The Somerset reporter., 1902-10-16
STATE AND GENERAL.

worm OF GREENE died IN his cell at the
Androscoggin county Jail in Auburn
where he was waiting trial in the su-
preme court for incendiarism.
The grand lodge of Good Templars
held its annual meeting last week at
West Kennebunk, appointing a commit
tee to appear before the legislature this
winter to oppose resubmission of the
prohibitory law.
The thirteenth annual meeting of the
Maine State Jersey Cattle Assn. will be
held in Winthrop, Tuesday, Oct. q, at
10 O'Clock a. m. G. III. Gowell, z. A.
Gilbert and Otis Meeder will speak upon
the subject of dairying.
The E. A. Holmes sardine canning
factory at Eastport, now owned and
operated during the canning. season by
the Sea Coast Packing Co., was closed
for the season, last week, owing, it is
stated to the scarcity of herring.
The government dredging work to be
begun soon in Camden, on the Georges
river, Thomaston, Bucksport harbor and
Sullivan Falls, is an extensive job
About As, 900 cubic yards are to be remov-
ed in Camden harbor, 10000 in the
Georges river, and $1,000 at Bucksport.
F. Fl. Todd's sons have closed down
their mills at Calais for the season on
account of the scarcity of logs. They
were able to get only about three
million of logs last winter because of
the open season. A large number of
men are thrown out of employment who
expected at least forty days more of
work.
A portrait of the late Chief Justice
Nathan Weston was hung in the rotun.
da of the State House, Tuesday. 1t
was painted by e. P. Fletcher, Boston,
from the original painting by Badger,
and is magnificent work of art. Chief
Justice Weston was a member of the
Maine supreme court from 1920 to lS41,
the last seven years occupying the
position of chief justice.
One person is dead and three are
seriously sick from the eating of canned
meat this week. Willard, the five year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Hills,
of Union, is dead. The father, mother
and elder son, Maynard are sick. -Four
doctors who investigated decided that
death was due to eating canned ham of
1 which the sick members of the family
had partaken while the others had not.
Mrs. Ella Prescott, wife of Henry
Prescott of Guilford Centre, committed
suicide, Saturday night, in a tit of tenn
porary insanity, by saturating her cloth.
Ing with kerosene and applying a match
to it. Her father, Geo. Lowe, discover
ed her shortly after she touched the
match to her clothes and in his efforts
to put out the flames, was badly burned.
Mrs. Prescott died, Sunday morning, at
four o'clock.
Capt. Jason Collins retired from ser.
vice of the Eastern 5. 5. CO., Saturday,
after a successful record of over sixty
years with the Kennebec Steamboat Co.,
forty-two years of that time he has been
master. He retires with the esteem of
his employers and with the love and
respect of his associates and acquaint-
ances. He has never lost steamer OF
life nor has he ever had any serious
accident.
A syndicate of Western men has
bought $50 acres of land on French :
Mountain, Linoolnvlle, and is nego
tiating for one thousand acres at Lin
louisville Beach for the purpose OF
opening game reservation. Assistant
L. S. Attorney General James NJ Beck
and ;. G. Untermayer of New York
were at Lincolnyille, Saturday, looking
over land and it is believed they ara
interested in the project.
The Usage Indians Of Oklahoma are
said to have 100000 cash ou deposit
in Washington and to own l,50000t
acres of land, worth another 100000
Their realty holdings give per capital
wealth of "a, 900 for every brave, squaw
and papoose in the tribe The interest
on their money in Washington affords
annually a little over $500 10 each mem
Der, old, midde.aged and young. This
makes the Osages the richest people in
the world.
Among the petitions in bankruptcy
filed, Friday, was that of X. {. Pingree
& Co.. Lewiston, who have carried "a
an extensive lumber business in this
State. They gave the liabilities as $780,
600, and assets, $1,000. This firm sus-
pended business, last August, aud it
was known that financial difficulties ex.
listed Within 20 years they have suf-
fered three fires without any insurance
and the present proceedings ale said to
be due to this cause. Mr.. Pingree is
one Of the pioneer lumber dealers OF
Maine.
The complete official vote of the state
in the recent election has been compiled
by Sec. burlington of the executive coun,
Gil. The total number of votes cast foI