The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-20
STATE AND GENERAL.

family lot al belfast.
Orders have been given by the Navy De-
partment for the gunboats Newport and
Vicksburg, built by the Bath Iron Works,
to 90 over the Maine course on or about
the 25th inst.
The proposed new charter for Portland,
Me, was defeated Monday, by a vote OF
1910 10 1916. The female membership
of the school board proposition was de-
feated, 100 to IIoo,
The forty-fifth annual meeting of the
Maine Medical association will be held
, in the Common Council Chamber, City
Building, Portland, Wednesday. Thurs
day and Friday, June , , and /, 1897.
Raymond Whitake, of Bradley, a rather
weak minded young man, was instantly
killed by Maine Central train, Monday,
near Old Town, while walking on the
track. The usual warning was disregard
| ed.
A hearing before Judge Whitehouse,
Monday, in the celebrated Southland will
case of Richmond resulted in the Judge
suggesting that the case be referred to
the Law ICourt which will meet next
week,
Augusta citizens voted Monday, to
accept an act passed by the legislature
to redistrict ward one into two wards,
thus making eight wards instead of sev.
en-. The act was accepted by vote OF
| 423 to 1855.
Portland rejected its proposed new
city charter, Nj onday, and also a propo-
sition to amend the present charter by
adding to the membership of the school
board. three women, to be elected from
the cityvat large, by small majority.
Ex-Governor Cleaves has returned to
the practice of the law in good ernest, and
this week appeared in a case heard in Ok
ford county. The Ex-Governor argued
the case before the jury, and won it. II
was his first jury case in four years.
A correspondent of the Star-Herald
Presque Isle says: "Beef cattle are
scarce and the prices away up. Old hors.
es are plenty and the prices away down
Can't the farmers see where the profit
eomes2" Evidently some of them can't
Portland Press Gen. Lew Wallace
says that the Sultan is the greatest dip
lomat in the word-and it looks very
much, in the light of eyegts of the pres
ent and of the recent past, that the esti
mate is by no means an inaccurate one.
About 100 looms in the bingham de
partment of the York cotton mills at
Biddeford, were started Monday morn
ing. This department of the mills has
been practically shut down for year
The whole corporation is now running
nearly at its full capacity.
Some $50 delegates, representing up
wards to 1000 iron and steel workers,
assembled at Detroit. Tuesday. in the
Association of Iron and Steel Workers
The convention will be at work several
days arranging the wage schedule.
The situation in Cuba remaines un,
changed. Occasional skIrmishes between
the Spanish troops and the insurgents are
reported but no decisive engagements
have been fought The Spanish are con.
tent to remain in Havgna, and the insur.
gents are scattered in the Western part
of the island.
The city building matter in Watervile
is now in the hands of the supreme court
There will be some satisfaction in having
the methods OF procedure authoritatively
passed upon. II the court decides that
the steps that have heen taken are lega
the construction of the building will 20
forward merriy and Waterville will
soon have an additional attraction. say.
the Mail
Elverton K. Chapman, the recalcitIan
sugar trust witness who refused to answer
Senate committee questions as to wheth
er he had acted as a broker for any Sena
tor in speculations in sugar trust, occu
pies cell at the district Jail and will con-
tinue there IS days, Chapman surrender
ed himself to United States Marshal VII
son in accordance with the understanding
previously reached.
The State Superintendent OF Schools
Hon. WV. Stetson, announces that the
seasons summer schools will commence
July 18th and close August 18th. There
will probably be five schools this year
In 1896 there were four. 1t is the
superintendent plan to have from two tC
three weeks session at each school. The,
will be held in York, Lincoln, Aroostool
and Kennebee counties.
| uC DltIt IdtliUhu commissioners tlhNt
reported in favor of allowing the mum
cipal authorities Of Bangor. to locate tn,
rails of the Penobscot Central trolley
line in city streets. This practically al
lows the claim of the Central people
who have been making u prolonged tigh
before the board in the person of thei
counsel, Hon. Herbert NJ. Heath of Au
gusta. tor whom the decision comes il
the nature of victory.
A Cuban memorial was sent to tht
Secretary of State by 250 banking, ship
ping, manufacturing, importing and Elk
porting individuals and firms in New
York, Philadelphia, Boston, St. Louis
aud other cities of the United States
After reciting briefly the commercial
loss of the United States because of tn,
Cuban war, the memorial expresses tn,
hope that the secretary will "determin,
upon the expediency of taking measures
which may facilitate an honorable recon
cilaton between the contending par
ties
News reached Bangor Monday of tn,
drowning of William Perry of North Lin
coin. James Francis Of Oldtown and AL
bert Conner of Vim. Saturday afternoon
in Pamdedumcook lake just south of tht
thoroughfare between that and Ambee
jus lake. These three men with three
others were coming out from the drives
in canoe, which was swamped in the
rough water IN the Pamdedumcook. The
bodies have deem recovered. Francis i,
the son of the famous Joe Francis, Maine,
most famous guide and hunter, He wa!