Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-09-30
SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.
French People Mourn Dead.

The annual pilgrimage of the
| French people of Lewiston To their
| cemetery on the Switzerland roa'f
three miles above Lewiston, took place
on Sunday. About 500 people visite !
the cemetery during the afternoon.
Rev. FIR. Hage, provincial of Canada
land the United States, preached tn ;
sermons at the and 1880 A NJ.
| masses at St. Peters church. At the
| services at the cemetery, this after
noon, Rev. FIR. Cote. pastor of St. Pc
ters church. offieiatea at the liber,
and the sermon was preached by Rev
| F'r. Turcotte of Fall River Mass.
Erwin T. johnson.
| Erwin T. Johnson, a noted marine
lengineer and a member of the Engi-
neers' Association OF New York, died.
Saturday night. in Portland. He was
| engineer in the tinted States lignS-
| house service, later serving on sever
al steamers. After acting as chief
! engineer on steamers of the Boston
& Bangor Line he was for short time
| in business at Crescent Beach and
was then the engineer in turn OF
yachts owned by John Stetson and A.
l.. Barker of Boston and Commodores
Gerry and Van Sarvoort of the New
York Yacht Club. In the Spanish War
he was engineer of hospital ship.
After the war Mr.. johnson returned
to Maine, was engineer on the Boston,
Portland and the st. John route UNI
til his health failed. He was for four
years in charge of the plant of watav
company at Kennebunk. His last WORK
was with the Island Ferry Company
of Portland. A widow and two sisters
survive.
20 Blu. of Potatoes on Small Ground.
Harlan f. Longfelow of Rumford
who has, this summer. raised 20 BUSH
els of potatoes on a piece of ground
30 by 40 feet in size in the rear of his
lawn in Virginia, found one potato
vine which was seven feet long. Mr..
Lon9fellow is the treasurer of the
Rumford Falls Insurance Agency. He
went in for gardening as relaxation.
Lewiston Seizure.
Emerald Berube and Fred Houle,
proprietors of a restaurant in Lewis
ton, were brought into the Lewiston
municipal court, Monday by Sheriff
Stevens liquor squad. charged with
search and seizure and maintenance Of
a liquor nuisance. Their case was
continued two days TO enable the State
TO procure witness.
Threatening Forest Fire.
forest fire ON the Kendall road
Lewiston, was with difficulty kept frora
several buildings. Sunday afternoon. Il
was subdued after burning about IS
acres of part tree and part brush. The
fire started on the land of G. Nadeau
and was probably set by hunters. The
loss is not great. Buildings in danger
were the schoolhouse and the property
of Ezra Carville, Eugene Leclair, Phil
Up Cloutier r. Mosier and G.. Nadeau.
Charles H. Hinckley, Lewiston.
Charles H. Hinckley, for half q
century a respected citizen of Lewis
ton, passed away in the Home of his
daughter, Mrs. Milton C. Tarr. Bates
street, soon after o'clock, Monday
morning. For some years, Mr.. Hinck-
ley had been in failing health and
three years ago suffered a serious ac-
tiueIl, WHICH CoHilHeu 0liH u liz
house much of the time since. SAT-
urday morning, he suffered a shock of
paralysis and it was this which caused
his death.
Skanks Goes Free.
James Skanks arrested, Sunday
charged with highway robbery Of q
| hand bag from a Lewiston woman went
| free, Monday morning, when the case
vas mol pressed, identification being
lacking. Attorney Morey who repre-.
scented Skanks, suggested to the cour1
| the the defense had witnesses in the
| court room who would prove an alibi
Miss Horne, who was robbed, gave thu
10 lice the clue that ended in the ar
| rest of Skanks. AS means of identih
cation Skanks was taken to Mali
street where the affair happened. am
Miss Horne given opportunity to &c
Ia hastY glance at him. the circum
stances being much the same bu
while the general appearance was sim
3 liar, Miss Horne was not positive tina
) he was the one to take her purse. Their
T was nearly IS in the bag.
Melvin Ware Suicide.
The body of Melvin Ware Lewisto
Z youth of 20 years was found floatin