Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-07-25
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

candidate for sheriff, attended the
Democratic city convention at West
brook, Wednesday evening, and spoke
on the issues of the campaign. A cam
paign club was formed. A. NJ. White
house and John c. Scates were nominal
ed for the State Legislature.
Wednesday was the first anniversary
of the laying of the cornerstone by
Rev. Francis w. O'Brien for the new
Peoples church at Bath, and in COM
memoration of the event a party was
held at the edifice, Wednesday night.
There was large attendance, and as
each person present was required to
give a penny for every year of their
life, quite a sum was cleared for the
church debt fund.
Sanford L. Farrar, aged SO, died at
Bath, Wednesday, after an illness Of
more than two years with n compli-
cation of diseases. He had long been q
plumber and hardware dealer, and was
the inventor of many handy farming
implements. AT one time he owned one
of the largest henneries in the State.
He was member of Poland Star Lodge
of Masons. A widow and one daugh-
ter, Mrs. james S. Mcfarland, survive
him.
Franklin Hackett, lifelong resident
of Auburn, died at his home in the
south part of the town, Wednesday,
after an illness of several months. He
was a native of Danville, now a part
of Auburn, and was about 55 years
old. All his life, with the exception
of two years when he was in California.
had been passed in Auburn. Mr..
Hackett was veteran of the Civil war
and a member of the Grand Army. A
widow and one son survive him.
The hearing on the case in equity of
the Sea Coast Packing Co. of Chicago
commonly known as the sardine syndi-
cate. VS.. Bion NJ. Pike and others of
Lubec, which was continued from June
IS. was opened again, Tuesday, before
Chief Justice Wilswell at the court
house, Machias. But little was accom-
plished at the first days session be-
yond opening the case and examination
of several witnesses, including Bion M.
Pike,rone of the defendants. The Sea
Coast Packing Co. is represented by
Hon II. Z. Hamlin of Ellsworth, Han
son & st. Clair of Calais, and w. J.
Heating, Esq, an attorney from New
York, who was present and assisted in
the organization of the company. The
case of the defendants is in the hands
of Hon. II. NJ. Heath of Augusta, and
ex-Judge Enoch Foster of Portland.
Just before the Horatio Hall was
locked yesterday afternoon, a tele-
phone message was sent to the police
headquarters for officers to report i'm
mediately at the boat to take charge
of three passengers charged with fleec-
ing another passenger out of some
money. Inspector Pickett and Turn
key Measure went down to investigate
the matter. 1t seems that complaint
was made to the officers of he boat
during the trip by the supposed victim,
but they considered that it was a case
for others than themselves to decide,
so the docking of the boat was delayed
until the arrival of the officers, who
took all concerned to police headquar-
tiers. The four men We're stylishly
dressed and showed no indication of
being ''sharpers' The story at the
station was in substance as follows:
That during the night when the boat
was coming through Long Island
Sound the quartet began a game of
draw poker which lasted all night. In
the morning one giving his name as
Eggers and claiming to be in the print
ing business in New York, was a loser
of SIS and made the kick" to get his
money back The others very easily
convinced Deputy Firth that they were
of good standing and were in no need
of the money lost by Eggers in the
ha
played merely to pass the time. 1t was
decided that the best and only thing to
do was to let the affair drop, as no good
could be done by pushing it. 1t was
one of the many cases that go to make
the position of a police official an I'M
enviable one.-Portland Argus.