The Somerset reporter., 1898-04-14
STATE AND GENERAL.


Both branches of Congress, Thursday,
adjourned until Monday
The United States officials have pur-
chased the British steamer Zafiro.
Saturday the Biddeford strikers voted
unanimously to go back to work Monday.
Republicans carried Lincoln, Nebraska
Wednesday, and were generally success
full in town elections all over the State
Lincoln is where Mr.. Bryan lives.
Miss Jessie E. Parker was elected
mayor of Kendriok, Idaho, Thursday,
after spirited contest. Her opponent
was one of the most popular men in the
city.
The new Peruvian warship Diogenes
which our Cover nment has purchased IN
England, has been rechristened the
Topeka" in honor of Kansas State
capital.
News has just been received of a
recent horror on the Dyea trail Alaska.
A great avalanche killed from fifty to a
hundred men and women and buried ten
thousand tons of outfits.
Jere Shannon, landlord of the Shannon
House of Bath, died suddenly Wednes-
day night. Mr.. Shannon has been an
hotel landlord about 35 years. He first
became connected with a hotel in Port
land.
The carpenters strike at Chicago end.
ed, Wednesday, when all the large con-
tractors signed the union carpenters
agreement. This is a victory for the
strikers. The strike caused 5000 Union
carpenters to quit work.
A Wilmington, Delaware, company it
United States government contract for
furnishing $50, 10000 worth of powder
and the mills are being rushed to turn
out the material as rapidly as possible
The government of China has de.
cded to do away with the restriction on
the use of steam navigation of internal
rivers and lakes 1t has determined
that wherever now foreigners are per-
mitted to navigate the streams and lakes
motor.
John V. Lane, who was appointed
assistant postmaster, at Augusta, when
Mr.. Stinson became postmaster, Feb. l.,
has been promoted to fill the new office
of cashier. Mr.. Lanes new Off ce
carries with it an increase in salary of
5000. The duties of Mr.. Lane are the
entire supervision of the financial bust
ness of the office
According to SPECIAL dispatch from
Shanghai, advices have been received
there from hung Kin, province of
Sechuin on tributary of the Yang Use
Kiang, stating that the region around
the city is in state of open rebellion;
the local authorities are powerless to
arrest the men who recently murdered
the American missionary and a mob
is sacking French mission in the
neighborhood.
There is said to be a movement on
foot to re-organize the Wiscasset 4
Quebec X. r. Co, with the ultimate
plan of making it standard gauge and ex-
tending the road farther north. The
proposition is that the present bond
holders relinquish their holdings in ex.
change for new bonds of the reorganized
corporation. Then the gauge is to be
widened, and two routes for extension
of the road will be considered. One is
by the way of Augusta to Oakland where
connection will be made with the Somer-
set railroad to Bingham, thence extend
ing the road to a connection with the
{ anadian Pacific road. The other pro-
posed route is to extend the ". d @ to
Pittstield, thence by the way of the
Sebasticook & Moosehead road to Har-
mony, and from thence pushing on for a
connection with either the Canadian
Pacific or the Bangor IL Aroostook road
1t is claimed that New York capitalists
are back of the scheme and that they
really mean business.