Daily Kennebec journal., 1902-05-01
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.


and Banking Co, Tr., brought in Il ver-
dict of s58l.Si for the plaintiff.
Reports from Conductor Jones who
was injured, last week, in runaway
accident in Rockland, are not so en-
couraging as could he desired. Unfav-
orable symptoms developed, yesterday,
that lead his friends to fear the worst
Bath Times.
Rev. /. A. Flint, pastor Of the Con-
Sregational church, Falmouth, has ac-
cepted a call to the church of the same
denomination at Stowe, Vt. His resig
nation from the Falmouth church has
been handed in and the parish shows
deep regret at his departure.
The United States lighthouse steamer
Geranium has completed her work of
placing buoys along the Kennebec river
above Bath, and this week, is engaged
in fixing up the buoys in the Sasanoa
river. Fifty-one buoys We're located in
the Kennebec above Bath.
petition in bankruptcy was filed in
the United States court, yesterday, by
Rev. G. Everett Bean of Wells. The
indebtedness amounts to about $1400
and many of the creditors are Portland
parties Mr.. Bean was formerly pastor
OF the Vaughan street Methodist church
IN this city.-Portland Press, April 80.
The epidemic of smallpox at Portland
Is we'll over, but diphtheria is raging
with more than usual ViSor. Since the
first of April there has been no scarlet
fever to speak of, but SO cases of
diphthcria have been reported to the
Board of Health. These have visited
the western and central parts of the
city, but of late most of the cases have
occurred west of City hall.
The graduating exercises Of the Old
Town High school will take place in
City hail. Thursday, June Il. Pullen's
orchestra will furnish music. The
graduating class Of 1902 is composed OF
lsa Burnham, Louise Gray, Helen
Gray, Marjorie Brown, Carroll Reed,
Percy Fraser, Bertha Hayward, How
ard Lancaster, Esse Douglass, Jennie
Miller, Olive Carey, Mary Fellows,
Lena Gibbons and Harry Porter.
The work of printing the evidence
taken at the Lambert murder trial is
now in progress and upon its compile
ton depends the time when the case
will be argued. If the book is complet-
ed by the beginning of the Bangor term
the case Will be head at that time if
not, it will go over to the Portland
term. The Lambert trial occupied Is
days and great amount of testimony
was taken. An idea of the amount OF
testimony so taken is to be gained by
the knowledge of the fact that the evil
dence makes Il book of 1900 typewriter
pages, allowing 800 words to a page,
which is less than what Il page would
probably contain, there will be $4,000
words in the book.
The session of the Imperial Council
of the Mystic Shrine at San Francisco
in June will draw a great many people
West, this summer. Twenty-three per-
sons are booked by the official train
leaving Portland, May 81. Among them
are G. V. Emerson OH. Potentate of
Kora Temple) and Mrs. Emerson; Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Lovejoy of Rumford
Falls; Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur A. Mars
ton of Portland: Mr.. and Mrs. H. W.
Cashier and Mr.. and Mrs. T.. j. Phin-
ney of Portland; J. NJ. Wakefield and
wife of Warren; J. Putnam Stevens
and wife of Portland: Miss Wood of
Winthrop; H. J.. Dowst formerly su-
perintendent of the Washington Coun-
tys Railroad; Or. and Mrs. f. w. Rus
sell of Lewiston, are also thinking Of
making the trip.
Sch. Kitty Lawry. Capt. H. w. Chap
man of NorIhport, has just completed
what is thought to be the quickest trip
ever made from Bangor to a bay port
and return. The Kitty Lawry sailed
from Bangor at A. M. on Monday, for
Dark Harbor, with a cargo of 1900
feet of lumber shipped by Morse & Co.
She went to Dark Harbor, discharged
the lumber, and was back in Bangor
again at 800 p. M. Tuesday. after hav-
ing stopped at South Brewer on the
way up the river and taken on 5000 feet
of lumber there. Thus she made the
round trip in 30 hours and so minutes,
and Capt. Chapman says he would have
been back in Bangor early Tuesday
forenoon but for the fact that he was
becalmed in the bay from to II A. NJ.
that day. The schooner sailed the en-
tire distance to Dark Harbor and re-
turn, about 100 miles, having no tows
either way.
1t is expected that the Portland light
ship will be on her station about June
1. The ship will be manned as follows:
One master, one mate, one engineer, an
assistant engineer, two firemen, five
seamen and one cook. The anchors will
be connected with one of the latest i'm
proved windlasses from the works of the
American Ship Windlass Company. No
technical description of this windless is
yet at hand, but the principles of it is
something after the working of the arm
on trolley car which adjusts itself to
the varying heights and curves of
trolley wire The windA Ass acts on the
anchor chains in a sAilar manner
There are no sudden jerR9 on the chain
as the ship pitches in th heavy seas;
the improved spring wind Ass takes up
the slack and constantly keeps the
chain taut, doing away with all wrench
ing that would be likely to strain the
\essel. There will be harbor anchor
the mushroom type E'\ighing 5000
n lnds, two chain cables ofN20 fathoms
Nh, harbor anchor weighing 1000
pounds and a kedge anchor weighing
$40 pounds. There will be compound
engines with cylinders 10 and 80 inches
in diameter and % inch stroke. There
Will be a -bladed solid bronze pro-