The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-06-19
STATE AND GENERAL.

a Hre at baslpOrL the ZZtu lnsLdn,,
burned two smoke houses, two fish cur
ing buildings, two wharves and small
shed, the total damage amounting to
about 5000.
Four cases of small pox at Houlton
have made the people very cautious, and
and the grammar, Pleasant and Fair
street schools have been closed and sew
eral public gatherings cancelled.
Two persons were instantly killed and
about dozen others seriously injured,
two of them probably fatally, by the
falling of an elevator in the veneer mill
of C. C,>Manae .szd vii.
lage, Vt, Thursday night
A fatal collision occurred in the Nash
vile, Chattanooga q st. Louis R. R.
Thursday afternoon, about twelve miles
from Chattanooga, Tenn. Three men
were killed outright and about fifteen
others more or less seriously injured
Victor Emanuel King of Italy, is re-
ported to have bought 10000 acres of
the best coal land in West Virginia from
two Pittsburg Operators now in Italy for
s., 100000. The property is situated In
the Pocahontas coal district.
As one result of the cloudburst which
struck the peak of Camels Hump noun
tain, near Montpelier, VT, Sunday night,
a in he
railroad was wrecked in the town of
Middlesex and five of its crew including
the conductor, the engineer and fireman
and two brakemen were instantly killed.
During the graduation of four young
women and one young man from the
Richmond high school Friday, it was an
nounced that Bowdoin college scholar
ship b I'D been given the school. The
donors name is not known but it is un-
derstood to be Congressman d. S. Alex
ander of Buffalo, n. Y, native of that
town.
The new fast train over the Maine
Central which will leave Bar Habor in
the afternoon, commencing on Monday
next, arriving in New York in time for
breakfast the next morning, is the first
time in the history of railroading in this
state, when a person can go from Bar
Harbor to New York without a change
of cars.
Secretary Moody has sent letter to
the chairman of the House committee
on war claims recommending that in
case Congress decides to recognize the
claims of the families of those lost on
the Maine the relief be in the shape of a
direct appropriation, which would do
away with the expenses of litigation to
the claimants.
In the case against William Kelley,
charged wi the intent to kiln U. :.
Customs Officer Frank w. Burns, Judge
Gregory, at Woodstock, N. b., Friday
afternoon, decided against the extradi.
ton application. The judge held that
there was no evidence against Kelley OF
intent to kill and he discharged the
prisoner from custody.
c. f. w. Neeley, who, March 4th, was
sentenced to ten years imprisonment
and to pay fine of $50, 701 for compiled.
ty In Cuban postal frauds, was released
Wednesday, under the bill signed by
President Palma, June 9th, granting
amnesty to all Americans convicted OF
crimes in Cuba during the term of the
American occupation, and those await.
ing trial.
VIM. Warren of Rome, young man
of Il years of age, who is employed as a
cream gatherer, by c. 4. Towle in Win.
throp, met with serious accident, Fri
day. He fell from his wagon and was
dragged 10 rods or more. He remained
unconscious for several hours, but long
toward evening he came to. He is badly
bruised about the head, but the physi-
clans think he will recover.
i Mrs. Wilbur Howe and daughter Eula
and Eva Mains lost their lives in the
Kennebec at Bath, Thursday. The ac-
cdent occurred by getting in the path
of the ferry which capsised the boat the
p rty were in throwing them into the
water. Four of the party were saved.
! The bodies of those drowned we're soon
secured by graphing 1t is the saddest
case ever recorded in that vicinity.
There is famine of herring along the
coast and both owners of weirs, of which
there are many in Hancock county, and
captains of fishing vessels, who need the
herring for bait, are complaining bitterly.
Nothing equalling the dearth of herring
has been known fors many years and
many attribute it to the late summer
and chilly weather, saying the fish will
appear later in the season, but whether
this is the solution Of the problem re-
mains to be seen.
Frank l.. Beals, division commander
of Maine S. of ", has sent out order No.
from his home in Auburn to the effect
that Camp Zenas Vaughn bias been
organized at Madison, recently, with 33
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