The Somerset reporter., 1899-08-03
STATE AND GENERAL.

South Gardiner Pulp mills we're shut
down Saturday for an indefinite period
owing TO lack of logs and the inability
of the company to secure more. This
throws 100 men out of employment.
Mrs. Mace, the notable poet and
writer, formerly of Bangor, passed away
at Los Yalos a few days ago. She was
without doubt, one of the most notable
women to whom Maine ever gave birth.
A landslide, resulting from cloud.
burst, caused an accident on the Erie
Railroad, a mile east of Lackawaxen,
N. Y, Saturday night, in which two
persons were killed outright and 26
more or less injured.
There are rumors current in England
oftbe organization of great shipbuild'
ing trust, made up of six or eight cor
porations, whose specially is the con-
struction Of heavy warships. While
they do not call trusts trusts in England
they have them. all the same.
Upper Lake, a small village in New
York, was destroyed by fire Sunday.
One hundred and sixty nine buildings
were burned, including nearly every
structure in the place. Sixty.four bus
mess places were destroyed. The loss
cannot be less than $4,000.
Florence Smith, six years old, of
Waterville, who was terribly burned on
the Fourth of July, recently submitted
to an operation of skin grating, the
child's father having skin taken from
his arm to be used in the operation. 1t
is believed that the injured arm will
ultimately show but few scars.
During the heavy shower of Sunday
morning the condensed milk factory at
Winthrop at the foot of Lake Mariana.
cook was struck by lightning and an
opening made in the north side in the
upper story large enough to drive a
team through. The telephone circuit
in town sustained heavy damage.
Biddeford and Saco are making an
unusual record for suicides and fatal
accidents, this year. During the past
six months there have been six suicides
with several ccessful attempts at
suicide, and no less than 10 fatal acct.
dents. There are also two mysterious
disappearance cases. OF the 10 fatal
accidents, eight were due to liquor,
Thu anrdina factory ouuaJ tna
Russell Packing Co. at West fremont,
was burned at O'clock Monday morn
ing. All of the buildings on the prem
Uses were destroyed, including 100 tons
of coal in the coal shed owned by Frank
Lunt. The cause of the fire is unknown.
The loss is estimated at $4,000. The
machinery and buildings were insured.
News has been received at Norway,
Tuesday, that three men had lost their
lives in Lake Umbagog, a body of water
located in a wild region in the northern
part of Oxford county, and about so
miles from here across country. The
names of those drowned are George
Clarke, Fred Clarke and James c.
Bowen, all belonging in the town of
Bethel or vicinity.
The Universalist State Sunday School
picnic was held at Maranacook, Friday,
there being large attendance from
different sections of the State. Ad-
dresses were made by Rev. E. +. Penn.
Der, Bangor; Rev. G. A. Knickerbock-
err Auburn; Rev. S. g. Davis,
Deering, and Rev. Asa NJ. Bradley,
Winthrop; the last gentleman upon the
subject "Stopping of Gaps"
The natives of the Island of kusale,
in the Carolnes, want to be annexed
to the United States. The King, high
chiefs and prominent men on the island,
to the number of 72, have forwarded a
petition to that effect to San Francisco
with the request that IL be laid before
the President Now that Germany has
purchased the group from Spain, how
ever, she will at once take possession
and there may be war on Kusale
similar to that in the Philippines.
The petition of Kusales has arrived too
late.
Brig. Gen. X. ii. Hall, with 1000 men,
captured Calamba on Laguna de Bay,
July 81. The loss to the United States
forces was four killed and twelve
wounded, Calamba is town on La.
guna bay about 80 miles southeast of
Manila. 1t is much farther south than
the United States troops have hereto
fore penetrated on land 1t is in the