Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-05
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

lie Closules ui6ul VI Tie SiN-udy race
at the rink at Houlton Saturday sur
passed all previous records for speed
and general excitement. Golden and
Grier, Houlton's boy skater, and tho
little, wiry, interchangeable skater from
Woodstock. got first prize, beating
Mitchell and Shea by one lap. At the
beginning Of the race Saturday even
ing these two teams were tied for first
place.
Two men employed at Chubbuck's
camp near Mosquito station. on the
shore Of Moxie pond, broke into some
body interstate commerce box the
other day and became somewhat excit-
ed. After uDsetting everything in the
main camp. they entered Mrs. Club
bucks camp and caused that lady to
fiee to the station With l1er three small
chilGren in the cold One snail boy
rrozc both ears badly. The next day
they settled before Justice Goodrich
at Bingham. paying about ISL a
piece. having less than dollar left,
their I,as-a;,e 70 pay 10 their distant
home. and dinner to buy.
The grand jury of the United States
district court sat for the February
term Tuesday at Portland. The jurors
are as follows: james II. Bradley.
for"rlan. Portland: Neils 4. Buns,
Portland Emerson r. Phillips, Mark
II. Morrow, Auburn: Chester Pills
bury. Oliver L. Allen. BiddeforI; Fred
f. Hall. Harry +. Peterson. Bruins
wick. George w. Wheaton. Oranan-
daI s. Lambe. Calais: Clarence r.
Ripley. Alexander u. Drummond. Cor
nth; Henry s. Tower, Frank Lauph-
er, Dover; John F. Spring. Hiram.
Frank l.. Dyer, Robert r. Peabody.
Houlton; Samuel S. knight. Eugene
II. Strout. Limerick: William l.. Gray.
William n. Sellers. Penobscot.
At Popham Beach the damage by
Saturdays storm wbas very severe.
The new bulkhead on the east shore
has been washed away. and as a re-
suit the summer cottage owned BY
Mrs. L. w. Saunders or Waitham.
Mass. is practically ruined. . Early
Sunday morning the main house broke
from Inc ell and toppled over the bank
into the water. where the tide Is
flowing through II. The lifesaving crew
has removed all furniture and articles
Of value. The waves have worked un-
der the cottage owned by r. NJ. Ril-
Inns OF Augusta so that 1t Is standing
OF. posts and the piazza Is washed
away. Other cottages washed out and
left atandiug on their POSTS are those
of Rev. a. r. Dunnells Of Lowell,
Mass. \. G.. Page and DR.. Edwin N.
Fullef
The Associated Press story Of the
n Jy,xr II; 70
battleship Ohio. az reported Monday,
Is dtscredited at Brunswick for tho
reason OF the story told by Capt
George l.. Sioolfi~ld and James r. Jot-
dan Of brunswick. who made n trip to
Trinidad in the Fortuna 1t vas from
the Fortuna that the Ohio coaled ut
that island at that time one or the
coal-rnsfrrs found what appeared to
be a sick Of dynamite. 30 these men
wrote home. IT was passed from the
cal- passer to the hands Of higher off,
Gals AMI later the article was analysed
and found 10 he nothing more than n
tailnw candle much begr!mmed by
coal dust. Hence 1t Is thought here
that this recent report Of dynamite
stick being found in the coat taken
from the Fortuna into the Ohio's hold
is nothing more than similar mis-
take
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe headed a DELE
cation Of several hundred women who
committee hearing at the
State House at Boston Tuesday on Mrs
Howe's petition for the. passage OF a bill
the right Of municipal SUI
frage on women. Miss Alice Stone Black
we'll conducted the case for the petition
ers and Mrs. Howe was the first speak
er. Charles r.. Saunders. on behalf OF
the Massachusetts association opposed
to the further extension OF suffrage to
women. opposed the petition. The. sup
porters Of the petition Included Henry b.
Blackwell and President Huntington OF
Boston University.