The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-08-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.

while fording the Kennebec river in a
carriage at Bingham. Me.
Senator j. b. Foraker's mother died at
Hnlsboro. O. Mrs. Foraker had been
seriously i'll for the past three months.
Frank Whittemore, Jr.. aged Z, fell
from a wagon near North Boscawen, N.
h. has skull being crushed and death
resulting.
John Green, % years old died at Peter
boro. y. H. as the result of injuries re-
ceived from being thrown from run
away horse.
Frank F. Wooster, prominent fish
commission dealer, dropped dead of
street. Gloucester.
party of capitalists organized COM
pany at New Brunswick, y. j.. to fight
the rubber trust. The capital stock is
stated to be 500 900.
Bishop Thomas A. Becker of the diocese
of Savannah died at Washington, Ga.
The last rites were administered by
Father Kelley of Savannah.
Alvin D. Brown. aged &C. was drowned
in Portland harbor. His hat blew into
the water and in reaching for it he lost
his balance and fell overheard.
Joseph Gouette fell from his cart at
Bristol. r. l.. and was killed, the wheels
of the vehicle passing over him He
leaves widow and eight children.
In accordance with the agreement en-
tered into by the railway presidents,
rates on grain and provisions from Chi
cago to the east have been advanced.
George Hunt. aged Il years. deck
hand on the schooner Carrie c. Miles of
Rockland. Me. fell overheard and was
drowned in the harbor at Salem. Mass.
The Mexican Lead conf any. With an
authorized capital of $l.000000, was in
corporated at Trenton, to operate lead
and other mines in the republic of Mex
leo
The navy department is informed that
the Yosemite has sailed from Manila for
Guam where Captain Leary will be in
stalled as governor of that new Ameri-
can possession.
1t Is estin oted that go 600 tons of ice
will be left over on the Kennebec river
this fall Vessels are loading daily, but
ii is believed that the season will close
earlier than usual
a third dividend of 10 percent has been
ordered by the court in liquidation Of
the sullivan tNt) Savings institution.
payable Aug s. The total amount pay
able will he over S175. 600.
Oscar p. Huntoon, a farmer of New
Ipswich. n. H., aged 55. shot himself in
the mouth with a revolver. The missile
shattered the base of the skull, and there
Is no hope of his recovery.
The big department store of the Hoyt,
Kent, Seton company, Cleveland. was
placed in the hands of receiver on APP
pication of IL. II. Hoyt, who owns a
controlling interest in the concern.
Thirty European insurance companies
have notified the state of Iowa that they
will 60 to the federal supreme court with
the case seeking to prove the unconsti-
tutionality of that states insurabce taxa
ton law
Mrs Mary FoleV of Lynn, Mass, was
kicked and pounded by an unknown
man. who called at her house. and de-
manded liquor. which she refused. She
was removed To a hospital. having had
two ribs broken.
James p. Clare of Hudson, Mass for
merry captain of company NJ Fifth
Massachusetts volunteers, has been APP
pointed first lieutenant and assigned to
duty with the Twenty sixth regiment at
Plattsburg barracks.
Through the caving in of a sewer at
Hyde Park, Mass, John Kilday was
fatally injured and an Italian. whose
name is unknown, badly hurt. Both
men were working in the trench when
the side suddenly slumped.
reception WAS rendered to General
Henry at Plattsburg, N. Y, by Colonel
Rice of the Twenty-sixth volunteer regi-
ment. General Henry is spending the
summer there. His son is an officer Ia
the Twenty sixth regiment.
The directors of the Seventh National
bank of New York accepted the resigna-
ton of John McAverney as president
and placed William H. Kimbal vice
president of the bank, In practical con-
troll of the affairs of the institution.
The factory of l.. M Jones & Co.
manufacturers of bicycles, etc, Winsted,
Conn. was totally destroyed. with its
contents, entailing total loss of $22. 500.
The fire is supposed to have been caused
by spark from one Of the factory Chin
MES
The monthly statement of the comp
troller of the currency shows that a the
close of business July 81 1899, the total
circulation of national bank notes was
$241. 541 1878. an increase for the month
of s273 1872 and an increase for the year
of SlS.845,00
Steve O'Donnen, the heavyweight
pugilst and boxing instructor at Har-
ward university. scored his first knock
out when he put Beech Reuble OF Ohio
out in the eighth round with a hook on
the chin in the Westchester Athletic club
arena at Tuckahoe, N. Y.
At meeting Of the members of the
Bankers Life Insurance company il
was decided, by practically unanimous
vote to reincorporate the company,
changing the system of Insurance from
the assessment plan to the old line. The
company was organized in 1869.
The extensive wharf property at The
Wiers, n H. formerly used by the Bos-
ton and Maine railroad, has been sold
to DIR. j. A. Greene. The pier is to be
fitted up as a landing for small steam
ers. and will also be used as a bathing.
boating and fishing pavilion,
The freight handlers and clerks EN-
ployed in the Boston sheds of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road have submitted a petition to the
management. asking for an advance of
wages Aug. l. The men are confident
that the request will be granted.
Counsel has been retained by the 81
men arrested on July -, after the dyna-
mite explosion under Fifth Avenue Ele-
waited railway pillars at Brooklyn. for
the purpose OF nstitutng individual
suits against the Brooklyn Rapid Tran
e.. lie,