The Somerset reporter., 1900-06-07
STATE AND GENERAL.

L W. Rowe, for Il years a regular
and years special officer and always
valued member of the police force at
Portland, dropped dead at the police
station Saturday evening. He was 68
Three persons were slightly injured
Memorial Day at Biddeford as result
of a collision between two trolley cars
on the Saco & Biddeford electric rail-
road. The injured are Mrs. Mitchell,
Mrs. John Lebaron and Nicholas Law
sen, all of Biddeford.
The II story house situated about half
mile from Belgrade depot, occupied
by Louis Howard and family, was
burned at about 10 o'clock Thursday
night The hard work of the neigbbors
saved the stable. The cause is thought
to have been defective chimney.
Gen. Davila, commander of the gov
eminent troops at Venezuela, in the
victorious engagement last sunday with
Gen. Hernandez which resulted in the
capture of the latter near TERRA Negra,
has brought the insurgent leader to
Caracas and exhibited him in the streets
of the capital.
The U. 8. training ship Hartford, Ad-
miral Farragut's old flagship, arrived in
Hampton Roads Wednesday night from
San Francisco, ending probably the
longest voyage ever made by an Ameri-
can training ship. she had aboard 800
apprentice boys who were shipped at
San Francisco as landsmen.
The post office at Mechanic Falls, Me-,
was entered by burglars during the
night of May 80, aud the safe was open
ed and $500 in money and stamps were
taken. The thief took precaution of
cutting the telephone line and the tools
he used in his operation were stolen
from Dooley's blacksmith shop. The
post Office is kept by j. II. Decosta
The State Christian Endeavor conven
ton will be held at Eastport September
40 The program promises to be one of
the best ever presented. The double
quartet of original Fiske jubilee singers
will furnish music for the convention
and all who have heard them know
what this means. President Butler of
Colby, has been secured as one of the
speakers. Special rates by rail and
steamer have been secured.
Coke is still being used on the Maine
Central as fuel and works to q good
advantage. The reasons are: First of
all, 1t is considered very much the
cheaper fuel, and it makes compare
lively no smoke; it Is very much cleaner
and the danger of setting fire to the
woods along the road from sparks from
the engine is almost absolutely over
come. A number of the through trains
are now burning coke and its use gives
general satisfaction.
Priests at Pao. Ting-Fu have notified
the French consulate that 20 foreigners,
including six ladies and child, who
were attempting to escape from Pao-
Tlng-Fu to Tien Tsin in boats, were at
tackled by over 700 Boxers. The priests
reported that four we're killed. A later
dispatch reports that the party has sue
ceeded in getting to point within 10
miles from here. Four of the party
have been killed and four are wounded.
An expedition proceeded to their relief.
The outer door of the safe of the
postoffice at Buckteld was blown off
by terrific explosion by burglars, Fri
day morning, which wrecked the furn.
ture and front of the store, The noise
awakened the whole village who armed
themselves and started in pursuit of the
gang, five in number. All the money
and papers are secure, the burglars
failing to effect an entrance to the
steel vault. This is the sixth time the
postofice at Buokfield has been entered
and the third time the safe has been
cracked
Two hundred police were sent to New
Market, Ireland, Saturday evening to
suppress prohibited United Irish
League meeting called for Sunday.
While the police were asleep about I
o'clock Messrs, James Christopher
Flynn, nationalist member of parliament
for North Cork, and E. Cream, member
for the Ossory division of Queens
county, slipped in unobserved, addressed
a meeting of 200 in the two squares and
burned the proclamation prohibiting the
meeting. The meeting dispersed amid
cheers as the police appeared upon the
scene.