The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-12-17
STATE AND GENERAL.

Bishop Dennis NJ. Bradley died Sunday
morning, at Manchester, N. II.
Accurate figures on the yield of pota
toes in the United States in 1902 giVe
the total production as 284 632, 1877 bush
els, thus exceeding the yield in any pre-
ceding year excepting 1906.
The faculty of Bowdoin College has
made the announcement that, beginning
in 1904, the Medical School of Maine
will open Nov. l, instead of late in De-
cember, as at present.
Judging from the number of porcu-
pine claims that are now being received
at the office of the state treasurer, it is
expected that the total will reach not
far from $4,000, meaning a disbursement
of S12 000
A despatch to the Daily Telegraph
from one of its correspondents in the
far east, asserts that the warships Of
both Russia and Japan now in hinese
waters have been painted black, their
war color.
William Jennings Bryan, accompanied
| by his son, were received in private au
dience by the Pope in Rome, Sunday
Mr.. Bryan was presented by Monsignor
Kennedy, rector of the American col
lege, who acted as interpreter.
The Sultan has cancer of the stomach
and can't live more than two or three
years. A German doctor is said to have
made the discovery, probably because
the Turkish physicians were afraid of
getting themselves beheaded if they
told the old man about 1t.
The condition of the Hon. Milton G.
Shaw of Bath, was slightly improved,
Saturday. Mr. Shaw is one of Maine's
foremost lum Der men and a large owner
of real estate in the state. His illness
is extremely critical and grave fears
have been entertained for his recovery.
The Colby club of Waterville has
elected officers for the ensuing year as
follows: President, DR.. F. c. Thayer;
vice presidents S. s. Brown, Archer
Jordan and X. W. Dunn; secretary, FL.
wood T. Wyman; treasurer, j d. Tay-
lor; member of the executive committee
for three years, Harvey d Eaton.
1t is now unoffi cialy stated that Maine
will close the present year with round
half million dollars in the treasury, the
largest cash balance at the end of a
year in the history of the state. More
over, the State has no temporary loans
to meet, and is steadily reducing the
bonded debt caused by the Civil War.
Daniel W. Hill and Mary Payson,
both of Lewiston, were married at 2
O'Clock, Saturday afternoon, at the
home of the groom in Baskerville. Mr..
Hill is the Lewiston milkman who was
shot in the back, last Monday morning,
by his father, who aflerwaId shot him
self. Mr.. Hill is still confined to his
bed and the ceremony was peri rmed
with him sitting up in the bed
On Wednesday of last week AlonzO II.
Weed, formerly of Bangor, was elected
mayor of Newton, Mass on the Repub-
lican ticket, his plurality being 1457
over ex-Aderman Henry Bailey, the
Citizens nominee. Mr.. " eed was born
in Bangor, Jan 20, 1867. He graduated
from Harvard University in 1887 and
from the Boston University Law school
in 1890. He practices law in Boston.
In spite of all efforts to stop the
slaughter of birds for millinery pur-
poses, the havoc made is still enormous.
In London there is every autumn an
auction sale lasting several weeks, at
which hundreds of thousands of birds,
mostly from the Mayalayan archipelago,
Australia, and South America are sold.
A recent collection included eight va
retes of birds of paradise.
peculiar safe robbery became known
Friday when word was received from
Boston manufacturer to whom the safe
of the Bath business college had been
sent to be opened that the safe was
empty. The day before Thanksgiving
it had contained $50 in money and val
liable papers and books. The day fol-
lowing Thanksgiving it was impossible
to open the safe so 1t was decided to
send it to Boston by freight There
were no marks on the safe nor signs
about the office to indicate that burglars
had entered the place during the holi-