Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-01-30
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Ira Webber, one Of Bangor's oldest citi-
gems, died Friday, in the ninety fourth
year Of his age.
At Hampden Thursday the infant son Of
F. L. Tracy and wife found and ate some
strychnine pills, and died within an hour.
Patrick J. Moran, IL Bangor, aged
twenty-seven years, unmarried, tele-
phone lineman, was killed Saturday after
noon, by fall Of telephone pole.
Alexander G. Duncan, Of Masardis,
aged forty years, married, heater car
tender, was killed Saturday night, by fall
ing beneath Northern Searsport train at
Northern Maine junction.
The saw-mill on Pleasant river, near
Columbia Falls, owned by Frank and
George Smith, was burned Friday night.
Loss, about $500. The mill was in opera
tion, employing about fifteen men.
Noah Kimball, Of North Kittery, who
had been missing from home for ten days,
was found in a swamp on the outskirts of
the town Thursday, frozen to death. He
was about forty-five years old, and wild
over with seven children.
William Martin, pioneer Of the Amer
lean sardine canning industry, died at
Eastport last Wednesday. In 184o he went
to California and was a member of the ia
nous band of vigilantes organized in San
Francisco to maintain order during the
gold fever period. He was about eighty
years old.
Two men were killed in collision Of
fast freight and shifting engine at
Pressure Isle Friday. Many freight cars
filled with potatoes were smashed, and the
tracks were torn up for long distance.
The men killed were William Stewart and
Cornelius Mcclure, both of Caribou, stove
tenders in the potato cars.
Major Charles Walker, until year ago
member of the wholesale grocery firm OF
Charles Mclaughlin g. Co., Portland, died
Friday at the age of seventy-one years,
from paralysis. Through the Civil war he
served in the LIST and 10th Maine regiments,
and was major in the latter. He was a
member OF the Loyal Legion and OF the
higher bodies OF Masons.
Fire broke out in the Fay & Scott ma
chine shop at Dexter Thursday night
caused by friction of a loose pulley which
ignited the timbers overhead The fire.
men experienced difficulty in obtaining
water on account of the frozen condition
OF the hydrants. In the department
where the fire originated were many valu-
able patterns. The loss is estimated at
$4,000, fully covered by insurance.
The Maine Press association, at it's
forty-fourth annual meeting in Augusta
last week, elected the following officers:
William Fl. Dow, Portland, president;
Fred w. Sanborn, Norway; Arnold H.
Jones, Rockland; Arthur E. Forbes, South
Paris, vice presidents; Joseph Wood,
Portland, secretary; Charles A. Flint,
Augusta, treasurer; Edward s. Stearns,
Thomaston, corresponding secretary
Cooperative geologic work has been
carried GU in Maine for several years. The
mapping of the Rockland quadrangle
was finished and tine geologic folio pre-
pared. Work on the Mount Desert area
was continued. The text for the Penob-
scot Bay folio, previously surveyed, was
completed and submitted for publication.
Brief reports on the limestone and clay of
the Rockland area and on new occurrences
of slate and graphite in the State were
prepared for the annual economic bulle-
tin. A special examination of the granite
quarries was made.
The U. s. lightship tender Lilac brought
Capt. c. E. Turner and four of the crew Of
the schooner Fanny Reed into Portland
Saturday morning. The men reached Cape
Elizabeth lightship at s Friday evening
and Capt. Turner got aboard at this
morning. The sixth member of the crew,
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