The Somerset reporter., 1904-04-07
FRANK W. BUCHANAN. Druggist.
TATE AND GENERAL.


mand of Rear Admiral Glass, arrived at
Panama, from Callao, Peru, on Friday
April LIST.
According to the latest estimates, the
cost of repairing the damage to the Erie
canal, caused by the floods and the
breaking of the ice gorges in the Mo-
hawk valley, may considerably exceed
100000
More than 100 cattle bound for st.
John, N b., for shipment to Europe
were killen In railroad wreck on the
international Railroad near st. John,
Sunday. Eight cars we're demolished.
None of the crew was injured.
Three masked men held up the
Oregon express, southbouRd on the
Southern Pacific railroad, at Copley,
near Keswick, April lat, killed j. w.
O'Neil, the express messenger, and car
red off the contents of the express box
Ephrram Gay, one of the pioneers in
the lime industry in Rockland who re-
tired IL years ago, leaving his extensive
business to his sons, died suddenly, Fri
day He was 81 years old. Mr. Gay
had served as councilman and alder
man.
William E. Church, who was arrested
in Philadelphia and brought to st Louis
to answer the charge of having murder
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Henry w Yeater, his
benefactors, at Warrenton, MO, last
August, confessed to the police, the LIST
instant, that he committed the double
crime just because he felt impelled to.
The salmon season at the famous
Bangor pool opened Friday, the first fish
being caught by Thomas F. canning of
that city. 1t weighed lSt pounds and
was bought by a local marketman for
Boston pa ties, the ICE paid being S1.25
a pound. Because of the low pitch of
the water the fishermen look for an ur-
usually good opening.
After a weeks stubborn fight, the
operators and miners at Altoona, Pa i,
late Friday night, agreed on the scale 10
be paid in the central Pennsylvania field
for one year beginning April l. The
basis of he settlement Is for 81 cents
for the gross pick mined ton, a reduc-
ton of 06 per cent which proposition
was offered by the miner members of
the joint scale committee
For several years the journeymen car
penters and joiners of Waterville, Fair
field, Winslow aud Oakland have been
steadily organizing and getting their feet
placed to enforce their demands for
shorter hours. A few years ago they
were granted nine-hour day and since
then the agitation has been continued
for a reduction of still another hour.
They publish a letter to contractors
giving the reasons for the establishment
of an eight-hour day which they say will
come on June 1st of this year.
George E. Allen of Middle Dam, who
was injured the first of the month by
falling upon rotary wood saw, losing
all the skin of the upper pat of his
back, is doing we'll at the Maine General
and this week the work of grating skin
from his thigh having been begun.
Pieces about the size OF pin point are
taken and placed in solution after
which they are grated into the flesh
about half inch apart when the pro.
cess of healing and spreading goes on
apace.
A finding that the sealed letter by
which Phildo s. Bennett expressed a
wish that $50 900 should be given to
Williams jennings Bryan and his family
was not part of the last will of Mr..
Bennett was returned by the jury March
81, in the superior court at New Haven,
Conn. in the trial of Mr.. Bryan's appeal
from the decision of the probate court.
This finding, which upholds the decis-
ion of the probate court, was given in
accordance with instructions to the jury
from Judge eager, who presided at the
superior court trial.