The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-06-02
STATE AND GENERAL.

were burned, Saturday. The loss was
s42, 900, with partial insurance.
Hon. Leslie c. Cornish of Augusta waf
elected a director of the American
Unitarian Association at the annual
meeting held in Boston, Tuesday, last
| week.
Cardinal Satolli left Rome, Friday
morning, for Naples on his journey TO
the United states. AT Naples he will
take the steamer Princess Irene for
New York.
The history of international arbitra-
ton shows that by decades, from 1840 to
1900, there were, respectively, u, 10, 70,
26, As, and 90 cases. In the last three
years there have been 90 cases.
Among the latest additions to the
literature on Maine which has been pub
| lished is history of the town OF Ma
chias. Its author is George w Dr1sco'
for many years editor OF the Machids
Union.
The Baptists, In session in Cleveland,
Ohio, last week, adopted resolutions, on
| the divorce question, 80 resolutions
condemning Mormonism. The resolu-
lions in both instances we're unanimously
adopted.
! Senator Matt S. Quay died at his home
| Beaver, Pa, May %. His health had
been impaired for some years. Chronic
gastritis and Inflammation OF the stom-
ach was the foundation of the trouble.
His age was II years.
Speaker Cannon appointed the
entire Pennsylvania state delegation as a
committee to represent the House OF
Representatives at the funeral of the late
Senator Quay, held at Beaver, Penn. on
Tuesday.
After an all-night session the House at
Atlanta, Ont, divived on the third read
ing of the Grand Trunk Pacific bill, and
it was passed May 9th by vote OF lO5
for to SO against, a majority OF 4o, for
the government
During the sale at Readville, Mass,
last week 368 horses were disposed of
for a total snm of 1929, 232, an average
of 1922 92. This is said to be the high
est average of any combination sale ever
held in America.
Several British warshps of the Aus
tralian squadron were recently laid off
at Plymouth. Their condition Ia de-
scribed as "rotten" naval AUTHORITY
said to them: "There ia not one of them
that could capture Chinese junk"
After two days discussion Of the
matter, the Episcopal diocesan conven-
ton of Missouri voted against the use of
the revised version of the Bible in the
prescribed service of the church The
main argument was that the Bible was a
poetic book, not book of scientific
| accuracy.
Harry Hayes and Percy Gowan, both
OF Bangor, and about Is years old were
drowned in the river in front of the
city, Monday afternoon. by the capsizing
of their canoe, which was struck by a
sudden gust of wind, Gowan's body
was found three hours later. The other
has not yet been recovered.
Rev. Frank w. Sanford, the leader
of the "Holy Ghost and Us Society of
SHILOH" was fonnd guilty of man
slaughter in the supreme court at Farm
ington, Thursday Last, in C using the
death by neglect of Leader Bartlett, ID
years old and member Of the Shiloh
colony. His counsel took an appeal.
Manager C. A. Judkins of the Mt.
Kineo House, was married, Wednesday
morning of last week to Miss May
Beatrice Cooke, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert r. Cooke, 1900 Common
wealth avenue, Boston, by Rev. W. II.
Rider of Gloucester, a friend of the
groom. The wedding took place at the
brides home.
Crane Brothers block, Maohias, Me,
occupied by l.. II. and Ernest Crane,
hardware derlers, and l.. II. Hanscom,
undertaken, was badly Quilted Friday by
fire which originated from stove in
one of the tenements. The total loss
was estimated at s14,50O, with an in
surancu of 10000.
The strike of the mill workers in Jer-
sey City, which had been In progress for
some time, was settled, Friday last, by a
board of arbitration in-favor Of the
strikers. The men demanded reduction
in the working hours from IS to so hours
a week ano $15 per week al minimum
wage, which are the prevailing wages at
present.
James Hathorn, v no for 81 years was
attached to steamboat service out of
Boston and who for some years before
he retired was general experimenting
engineer of the Boston and Kennebec
line, with headquarters at Boston, died at
Richmond Me, Friday, aged 93 years.
Mr.. Hathorn served as chief engineer on
the steamboats, Richmond, Katahdin and
and Cambridge,
Notices were posted in the different
mills of the Edwal DIS Cotton Manufactur-
ing Company at Augusta, Thursday, an
nouncing that the plant will close this
summer, for two months, and that the
shutdown will go into effect July is.
Agent Carter, upon being interviewed
stated that the company had decided to
take advantage of conditions of the cot
ton stock market and would close to
make repairs that must necessarily be
done while the mill Is not in operation.
A serious battle was fought May 20
between the Dominican troops and the
revolutionists at Esperanto, on the road
from Monte Christi to Santiago near
Mao. The revolutionists were victor
ious. Many were killed or wounded on
both sides. General Raoul Caberre,
minister of war, who commanded the
government troops. was killed and his
body was taken to Navarrette. The
revolutionsts are before Naverette,
where another battle will be fought.
The government troops are waiting for
re-inforcements. The United States
cruiser Detroit and the gunboat New
port are off Monte Cristi.