The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-16
STATE AND GENERAL

@ofk Las been started during the
pas aerk Oh fde eXeasa4ug for the
he" ke"eaa2r ~ stem winch u.s. - be Ia
stalled in Aewpof', Ne
hree thousand members Of tie Boot
aud shoe "aIkef=a Union uH3 were
locked Our ~ weex- ago. vi. return 10
"9fk tins "eek Iadei 9pen shop cor
ditionB.
Mayor Harrison sas announced hat M
boo1makiug ~Duld a.I5Hca n y ash
inet9n park On Def5t dos and fba. no
betting would be allowed 44r#Hy the
Washington park meet
Abner Mckinley bIo,Eef IF he .ate
President, WAS found deaa H. a etafr a,
his home in Somerset, IA a. 3 asc.9ek.
saturday morning. Death came with.
out warning 10 bis family
Harvey D. Eaton, Eco : X. Common
and 5. A. Nye left last week for Phl.a
delphia where they have gone u our.
chase pipe for the Kennebsc Water dr.
trict new line TO China Lake.
Two cases of small pox were discovered
at Lewiston, last week, IL house al
the corner of Middle and Oak streets
The victims are sisters by the name Of
Hubbard The house was p aced under
quarantine.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, widow Of the
president of the southern C0nfederacy
has declined q gift of $50 from the
Georgia Daughters Of the tonfeder4cy,
on the ground that abe cannot accent
gratuities from any source
The general store of Virgins Brothers
OF Wayne was broken INTO, SATURDAY
night and SIS dollars in money stoef.
The postoffies kept by Allen Z White
and the grocery store of W T. TriboH
were also entered but nothing Of value
was taken.
Miss Lena Morton, daughter Of Levi
P. Morton of New York, died a. Paris.
France, Friday morning, from blood
poisoning which followed an operation
for appendicitis, Miss Morton's family
were at the bedside when she died
Her age was u years
DR.. G. P. Emmona has resigned as
superintendent of the Central Maine
General Hospital, Lewiston He will
be succeeded by W. r. Smith Of New
Haven, Conn. For the past five Years.
Mr.. Smith has been connected With the
New Haven hospital.
Levi Z. Letter, millionaire financler Of
Chicago and Washington and father Of
Lady Curzon of India and Joseph Letter.
well known as wheat speculator and
investor, died at Bar Harbor, suddenly
of heart failure, the 9 inst, aged GO
years and months.
Burglars, Friday night, entered the E.
A. Dudley Co. store and postoffice,
| taking money, stamps, cigars, etc.
There is no clue, though two suspicious
men were seen about town The Maine
{ entral station was also entered. but
nothing of value is missed
The Maine Central Las made a con.
tract with Proctor & Bowie 60 for the
new coal sheds at Watervflle. The
shed will be / $50 feet long and will have
capacity of 1900 tons. It will be
located on the river side of the tracks
above Seavsy street The amount of
contract il $40, 450.
The Great and General Court of Mas
sachusetts brought the years work to a
close, Thursday, after a session of l55
days, by amending the sunday amuse-
ment law and overruling the goyerno.' s
veto on bill providing for the payment
of bounty of SIPS to Civil war veter-
ans who bad not received one
Six patent lime kilns, a large shed and
about 500 barrels of lime owned BY J \.
Creighton Il Co, were burned Thursday
at Thomaston by fire which had it's or
igin in the top of kiln ! he loss was
s., 600; partially insured At one time a
! 400 ton four masted schooner, about
one third finished was endangered by the
fire.
While being hoisted from the pit in
MerrilFs slate quarry at Brownville,
Me, Saturday last, the slipping of a
chain dropped two men about 90 feet
Charles jacobson, 40 years old and un-
married, was picked up with a crushed
skull and lived but one hour. William
Stubbs has a fractured skull and will
not live. He has large family.
The Russian minister at Berne swift.
zerland NJ Y. V. Jadovsky, was shot in
the street there last Friday and seriously
injured in the head His would-be as
Sassin was arrested NJ. Jadovsky's as.
sailant was Russian named Itnitski
He had been in Berne for some weeks
and complained that the Russian au.
thorities had confscated an estate be-
longing to him.
Hallowell granite works has signed
the contract for the Naval Academy at
Annapolis The contract is one of the
largest of recent years and involves
several hundred thousands of dollars
Just when work upon the new contract
is to begin is not mentioned but the
details incidental to the contamination
OF the transaction have been definitely
| arranged.
The Richeiieu & Ontario Navigation
/ Companys steamer anada, bound
from Quebec for Montreal, came into
collision with the Dom Mon Coal Com
pany's collier Cape Breton, six miles
below Sorel, early Sunday Twenty
bottom AT the time of the collision
there were ITO people on board and all
were rescued except five.
Lord Dundt Id, commanding officer
OF the Canadian militia, and a hero of
the south African war must resign bis
position or his appointment will be car
Celled by the Canadian government.
The cause of the rupture was a speech
delivered recently at Montreal by Lord
pundonald in which he stated that the
appointment of officer in the militia
was by political preferment.
The announcement of the prizes FIR
the annual sophomore defamation has
been given in Colby chapel as follows:
First prize from women's division was
awarded to Aiss Maud L Townsend Of
Fort Fairfield; the second prize 10 Mas
Anna N Boynton of Skovhegan The
first prize for men was awarded 10 Kari
X. Kennison of "ateTyille; second pr ze
TO Senwick l.. Holmes Of Lincoln.
Four governors Of Maine have been