The Somerset reporter., 1898-05-12
STATE AND GENERAL.

Arkansas property was damaged hun
Oh eds of thousands of dollars worth by
tornadoes and waterspouts last week
The president has sent to the Senate the
nomination of George NJ. Warren to be
collector of customs, district of Castine,
Maine
Westbrook seminary has Cuban stu
dent among its members. His father is
captin in the Spanish army, but the
young man himself is an enthusiastic
shouter for Cuba libre.
Some of the heavy orders given by the
government during the past week, to
the industrial establishments of the
country, were 100000 yards wooden
cloths, $4,000 blankets and 5000, 900
yards of cotton goods, besides great
quantities of provisions and other sup
plies.
A suggestion by the Waterville Even
ing Mail, that the families of the soldiers
of Company II should be well cared for
in their absence, brought early fruit.
During the evening a business man ON
the street came into the Mail office with
check for S25, which he said he would
Ike to devote to the purpose.
The office of the West End hotel,
Portland, was entered by two masked
men who carried revoyers and slug
shot, Thursday night. About % men
were present. The robbers exhibited
considerable nerve at first but the com
motion was too much for them and they
fled before they could be secured.
Canton Houlton, Patriarchs Militant,
have notified Brig Gen. II. q. Foster of
Watervile, that on account of the war
it will be impossible for them to enter.
tain the State organization in June as
previously arranged. The Houlton Can
ton had planned to have the State militia
tents to camp the visitors out III. The
tents are now at Augusta.
Over in Watervile, the anti-cigarette
league, composed of some boys of that
city, has, it is reported, succeeded in
stopping the sale of cigarettes, No
cigarettes have been sold there since Sat
urday, il is said, so that the people who
use that form of tobacco have to go to
Fairfield or call on the Maine Central
newsboys for their supplies.
Pres McKinley's cabinet is at present
constituted as follows: William X, Day,
secretary of state Lyman j. Gage, sec
rotary of the treasury; Russell A. Alger,
secretary of war; John W. Griggs, attor-
ney general Charles Emery Smith,
postmaster general; John d. Long,
secretary of the navy; Cornelius y.
Bliss, secretary of the interior, James
Wilson, secretary of agriculture.
1t was announced Thursday, that
Joseph Letter had sold 1000, 600 bushels
of No. . red wheat to French syndicate
at 2S francs elf continent The sale is
equivalent to S1.47 per bushel. George
b. French, Letters manager, said in
regard to the transaction: "A French
syndicate cabled last night asking us to
offer as much wheat as we could. We
offered 1000 600 bushels at Is francs,
which we considered an almost prohibit
tive price 1t was Immediately accept
ed
Miss Mary Pereival of Auburn, recent
ly won the second prize in notable
literary contest. The prizes were offer
ed, by the Massachusetts, Society of the
Colonial Danes of America, for the two
best essays written by student of any
of the New England women's colleges.
Editor Meade of the New England
Magazine was the Judge. The first
prize was won by Miss Haskell, a gradu-
ate student at Radcliffe College, and
Miss Perciyal, an undergraduate at Mt.
Holyoke, received the full amount of
the second prize, $50. Her essay was
on Maine Colonial History.
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