The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-07-19

70 40 per cent and the other counties
scatter along anywhere from 30 to 30.
The directors Of the Dime Savings
Bank Of Newark, NJ, decided Friday
~ close the Institution doors until they
are able 70 stfaighfen out its affairs.
The announcement That Charles Wester-
YET, the banks secretary and treasurer.
had been arrested Oh a charge Of having
stolen large sam Of money. caused a
.afge crowd Of depesitofs . assemble
. withdraw their fands and there was
mach excitement when il Va, learned
tat lie doors would not BE- opened.
Tie crowd became So large that tie
police reserves were called oat 70 pre-
serve 9rder. President Orton Of .Bs
bank Is preparing statement # tie
banks affairs which viii be given ga.
when complete.
Twenty persons we're more or less
seriously burned a s5mergHle, Mass.
by the explosion Of .aak Of kerosene
OIL in The Mystic yard of the Boston and
Maine K. Z. at 10 O'Clock. Thursday
evening Of last week. and property
valued at probably $1,000 vas ruined
The fire caught il some waste about the
cars and soon there was brisk blaze.
Many people were attracted 10 the ward
by tie blaze and in few moments re
lanes had enyeloped a tank ear fall Of
kerosene oil which was standing close
by. The people were unconscious Of
the danger and within five minutes the
oil exploded with great force, burning
the clothes from those nearest and
otherwise injuring nearly every one Of
the by ISLANDERS.
There will be only two changes IN the
Bowdoin college faculty for next year.
Prof. II. {. Emery, who is called to
Yale, will be succeeded By Professor
Calender now Of the Harvard faculty.
Professor Calender is a graduate of
Oberlin college, who did postgraduate
work at Harvard and has since been
Instructor in sociology. The second
change is that Professor W. \. Moody.
Of the department Of mathematics. is
granted leave Of absence for a year.
which he will spend in Europe. His
classes will be taken by Richard NJ.
Andrews. e5. Since his graduation Mr..
Andrews has served two years on the
faculty Of the University Of Maine and
for the past two years has been doing
post graduate work at Harvard.
Last fall preliminary survey was
made of the Franklin 4 Kenrebec line
from New Sharon to Oakland. and a
few days ago the engineers completed
another final survey Of the line as far as
Oakland. 1t is said that they have To-
Gated the line within few feet of where
it was located by the survey Of last fall
and that the site of the depot will be
near the residence of William VI. Aver
on Fairfield street This survey calls
for the crossing of the Messalonskee
near the plant of the Dunn Edge Tool
Company, and a short distance below
The Cascade. " lille it is not known
just when the line will be built to that
town. it has been learned that the pro-
moters of the scheme have decided to
put the road through this summer and
that before snow falls they will have the
line completed to Oakland and trains
will be running over it.
An adjourned meeting of the trustees
of the Maine Wesleyan Seminary was
held, Tuesday afternoon Of last week,
ar the Office of Locke Il Locke in Port
land. At the annual meeting of the
trustees held at commencement at
kents Hill. Sir. f. 7. Burrowes of
Portland Rev. William F. Berry of
| WateryiIe and Rev. George r. Palmer.
formerly of Liyermore Falls were elect
ed trustees from those nominated by
the annual conference of the Methodist
church. Messrs. Berry and Palmer
were present at Tuesdays meeting of
the board. Prof, Henry E. Trefethen,
who has been acting president of the
board of the faculty of the seminary
since the death of President Chase two
and half years ago, was unanimously
elected president of the institution.
President Trefethen has been conBected
with kents Hill for some twenty years.
He is a graduate of Wesleyan Univer-
sity, Middletown, Conn, and a compe-
tent educator. Since he has been man
aging the affairs OF the institution it has
prospered and the discipline has never
been better.