Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-05
NEWS CONDENSED
FOR BUSY READERS
Happenings In Various Parts Of
New England

Colonel Charles H. Joyce. So. Q
former congressman from Vermont,
died at Pittsfeld. VT.
Charles Calageria, 35, a laborer on
the Boston and Albany road, was
killed by a train at Boston.
Louis NJ. Goodhue, 81. OF Brain
tree, Mass. was knocked down by
fire engine and died from his In
juries.
Reuben Levine Of Boston. %, ad-
mitted setting fires in East Boston.
Chelsea, Revere, Roxbury and Dor
chester for pay.
While crossing q street q few feet
from his home at Boston, Ralph
Tomlinson, u, was struck and killed
by an automobile.
Linus Shaw, 5, while playing in the
street near his home at Brockton.
Mass. was killed when he was struck
by an auto truck
In full view OF hundreds Of shop
pers at Boston, Mrs. Alfred Zaiss. 50.
was struck by an automobile. dying
in few minutes.
DR.. John E. Walker, physician at
the Maine state prison at Thomaston
for more than a quarter Of century.
died at the age OF So.
Mrs. Polly A. Nickerson. SO. OF
Harwich, Mass. died from the ef-
fects OF burns which she received
while lighting a kerosene lamp.
John Conners, IS, was found dead
In bed at Boston with gas escaping
from an open jet. II Is believed the
gas was accidentally turned on.
A chapel designed and built by pris-
oners at a saving Of Sl2 900 to the
state Of Massachusetts, was completed
at the state prison at Charlestown.
The faculty of the Boston univers-
ity school of theology has started q
course in evangelism and especially
on church methods in evangelism.
Samuel Spector and David Siegel.
constructors and builders. Boston,
filed a petition in bankruptcy. They
owe 1886, ,633.16. There are no as
sets.
Henry Brown, rs, Of Westbrook.
Me-, was caught between two Sec
tions OF q shifting train when he
tried to dodge between them and was
killed.
Fire from an unknown cause In the
structure occupied by the Star the
atre, Willimantic. Conn.,, spread to
the block adjoining and caused loss
Of 5000. 900.
Crowell F. Lord. a clerk in the
Bar Harbor, Me-, postofice. was
charged with converting to his own
use 500 CT postofice funds. He
pleaded guilty.
After an interval OF nearly tive
years Boston has again been chosen
by the United States government az
the port Of entry for Chinese for the
entire country.
The fishing smack Electric Light,
owned by the Bay State Lobster COM
pany OF Boston, was wrecked on the
rocks of Cape Porpoise. Me. The
crew were saved.
DR.. Francis j. Keany, so. trustee
of the city hospital and one Of the
best known specialists In Boston.
was found dead in bed. Death was
due to natural causes.
Ten percent increase in pay has
been granted employees Of the Corr
Manufacturing company and the
Whittenton Manufacturing company.
Taunton, Mass. cotton mills.
The discovery Of new comet oy
Rev. Joel H. Metcalf OF Winchester,
Mass. was announced by the Harvard
college observatory. Metcalf now has
four new comets to his credit.
Captain Alexander c. Dennison.
for twenty six years commander OF
passenger steamers plying between
Boston and Portland, died Of heart
disease at Portland In his SD year.
Frederick Lawrence, Jr.. was de-
tained by the police pending IN In
vestigation into the death Of his wife.
whose charred body was found In the
ashes of their cottage at Lee. Mass.
The only whaling museum in the
world was dedicated at New Bedford,
Mass. and the largest model Of .
vessel ever built for exhibition under
. roof was Launched" upon - Of
boards. .....