The Somerset reporter., 1902-11-06
STATE AND GENERAL.

IS, 250, 900 for 10 years.
Rev. J. F. Haley, D. D., of Guilford,
Me-, has been transferred to the pastor.
ate of the Pine street Methodist church,
Portland. Rev. Mr.. Haley was presi.
dent of the East Maine Conference semi
nary at Bucksport.
George Roncoe of Waterville and his
son, William were arrested, Thursday,
on the request of the Oakland officers
on the charge of an assault, which, it is
claimed, was committed on Mr.. Crowell,
the Oakland milkman, at the time of
the Sidney affair.
Samuel Houston Bonge, the last sur
vivng signer of the treaty of 1886 be-
tween the United States and the Cher
okee nation, is dead at his home in Fort
Gibson, l. T., aged TO- He was native
of Georgia, was captain in an Indian
regiment in the Civil War and had held
many Offices in the herokee nation.
Six months Imprisonment in the
Kings county penitentiary was the sem
tence pronounced, Thursday, by City
Judge Kellogg of Yonkers, N. Y, upon
W. B. Raymond, the automobilist, who
was arrested after his machine had been
in collision with a trolley car, Sunday.
The accident caused injuries to % per-
sons who were on the car.
A total of 2370 presidential, postmas-
tiers were appointed last year, according
to the annual report of j. l.. Bristow,
fourth assistant postmaster general, is
sued Wednesday. This is the largest
number appointed in any one year in
the history of the postal service. The
report shows that burglaries of post
officers and the robberies of mail boxes
are ON the increase.
Mrs. Almira Lambert, who was prob
ably the Oldest resident in Pennington,
died Wednesday afternoon, Oct. Goth,
aged 95. Mrs. Lambert was born Oct.
| 10, 1907. In 1885 she married Thomas
| Lambert, who died some years ago.
Several children we're born to them, all
dying in infancy. Mrs. Lambert was
descended in a double line from Gov
William Bradford.
Two valuable paintings were stolen
from the corridor leading to Furlong's
Studio, Portland, Tuesday of last week.
Mr. Furlong had been busting his rooms
and get these two pictures into a vacant
room near his own Office, the door to
which from the hall stood open. Mr..
Furlong went out to lunch and when he
returned the pictures were missing.
They were worth at least $500. There
is not clue to the thief.
Oliver Moulton died suddenly, Oct
Goth at his home in Randolph. Mr..
Moulton was born in Pittston, April g.
1925, and was the son of Oliver and Sal
ONE (Lapham) Moulton. He had always
lived in Randolph formerly portion of
Pittston. Early in life Mr.. Moulton
went to work upon the Kennebec river
driving logs, and for many years was en- +.
gagged in that employment
Six fremen were injured, Thursday,
at fire which caused damage est
mated at $250,000 dollars at Minneap-
oils. The six-story building occupied
by the Minneapolis Paper Co. and
owned by j. c. Oswald & Co. was
destroyed. The stock of the Paper Co,
known also as Wright, Barrows &
Stillwell, was consumed. The contents
are said to have exceeded 100000 in
value.
Henry &. Brown, of Brunswick, fore
man of section crew on the Maine
Central railroad was killed, Sunday
morning, by freight train. He was on
the bridge between Topsham and
Brunswick and there was thick fog.
| The train struck his handcar breaking
it in two and throwing Brown into the
river. The body has not been recovered.
Brown was A years old and is survived
by widow and four children.
lho IosPoiiey lhluo OdNO-ius hutb-
day, at Joplin, Mo-, is assuming big
proportions. In addition to seven
shafts on the Eleventh Hour tract that
were utterly destroyed, the Homestead
and Cleveland mines have caved IN
The ruined mines were all producers
and have paid half million dollars in
dividends. Five other mines in the
immediate vicinity are considered un-
safe and have been abandoned.
A cablegram was received at the state
department, last week from Consul Gen
MoNally, of interest m connection with
tbs isthmian canal projects, relating as
it does to the volcanic condition in Cen
trail America He reports that the erup-
ton of the volcano of Santa Maria, ad-
joining Quezeltenango continues; city is
covered with six inches of volcanic mat
ter; rich coffee plantations on the coast
side buried under seven feet of sand
from the volcano.
The Iowa supreme court has reversed
| two trial courts in Iowa on the question
of the G. o. d. liquor sales by express
companies. The holding of the court
prevents express companies from land