The Somerset reporter., 1902-07-31
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Joseph Mccarthy of Montreal fell off
of the Maine Central railroad bridge be-
tween Bangor and Brewer at Ito o'clock
| Thursday afternoon and was drowned.
Mccarthy was unable to swim and was
in the water from 10 to 20 minutes at
the end of which time his body was re-
covered. He was 20 years old and was
sober and industrious.
| Arguments in the now famous saw
DUST case, in which the Lockwood
Company of Watervlle and the Hol-
lingsworth & Whitney Company of Win
slow seek to restrain the other mills
from dumping sawdust into the river,
were closed last week Judge White
house reserved his decision 1t is ex-
pected that.the case will go to the law
court.
Fire in the Queen City hotel, Bangor
Thursday night entailed a loss of $14 900.
All guests of the house reached the
street in safety. The building is owned
by William j. Cassidy; loss So, 900. Loss
on furniture owned by Pope <. NC
Kinnon, $500. Loss to Central Cigar
Co, which occupied top floor, $1,000.
The insurance is $1,000. Fire caught
around chimney in cigar company's dry
room.
| A technical commission has ordered
the demolition of the Santo Stefano
clock tower at Venice, Italy, which has
showed signs of collapse. Several
houses have also been ordered to be de-
molshed and other precautionary meas
ures have been taken. Three hundred
thousand volumes of the library in the
ducal palace are being removed as dan
ger is feared to the back facade of the
palace.
John E. COtter, a laborer employed by
the street department, was run over by a
train at Bangor, Saturday morning.
Both of his legs were badly mangled.
| He was taken to the Eastern Maine Gen
eral hospital in the ambulance where
both legs were amputated, one at the
knee and the other a short distance
above it. 1t is feared that the chances
for his recovery are very slight.
Hon. Rueul Burgess of Vassalboro,
died at the Maine Eye and Ear Infirmary
at Portland, Friday morning from the
result of a surgical operation. He was a
prominent citizen of Kennebec county
and had been a member of the state leg
islature and was in the civil war, being
member of the 18th Maine Volunteers.
He was a Mason. he is survived by a
widow and one son, Ford Burgess of
Vassalboro. He was SO years old.
Deputy Sheriff Bisbee and officer Al
exander of Brunswick, arrested Hattie
Manuel, a colored woman about 40 years
old, on a warrant charging her with at
tempted poisoning. The woman was in
ldicted by the May grand jury for main
tanning liquor nuisance and for at
tempting to poison George Collins by
putting arsenic in his whiskey. Collins
had the whiskey analysed and an at
tempt WAS made to arrest the woman at
the time but she made her escape.
Fryehurg is preparing to celebrate the
centennial of the time when Daniel Web
ster was teacher at Fryeburg academy
Senator Frye will deliver the principal
address and Congressman Littlefield will
follow with briefer speech. 1t is ex-
pected that Senator Hoar will also pre-.
sent paper on the life and public SER
vices of Americas most famous orator.
The exercises will be held on the fore
noon of Aug. IA and will be followed by
banquet and after-dinner speeches.
James w. Pennell, who was arrested
at Harpswell on Monday after fight by
Deputy Sheriff George E. Cushman of
Cape Elizabeth, was taken to the Charles
ton navy yard Thursday and turned over
| to the naval authorities. Pennell beg
ged Cushman not to tell the navy yard
people about the way he shook his hand
| cuffs when Cushman first arrested him,
but the officer felt it his duty to do 80.
Pennell was put in double irons and put
in the navy prison. He will be court
martialed for deserving the navy two
years ago in Manila. His father is try.
ing hard to have Pennell released.
The Camp Benson Association an
nounce their annual encampment and G.
A. r. muster August 9th to 10Th, inclus
i've Among the important speakers are
Congressman Llewellyn Powers of Houl-
ton, Hon. E. w. Gould of Rockland,
Past Department Commander of the
Maine Division, Sons of Veterans, and
Department Commander James l.. Her.
rick of Waterville, with staff. Wednes-
day, August 18th will be Governors
Day. Governor Hill will be present if
possible, and if unable to do so, will be
represented by members of his staff.
Thursday, August 14th will be devoted
to the Womans National Relief Corps.
Mrs. Jennie L. Day of Gorham, Depart