The Somerset reporter., 1904-09-08
STATE AND GENERAL.

1t will cost $50 OO0 to adequately re-
pair the coaling station at Lamoine, Me-,
recently injured by storm.
King Edward has approved the sp.
pointment of Earl Grey as governor gen.
eral of Canada in succession to the Earl
of Mimic.
| The customs revenue for the Dominion
of Canada for the month of August was
S3, 800, 1897, or SAC, $40 less than for the
same period last year,
| The new United States mint in Denver,
Col, was opened, Thursday, with Pres
idential salute of 81 guns The mint
will begin coinage July /, 1908.
Judge Edgar NJ. Cullen of Brooklyn,
was Thursday, appointed chief judge of
the court of.appeals by Governor Odell,
to succeed Judge Alton b. Parker, re-
signed.
| The Wisconsin Democratic state con-
vention, Oshkosh, Wis, Thursday, nom
mated George w. Peck of Milwaukee
for governor by reclamation, and DR.. a.
NJ. Lathrop of Marshfield for lieutenant
governor.
Judge George Gray has announced
that he would consent to the request of
the Cancellation board of the United
Mine Workers Association that he would
arbtrate the dispute over the check
weighing system
A gold field valued at $500, 900, 900 has
| been discovered In Japan, and evil mi nd
ed persons will be limiting that the imi-
tative Jap has found a chemical way to
raise a war chest without borrowing the
money in Europe.
| A man known as Lewis c. Libby
about 80 years of age and employed as
travelling salesman for the National
Cash Register Co, committed suicide in
room at the Preble House, Portland,
some time between bedtime, Thursday
night, and breakfast time the next morn
| ing.
The Grand Lodge of Maine, |. o. o. F.
will send as delegates to the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows which
will meet in San Francisco, Sept 10 to
"a, the following past grand masters :;
A. S. Kim ball of Norway; w. w. Cutter
of Westbrook; F. L. Snow of Brunswick /;
L, s. Higgins of Brewer.
Statistics compiled by the local weather
bureau for August show that 1T was the
wettest here in more than 20 years, with
the exception of August, 1893 Rain
| fell to the amount of 7.13 inches This
was only exceeded in the years mention
ed by3 The mean temperature was u
degrees, a trifie below normal.
A good many people who were kept
| awake by the shower, Saturday night,
| remembered the fierce storm of a year
| ago this month which came about three
O'Clock In the morning, and upon in
vestigation found that it was within a
few hours of the anniversary. The
morning of Sept. 4th last year was the
date of that memorable shower.
During this week the largest body of
troops ever assembled in the United
| states 10 time of pe4ce will go into
| camp in the vicinity of the historic Bull
Run backgrounds, near Manassas, Va g,
! and be taught the broader duties of the
soldiers school. The 20 600 men who
are to have the privilege of attending
will be about one part regular to four
parts militia.
All of the farm buildings, excepting
the horse stable, of Woodford Brown,
obout one mile from Presque Isle, on the
Ashland road, were destroyed by fire
Saturday morning at about o'clock.
The family had barely time to escape
| from the house which, with all the
househol furniture aud the barns con-
tanning their harvested crops and farm
machinery, were burned.
Rev. Edwin r Palmer, D. d prom
inent congregational minister, died at
Westchester, M ass, the End inst. He
was a graduate from Bowdoin, of which
college he was afterwards an overseer.
He was also graduate of the Bangor
Theological Seminary He preached at
Lewiston and Newcastle, Me, and serv-
ed as chaplain o! the 10Th Maine Infau
try in the Civil war.
The Pennington State Normal school
began last week with IS pupils in attend
ance and prospect of 20 or % more be-
fore the close of the term This is an
unusually small number even for fall
term, which is always the smallest term
of the year, 80 many of the students
staying away to teach, and would seem
to indicate that normal teachers were
more in demand than ever before.
There was considerable su prise at
Rosemount Friday evening when a cor
rection was made of a statement issued
in the morning to the effect that Judge
and Mrs Parker had completed their
arrangements for st. Louis trip 1t is
now announced that Judge Parker has
changed his mind in regard to the trip
and in all probability will not leave
Rosemount again during the campaign.
Men who have been paying alimony
to former wives, married after getting
divorce DEGREES are celebrating over the
new state law which has gone into effect
and cuts off incomes of thousands
of Divorces now living with their second
husbands According to the new statute
alimony payments assessed against an
ex. husband are to continue only 30 long
as the woman shall remain unmarried.
Preparations are being made In the
New York Navy Yard to begin work on
the new million dollar dry dock. The
dock will be $50 feet long, 10 feet wide
at the entrance and 100 feet wide at the
broadcast part. The entrance sill will
have depth of thirty-one feet at mean
high water. AS the largest war ships
draw not more than twenty-eight feet,
the new dock will accommodate any ship
In the navy.
The correspondent of the London
Times at Pekin says that China will
willingly agree to the terms which the
French minister has demanded of the
Wal-Wu-Pu (Chinese foreiga bosrd) for
the murder of Belgian missionaries in
Shinanfu, namely, funeral honors fer
the victims; punishment of the guilty
parties; degradation of the officials re-
sponsible and the erection of a hospital
to be opened to all Chinese without dis
tinction of creed.
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