The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-12-29
STATE AND GENERAL.

Eaton Fl Bunker has baen chosen sur
veyor general of the port of Bangor, sue
ceeding the late Major c. V. Grossman.
The Maine Commercial Travellers
Association will have It's annual banquet,
next Saturday evening Dec 81, at The
Columbia. Tickets are selling rapidly
aud members should apply for them
early next week
James Grant, aged 46, of Pawtuoket,
r. l., employed by the contractors for
the Kennebec water district, was terribly
lacerated about the face and neck by the
explosion of Illuminating cap Thursday.
In fire which originated in a shanty
at the pit mouth of the coal mine of the
Reese Hammond Brick Co. at Garfield,
Pa. the 22nd inst seven foreigners we're
smothered to death and two Americans
were badly overcome
Sioux City awoke the day before
Christmas with two of its best business
blocks in ashes, involving loss which
may reach 81 500, 900, throwing hun
dreds of people out of employment and
entailing loes of one life.
The battalion of Philippine scouts now
at st. Louis will be taken to Washington
and assigned 10 prominent place In the
inaugural parade. The battalion is un-
der command of Major johnson and has
present strength of 280 men.
Robert ). Nc ormick, American am
bassador to Russia who has been on
two months vacation trip to his home in
tina United states, started today on his
return to st. Petersburg on the steamer
Moltke, which sailed for Hamburg.
February 10th and 18th are the dates
of the coming Grand Army Encampment
in Lewiston. Commander in.Chief w
W. Blackmar of Boston will be guest Of
honor at the big campfire Thursday
evening, Feb 10Th, and will be accom-.
panied by his official staff.
Charles Page, of Gilman Corner, four
mileg from Dexter, blacksmith, age 46,
was found hanging to a rafter in his shop
by his wife today. He had evidently
been dead several hours No cause is
assigned for the deed. Besides his wife
he is survived by son IL years old.
Secretary Taft has issued an order
directing the quartermaster general to
award the making of some So, 600 pairs of
trousers at the Scbuylkill arsenal Phlla-
delphla, for the enlisted men of the
army. to seamstresses in that city mainly
the widows and orphans of soldiers.
The United States Steel Corporation
has untitled orders on it's books for 1905
delivery aggregating 5 100000 tons, as
against 3,027 436 on Oct The untitled
orders by the close of the year will prob
ably total $500, 900 TONS as compared
with 3,215, 123 on Dec. 81, year ago
Alfonso For in of Brunswick fell be-
meath the cars on the Maine Central Rail
road at Brunswick, Saturday night, he
was later brought to the Maine Central
hospital where his leg was amputated,
and he died at l o'clock Sunday morn
ing. Forth was brakeman on the road.
The neutrality-suspicious. Line steamer
Patricia, which arrived at New York.
Sunday, from Hamburg, Dover and
Boulonge, brought 13l cabin and 2435
steerage passengers The greater num-
Der of those in steerage were from Rus
sian Poland and came here to escape
CONSUMPTION.
The state department at ashington
has announced that this government has
for the second Tins called upon Vene-
suela to explain the arbitrary expulsion
from that country IF A. f. Jaurett, the
correspondent of the Associated Press at
, Caracas The first explanation offered
by President Castro was altogether un-
satisfactory.
According to Il. Petersburg paper a
number of English fishermen have APP
peared before the Russian consul in Lon
don and have deposed to having seen
foreign torpedo boats among the Hull
| fishing fleet. Their depositions, il is
added, will be submitted to the inter-
national commission now In Paris, the
circumstances under which they were
obtained being explained
King Alfonso of Spain had narrow
escape while riding in motor car on
the Prado, last week. A wheel of the
car which he was driving personally,
suddenly broke and the car overturned,
the king escaping uninjured. King Al
fonso is an exceptionally daring driver
and his motoring exploits axe a constant
source of anxiety to the queen mother
and the ministers.
Fred w. Green, steam filter. was
crushed between the elevator and the
second floor at the shop of William w.
Carman at 78 Union street, Portland, at
8 30 saturday night, and died in 10 min
utes. Just how the accident happened
is not clear though from the position of
the body after the accident it is supposed
that he stopped over TO pick up some
thing and was caught
l.. A. Goudy. general manager of the
Northeastern telephone company, in
Portland. will retire Jan l, and will be
succeeded by Thomas X Brooks of
Scr tnton, Penn Mr. Goudy will remain
a director of the Maine company, but
will devote his time to the introduction
of the automatic system in New Hamp-
shire, probably starting the work at
Concord. He will retain ais residence
in Portland.
Thousands of idle men In South Chi
cago will have employment the day fol-
lowing New Years. The two largest
mills of the Illinois Steel Company will
be started then, and the entire steel
plant, for the first time in months, will
hum with industry. About 10000 men
are engaged in all the departments. he
returning workers will find lower wages
and more work In somo cases, ii is
said, the cut will amount to 40 per cent.
Boston celebrates the beginning of
1905 with the East Boston tunnel, nearly
II mile and half long, "a #. wide and
connects the city of Boston proper and
it's island ward 1t has taken little
more than four and half years to COM
piete the tunnel which cost SO 600, 900,
and now that it is finished the big tube Is
the first one of it's kind constructed
in this country under the open waters
of harbor, and is the first anywhere
made entirely of concrete.
Harry & PeaSe Of 4 nnleton who was