The Somerset reporter., 1901-07-18
STATE AND GENERAL.

the battleBnlp maine Will NC '@eHS
on Saturday, July 27, at II a. M
The hardware store of Hanson, Web
Der 4 Durham, Waterville, was broken
into late Saturday night and knives
revolyers and small hardware taken to
the value of between 500 and $500,
Sol Berliner, the United States consul
at Teneriffe, Canary Islands, who Is In
New York on a sixty days leave OF alb
seuce. filed a petition In bankruptcy.
The liabilities are placed at s5l,3o3,
with no assets.
A large four.story wooden block at
Rumford Falls, was destroyed by fire,
Saturday afternoon. The fire originated
In the rear of the building from some
unknown cause The loss Is $1,000, par
TALLY covered by insurance.
The German ballot law is falling OF
its partisan purpose in Maryland. At ltS
municipal election, this week, Anna
polls was carried by the Republicans for
the first time. As a political BOONE
rang this German device beats all
records.
China's apology to Germany for the
assassination of Baron Won kettler has
been sent to Berlin by Prince Chan,
Younger brother of the Emperor. Inc
event had many spectacular features
about it, evidently for the purpose OF
impressing the public.
A fire at the West Indian docks, Lon
don, Eng, Friday, destroyed a number
of hugh sheds and their contents. The
amount of the damage done is estimated
at from $500, 900 to 100000. The custom
house was damaged but the vessels In
the dock were removed in safety.
Clarence Read of Belfast, is building a
new engine which will be used in an
other automobile which Charles Monroe
of Searsport is building. Mr. Read
built one of these engines not long ago
and Mr.. Monroe used 1t successfully in
an "auto' which was built after his
plans.
Advces to Chicago's board of trade
and grain commission houses, are that
the drouth in the southwest is unbroken.
1t is said that the damage outside of
Kansas and Missouri is comparatively
slight, but that unless there is relief
within ten days the crop situation will
approach calamity.
Prescott j. Reyes, foi several years
principal of the Bar Harbor high school,
has been elected principal of the gram
mar schools in Bangor. His place at
Bar Harbor will be taken by Prof. A. NJ.
Thomas, who has been principal of
Kicker Classical Institute In Houlton
for the past Is years.
The present drouth in Kansas and
Missouri is the worst since 1850 when
New England sent food to the settlers of
Kansas. However, Kansas farmers are
harvesting one of the largest crops of
wheat, If not the largest in the history
of the State. Hay has sold for $40 ton,
the highest price ever reached in this
market.
The Is months old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Albion Day of Limestone met
with peculiar death short time ago.
The child fell head foremost into a pail
half full of hardwood ashes. The ashes
were cold but in crying the child filled
her lungs 30 full of ashes that she could
not breathe when found and died after
two days of terrible suffering.
Hallowell city government on Friday,
passed the following: "Ordered that
the city marshall aud his deputies be
and are hereby ordered to see that the
prohibitory law of the State is enforced,
and that for the remainder of their
terms Of office they use their utmost
efforts to conserve the best interests of
the city and close all saloons"
Judge Rufus B. Smith of the superior
court, Cincinnati, Ohio, has granted an
Injunction against all tioget soalpers re-.
straining them from purchasing or selling
oil forms of transferable tickets,
including Christian Endeavor tickets, Is.
sued by or reading over the Big Four,
Pennsylvania, Baltimore & Ohio, Louis
Vile g. Nashville, and Cincinnati, Ham.
ilton & Dayton railroads. This action is
very important to lines In the East
The torpedo boats Barney and Bagley,
which were preliminarily accepted by
the navy department several days ago,
babe good bye to the Bath Iron Works,
ut 6.l5 Thursday afternoon, and were
towed to the Portsmouth navy yard by
the tug Knckerbocker, there to be
turned over to the government. The
Biddle, the third of the trio, will prob.
ably be completed so as to be turned
over to the government In about two
weeks
John Stewart, 80 years old, unmarried
was drowned while bathing in New
Meadow river near Bath, Sunday noon.
He jumped from log into water beyond
his depth and being poor swimmer
was unable to again reach the log and
soon sank. His companion, being un.
able to swim, could afford him no as
sistance. Steward was employed In
Sewall's ship yards and had been In this
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