The Somerset reporter., 1901-12-05
STATE AND GEN EISAL.

Fire In New ork, Friday, did damage
estimated at 100000.
While skating on the Androscoggin
river at Lisbon Falls, Friday afternoon,
Philip, the II year-old son of Joseph
Laundry, broke through the ice and
was drowned.
Bradford Blanchard, aged 40, employ
ed by French Bros, poultry raisers at
Sandy Point, committed suicide by
hanging on Saturday. The cause is
supposed TO be dependency from i'll
health He leaves wife.
Asa K. Staples of Auburn. committed
suicide by hanging vt the Auburn city
farm, Friday afternoon. Mr. Staples
was native of Turner, but had passed
most of the late years of his life in
Auburn, where he was ii familiar figure.
BY the death of John T. Perry, New
Hampshire loses one of her Oldest
journalists Mr.. Perry WAS SO years of age
and was found dead in his bed at Exeter,
Friday, having succumbed to a sudden
attack of heart failure. He leaves no
family.
The estimates for Germany's expendi-
ture in China for the year 1902 are
$4,000 600 marks, as against 1913 800, 900
marks expended in hina in 1901. The
pensions for widows and orphans result
ing from the hina expedition amounts
to 491 900 marks annually.
A fire of unknown origin which start
ed in the Masonic block Old Town, early
Sunday morning, practically wrecked
the building and caused loss estimated
at more than $4,000 Besides the Ma
sonic society. two other tenements occu
pied the building, and their loss of
fixtures was almost total.
35 Cinnamon were received at the
Charles street Jail Boston, Saturday
night, lodged there at the expense of
the Federal government pending their
deportation to China. OF this number
1e were from Albany and II from Port
land, United States courts having decid-
ed that they are in this country in
violation of the exclusion act.
Secretary Root has replied to the
cablegram of Barthelow Maso of Ha
vana, who complained that American
officials were assisting Estrada Palma in
his contest for the presidency of Cuba
and asking that they be directed to
cease their efforts in this direction.
Secretary Root has informed Mr.. Maso
that United States officials are taking no
steps for or against any of the candi-
reply upon a letter received from Gen.
Wood.
Gov. VIM. II. Taft of the Philippine
Islands has been directed by the Sec
retary of war to return to the United
States. This action is taken because it
is evident from information received
from Manila that Gov. Taft will be un-
able to attend to any duties for some
time and will be obliged.lto leave the
Philippines in order to recover his
health, While in this country he will
be called to Washington to give the COM
mittees of Congress information con-
corning necessary legislation of the
islands
The United States government Is pre-
pairing to send relief TO the ll5 Nome
miners who are reported to be stranded
at Unalaska, Captain Haaley of the
revenue cutter service has received in
struotions to hold himself in readiness
to proceed at once to the far north in
command of the McCulloch. The Nc
Culloch Is conditioned for the trip and
the government is only awaiting more
specific information concerning the
stranded crew of the Ralph j. Long be-
fore dspatching the cutter on the mis-
sion of relief.
Joseph Dearborn, a we'll known farmer
of Biddeford was the victim of fatal
runaway accident, Friday. His horse
took fright at train and jumped sud
denly, breaking one of the shafts of the
buggy containing Mr.. Dearborn and his
niece, Miss Gertrude Adams of Spring
field, Mass, who was guest at his
home over Thanksgiving. The horse
then ran and collded with another team