The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1902-05-08

past year, as their share of the earnings
under the new profit sharing system.
The amount distributed represents per
cent of the capital stock of the company
and gives each man on an average two
and one-half weeks extra pay.
Millinocket has TOO scholars between
the ages of and 81. No town in Piscat-
aquis county has so many according to
the last report of the State school super
intendent.
John Graves, present of the Hallowell
National Bank, died Saturday morning
of old age. He was 90 years of age Mr..
Graves was a native of Kingston, N. Y,
but was resident of that city for half
century. He was for number of years
a director of the American National
Bank and when that institution was con-
soldated with the Hallowell bank he
became its president. He leaves wife
| and daughter.
OF the 4018 schoolhouses in the state
3,l35 are reported in good condition
which was slight gain over the year
preceding. OF this total number, 1856
schools have United States flags. Dur
ing the past year there wero 80 school
houses built at cost of $103, 448, which
brings the estimated value of all school
property to $4,538,0 1S, which was a de-
fnr ha of 9tlI AS7
Sir Charles Rivers W ison, president
of the Grand Trunk railway, is expected
to arrive in Montreal about the first of
June on his annual tour of inspection.
1t 10 thought that his coming will be the
occasion of the formal opening of the
new general offices In Montreal. Sir
Rivers. Wilson's tour this year wiz be a
brief and hurried one as he is to return
to England in season to attend the coro-
nation exercises.
| About the middle of June, Drs. II. j.
friedrich and O. w. Turner of Augusta
will sail for Vienna, where they will
devote several months to postgraduate
study, DR.. Friedrich taking up surgery
and DR.. Turner diseases of the eye, ear,
nose and throat. After the completion
of their courses, they will, before re-
turning to this country, visit the hos
pitfalls of Berlin, Paris, London and Edin-
burg.
The case of Henry Lambert, who was
convicted of murder at the special SEES.
sion of the Supreme court for Piscata-
qnis county, last November, will probab-
ly be argued before the law court
at the Portland term. The Lam
bert trial occupied IS days and a great
amount of testimony was taken. An
idea of the amount of testimony so TAX
on to be gained by the knowledge of the
fact that the evidence makes a book of
of 1900 typewritten pages
The body of man identified as that
of j. G. Hutchinson, missing from Wins
low since April s, was found In the Ken
nebec at Hallowell Saturday morning.
The discovery was made by Augustus
Thomas, a log driver, who was engaged
in sorting logs. Mr.. Hutohinson's age
was 81 years, and for some time previous
to his disappearance on April he had
been Respondent and in poor health.
1t was supposed that he was drowned,
but no trace was found until Saturday
Mr. William S. Diokey, Maine man,
who was appointed United States consul
At Callao, Peru, is accused of improper
conduct in office by the late ex-Vice con-
sui William s. Mcbride, who resigned
his office early in April. This is the
purport of articles appearing in Ell Com
meroio, newspaper of Lima, Peru,
WHICH have been forwarded to Washing
ton. Mr.. Mcbride also states that
serious movement is on foot to have Mr..
Dickey removed from membership in
the G.. A. r Post at Lima, where there
are about 40 veterans of the Civil War,
Col. f. c. Milliken, State pension clerk
has received up to the first day of May,
2104 applications for state aid and he
has made allowances to the number of
1900. The work of the office is far in
advance of former years. On the first
of May, 1900, the applications received
numbered 1852 and those allowed was
1444. On the same date In 1901, the
number of applications received was
zoos and the allowances made was 1854
AS the present time there are not a great
many questionable claims pending which
require investigation. These sort of
claims, however, are set aside until after
the claims about which there Is no doubt
are adjusted.
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