Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-01-18

n revision bl the tax laws ana an
amendment for a state income tax
were recommended. Wednesday, by
Gov. Foss in 4 special message to the
Massachusetts, Legislature. The gov
errtor pointed out that there were be-
tween three and four billions of tax
able personal property that could not
be reached by the tax commissioner
or by local taxation
Frank e. Partridge of Proctor was.
Tuesday. at Montpelier, Vt. elected
director Of the National Life Insur-
ance Co, vice Fletcher D. Proctor,
deceased. at the annual meeting Of the
company. when all old officers were
re- elected. Besides being known for
his lifelong friendship for the Proctor
family. MIR. Partridge was United
States minister to Venezuela. 1893 "a,
and consul general to Morocco 1897
9S. In 1896 he re-wrote the present
consular regulations in the state de-
partment and in 1908 served as chair
man Of the commission on proposed
amendments to the Constitution Of
Vermont.
Death came. Tuesday. to Postmas-
ter Woods Converse OF Windsor Locks.
Conn, banker and Civil War hero. as
a result of bullet wound near the
heart. accidentally received. last Sun
day. when he was about la clean j
revolver. Mr.. Converse, who was one
Of the est-known Republicans in
Connecticut, was born in Stafford
Conn, Aug. /. 1885. and with the OK
ception Of Grover CIevelands tenure
Of the PresidencE l{as been Windsor
Locks postmaster since 1868 He and
his brother We're among the 969 men
from Windsor Locks t" enlist for the
Mon, and both performed deeds Of
gallantrH that merited official reeoe-
nitioT.
Miss L5onora Merchant of Morris
town, \. J.. 1t prominent member Of
the Norris County Christian E,ndeaV-
or Union, is seriously ill from eating
ing contracted from eating cake in
which floor varnish was used instead
OF mcl&sses. Miss Merchant baked tile
cake herself in the home of her friend.
Miss Lucy Thompson. She used what
she thought was melasses in the cake.
taking the staff from a jar she found
unla 5elled in the pantry. The cake
tasted fairly good but Miss Merchant
Miss Thompson and Miss Thompson
niece, Bertha, We're taken violently ill.,
The Thompsons quickly recovered, but
Miss Merchant did not respond readily
to treatment.
The adventures Of a whskey bottle
which drifted with the ocean currents
all the way across the Atlantic are told in
letter received from England by ]. =
LAWN. a New York engineering expert.
Mr.. LAWN threw the pint bottle over the
rail of houseboat on the Long Island
coast in August, 1909. He left a card
with his name and address inside and
has Just received a response from Merio-
nethshire, Wales. saying that the bottle
was picked up there ON Dec. 90. It took
the bottle nearly two years and four
months to cross the ocean. When picked
up. the odor of whiskey was still strong.
according to the Welsh preacher who
found it,
The nucleus of a back to Ireland
movement has been started in Broekton
by Cornelius J. O'Leary, a prominent
real estate owner. Under the name of
the Ten Associates" 10 patriotic Irish
Americans have formed a small organZa-
tion which they claim will grow. 1t Is
their purpose TO so back to Ireland as
soon as home rules becomes certainty.
The idea of the Ten Associates started
at a midnight gathering in a Ward street
apartment house, the occupants getting
together frequently to tell stories of the
old land. They are watching the press
dispatches regularly, to note the progress
of home rule and Just at present are Won
derinG what the fate of the bill to go 10
the House of Commons, this week, will
be g
The general store at Reeds Ferry, \.
H, containing the post office, conducted
by the firm of Fesscnden K Lowell, was
destroyed by fire, Tuesday morning, en-
failing loss which win not fall short of
$1,000. The origin of the fire is I'M
known 1t was discovered by Maurice
Stoweil aud Edward Fowler, who reside
near the store and who were awakened
by the glare of the flames The village
has no water supply or fire department
therefore nothing could be done to stop
the fire. The roofs of adjacent buildings
We're covered with snow, and this, to-
eether with the efforts of the villagers,
prevented them from taking fire and be-
ing destroyed \ call for aid was sent
To Manchester. but the lack of water
made fire engine unavailable, and the
heavy SNOW made it impossible to send
the auto chemicals over the highway
Fssenden 4 Lowell place their loss at
$1,000. on which they carried an insur-
ance of 5000 The loss by the destrue-
ton of the building. owned by +. y Mes
NTH, is placed at s5oo0.
Harry S. Parker, aged nearly So,
died at his home on Pleasant street,
Pennington. y. H., TUESDAY afternoon,
He was born in Wakefield, Feb. Is,
1882. the son of SewaIl Samuel Parker
He completed his education at Wolfe
boro Academy. He was many years
of the town meeting. mem
her of the school board and chief en-
gineer of the fire department. lie rep
resented Pennington in the Legisia-
lures Of 1869 and 1878 and served as
postmaster during CleVeland's first
term. He was a charter member al
Harmony Lodge, Knights of Pythlas'
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