The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-04-06
STATE AND GENERAL.

The chief Justice and Mrs. Fuller have
issued invitations to the marriage of
their daughter Miss Jane Fuller and
Nathaniel Francis, Jr., of Boston, April
IL, at St. Johns church in v ashington.
In consequence of q renewal of the
student disturbances the Russian gov
eminent has closed the University of ST.
Petersburg and dismissed all the stu
donts at the same time issuing an order
that all applications for reinstatement
must be made through the mails.
Speaker Reed arrived at Washington
Friday from Georgia. Mr.. Reed is the
picture of health. He refused to be in
terviewed and protested that he saw no
reason why any significance should be
attached to the simultaneous visit of the
President and himself on Jekyl island.
The curfew law seems to be working
successfully in Bangor. E. M. Blanding
of the Industrial journal, has expressed
the opinion that it is blessing to the
city in that it has brought greater order
among class of young people such as
cause solicitude to the authorities in all
cities.
Speaker Reed, who returned from his
southern journey in fine health and
spirits will remain in Washington few
days before leaving for Portland. He
intends to spend several months in
Europe and expects to sail early in
the summer, accompanied by his wife
and daughter.
Mrs. Julia Wood of Lewiston, while
returning from church, Thursday even
ing, was brutally assaulted and stabbed
in the face, cutting cash from the left
temple to the chin. There was no mo-
tive for the act and it is thought that
the assailant took the woman to be some
one else.
The workmen in the Maine Central
car shops at Waterville began Saturday
90 the summer schedule of ten hours
in tead of the nine they have been work
ing for some months. There is an
abundance of work at the shops and the
crew will have plenty to do even with
the increase of hours.
The United States transport Crook,
arrived at New York, Wednesday of last
week from Porto Rico and Santiago,
with 80 passengers and 682 bodies of
soldiers who died or were killed in
battle in Cuba and Porto Rico. There
was also on board State delegates and
undertakers who went to Cuba to make
arrangements for transfer of the dead.
The passenger steamer Stella, plying
between Southampton, Eng, and the
channel islands, crashed upon the
dreaded Casquet rocks, near the island
of Aldernera, Friday afternoon in q
dense fog and foundered in ten minutes,
her boilers exploding with tremendous
report as she went down. 1t is believed
that from Is to 100 persons were
drowned.
w lllldm .. JoWotI VI iLbWIouCC, GA
president of the Lake National Bank of
Wolfboro, N. H., convicted last Decem.
Der of misapplying funds while acting
as liquidating agent of the bank, was
Friday sentenced to serve term of
seven years in the Lawrence Jail by
Judge Brown in the United States cir
cult court. Jewett appealed and bonds
were fixed at $4,000.
The transport steamer, Charles Nelson
has sailed from San Francisco for
Manila. She had 900 tons of freight.
Lieut.. Alfred Alec, of the 18th United
States Infantry, was in command of 60
recruits, number of whom are for the
hospital corps. The Nelson carried
large number of collins in which the re-
mains of American soldiers will be
brought back to San Francisco
A serious collision took place Sunday
between Bulgarian and Turkish frontier
guards between Jamboli, eastern Rou-
mena, and Adrianoplo, on the banks of
the Toonja, So miles south of Jamboli.
According to a despatch from Sofia,
capital of Bulgaria, the Turks attacked
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