The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-05-17

Park cate, on Common street, water
vile, Friday afternoon, and thirty-nine
bottles of liquors of various kinds were
found. The search was made by City
Marshal Davis, accompanied by Wilbur
F. Berry, secretary of the Christian
! Civic League of Maine, who made the
complaint. This was taken and hauled
to the municipal court room where the
hearing occurred, Saturday morning.
The University of Maine will be rep
resented in the party of astronomers
from the u. s. naval observatory at
Washington which will go to Barnes
Vile, Ga, to see the solar eclipse on
May 2s Prof. j. N. Hart, the profess
sor of astronomy at the university, will
leave Orono for Washington on May 10
to join the party. AS far as is known
Prof Hart will be Names only repre-
sentative at GAINESVILLE
Two William McKinleys are on Uncle
Sans payroll. One draws a salary of
"a, 100 month as President, and the
other 800 a month as engineer in the
Louisville Custom House. There are
forty eight organs, and three of them
were christened William. There used
to be two Grover Clevelands in the
public service, but there is only one
now. He is assistant farmer at the
Fort Peck Indian Agency, and receives
a salary of $3.50 month.
The famine relief steamer Quito sailed
Thursday for Bombay, India, with 200,-
600 bushels of corn for the famine
districts This is the largest cargo ever
carried by any vessel on a similar errand
and comes from people of all denomi-
nations in every part of the United
States. The Kansas India famine relief
committee is represented by 10000
bushels and the Menonite's committee
by 5000 bushels. 1t is expected that the
voyage will be made in 40 days.
Mrs. E. A. d. burlington, wife of Rev.
L. NJ. burlington, and vice president of
the Maine Federation of Womans Clubs,
died at her home in Belfast, Friday,
aged 81 years. She was born in New
York. She had been prominent for
many years in philanthropic work. She
secured the charter for the Children's
Aid Society in this State and also OBJ
tanned many appropriations from the
Legislature for the work. She was the
organizer of the w. C. T. Alliance and
the HumaNe Society. She also served
on the school board. A husband and
two sons, Fred A. of Nashua, N. a., and
Charles b. of Waterville, survive her.
Gen. Thomas H. Hubbard of New
York city, who has given Bowdoin col
lege library building, says: $3.50, 900
is not enough to make good fire proof
library building. Make it right and
draw on me for the amount necessary.
It must be first class" He has just
sent check for $500 to defray the
expenses of library commission to
investigate the various library buildings
of the country and make ready for the
Bowdoin building which will be located
opposite Massachusetts, hall. 1t will be
great boon to the State to have
building fire.proof and full of literary
treasures.
The Ellsworth attorneys who have
represented the United States govern
ment In negotiations for the purchase
of property for a government ooaling
station on Frenchmen's Bay, received
notice, Wednesday, that the title has
been approved by the attorney general
and instructions are given to close the
transaction as quickly as possible. All
the prelminaries have been arranged
and the final papers will be passed very
soon. The tract included in the pur-
chase Is at East Lamoine about miles
from Bar Harbor and includes about 90
acres of land. 1t Is understood that
work will be begun this summer. A
wharf and sheds with capacity of 5000
tons will be built and the ground will be
laid out to include athletic grounds and
rifle range for marines. The estab-
lishment of this station, 1t Is expected,
will make Bar Harbor the eastern rem.
devious of the North Atlantic squadron
each summer