The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-26

an adopted daughter survive him.
Reliable advices from Point Barrow,
laska, up to Aug, II, report the total
failure for the past season of the foe
whaling done by natives at Point Barrow
and Point Hope, leaving the natives des-
titu.~ 9pd creating shortage in the
whaleboue market. Only one small
whale was caught at Point Barrow and
none at Point II ,pe. The loss of boat
is reported OFF Point Barrow and the
drowning of its occupants, one white
man and five natives.
The annual meeting of the Ninth
Maine Infantry was held at the town
hall in Newport, Wednesday, sept. Is.
There was a large number of comrades
present, and the meeting proved to be
one of the best ever neld by the com
rades of the Ninth Maine. At the bust
dess meeting these officers were elected
President, D. w. McCrillis; vice-presi-
dent, Hiram Pratt; secretary, I. ID.
Farrar; treasurer, A. D. Russell. The
next reunion will be held in Corinna
next year.
Guy W. Sedgley of Bowdoinham, an
employe of the saw mill of T. W. Fogg
& Co.. was found, Friday morning, I'M
der pulley belt, bruised and bleeding.
He was extricated from his position and
taken to his home where it was found
his skull was fractured, his left arm
broken and he had also suffered many
other bruises. Death resulted from In
juries received. 1t was supposed that
in getting too near the pulley his cloth
ing must have come in contact with the
machinery and he was hurled to almost
instant death.
At the reunion of the lat d. G. Cav
airy at Camp Benson, Wednesday,
Sept. IS, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Asa
Rofe, Orono, president; N. c. Stowe,
Dover, vlce-president; Joseph McKen-
ney, Orono, secretary and treasurer,
After the business meeting adjourned a
program was carried out in the pavilion,
which was enjoyed by all. The old
making short speeches or singing the
old army songs which are unknown to
the present generation.
Hon. A. W. Gilman has rendered his
resignation as member of the board of
trustees for the Maine State fair. This
action was taken on account of the fact
that Jan. he will assume the position
of commissioner of agriculture in the
State. The position will be filed after
Campbell, Cherryfeld. 1t is the rule of
the organization to have a member from
each congressional district, and Mr..
Gilman has filled the position for the
past four years with honor to himself
and to the advantage of the fair.
The sovereign grand lodge of Odd
Fellows at indianapolis, Ind, voted,
Friday, to allow copies of the secret
work of the order to be made. At every
session for twenty years or more an at
tempt has been made to this end.
Since the founding of Odd Fellowship,
there has been only one copy of the
secre. work of the order. This Is not
printed but is stamped on parchment
1t is kept by guardian specially APP
pointed for that purpose. The resolu-
tons adopted, Friday, provides that
each state jurisdiction shall receive one
copy of the secret work. No additional
copies will be made.
The Bodwell Granite Co., Vinalhaven,
is now engaged in polishing the 40-foot
section of the second pillar for the
Episcopal cathedral of st. John the
Divine, New York. The 20-foot section
is already completed. There is certain
amount of waist ON either end OF the
sections and when the mammoth col
umns are in place they will be SO feet in
length. The first pillar was turned in
one piece, but the remaining seven will
be in two sections each owing to the fact
that it was found to be impossible to
finish them as was at first intended
without breaking.
The British torpedo boat Cobra, has
foundered in the North Sea, the result
of an explosion. The ship was en- route
from the yard of her builders, the Arm
strongs of Newcastle, to Portsmouth,
and carried navigation crew of from
so to go men. 1t is reported that all
were lost with the exception of about a
dozen persons. About a year ago the
torpedo boat destroyer Cobra beat the
record and won the title of the fastest
vessel in the world. The Viper, which
was afterwards wrecked, had speed
record of forty-three miles an hour,
while the Cobra In an unofficial trial
over the same course made 81 knots or
43 3 miles.
A letter that was carried by native
couriers a distance of over 1000 miles
across the wilderness of the north, from
the mouth of the Mackenzie River to
Edmonton, and thence by rail to San
Francisco, contains the first news re
ceived this year from the whalers who
wintered in the Arctic region. The let
ter was written by Capt. H. Huffman of
tina aChaonar panalnpa Tho uhoIinr