The Somerset reporter., 1904-03-24
STATE AND GENERAL.


day last He was cousin of the late
Queen Victoria and was born, March &C.
1919. He was once commander in chief
of the Baitish army
The 18th instant the Minnesota elect
ed delegates to the Republican National
convention and passed resolutions en-
dorsing Rooseyelts administration and
demanding his denomination.
DR.. Nathaniel T. Palmer of Brunswick,
next to the oldest physician in the state.
died at his home in Bruins wick, at s As
O'Clock Friday morning aged 81 years.
DR.. Alonzo NJ. Garcelon of Lewiston. it
Is believed, is the only doctor in Maine
who has practieed longer number of
years than had the deceased.
Steel is taking the place of wood in
construction. Many freight cars are
now built entirely of steel. Steel hop
per coal cars are in use on most of the
coal roads-huge things larger than the
old box-cars holding fifty tons of coal
and capable of being rapidly unloaded
by means of the hoppers in the bottoms.
In furious snow storm of the 18th at
Chicago enough snow fell to make the
total for the winter more than break all
previous records In that city The sea-
son several weeks ago was officially de-
clared the coolest ever known here. AS
result of the last storm the elevated
railroads of the city were brought to
standstill for two hours, discommoding
thousands of passengers.
In 1908 New Orleans exceeded New
York by more than 100000 bushels in
the expectation of corn and wheat.
New Orleans is now the second of the
couutry's cities in aggregate exports,
ranking next to New York. Galveston
was the fourth city in exports in 1903,
exceeding all the courtry's Atlantic
ports except New ork and Boston. In
1904 it has passed Boston.
Col. K. G. Stevens, superintendent of
public buildings is planning to have sew
eral contractor architects make a !
thorough examination of the north wing
of the Capital in the near future, in
order that estimates for the fire-proofing
OF this part of the building may be sub
mitted to the next Legislature This is
the only part of the big building which
has not been completely renovated and |
made hre-proof.
Every war has it's heroines az well as
its heroes, and one of the first of the
fair sex to get her name into promi- |
nence as result of the war in the Far
East is little Ando Yoshi, whom the !
Japanese are lauding as the bravest |
brightest and best maiden in all their |
kingdom. II seems that she succeeded |
in getting hold of some important Rus
sian war maps of Port Arthur, and gave
them into the hands of the Japanese
officials, who found them most useful. /
Travel into this State has developed
30 greatly during the past few years
work in handling the passengers who
daily leave Boston at 8 A. NJ, on one
train. Consequently in order to meet
the increasing demands this road this
year intends to run two trains In ad
ition to the train leaving Boston at 9
o'clock in the morning, there will be a
train which will leave at 10 o'clock. 1t
will be an express ON the eastern divi-
sion, stopping only at Portsmouth,
The frat act of nominations for the
officers to be filled at the State election
next September was received Thursday
at the Office of the secretary of State Ia
Augusta The papers we're from the So
'ialists of Knox county. who have put
A full ticket in the field. The candidates
named are as follows: For senator.
Edward A. Rowell, South Thomaston;
or clerk of courts, l.. f. Bramhall.
camden; for county attorney, W. A.
Rogers, Thomaston; for Judge of probate, ,
2. II. Bramhall Camden; register of
'ANS"NNt 'apbibkpf hbChlduut -
or sheriff, Walter O'Brien, Thomaston; :
or county commissioner, Henry j.
Billings, Rockland; and for county trea-
lrer, John +. Bennett, Rockport.
''In the Maine woods" the Bangor & ,
Aroostook booklet for 1904, is the best =
hing of the kind that has yet appeared. i
was written and arranged by Fred H. :
'lifford of Bangor and reflects great 1,
redit upon him as well as upon the -
nterprising management of the road.
Is 1874 pages are filled with articles on -
he charms of the northern woods for .
be hunter, fisherman and tourist, and h
here are scores of halftonss sho owing the g.,
cenery, big game camps, etc Several +
all page drawings in colors add much 8
} the attractveness of the volume .,
ne of the features is a long and well +,
Illustrated article on Names fish. The a
ook will be sent to any one on receipt
10 cents by c. c. Brown, G. P. Il T. Z
-, Bangor, Maine. a
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