The Somerset reporter., 1904-06-23
STATE AND GENERAL

p
where she will join the European squad
ron,
Like the Iroquois disaster the Hell
Gate horror wa5 one Of those things not
exaggerated but undertold ia the frat
accounts
Tammany Aas chartered seven spec.
ial trains for - LJu5s and is gong to
the Democratic national convention
3 0G) strong u "bsop u up for Nc.
Clellan.
The state convention II lie Pf1hj-
bition party refused ~ endorse Ten
Nelson "A. Miles for Pres#aeat by a BIZ
vote, as it did not know Inn 10 be a
Prohibitionist.
The store of T. z. Houi.L llttstoa.
Ne, was entered, Thursday nIglt. tHe
cash drawer rifed Of It's contents. TIE
safe opened and what money that i con.
tanned taken.
The Canadian cotton companies have
agreed to close down all their mills for
the first two weeks In July aud there s
every probability that some Of them vii
remain closed much longer.
The clothing store of Cronin d. Root,
10 Lisbon street, was entered by burg
lars through cellar window sometime.
saturday night or Sunday morning, and
small quantities Of goods taken.
Because Miss May Bunneil Of Runford
Falls refused to receive his attentions.
John Luro, 26 years old, Moud AZ night,
killed the girl and then put bullet into
bis own temple. His death is expected
At special town meeting it was voted
that Houlton have public park and tn
I gplepfmpn Wpre
once to negotiate for the purchase Of
land for lot adjoining the public library.
The steam mill in the town Of Wash.
ington owned by John w. Ramsey was
totally destroyed by fire Tuesday, to-
gether with several hundred dollars
worth of timber. Loss, 5000; 10 IL
surance.
Nearly every minister in Greater New
York referred in his weekly discourse 70
the Slocum disaster. A dominant note
in all the sermons was sympathy but
many strong comments were heard as to
the cause of the disaster.
By vote of 383 to Ia, the CITY of
South Portland has voted to accept the
enabling act passed by the last legisla-
ture for annexation to Portland Similar
action in Portland will be necessary be-
fore the act becomes effective.
A cyclone of unusual severity accom-.
panied by unprecedented rain has caused
great damage to Santiago Cuba, and the
surrounding country. Tho death list is
over 100 and is increasing. The aque-
duct has been damaged and a water
famine exists.
The Republican national committee,
Friday afternoon, voted to seat the
Wisconsin "Stalwarts including United
States Senator'S Spooner and Quarles.
The vote was unanimous and is a defeat
for the faction headed by Governor La
Toilette.
On the historic spot at Valley Forge,
where Washington and his army suffered
in order that the United states might
become nation, President Roosevelt
Sunday delivered notable address on
the site of the proposed Washington
Memorial Church.
A boulder with a bronze tablet com
memorative of Lovewell's fight with the
Pequawket Indians, May 5. 1928, was
dedicated, Friday, on the site of the
battle. simple ceremony at the
monument was allowed by formal exer-
cses in the church in Fryeburg.
Michael Schiller of Youngstown,
Ohio, wife murderer, was electrocuted
at the Ohio Penitentiary at midnight
the 10th. Reports from the prison say
there was a hitch in the execution and
the condemned revived three times after
the electric current had been applied
The badly mutlated remains of
James smith were found in a field at
Phillips, Friday. 1t was first thought
/ hot In ifyhf 10 Il
play, but later a vicious bull was dis
covered in the field, and it is believed
that be was gored to death by the
animal.
In cooperation with the State of Maine
Survey Commission, a party under Mr.
T. Foster Slaughter issurveylng portions
of Knox and Lincoln counties on the
coast of Maine, including Rockland and
other summer resort localities. A small
portion of southern Somerset County,
on the Upper kennebec River, will also
be mapped.
The Massachusetts, Prohibiti0uists
made a departure from custom at their
state convention, at Boston, Friday,
when they olaced woman on their
state ticket ey nominating Mrs Fannie
j. Clary of williamsburg for secretay of
state. Doctor Oliver W. Cobb of East
hampton was named for governor.
Gen. Bobrikoff, governor general Of
Finland, who was shot by an assassin,
Thursday morning, at the entrance TO
the senate, died at O'clock, Friday, at
Helingford. He was an able commaE-
der, but he had a reputation for ex.
: IRENE harshness and even cruelty. His
recent administration of Finland had
not belied that reputation.
Capt. whitman Sawyer of Portland,
chairman of the State Board of Prison
Inspectors, died, sunday, aged s. years.
He had represented his city at the state
Legislature and served as couucilmal
: and alderman, holding the position Of
chairman of the later board. He MAS
a captain in the Civil War in the 30th
Maine Regiment in the Civil war.
Judge Clarence Hale in the United
States district court, Monday, ordered a
sentence of five months in the county
Jail and fine of 1920 in the case of
David +. Murdoch, prominent real
estate dealer in Portland indicted for
the alleged receipt and disposal of post
age stamps TO the value of $500, stolen
from the southwest Harbor post office
"The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
has paid into the United States treasury
at st. Louis S195, 057 ,04, being the frs;
payment on the loan of 81 ,6o0,0 600 made
by Congress. This sum was forty per
cent of the receipts of the exposition
from acmiss ons and concessions during
the first fife n days Of June, that being
the the percentage required under the