The Somerset reporter., 1903-09-17
STATE AND GENERAL.


crushed to death at Farmingdale Sun
day evening by falling under the wheels
of an electric car.
A heavy snowstorm swept over Mon
tana Friday night and everything was
covered with a layer of snow about
eight inches deep. The storm covered
a wide area.
Emery Chapman, a wood chopper
was killed at New Sharon, Friday by a
falling tree. A limb crushed his skull
causing instant death. He was about
As years of age and lived in Industry.
Me. He is survived by widow and
daughter
Congressman Burleigh and I.ittlefield
made an examination of the Kennebec
river from Gardiner to Bath, last week
in order TO inform themselves in regard
to dredging needed in that important
waterway to be prepared to secure
necessary appropriations in congress.
In his race for the trotting honors of
the world, Major Delmar is now three
quarters of a second ahead of Cresceus,
and a quarter and half behind Lou
Dillon, "the only" two-minute trotter.
1t is said that the Major has designs on
the worlds record as it now stands, and
that they may be oonsummated this
season.
Il. G Dun & Co.'s eekly Review of
Trade, Saturday, said: Despite the in.
terruption of holiday the week has
brought increased activity in many
branches of business. An encouraging
symptom is the decreased complaint re
garding collections, accompanied by
more discounting of bills Weather
conditions have been favorable for re
tail trade.
1t is officially denied that the Maine
Grand Lodge, Ancient Order of United
Workmen, has any intention of with
drawing from the Supreme Lodge, az
has been reported. AT the conclusion
of secret session of the executive com
mandery at the New Meadows Inn,
Brunswick, Friday, the statement WAS
given out that no one in authority had
ever said the Grand Lodge would with
draw
One million more cotton spindles are
running in Fall River, this week, than
ran last, 9400 more operatives will work;
$40, 1000 more will be paid out in wages;
2400 more bales of cotton will be used
and 126, 900 more pieces of cloth will be
made, 1t appears now as if the greater
part of the season of curtailment in th s
city was over, and it is confidently ex-
ptcted that soon the mills will be rum
ming steadily, with the exception of
those engaged in installing new ma
chinery
The fastest baseball ever seen 10
Maine, is claimed for the championship
challenge series now being played be
tween Watervile and fairfield The
series is to be fifteen games, of which
ten have already been played. Both
teams are drawing the best men to be
had from the available college players,
the minor leagues, and even the Nation
al League, regardless of expense, as the
series is for blood. Waterville is now
in the lead, but every game is close and
hand fought.
A Chicago paper says that the Nation
al Womens Christian Temperance
Union has begun it's campaign for the
expulsion of Senator Reed Smoot of
Utah from the U. S. senate. Ten thou
sand letters are being sent from the
National headquarters at Evanston to
the local branches all over the country
with blank forms for petition to the
Senate. The form of the petition to be
signed asks that the Senate investigate
the charges made and filed against
Smoot and says ''if 1t be found that he
is a polygamist we ask that he be ex-
PEELED from the Senate as violator of
the laws of his own state"
With turf conditions which were es-
timated to make the course good half
second slower than on Wednesday of
last week at Syracuse, when he estab-
lished new worlds trotting record for
gelding's of OIL Major Delmar went
mile on the State fair ground track to-
day in 200+, lowering his previous
record J. seconds. This remarkable ex-
hibition of speed was made in the pres
ence of 1900 people, who nearly went
wild when the result was announced
and it was realized that Lou Dillon, the
minute trotter, alone stood between
MOTOR Delmar and the worlds trotting
record, and that by only quarter of a
second.
The annual report of Commissioner
of Pensions Ware places the total num-