick
with diphtheria, a few days ago He
with several other students. has been
Guaranteed in the Alpha Delta Phi
clubhouse. The students with the ex-
ccption If Hayes were allowed TO leave
the house. Saturday. but will not at
tend Rotations for Two weeks. Hayes
has the disease in a very. mild form,
and is entirely out Of danger
At the fire on Lisbon street. lewis
ton. carly Saturday morning. vital
OUilettc and his wife and child had 4
miraculous escape from death. Mr..
ouilette lived in the second story Of 4
building in which he had a laundry.
The fire caught in an unoccupied build
ing back IF Ouilcttc's. and the first he
knew Of the fire was when the flames
lcaped into their sleeping room. They
rushed to the fire escape. only to find
i'll 4 mass of flames. With only their
night clothes OH. they made dash for
life through the scething Games. ana
though singed ana almost suffocated,
managed in some way tn escape 70 the
street Mr.. Ouiletta Inst everything.
not even 4 scrap of clothing being
saved. The building in which the fire
caught il owned ~ r. R.'Ierbst Of
Bangor. The total loss by the fire will
be about $4,000
In the case Of Joseph Smith vs. the
Lewiston. Brunswick & Faith Electric
Railroad CO.. tried in ;hc supreme ju-
dicial court in Auburn. the jury. sat
urday. brought in verdict of S9lE6b
for the plaintiff. Smiths wife was in
jared in collision on the electric ROAD
and at the last term # Court she recoV-
cred a verdict. 1t was claimed she was
injured for life. and Smith brought the
case which has just been tried for the
loss of his wife's services. He asked
FIR $4,000 damages. The sui Of Peter
Quinn against Bearce q Clifford for
$1,000 was tried. The plaintiff was in
juroi while working on the Lewiston
water works extension ny the cavng
in Of ditch Negligence Of the de-
PENDANT was averred il not properly
supporting the sides Of the ditch ana
In employing an incompetent man for
foreman. After the evidence Of thf
plaintiff was in. the court ordered q
n0n-suit. On the ground that the eVi-
dence showed that the plaintiff himself
was negligent ana that negligence On
the part Of the defence was not SHOWN
TIE first annual rally in New Eng
lana of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
Wa held at Young's hotel. Boston.
evening. This fraternity mas
generally been considered a Central
ana Western states organization. but
Il now has strong. active chapters III
Amherst and Dartmouth. Members
from all the chapters who have been
located in Boston since graduating
from college were present at the raliy
and organized an alumni ASSOCIATION
with G. Il. Baker president; f.. l.
Hartman as secretary and ii. H.
as treasurer. At the rally
were delegates from the New York ana
and Philadelphia associations and from
and Amherst Colleges.
This is the first general movement Oh