Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-25


! Wamen.
The farm buildings Of \ L. Hill ON
| the Limerick road in DAYTON We're de-
stroYed by fire, early Saturday morning.
| causing a loss of $1,000. Mr.. Hill, who
is more than or gears old. is deaf and
| il was feared he had persisted in the
| flames, but he Wis found at the house
of neighbor. The fire was caused by a
defective chimney, it is believed.
John II. Moore aged al. a West
| Falmouth farmer, committed suicide
! hy hanging in his barn. early Sunday
morning He had been hreatening to
| end his life for some time. as he was
in poor health. and taking advantage
| of the absence az his wife, who was
in Phippsburg. he committed the deed.
| Mrs. Bertha G. Greene, wife of An
| drew f. Greene oil Lisbon Falls. died
| friday night ascd ~. after an illness
| OF three months. Mrs Greene was a
n.ember of the Shakespeare club.
| Pioneer Chapter. q. L. =, and Fidelity
| Temple F. S. Of that town. and the
| History Club of Lewiston. Besides her
husband. a daughter, Mrs. l.. y. Jack.
survives.
| The Democratic county committee and
| town committee men met in Bath. Satur-
| day afternoon. and organized with Ern-
| est T. Kelley of Bath, chairman James
| c. Purington of topsham, secretary, and
| Fred II. Thompson of Bath. treasurer.
| The committee decided upon the follow
| ing apportionment for representation to
| the Legislature from class towns: Rich
mond 1913, 1915; Topsham. 1917. 1919;
Georgetown, 1920 1921: Bowdoinham. 1913;
Bowdoin. 1915: Phippsburg. 1917: West
Bath, 1919; Woolwich. 1921. The towns
We're represented ON the county commit
tee as follows: Bath. Ernest f. Kelley;
Phippsburg. George {. Pease; Richmond.
Merrill McKenney: Topsham, James c.
burlington; Woolwteh. Alton b. rhwing.
As a result of the second annual
prize speaking contest at Rumford.
Friday evening. in the First Baptist
church. between the High schools of
Rumford. Mexico and Dixfeld. two
oc the cups were won by the Rnmford
High school The prizes included
three cups and a gold, a silver and
bronze medal presented by Hugh J.
Chisholm of Rumford. The first prize
was won by Earle Erwood Crom-
second by GLADYS Waterhouse and the
third by Mildred Wheel of the Rum
ford High school while Robert Ladd
of Rumford High received honorable
mention. The cups must be won three
years successfully before they become
the property of any school.
BY a vote of the graduating class of
the East Maine Conference Seminary
at Bucksport, the assignment of the
parts for Commencement was left to
Pres Bragden. The president an
| nounces the following: Preston Gray.
sautatorian: Hazel Towle. valedie-
| torian Richard Broeg, Thomas J.
Aberthenay Jr.. Grace Gibbs and Nell
| lie Colby, essays; Royce j. McAllister,
address; Henry Hooper, class day
orator; Delma Redman. poem; Julia
Rogers, history Erma Jordan. propn-
ecy; Bertha feathers, address TO un-
dergraduates; Laura Tibbetts. and Roy
Ames, presentations: Herbert Porter,
WILDER Dennis Cousins, cremator:
Mabel Pierce, ode; Raymond b. Co
hoon address to faculty.
From the yard of Cobb, Butler &
| Co. at Rockland. there was launched.
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| craft ever constructed for the men
haden industry. 1t is named the Will
| liam Il. Murray and will hail from
Greenport n. Y. It has a capacity of
| COCO barrels of fish, one quarter more
| than the capacity of any other mem
| baden steamer in American waters. The
| Murray has gross tonnage OF about
| 400 and y net tonnage of about $50
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| of keel, 100 feet beam, 241 feet;
| depth Of hold, IL feet The hill is CON
| structed of oak, planked and celled
! with Oregon fir The steamer will car
| ry crew OF 50, but has accommoda-
| tions for 50 men. capt. NJ. ]. Marian
| of Patchogue, l.. l., who has been in
| command of the steamer of that name,
| will command the Murray. The craft
| WAS christened by Miss Therese
| White
| Hclt Cousins, As years old, and his
| son Eslie, eight years old. were killed.
| Saturday afternoon, at a farm cross
] ing three miles west of Bangor,
| where they were struck by a special
| train. On the train We're Morris Nc
| Donald, vice president and general
manager of the Maine Central: Thorn
| as Dewitt Cuyler. vice president OF
| the New York, New Haven q Hart
| ford, and a number of directors of
beth roads Cousins who was a farm
hand employed by Thomas Learey of
| Hampder, was driving across the
| track in a cart with his boy on the
| seat with him. They did not see the
train, which was following, a regular
| train vest and was on the way from
| Bar iIarbor to Kineo by way of Wa
| treville The special stopped and took
| on the remains of the boy. who had
been instantly killed, and his father,
| who vas still alive. Cousins died in
| the Eastern Maine hospital, an hour