The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1900-02-15
STATE AND GENERAL.


herman of the Kennebec region, died
of heart trouble at his home at Bath,
Thursday. He was 76 years of age
and native of Topsham.
Horace Pnrington, contractor and
builder. of Waterville, delivered a
practical talk to the college men,
Thursday evening, taking as his theme,
'Some Practical Lessons on Christianity
as Seen by Business Man."
The wholesale clothing house of
Miner, Beal & Co., Summer and
Chausey streets, Boston, one of the
largest establishments of the kind in
the East, has made an assignment.
The liabilities are placed as $3.50, 900.
1t is said the failure is due to too many
stores in smaller. cities.
Chicago and Northwestern passen-
ger train No. u, known as the Fetch
Mountain accommodation, which runs
between Escanaba and Metropolitan
WAS wrecked in rear end collision
with freight train at Ford river
switch Thursday. Nine persons were
killed, three are reported missing,
five seriously and four slightly injured.
The specifications for the lightship
Me, call for wooden steamer 11S feet
keel, % feet beam and IA feet 7 inches
deep, to be copper fastened and fitted
with fore and aft vertical inverted
compound engines, 22.inch stroke, to
drive four bladed screw propeller;
also to be equipped with steam fog sig
nal run by oil engine, to have steam
steering gear, etc.
The American Wooden Company held
it's first annual meeting in Jersey City,
last week. President Ayre, in his
annual report, said the year had been
a profitable one, and he anticipated the
coming one would be even better.
During the first eight and half
months the total sales of the company
was $26,50O.0O0. 1t was estimated that
the total sales for the year will amount
to $36,OOO,0O0.
A Bangor firm has chartered schoon-
or to bring 100000 feet of hard pine
lumber from Brunswick, Ca, to Bucks
port, for shipment to Millinocket,
where it will be used in the construc
ton of the big pulp and paper mill.
The freight from Brunswick to Bucks
port is about $40 per thousand. This
will make 100000 feet of hard pine
which had been ordered for the mill
during the past few weeks.
DR.. A. j. Billings of Freedom died
Wednesday from neuralgia of the
heart. He was ID years of age and had
been active in public affairs for many
years. He was State senator in 1866
and in 1897 and had served two terms
as representative. He was member
of the Waldo county Medical society
and during the Civil war he was with
the Nineteenth Maine volunteers. He
leaves a widow and one child.
The 10Th annual reunion and banquet
of the Boston Colby Alumni Associa-
ton will occur at the Westminster
Hotel, Boston, Wednesday evening,
Feb. 81. There is good prospect of an
unusually large gathering of alumni
and trustees. The following graduates
have been invited to give after-diuner
speeches, under the direction of Edwin
c. Robinson, 'S3, toastmaster; Presi-
dent Butler, '73; Hon. Josiah Fl.
Drummond, '46; Prof. A. j. Roberts,
30, and Rev. John l.. bearing, "a.
Roland Burnham Molineux was found
guilty of murder in the first degree at II
O'Clock Saturday night. Unless higher
court reverses the decree he must 60 to
the electric chair for the murder of
Mrs. Katharine j. Adams, who was
killed by poison sent to Harry s. Cor
nish. Molineux, although he had been
prepared in measure for the verdict by