The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-08-22
STATE AND GENERAL.

Association will be held at Peak Island
Portland Harbor, Wednesday, Aug. %.
Admiral Farquhar was one of the not
able visitors last week at Bar Harbor.
He is now head of the lighthouse de-
partment and is on a tour of inspection.
Gen. Macarthur arrived in San Fran
cisco from Manila, Sunday on the
transport Sheridan. He left Manila,
July 4th and spent several days travel
ing in Japan, leaving Yokohoma, Aug. B.
Prof. Fred a. Butterfield of Farming
ton, the 14th instant, completed 30
day fast, taking little nourishment.
He lost SO pounds in weight, but his
general health Is good. His experiment
was due to stomach trouble.
A great race came off at New YORK,
the 18th inst, between Abbott and
Cresceus, for $4,000. Cresceus won.
The first heat the time was 039, the
fastest time ever made in race; the
second heat was 2064
Thomas w. Lawson, the Boston mil
lionaire, has bought of W. S. Thurlow
of stonington, Saddle Back island and a
smaller island nearby, paying $4,000 for
the property. 1t is Mr., Lswson's pur-
pose to build an elegant summer home
on Saddle Back.
At Buckfeld, Saturday, the new Zadoc
Long public library, present to the
town from Hon. John D. Long in mem
DRY of his father. was appropriately ded-
icated There were a number of promi-
nent gentlemen present besides Secretary
Long.
Charles A. Cole of Pawtucket, r. l.,
principal of the Cole private fitting
school In that city, was drowned while
canoeing In Bugaduce river, Castine,
late Sunday afternoon. His 16-year old
son, Charles R., was with him when the
boat overturned, but succeeded in swim
ming to the shore.
While Fred G. Rankin of Sanford, a
conductor for the Sanford & Cape Por.
poise Electric Railway, was on the run
ming board, Friday, collecting fares, he
leaned too far out and struck a telegraph
pole He was picked up unconscious
and brought to the Maine General Hos
pital, where he died the same evening
His skull was fractured by the blow. He
was son of Senator Rankin of Wells,
Bath came near losing it's City build
ing by prisoner setting fire to the bed
ding In his cell in the police station
below, one evening last week. He al
lowed the fire to gain such Roadway that
he would have been seriously burned If
his cries had not brought the officers to
his assistance. A few buckets of water
suficed to extinguish the flames and the
only damage is scorched cell.
President Hyde of Bowdoin College,
presided at the meeting at the chapel at
Hancock Point, Thursday evening, when
Booker T. Washington, the famous
colored educator, gave an interesting
address, dealing largely with the work
at Tuskegee. Russell Fl. Calhoun, a
graduate of Tuskegee, now principal of
the Robert Hungerford industrial in
stitute of Eatonville, Florida was also
one of the speakers.
The conner stone of the new Water.
Vile City hall was laid Aug. IA, under
the auspices of the Maine Grand Lodge
of Masons. The stone was set by Most
RI A1hart
Kimball, and a masonic service followed.
The lodges represented were, Augusta,
Vassalboro, Oakland, Sidney and Fair
field The visitors were guests of the
local lodge. After the exercises BAN
quet was served.
A dispatch was received Friday morn.
ing, from Asunsion, Paraguay, announc-
ing the death there of Frank A. Nc.
Keen; ex mayor of Nashua and formerly
cashier of the Indian Head national bank
of that city. The cause of death was
not given in the dispatch. McKeen fed
from Nashua In 1893 because of short.
age of about $780, 900 in the finances of
the bank. He had resided In South
America since his flight.
The steamer Island, the crack passen.
ger steamer of the Alaska route, oper-
ated by the Canadian Pacific Navigation
Company of Victoria, B. c., struck an
iceberg off Douglass Island at 2 o'clock
on the morning of Thursday last and
went to the bottom, carrying from 65 to
80 souls, including passengers and mem.
bers of the crew. Some of the survivors
report that as the vessel went down. her
boilers exploded, causing the death of
many who might have escaped
Seven hundred and four exiled persons,
many of them being women, started,
Wednesday, Aug. 18th, for Yemen,
Arabia, on the transport Muruvet. The
prisoners include those who were impli-
Gated in the recent fire at the harem of
the Yildix palace. The fire at the
Yildix palace, occurred in the middle of
July, and was the result of an intrigue
by the women of the harem against the
lady treasurer of the harem of whom
they wished to get rid.
While driving near her home, the 18th,
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