The Somerset reporter., 1900-05-24
STATE AND GENERAL.


The strawboard and paper box board
factory of the Utility Paper Company at
Hartford City, Ind, covering five acres.
was burned, Friday night. Loss over
100000.
The safe at the Sawyer Bros.'s store
at Greene depot was blown open at
o'clock q. M, Saturday, and $500 In
money stolen. In the explosion the
front of the store was blown out. There
is no clue to the burglers.
The Grand vizier, Ahmed Ben Mussa,
died Sunday, May Is. A convulsion In
Internal affairs 10 threatened but 1t
is believed Germany, Italy and Great
Britain have agreed to maintain the
statu quo, so 1t is hoped the threatened
anarchy will be averted.
The high water carried away three
dams, a bridge, damaged other property at
Lincoln, Sunday and Monday, estimated
at $4,000. The Katahdin Pulp and
Paper COS plant WAS badly crippled
and will be unable to resume operations
before the first of the next month.
Guilford has made application to the
State bank examiner for the establish.
ment there of loan and building asso-
citation. The petitioners state that
there is no savings bank In eastern Pis-
cataquis county, and they believe such
an institution will be Of great benefit to
the people In that section.
The Pekin correspondent of the Lon
don Times says: 1.-THE anti-foreign
movement headed by the Boxers has
attained alarming proportions. There
has been a serious anti Christian out.
break near Pao Ting Flu. Seventy three
native Christians were murdered, In
cluding women and children. Many
were burned alive"
Rev. Elijah Kellogg, author of the
famous Elm Island and other story
books for boys, published years ago, and
which ssillsretain their popularity, cele-
brated his s7th birthday anniversary at
his home in Harpswell, Thursday. Mr..
Kellogg il in quite good health and
reads with the aid OF glasses. He also
breaches two sermons every Sunday.
Major John M. Gould OF Portland left,
Saturday, for Antietam, where he as
sisted the Grand Army post Of Middle
town, Conn, in the dedication of mon
ument to Gen. Mansfield. The general
fell at the head of the 10th Maine, hence
the presence of representative of that
regiment. Major Jordan was to have
gone. but found himself unable to do 80,
and Major Gould went In his place.
Wednesday OF last week G. W. Stacy
of Blanchard, who was at Hatch Falls
looking after his drive, passed by a fire
where they were warming dynamite
when II stacks exploded as he was
about 10 feet from 1t. He was knocked
off q ledge about six feet high. His
clothes were nearly all torn from him,
his left leg and arm were bruised and
his watch was broken. Thursday he
was able to be out but could use his arm
but little.
At the recently constructed shops OF
the Boston & Maine In Concord, N. H,
840 men are now employed, $40 being in
the motive power department. In these
shops since the first of January 200 coal
cars have been built and 400 are now in
the course of construction. Twenty-Five
stock cars, go foot baggage cars and two
combination coaches have been com
pleted. OF 80 box cars several are
finished, the remainder will be ready for
use in q short time.
Daniel Trask, aged Al years, a hostler
employed by Dr. Jolly veterinary of Per.
cival court, Waterville, died Friday
afternoon, caused by drinking wood
alcohol. Trask was Respondent for
several days and In the morning com
planned of being Ill but would not admit
having taken anything until 1t was too
late. Trask had been victim OF the
morphine habit for the past nine years
and was recently separated from his
wife and children by divorce. He died
in the greatest agony. The deceased
was native Of Clinton.
william s. r. Brown, treasurer of the
Sebago Woodboard Co., and director
of the Androscoggin Pulp Co., disap'
peared from Portland, Wednesday.
He had said nothing at home about a
trip, and much anxiety was felt by his
relatives. Sunday evening, q dispatch
was received, stating that he had COM
mittsd suicide on o steamer en- route