The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-11-14
STATE AND GENERAL.

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withdrawn from the Portland and Ma
chiasport route for the season of 1901,
making her last trip eastward" leaving
Portland FRIDAY, Nov 10th, and "west-
ward" leaving Machasport Monday,
{ Dec.
By the bursting OF a steam pipe at the
Penobscot Chemical Fibre Co.'s plant at
Great Works, Saturday, Walter Pomroy
and Fred Willet suffered, serious nju-
ries The men were in the dreroom
and were enveloped in scalding steam.
They will live.
Former Mayor N. II. Higgins of Ellis
worth died, Sunday, aged 81 years. lie
was prominent business man of strict
integrity aud sterling worth. He served
as Mayor for two terms and for the past
two years has been alderman and city
treasurer.
According to the London Daily News,
Major General Ian Hamilton, who sailed
Saturday, for South 10 act as Lord Kit
chener's chief of staff, takes plan pre-
pared In London for a more vigorous
campaign with n view of ending the war
before the coronation festivities begin.
The thriving little town of Pugwash,
N. S was visited, sunday, by a fierce
confagration which destroyed nearly
every mercantile establishment and
many of the finest residential houses in
the place. Twenty buildings were
burned and the property loss will reach
$4,000.
The Capitol Island House, a summer
hotel on Capitol Island, the annex and
the wharf were burned Thursday after
noon. The house was unOccupied and
the cause of the fire is unknown. The
loss will reach $1,000. The building
was owned by j. w. Lash. and G. N.
Maxcy of Gardiner.
Safe blowers cracked the safe at the
Maine Central station at Bucksport, early
Saturday morning, and secured $1,000.
The safe was completely shattered.
After securing their booty, the burglars
made good their escape by an open win
dow, leaving their tools on the floor.
There is no clue.
Parties were at Richmond, Saturday,
looking at the vacant shoe factory with
view to starting plant for the manu-
facture of shirts and overalls. If they
come, they will put in a dynamo and use
electricity for power. 1t is hoped salts
factory arrangements will be made and
new industry added to Richmond's in
terests.
A. K. P. Marston, a section foreman
on the Boston Il Maine, has reported to
the police that he was the victim of
highwayman near the Gorham depot Just
after dark, one evening last week. Mars
ton says he was walking up the track
when he was struck from behind and
knocked down. His assaiant fled after
relieving him of 800 in money and a gold
watch. The robber has not been cap
tured.
The failure of the air brakes on train
No. 80 on the Dexter & Foxcroft branch
of the Maine Central to work, caused IA
freight wreck in the yard at Foxcroft at
$50 O'Clock Thursday night, in which
fireman Frank French of North Newport
received injuries from which he died
half hour later. The train, which CON
sisted of 10 cars and three engines,
crashed into Foxcroft round house. The
locomotive was badly damaged but none
of the cars were deraied.
An inquest held Saturday at Green
Vile to investigate the circumstances
surrounding the death of w. c.. Tucey
OF Collinwood, Ohio, who was aociden-
tally shot by j. c. Hostaler of Toledo.
Ohio, near Lily Bay, Moosehead Lake,
on Friday, resulted IN verdict fully
generating Mr., Hostaer from all blame.
Testimony at the inquest showed that
the bullet that caused his death was a
spent one that had already killed deer
and then glanced from a tree.
AT no time in the history of the state
have so many and expensive buildings
been in the process of erection as will be
the case during the coming winter. This
Is particularly true of the summer re-
sorts all along the coast and at the many
lakes in the interior of the State. Scores
of elaborate summer homes at the many
Maine resorts will be built between now
and the time when warm weather will
once more cause the tourists to flock to
the playground of the nation.