The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-30
STATE AND GENERAL.

Bath, has contracted to build four
masted schooner for A j. Houston of
Baltimore
Dover and Foxcroft are excited over
their first automobile. 1t arrived, last
week, and is the property of DR. E. A.
Thompson.
| Congressman Charles B. Lands Of the
9th Indiana district says that if the haz
ing evil at West Point could not be sup
pressed, the military academy would be
closed for three or four years Mr.. Lam
dis is a member of the West Point board
of visitors.
The I.ukens' Iron and Steel Co., has
Just closed a contract for the erection Of
1l8 inch plate mill at Colesville, Pa
With the exception of the Carnegie Co.'S
mill this will be the largest In America.
When completed, the plant will have
capacity of 200 900 tons OF finishing
plates year
Three men forced an entrance to the
post Office in the Town building, Bruins
wick, early Thursday morning, but were
frightened away before they had time to
secure any booty. Entrance to the
building was gained by forcing the front
door, with tools taken from a nearby
blacksmith shop.
Maine paper mills have sent repre-
| - EnnlauA fn find the
best way of introducing American paper
| into the foreign market. 1t is believed
that large quantities of news board can
be sold to English box makers. Over
81, 00O,00 worth of paper in its various
forms went from this country to England
last week.
Bangor's famous piazza is gone. 1t Is
the one in front of the Penobscot Ex'
change for whose existence eA-Mayor
| Beal fought so long and yaliently. But
! by decision of the supreme court it IN
fringed upon the highway and had to
go. The fight is over at last, and the
piazza has been torn away.
An impressive happening in connec-
ton with the bringing home of the re-
mains of the late Representative
Boutelle from Boston, Wednesday, was
at Newport, where % or 80 Grand Army
members gathered at the station and
stood with heads barred as the train
bearing the remains passed through the
depot.
The semi annual statement on the
conditions of the saving banks, trusts
and banking companies and loan and
| building associations of the State April
| 27, 1901 has been given out by the State
bank examiner. With the exception of
the loan and building associations all
the institutions show a gain as compared
with the statement issued in October,
1900
| Emperor William has issued stringent
orders to henceforth exclude newspaper
reporters from all public and semi-public
functions where the Emperor intends to
speak. The Emperor's encourage and
the police have been given instructions
to render impossible the stenographic
reporting of his speeches or the taking
of notes thereon.
United States Commissioner Bradley
at Portland, Friday afternoon last, is
sued an order for the deportation of 16
of the Cinnamon who were brought
there from Lowelltown, several days
ago, charged with violating the immi-
grafton laws. Gee Hong Chang, the
leader of the party, will be held for the
United States grand jury
The one hundredth anniversary of the
founding of the Baptist church, China,
Maine, was observed Thursday, May %.
Many former members, pastors of the
church and visiting clergymen were in
attendance. After singing, Scripture
texts and prayer, the church clerk, Frank
Metcalf, called the roll, which was re
sponded to by short speeches from
members present.
Three former United States officers
have entered prison and began sentences
in expiation of crime in connection
with the commissary scandals. Captain
Frederick j, Barrows, late depot quarter
master of the department of southern
Luzon, is sentenced to five years i'm
prisonment; Captain James Z. Reed,
late depot commissary at Manila, to
three years imprisonment, and Lieuten-
ant Frederick Boyer, late depot commits
sary Calamada, to one years imprson-
ment.
The labor situation is the cloud hover
ing over the business world but the diff
culties are not sufficiently widespread at
present to seriously Interfere with the
progress of manufacture and distribu-
ton Meanwhile prices hold firm, the
capacity of producing plants in the lead
ing Industries is well employed aud crop
advices are satisfactory. Railroad earn
ings continue to show remarkable gains,
90 per cent. over last year and 1913 per
cent. over 1890 for half of May says
Dun's review of last week.
On Friday, June ID, the railroad COM
missioners will give hearing at Farm
ington on the petition of the Franklin,
Somerset & Kennebec Railroad Co., for