The Somerset reporter., 1898-10-06
State and General.

the danger from yellow fever will have
passed and it is understood that the
movement of the troops will be begun
at that time.
Gen. Miles now proposes to send five
divisions of six Thousand men each, half
regulars aud half volunteers, to Cuba.
Gen Joseph Wheeler to command the
cavalry. If Gen. Wheeler goes he will
expect to return when Congress meets.
The President has given instructions
that all sick at Porto Rico be sent north
as soon as they are able to travel with
safety, his purpose being to relieve Cen
eral Brooke of the further care of the
sick and at the same time enable the
men to receive the treatment obtainable
in the better appointed hospitals.
Private F. H. Locke, Augusta, volnn-
teer signal corps.of Maine, died, Thurs
day at Providence, K. |. He was taken
i'll with dysentery in Cuba and was
brought to Montauk Point and arrived
at Providence, Wednesday, with other
sick soldiers. Parents, wife and two
young children survive him. His age
was 2S years.
The queen of Denmark died at $50, p.
m. Thursday, Sept. 10Th. At her bedside
were the king of Denmark, the dowager
empress of Russia, the king and queen
of Greece, the princess of Wales, the
duke and duchess of Cumberland, the
crown prince and crown princess of
Denmark, and all the other members of
the royal family.
By direction of the Secretary of War,
the Fourth United States Volunteer In
fantry detached from the It'll army corps
will be placed in readiness for imme-
diate service in Cuba, pursuant to Gen.
eral Orders 154, current series, from
this office, and proceed fully armed and
equipped to take station at Manzanillo,
which Is soon to be evacuated by Span
ish troops.
The Official Gazette at Havana, pub
lished, Thursday, a decree signed by
Captain General Blanco and bearing
date of september 81, granting pardon
to and ordering the release of all politi-
cal prisoners now undergoing confine-
ment in the island. 1t is understood
that orders have been given to Spanish
forces in different parts of Cuba to
march to certain parts named to take
ship for Spain.
The Augusta Savings bank celebrated
the 50th milesto ae of its existence by a
dinner at the Augusta House, Thursday
evening, given by the president, Mr..
Joseph II. Manley, to which every incor-
porator of the bank, Governor Powers,
Congressman Burleigh, Justice William
p. Whitehouse, Hon. f. E. Undertake,
the bank examiner, and some of the
officials of the other banking institu-
tons of the city were invited.
The Democratic convention of New
York State at it's convention, Thursday,
nominated this ticket: For Governor,
Augustus Van Wyck of Kings; Lieuten-
ant Governor, Eliot Danforth of Che
mango; Secretary of State, George w.
Batten of Niagara; Comptroller, Edward
(instead of Edwin) Atwater, Duchess;
State Treasurer, K. P. Norris of Wayne;
Attorney General, Thomas y. Conway
of Clinton; State Engineer and Surveyor,
Martin Schenck of Rensselaer,. The gu
bernatorial candidate is brother of
Mayor Van Wyck and judge of the
State Supreme Court.
1t is very hard to find a buster place
anywhere than the Hollingsworth and
Whitney plant at Winslow, at the pres
ent time. The large force of men en-
ployed there for some time have about
put things in readiness for the con-
struction of the new sulphite MILL
Percy Jordan of Bangor is at work on
the Golfer dam which is to keep the
water away from the work on the new
mill and in few days this, too, will be
finished. Near the Office two large
cement sheds are nearly completed and
in these will be stored the large guam
tity of cement to be used in the building
of the new mill.
One man blowing open safe and TAX
ing his time about it, while two others
armed with revolvers kept the wide
awake but thoroughly frightened citi-
zens from interfering with the operation
of the chief craftsman, was the novel,
not to say enjoyable, sensation which
Cornish, Maine, experienced at an early
hour, Friday morning. The safe to suf-
fer was that of postmaster and general
trader, James F. Jameson, who found
his strong box 1918 lighter than he left
it the night before, when matters had
quoted down sufficiently for him to ex-
anime the wreck. The citizens in that
precinct were awed into silence.
Japanese advices received, state that
scandals have developed concerning the
general management of two Japanese
railway enterprises. Directors of the
Nishi Mari railway company have dis
covered deficiency of 275,000 yen in
the company's assets and have demand
ed an examination. President Manako