Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-12-07
FROM BAR HARBoR.
A New sHoteI?- Sad Poisoning Acct
dent Building Activity.

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dent Building Activity.
BAR HARBog, Dec. 6 (specisi)-A story
.s going tue rounds which IL true will be-
one OF the best things which has hap,
| pened to Bar Harbor in long while. The
| only trouble is-the chances are rather
against there being much foundation for
the report.
| about 1t, and many believe there is some
thing In it. The rumor in circulation ii
| that the Eastern Steamship Co. is going
to build 81 900 900 hotel here before very
| long. According to the report the com
| pany is negotiating for the purchase OF
| the Hardy estate on the shore. This Is a
very valuable piece of property, contain
| ing about four and half acres near
| the MainelCentral wharf. In addition to
hotel, which will be foe one, with a
steel frame, 1t is said that the company
| will build steel pier. 1t would mean
| great things Cor Bar Harbor, II true, and
anyway it is a fine thing to think about
during these long winter months.
! During the past week death has oc-
| CURED here under very distressing cir
cunstances. Little Maxwell Heaid, the
swo- year old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
| A.. Head, was poisoned to death at his
| home on Ledgelawn avenue Thursday
afternoon about O'Clock. At about II 30
O'Clock the child became suddenly i'll
| with vomiting, and Dr.. H. d. Averill was
summoned in haste and decided imme-
diatey 1t was case Of poisoning. The
stomach was cleansed and stimulants
given, but as there was not a proper re-
Spouse to treatment, DR.. George A. Phil
| lips was called in.
The two doctors worked over the little
patient, but in spite OF all their efforts he
| died at O'Clock.
| About a teaspoonfal OF foreign sub
stance OF blush color was found in the
contents OF the stomach. This su distance
was found to be a portion OF crayon
" hich Mrs. Heaid said the boy had been
| playing with just before dinner on that
| day.
| Mr.. Heald is superintendent of schools
| OF Eden, and the crayon had been sent to
him as a sample by some concern. The
crayon was about three inches long, and
| 1t was thought the child had eaten about
one inch.
| A piece OF the crayon was taken by the
l.physcians to Fred A. Chandler, druggist
for Doe & Gonya, for analysis, and a
! hurried examination showed that 1t con-
tanned deadly compound Of cyanide.
Mr.. Head was at Town Hill at the time
the child was taken SICK, but in response
to telephone message he reached home
before the end came. The boy was very
bright, attractive little fellow, and the
bereaved parents are heartbroken with
grief. He was their only child.
The remains were taken to Rowley,
Mass, Friday morning for burial.
John w. Auchincloss, OF New York,
accompanied by his architect, Il. II. Rob
ertson, was In town last week. With
Edgar I. Lord, civil engineer, Of Bar Har-
Dor, they looked over the property which
| Mr.. Auchincloss purchased last summer
| OF Charles T. How of Boston.
The property contains seven acres on
the Cleftstone road opposite the cottage
| of Ann M. Archbold, of Tarrytown, N
Y. Plans will be made at once or large
and expensive cottage which will b.
built next spring.