The Somerset reporter., 1898-10-20
STATE AND GENERAL.


Thursday night. 1t was the first this
season and the earliest in 26 years. A
gale accompanied the snow fall, making
navigation on Lake Michigan impossible
Walter G. Blake of Paris, was ar
ranged In the Oxford supreme court,
Monday, charged with assault with In
tent to murder Agnes E. Blake, his
divorced wife. The jury returned ver-
dict of guilty.
A rumor here says that Macabulos,
chief of the five northern provinces of
the Philippine islands has rebelled
against Aguinaldo and that hard fight
idg has already taken place between the
opposing factions.
A special to the Whig from Mars Hill,
Aroostook county, says fire destroyed
the starch dry house of Thurlough &
Richards Monday night. Ten tons of
starch were also lost. Loss, about
$500; insurance, small.
Rev. w. F. Berry of Portland, has
under consideration an offer of the posi-
tion of field secretary for the Civic
League of Maine. The object of the
league is to arouse public sentiment and
to lead to more general reverence for
law.
Ismail Bey, the Turkish military gov
hoe INF ha 4 1o of ho
foreign warships that the sultan had
ordered the withdrawal of all Turkish
troops in Crete in compliance with the
joint note from Great Britain, Russia,
Italy and France.
The 7th Regular Infantry, sos men,
left Camp Wikoff, Friday, for forts in
the department of the lakes. The 7th
Regiment was the last in camp and
it's departure practically brings Camp
Wikoff to an end after an existance of
about 10 weeks.
Burglars cracked safe at the West
Buxton post office, Thursday night, and
got away with about 500 in cash and
stamps. Two breaks were also commit
ted at Old Orchard during the night, the
American Express office being entered
and about SO stolen.
Open time on moose has been the
cause of many gunners from Massachu-
setts fl ,cking to this State. The night
Pullmans for the east contain large
parties who, with guides and cooks, are
planning to spend the remainder of the
month in the woods.
Thomas Tarbox, formerly sheriff of
York county aud for several years treas
urer of the town of Buxton, and presi-
dent of the Buxton and Hollis Savings
Bank, died of heart disease, Monday
morning, while at work about his home
in Buxton. His age was 50 years.
DR.. Charles j. Milliken, prominent
citizen of Cherryfield, Me-, and one of
the leading physicians of Eastern Maine,
died, Monday morning, of paralysis.
He was graduate of Harvard medical
school, class of '66, and had been in con-
tinuous practice there for 80 years.
The members of the war investigating
committee are making this week tour
of the military camps, visiting in order
Jacksonville, Tampa, Atlanta, Hunts
vile, Admission, Chattanooga, Knoxville,
Lexington and Middletown. Later they
will 60 to the site of Camp Wykoff on
Long Island.
The burglars are still at it and the
fact that places so distant as Cape Eliza
beth and Palermo were entered the
same night show that at least more than
one gang are operating in the State. In
there have been at least 20 breaks with
in the past month and yet the officers
have made but one capture. Apparent
Iy one gang is working Kennebec, Som.
erset and Waldo counties.
The national peace jubilee of Chicago
was inaugurated with union thanksgiv-
ing service in the auditorium, the 10th.
President Mckinley attended and listen
ed to addresses by a Jewish rabbi, a
Roman Catholic priest, Presbyterian
clergyman and noted colored orator.
The applause for the President was ter
rife and at one time he was compelled
to rise in his box and respond to the
frantic cheering of the audience. The
service was religious.
General Richards has made arrange
ments so that when the soldiers shall
have moved from Camp Powers, all the
emergency blankets which are the prop
erty OF the State, together with all the
other blankets, bed ticks, mattresses
that have been used in the hospital In
fact everything that belongs to the State
of that nature, shall be thoroughly disin.
fected in the steam disinfecting plant Of
the Insane hospital. The buildings of
the camp are to be disinfected also.
About four o'clock, Thursday after
noon, fire was discovered in the barn of
Charles Lawrence at East Newport, and
in few minutes the entire farm build
ings and residence we're ablaze. Nearly
all the furniture was saved from
the house, but the contents of the