The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-01-22
STATE AND GENERAL

meeting has been set Tor req. 10 IN tnat
city.
Marconi, of wireless telegraphy fame,
passed through Bangor, Thursday after
noon, the 18th, on his way from Cape
Breton to Cape Cod
The late Lucius Fl. Murch, for score
of years city clerk of Belfast, who died
last week, kept record of the weather
for AZ years, three times daily, without
missing day in all that time.
Celebration of the 200th anniversary
of the establishment of the first news
paper in Russia has been prohibited.
The car thinks it should rather be
made day of mourning, considering all
the trouble the press has caused him.
Walter 5. Green of Waterville, aged
II years, died Saturday morning, at the
Stevens hospital, after short illness of
typhoid fever. The deceased was the
son of Charles E. Green and had been
employed at the pulp mill in Winslow.
The increased attendance in the Rum
ford Falls school, has necessitated the
opening of another schoolroom. The
school board has secured the building
that the Baptsts formerly occupied as a
chapel, and will convert it into school
room.
During the year 1902 the Machias
Lumber Company shipped about three
thousands cords of edgings from Ma
chias. Two hundred and ten cars were
loaded, the average amount placed upon
each car being about IA cords. The
company still has several thousand
cords.
kilograms from Stockholm confirm
the distressing accounts of the famine
in northern Sweden as given in these
dispatches. About 10000 persons are
affected by the famine, which extends
from the 61st to 9th degrees north
latitude and from the gulf of Bothnia
and the Russian border far into the
interior.
The death of Miss Mary Mckenzie
occurred on Sunday at the residence Of
her sister, Mrs. George Getchell in
Brewer Miss Mckenzie was born at
Black Cape, Canada East, and was go
years old. She was for number of
years matron of the Bangor Theological
Seminary.
G. H. Guild of New York, we'll
dressed and gentlemanly appearing man,
who has been living at the Bangor
House for the past four weeks, commit
ted suicide by shooting at the st. James
hotel some time Friday night, his body
having been found, Saturday morning.
1t 10 supposed that financial or family
troubles prompted the deed.
Franklin c. Robinson, member of the
Brunswick public library committee,
received letter from Andrew Carnegie
offering Brunswick $12, 900 public library
building, the town to furnish $1,000
yearly for support. 1t is probable that
the offer will be accepted as the present
quarters in the town building is over.
crowded.
Among those nominated by Republi
can legislative conventions for U. S.
Senators, last week were, George G.
Perkins OF California, Reed Smoot OF
Utah, John C. Spooner of Wisconsin,
A. J. d. Hopkins of Illinois, Jacob Gal.
Tiger of New Hampshire. Perkins,
Spooner and Galliger are new Senators,
The Watervile Mail of Thursday, in
an article urging the claims of that city
announces the candidacy of General W
T. Haines for the International nomi
nation at the next Republican State con-
vention. Considerable space is devoted
to a review of the record of Mr.. Hainet
both as business man and public
official.
Francis Belcher, formerly a prominent
business man of Pennington, and q
member of an old and respected family,
committed suicide, Monday night, by
hanging His body was found suspend
ed from hook in a wardrobe at his
boarding place Mr.. Belcher had been
in ill health and it is supposed that the
deed was done while he was Temporal
rily insane
The grand jury in the case of Euclid
Madden and James 7. Kelley, reported
an indictment against each, charging
manslaughter. These men were in
charge of the electric car at Pittsfeld,
Mass, which, last August, ran into the
carriage in which President Roosevelt
was riding, with the result that Secret
Service Agent William raig, who was
guarding the President, was killed.
The Waterville Mail notes the un
pleasant fact that In 1899 Maine stood
18th among the states in regard to chill
dren of from 10 to IA years who were
able to read. In 1900 Maine had become
the 18th state In this respect The en-
ployment in mills and factories of boys
and girls who ought to be in school il
responsible in part for this falling off.
Allie Copeland, son of Roswell Cope
land of Holden died at the Eastern
Maine General Hospital, Sunday, from
injuries received in the woods near
Fields pond on Friday. He was %