The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-12-15
STATE AND GENERAL


in the last fiscal year, instead Of at the
destination intended by the sender
Brunswick is fortunate in having its
own Carnegie IN the person of William
j Curtis, who has given the town "a
handsome public library building and
without attaching any conditions to the
gift either
The annual meeting of the Maine
Government, United Order of Independ-
eDt Odd Ladies was held, Friday, in Au-
burn, with over so in attendance Off
Gers for the ensuing year were electeo
and in stalled.
Switzerland is only about half as large
as Maine and it is surprising to learn
that for the past 10 years she has pur-
chased agricultural implements of the
United States to value averaging S200,
600 yearly.
The following Maine postmasters have
been confirmed by the u 5. senate:
George = Libby, Gardiner; Freeman ID
Dearth. Dexter; Montrose E Hill, Old
Orchard Charles f. PIumly, Lincoln;
Jenny II. Pain, Eastport.
Melvin O Adams will be the next
United states district attorney for MASS
achasetts This is definite and finsl.
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cided to make this recommendation,
and Attorney General Moody, who har
been consulted, naturally approves
heartily.
Grant Rogers of Auburn, who was ar
rested, Thursday night of last week, on
an indictment found by the grand jury
of the United States district court,
charging that be had used the mails 10
4 aafa ha oh Of
! liquor dealers, pleaded nolo contendere,
Friday. He was fined 50 without costs.
Sci Sci Francis Keoto Of EEli,,iott, Tho fol
four years has been member of the
governors staff has been nominated by
Gov. Hill for state superintendent of
public buildings to fill the vacancy caus-
ed by the death OF Col. E. c stevens of
Chelsea. Charles E. Field of Bangor,
was nominated trustee of insane hospi- |
tails.
Postmaster Dunn has withdrawn from |
the contest for postmaster at Water |
vile and the field is clear fo- Hon. Per-
ham s. Heald, who has a large amount |
of support. Mr. Head is veteran of
the Civil War and his appointment to |
the Waterville post office will be the |
source of general satisfaction to v ater-
Vile people.
Japan has accepted the American |
Governments invitation to participate |
in second peace conference at The |
Hague, provided the rulings of the con-
ference should not affect the present |
conflict. The Japanese reply was pre-
sented to Secretary Hay by Mr. |
Hioki, the Japanese charge d'affaires
The state annual encampment of the |
q NJ f.fl Not, hx.l
held at Lewiston on February 10 and IT. |
rousing camp fire will be held on the |
evening of the 49, and Commander-in-
Chief Blsckmar aud staff will be present.
The department headquarters will be at
the Dewitt House and the headquarters |
of Bosworth Post will be at the Elm |
House.
The drought Is becoming a serious
matter. 1t is not Ken lucky alone that
Is affected, though that state appears to |
suffer most, but the dry spell prevails
over q large part of the country form |
Maine to " iscousin, as we'll as in Canada |
The rivers are low. and II winter sets in |
without rain 1t Is feared that the manu-
factories are going to have trouble.
BY the will of the late Charles Z |
French of Boston, the city of Bangor |
gets fund of 5000 TO purchase medals
for the best scholars in the public |
schools, each year. Although said to
be native of Bangor, nobody In that |
CITY remembers him. He left 100000 |
to charitable and historical societies In |
Boston, where he had been q druggist |
for many years.
The whereabouts of Ira Foster, broth
or of Charles Foster of Mechanic Falls, |
who disappeared from Turner early in |
summer, remains a mystery. Charles
Foster states that he has not seen Ira |
since last spring, when he visited here, |
and that the last trace he had of him !,
was on July 10, when he left the farm in |
Turner where he had been employed FOR |
several months.
Foreign Minister Lamsdorff has in
formed spencer Eddy, the American I
charge d. affaires at st. Petersburg, that |
the amendments Russia will propose to |
tho Russo American arbitration treaty |
are almost completed, and will be trans
mitted in few days. They are not |
numerous, nor of great Importance, aud |
it Is confidently expected that an agree
ment will be speedily reached.
The Staples & Stnson Construction
Company of Portland has received word |
that their proposition for the construc-
ton of ten surf boats for the fe saving
service had been accepted by the United |
States government. The design for |
these boats was prepared by Mr. staples,
the superintendent of the company. |
some months ago, and the construction
of the boats from his design has been re-
Gently authorized.
a special car of the Portland railroad !
containing q party of 40 or so young
people who had been attending a dance |
at Hoegg Hall, was struck by an engine I
of tho Nashua and Portland division of
the Boston and Maine at the Lincoln |
street crossing at Woodfords Friday |
evening and smashed to bits. Near
ly every person on the car received in
juries of some nature, but fortunately |
but two or three were seriously hurt
According to the most accurate es-
innate of Mrs. Chadwick's property |
that is possible before the receiver has |
investigated her assets and reported on
his findings to the court, her creditors |
as a whole will receive about one and |
one-haf mills on the dollar. What |
lends additional interest to this showing,
from the creditors standpoint, is that
one man, Iri Reynolds, will receive the |
whole of the assets visible at the pres
emit time.
mo bills" were returned by the Mid |
dlesex grand jury against Percy G. Haw
kins, manager Of and Roy K. Fenton,
driver of a wagon for the Eastman Ex-
ia