Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-02-07

have we BEEN aeIl0Sf filed: Fred E. Robbins. Au-
burn; Thomas Libby, Waterville; George
Saco: Fred b. Taylor. Waterville; Oliver
n. Leavitt, Auburn; Joseph Maltais,
Lewiston.
A two-story frame building on Main
and Summer ~ streets at R Roekland fra Was WeS
caught from an overheated stove In the
millinery shop of Mrs. George l: Whit
ten The damage .o to tod Mrs a. narsa1iy MnItteh in
sured The building is owned by Capt.
j. u. Piper and is also insured
Heirs in Maine of William Nickels
Isaac F. Thompson and David Chamber
lain, will soon receive several thousand
dollars on account of the seizure of the
schooner Three Friends on the high seas
in 1900 by the French privateer La Tour
tele The schooner was seized. March.
II, 1900. and March %, was condemned as
a prize by the French tribunal at Quad
aloupe.
Christy Hogerson, Swede, aged about
20 years, and a molder by trade, was
found near the p. & r. F. roundhousc at
Chisholm, Wednesday morning, nearly
frozen to death and in an unconscious
condition. He was taken to the Central
Maine Hospital at Lewiston. When last
seen by friend, Tuesday evening, HO-
geson had started down the railroad
track toward his boarding place.
The grand jury of the United States
district court in Portland has made a
partial report. finding the following in
Chase. selling liquor without payment of
the special tax; Alexander st. Armand o.
Hamilton plantation, smuggling potatoes;
William Campbell of Limestone, SNUG
Cling potatoes; Charles r. Buswell of Ex-
eter, selling liquor without payment of
the special tax. He paid a fine of $50 and
costs; Harry A. Wutterrich, charged with
selling liquor without payment of the
special tax, was fined $40 and costs.
Joseph Young and his wife Flossie C
Young, at whose house in South Port
land a quantity of goods were found that
had been stolen from cottages at Will
lard and other points along the Cape
snore, ana VINO nave been at the Jail in
Portland for the past week. were arraign-
cd before Judge Hartford in the South
Portland municipal court, Thursday
They both pleaded not guilty and walvcf
"a hearing and the judge found probable
cause and bound them over in the sun
of $500 or each count to appear at tn,
superior court the first Tuesday in May
in default of which they were commit
ted.
Some five or six weeks ago an agen
came to town to secure 100 men to go Z
Cuba to work on a railroad that was L
be constructed. Transportation free an,
good wages was promised. About 4
men from this city started away witt
turned, minus 81. the fee that he exacted
several days time and several ct Get
He left them few minutes II
Providence and they waited long and pa
tiently, but haven't seen him. From va
rious places he had secured three ca
loads of willing workers. who are wise
now but dangerously indignant.-Poi
land Express.
Harry w. Caldwell, who is engaged i
the secondhand furniture business IL
Portland, was arrested, Wednesday, on
charge of impersonating an officer. IL
gave bail and the hearing opened in tn
Portland municipal court, Thursday
Caldwell is alleged to have represente
himself to be an officer to the recently I'll
vorced wife of Edward w. Meserve 1t
claimed that Mr.. Meserve has been max
ing demands for the furniture, upon hi
former wife, since the divorce was grant
ed her and that yesterday, accompanie
by Mr.. Caldwell he called at the house
that Mr.. Caldwell said he was an office
and acting on that supposition the VIC
man gave them access to the house an
all the furniture was taken out. 1t is III
derstood that Mr.. Caldwell claims that /
had purchased the furniture of MeserN
prior to the now famous divorce trial an
that he denies having claimed that he VIZ
an officer when he went for the goods.