The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-07-16
STATE AND GENERAL.

the English people on his recent Visit TO
the British King.
Cardinal Gibbons sailed from New
York for Europe on the advice OF Car
dinal Rampola that the condition of the
Pope was critical.
The earnings of the steel trust for the
last quarter were more than $50, 200 600,
though falling off about Sl6,OOO,OOO
from the previous quarter.
Kansas is enjoying her greatest pros
perity There is s63 so on deposit in
the banks of the state for each inhabit-
ant. This is the record breaking report.
Friday was the hottest July 10 since
1880 in New York city. There were 80
deaths and 83 prostTations on account
of the heat. In New Haven there were
four deaths.
Postmaster General Payne finds that
his health will not permit him to remain
in Washington, so he will take a sea
voyage. He hopes to finish the postal
investigation soon.
Forty young men from the univers.
tiles including Yale, Harvard, Prince
ton, Cornell, Columbia and Lafayette
left New York on special cars the 18th
inst, to take hand in Kansas harvest
fields.
Joseph Scrbner, the man who caused
the death of James Myers at Moosehead
lake on Wednesday, was arraigned be-
fore Judge Smith of the Dover munich
pal court, Saturday, and held for trial
for murder.
Colonel Mischief, of the Sixth Infant
~ Regiment at Belgrade, which took
prominent part in the coup d'etat of
June II, has been promoted to the post
of departmental chief of the ministry of
war of Servla.
Extensive Improvements to the andre
scoggin river bed by the Androsooggin
Log Driving Co. were began last week.
The company appropriated $4,000 in
addition to a recent appropriation of
$1,000 for the purpose.
The town of Pressure Isle voted at a
special meeting to purchase $4,000 of
the preferred stock of the Aroostook
Valley Railroad This assures the build
ing of the electric road to Washburn and
Perham. The vote was 1853 to SO.
More than 200 colored refugees from
Evansville have reached Mt. Vernon Ind
They report that they were warned
to leave Evansville or be killed. Many
received threats that their houses would
be burned. Several in the delegatioI
were wounded.
In formally welcoming the Americf
naval officers to England, at a dinneH
Buckingham palace, London, Thurs$
night, King Edward took occasion4o
make an emphatic declaration in fkr
of closer relations between the U I'D
States and Great Britain. /
The rear CT the West Branch eob-
scot river cleared the river Friday ter-
noon and started down the lak&twed
| by steamer Grave fears wer$Flter-
tanned earlier in the season II this
drive would be hung up thereby clsing 6
loss of thousands of dollars tdlnber- g
men and mill owners.
Nebraska and Kansas are r&hrkably t
free from tramps just now an4 is con- b
dition promises to continue fJrinother !
month. The tramps have eWdltly be =
gun to read the newspapers, prse word I
has been passed around thae % wheat
belt of the West is bad ple for the
hobo in the good old sumupe ime.
Joseph Jefferson of Rig an Wrinkle :
fame, arrived at Meddy mps lake, :
Washington County, last eek, where =
he has leased or purchasethree camps, a
intending to stay through lily and Aug ?
ust. Mrs. Jefferson accdpanied him q
The report is current tn ex-President i
Cleveland will be his que later on.
1t is understood that IL Russian gov p
eminent has set up az o reason for not !.
sanctioning the openii of new ports n
in Manchuria the necety of allowing v
her first to complete evacuation of II
Manchuria, and 10 i'understood that u
our government is wihg to wait until a
September before aking the next
move. III
The 21st annual hitting of the United u
Society of ChristI Endeavors is in A
session at Denver, Il. At the opening II |.
meeting all the officers were re- f.
elected, as folls: President, Rev. 2
Francis Z. CLARK, D.; treasurer, VIM.
A. Shaw; cler George B. Graft;
auditor, Fred q iidder. The trustees o.
| were reelected.
John McMan, supposed to be bust a
ness man of Bnswick, was found un h
conscious in Jom at West End hotel a
in Boston, whesday. BY his side was = !,
bottle wi3nad contained morphine b
and another th little of drug re- "
naming in i On table was letter :
in which thnan babe good bye to his
friends andked forgiveness for his act b
The man v taken to the relief hospital u
where be I'd. !.
The hiest point for wages reached is