The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-07-28
STATE AND GENERAL

Newport Is ~ have a regularly organ
i ized fire department, governed by a
+ c3de 81 bya"a and ordinances. This
action was Determined upon at a town
meeting hela 9u 9aturday forenoon.
TX Governor sidney Ferham spent a
few days with L4- brother, KI9orn
/ Perham at Bryan I4sa. recently lie
Is remarkably We fyt 4aa - AID as
Interested al ever ~ - eseats # The
day,
a reunion Of TIE saf. ..as ,-aFades
Of the Twentieth Malne teszuelt will
be held in the haii Of the 81 .atar5p=
school, fremont street, BJ7.6a, We4aes
day August 1905, from : - , e.s.gcx
IN.
A Wateryiile botauist found y ~.4
flowers in bloom the other day au8 saFa
that his list probably does not iue.gde
more than quarter Of the plants grow
ing there, for not more tLaa that pro.
portion are now ia bloom
The governor and council "a Friday
turned deaf car 70 the pea 0f Mrs.
Ellen NJ. Nelson. Mrs + en- is doing
time in the Kennebec Jai. for larceny.
she was committed from sagad0doc
county on April 18th, under sentence
fDr SIX months.
The census Of the inhabitau.- If the
Philippine Islands, taken under the
authority Of the United states, shows
the population to be 1885 A. o. tlts
lumber 547 40 are classified az wI.a ana
unclyil zed though with some know 70
Of the domestic arts.
Edwin Jones, aged -, a farmer Of
South China, was struck BY special
/ freight on the bridge across The -ebasti-
cook at WinslOw st about > O'Clock,
saturday evening, hurled onto Tie
rocks in the shallow water below aud
almost instantly killed.
/ Ansel B, Glidden. well-t9-dJ farmer
living on east side Of Sheepscot Pond
/ Palermo committed suicide, the ZJtl nst
/ by shooting himself in the head WITH a
revolver. He lived about one hour. A
widow and two children survive him.
Dependency is supposed 70 have been
the cause of the act
The Republicans of the O1ono- Bradley
class have selected as a candidate for re.
preventative to the Legislature a man
widely known in the scientific circles Of
Maine, Prof George II. Hamiin. Prof.
Hamlin was for 20 years professor Of
civil engineering in the University Of
Maine and resigned u become con-
sulting engineer
Mayor Luther r. Moore 4 saco. was
nominated by reclamation for represent
alive to Congress by the Democrats of
the first district on the list instant.
Nathan Clifford of Portland, as chair
man of the convention aud about two
thirds of the delegates were present.
Mnnr..
After an all night session marked by
intervals OF disorder and cOmmOton that
could not be quelled By the gayel, the
Democratic state convention Thursday
the 51st inst. unanimously nominated
Joseph W. Folk, circuit attorney Of It.
Louis, for governor and adopted a
platform which promises vigorous IN
relenting crusade against corruption and
boodling in Missouri.
Decision to fight was formally reached
by the directors of the Northern Secur-
tiles Co. at recent meeting at which a
resolution to appoint conference
committee was not even seconded, and
President Hill was authorized to appeal
from Judge BradfoIds order of injunc-
ton against the pro-rata distribution of
the Northern Securities stock.
The townspeople of Corinna are dis
cussing the ACCESSIBILITY of putting in a
water system, as protection against fire.
At the recent fire in that town which
! destroyed the grist mill and creamery
was a serious blow to the town business
interests. These will not be rebuilt IN
less the town furnishes some protection
against fire. o II, Bachelor intends
to rebuild his store at once
George Gee was hanged at Woodsto OK,
n. B., on Friday for the murder of his
cousin. The execution was to have
been at two o'clock but Gee asked that
it take place an hour earlier. Ii is the
first occasion, the executiOner says, thai
anyone he had hanged had made such a
request Before going to his execution
he briefly addressed those present and
said that rum had led him to commit
the deed.
Before leaving Boston for Washington
last week, DR.. - L. Marlatt, the Unitec
States entomologst, who has been in
spectng the moth infested district 10
the government, stated that the ravaEe'
of the brown tailed moth aret liable Z
be worse, next year, in that Estate. he
added tibet the corrective work Of exter
mination has been ineffective aud in
timated that general direction measures
were necessary.
Charles W. Wilson, in prison for thu
alleged murder of Leroy A Brackley
at Vests Mills last February, anc
Zepheron Lessard, imprisoned, for break
ing and entering at BiglOw, made theil
escape from county Jail at Farming d
Friday morning by saving off the bars o.
their cell door with case knife and af e.
gaining the corridor another bar wa,
sawed from a window in the north-eas
corner of the building.
The Tribune says: According to {
most trustworthy source, Eihu Roo
has agreed to make the race for govern
or of New York under certain conditions
and these conditions are 10 be met
1t is further said that within a few days
Roots formal announcement as bis will
ngness 10 run will be made; that tit
organization leaders will all declare FOL
him. and that his will he the only Re
publican name before the convent on as
candidate for governor
Cardinal Satolli arrived in Port and OF
the noon train, Saturday, and spent
the day at the episcopal residence OF
Congress street The cardinal came
from Buffalo and was met IT the station
by Bishop O'Gonuell, whose guest he
was while in Portland. Father collins,
secretary TO Bishop O. Cornell, said that
the cardinal was making social visit
and that there was no significance 10 II.
Cardinal Satoll the representative of
/ Pope Plus y arrived in New York ou
the steamer Princess Irene, June Sth,
and has since visited in many parts q