The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12
NEW ENGLAND LETTER.

received national attention thru his at
tack on William R. Hearst in congress.
Lomasney has retaliated by accusing
Sullivan of; graft in connection with
,school-house site, as well as drawing his
father-in-law into the Fenway scandal.
Captain John S. Damren, ex-chief of
the Boston fire department and for
nearly thirty years building commits
sioner of Boston, died last week from
paralysis, after having been i'll for some
time at his summer home in Dover. Cap
tain Damrell was widely known thruout
New England. - Ii: >, ~ ~ II
A steam trawler which may revolu-
tionize fishing industry, and an innova-
ton which the Gloucester fishermen
.s.rs >-.~-. ..-,> have been fighting
Steam TraWler for years was
s.. 80 launched from the
@;5+7 to Enter Fore River works
-. ..zs~. =: 49, here this week. A
Fishing Industry big company has
been organized to
engage in this method Of fishing, which
lis new on this side of the ocean, altho
| it has been in operation for years among
Enghshmen. John R.. Neal, Of T wharf
is at the head of the company and Cap,
tain Dexter Malone will have charge of
the, actual OpeEdGiouS. - tnCy ado SUI
cessful it is probably that the famous
IGloucester fleet, which has been the sub
| iect of so much controversy in congress
| and other places in connection with
treaty rights with Newfoundland, may
disappear. T.. .,... .r r. ~. .,.sa-g1~t
"BiHN Sewall, of Indian Falls, Me-.
who became famous as the guide OF
/ Theodore Roosevelt when, as boy at
! 10 Cy,l hn 70 rn III n
that way, and later took Sewel out
west with him, has, been a postmaster
for some time, but has now been prac'
tically assured by the president that he
will be made collector of customs fol
Aroostook county. ''~ -.
Just to show how prohibition works
in Maine, junk dealer in Saco nance
S. M. Somer says he purchased IN. Sact
and Biddeford il
How Prohibition one month for ship
.- ment to, Boston
Works in 5000 jugs, which
had contained liq
!, Pine Tree State ror and he est
- - 80 =. - mated that witt
! what others shipped the total must hav!
been about 7 900 jugs. He says the traf
=. fic has greatly increased since the pas
sage of the Sturgis law, which is sup
/ liquor selling. In this connection th
nomination of George P. Plaisted, o.
Gorham, for sheriff Of the county, is in
/ teresting. Mr.. Plaisted is now .servin'
/ as county commissioner, and is dea'
down on rum.
General Isaac Warren Starbird, one o
, the best known Grand Army men II
New England, and for ten years Il
7 charge, of the hospital OF the. Soldlers
home in Chelsea, has been obliged to re
tire from the position, owing to troubl
arising out of an old wound. Genera
: Starbird was born in Litchfeld, Me-, IL
vi 1889, served with distinction during tn
civil war, and for many years ate
: practiced medicine in sRoxbury.
\ The wedding Of the week was that o
4 Miss Mabel Bayard Warren, daughter
t boro street, Boston, and Joseph Gardne
3 Bradley, of Harrisburg, Pa, gradual
' of the Harvard law school. The Ger.
q mony was performed in Trinity churc]
! and the guests included the most prom
: nent members Of the Back Bay set.
:. The disappearance of Alderman Wi
r liam w. Allen, of Concord, n, H.. ha
+ caused somewhat Of a, sensation ther
9. he was Wldely KNOWN, ydnu CHoIuSHIt !
: kbe! prosperous, but it is now understoo
4 that his affairs, are in bad condition. B!
!. | fore leaving he left a note for his daugl
e ter saying that he would not return:
+ Augusta Dodge, Of Hamilton, the la
4 surviving sister Of Miss. Abigail Dode
!. (Gail Hamilton) died this week at tt
:. home of her niece. Mrs. Joshua
J. Bowen, in Salems Miss Dodge was 1
> 1,oora I'D and for twentv-five wears w;
>, a teacher in the Harvard school in Car
:. Ibid co She recent l11 edited the life ar