The Somerset reporter., 1901-06-13
Miss Annie NJ. Wentworth, aged 81

Miss Annie NJ. Wentworth, aged 30
years. highly esteemed Saco woman
aud member of the ~aco Methodist
church who has ben suffering from
nervous prosfra'ion for severa, months,
committed suicide by hanring. sun, ay.
She had threatened to take her life
number of times the past few months.
Emperor William, it is understood,
has given orders that Count Won Wal
dersee shall be received on his return
from China with unusual eclat. The
military and naval attaches of the va
rious embassies and legations, including
the American intend to join officially in
the reception if their governments au
thoIize them to do so Countess Won
Waldersee has received telegram from
her husband telling her to expect him
about the end of July.
The schooner A. Nichol arrived at
Machias, Thursday, from Salem, with
her flag at half-mast and reports that
her captain, Ira Sanborn, sprang over
board off Cape Ann last sunday and was
drowned. Captain Sanborn had been
in command of the schooner for num-
Der of years, but during the past fifteen
months his health has been very poor
and it is believed his mind was affected.
Last Sunday morning about three O'Clock
he came on deck during his sons watch
and after speaking with the young man,
suddenly ran to the rail and jumped into
the seas. A boat was lowered and a
long but unsuccessful search made
One of the largest, if not the largest,
lobster ever seen in Maine, was brought
to Eastport, last week, from Grand
Menan, n. B., and forwarded by express
to Roxbury, Mass, fish dealer. The
the tip of the claws to the tip of the tail
and weighs % pounds, was caught in q
trawl few miles off the shore of Grand
Menap. Its body measures two feet in
length and its circumference is 20 inches
A lobster similar in size to the one
brought to Eastport was taken few
years ago off Grand Menan, near where
the latest one was caught and is now in
the Smithsonian Institute, Washington,
d. {.
The President has signed an order re
classifying vessels of the navy according
to their tonnage, to take the place of the
old classification used, based on the
number of guns carried. Under the
new system there will be four classes,
as follows First rate. men of war of
5000 tons and over; second rate, men of
war of 4, 900 tons and under 5000 tons
and auxiliary vessels of 6,000 tons and
over, except collers, hospital ships and
other vessels used for special purposes;
third rate, men of war from 1000 to
1000 tons aud auxiliary vessels from
1000 to 5000 tons and coliers, refriger.
ator ships, hospital ships, etc, of 1000
tons and over; fourth rate, all other
vessels
At meeting participated in by the
Aroostook county members of the State
legislature, county commissioners and
business men together with the local
members of the board of directors of the
Bangor & Aroostook railroad, the mat
ter of transferring to the company at Par,
the preferred stock of the Bangor &
Aroostook to the amount of S1,O00,OO0.
now held by the county, was considered.
1t was proposed by the railroad COM
pany to guarantee interest on the county
bonds after July l, 1902, when the pro.
posed transfer of the preferred stock
would be made. 1t was the sense of the
meeting that the proposition should be
accepted and the question will soon be
submitted to the voters
AS a result of fire in the furniture
manufacturing plant of the Thomas
Beals Co, at the corner of Market and
Newbury streets, Portland, Friday, the
large stock of finished goods was badly
damaged by smoke and water. The fire
started in the paint room from sponta-
neous combustion, it is believed, and