The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1922-05-11

With S1,75O,0O0 forest fire loss In a
week, Jesse l.. Mowry. Rhode Island
Commissioner Of Forestry. announced
that he would request the fire wardens
to meet the threatening woodland fire
conditions with rigid enforcement
Of the forestry laws.
More refine6 sugar is being export
ed from Boston than ever before and
the commodity finds Its way into for
eign markets where the demand or
dinarily is supplied from other sourc-
es. France is buying sugar here, the
latest shipment being 1900 tons.
DIR. Benjamin A. Graves OF Dor
chester, Boston, Mass, was elected
fifth supreme representative and j..
Franklin Batchelder OF Haverhill was
elected grand outer guard In the two
principal contests in the election or
officers at the convention Of the Mass
achusetts grand lodge, Knights OF
Pythias. Harry II. Lawrence was
elected grand chancellor.
Thomas Carmella, alias Thomas
Connolly, wanted by the Providence
police In connection with the robbery
Of the paymaster at the Eddy street
plant Of the American Screw Co. on
March 7, has been arrested in Bos-
ton. Edward III. Spencer, paymaster
for the screw company, was black
lacked on the steps of the concerns
plant His assailant seized a money
box containing $441796.
In a thunder storm lightning struck
the chimney OF William Robertson's
house in Newbur, port, Mass. Bricks
were hurled TO the ground and the
electricity entered the house, passing
into room occupied by Leslie NJ.
Robertson. aged 10. Apparently the
lightning jumped over his bed and
split a window frame, breaking glass
and tearing away plastering. then
disappeared down a pipe
with the prevalence Of crimes OF
violence, when day after day men
are shot down In cold blood by de-
generates who have no regard for the
lives Of others, IL is not an opportune
time to announce to the world that
our Superior Court judges may i'm
pose sentences and then Immediately
suspend them declared Gov. Cox In
a veto message 10 the Massachusetts,
legislature
Figures given out at the depart
ment OF education shows that there
are 234 40 persons Of school age in
Maine. OF this number 131 900 are en-
rolled in the elementary schools and
20.O4O in the secondary schools. Fur
Their figures show that the average
daily attendance OF the elementary
schools Is 101 DOT average daily at
tendance at high schools 1878. The
total cost Of education In the state
for the past year was s7.S76,410.
Fx-Atty. Gen william r. Pattan-
gau. who viii be the Democratic can
didate for governor u Maine in a let
ter sent to Rev. John NJ. Arters OF
Portland, declares that II he is elected
governor, the prohibitory laws and al
other laws viii be enforced as well
as he is able 10 get them enforced IN
the orderly and proper way in which
laws have been generally enforced ~
Maine during the past 100 years
Mrs Ann Dolan Aged 81, Of Can
bridge Mas. is she petitioner ~ o.
suit against the Uui-ei States gov
eminent aled in the fed raj district
court FOR damage from The loss II
the conlpanionship and support Of Der
husband. Patrick II Dolan. since be
was mustered out n service in the
ee,h regiment NeW York volunteers
n Aprn. 1865 she claims never 10
have sen him since be enlisted A.