The Somerset reporter., 1905-10-19
STATE AND GENERAL


Miss Mabel Mckinley. IA authority for
the announcement thai her mother,
Mis-. A bner Mckinley, was married a.
Baltimore, Wednesday nigh', 70 Capt
John d. Allen Of Tampa, Fla, Cap
A len Is in the United ~tales navy aud
his bride is the widow Of tie late Pres-
dent Mckinley brother.
Governor Hayward has accepted an
invitation from Governor Terrell 10 be
the guest of the governor Of Georgia. at
the visit of President Roosevelt at A.
anta, next Friday. The Presidents
train will pass through south Carolina
during the midnight hours and Govern
OF Terrell asked Governor Hayward 10
JOIN him IN Atlanta in extending wei
come to the south from Georgia ana
south Carolina. -
Robert Bacon of New York, Wednes-
day, took the oath of Office az assistant
secretary of state. to succeed Francis Il
LOOMS As Secretary Root was absent
from sshinRton for the day, Mr. Ba-
con by virtue Of the fact that he out
ranks Mr. Adee and Nj. Pierce, second
and third assistant secretaries, was
obliged to begin his service In the de-
partment as acting secretary Of state, an
unusual occurrence.
Henry Douglass was brought into the
municipal court at Portland, Friday,
and arraigned on charge Of assault with
intent to kill upon Benjamin Kimball at
Bridgton, Tuesday. According to bis
own confession to the sherlffs, Douglass
did the shooting because he wanted
Kmballs job and not with intent to
kill. In court Friday, his case was
continued for 10 days, pending the out.
come of Kimball's injuries. He was
held in $1,000 bonds.
The wedding of Miss Gladly Lawson,
eldest daughter of Mr.. aud Mrs Thomas
w. Lawson, and Eben Blaine Stanwood,
son of Nh aud Mrs. Francis VI. Stan
wood OF Beacon street, Boston, took
place, Wednesday of last week, at
Dreamwold Egypt, Mass the Lawson
summer home. The Dreamwold WAS
decorated extensively with flowers and
greeneTy and fruit and vegetables, en-
blematio of the season. About 100
guests were present
The gypsy moth department of Mas
sachusetts announces that the area in
Tested by the gypsy moth has increased
from $50 square miles, last year, to
| 20S2 square miles, this year. This is
about one fourth of the land of the entire
state This extension of the area, the
trees of which are being stripped of
their leaves is viewed with apprehen
sion by the department. Individual
landholders throughout the infected dis
trict have been asked to cooperate with
the state to extermnate the pest
The end of the Sandford case is heard
! A e. oil g ~ oil
with two convictions, re-rlal and a
disagreement, Rev. Frank w. Sandford
escapes with a fine of Sl00 and costs
| The sentence was imposed by Justice
Emery on Friday morning, with an
elaborate statement of the reasons for
the sentence, which was the extreme
penalty for the fine but not the extreme
penalty for imprisonment, the statutes
permitting penalty of 500 and: costs
OF one year in Jail.
Charles Clancy of Portland, hostler
for II Nj. Casner, who was the victim
of murderous assault some weeks ago,
recovered his memory and, Thursday,
gave a detailed account of all that oc-
cured that morning before the assault.
| He performed all his usual duties and
then started to go up stairs from the
basement and remembers no more. He
was struck three blows on the head with
hammer, and for days fingered be-
tween life and death III will complete
| ly recover, but the assault is likely to
| be a mystery.
| Superintendent George Leith of the
Pinkerton detective force was in Au
gusta, saturday, and with Detective
Martin of the agency, who has been in
| Read field the past two weeks working
on the Hackett murder mystery, was in
consultation with Kennebec county of
fcials just what significance can be
attached to this consultation is hard to
say, although the fact that the superin
tendenu of the Pinkerton agency has
come to Maine to consult with officers
here, leads many to believe that there is
| liable to be a move made in this case
On the other hand it may be that the
Pinkertons are simply taking this OPP
portunity to throw up their hands and
say that the mystery is too big for them.
The shooting which resulted 10 the
| leath of Charles d. Northy, Jr., at the
home of Edwin j Cooper, Tuesday of
ast week, at South Windsor, was pro-
| bounced, Friday, to be murder and Mrs.
copper was hIIebItui lhlo luo eaIne
afternoon, charged with the crime The
arrest was made by Sheriff Frank j.
| liam, az the result of a consultation he
had, Thursday, at Augusta with County
Attorney Thomas Leigh and Assistant
| Attorney General Warren G. Philbrook
Sheriff Ham arrived at o'clock that
! afternoon, accompanied by W. P. Getch-
ell, civil engineer, from Augusta A
general investigation about the scene of
the crime was made and measurements
taken of distances that might figure in
the case Shortly after 5 o'clock, the
arrest was made and the prisoner taken
to Augusta.
The friends and relatives of John A
Starrett of 904 Main street, Bangor, a
former Maine Central freight conductor,
who left his home, last week, have not
as yet succeeded in discovering any trace
of him. Thorough search has been
made in the direction in which the miss
ing man was last seen walking, near
Engel's mill in East Hampden, but no
one has been found who can give any
Information as TO his actions after that.
Wednesday morning word was received
from Orono that man wearing similar
clothes to those Mr.. Starrett had on
Monday and answering to his descrip-
ton, had been seen In that town, and a
member OF the family at once went to
investigate, but was satisfied that the
person described was not Mr.. Starrett
The missing man seems to have disau.
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