Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1909-04-14
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Owing to dissatisfaction among its
membership, the Maine Mercantile Co.,
known as the sardine trust, has been dis
solved by mutual consent.
Mrs. Ellen +. Hutchinson, OF Bangor,
who is charged with the murder OF her
four months-old child, has, by order OF
court, been removed from Jail to the Eastern
Maine insane hospital, where she will be
under observation for her sanity.
Nearly 100000 tons OF ice, stored 10 six
houses at East WATERFORD, were destroyed
by fire Wednesday night. which prac-
tically cleaned ont the plant owned by the
+. W. Clark Ice Co., including half a
dozen houses. and an engine house. The
damage is estimated At upwards OF 80, 900
The fire is believed to have been incen-
diary.
The bodies OF Samuel Kline, twenty five
years old, and his bride OF three weeks,
Ida Branx Kline, aged twenty lone years.
were found dead from bullet wounds, on
the floor OF their room in Portland Sun
day. Coroner James A. Martin decided ii
was case OF murder and suicide, but did
not state which OF the victims did the
shooting. The cause is not known.
Lieut.. Col. Robert H. Crockett. OF Rock
land. aide on the stan OF Gov. Cobb during
his two terms, cied Thursday At Auburn.
after an illness OF three years Of consump-
ton. He was unmarried and thirty eig hit
years old. Lieut.. Col. Crockett came OF .
wall. T. n - n Rrrk IL nd f.n,,lv h,s "a ha >
being the late Hon. A. F. Crockett, prom
inent in Rockland business circles and
Maine political circles.
The wharf OF the Casco Bay & Harpswell
steamboat lines and small buildings near
the wharf at South Harpswell were burned
Wednesday. causing total lcss OF 5000.
Arthur Palmer lost his general store.
stable and freight shed, suffering loss OF
$4,000, on which there is . partial insur-
ance. The other buildings destroyed ~ere
the stable OF 8. e. Pinkhsm and the quar-
tiers OF the South Harpsweli yacht club.
Norridgewock had $4,000 are Friday
evening. The Wstts block owned by J.
b. Pierce, the hardware store of Charles
A. Ward and the marble shop OF Charles
Barker we're burned. The tenants Of the
Watts block were William II. Ward 4 Co.,
grain and feed store; NJ. J. verriii, gro
ceries; Boston store, Charles 3. Wright.
proprietor, dry and fancy goods; Horac.
Leavitt, barber. In the second story OF
the building resided NJ. J. verriil and Fred
Rogers, both OF whom lost all their house
hold goods.
Herbert Nettage, aged thirty, and his
wife, aged twenty, OF Lexington, quar-
relied. Mrs. Nettage left home little over
q week ago, and found employment at the
Bingham house, Bingham. Friday even
ing Nettage called on his wife at the hotel.
and while talking with her in the psrlor
oithe hotel, pulled revolver and shot her,
i've bullets entering her body. She died
at 10 o'clock the next morning. Nettage
made his escape Immediately after the
shooting, but the officers tracked him all
night in the snow, finally catching the
man in the haymow of barn near North
Arson, sixteen miles from the scene OF the
shooting. As the officers hand was on
his shoulder Nettsge. whose face was
buried in the hay, fired revolver into
his mouth. He lived but few minutes.