Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-01
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES


1t took Il superior court jury at w
etcr. n. H., nearly all Of Friday night
to acquit Frank jerks of Portland
Ne, charged with the larceny Of e
! from his japanese mcssmate on The
! prison ship Southery.
A boiler tube collapsed Just as Fire.
man Norcross opened the fire door If
his engine, Friday. near Livermora
Falls. aId he WAS blown from the on
ginc, being badly burned and bruised
He will recover. Tho engineer escape1
injury.
| At the special town meeting held at
: Norway, saturday. to discuss the mat.
F.! ter Of land damages in regard to The
. Waterford Electric road il was voted
to cXDcnd i sum not eyoyr0ing $500 fo-
such damages. The vote was 500 in fay-
or ana Is opposed.
| Henry ]. Quint. the 15-year-oh
| SprinGvale boy. who is charged with
| feionicus assault on Ether Gauthier
years old. Of Sprinsvale, and whose
| case was continued from Thursday
was before Judge Hanson in the mn
| nic!nu court at Sanford. Saturday
| lfc nica'lcG rot guilty. After d hear.
| ing he was bound over to the MAY
torn nf the supreme court in the sum
of $500, which he Furnished.
| The Lewiston fire engineers has de-
Cidcd to condemn all ladders whether Of
ir"n or other material which are now
used as fire escapes in that city All
owners Of buildings where ladders are
IIStI will hp ,1ntiri..1
The board has decided that they would
be OF little use in case of fire as they
arc so steep as to be dangerous. Over
800 blocks have been gone through by
the members of the BOARD the rast few
days. AZ rul" suitable escapes were
| found. II was voted to order another set
To u" placed on the new girls dormitory
at EateS college.
II pardon is secured 1ur Granville
w. Leighton. dcfaulting teller of the
National Traders Bank Cf Portland. it
Will he dCsi ito the Opposition of the Of
flcers of that institution To the person
presenting the petition fer pardon he
bank directors simply expressed a re-
fuSal to sign it. Their failure to voice
their opposition to the movement led to
the belize that they would remain pas
stN" in tn" matter. Federal authorities
have received word within Il few days
that the directors Of the bank are not
ONLY or3osod to the petition for pardon.
but will appear against it al the proper
Cn". If necessary to prevent its being
granted. Leirhton's wife has recently
obtained 4 diyCicc from him in the York
comfy court.
During the past week forest fires
lave caused considerable alarm among
people living on the outskirts of Bruns-
wick. On Monday. there WAS bad
fire On the plains south of Mere brook.
which burned for two days and de-
stroyed large track of woodland.
Wednesday. there WAS a fire at Rocky
lii and another on the plains between
Main street and the HarpsWell road.
This fire was the most dangerous OF
the week II started back Of the resi-
GenCe of Robert StanWood. on Main
street. and burned through Il valuable
growth Of white pine and across fields
and woodland, nearly to HarpsWel
road. There il SO nearly reached inc
rcsid ancc OF Irving Snow that he NOV
ed much of his furniture out of the
house and sew eral of his neiShbors pre-
pared to follow. On Thursday there
We're two fires. one in the eastern part
of the town and another several miles
west of the golf links, in the western
part of the town. During the we'A
there have also been bad fires in Tops
ham and BowdOinllam.