The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-04-25

quarter, and placed in readiness for
Bagley, which has been at the Iron
Works pier during the winter, also will
be placed in trim. The Bddla rests on
her cradle in the Iron Works plate shop,
and will be launched next month. The
powerful engines have been placed in
position and she will be ready to make
her first trip few days after launching
The contract speed required for these
boats is % knots an hour.
Frank G. Gould of Oroho, graduate
of the University of Maine class of '94,
who for the past year and half has
been assistant engineer for the Algoma
Central Railroad Co. of Ontario, Canada,
has secured an excellent position with
the Lake Superior Power Company of
Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, and will be
assistant engineer on construction of the
immense power canals which are being
built in the American Sault and the
{ anadian Sault.
Shamrock II, was successfully launch.
ed, Saturday afternoon, at Dennys yard,
| Dumbarton, Ire, in the presence of a
crowd of invited guests, newspaper men
and employees. Lady Dufferin christen-
ed the new challenger, which looked
spic and span in its new coat of white
paint trimmed with green, while her
manganese bottom shone like mirror.
The challenger undoubtedly has the
/ finest lines ever turned out of the Clyde.
She undoubtedly has hull that will be
easily driven. Her beam will give her a
good deal of stability. She will prob
ably sail trifle tender and will be best
suited when club topsails can be carried
with dry docks.
Charles Brown and E L. Candy, presi-
dent and cashier, respectively, of the
j First National bank of Vancouver,
Wash, which was closed, Saturday, by
the comptroller of the currency, com
mitted suicide, Saturday night, Two
miles from that city, by shooting them
selves with revolvers Their bodies
were found, Sunday morning, lying
! together in a small clump of bushes.
Both used the same weapon. and Candy
evidently died first, as the revolver was
found in Browns hand. Each put the
muzzle of the revolver in his mouth and
blew the top of his head off When
confronted with the shortage of $81, 900
both men admitted their guilt.
The reservoir on the Middlefield Riv-
er, located two miles above Middlefield,
Mass, a tributary of the Westfield,
broke away, late Sunday afternoon, pre-
ciptating an immense volume of water
down the valley through Chester and
Huntington, destroying large amount
of property and completely demolishing
the Boston and Albany Railroad system
between Westfeld and Pittsfeld. Large
sections of the double track of the rail
road are washed out and stone arch
was swept away by the flood. The tele
graph and telephone service is seriously
interfered with No loss of life has
been reported and the property loss is
principally from railroad and highway
damage, small buildings swept away
and flooded houses and stores.
Wilfred K. Mansur, architect in the
Morse Oliver building at Bangor, has
been admitted to associate membership
in the American Institute of Architects,
the foremost society of its kind in this
country. UP to that time the only
member of the institute from Maine was
John Calvin Stevens of Portland. The
is rather particular in its choice OF
members so that to be admitted means
being recognized among the first archi-
tects of the country. After name Is
proposed for election and voted upon
the candidate is required to pass rigid
examination in order to prove to the
directors of the institute that his work
is thorough and of "a high order. Mr.
Mansur was entered as a candidate last
August and passed bis examination
some time ago.
There will be rather unusual chang
ing about of attorneys in the trial fol
murder next month at Portland OF
GRAHAM ond Hands, accused of the Cor
ham crime That GRAHAM will make a
great fight goes without saying. He is
by nature COO and self-controled, and
he will not fail at the time of his great
est need, to show the same qualities he
displayed in 80 large degree when
Lewis was tried for the murder of Co
burn, and when he was himself the star
witness on the part of the State. Hon
Geo. NJ. Soldiers, who defended Lewis
with marked ability, will now have
GRAHAM, while GRAHAM will be defend
ed by Charles A. True, who was the
county attorney when Lewis was tried
The witness of that trial will be the re
spondent and the attorney for the re
spondent will be the attorney general
while the man who made the fight fol-
the State, will do his best as the attor
ney for the respondent.
Job Couldn't Have Stood 1t.