The Somerset reporter., 1897-06-17
STATE AND GENERAL.

At meeting in the interest of the
Wscassett & Quebec r. r. held at
Coopers Mills Thursday, 600 people
were present
The Syracuse University at its COM
mencement granted an honorary LII.
D to Rev. VIM. Dewitt Hyde, president
of Bowdoin college.
The fifth annual convention of the
Maine State Epworth League will be
held at Chestnut street church, Port
land, July I, and 9th.
Out of IS 900 tons of ice in the Farm
ingdale houses, which were destroyed
by fire some weeks ago the owners have
been able to save only u, 100 tons.
President Mckinley was in attendance
upon the Tennessee Exposition at Nash
vile, Friday A detachment of ex-con
federate veterans acted as his guard of
honor
The trustees of Kents Hill have &C
cepted the resignation Of Rev. c. W.
Gallagher as president and Rev. A. f.
Chase of Bucksporl has been chosen
his successor.
The L. S. torpedo boat, Porter,
Thursday, made the circuit of Long
Island in II hours, 81 minutes, dis
lance of nearly 500 miles The time
was never Appropriated before.
Of late conferences between the am
bassadors of the Powers and Tewfik
Pasha, the Turkish minister for foreign
affairs, the Ottoman officials have been
no more conciliatory on the subject of
Thessaly.
The wives and daughters of the loco
motive engineers, firemen and other en-
ployes of the Maine Central Railroad
Company, are forming an association to
be known as the Maine Central Relief
Ladies' Auxiliary.
The wife of Ruiz has filed with the
department claim for $4,000 for the
death of her husband and it is surmised
that the next step in the case will be the
presentation of claim against the
Spanish government in her behalf.
Washington dispatches say that Pres
ident Mckinley holds Spain wholly re-
sponsble for the death of Ruiz, that he
has taken all legitimate steps Within his
power, and all that remains is to formu-
late note making a demand upon
Spain for reparation
The Colby junior appointments are:
II. S. Allen, V assalb0ro; T. c. Herrick,
Green; G. K. Quincy, Portland; A. H..
Page, Fitchburg, Mass c. NJ. Woodman,
Waterville; n. X. Fuller, Winslow; W
+ L. McFadden, Augusta. Women-Alce
L. Cole, Hope; Edna II, stephens, Nor
way
Thomas NJ. Bran, convicted of the
murders of the Herbert Fuller, was be-
fore court in Boston Friday to be inform
ed of the indefinite postponement of his
execution, or until the opinion from the
United States Supreme Court is received
Bran appeared to be in good health and
spirits.
The following schedule for Maine sum-
mer schools has been prepared by Sup
erintendent of schools Stetson: New
castle, commencing July II; at Orono,
July 10; at Saco, July 10 at Machas
July 81: Houlton, August 10. The
school at Orono will be in session three
weeks the others two weeks each.
Arrangements are being made for a
meeting of fruit growers from different
parts of the State in the rooms of the
State Board of Agriculture, Augusta,
June 28, att 30 o'clock pm. The object
of the meeting is TO consider matters
connected with the marketing of fruit
and the organization of a Maine Fruit
Growers Union.
William A. Rogers, professor of
physics and astronomy at Colby Unver-
sity, has resigned to take effect at com
mencement. Professor Rogers was for
merly assistant professor of astronomy
at Harvard College. Since coming to
Colby he has acquired wide fame
through the invention of several scien-
tiflc machines and by his x-ray expert
ments
Portlands mysterious hallway firebug,
appears to have resumed business, as an
incendiary blaze was discovered Thurs
day afternoon in the hallway on the
third floor of business block in the re-
tail commercial center. Timely dis
eovery averted serious fire. The po-
lice are working on the case but are
meeting with no better success than
before.
Gilbert Blundell, who was to have
been placed on trial Friday in the Sup
RENE court charged with assault with
intent TO kill IN woundng Jack Moses
at Lowelltown, was given a surprise as
the State mol pressed the charge and
instead presented one of assault and bat
terry with dangerous weapon. To this
Blundell pleaded nolo contendere and
was given four months in jail.
An accident on the Boston and Maine
Il. r. near Exeter, n. H., Thursday,
caused the death of three men: Charles