The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-02-08

the result of which involved the control
of the capital stock of the Bangor,
Orono & Old Town company. The mat
ter has occasioned considerable interest,
not only in this vicinity, but all over the
State.
Snow caused a railroad accident at
Readfield, Monday morning, and as the
result some of the passenger trains were
delayed for some little time. The en-
CINE on train 40 left the irons on account
of snow tanning on the track and re-
ouired a locomotive from Watervile to
pull it back on. No damage was done
to the tracks, and that was of little con
sequence.
James Rice of Bangor has purchased
of Charles z. Emerson and John Cassi.
dy, assirees of l.. b. Clark & Co., King.
man, tannery insolvents, the entire lot
of real estate there outside the tannery
property which was recently sold to
John A. Poor of salem. The purchase
includes between 25 and 80 houses, the
hotel, two fine residences formerly oc-
cupied by Messrs. Shaw and Tay lor, and
two or three stores.
A slight railroad accident in which
two cars were derailed, occurred at
Burnham, Monday. No one was in.
jured and but slight damage to property
resulted Late in the afternoon the
snow had jammed so on the siding back
of the station that train 1876 in backing
pushed passenger and baggage coach
off the track. The end of the baggage
coach was slightly jammed and. slight
damage was done to the platform. The
damage was repaired and the tracks
cleared so quickly that the regular trains
were not delayed.
Brig. Gen. Kobbe's expedition in the
islands of Luzon, Leyte and Samar has
occupied permanently and garrisoned
nine towns with the Add and 47th Regi-
ments and placed on the market 10000
bales of hemp. A thousand insurgents
armed with rifles and over 5000 armed
with wooden swords, bows and arrows
we're encountered during the trip. The
troops killed 10 natives, IL of whom had
rifles, the balance being villagers, armed
with wooden swords. The American
loss was one killed and nine wounded.
The Americans captured 10000 in gold,
enemy's money, and 40 muzzle loading
brass cannon.
Several tons of smelts have been
caught during the past few weeks by
fisherman of Pembroke, and quite
roll of currency has been gathered in
by the young residents engaged in this
enterprise, which is now being con-
Quoted with success. Que OF the
largest catches was made by N.
Dudley and Fred Motz of Pembroke,
who gathered in 5000 pounds of the
smelts and it required 81 boxes to
ship their catch to New York. Another
large haul was made by Edward Smith,
who caught about 1000 pounds of the
fish alone. The smelts are readily
disposed of at big profit.
The 10th annual meeting of the Maine
Hotel Proprietors' association was held
in Bangor, Friday, and was one of the
most interesting ever held. About
thirty members were present and the
whole State was we'll represented. The
officers elected for the ensuing year
we're as follows: President, William II.
Mcdonald of Pennington; first vice
president, H. C. Chapman, Bangor; Sec
Rotary and treasurer, E. M. Banding of
Bangor; directors, the president ex-
officio, II. B. Locke of Augusta, A. P.
Alley of Bar Harbor and w. D. Blethen
of Dover. Besides these one vice presi-
dent for each of the sixteen counties in
the State was chosen.
A general shakeup in the officials of
the Lewiston, Brunswick & Bath
Street Railway was announced at Lew
iston, last week. I. l.. Meloon, who
came from the Bangor & Old Town
Electric Road ON the organization of
the Lewiston, Brunswick g. Bath, has
resigned his position and is succeeded
by Fordyce G. Farr of Lewiston, who
has been superintendent of the Lewis
ton division. Two division superinten-
dents will be retired, those at the head
of the second division at Lisbon Falls
and Brunswick, though it is. expected
that Mr.. Mitchell of the latter place
will remain in the employ of the road.
Instead of three superintendent of
divisions, there will be an assistant
superintendent who will be located at