Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-05-08
SPARKS From MAINE WIRES.

Bishop Walsh of the diocese of Port
land has notified his clergy that Tuesday
afternoon there will pc a conference Of
the clergy in Portland and the following
day a conference at Bangor. when mat
ters of Importance to the church in this
diocese win be taken up. There will be
a third conference May Il at st. Mary $
College.
\ suit to recover $506a for the death of
Fred J. Jewett. brought by Mrs. Eta +.
Jewett against the Smith & Rumery Co.
general contractors, was opened Saturday
in supreme court at Portland. Jcwett
was struck and killed by a joist while
delivering slate TO the contractors at
Fort Williams in 1859 The company
claims contributory negligence.
Thomas ~ Mcdonald, the .,ew Jersey
inventor. who has been spending consid
cradle time in Bath working on plans for
building an experimental plant from
which he hopes to secure continuous pow
CT by Harvesting the ebb and flow of the
tides, says that he now has his plans
perfected and will begin immediate work
upon his model plant lie Will build two
large tanks which will receive their wa
ter supply on one of the wharvcs along
the business part of the city Much in
terest is manifested in his scheme and
several scientific men of the city who
have looked iuto the matter declare that
his ideas arc feasible.
York Will start at Greenvillc Monday
morning on the new \ Nj. {. 4. build
lag, to cost in the vicinity of $4,000 and
which will be principally for the ben
eft of the thousands Of lumbermen
who pass through Grcenville going To
and coming from the Maine woods. The
building VIII be of brick, three stories
i'll height and viii contain hospital
department. with an operating room. a
billiard and pool room. moving picture
theater, restaurant and 80 large sleep
ing rooms. The greater part Of the $40
600 for the building was contributed by
tie H2llingsworth & Whitney co. Of
Waterville. which employs hundreds
OF nlfn in the woods. Other subscrip-
tons were by individuals.
Joseph Ekvell. the former Auburn
stockbrober. who has been in Auburn
Jail since the grand jury reported on
April y. for want of bail on two in
dictments found against him, was re-
ltiStu '2dlHIudN ufideF A3bU bonus. y
hearing was held Saturday by Justice
Savage on demurrers filed by Elwell s
counsel Justice Savage sustained the
demurrer to the Indictment charging
larceny by embezZlement and that in
dictmCnt was quashed. The demurrer
to the other indictment was denied. Or
account of the demurrer, however
there viii he no trial of the case at this
term, but it goes over to the Septem-
Der term The bonds We're originally
fixed at $4,000 on the two indictments
Miss Beatrice Taggart Is years old
was attacked early Saturday morning
near her home on Storer street. San
ford by an unknown man. He es-
capped before the arrival Of Policeman
Frechette and neighbors, attracted tc
the scere by the girls screams and a
pistol shot tired by the man to brighten
Miss Taggart. She was returning from
a dance and left a girl friend on
Main street. proceeding toward her
own homo on Storer street, not more
than 200 yards distant. when a man
wearing a handkerchief over his face,
dark oyercoat and a soft hat, APP
preached and seized her. Miss Tag
CART said the man claimed affihation
with the Black Hand. Two young
men We're arrested Saturday but We're
reieas ed after Miss Taggart exonerated