The Somerset reporter., 1901-08-29
STATE AND GENERAL.

Word was received at Manila Sunday
that the insurgent colonel Boreel, with
II officers and l3 men, had surrendered
to Capt. Brown of the 4th infantry, at
Tallsay.
The Bangor d AroostOok Railroad Co.
has petitioned the state Board of Rail-
road Commissioners for approval of
location and authorization to extend its
tracks from Ashland to Fort Kent, a
distance of so miles.
The residence and canning factory
owned by Aaron Merrill at Pine Point,
near Portland, was destroyed by fire
during Friday night, causing loss of
$4,000. and for a time much surrounding
property was threatened. The cause of
the fire is unknown.
One of the oldest, if not the oldest
postmaster in Maine is John r. Mather
of North Castine, who is 81 years old.
Despite his advanced age, however, Mr..
Mather has a record for fathfulness that
1t would be hard to equal. He has not
been absent from the Office day in five
years.
Ticonic Tent, No. 49, Knights of Mac
cabees of Waterville, received full set
Of uniforms for the degree team, re-
Gently. The members are delighted as
the set ia reward for their hard work
in getting the lodge organized and in
securing rs members within three
months.
The Republican Congressional Conven-
ton of the 10th district of Michigan,
which was held at Standish, Mich, Fri.
day, nominated H. II. Apin to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Con.
gresham H. o. Crump. This district is
strongly Republican and a nomination is
considered equivalent to an election.
The State Pathological society will hold
their next meeting in Dexter, sometime
In November. The officers have re-
quested Dexter grange to fix the date
and other things necessary for the occa-
sion. This will be an important meet,
ing and all interested in the raising of
fruit should be present at the two days
meeting, the exact date of which will be
announced later.
The bursting of an air hose in freight
train on the Maine Central Railroad, be-
tween Etna and East Newport, Sunday
morning. caused a sudden appliance of
track, rolled down an embankment of
about 80 feet and were demolished. Six
of the derailed cars were loaded with
live stock for the Eastern Maine State
Fair at Bangor, but it received little
damage.
Henry Noles, a negro, was burned by
mob of citizens, Sunday, for criminally
assaulting and shooting to death Mrs.
Charles Williams, wife of a prominent
farmer, near Winchester, Tenn, last
Friday. He was captured early sunday
and taken to Jail and the doors barri-
oaded. A mob overpowered the sheriff
and his deputies and took the prisoner
to the scene of his crime, where he con-
fessed his guilt. 5000 people witnessed
the horrible fate of the negro.
In executive session a pardon was
grained to Abner D. Thorne of Paris who
has been doing time at Thomaston for
many years as a result of the death of a
man who appeared on the scene while
Thorne was trying to get away with
some of his stealings from a store whion
he was burglarizing. The petition for
pardon of Loren Judkins for the at
tempted murder of Henry Tallouse at
Waterville, was put over to the next
meeting.
Prince Chun of China, brother of
Kwansu, is expected to visit America
next month. He will first visit Berlin,
where he will convey to Emperor Will
liam an official expression of China's