The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-09-24
STATE AND GENERAL.

VIM. J. Bryan will visit Hon. Arthur
Sewall at Bath, Sept %.
Hon. 5. l.. Milliken made 33 speeches
in the third congressional district dur
ing the campaign.
A Madrid, Spain, dispatch says that a
fierce revolution is predicted in the
mother country in case of the failure to
conquer Cuba.
VIM. f. Sheehan of New York, has
forwarded his resignation from the
Democratic National committee to
chairman Jones.
Work has begun at Portland ON the
big grain elevator for the Grand Trunk
railroad. 1t will hold million bushels
and will be completed by December first.
The New York Democrats at the con
yention held in Buffalo last week, en-
dorsed the Chicago platform and cand-
dates, and nominated John Boyd
Thatcher for governor, and Wilbur F,
Porter for lieut-governor.
A writ was served, Friday, in suit
for libel against the Lewiston Daily sun
Publishing Co brought by +. l.. Thomp-
son of Monmouth, upon whom it is al
legged the paper attempted to fasten a
charge of murder in the Monmouth case
Damages are fixed at 81 ZOO.
Over 1000 delegates representing
100000 negro Baptists OF america,
assembled in the First Baptist church
at st. Louis Friday, and will remain in
session for week The occasion was
the 18th annual convention of the
National Colored baptist association.
The 39th sem-annual session of the
Grand Lodge of Good Templars of
Maine, will be held at Caribou, on
Thursday and Friday, October and :,
1896. Special arrangements have been
made with railroads which will sell the
members round trip excursion tickets
for one fare.
Premier Laurier, has selected Able
4 1ONiAf 'iNN iNNtpi VI lava lSll1
as an ambassador from Canada to the
Pope to try to settle the difficulty about
schools in Manitoba Able Proulx left
for Rome on the steamship Harve from
New \ DIRK last Saturday. but his mission
only became known Thursday.
The Society of the Sons of the Revo-
luton, Thursday afternoon, observed
the centennial of Washington's farewell
address by public meeting in Baxter
hall, Portland, at which Mayor Baxter
presided. Hon. Fred y. Dow read the
inaugural address from copy of the
original. Augustus F. Moulton then
delivered an address suitable to the
occasion.
The l.. A. W. weekly bulletin contains
the following: Suspended, thirty days
from September ), for competing in
unsanctioned races, Joseph Conway,
Martin o. Brien, Lewiston, Maine: O. L.
Leighton, Falmouth, Maine; John W.
Morrill,, Ernest Chapman, Harry Haskell
and W. Verrill, Gray, Maine. Declared
professionals, Herbert y. Pratt SHOW
hogan, Maine, clause d.
For some time it has been thought
that it would be necessary for the Ed
wards Manufacturing Co. to close their
mills in Augusta because of the de-
preston in the cotton goods market.
But at meeting of the company at the
Augusta House, Wednesday evening,
besides transactihg regular business it
was decided to continue operation as
there was an improvement in the mar
ket.
United States Treasurer Edy has
mailed to 81 citizens of the United
States checks aggregating SIS, 800, being
the seth annual payment of interest on
allowed claims against the government
of Spain originating prior to 1884 the
payment of which was provided for by
the treaty of that year. The amount of
the claims allowed by Spain was $780,
$50, which the Spanish government has
so far failed to pay, although repeat
eddy urged to do 80 by this government
The interest, however is paid regularly
each September