The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-08-09
ar ATE AND GENERAL.

LEY. II. E. Foss, pastor of the Pine
Street NJ. E. church, :lBangor, has re.
ceived call from the First NJ. E.
church of Philadelphia, at $4,000 year
and will assume that pastorate, next
March.
Information has reached Caracas,
Venezuela, of the death of United States
consul at Barranquilla, Columbia, from
cholera The United States consular
list gives the name of Mr.. w. Irwin
Shaw of Pennsylvania, as consul at
Barranquilla.
DIR. II. K. Stinson of Richmond, has
accepted position in the insane hos
pital at Augusta and entered upon his
duties August /. He was highly rec
commended by the faculty of the Bow
doin Medical school where he graduated
in June.
Edward N. White, shingle sawyer
of Saltwater, was drowned in the Still
water branch of the Penobscot near
Pushaw Falls Sunday morning The
canoe in which he was padding was
caught in the current and overturned.
The body was recovered.
Speaking of prosperity, here is first
class item: The total exports of Ameri-
can manufacturers in the last fiscal year
were $432, 2s4,38 against $3.50, e75, 1858
1899, an increase In single year of S92,-
COS, 80S. In no previous year has the
increase amounted to $50, 100000.
A strike was declared on the Canadian
Pacific railway, Friday, by the machin-
lists, blacksmiths, boilermakers, filters,
laborers and locomotive painters who
are out from Lake Superior to the
Pacific coast. In Winnipeg, including a
number of men dismissed on Monday,
$50 are out. The strikers claim the dis
missals were for the purpose of breaking
up their unions, hence the strike.
News was received, Wednesday even
ing, Aug. l, by dispatch from Mon
treal, Can, of the death of Mrs. Chas.
Shaw, formerly of Dexter, by suicide.
Mrs. Shaw was the wife of the late Hon.
Charles Shaw, and was stopping with
her daughter, who resides in Montreal
She had many friends in Dexter, having
lived there many years, always occupy
ing prominent position in the society
of the town.
The new Japanese minister, Kogoro
Takahira, laid his credentials before the
President at Washington, Friday. He
came to the state department in full
diplomatic dress just before II O'Clock,
accompanied by Mr.. Nabeshima, the
charge and secretary Of legation. Sec-
rotary Hay escorted them to the White
House, where they were received by the
President. The speeches did not con-
tain any references to the present war
in China.
While Alvin K. Witham was returning
to Waterville from North Vassalhoro,
between and O'Clock, Thursday even
ing, he was held up near the place
know as the Four Corners by two men,
one of whom went through his pockets
at the point of the revolver but got
nothing for his pains, as Witham had
no valuables of any kiad with him.
Two men were arrested but nothing was
found to hold them and they were
discharged.
The five masted schooner William G.
Carnegie will be launched from the yard
of Percy & Small, Bath, at noon, Satur-
day, August 18th. She is 200 feet in
length, 46 feet 2 inches beam, % feet a
inches depth of hold and measures 2669
tons gross, over 200 tons larger than
either the John b. Prescott or Nathaniel
T. Palmer, which will make her the
largest schooner afloat, but this distinc-
ton she will hold but short time, as
both the Camden and Bath six-masters
will be considerably larger. The Car.
negie is owned by j. S. Winslow & Co.
and will hail from Portland.
An attempt on the life of the Shah of
Persia, Muzaffer Ed Din, was made Aug.
2, but luckily it resulted in no harm to
his majesty. A man broke through a
line of policemen as the Shah was leav-
ing his apartments and tried to mount the
royal carriage step. He was seized and
placed under arrest. He had revol.
YER in his hand but as soon as his in
tention was OWNED the police disarmed
him before he was able to fire. AT the
police station the man expressed re-
greet that he had been unable to carry