Oxford Democrat., 1902-12-23
MAINE NEWS NOTES.

The Bangor News predicts that
strong effort will be made at the coming
session of the legislature to restore the
death penalty.
The little two-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur Harper of Eustis got nut
shell lodged in its throat Saturday and
choked to death in spite of all efforts 70
remove it.
The body of Peter Blamberg, an en-
ploye of John Ross of Millinocket Lake,
was found in the woods Monday. He
had frozen to death. It is believed that
he became insane and wandered about
| for four days during which he had at
tempted to end his life by cutting his
throat.
At the second city election in Port
land, last Monday, there was again no
choice for mayor, Col. F. Z. Boothby,
the present incumbent, having plurality
but lacking 1877 votes of a majority. The
election now goes into the council,
which is Republican and will elect
Boothby.
The Maine State Detective Association
was organized at Lewiston Thursday.
Fred l.. Odlin of Lewiston is president,
and Fred A. Porter of Rumford Falls Is
chairman of the executive committee.
One of the papers read at the meeting
was by Mr.. Porter, on Criminal Glasses
on the Border"
Because of old age and physical infirm-
tiles Miss Hannah Ann Williams, aged
20 years, perished in fire which de-
stroyed the buildings of Thomas d.
Stewart at Wells Thursday. The flames
spread SO rapidly that it was impossible
to assist the unfortunate woman, who
was employed as housekeeper by Mr..
Stewart.
A hearing was held Wednesday in the
Portland Municipal Court in the case of
the parties arrested for the recent shoot
ing affray in New Gloucester, in which
verton A. Trip, or Bert Trip, was
injured. Frank Burnham of Leeds was
held for assault with dangerous
weapon. Edgar D. Wing of Oxford was
not held for assault, but was bound over
as material witness.
A rescript was handed down by the
full bench of the Supreme Judicial Court
of Maine recently declaring the act
compelling hawkers and peddlers to pay
license fee as unconstitutional. This
decision is one of the most import
ant ever rendered by the highest tribunal
in this state and hundreds of persons are
affected. The decree is aimed princi-
pal,y at the action Of the last legislature
which passed statute that a person who
paws a tax of S25 on his stock in trade
may peddle goods in his own town with
out paving fee. The rescript drawn
BY Justice Emery, states that the law
shows discrimination and in closing
SAYS: "By reason of such attempted con-
stitutional discrimination, no one can be
required to pay the license fees named
in the act or be punished for refusing to
pay them" The first peddlers' law
passed by the legislature was declared
unconstitutional on about the same
grounds, with reference to another Sec
ton of the law, and now it will be in
order for the next legislature to try it
again this winter.
The Maine State Grange held its an
nual meeting in Portland last week. The
annual reports show tlourishing con-
dition of the order. Thirty-four oranges
have been organized and 2i re-organized,
giving gain in membership of 5,3l2 for
the year. There are at present 322
Oranges with total membership of
34,lSS in this State. Twenty-eight
Oranges have a membership of more
than 200 each, the largest being 597.
There has been a gain in membership in
every county in the state. The most
striking item of business transacted
during the session was the passage of
a resolution favoring woman suffrage.
The resolution was presented by Ex.
Governor Robie, and adopted nnani-
mously and enthusiastically, as follows:
1.-THE principle of taxation without rep
reSentation is NO less odious to the
members of this body than it was to
their ancestors century and quarter
ago. Every person who contributes
money to the public treasury should
have a voice in declaring how that
money shall be expended. We there
fore recommend that the next Legis.
lature shall grant the right of municipal
suffrage to all tax paying women of the
State