The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-07-06

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morning and the more tender plants
suffered to a considerable extent, many
being destroyed.
The export of S13,50O,0O0 of gold
last month has made but slight impress
sion upon the gold reserve of the
country. In spite of this export the
Treasury gold surplus has increased
nearly $4,000, 900, and with more than
50 per cent. of customs payments
making in gold the increase continues
day by day.
A new building material is coming in.
to use in some parts of Germany. 1t is
termed keramo, and is said to be made
of powdered glass wasted, divitrified,
and nodded under high pressure. The
center of the industry is at Penzig,
Silesia. The price is given at S1.60 per
square yard. The material is weather
proof, fire proof, and acid and grease
proof, is Opaque and of different colors
to suit individual tastes. There should
be good demand for such material, as
it is tough and practically indestructible.
Capt. Dreyfus has been brought from
DEVILS island to Rennes for his second
court martial. He was ignorant of the
fact that new oourtmartial awaited
him and remained in ignorance during
the first part of the voyage. When he
was finally informed, not a muscle of
| his face moved. He merely said
81 have no i'll will toward anybody.
| shall be glad to re-enter the army,
which l never ceased to love-" He
did not allude to the subject again
during the voyage. Most of the time
he passed in reading. He expresses
his confidence in acquittal. Madam
Dreyfus has had several interviews
with her husband.
Dun's Trade Review for last week,
of 1899 have been 1850 in number
against 8,055 last year with liabilities of
$50, 259,0 900 against $50, TOP, 252 last year,
and for the first half of 1890 failures
were 1852 against G, 766 last year, with
liabilities of S4S, I'll 900 against sol ,246.
9S3 last year. But nearly half of the
June liabilities are due to one failure
not strictly commercial, covering some
banking concerns, promoter and rail
way equipment company for So, 1876, 900,
in essential features a loan and trust
concern. With it banking failures
amount to $6436,000 for the half year,
leaving for commercial failures $40, 275-
O53 against $67, 444, $3.50 last year.
A statement prepared in the office of
the adjutant general of the army shows
that with the departure of the Penn
sylvania from San Francisco about $500
reniforeements will dispatch to the
Philippines, last week. These troops
are carried on the transports Zealandia,
Sheridan, Valencia and Pennsylvania
and include 50 officers and 3i44 enlisted
men. About half of the troops are re-
cruits intended to fill gaps in the regi
ments in the Philippines caused by
deaths, disabilities and discharges.
There are about 5000 recruits at San
Francisco, who are also intended to
recruit the regular regiments in the
Philippines up to their maximum
strength of l25 men to a company.
Gov. Roosevelt upon his return to
Albany is reported as saying; ~ have
had an exceedingly good time and have
thoroughly enjoyed myself. l have
been as much touched as surprised. |
have been delighted with the west.
Every body west is for McKinley's re-
nomination and / am most empaticahy
for his denomination of course. l feel
that both the extreme rapidity with
which the country has gone up the path
of prosperity under President McKin-
ley's administration and the conduct of
the war in the Philippines makes it the
duty of every man to stand with it and
renders President McKinley's renomina-
ton a necessity. We must smash out
this instruction there by force of arms
and then we can consider terms of
peace"