The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-09-22
STATE AND GENERAL.

week and George Foster Peabody of
New York, was elected his successor.
At his own request, Robley d. Evans
has been relieved of the command of the
battleship, Iowa. He will succeeded by
Captain Silas w. Terry, now in COM
mand of the receiving ship Franklin at
the Norfolk Navy Yard.
A heavy forest fire has been raging in
township %, near Beddington, in Wash
ington county, which has burnt much
valuable lumber and many lumber
camps. The land is owned by parties of
herfyfield and Ellsworth. The owners
of the land have crews at work trying to
subdue the flames.
i ". d. Bynum, ex-chairman of the ma.
tional gold Democratic committee, was
/ in Chicago, last week, and held a con-
/ ference with the other leaders of the
Palmer Buckner party. The gold men
believe the regular Democratic organiza-
ton intends to press the silver issue
again this fall, and they intend to do
what they can to defeat it.
A violent hurricane of ten hours du-
ration swept over the Danish West In
dies, Monday, the 18th, which resulted
| in the loss of over one hundred lives and
vast amount of property. Buildings
were blown down and several vessels
wrecked or blown out to sea. Numbers
were left homeless and flocked to the
capitol at Bridgetown for food and shell
ter.
The Sandy river railroad from Farm
ington to Strong is to be changed from
narrow to broad guage. This can be
done with little expense and to the
great advantage of both the Maine
Central and Sandy River roads. Strong
will, instead of Pennington, become the
terminus of the narrow gauge railroad
system of Franklin county somewhat to
the disadvantage of Pennington.
Nearly 1900 lasters in the big shops
of Brockton, Rockland, Whitman, East
Weymouth, Stoughton, Middleboro and
Randolph were ordered out 2 o'clock,
Monday afternoon. The manufacturers
having declined to accede to the de-
mands of the lasters for a new price list
providing for an increase over the old
rates. A protracted fight is expected
Most all the lasters in Brockton with
the exception of those of the Douglass
factory, have gone out.
Detroit was Wednesday selected by
the sons of Veterans as the place for
holding next years annual encampment
A new ritual was adopted. 1t provides
for only one degree instead of three.
A resolution was adopted favoring the
continuance of military tactics in the
public schools. 1t was decided to get
up petition to the secretary of the navy
to name one of the new hattleships
'Lincoln" A role Of all veterans who
served in the late war with Spain is to
be published. John NJ. Thurston was
elected life member.
The Brunswick Board of Trade has
extended cordial invitation to the
officers and delegates of the State Board
of Trade to hold its annual meeting in
Brunswick on Thursday, September %,
at o o'clock a. m. The State Board has
accepted the invitation and the call has
been issued for the meeting to convene
there at the hour and date named. The
Brunswick board has arranged for ride
in the afternoon and a reception and
banquet in the evening. All participant
ing will be expected to attend the meet
ing at the hour named, to be seasonably
provided for.
By direction of Department Comman-
der Eustis, Adjutant General j. Ewin
Nye of Auburn, has issued general or
ders No. relating to the fifth annual
encampment of the Department of Maine
U. V. u, to be held at Rockland, Wednes-
day, October 20, by invitation of Gen.
Tilson Command No. II. The encamp-
ment will consist of the department com
mander, first and second deputy COM
manders adjutant general, quartermas-
ter general and all other department
officers, the colonel and one delegate
for each command and one additional
delegate for every ten members in good
standing at the last meeting.
A state of gloomy apprehension pre-
walls among the population in the vicin-
ity of Naples, regarding the eruption of
Vesuvius, which is hourly becoming
more active and menacing. Streams of
lava are spreading in every direction.
The most threatening of these flows
through the Vedrino valley, which is
almost filed. The observatory which
originally stood at height of 610
metres, is now only q metres about the
sea level, owing to the sinking of the
ground. Seven new craters have formed
around the central one and this has not
tended to diminish the fears formerly
felt, which were based upon the erup-
ton of stones and scoriae similar to that
which occurred in 1872.
Governor Powers and several members
of his staff visited the ST. John, New
Brunswick exposition, Friday last. The
| nponle turned ont In large Numbers m