Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-26

A woman applied to the Eastport
oVerseer, of the poor for assistance
recently. but as she had been a steady
beneficiary the official demurred. The
woman persisted in her request. how
ever, whereupon the overseer told her
that she might enter the poor house
ana nave homes found by the city for
her children. Me enter the poor
house," she Indignantly exclaimed.
never; III work, first" and out she
Went in high dudgeon, while the over
seer who knew his business Smole
smile of satisfaction.
Kenn"bec county official tells the
Journal that the total expense of the
Cooper trial will doubtless be con-
siderably under $4,000. Some of the
newspaper estimates have set it as
high rs $2o.O00 or even $3O.OO. How
ever, Sl5.0oO or considerably less is
enough. considering the circum tancc$.
There are evidently some bold and
hungry tramps camping down Bath
way. Saturday night they raidcI the
homo nf Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey IIender-
son on upper High street. taking every
thing catable in the house, 50 that the
family had to go to the neighb0rS in
the morning for food. Saturday night
Mrs. Henderson had in the pantry
large piece Of meat for Sunday, Il
basket filed with several dozen eggs.
and Il large pan Of cookies besides
doughnuts. bread and other good
things such as every well regulated
Bath pantry contains. When Mrs.
Henderson began to get her Sunday
breakfast every vestige Of food had
gonn and a broken window showed
how the marauders had secured an
entrance. They left the -four barrel
and the range, however.
In the death last Monday of William
Spelman. better known as Billy Spell
man, Portland loses another one Of the
cOtere of men who made the city IA
nous rs the home Of oarsmtn in the
early and palmy days of the great
aquatic sport. Billy Spelman was not
so much an OarSman. however. as ne
was an inventor. manager and trainer,
and back i'm the eighties he was known
TO the rowing world as one of the best
handlers and trainers in the business,
while rowlock which he invented, and
which i'm very slightly altered form is
used today, was considered by the
crack scullers as one of the best ones
ever constructed. Srelman was born
in Halifax 65 years ago but came TO
Portland in the early sixties.
The class secretary of BOWdOin SO
has Just issued the decennial record Of
the class. 1t is neat little volume of
13j pages, bound in the class colors Of
crimson and silver gray, and contains
both the detailed story of the four
years as undergraduates and individual
sketches of the members of the class
for the 10 years since leaving college.
The class had IS men when it entered
and Al at graduation. Only one MEM
Der has died, J. H. Libby, young
Fort Fairfield lawyer who died in 1909.
There are only 1G of the class now in
Maine and the rest are scattered over
the world as follows: six in MasSa-
chusetts, five in New York. three in
Chicago. three in Connecticut, two in
California; District of Columbia,
Eehra ska, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon.
Rhode Island. Tennessee. China. New
Zealand and the Philippines. The class
has IL lawyers, eight teachers, seven
physicians, three bankers, four mer-
chants. three newspaper men. two
clergymen. one insurance man. one
publisher. one mill superintendent. one
government scientist. etc. Thirty-one
of the as are married and they have 70
living children, 13 boys and l. girls.
The class has had dinner and reunion
At each commencement since gradual
ton with an attendance varying from
a dozen 10 20. This year. being the 10th
anniversary Of graduation, unusual
efforts will be made to secure large
attendance and over 30 have written
thu. secretary that they will be present.