The Somerset reporter., 1896-09-03
STATE AND GENERAL.

Baths convicted iirebug las been
sentenced to one year IN State prison.
The failure Of the Old Emerson Piano
Company, Of Boston, Tuesday carried
down with it the Chicago establishment.
At Chailestown, Mass Thursday. a
passenger train crashed into a freight
train, as the result Of switch beina left
open. No Que was seriously injured ex-
cept the engineer and fireman On tie
freight.
The wholesale liquor dealers Of the
United States hold their convention in
Cleveland, this week. beginning on Mon
day. There will be 500 Oo0. 900 Of
capital represented and l60 delegates
will be on hand
At the races at Bangor TUESDAY, Or.
George II. Bailey of Portland state
veterinarian, was knocked down by a
running horse and badly injured He is
now at the Bangor house under the care
of physician and it will be some time
before he will get out
Ii Hung Chang is amazed at the man.
ner in which knowledge of his moves is
obtained by every one. WHY" he said
the other day, "how can they have
found it ont? There are millions of
people in China today WHO do not yet
know Of the war with Japan.
The BURBERRY packers at Columbia
Falls will can small stock this year, as
the market for that kind Of goods is
very weak. The berries must be bought
low and canned cheap to afford any
margin at all. On account of the wet
season the berries were later than usual.
About three hundred men are now at
work ON the Washington county rail
road. Ten miles have been contracted
and the grading is being pushed as
rapidly as possible and the ten miles
will be completed graded. bridged and
ready for the rails by the inst Of
September
An accident was oceasioned on the
Concord division of the Boston and
Maine L. K. at Concord, y. H., Thurs
day, by a defective switch. Several
ears were thrown from the track Three
cars were badly wrecked and fifteen
people were injured, three OF whom will
probably die.
DR.. Gallagher, the Irish American
dynamiter, who thirteen years ago was
sentenced to imprisonment for life, was
released from Portland prison, England.
Friday. 1t is believed that he will he
closely guarded until he is put on board
the American liner st. Paul at Southamp-
ton, and taken to New York.
Work on the sherman " Patten Il. r..
is about done, the rails being all down
and the grading pushed with all speed.
ON Monday the State Railroad Com
missioners inspect it, and if. as is most
likely, it proves satisfactory to them.
train service will be naugurated the
following day, September first.
The British bombarded Zanzibar.
Thursday, Khalid-bin Bargash refus-
ing to surrender the palace in accord
ance with the British consus ultima
tum. The bombardment lasted fifty
minutes and the palace was totally de
stroyed. said Khalid and his leading
adherents made their escape. Manoud
was afterward declared Sultan.
The Chair Company has been organ
, lied at Wateryille, for the purpose OF
purchasing of f. NJ. Boyer Of Fairfield.
all his right title and interest in con
/ yertibe chair, and carrying on the bus.
mess with So, 0o0 capital stock, Of which
SD is paid in. The officers are: Pre-.
sldent, +. c. Thayer Of Wateryille
treasurer Cyrus W. Davis of Wateryille
5 Rev. DR.. Charles F. Allen OF Portland
= father of Chief Engineer Vim. A. Allen
J who was drowned at Lewiston last
March, is suffering from a severe stroke
OF paralysis. He is in a conscious state
and easily recognizes friends whom Ii
is able to see. The shock ii his son ;
death and the strain connected with the
Z long search for and final recovery Of thu
body are believed to have done much
5 toward causing his present condition.
The new cruiser Brooklyn has proved
herself to be the greatest naval vessel Of
T. her class in the world, by covering
distance of s3 knots in a continuous rur
/; at an average speed of y q2-lo0 knot,
per hour. She still further showed tina
she is capable of greater speed thar
y 92-l0O, 10y maintaining an average o.
- 9-1o knots during period of her run
She gains for her builders, Cramps o
. Philadelphia, a bonus Of at least soc.
, OOO.
It's byno means peace in the sultan
domains. Wednesday afternoon III,
q Ottoman bank of Constantinople wa,
, seized by a large band of armed reyolu
tienists who closed the bank keeping
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