The Somerset reporter., 1904-01-21
STATE AND GENERAL.


dent of the Bucksport National Bank 10
succeed Edward Swasey, who has been
connected with the bank nearly half a
century.
A despatch received from Vladi
voslock said, 1t is reported there that all
the powers have urged Japan to main
tam the status quo, pointing ont the
undesirabiity of any disturbance of the
peace.
eel workers in one of the Chicago
plants have been put on reduced wages
instead of a dollar an hour, Is cents
an hour To 9j cents an hour and an eight
h5nr day. At the reduced wages the
american workers will get twice to
thrice higher wages than German OF
English workers.
Malne has % free libraries, So SUD
scriptian Hbrarlrs and thousand other
libraries, exclusive Of private collections
During the previous ye1r over eighty
three thousand dollars we're spent Ia the
state in building further lib aries, CON
tributed partly by the state ia assisting
tewas which also helped themselves.
Fifteen : hicago churches were closed
last week for violations Of the building
ll@a Commissioner Williams placed
hem al under police guard until altera-
lions are made Policemen were sent to
guard a number Of lodging houses, and
fhe building in which a commerce al
60 lege is situated was closed The
college will seek othe- quarters
! confession made by J. Wilfrd Blon-
DIN, who WAS convicted of the murder
Of his wife, Margaret. and sentenced To
iife Imprisonment in the state prison at
Charlestown, Mass has reached the
state police. Blondin's confession is at
variance with the claim set up at the
Trial by the authorities of Suffolk
comfy that Mrs Blondin was murdered
in the house on Green street where the
couple lived
Alonz Libby, one of the best known
stock breeders in Maine. was found dea 4
in his barn, the 18th instant, death hav-
ing resulted from an attack of heart
trouble He had served as trustee and
president of the Maine State fair at
Lewiston and the cumberland county
fair, for time was manager of Rigby
trottng park and was superintendent of
the horse department of the New Eng
land fairs at Rigoy park.
The dyehouse of the Knox Wooden
mill in this town was badly damaged by
fire early Sunday morning, loss of
"a, 900 being caused, which la covered
by insurance. If the fire had not been
discovered until moment later, the
loss would undoubtedly have been heavy
AZ tho fire alarm system WAS crippled by
the flames. The blaze started over the
boiler and when discovered by night
Waterman Burd it was burning near the
valve and operated the steam fire alarm.
A moment later the alarm could not be
sounded.
Three store buildings In Dexter
were damaged considerably by fire which
originated in the bakery of Winfield
Levensellar, Saturday. The fire gained
great Roadway before discovered and
spread to the buildings on each side
The total loss was estimated at IS 900
nearly covered by INSURANCE Those
burned out were Chas H. Wyman
Wholesale and retail furniture, loss
10000; F. W. and f. S Hoyt, meat
market, loss 1000, chiefly by smoke
aud water; Edmund Pooler, barber shop;
Winfield Levensellar, bakery.
Murder will figure in next Fridays
meeting of the governor and council
Two petitions for pardon from convicted
murderers are due for hearing and the
decision Of the council in a similar case
previously heard is expected The two
Cases to be heard are those of Samuel d
Haynes and Benjamin w. Chadbourne.
Haynes has been a prisoner since Sept
%, 1875, and Chadbourne since May 1,
1883 Haynes was % when sentenced
and reversing the figures gives Chad
bourne's age at the time of his sentence.
Both were convicted of murder in first
degree.
The oldest person in Maine, if not
the oldest in New England is said to be
Aunt Loyicia Tenney Cox of Harring
ton, who smokes pipe, eats beefsteak
and occasionally chops wood at the age
of l05. Aunt Lovicia was born in the
town of Columbia, Washington county,
on Jan II. 1899 She has always lived
in remote spots, far from town, aud 81
has attracted little attention from the
newspapers, but her great age ls perfect
y authenticated by the town records of
Columbia, and is well known to all her
neighbors she has only one daughter,
her sole living relative, with whom she
makes her home, this daughter being
Mrs Eliza Aun Shaw, aged 70
Ptof. Robinson of Brunswick, for the
United States Geological Survey, il
about to begin on an important work
an investigation of the effect OF wood
pulp wastes upon natural waters A
romnIint WAS recejved some time apo