Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-10-13
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The wife OF Rev. John w. Hatch, former
district superintendent OF the Bangor
district of the East Maine conference,
died at Montpelier, VT, Sunday.
Charles Evans was run over by B. & A.
train at Frenchville Saturday morning,
both legs being taken of. He died at the
hospital in Pressure Isle few hours later.
Former President Taft has been se-
cured to give q course Of three lectures on
1.-THE Powers and Duties of the Chief
Executive" before the college OF Law OF
the University OF Maine, February 2,
and 4.
While lighting fire with kerosene oil
Saturday, Mrs. Joan Lsnguette, of Fair.
| field, received burns which caused her
| death within a few hours. Her two
babies, playing on the kitchen floor, were
also badly burned, but are expected to re-
cover.
Bangor's new federal building is now
open for business. After q wait of only
! four years after the great fire OF 1911,
Bangor now has quarters for the post
office, customs service and other depart
| ments which are better than can be found
in any city OF this size in the country.
| The proposed new constitution uniting
| the Baptist and Free Baptists of Maine
| and simplifying the various activities
Of both denominations by uniting
| several separate societies in one, as the
| United Baptist convention OF Maine,
natiG oA r.tL ,,x:,~
in sessions in various Baptist and Free
Baptist societies, in their convention in
| Waterville last week.
A fish-splitting race, in which the con-
testants take the fish fresh from the
| water and remove the head, entrails and
| back bone, 80 that the fish lies fiat ready
for drying or picking, is to be one OF the
novel and interesting features of the fish
fair at Eastport on October %. Some OF the
fishermen become surprisingly expert at
this work, 90 much SO that at a recent
test one of them handled ten good-sized
fish in the surprisingly short time OF two
| minutes.
Bishop Robert Goldman, head OF the
Episcopal diocese Of Maine, died at q
hospital in Boston Thursday. At his bed
side was his wife, formerly Miss Mar
garetta Biddle Porter, of Philadelphia, to
whom he was married at Bar Harbor on
September IS. 1t was two weeks later
that the bishop, while cruising with Mrs.
Goldman on his yacht Calumet II, of the
Maine coast, was stricken with illness,
and came to the hospital for expert atten-
ton. An operation was performed last
Monday, part Of the skull being removed
with view to relieving pressure on the
brain, but the patient became uncon-
scious, and continued in that condition
| until his death.
Cong. McGillicuddy will introduce on
the first day OF the next session of the
present Congress, a bill to dredge the
Androscoggin river from Lewiston to a
point six miles below Brunswick, to con-
struct locks and canals; and make the
river navigable from Lewiston to the sea.
The project deemed feasible by the United
States board Of river and harbor engineers,
was outlined by the congressman at a
! meeting of the Lewiston chamber of COM
merce recently. Steps will be taken by
that body at once. The congressman ex-
planned that with the CO. operation OF all
commercial interests in the Androscoggin
valley from Lewiston to the sea, the thing,
though it was an extensive undertaking,
might be accomplished.