Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-20
BELFAST,
Belfast Commandery of G.
c. InStaNS Officers.
City Shocked by Suicide in
Boston Of Earle S. Talbot.
News Of Philip Pike, Who Disappear
ed on Eve OF Wedding.

Belfast, Me, Jan. 1S.-(SpeciaD The
installation of the of1icers-elect of the
Belfast Commandery of the Golden
Cross was held, Thursday night.
Grand Commander II. f. Mckinley of
Portland, assisted by Grand Herald
william Leighton of Portland, Grand
Treasurer William p. Barnum of
Westbrook. and Grand Trustee H. A.
Woods of Belfast, performing the cere-
mony. Prior to the installation, four
candidates were initiated. The officers
installed We're: Past noble commander,
Charles +. Sherman; noble eomman-
der, X. b. Craig: vice noble comman-
der, Hester A. Brown; noble prelate,
Annie NJ. Sanborn; noble keeper of
records Alice Hussey;; financial keep
er of records, Frederick w. Brown;
treasurer, Charles b. Eaton: herald,
James c. Dexter; warder of the inner
gate. Alberta Druery;; worder of the
outer gate, Harold S French; represen-
tative to the Grand Commandery, Last
Noble Commander, Forrest l.. Adams.
Following the installation were
speeches by the visitors and promi-
nent members of the order. The grand
commander praised the work done in
the past year by the local commandery,
which has Increased its membership
from 81 to 107, and is now one of the
nine Communicates in Maine, having
a membership of 100 or more, and
hopes 70 lead them all, during the
present year. A banquet was served,
following the speeches, after which a
pleasing musical entertainment was
given and the evening ended with an
informal dance.
A still alarm called the firemen,
yesterday. to the Revere House, for a
chimney fire. 1t was soon extinguished
by detail of tiremen The house was
Quilted by fire. about three weeks ago,
and is now in the hands of the carpen-
tiers who are repairing it. The fire
yesterday was caused by SCOT in the
chimney taking fire from an over
heated stove.
The remains of the late Mrs. Rose
Collins arrived on the morning train
from Haverhill, Mass, where she died,
brother. Irving Jackson, in Poor's Mills,
line has a nephew, Fred A. jackson.
living on Cedar street. Belfast.
The entire city was shocked, last
right when the news came from Bos-
ton, that a man. supposed to be Earl
S. Talbot, son of Mr.. and Mrs Ezra
Talbot of this city. had committed sui
eide in that city by drowning. Young
Talbot was known to be one of the fin
est young men in Belfast, popular with
old and young, highly respected by all
who knew him, and no possible cause
for his rash act can be thought of. He
left Belfast, about the first of October
for Kansas City, where he expected to
locate, wishing to learn the meat bust
ness from the beginning, in the Kansas
City stock yards. Mr.. Talbot did not
remain in the West, however, and in a
few weeks, returned to Boston where
he had since remained He had on sew
eral occasions worked in Boston, in
Quincy and Faneuil Hall markets but
prior to going West had been employed
for some time in Fogg's market in Bel
fast. He was a fine swimmer and ca
noeist and athletic in many ways He
was "A years old. His parents and one
brother. Earl all of this city, an aged
grandmother. Mrs Orinda Littlefield.
| survive
The Philip II. Pike is still alive is to
be inferred from the story that is cur
/ rent. that the treasurer of one of the
railroad societies to which he belongs,
has received from Mr.. Pike his annual
dues. The treasurer, however has not
made public his address and his frienas
are as much in the dark as to his
whereabouts, as they were on the day
before Thanksgiving, when he left Bel
fast on the eve of his wedding to a Bel
fast girl.
Miss Grace Hayes chief operator of
the Waldo Telephone Co. left. today
for Lewiston, where she will attend the
chief operators convention.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Wilson have
returned from Bangor, where they have
been the guests of Rev. and Mrs. Ash
ley A. Smith, formerly of Belfast
/ Otis Colson, who was injured, few
weeks ago, by falling from the staging
of the Coe-mortmer plant has returned
to his home in Searsport and is able to
be out on crutches He has been at the
home of Stillman Flood on High street
since the accident