The Somerset reporter., 1904-04-28
STATE AND GENERAL.

80 IA japan And Dyef IOg nissl1uafies
Bal = already making = ans for the
launching oi she 5a.teshlp Georgia,
next ia
How 9rehafdIag lays il Belgrade ia
indicted ~ the faet III l43 cafo4ds
oi apples haVr ga shipped ifgn hat
station during t3e oIutct
j Peter Seidetmeir G1staye Marx and
/ Harvey Van Dine, tbe "ear barn" ban
/ dlts and confessed murderers If elght
men, were hanged at Chicago, last Friday
+ tongressman and Mrs ButieIgb were
home from Washington, Iast week. to
be present at the marriage Of their
daughter, Miss Ethelyn, which occurred
the 10th instant.
/ The Boston Evening News. owned by
Frank A. hunsey of New York, ia ia
last edition, Saturday, auuoUnced thar On
Monday the News would be consolidated
with the Boston journal
Naterville insurance agents, Monday,
received notice Of the rise Of insurance
rates on real estate in this section Of the
state. The rise in rates has been e1-
peeted for some time
Word has reached Arlington Of the
death in New Rochelle, y Y Nedpes-
day of sara Jane Lippincott Grace
Greenwood) the authoress. She war a
native of New York and was s. yeArs
| old.
About one hundred miners were
buried by an immense avalanche near
the village Of Pragelato, the Z0tA Iust
Another avalanche swept the hamlet Of
Muehlback the same day killing j.
persons.
According to the most conservative eg-
Inmates, the loss by the FIRE which de
stroyed the Wholesale district Of Toronto.
Tuesday night, will reach 81 90, go,
while the total insurance is known 10 be
as, 360, 900.
At the close of hearing which lasted
two days, Charles l.. Tucker, charged
with the murder of Mabel Page at Wes-
ton Mass. on March 81, was Oh Friday
ordered held for the grand jury BY
Judge Luce on the Waltham district
court.
The average age in the japanese Navy
is lower than that of any other navy in
the world. No one over 20 years old is
accepted for enlistment The average
height is five feet four inches, less than
the average height of any other navy N
the world.
1t is announced by the associated press
at Paris, that the contract by which the
ownership of the Panama canal passed
to the United states is signed. sealed,
delivered and complete. he title 10
the canal route is now vested in the
government of the United states
The contract by which the ownership
of the Panama cana passes To- the United
States il signed, sealed, delivered and
complete The title 10 the ca al route
is now vested in the govern ent Of the
United States
Officers of the national guard Of Maine
are uncertain in regard TO the mauoeuy-
ers which the War department proposes
to have in Virginia Maine in this plan
is allotted but 304 men and this is so
small number that It is regarded hard
ly practical to send them 10 Virginia
Hon. Joseph A Locke, we'll known
lawyer and distinguished Mason, died Id
Portland, Thursday, after an illness Of
some weeks. widow, daughter and
three SONS survive him. He was at one
time president of the Maine Senate and
for some years member of the Executive
Council.
Yankee resourcefulness is well il
Illustrated by the Bowdoinham PROPOSE
ton to take the old safe owned by the
town which has been once burgalaIized
and through two fires, and make a pub
lie watering trough of it. This can be
done by removing the doors and placing
it on its back.
Last week, at Wateryille the necessary
contracts were signed, sealed and de-
/ livered, whereby the Central Maine Fair
association becomes lessee of the Zen.
trail Maine track and grounds for a term
of ten years. Amos +. Gerald states
that the company will begin at once
erecting the necessary buildings Some
events are already scheduled
Fire broke out in the junction House
McAdam, y. B., Thursday the 21st, and
before it could be checked, had destroy.
ed the Catholic church, the post office,
/ Forester's hall, three stores and fourteen
residences The buildings are not ex-
pensiye ones and the total loss will prob
ably not exceed $40 600 The machine
shops of the Canadian Pacific railway
were several times on fire. but were not
greatly damaged.
Work WAS begun Tuesday, on tie
construction of the Rockland, south
Thomaston & Owls Head Electric ia +
way which will cost Sll5, 900. a crew
Of leo men put on today will be increas
Ell 10 300 and it is expected the road
viii be completed to I resent Beach, a
distsnCe of six miles, before June 10. 1t
is the intention to eventually extend the
road 10 st. George, giving 50 miles Of
electric road in Knox county
r. David A. Murdock of Portland was
arrested, Friday, by Deputy L. =.
Marshal Norton charged with receivir {
stolen goods The specific char e is
that he received $500 worth Of postage
stamps, stoltn from the postufiice at
Southwest Iai Dor, and that he knew as
the time If their coming into his pos
session that they were the property of
the government. lie has been indicted
for the utienses
The state committee of the socialist
party held session IN lewiston the 21st
instant, aud mapped out program for
the coming campaign. W. +. Pelsey of
Lewiston was elected secretary, and
Lewiston made the headquarters of the
party. II. II Mayors of Bath was chas-
en- chairman and the following appoint
ed members Of the executive board
Frank A. Conant, W Il. Pickering. A.
l.. Fox and ). &. Martin.
The annual meetings of the Masonic
bodies of the state WI occur At Port
land May B. The grand lodge meets
i Tuesday morning continuing until
Thursday noon, the grand chapter,
Tuesday evening to Wrdn-sd noon,