The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-19


York, committed suicide in bis private
Office by shooting himself.
The brush factory of c. Wilmington
Sons, at Bucksport. Me. was destroyed
by fire Loss. $4,000. Twenty-Five per
sons are thrown out of work.
James Towner, 65 years old, was
struck by a runaway horse at Cam
bridge. Mass, and so badly injured that
he died on the way to a hospital.
The sawmill and stock of William H.
Jefferson at Hubbardston, Mass. to-
gether with an adjoining highway
bridge, We're burned. Loss about $1,000,
The navy department has been mott
fled that the official speed trial of the
30-knot torpedo boat destroyer Dahlgren
will take place at Bath, Me, next Mon
day.
Victor A. Wilder railroad builder of
New York. has filed petition in bank
ruptcy with liabilities of $426 900. and no
assets, or the liabilities $4,000 is Sc
cured
1t Is estimated that there arr over 10, 900
visitors at Cincinnati in attendance On
the jubilee convention of the missionary
society and boards of the Christian
church.
The Windsor hotel at Chatham. n Y.
was burned to the ground. Wallace c.
Hale, a drummer. was suftocated All
the ether guests escaped in their night
clothes.
AT the Hercules Athletic club. New
York, Spike" Sullivan knocked out
James Murray, in the sixth round of
what was to have been a 25-round bout
at 133 pounds.
Information has been received by h.
marine hospital service of the death from
yellow fever of Assistant Surgeon w. [.
McAdams, in charge of the marine hos
pltal al Key West
At meeting between the managers
of Jim Jeftries and Tom Sharkey. il was
agreed to postpone the fight for ore
week from the date originally set. 1t
will axe place on Nov 3.
A rear-end collision occurred near
Granite Canon, Wyo., on the Central Pa
citio road, between a stock train and ar
east-bound fast mail, killing TWO me-
and iniurin@ three others.
John =. fowler secretary and manager
of the Waterbury Comm Specially COM
pany. committed suicide in his Ollie" by
shooting Tie was 60 years old. Busi-
ness worry is believed to be the cause
The administration building of the
LOOMS sanitarium, short distance out
side of Liberty, N. Y, was destroyed 10y
fire The fire was caused 10y the ~
plosion of an alcohol lamp. The loss Is
100000
At a meeting of the loom nXers en-
ployed al the Boot mills. Lowell. Mas.
the proposition of General Agent Is r.
to reinstate one of the three discharged
loom fiXers WAS accepted and strike l..
aVerteu.
Friends of Senator Scott of West Vir-
gina have received word from Morgan
town. W Va. where he has been Sc
riously i'll. that the senator has recovered
so rapidly that he Is now considered out
of danger.
Frank Kane was probably fatally
stabbed in the abdomen ut Boston.
James J. Courtney of Cambridge is W der
arrest charged with the crime It is
supposed the stabbing was done with
screWdriVer.
a sack containing large numb. 7 Of
cancelled pension vouei - sent firm
the United States pension agency To Au.
gusta, Me. has been lost in transit ard
a
search for it,
A team of colts, owned and driven by
John Kirby. proprietor of the sharon
Comm Inn, ran away with him. When
the horses were stopped MIR Kirby was
found dead i'm the wagon. Heart failure
was the cause.
j. f NJ. Lyons of Boston. an insurance
writer. died at LEVEL, Mass as the re-
suit of an operation performed with a
view Of saving his life. Lyons Gad
stopped runaway horse and received
severe injuries.
Eben Lancaster of East Bowdoin. Me.
celebrated his Tooth birthday anniver-
sary IN a public manner religious
meeting was held. at which Mr. Lam
caster spoke. The aged gentleman en-
joys good health.
The license Of Captain Thompson
master of the steamboat Glen Island
has been revoked. He is charged Wiz
being in command of one Of the steamers
that interfcred with the yacht races
early in the series.
William K. Crosby OF Batavia. \ y
defeated Rolla Heikes Of Dayton o. for
the inanimate target championship. hy
a score of 1872 to 1870. Crosby retains tn
championship. which he won from FL
liott of Kansas city.
Senator Hanna intends to issue a call
for a meeting of the Republican national
committee in Washington early i'm De
cember. II - believed tn eommittea
win select the city in which TO hold tn.
national convention.
William Wallace Thayer, formerly
governor and chief justice of Oregon. is
dead, at his home near Portland IF
cerebral congestion, aged - years IL
was born IN Livingston county. y. y.
and came TO Oregon in 1862.
The Goodrich block lhree-story
brick structnre at Nashua. y. II. used
for offices and stores. was DESTROYED by
fire. entailinG n loss of over >51 o0o
Three firemeu were injured. two So
rlously, but the third only slightly
The navy department. has he.n 1n-
formed that the New Orleans viii be
able to sail from TIN New York navy
yard for Manila ueXt Friday. TIN boil
ers were found to he ia a much better
lhan MS at FIST supposed
Owing To- th- prevalence ii tyIamd
fever al the Virginia military institute,