The Somerset reporter., 1904-11-17
STATE AND GENERAL.

oO,3oo plurdlily, auu hOOoSs Si-'
plurality,
The election returns, indicate that
Pierre will be the capital city CT the
state of South Dakota, majority OF 49,
600 votes in favor of that city having
been pollsd.
Nine. Melba, the great singer arrived
In New York saturday and sang In Port
land, Tuesday She is to make con-
cert tour of America, remaining here
until the end of March.
Official returns from SO out OF 81
! counties in Indiana give Roosevelt
328. 491; Parker 234 9e2. Roosevelfs
plurality, 90515. The other ten coun-
ties will probably increase this to %; 200
The University of Maine won from
tufts at Bangor, Saturday, by score OF
% too The game was played on the
gridiron at Maplewood park, and was
witnessed by a crowd OF about l0OO
people.
The corner stone of the new Free
Baptist church which will before long
occupy a permanent place on Getchell
street, Augusta, was laid with impress
i've exercises at a few minutes after 100
p m, Saturday,
| Inc DlTlRO saw mlll III DtOWOi h"o
been purchased by Charles d Stanford
from E & | K. Stetson, to whom the
property was sold some years ago by
Messrs Stanford aud f. w. Hill. The
price paid was S15, 600.
Oak Grove Seminary at Vassalboro
played her last game of the season,
Wednesday, with Fairfield, on the field
at Oak Grove and the result was tie
The Fairfield boys arrived about p.
~ and at $50 the teams lined up.
The Rnmford Falls Times property
was sold at auction last week to Hon.
Waldo Pettingill. The real estate was
bought by Hon. George K. Bisbee. A
| local corporation will be organized TO
continue the publication Of the Times.
The biggest liquor raid ever made in
| Bangor, 80 far as the value of the haul
| is concerned. occurred, Wednesday of
| last week when, wholly unlocked for,
II warrants were placed in the hands of
deputy sheriffs and police by County
Attorney Smith.
Eleven people we're killed and ten or
| fifteen injured In head on collision
TODAY between Union Pacific west-bound
passenger train No. 3, and an east bound
extra freight train, one and half miles
west of Azusa, Wyoming, on the Oregon
Short line.
Fred Stuart of Bar Harbor, a police
officer of that place, was shot and in
stantly killed while hunting in the woods
near Montague, Friday, his companion
mistaking him for deer. Mr.. Stuart
was about 80 years old, and leaves a
wife and one sister.
The name of the lawmakng power in
the United States is the Congress, in
England, the Pertinent; in France, the
Assembly; in Germany, the Reichstag;
In Holland, the States General; In Spain,
the Cortes; In Greece, the Boule, and in
Denmark, the Landsthing.
The Democrats have conceded every
thing to the Republicans in West Vir-
gina, including the five congressman and
the legislature. The only dispute is on
the size of the majority of Dawson for
governor. Republicans claim 1t will be
10 00O while the Democrats say 5000.
Much qualification Is expressed in
Mexico by the press and public that
Mexico and the United States are pre-
pared to negotiate 40 arbitration treaty
The cordial reception rendered Presi
dent elect Corral by the United States
government has also made an excellent
impression.
The Jury In the case James o. Brad
bury vs. the estate of James W. Brad
bury, appealed from the Probate court.
on Saturday returned verdict in favor
| of the plaintiff. The sum claimed was
| $25 600 Counsel for the defense will
appeal to the law court. J. w. Brad
bury died in 1901.
Lewis Perkins, aged % years, of Old
Town, was arrested Friday night on a
charge of murder or msnslaughter CON-
mitted In Virginia. Perkins formerly
| lived In that State. and Ia alleged to have
killed a man during an alteration over a
woman. Virginia deputy sheriff was
ready to take Perkins back.
Negotiations which have been pending
for the last four months have been clos
ed and the work of constructing the new
pulp aud paper mill at Sprague's Falls
will be commenced at once. The mill
will have capacity of 100 tons paper
per day which will be shipped to Boston,
New York and Philadelphia.
Gen. Wilmon Blsckman, commander
in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public, has issued a general order which
is unique inasmuch as it Is proclama-
ton for every member of the organiza-
ton to observe Thanksgiving day In
addition the commander in-chief extends
to all comrades his Christmas and New
Years greetings.
The pronounced rise in the stock
market was responsible for the suspen-
sion of the Federal Stock and Grain Co.,
of Boston, one of the most extensive
concerns of the kind In the country.
The company had four Offices in Boston
and 30 or more In other cities, The
losses of the concerns have been
81 900, 900 within few mouths.
Complete unofficial returns from every
county In the State of Iowa we're receiv-
ed by the State auditor, Saturday. The
vote on President was: Roosevelt, 331 :
57o; Parker, los $50; Debs, Socialist, T.
342; swallow, Prohibition 1885; Watson
Peoples 1,791 These are the figures
that will be canvassed by the board liz
December.
The town of Perkins, on Swan island
in the Kennebec river, has long beer
famous as throwing the smallest vote al
a state election of any town in New
England. At the last election, Perkins
threw 10 votes, all Republican. The
town of Mattamiscontis, in Penobscol
county, has but eight polls, going
Perkins two less.
Rosalie Montmasson is dead. She was
the wife of the late Premier Crispi with
whom he spent his most stirring days
She participated in his exile and also In
the war of Independence, being the only
woman member of the famous expedi-