Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-01-16
Maine News Notes.

The many friends of DIR. A. W. Harris,
formerly president of the University OF
Maine, will be happy to know that be
has been rendered the presidency Of the
Northw estern University at Evanston,
ILL.,, which position, without doubt, he
will accept.
Thornton BODICE, rural mail carrier
aged about 80 and married year ago,
was killed Wednesday by train on the
Western Division of the Boston and
Maine at Wells. Dodge was driving over
q private way across the track. The
horse was not injured. No blame Is
attached to the engineer.
In the York County Supreme Court a
verdict for 81, 925 has been rendered for
George w. Hooper of Wells against
Horace s. Bacon of Lowell, Mass, as
damages for injuries sustained by being
thrown from q wagon owing to his horse
being frightened by the defendants auto
while going at high rate of speed.
Miss Cassie Carter, aged 20 years, re-
puted to be the heaviest woman In
Maine, died at her home in South Blue
hill Monday. She weighed 435 pounds
and was feet, inches In height. The
cause of her death was fatty degenera-
ton. Miss Carter had exhibited herself
at small fairs in eastern Maine, but de-
clined many offers from show men to ap-
pear in various parts of the country.
That there is still good money in trap
ping in Maine ia evinced by the prices
which Kennebunk man got for some
fox and mink skins in the Boston market
last week. The trapper in question is
Willis Hill, who sold five fox skins and
several mink skins for $2l0. He receiv-
ed 81 to $40 each for the mink skins
which are of very fine quality this win
ter, and on account of the scarcity in the
fur markets are commanding fine prices.
There was fatal accident on Tuesday
in the saw mill of the Blanchard Lum-
Der Company at Portage Lake, Aroos-
took County. A rope, by which log
was being drawn by power of the main
shaft, parted, and the end catching
Frank McNulty by the arm he was
drawn to the shaft and whirled around
with lightning rapidity, being so fear
fully mangled that he died few hours
later. McNulty was 20 years old and
native of St. John, N. B.
Robert T. Whitehouse of Portland has
been nominated for United States dis
trict attorney for Maine to succeed Hon.
Isaac W. Dyer, whose term will soon
expire. Mr.. Whitehouse is the son of
Judge William p. Whitehouse of the
Maine Supreme Court, and one of the
most prominent of the younger attor-
neys of the state. He served as county
from 1900 to 1904, and while
acting in that capacity made an enviable
record for himself. Mr.. WhitehOuse
was born at Augusta in 1870, graduated
from Harvard in 1891 and took three
years course in Harvard Law School.
David R. Porter, the well known
Maine boy, now second year Rhodes
student at Oxford University, England,
has been accorded a marked honor by
the American Club, by being elected It's
president. The American Club is an
organization of the American Rhodes
students at Oxford now numbering about
100, every state, territory and Canadian
province being represented. The organi-
cation is for mutual benefit and keeps in
touch with the doings on this side of the
water, taking magazines and newspapers
and discussing current events. Mr..
Porter was treasurer of the club last
year. He is spending the long holiday
vacation in Bonn, Germany. 1t is graft
flying to Mr.. Porter's friends at home to
hear that it is probable that Bowdoin
will give him his degree next June. as
he was leading member of the class of
'O6 when he received the appointment to
Oxford.