The Somerset reporter., 1899-03-16
ST ATE AND GENERAL.

The marriage of Col. James Cecil
Hooe of Washington, d. c., and Miss
Edith Dingey, the only daughter of the
late Congressman Dingley, took place at
the home of the brides mother in Lew
iston, at high noon, Saturday.
II is stated that Arthur Sewall d Co.
of lIGh, will soon begin not only the
construction of another large ship, but
also a steel bark of something less than
1000 tons. AS soon as the frames for
the ships are set work will begin upon
those for the bark
Mayor E. b. Babb, who died Thurs
day night at Minneapolis, MINI was
born in Maine in 1884 lie served
through the Civil War, retiring with the
rank of captain. He went to Minneapo-
lis in 1869 and until the past year had
been engaged in business. He was
prominent Mason.
Rev. r. Dewitt Talmage, who has for
the past four years been pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church of Washing
ton, Thursday, sent a letter to the SEES
sion of that church rendering his resig
nation. 1t is the intention of DR.. Tai
mage to continue his residence in that
city. He will devote most of his time to
literary pursuits.
The body of Marshall Johnson, a
wcll-known Boston man whose summer
home was at High Head and who was
drowned about Thanksgiving time by
the upsetting of his boat, was recovered
by some boys Friday morning. Among
them was one Williams who was clam
ming in that vicinity and who claims to
have found the body on the ice.
Mr.. Goschen told the House of Com
mons on Thursday when introduced in
the naval estimates that the Admiralty
had not yet decided upon the plans for
two new battleships which are to be
built during the coming year. There is
I'd reason to believe that both will be
almost exact copies of the Oregon whose
rei formances in the late war greatly i'm
pressed the chief naval constructor of
the British navy.
Bowdoin college has just received
valuable collection of autograph letters.
They contain such names as Geo. Wash
ington, BENZ. Franklin besides members
of the ancient English and French nobil-
ity. They are neatly arranged in a cab
met in the library and are well worth
examination. They are mostly written
members of the Gov. Bowdoin family
and are very highly priced.
The Maine State Board of Trade will
hold its semi-annual meeting at Angus
ia Friday, March II, at 2 p. M. The
program will be as follows: "Can Our
Present System of Taxation, Municipal
and State, Be Improved9" Hon. Charles
r. Libby of Portland, Hon. William
Engel of Bangor, Hon. John A. Roberts
of Norway, Hon. William G. Marshall of
Belfast, William 7. Hubbard, Esq, of
Bangor; general discussion.
F. d. Nudd, of the Waterville firm of
Nudd & Smell, undertakers, who is now
in Cuba, has closed contract to care
for the bodies of the Cuban soldiers who
fell in the recent wars in that island,
with a number of wealthy Cuban fami-
lies, who had relatives in the Spanish
Cuban and American Spanish war, who
are to act as body in having the work
done. 1t is estimated that there are
something like 1900 bodies of Cubans to
be cared for. These are scattered all
over the island.
Edward Field Brown, aged AZ wears. a
native of Maine, and first lieutenant of
Company b of the Seventh regiment,
National Guard of California, died re-
Gently at his home in San Diego, Cal,
from heart trouble. He leaves widow
and three young daughters; his mother,
Mrs. b. +. Brown and sisters, Mrs. Israel
WashbuIn and Miss Alice Brown, and
brother, John A. Brown, all of San
Diego, and sister, Mrs, John A
Hooper of San Francisco. The record
of Lieut.. Brown in the National Guard
of California is highly creditable.
The new Allan liner Castilian, from
Portland for Halifax went ashore at
Cannot Rock light near Yarmouth, at
4.3O Sunday morning at low tide in a
dense fog. Her compasses we're de-
ranged. Two compartments were full
of water. Tugs went from Yarmouth
TO the scene. The Castilian arrived at
Halifax from Liverpool ten days ago on
her maiden voyage and went to Portland