The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-09-15
STATE AND GENERAL.

Ne" Westminster. the chlef cltv 81
the Frazer river In British Columbia ~as
nearly consumed by fire. Sunday even
ing. All the buildings on ten streets
were destroyed and hundreds were made
homeless. The loss will reach oyer two
million dollars.
Burglars blew open the safe in the
mill of J. 5. Clark Al Freeport. early
Sunday, and secured between $50 and
500 and few checks. A night watch
rushed to the scene bur was confronted
by the burglars aud shot at. The floor
and entire Office where the safe was kept
VISA complete wreck.
While hauling load Of cora 70 the
Foxcroft corn factory, Monday forenoon.
the team belonging to Charles Brock
way of Sangervlle, ran away, throwing
Brockway out, severely cutting his head
and body and causing injuries that may
prove fatal. \ physician dressed the
wounds and the injured man was taken
home.
The steamer kosale has arrived at
Seattle Wash. from Skaguay. Alaska,
with go passengers from Dawson. who
brought about $500, 900 in gold dust aud
drafts. William Stanley Of Seattle, had
about 100000 in drafts. The 500
pounds of gold on which they were IS
sued, was shipped down the river TO 81.
Michael.
The entire plant of the Waumbeck
Wooden Mills Of Milton. \. H., WAS COM
pletely destroyed by fire, Sunday. with
loss of nearly 10000. The mills
have been idle since 1890, but arrange
ments were recently completed for re-
suming work. and they were 10 have
started up again, Monday. giving en-
ployment to 300 hands. The origin of
the fire is unknown.
The Clark x Chaplin ice houses at
East Bowdoinham were totally destroy
ed by fire, Tuesday night, with about
of II buildings and was one of the
largest on the Kennebec. The loss is
estimated at $50 900 and it is under
stood that there was no insurance.
The property was owned by the New
York Consolidated Ice Co.
An explosion of forty gallons of gaso.
lene in the cellar of a grocery store at
Philadelphia. Sunday evening, resulted
ia the loss of nearly dozen lives. I'm
mediately following the explosion the
building collapsed and buried all beneal b
the debris. The theory of the accident
is that the proprietor entered the cellar
with a lighted lamp which ignited with
the fumes of the gasolene.
Thomas H. Wheeler son of Gen.
Joseph Wheeler, and End Lieutenant
Newton D. Kirkpatrick, LIST Cavalry,
were drowned while bathing last We'd
nesday at Camp Wikoff. Young Wheel
er was naval cadet in his second year.
He has been acting on his fathers staff
for some time past. He was II years
of age, was fine young fellow and had
made host of friends among the older
officers.
DR.. o. A. Boulay, who for the past
two years has been praeticing medicine
in Waterville has left there and located
at Livermore Falls. DR.. Boulay is a
very bright young man and he has
many friends there who regret to see
him go away. He is very prominent
member of the Foresters of America
and through his efforts two very thirty
ing courts have been instituted in that
city.
Jos. Letter has cleared up his famous
wheat deal. Every creditor has beer
paid, obligations to banks whose assist
ance was enlisted have been cancelled
and 100000 bushels of wheat have
been liquidated since the announcement
of the voluntary assignment nearly
: three months ago This has been done
only by great sacrifices, including the
giving of mortgages on property belong
ing to the Letter estate aggregating near
, ly S., 800, 600 in value.
Calais is enjoying a business boom il
certain lines just now. The wooler
mill owned by D. NJ. johnson Il Co.
started mn with a full crew after Sey
era weeks of idleness and the pros
pect of steady work is very promising
The cotton mill started again after &
) shut down of two weeks, and work or
the St. Croix Il Penobscot and the
Washington county roads is employing
nearly 500 men on this end. Beside,
these the shoe factory is running stead
lily, and it is reported that the granite
works will be running ere long.
The Maine 4 New Hampshire Gran
lite Company of Portland have beer
awarded the contract for the construc
ton of the Smith Memorial, which is K
be erected under the auspices of the
Paramount Park Association, in Fair
mount Park, Philadelphia, Pa. 1t is Z
monumental memorial to be built oi
North Jay granite and is to include
equestrian statutes in bronze of Major
General George B. Mcclellan and Win
field 5. Hancock and other prominent
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