The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10
STATE AND GENERAL.

The financial loss caused by the storm
will reach over a million dollars in Bos-
ton alone.
Six brave fremen lost their lives in
fire on Merrimac street, Boston, carly
Saturday morning.
Theodore Cary, the founder, and for
nearly 10 years the proprietor of the
Aroostook Times, has sold the plant to
A. j. Reed and stephen Il. Hanson.
Ar. Hanson is graduate Of Colby in
the class of %.
The cost of the Cuban war from Feb.
ruary, 1856 to the end of 1877, is offici-
ally estimated at 4s,O00OO pounds
(sZ40, 600, besides the arrears due
from the Cuban treasury, amounting to
$4,000 pounds, $40, 900
The funeral Of the late General Harris
NJ Plaisted, Ex-Governor Of Maine, oc-
CURED at the st. Johns Episcopal church
at Bangor Thursday afternoon. A large
assembly of relatives and friends,
amongst whom we're numerous distin-
guished persons, were present.
One effect of the strike at New Bed
ford, is the closing of the parochial
schools through lack of funds to meet
expenses. This will necessitate the ap-
plication of 800 pupils for admission 10
the city schools, and the city has not
i accommod ations for them
In the Androscoggin valley about 40
tons of white newspaper are now being
produced daily-or one.quarter Of the
entire production of the United States.
One day last week a paper train hauled
out of Otis Fails on the Rumford road,
with twenty carloads of paper consigned
to Chicago newspaper. The Rumford
Falls Sulphide plant is to be consdera-
bly, increased the ensuing year.
Two rear end train collisions occurred
in the suburbs of Boston, last week
One Thursday, at Winter Hill on the
Boston and Maine road, by which thirty
or more persons were injured, one fatal
ly; and the other Friday, on the Fitch
burg road at Porter station. No one
was seriously injured. Both accidents
are attributed to the failure of the sig.
nails to work on account of the snow.
The principal talk of the day at New
Bedford in the strike situation is the
difference that has arisen between the
union and non-union operatives. This
difference promises to end an open rup-
tire, and as many cases of restitution
are actually reported, no doubt hun
dreds of non-union operatives would
take the first chance to make break
from the strikers and return to work.
All the biscuit and cracker companies
between Salt Lake City, on the west,
Portland, Me, on the east, St. Paul on
the north, and New Orleans on the
The name of the new concern, which
was incorporated in the State of New
Jersey with a capital stock of 81, 900, 900
of preferred and $4,000, 900 of common
stock, is the National Biscuit Co. 1t
controls 1879 plants, which is about 90
per cent of all the large bakeries in the
country. No change will be made in
prices.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
the London Times, says: "A failure in
the harvest has caused terrible distress
among the peasantry of the interior
provinces, especially in central and
southeastern Russia. In some places
they are worse off than during the fam
inc of 1891. The Russian editors have
been forbidden to refer to the matter.
Private letters from Tamboff, in the
province of that name, southeast of Mos
COW, say the peasants are feeding their
half starved cattle with the matches of
their roofs.
One of the incest sets of reference
books at the State library, was received
by Librarian Carver on Monday. 1t
was writings of George Washington
in IA volumes by Worthington Chauncey
Ford of Washington, d. c. 1t is much
better than the Sparks edition, in that
it has many more letters, also maps of
the movements of the Continental army
duriug the Revolutionary war. This
edition received contains over 5000 let
tiers. extracts from diaries and docu-
ments from las to 1909, and is very
excellent work.