The Somerset reporter., 1902-03-13

the Union Trust Company OF New ork.
The purpose of the mortgages previous
ly given on all lines operated by the Bal
timore & Ohio in Pennsylvania, Ohio
and West Virginia.
The crews of the sailing fleet at st.
Johns, N. F., numbering about 5000 men
went on strike, saturday, demanding a
higher price for the catch than 10 now
paid. The present rate is 90 per hun
dred weight. The men demand a..
They paraded the streets with flags and
proceeded to government house, to lay
their case before the governor, Sir Cav
endish Boyle.
Gov. Hill, has received communica-
ton from VIM. Fl. Dow of Portland,
treasurer of the Maine Mckinley Men,
orial association, stating that the total
receipts to date aggregate S2559.03.
The full amount of Names apportion-
ment therefore, has been raised. 1t was ar
ranged that the State should contribute
$500 and the above figures show that
$50 .03 in excess of that sum has been
received by the treasurer
At the annual meeting of the Penob-
scot East Branch Log Driving Co., held
at Bangor, Wednesday, officers for the
year were elected as follows: President,
j. M. McNulty; secretary and treasurer,
Fred H. Strickland; board of directors
for the coming year, Ira b. Gardiner,
Cornelius Murphy, N. M. Jones, j, M.
McNulty and Michael Leen. The drive
was let to Oscar Thomas of Lee, at IS
cents per M. from Grand Lake.
A man by the name of Lyons of Gin
ton, in attempting to jump from Pull
man No. II, Sunday morning, near the
home OF VIM. Goodale in Clinton, re-
ceived broken jaw, some badly lacera-
ted fingers, several gashes on the head
and general shaking up. He was at
tended by DR.. Andrews and it is thought
will recover. 1t is supposed that he
misjudged the place and speed of the
train and jumped off, thinking he had
arrived at the station.
During the month of February, 270
cars loaded with lumber, potatoes, hay
and farm produce were billed out from
Mars Hill and Blaine with prices for pc
tatoes fiom 81 so to So 90, according to
the variety. 1t is estimated that more
than two thirds of the crop has been
shipped; usually there his been num-
erous big lots held, but, at this time,
there are none held by the farmers and
the supply in the potato houses
along the line of the B. & A, is s very
limited.
Charles l.. Wharf, aged 90 years, died
at his home at Gardiner, Friday from
smallpox, after being quarantined only
three days. The case is a peculiar one
in many ways and up to late Thursday
night, attending physicians had not full
ly determined the nature of the disease.
Death came suddenly Friday morning,
and after post mortem examination the
physician stated that smallpox was I'M
doubtedly the cause. MIR, Wharf con-
traoted the disease at an Iceboro board
ing house.
Prof. Walter Flint, who has held the
chair of professor of mechanical engin-
eering at the University of Maine for
the past ID years, has resigned his pos
ton there to accept call from the ia
cob Tome institute of which DR.. A. w.
Harris, former president OF the Univer-
sity, is director. The resignation is
now in the hands of the board of trus
tees of the university and it is expected
that they will act upon it soon. Prof.
Flint graduated from the University of
Maine in the class of 1882 and was re-
tanned by the university as an instruct
or in mechanics. In 1889 when Prof
Benjamin left the institution, Prof. Flint
was advance to the chair of mechanical
engineering, which position he has held
up to this time. 1t is understood that the
resignation is to take effect at the close
of the present college year,