The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-08-15
STATE AND GENERAL.

UNIQUE personages of this generation,
Booker T. Washington, the famous head
of the Tuskegee normal and industrial
institution.
The United States battleship Indiana
which came to Portland a week ago with
party OF naval cadets from the Annap-
oils Academy, sailed tor Halifax, N. 3,
Thursday. She will remain in Halifax
some time before returning to Newport
News
Alta meeting of influential merchants
and representative fruit growers at King
ston, Jam, Thursday, the preliminary
stems were taken for the formation of
company with capital of 100000 to
establish line of fruit steamers between
During a heavy thunder storm at Eliot,
Friday morning, the farm buildings o!
Nathaniel Staples, considered the most
valuable in that vicinity, were struck oy
lightning and burned. Mr.. Staples,
while attempting to rescue his STOCK
was seized with an attack of heart dis
ease and died in few minutes.
The White Star Line steamer, Oceanic,
Capt. Cameron, which sailed from Liver
pool Wednesday, for New York, arrived
at Queenstown, Thursday morning, and
reported having been in collision, Wed
nesday night, on the Irish channel, with
the steamer Kiucora of Waterford, Ire
land The Kincora sank. Seven persons
were drowned.
Dennis Taylor of Rangeley was brought
to Pennington, late Thursday afternoon,
by Deputy Sheriff Estey and arraigned
before Judge Henderson in the munici
pal court on a complaint alleging assault
and battery with intent to kill. Taylor
was ordered to provide $1,000 bail for
his appearance before the higher court
in September. He was committed to
Jail.
United States dispatch boat Dolphin
with Hon. John d. Long, secretary of
the navy, and Mrs. Long on board, left
Portsmouth, at 5 o'clock Friday morn
ing. for Belfast, where 1t will take part
in the celebration of "Old Home Week"
Friday next. Secretary Long is on his
way to Buckfield, his birthplace, where
he will participate in the "Old Home
Week" exercises, this week.
At meeting of the stockholders of
the Bangor & Aroostook, Thursday, it
was voted to issue $40, 100000 in con
soidated bonds, secured by mortgage
of the entire system, for the purpose of
refunding all outstanding loans, OF
which there are many, bearing various
rates of interest The new bonds will
be four per cent, fifty years in $1,000
denominations.
The Goth Maine Regiment Association
gathered in Belfast, Thursday, in an
nual reunion. The roll call showed
about 800 of the old comrades present.
The officers elected we're: President,
F. S. Walls, Vinalhaven; secretary, D.
w. Billings, Swanvllle; treasurer, A. E.
Clark, Belfast. The meeting next year
will be at Northport during "Old Home
Week."
Grocers are interested in prodigious
undertakings combination with capt.
tai of 800, 00O, 900, to be known as the
National Wholesale Grocery Co. There
are about 2700 large grocery jobbers in
the United States, and the desire is to
unite under one control at least 270 of the
most desirable concerns, or at least 10
per cent Of the entire number. A gen.
eral meeting Is to be held in New York,
next month.
Jack Winters, who was arrested as a
suspect in connection with the Selby
smelling works robbery at San Fran
cisco, has confessed, and so far $3.50, 900
worth of bullion has been recovered
from the bay where he had sunk it. 1t
is now only question of careful search
to find the rest of the $290,000. Winters
claims he did the job all alone. He says
he made IA trips from the vault to the
wharf from which he dropped the gold.
Benjamin D. Leighton, a farmer of
Westbrcok, aged "a, committed suicide
In the woods near Riverton park, Thurs.
day night. When the body was found
Friday forenoon, by searchers who had
been looking for the man all night, the
hasty conclusion that he had been muir.
dered was reached and the police of
Portland were notified After an ex.
animation, however, the officers decided
that it was clearly case of suicide, and
Coroner Perry decided that an inquest
was unnecessary.
The audience which attended the
Christian Alliance meetings, Sunday,
was as large as was ever seen at an Old
Orchard campmeeting. The annual col
lection for foreign missions, always an
important and picturesque feature of
the Alliance midsummer convention,
took place, Rev. DR.. Simpson, the ALI.
ance leader, being in charge in the fore
noon, and Rev. G. N. Eldridge conduct
ing the solicitation in the afternoon, the
total receipts of the day aggregating in
pledges and cash $4,000.
There are now six women doing time