The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-09-29

Four-iifths of the customs dues at
New York are now being paid in gold.
The newspapers of the world are just
beginning to appreciate the fact tn It
Boston is building the biggest railroad
station in the country.
The safe in the savings bank in Bethel
was blown open by burglars early sat
urday morning. The explosion aroused
the people in the neighborhood and the
burglars were frightened away without
securing any booty.
During the last twenty five years the
number of college students in the
country in proportion to population has
increased over one hundred per cent
The higher education of women has had
considerable to do with this.
A lumber deal is reported, whereby
Henry Hudson, NJ. l.. Ilussey and II. l..
Douglass of Guilford, have sold 10 Mr..
Emery, of Oldtown, 100000 feet OF
stumpage. The timber is situated III
Kingsbury. The logs will be driven to
Rowland, for the pulp company there.
The price reported is $3.50 per thousand.
Col. George f. Waring, Jr,, will, it is
stated, be asked to undertake the SAM
tary reformation of Havana, Santiago
and other uban cities. 1t is believed
by members of the Administration that
he would be the ideal man to direct the
cleansing of those cities and the engi-
neering and administrative work neces-
sary to keep them clean
The residence and barn of Charles w
Shaw on the Mud Mills road, two miles
from the Togus Home, Augusta, were
burned to the ground at o'clock Thurs
day afternoon. The fire caught in the
barn in an unexplained manner. Mr..
Shaw was about to move in. Fifteen
tons of hay and farming tools were de-
stroyed Loss $780, no insurance.
John H. Morrison, superintendent of
farming, appointed by G. II. Hunt, agent
of the Penobscot tribe, reports that the
amount of farming done by the tribe
this year is better than it has heretofore
averaged. Sylvia Stanslaus of Malta
nowcook Island across from Lincoln has
led, having a field of wheat which is
something unusual for the tribe. This
member of the tribe also cultivated
more land than any of the other MEM
beers, having about ten acres.
At the ann ual meeting of the W. Z. L.
Union at Bangor, last week, Mrs. l.. NJ.
n. Stevens was unanimously reelected
president. Miss Cornela NJ. Dow of
Portland, daughter of the late General
Neal Dow, was elected corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Sarah Lord Cram having
declined a reelection. Miss Clara NJ.
Farwel of Rockland, was elected re-
cording secretary; Miss Estelle NJ. Brain
erd of China, assistant recording secre-
tary, and Mrs. Adelaide S. Johnston of
Fort Fairfield, treasurer.
Hon. sherman Hoar, who has been
confined to his home in Concord, for
seven or eight days with pneumonia, is
now seriously i'll with typhoid fever.
Yesterday the pneumonia cleared and
the typhoid developed. DR.. George E.
1itoomb, who accompanied him on his
visits through the military hospitals of
the South IN the interest of the Massa-
chusetts Volunteer Aid Association, is
attending him in his sickness. The dis
ease has not fully developed yet, Mr..
Hoar is seriously, though not CT tically,
| Ill.
Eden w. Hacks, money order clerk
in the Augusta postoffice, was arrested
at o'clock Friday morning by Postoffice
Inspector Theodore w. Swift for the
embezzlement of $14O0 and taken before
U. s. Commissioner Choate. Postmas
ter Stinson and the inspector testified
against him. He was represented by A.
M. Goddard, Esq, and pleaded not
guilty, although he afterwards partially
admitted his guilt, saying that he lost
the money from his pocket. He was
bound over under $1,000 bonds to the
circuit court at Portland.
1t is predicted that American troops
will start for Cuba Oct. 10, five or six
war ships accompanying them Presi-
dent Mckinley has been informed by
cable that, in the commissions opinion,
the troops would run only the slightest
risk from the climate by that time, es-
pecially if two regiments were sent in
advance to equip the camps with floored
tents of double canvas as recommended.
The proposed plan is to camp the men
on the ridges toward Marianao, where,
under strict discipline, no city leave,
and only such duty as was necessary
for policing, it is believed the men would
be entirely free from illness.
Charles F. Stevens, prominent and
respected resident of Oakland, died at
his home, Wednesday evening. Mr.
Stevens has long been identified with
Oakland interests and in 1852 was APP
pointed postmaster by President Lin
coin, in which office he served continu
ously until 1879. He had been in failing
health all summer, and his malady,
Bright's disease, few weeks ago as
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