Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-05-14
MAINE NEWS NOTES.

VINO SnOC nlmSeLI Ill LILO hoou az o"S
Exchange Hotel, Lewiston, died few
days later from his injuries.
i Sheriff Huskins of Androscoggin
County has started out on raid, and
announces that he proposes to make An
droscoggin Country as "dry'' as Port
land or any other part of the state.
Percy NJ. Newcomb, aged 20, son of
Simeon Newcomb of Biddeford, was
drowned in the Saco River Thursday.
He had been canoeing and the canoe
upset. The body has not been recov-
cred.
The body of George Shedd, the Lew
iston boy who was drowned by being
swept from the pier by the old pumping
station at the time of the floods, was
found in the river near the poor farm
Wednesday.
Leonard C. Paine of Madison cut his
throat with razor, in the woods in
that town, Wednesday. He had been in
poor health and somewhat unbalanced
mentally. Mr.. Paine leaves widow and
one son. He was SO years of age
John Clancy committed suicide at
Houlton Thursday by shooting. A rifle
was used and the ball entered his chest,
causing instant death. Clancy was 40
years old, and is survived by widow
and five children. Temporary insanity
| is assigned as the cause for the act.
1t is probable that the spring meet OF
the Maine Division, League of American
Wheelmen, which has generally been
held on Memorial Day, will be omitted
this year, as it has not been an unqual-
flied success for the past few years.
Probably meet will be held on the
Fourth of July in some town which has
celebration.
William P. Tierney was killed in the
paper mill of the Lisbon Falls Fibre Co.
Wednesday. He was caught in one of the
paper machines and his neck was broken,
death being almost instantaneous. Mr..
Tierney was graduate of the Lisbon
Falls High School, class of '9S. The de-
ceased is survived by his parents, two
brothers and sister.
The Bath Iron Works and the Hyde
Windlass Co. of Bath have gone into
the United States Shipbuilding Co.,
which has Just been organized with
capital stock of S63 100000. 1t is not
now considered that this will make any
difference in the amount of work done
at Bath. Indeed, both the Bath con-
Germs are enlarging their plants.
The first shipment of paper ever made
from Maine to Australia has just been
made, according to Bangor dispatch.
Heretofore Australia has been supplied
with paper from Sweden principally, but
American mills are likely to get the bulk
of that trade from this time on. Aus
tralia will furnish large field for any
surplus the paper combination may hap
pen to have on hand.
Preparations are being made by the
government to fOrtify the Kennebec at
Popham much stronger than ever before.
Last week the schooner Metamora land
ed large quantity of mines, batteries,
cells, wire and anchors sufficient to equip
a mine field in few hours notice, capa-
BILE of blowing up whole fleet of iron
clads. There were 10 anchors, most OF
them weighing ton or more each, and
these will be used for keeping the mines
in place.
Charles f. Dimmock of Limington has
been arrested and bound over on the
charge of shooting Charles E. Emery of
the Limington House week or two
since The shooting occurred in the
evening, and Occasioned considerable
excitement owing to the fact that both
men are prominent citizens. There had
previously been feeling between the men,
and Dimmock asserts that he was acting
in self-defence. Emery's wound was not
dangerous.
The York Transcript may well be
proud of it's sanctum typewriter. 1T
was the private machine of Capt. Cough
Ian on the Raleigh when that craft fired
the first hostile gun in Manila harbor,
and after voyage or two around the
world it was sold at Portsmouth. 1t
was on this machine that Capt. Cough
lah wrote his famous verses which were
read at New York banquet, causing
the fierce moustache of Emperor William
to curl and emit sparks of fire.
Charles w. Howard was at work on
the roof of a two-story building in Hal
lowell Saturday afternoon when plank
from a staging above him was blown
down, striking him on the head. lie
fell to the ground, a distance of 20 feet,
and was SO seriously hurt that he died
during the evening. Mr.. Howard was
born in Waldoboro, and was 81 years
old when he died. MIR. Howard was
prominent in the secret orders. A
widow and five children survive him.
Congressman Littlefield has accepted
an invitation to be one of the speakers at
a banquet to be given in Chicago, June
II, under the auspices of the National
Business League, the Illinois Manu- |
facturers' Association and the citizens
of Chicago. President Mckinley and
members of his staff are to be there on
their return from the Pacific coast and
it will be the most distinguished gather
ing Chicago is to see the present year.
Mr.. Littlefield's subject will be "The
Commerce and Industries of the East
Kennebec Journal: The several
papers which have taken the sad drown
ing of a Bowdoin student last week
as the text for sermon on the
desirability of learning to swim,
meant we'll, but were mistaken in the
facts. Mr.. Weber was an excellent
swimmer, but when the canoe capsized
he was swept away by the swift current
with so much force that his strength
and skill as a swimmer were of no avail.
His companion, who was unable to swim,
was fortunate enough to cling to the
canoe when it overturned, and was
driven ashore by an eddy into which
the current floated him. Nevertheless,
the truth of the assertion is not to be
denied that all young people should
learn to swim.
Lewiston had fire Tuesday the esti-
mated losses in which foot up to nearly
$4,000. 1t started by an explosion OF
naphtha or some other chemical in Lee
Blanc's dye house on Main Street, and
before it was stopped it had burned Lee
Blancs dye house, Keegan's saloon next
the canal, Tachamler's restaurant, j. L.
Richardson's boot and shoe store, James
Tracy's trunk and stationery store, w.
B. Bunker's plumbing establishment,
while the upper part of Fred Il. Whites
tailoring establishment was badly
damaged and the water pouring in upon
his main floor in torrents. Joseph Lee
Blanc and his son Alfred were badly
burned, though not dangerously, in es-
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