Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-11-19
MAINE NEWS NOTES.

Miss Evelyn P. Kimball Of Biddeford
fell down stairs ct Cornish, where she
was staying, and received injuries from
which she died soon after. She was
about IA years old.
Another Maine murder trial begins
this week, this one the trial Of Henry
Lambert at Dover for the murder OF j..
Wesley Allen and two other members OF
his family at Shirley.
Edward ]. Hodgins, aged 81, fell from
the Maine Central railroad bridge at
Bangor Sunday night and was drowned.
Hodgins was laborer. He was Wild
over, and had daughter aged 4years.
The club house erected by the Hol-
lingsworth & Whitney Paper Co. for the
benefit of the Winslow employees was
opened to the men Thursday evening.
There was no program. Vice-President
W. E. Pratt Of the company and other
officials were present, together with
other Boston gentlemen. The building
cost $4,000.
Mrs. Herbert B. Phillips of Auburn
arose from the table Saturday morning,
the 9th, ond seizing q knife, went into
the toilet room and cut her throat, dying
instantly. The deceased was "a years
of age, and leaves q husband and an in
FAINT daughter. Nothing had ever come
to mar their happiness She had been
worrying about the health OF her baby.
The trial of Alexander Theriault for
the murder of Matthias Pare near
Asquith station last March, ended at
Skowhegan Tuesday. The jury was out
three and three-quarters hours, and re-
turned verdict of guilty of murder in
the first degree. Theriault heard the
verdict without any show of emotion.
The matter will be carried to the law
court.
Several of the largest sardine factories
on the coast of Maine, where most OF
our sardines are packed, closed down
last week. One factory at Eastport,
Maine, where the largest packing inter
ests are conferred, discharged three
hundred hands. The factories have
been obtaining plenty of herring at low
prices, but the other materials used,
particularly tin plate, have been very ex-
pensive. As the market price of sardines
Is low there is not profit in the BUSINESS
at present; 30 the factories are closing
down, though, under the law, they nigh,
keep at work until Dec. l.
A new kind of a moose call is in use
down in Washington County. 1t is the
whistling buoy near the entrance Of
Moosabec Reach and it is said to be the
cause of the big bull moose which fol
several weeks has been known to fire.
quent the seashore in that section, te
still linger in that vicinity. With the
wind blowing from the east the blast OF
the buoy is heard several miles inland
and the sound this distance is said by
old hunters to closely resemble the
trumpetings of a moose. 1t is alleged
even, that the wandering moose has beer
heard to respond with answering cal
when the sound of the buoy is heard.
= fatal shooting accident occurred
the 9Th inst. in party of Ohio men who
were hunting in the Moosehead region
W. C. Tuckey Of Collinwood, O., wa'
shot and killed by ]. G. Hostatler O
Toledo. An inquest was held, and il
appeared from the evidence that Mr.
Hostatler had actually seen deer; thai
he fred and killed the animal, and tina
the bullet passed through the deer ant
struck tree beyond, glanced off ant
killed Tuckey. The verdict of the jur!
was that Tuckey came to his dealt
through accident. The entire party Of
thirty-two, which came from Ohio weel
ago, is grief-stricken over the tragic enc
Of Tuckey, and the hunting trip will b
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