Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-06-06

| smotheredf by rush OF ga from
9 patent hot water heatsr, set in
| operation when water faucet in an
other part of the house was turned,
Eunice Phipps, Is. Of Everett. Mass,
was found dead In q bathtub.
The Democrats Of Vermont, at .
convention at Burlington. elected
eight delegates to the. national con-
vention at st. Louis and adopted
| resolutions indorsing President VII
son and the administration.
A desire to cooperate with any
party which honestly Endorses the
principles Of the Progressive party Is
| expressed in resolutions adopted BY
the Vermont Progressive convention.
The resolutions favor Roosevelt.
Found guilty by the police commits
sion OF setting four fires on his route
for the purpose of discovering"
them, thereby gaining a reputation
for fidelity to duty, George J. Whee-
lock, Woonsocket. R. l., police
oficer for two years, was discharged
from the force.
Judge Connolly Of the superior
court, Portland, Me. ;. called a spe-
cial session OF, the grand jury to
hear evidence to be submitted relative
to alleged attempts on the part or
members Of the city government to
obtain money In connection with the
giving out OF contracts.
| LeBaron c. Colt, Il, SON of Unit
ed States Senator Colt and vice
president of the National India Rubber
company, died at Bristol. R. l.,
from injuries received on May Is In
an automobile accident. Albert 8.
| Cheseborough, yacht designer, was
instantly killed in the accident.
John oallison, 80, of Dexter, Me-,
committed suicide by shooting.
The Massachusetts, state tax this
year will be 50, 900 900, reduction
| OF $3.50, 900 from last year.
Celia Cunning, Z, was instantly
killed when run over by an automo-
bile truck at Fall River, Mass.
Two small children Of Joseph
Baker, a laborer, were burned to
death in their home near Caribou.
Me.
On the way to decorate the grave
OF her husband, Mrs. Eta B. Mud
gett, IS, dropped dead near her home
at Lynn, Mass.
The 1O0-acre bird sanctuary on the
lake side OF Mount Sunapee, N. H.,
Is being beautified by men employed
on the George F. King estate.
Henry Crawford. 20. Of Cos Cob,
Conn. who was struck by an auto
bile owned by Captain Hans Tau
schef, died Of fractured skull.
John Holt of Fall River was re-
elected president Of the National Cloth
Weavers Of New England at their
ninth annual convention at Boston.
| William F. Davis, rs, for many
years one of the most prominent
| clergymen and evangelists of Boston.
died at his home at Everett. Mass.
William F. Jones dropped dead in
Jewish cemetery at Wakefield.
Mass. He had been superintendent
| of the cemetery for the past forty
years.
The stables Of Morrill, Brothers,
| truckmen, and the milk depot OF
Walter T. Boyd, Nashua, N. H.,
were destroyed by fire. The loss is
| $40, 900.
The membership of the Boston
Chamber of Commerce will be in
creased by the addition Of ex-Presi-
dent Taft, who has applied for mem
| bership.
After blowing the seas for seventy
nine years after whales, the whaling
bark Charles w. Morgan, the oldest
| whaleship afioat, was sold at New
Bedford, Mass.
A permit has been issued to Rev.
Daniel Lenehan, pastor of the Sacred
Heart church, for the building OF a
convent at Maiden, Mass, for the
Sisters OF Providence.
Mrs. Fannie Harmon, a clairvoy-
ant and lodging house keeper, was
found murdered in the attic of her
home at Lawrence, Mass. There IL
no clue to the murderer.
Robbers broke into the general
store of John Morrison at Winnis-
guam, N. H., blew the safe with
nitro glycerne and got away with
| $500 in cash and many checks.
The Vermont delegation to the ma
tional Republican convention will %
to Chicago instructed for Charles ).
Hughes. A resolution to this eff ct
was adopted by the state convent /.
Two Portsmouth, N. H., lads II
be in the entrance class at the ma, al
academy this year. Justin H. Hart
ford and his alternate, Edward 8.
Even, both passed the examination.
Captain M. ]. Hanna, who for the
past twenty-five years has been con-
nected with the Maine sea and shore
fisheries department as lobster war
den, will retire from the position In
few weeks.
The strike Of about 1000 New Lon
don, Conn, laborers employed on
city work and by contractors in and
about New London ended. After July
1 they are to receive $2.25 for an
eight day.
The Importance Of the newspaper
in the development of community
| progress was described by Frank
Knox, editor Of the Manchester
Union, at the community conference
at Durham, N. H.
During an operation made neces-
sary by the laceration to his hand by
| the picking machine at which he
worked, George Bates, IT. died at a
Boston hospital while under the in
| fiuence OF the anaesthetic.