The Somerset reporter., 1904-05-26
STATE AND GENERAL.

OF this years graduating class lat
Yale, numbering 313, 112 will go into
business, 85 into law, "a into medicine,
% into teaching, 8 into the ministry and
26 will do special work.
A negro tramp was lynohed at Sea
board, n. c. last night by crowd OF his
own race for an assault upon 7-year'
old negro child. The mob tore him
from policeman aud hanged him to
nearby tree.
The death, at his home in Bangor, of
Frank g. Rich, removes another charter
member of the Maine Press Association
and but two now survive, Joseph A. Ho
man of Augusta and Hiram K. Nor
rel of Gardiner.
Athens, Greece, is soon to be con-
nected with Paris by railway. The
Grecan government has already se-
cured the building of a road to the
Turkish frontier, which will soon be
connected with the railway system of
Europe.
After repeated conferences between
the bankers. the ministers and the elder
statesmen of Japan, the bankers have
accepted the terms of the new popular
loan of S50, 10000 1t will be issued at
92, bear five per cent. interest and run
for seven years.
AT Fort Plain, N. Y. the 10th inst.
great damage was caused by the
heaviest hail storm that region had ever
experienced. South of there in Ostego
and Schobarie counties and in the
southern part of Herkimer county the
storm is reported as having beer. even
more.dissstrous than there.
By majority of 55 Premier Balfour
defeated an attempt to upset the Gov
ernment upon the fiscal question. An
interesting debate, characterized by
some heated exchanges, took plaza, re-
sulting in the premier's reiterated de
termination to shelve the question of
In this decision Joseph Chamberlain
publicly concurred.
President Clowry of the Western
Union Telegraph Co., says that the aboli-
tion of the company's racing department
announced by him is to be permanent,
He also said that the company will not
lease wires to pool rooms. The COM
pany's branch offices at the race tracks
will be maintained for the transaction of
such messages as will be offered in the
course of business.
The four masted schooner William
f. Bowen, Jr., named in honor of the
six year old son of an East Providence
merchant, was launched, Tuesday, at
Bath. She was christened with flowers
! by Master Bowen. The schooner was
built especially for lumber carrying and
will sail, next week, to begin years
contract to carry piling from southern
ports to New York.
The third Congressional district and
Kennebec county conventions of the
Prohibition party occurred in Hallowell
Thursday, the 10th inst, with a anal
number in attendance. A full list OF
county nominations TO Kennebec county
was made and at the Congressional Com
mittee, nomination of ). r. Emerson o
Madison, for Representative to Congress
was made by acclamation.
The 10th annual convention of tn,
grand council of New England, United
Commercial Travellers of America, a
Bangor closed last Saturday night, will
a banquet at the Windsor Hotel. At
business meeting the following officer
were elected: Grand counsellor, A. NJ
Mennish, Portland; junior grand coun
sellor, w. B. Aver, Providence, X. l
grand secretary, H /. Nelson, Portland
Me-; grand treasurer, Fl. l.. Damon
Boston, Mass.
The body of Timothy Callahan, who
has been missing since Saturday, Apri
0, tioated into the canal at Lewiston
Friday. An autopsy performed, revealed
that the head had been badly bruised