The Somerset reporter., 1903-04-16
STATE AND GENERAL.


VIM. Gagon, 80, fell from the suspen-
sion bridge over the Androscoggin river
at Brunswick, Sunday, and was drowned.
A locomotive of the Wiscasset, Wat
.erville and Pennington was thrown
from the track one day last week. No
one was damaged
Elk Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson
was painfully burned, Wednesday, the
9Th inst, while trying to extinguish
fire at his home in Bloomington, Ill.
Dwight Benton, artist and journalist,
and formerly United States consul gen.
eral to Hawaii, died in Rome, Thursday,
aged SO years He was from Norwich,
Ny.
Frank Tibbetts of Gareelon Ferry,
few miles below Lewiston, committed
suicide Thursday evening at $50 O'Clock
by placing a 80 calibre revolver in his
mouth and sending the bullet into his
brain.
A 12.inch gun exploded, Thursday
afternoon, on the battleship Iowa which
was cruising in the Gulf of Mexico, in
vicinity of Pensacola, Fla, during target
practice, killing three men and injuring
i've
The sardine factory at Lubec of the
Tucker Canning Co., was destroyed by
fire at an early hour, Friday morning,
entailing a loss of 5000; partially in
sured. The cause of the fire is un
known.
The IA ,000-ton armored cruiser West
Virginia, will be launched at the yard
of the Newport News Shipbuilding Co.,
April 10. The vessel will be chrstened
by Miss White, daughter of the govern
or of West Virginia.
The grand jury of Knox S. j. court
rose Thursday and reported II indict-
ments- 10 of them liquor cases; the
other, against Frank Hooper of Friend
ship, for malicious mischief in stabbing
horse of R. l. Thompson.
The regular semi-annual convention of
the lrinne Immersion Adventists of the
State of Maine occurs in Dexter this
week commencing this Thursday even.
ing, at 7.30 o'clock and closing with the
Sunday evening service.
Thus far 300 applications for guide Ii
censes have been filed with the commits.
sioner of inland fisheries and game.
They came mostly from registered gut
des in the Rangeley region, Moosehead
lake, Kennebec and Cumberland coun
ties.
Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, national pres
ident of the w. c. T. U. and Miss Anna
Gordon, the vice president at large re-
turned to Portland, Saturday afternoon,
after a very busy six weeks in Indiana
and at the national headquarters at
Evanston, ILL.,
Veins that indicate fine greatest dis
covery of anthracite coal in Pennsyl
vania since the first general discovery
have just been uncovered by the Lehigh
and Wilkesbarre and the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western companies at
a point near Wilkesbarre.
Deputy Sheriff Miles, who has been
Investigating the murder of Olive Broad,
which occurred in Cornish, last fall,
says he has established motive for the
crime. The officers have been following
a clue for several months and this is the
first tangible development.
Walter Clark of West Corinna, aged
discharge of rifle in Corinna, Thurs.
day. He entered the house of a neigh
Dor and in attempting to stand loaded
rifle in corner it was discharged, the
contents entering his side, causing his
death in few minutes.
Geo. Ketcham, owner of the worlds
champion trotter, Cresceus, 2.02t, an
nounces that it is probable the horse
will never race again. If Mr.. Ketcham
does conclude to send the champion on
another trial he says it will be for the
purpose of breaking the worlds record
for high wheel sulky, 2084 held by
Sunol.
Mr. George F, Evans, Vice President
and General Manager of the Maine
Central Railroad with Miss Evans, sailed
for Boston, Saturday morning, April II,
on the steamship New England of the
Dominion line of the international Mer-
camille Marine Company, on her first trip
to Liverpool since leaving the Mediter-
ranean service.
hen set of buildings on mans
farm is burned to the ground three
times and blown down once--and all
this within period OF ten years-we at
once conclude that that man is up
against very hard luck. H. 81. small
Of Weld, has had just that luck and it
isl surprising to learn that he has de-
eide to move to anotLe town.
a bout hundred voters in the to Tn
of Kingtield, turned out in response to
call for special town meeting on
Thursday afternoon. The object of the
meeting was to acertain whether or no,
the town would vote to build a new
steel bridge across the Farrabassett