Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-22
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

Members of Lincoln Lodge, knishts
of Pythias, OF Damariscotta, We're sur
prised Wednesday. when they learned
of the gift of s5Sl.79 given the order
by the will of Capt. Burdick Berry.
who died at the Sailors Snug Harbor
last spring Capt. Berry's gift was the
result of the lodges kindness toward
him some wears ago.
Discharges in bankruptcy have been
allowed on the following petitions: w
Irving Adams &, Son of Boothbay. Hat
tie Barter of Portland. Loren L. Wilcox
Of Napoleon, Charles Singalas Of Lew
iston, Charles II. Melville of Pses1ue
Isle, Frank w HoWes of Ok Bow,
Fran eios " Boucher of Lewiston,
Hester Sarnilton Of Can ibou. Fred l..
Haclictt of Madison. Henry A. Goodwin
az Auburn and Harold p Totman OF.
Bangor.
Following a custom set by them
when they first came to Ear Harbor,
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean,
parents OF the hundred million dol
lar baby" Wednesday night gave their
annual barn dance to their employees.
The eolored help were entertained this
time and practically every colored per
son in town was hidden To the festival,
which included 4 mammoth caliewalk.
| Monday night 4 similar affair for the
white employees was given by the Me
Leans.
\ move for the uniting of the Pap
| fist and Free BAPTIST churches was
started Wednesday at the annual con-
| ference of the RoWddinham Baptist
Association ~ tine Court Street Bap-
! tlst church in Auburn. Rev. II. NJ.
Purington and Rev. y. q. French were
lappcinted 4 committee from the Free
BAPTIST Association To consider the
matter. Rev. DR.. Fred VI. Preble OF the
| Court Street BAPTIST church was made
a member OF the executive committee
of the state convention. AT the busi-
mess session reports from the different
Icommittees were made as follows;
/ Foreign Missions, Rev. c. '. French;
Home Missions, Rev. =. W. O'Brien;
| Publication society. Rev. G. :. Sibley'
State Convention Rev. II. NJ. Puring-
| ton: Education Society, Rev NJ. \.
Reed; Associational Lines, Rev. \. q.
french, and Quarterly Meeting, ReV'
| r. NJ Preble, DID.
| Fred w. Merrill of LakevieW. held in
| iail for several months on charge OF
larson was discharged "Wednesday IN
| the supreme court at Dover, the grand
| jury having failed 20 return an tnd!ct-
| ment Merrill vas charged with set
| ting fire to the boarding house 81 the
American Thread Co The most I'M
portant witness against him was
Nicholas Grimshaw. the young Eng
lishman whose body was found in
Sehoodic lake Aug l.. The first case
to go TO trial was that of Sumner 7.
Carr of Abbot who has brought suit
against the NJ. l.. Hussey Wooden Co
and the Piscataquis Wooden Co OF
Guilford for alleged damages to his
land by the erection of dam across
the Piscataquis river at Guili"rd III
1909. This is one OF several suits
against the two corporations.
The belief that the coming trial at
Alfred OF those accused of completely
with pr Fred &. Snow of Dayton III
the alleged wholesale robbery eases
will be the most sensational ever
heard there was strengthened Wednes-
day by the appearance of Snow before
the grand jury 1t is believed he gave
evidence 20 that body which Will ma
terially assist the State. Snow, it is
said, will give testimony at the trial
which will expose the largest organized
band of robbers ever known in New
England The robberies in which Snow
was accused of being implicated eX-
tended over all York county, which is
of about the same area as the stat" :"
Rhode Island. All kinds of household
goods were stolen, principally from
summer homes Snow has been in jail
at Alfred since his arrest last March.