Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-01-03
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For It least Q week Sabra Warren,
seventy, living six miles out OF dornam'
has been sleeping in the same BED with
the body Of her dead sister, Julia Warren.
This was the gruesome discovery made
last Wednesday night when Medical Ex-
aminer George l. Geer, OF Portland, ana
Harley Day, . selectman OF Gorham, WIS.,
tied the old Warren homestead.
The schooner John Bracewell arrived
at Newport, r. l., Saturday and reported
the loss Of her captain, l.. W. Robbins, OF
Harrington, when eight miles southwest
of Block Island, at 3 O'Clock Saturday
morning. He was attempting to secure
the main iibboom when he was knocked
overheard.
Mrs. Sophropia Holmes White died at
her home in New Sharon last Wednesday,
aged 101 years. She was the oldest
member Of the Colonial Daughters chapter
Of the d. A. r.
Robert Whitehouse, the vetern ship
rigger OF Belfast, died last Thursday,
aged seventy-three years. He was born
Ia l<iNSERVcts D"' h"N -
Belfast sixty years.
Frank H. Drummond, OF Bangor, for
years recogniz ed authority OF timber
land valuations, died Sunday, aged
seventy five years. For twenty years he
was superintendent for the spool plant OF
the American Thread Co., and later agent
for the J. 4 p. Coates Co. Since retiring
from this business, he had devoted his
time to bis own timberlaDd and real
estate interests, and had also been acting
in an advisory capacity for the American
Thread Co.
Albert q. Wentwort b, conductor OF the
east bound freight train which was In q
head-on collision with another freight
Gilead on Christmas eve, when four
trainmen were killed, testified at . hear
ing before the Public Utilities Com
mission that he had failed to deliver to
his engineer an order to pass the west
bound train at Gilesd, and also to stop
his train by use OF the airbrake when it
ran through that town without meeting
the other train.
Harold Z. Sawyer, OF the Sawyer Boot 4
Shoe Co., and son OF Andrew Z. Sawyer, the
founder Of the company, committed suicide
by shooting Sunday afternoon, in his office.
He was thirty seven years OF age. Mr.. Saw
yer went to his office after dinner Sunday
to do some work. His absence from the
afternoon rehearsal of the Pullen SYM
phony orchestra, OF which he was concert
master, led some Of the members to go to
his Office after the rehearsal, and he was
found dead. MIR. Sawyer was one OF the most
popular young men in Bangor. Besides
his important business connection with
the Sawyer Boot & shoe Co., he was prom-
nent in musical. social and fraternal cir
Giles.
The wood working mill OF Eldridge
Bros, at Dexter, was damaged by fire In
the extent of q 1000 Sunday afternoon.
Automatic sprinklers checked the fire and
prevented greater loss.
Charles r. Written, for many years
cashier Of the Augusta savings bank,
former state bank commissioner, and long
prominent in the financial and insurance
circles OF Maine, died Sunday, from heart
trouble, aged sixty four years.
Albert X. Glass, for many years in
charge OF the money order division at the
Bangor postofIice, was arrested Monday
on warrant charging him with the
ENLIGHTENMENT of $500, the complaint
having been made by Possoffice Inspector
Ralph K. Dakin.