The Somerset reporter., 1899-09-14
STATE AND GENERAL.

The annual meeting of the Maine Wo-
man Suffrage association will be held at
the Unitarian church at Waterville,
today and tomorrow.
Rear Admiral Henry F. Picking, COM
mandant of the Charlestown navy yard,
dropped dead at 1910 Friday morning
at his home in the navy yard. Heart
trouble was the cause of his death.
Senior Eduardo Romano, former sena-
tor for Arequipa, was at Lima, Peru,
Friday inaugurated as president of the
republic of Peru for the term of four
years In succession to Senior Nicholas
Pierola.
The Dreyfus trial ended, Saturday,
by conviction, the court martial judges
standing to 2, and he was Immediate
1y sentenced to 10 years Imprisonment.
The excitement throughout has been
intense.
Brazil, Thursday, celebrated the 77th
anniversary of the proclamation of its
independence. President Campos Sales
received the diplomatic corps in the
afternoon and afterwards received the
chief officers of the army and navy.
DR.. Amory's elegant summer home
1.-THE Eyrie," at Bar Harbor was totally
destroyed by fire Thursday afternoon.
The house was valued at $4,000 and
the furniture at $4,000. Nearly all of
the furniture was saved The insurance
on the building was $4,000.
While two trains were passing Great
Works Thursday afternoon 7-year-old
son of John Kelley Of that place, was
struck by one of the trains and instantly
killed. He had stepped from one track
to the other, not realizing that trains
were approaching from opposite direc-
lions.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Dexter & Newport railroad
was held at Augusta Wednesday. The
following directors we're elected: George
Fisher, Bath; j. w. Bradbury, Augusta;
Oscar Holway, Augusta; Benjamin f.
Parrott, Augusta; w. d. Sewall, Bath.
The directors organized and chose the
following officers: President, George
Fisher; clerk, Josiah Crosby, Dexter;
treasurer; Treby Johnson, Augusta.
August Porrell, horseman employed
az driver of race horses at the fair at
North Berwick, was assaulted by three
men while sitting in carriage near
State Pine Grove Park where the fair
was held Friday. AS result OF the
assault Porrell has broken leg and
three ribs and his nose fractured. The
assailants escaped, but the officers are
searching for them. Mr.. Porrell says
he was mistaken for another man who
was in trouble Wednesday.
The body of DR.. George f. Emerson, a
Boston dentist, who was drowned at
Indian pond Thursday afternoon, was
taken to- Boston Friday. DIR. Emerson
had been fishing in the vicinity of Kineo
for several days. Thursday he and a
guide went out in canoe on Indian
pond. The doctor while standing in the
craft, lost his balance and fell overheard.
The guide made an effort to save him,
but was unsuccessful. The body was
recovered and brought to Greenville
Thursday evening The doctor was
about IS years old.
The drought which has prevailed in
this section of Maine since mid. summer
still continues, the showers of few
days since having had little effect except
to lay the dust, and the need of long
rain is severely felt, especially by the
lumber industries. The Penobscot river
is at a very low pitch, so that the lum-
Der mills depending wholly upon water
are In some cases able to run only part
of their machinery, and the output of
lumber is curtailed just at the time
when there has not been such demand
for all kinds of lumber since 1874.
From conversation with one of the
we'll known officials of the Maine Cen
trail 1t Is learned that no decision has
been reached by General Manager Evans
in regard to how many engines would
be changed to coke burners. The burn
ing of coke is simply being tested and
the engine hauling trains Nos. 10 and
"A between Bangor and Portland is the
only one now equipped and in use on
the main line. The official stated, how
ever, that coke fuel for the engine haul
ing these two trains as we'll as the
"Scoot" running between Skowhegan