The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-08-17
NEWS IN BRIEF.

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1obn. Murray apea 35 fea lot Of q
dor,. v,hiIa eehtns IN Boston barbor ana
va, drowned
Cuher, KIM aged did At Prov
done &c a resnIt of bnrns His elotbing
canght f,.e tor, a bontre
Arthur Manning a brakeman. received
g. iniur{ss Ia, heiny thrown under a
roo,.i,,s, .a.r a. xvooaeviIl. \ II
M hide for N. na,bip.rv and the
nou,er Mani of tbe New York navy ward
are heinz examined nv axnert
Mrs Francis I Wallace only remain
ms sister of Mrs Abraham Lincoln. died
a, Springfield Ills ar4d y wears
John Nnl;oy fell into the hold of a
ooal haro. 81, Portland Ne rracturipp
his szull IL died from his injuries
Edward = Sweeney ? wears old WAS
ki,od At Roston hx a nile nf 1nfnber fall
ine upon him while Re WAS at play.
nh +o,.r,,.4o boats t,ov and Irarragut
have nod tbeir final trials and have
bean accen,.d nv tbe navy department
A voluntarv netition in bankruptcv
wac filed AZ Rrnoklvn nv Jobn II Rom
nell pubIisher with liabilities of $40
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Tie,,+anapt Colonial Lphert Y Savage
Thirteenth infantry has been retired on
hie own annlicatton. after 20 wears ser
vice
Tho limited states AUXILIARY crui.er
Prairie. with. $50 men on board is at
anchor In ~ hav off Belfast Me for
ta,get nractica
me resolution for approprfattnp $50
ooo for the Dewey reaeption WAS nassad
bv the New York board of aldermen nv
a vote Of 58to8.
Tho preehvtarfan church Al radford
N H. celebrated the 10th anniversary
or ito ,,,.e,nization ,rha oseasion vas
made g, fet.. Inv the town pyervbodv
l,aari,,,r mn, hn,,sa
Henry y Hedge OF Bethel Conn. a
farmer Go vears old was thrown from
his wagon i'm a runaway accident and
died soon after heine taken tn hosnt-
tai. His sl<ua was fractured.
John Ellsworth a lahorer mas been
missing for about Two weeks from Cbes-
for vi. Efforts have been made 10 To-
cato him but without success
InIian Lewis an actress Of national
re,utotion died AT Farmirrfon Mimi
of copsumption. Interment will take
nlaca NJ b.r old home In pennsvIvania
Tho baeinnino of the third veals of tho
nresidenf's stav at Hotel rbamnIatn
finds botb the president and Mrs Me
Kinlev ereatlV improved in health ana
shirts
The Scott-Jenney Electric comnanv
canitalized al $40 600 400 was incornor-
ated AT Trenton. The eomeany Is or
ranized to build and operate electric rail-
WAYS
Daniel Macdonald 81 WAS drowned
in the Connection river at Springfield
nv the upsettine of boat in which he
wae rowing with Edna Morgan. Miss
Morgan was rescued
The BOSTON and Maine raundhouse at
Lvndonvfl;e Vt. WIS DESTROYED nv fire
and of the eight locomotives in the house
at the time six were badly damaged nv
the flames. Loss $50 900
James II EckIes. former comptrollcr
of the currency. and now president nf
the Commercial National bank of Chi
cago has been elected a director in the
New York Zine company.
The strike in the WaAumbo mills Lis
bon Falls. Me. has been settled. Agent
Guttman agreeing To give the Veayers
a 10 nercent increase i'm wages oct. n
and to adiust other grievances.
Jndea 7 T. Tnpersoll one Of the lead
ere Of the Cleveland bar died at Nooea-
head Lake. Me at the age of II He
was stricken with paralysis there a few
DAVIS ago. and he failed to rally.
At a meeting of the neWshoys of
Greater New York resolutions were
unanimously adopted denouncing the
course recently adopted by The sun in
its controversy with union printers
St Peters Episcopal church at West
chester n. Y. was DESTROYED by fire
Loss 5000 600 The origin of tho fro is
unknown. MANY valuable church rer-
ords and large library were consumed
Hiram A. Fletcher. aged 40 senior
member Of the law firm of Fletcher &
VANITY. and one of the best known at
tornevs in western Michigan. committed
suicide at Grand RAPIDS by cutting h
throat
Tho renort Of the Samoan commission
has hsan racsi,,ad at tba st,ta a,',,,.t
want II is - yol,n,inn,s doc,,,oa,,,
ana until ,hara has heen onnort,,nit,
tor 49,. oni,iaI., +, e,o overtt datoi1. .u.iil
MT ha noada nulljc
Frank Halliday who Was arraiqnod
At BOSTON on a Charge of using the mails
N defraud his alleged scheme heine ia
Aoot worthless hills of EXCHANGE has
faiIed to obtain hail of $1,000 and has b..,,.
oor,noll,1 TOO Ia Toll