The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-14
STATE AND GENERAL.

ian political life, died at Dover, Eng
Sunday.
! An attempt was made upon the life oil
King Alphonso of Spain the 9th instant,
by the explosion of bomb. He was
not hurt.
Captain George w. Colby of Bath is to
command the steamer Kennebec on the
route between Kennebec river ports and
Boston this summer.
Elk Qneeu Isabella of Spain, an exile,
in France since 1858, died in Paris Satur-
day aged IA years. She was grand
mother to King Alphonso of Spain.
Mail advices from the New Aalasks
district of Tauana indicate that the win
ter gold cleanup probably will reach 81,
000, 600. A number of new finds are re-
ported.
The Tennessee Republican convention,
the It'll inst. endorsed the administra.
ton of President Roosevelt and instruct
ed the delegates to Chicago to vote for
his nomination.
According to a dispatch a Vienna pa
per, an earthquake, April 4, killed rs
persons, injured 40, destroyed 1900
houses and caused great distress in the
vilaytes of Mossovo and Salonica, Mace
donia.
The signing of the Turco-Bulgarian
convention has been received with con-
siderable satisfaction In diplomatic cir
cles at Constantinople and it is believed
it will contribute materially toward the
re-establishment of formal relations be-
tween the two countries.
Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Elijah Root to represent
the Northern Securities Co. in his fight
to prevent <. Fl. Hartman from obtain
| ing control of the Northern Pacific rail-
road as the reeult of distribution of the
NotheIn Securities assets.
John j. Gerish one of the Oldest and
best known railroad men in New Eng
land died last week of general i'll health,
aged 81 years He was one Of the build
ers of the Atlantic & st. Lawrence rail-
road, now the Grand Trunk Railway,
from Portland to Montreal
Among 80 indictments returned by the
grand jury of the Superior Court, Ken
nebee county, was one against d. K.
Jewell, postmaster at Hallowell contain
ing an allegation of subornation of per-
jury, which act it was alleged was COM
mitted at republican caucas.
One of the Edison company's street
cars ran eff the track in Santa Barbara
Cal, Sunday and was turned over. Three
passengers were killed instantly and two
were 80 badly injured that they died
soon after the accident. Twenty were
more or less injuerd, sustaining bruises
and broken bones.
On Thursday, Maj. George NJ. Brown,
one of the most valient of the many dis
tinguished soldiers of the rebellion whom
at Bangor after a long period of i'll
health, resulting from hardship and ex-
posure endured while In the service of
his country. He was II years of age.
A. Eastman, arrested at Lowell, Thurs
day, charged with causing the death of
Miss Edith S. McIntire, was arraigned,
Friday at Biddeford, and held for
further hearing, Wednesday afternoon.
Albert kcIntire of Boothbay Harbor,
pleaded not guilty to similar charge,
waived examination and was held for the
supreme court.
1t has been arranged that the signify
ing of the contract whereby the United
States will acquire the ownership of the
Panama canal, shall take place at the
United States embassy, which is nomin-
ally American soil. The date of the
signifying is not yet fixed, but probably
it will be about April %, following the
ratification of the agreement by the
stockholders of the company.
In the New York East conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church Friday
the select committee to which had been
referred. the charges of heresy against
Prof. Borden P. Browne of Boston uni
versity, reported that they had found
that none of the five specifications in the
charge had been substantiated and that
they had therefore acquitted him. This
closed the case, as the action of the
committee was final.
The evidence at Fridays session of
the hearing before the appraisers at
Augusta was mainly along the same line
which the district opened its case
Thursday afternoon, namelyproof as to
the wholesale pollution of the Kenne bee
above Augusta through sewerage and
mill waste. Messrs. Pease and Albee
sanitary engineers, were on the stand
and their testimony was not Of the kind
to increase the consumption of river
water for drinking purposes
Convinced that the motive of the
murder of Miss Mabel Page at
Weston was robbery, Chief Joseph E.
Shaw, last Saturday, arrested Charles L.
Tucker of Auburndale on charge of
murder. Tucker was locked up at the
West Newton police station after an ex-
animation lasting nearly two hours