Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-10-08
Maine News Notes.

Maine News Notes.
The prison inspectors have decided
not to permit the annual excursion to
the state prison ct Thomaston, which
has heretofore been run by the Maine
Central.
In the entering class at Bowdoin is q
colored boy, and 1t is rather remark.
able fact that this is the second colored
student in the history of Bowdoin, the
other having been 10 the class OF 1925.
An autol lobile party up In Madrid met
two bears in the road one day last week.
The chauffeur has not yet recovered his
nerve and opinions differ as to whether
the bears have as yet stopped running.
A young Italian working on steam
shovel on the Maine Central near Bangor
was caught in the jaws of the shovel and
crushed to death. He has parents and
other relatives In Italy, but none In this
country.
Portland at q special election on Mon
day adopted the Morey amendment to
the ballot law, which requires swinging
doors to be provided for the voting
booths. The vote was $50 in favor and
221 opposed.
Roger Richards, aged IA, committed
suicide by hanging at his home in Booth
bay Harbor Wednesday. The boy slut
tered badly and it is thought that his
schoolmates' plaguing him about it was
the cause of his deed.
In the Kennebec County court at Au-
gusta John Tharapis of Waterville was
convicted on a granddaughter charge for
killing Costos I.askarides in that city on
June IL and was sentenced to serve five
years in state prison. He appealed.
As the result of internal injuries and
broken hip sustained by falling 40 feet
from the trestle over Jones Brook on the
Somerset railway near Madison, Henry
r. Pelky, aged 81, died Tuesday. He
was employed in the track laying crew
of the railroad. His home is at Pressure
Isle.
Thomas Holway, about so years of
age, committed suicide by hanging at
the home of his daughter in West Pitts
field Thursday. A shock which Mr..
Holway experienced few months ago
and which caused the old man to be
Respondent, is ascribed as the cause of
the deed.
Catherine l., wife of Charles F. Hill,
committed suicide by hanging at her
home in SearspOrt Wednesday. Mr.. Hill
had gone out to deliver milk to custom
ers, and when he returned found her
dead. She was native of Ireland, Al
years and 8 months of age, and had been
in poor health for some time.
Eva, the three-year- old daughter of
Norton Tarbell of Meddybemps, was
drowned Thursday night in a stream
which flows through the Tarbell yard
to novelty mill adjoining. The body
was recovered shortly after the accident
happened, but attempts at resuscitation
proved futile. 1t Is supposed the child
fell from bridge.
The first accidental fatality of the
Maine hunting season is reported from
Glenburn. The victim is Thomas G.
Merriman of Portland, an express mes
senger, about % years of age, who was
found dead in q pasture where he had
been partridge hunting, with one barrel
of his shot gun empty, on Sunday, Sept.
%. 1t is thought that the gun was
accidentally discharged while he was
climbing the fence.
In a runaway accident near West Fal-
mouth Saturday afternoon Oliver Har-
ris of New York, son of well-known
business man of Portland, had his
skull fractured, and Miss Elizabeth Peck
of Portland received injuries from which
she died few hours later. Harris has a
fighting chance for recovery. 1t is not
known just how the accident occurred,
but it was at or near q railroad crossing
and was undoubtedly caused by the
horse taking fright at a train.
Mrs. Marcia Shackley of Shapleigh
committed suicide Friday by the use of
chloroform. The act is thought to be
the outcome of an affair In which she
figured, when an anonymous letter
charging an innocent man with burglary
was traced to her. The man attacked
brought suit against her for libel, and
the suit was settled out of court, but he
had said that he intended to institute
criminal proceedings, and it is thought
that this preyed upon her mind 80 as to
cause her to end her life.
The Baptist state convention was held
In Portland last week, with very inter-
esting meetings.. Rev. F. NJ. Preble of
Auburn was elected president of the
convention for the coming year. Rum
ford Falls was favored as next years
meeting place. Resolutions were adopt
ed favoring prohibition and declaring
emphatically against resubmission in any
guise, also deploring the dissertation of
Sunday and declaring against Sunday
excursions of any kind, even to attend
religious meetings.
The Lewiston Journal notes that Hon.
w. w. Stetson of Auburn has returned
from the west where he has been speak
ing before teachers conventions for
several weeks. Kansas and Nebraska
have been his principal fields of opera
ton and in those states he is very popu-
lar as lecturer. Next week he goes to
Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia
for more work along the same lines
Mr.. Stetson will continue to reside in
Auburn while following literary work
and the lecture platform.
The exercises of the unwilling of the
Maine Memorial at Valley Forge will
take place Thursday forenoon, Oct. II.
Governor William T. Cobb and staff will
be present. President George E. Eel
lows, of the Maine Society of the Sons of
the American Revolution, will preside.
Hon. Augustus +. Moulton will be the
orator. Governor Cobb will present the
memorial, which will be accepted by the
president of the Valley Forge Commits
sion. The Governor of Pennsylvania Is
expected to be present and take part in
the exercises.