The Somerset reporter., 1903-09-03

Mondays race between the Shamrock
III and the Reliance was another dis
appointment, the wind not being strong
enough to bring the yachts across inside
the time limit. The shamrock was
some two and half miles astern
The three masted schooner John
Booth, fiom Long Cove, Me-, for New
York was run into and sunk during the
night Thursday by the Metropolitan line
steamer, H. NJ Whitney, of Boston just
west of the New Haven harbor. and five
members of the crew and one passenger
were lost. aptain Thomas of the
Booth was rescued by the Whitney.
Rev. DR.. Henry Blanchard. who for
the last 81 years has been pastor of Con-
gress Square Universalist church in
Portland, has left for Los Angeles, Cal
where he is to preach during September
and October by invitation of prominent
gentlemen who desire to have him as
sumo permanent charge of new Lib
eral Christian movement In that city.
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By defeating W. A. Larned in straight
sets at Newport, r. 1 Thursday, H. L.
F. Doherty completed the clean sweep
which he and his brother have made in
this country at tennis, this season Be-
tween them they hold both the singles
and the doubles championships of the
United States and England as we'll as
having won the Davis international
trophy without the assistance of any
other player.
The mill curtailment in Fall River,
Mass, this week, includes six corpora.
tions operating nine mills containing
about 330 600 spindles These mills en-
ploy 5000 hands and pay out S21 900 in
weekly wages The figures, it is thought
will be larger Labor day week for several
mills announced their intention of shut
ting down during the week. he cur
tailment in the yarn mills is decreasing
little, but owing TO the difficulty of
securing desirable grades will 60 on for
some time.
In strong northeast gale eight miles
off Highlands, n. j., at half past ten
O'Clock saturday night schooner Henry
f. Mason, from Perth Amboy N j,
for Portland, Maine, loaded with 100
tons of red clay, struck, it is supposed
submerged wreck and at half past
one o'clock Sunday morning sank. The
crew and two Passenger of the schooner
took to the vessels small boat and after
being buffeted by the heavy seas all
night and part of Sunday, were rescued
by Captain Paterson and the and Hook
life saving crews
The reunion of the First Maine Caval.
ry Association will be held in Dexter,
Wednesday, Sept 10th, 1908 The com
mittee have planned to give the com
rades and their wives a most cordial
welcome and desire to have this reunion
remembered long by every comrade
present. The Maine Central and the
Bangor and Ar3ostook railroads will
sell tickets at reduced rates, good to
return Sept II The Exchange Hotel
will give reduced rates. Headquarters
will be at the A r. hall, where din
ner will be served For particulars ad-
dress w. II Lombard, president, Ripley,
Me, or j p Cilley, corresponding sec.
retary, Rockland, Me,
The August number of the Maine
Industrial journal gives a summary of
building statistics in the state for the
current year. There have been complet
ed in Maine, since the advent of the
new year to date, buildings aggregating
in cost approximately $2,315 900, about
40 per cent of this being residential
work. The figures show that there is
under way in Maine work that will
approximate 81, ,057, 900 OF this amount
about 1922 600 is for residential work,
including hotels, dormitories, govern
ment barracks, ETC., and about 81 ,039,A
600 for mills and factories. The amount
of work projected is found TO be about
IS, 1926, 900, of this amount 1,156 900
being for residential work and 81, ,677, 900
for mills and factories.