The Somerset reporter., 1904-11-03
STATE AND GENERAL.

Colby foot ball team beat the Maine
University by II to Il, Saturday.
The University of Pennsylvania beat
Harvard at foot ball at Cambridge IL to
0 on saturday.
Bates college foot ball team whipped
the Fort PEBBLE team at Lewiston on
Saturday by a score of 40 to O..
1t is announced in Montreal that the
Grand Trunk railroad has secured an
option on the Detroit Southern ailway.
The line will give the Grand Trunk an
entrance to the West Virginia coal
fields.
Mr. j. Chamberlain Withee, aged 80
years, committed suicide by hanging,
Monday morning, In Bangor. His body
was found in the barn by relatives. In
sanity is believed to have boon the cause
of his act.
The general staff at Petersburg issued
statement that the number of Russi ans
killed, wounded and missing in the fight
ing which began. Oct 9th, and ended,
Oct. 10. totslled eight hundred officers
and Al, 900 men
One of the largest gold nuggets ever
found In Colorado WAS recently picked
up at the Snowstorm placer in Park
county between Alma and Fairplay. 1t
weighs 120 ounces and has a market
value of $1,000.
II. Stanley Wilson, II years old, son
of harles w. Wilson who lives four and
half miles out on Essex street, was
shot and instantly killed, Friday morn
ing, at Pushaw by his brother, Herbert
Wilson, who mistook him for deer.
The total shipment of apples from
American ports, this fall, up to October
"a, has 667 ITO barrels as against 1,214,-
I'll barrels for the same period last year.
II, $40 barrels were shipped from Port
land to Liverpool upon ono steamer, re-
Gently
California had bounty OF So on
coyotes and they brought in 80 many
scalps it refused 10 pay ON the ground
that they woro brought in from other
states, but tho court says pay, and IL
has to hand over $2S7 900 That is
worse than tho Maine porcupines.
Miss Aline Glass of Bangor has been
awarded tho operate scholarship at the
New England Conservatory of Muslc--a
very unusual honor for Maine girl.
She will appear later at pupils per-
Torrance in tho Boston theatre under
the direction of Signor Oresto Bimboni.
Twenty human livos have been sac
riticed and 10 fishing vessels have been
pursuit Of the Gloucester, Mass, fisher
les. The loss OF life is smaller the past
year than for any year since 1855, but
the loss of property exceeds the average.
From 80 to 80 men lost their lives in
terrific explosion which occurred at
mine No. 8 of tho Rocky Mountain Fuel
and Iron 60 at Tercio, 40 miles west OF
Trinidad, Friday. The exact number of
dead may never be known as the mine
10 burning and In all likelihood the bodies
will be consumed.
After an idleness of four months due
to repairs and the condition of he cot
ton market, the mills IT the Edwards
Manufacturing Co at Augusta resumed
operations, Monday, under ten per
cent reduction Of wages The work be-
gan In a very satisfactory way and fully
rs per cent ( the 1900 employees report
ed and were set to work.
The Boot cotton mills which had been
closed for the past three months, re-
sumed operations, Monday There WAS
no scarcity of help, fully 400 applicant
for work having been turned away.
force of about l 800 il at work, and by
next Monday the regular number, 1900,
will be employed. The mills will be
operated full time all winter.
Within few days a new export staple
will be added to the many which the
United States now boasts, and the first
shipment is to be made from Boston 1t
ia a cargo of pitch which the National
Coal Tar Company will send 10 Genoa,
to be used there in the manufacture of
briquettes, a fuel in common use in Italy
and some other European countries.
Popham Beach, at the month of the
Kenuebec river, had a strange visitor,
early yesterday morning in tho body OF
q black whale, which came relllng in on
the beach with the surf. II WAS dead
evidently having been struck by some
vessel II was first discovered by a
Candy Ilsrbor man, who attempted to
tow him into that harbor, but was I'M
able to because of rough sea.
A feature of the next commencement
exercises at olby college, Waterville,
will be the unveling and presentation
to the college of an excellent likeness Il
Hon Arad Thompson Of Bangor Mr..
ThompsOu's father WAS one of the
founders of the college and Mr. Thomp-
son himself has always taken great
interest in the institution and for nearly
80 years has been a member of the board
of trustees.
In Augusta, Friday night, the New
England Or Ter of Protection held the
largest class initiation in the history of
the order in Maine Over 100 mem bers
of the order were present aud PSI were
initiated The degree staff of Orient
lodge of Bangor performed the work.
Large numbers were present from Win
throp Brunswick, Skowhegan, Water
Vile, Bath and Gardiner.
George Pottle of Lewiston, who is a
candidate for reelection as the Demo-
era ic member Of the state Board of AS
SCISSORS, is receiving some strong assur-
ances, practically covering the endorse
ment of the local Board of Assessors.
There are two candidates for the place,
Hiram P. Fsrrow of Belmont and Thos
F. Murphy of Augusta, who is now edit
iug Mayor Davis daily paper in Water
Vile
Frank G. Card of Newport, Me. COM
mitted suicide, early Friday morning.
by shooting himself through the head
with so calibre, Iver-.I ohnson revolver