The Somerset reporter., 1904-11-17

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engraving and printing will hereafter
turn out will be soft and velvety if i'm
portant experiments which are now
being conducted in the presence of
treasury officers for the purpose of
demonstrating the advantages of novel
chemical treatment for paper prove sat
isfactory.
Mayor Gustavus A. Robertson of Au-
gusta died at his home in that city the
18th instant after protracted illness.
He was State senator-elect for Kennebec
county. FOR % years years Mr. Robert
son was principal of the w. r. smith
gra nmar school at Augusta and as such
made his reputation as an educator.
He was one of the trustees of the State
Normal schools He was born in Bethel,
Oxford county August %, 1871
The body of a man was found hanging
by the neck to a small fir tree, Saturday
afternoon, about two miles from Mon
mouth Center in the direction of Leeds,
within about so feet of the track of the
Maine Central Railroad. The discovery
was made by man who was out looking
for his sheep and was reported by him
to the station agent there, who in turn
notified Deputy Sheriff Harry Merrill of
Monmouth. 1t is supposed his name is
Augustus Hoffman.
In the supreme judicial court, at Au
gusta, last week, verdict was returned
for the plaintiff in the case of A o. and
Mary Lombard of Waterville, VS. A $.
Burke of ~hawmut, the jury assessing
the damage at S400 The plaintiff sued
to recover damages for injuries caused
to the wife of the plaintiff 10 an automo-
bile accident in which dog, owned by
the defendant so scared the defendant,
that the defendant was i'll for some time.
The battleship New Jersey of the sep.
going class built for the United States
by the Fore River Shipbuilding Co, was
successfully launched, Thursday at
Quincy, Mass There we're large num-
Der of guests present, including Gov
Franklin Murphy of New Jersey, Gov
John l.. Bates of Massachusetts and
Former secretary Of the Navy John u
Long of bingham. The battleship was
christened by Mrs. William b. Kinney,
daughter of Gov. Murphy,
The directors of the Maine State Sana-
forum Association are looking forward
to the opening of their new buildings at
Hebron about Nov. 20. Good progress
has been made with the erection of the
different structures and at present at
tention Is being given principally to the
| furnishings. Among the articles to be
| provided. the blankets and fur coa's.
which form very important part of the
equipment of the sanatorium, are receiv-
ing especial care but In every respect
the details of the interior of the build
| ings will be attended to with scrupulous
attention.
The American Legation at CONSTANT
nople has addressed a note to the Porte
demanding reparation for the recent at
tack near Aleppo by brigands upon a
caravan belonging to the American
house of MacAndrews and Fobes, of
SMYRNA. The raid resulted In the kill
ing of six of the caravans camels and
the carrying off by the bandits of go
camels and considerable sum of money
The legation insists upon the arrest and
punish ment of the outlaws, the restitu-
ton of the camels and money and the
adoption of efficacious measures for
the prevention of recurrence Of the
outrage.
| Bowdoin defeated Bates on Whittier
field. Saturday afternoon, by score of
| ~ to 6 in a clean, hard struggle for the
championship of Maine. 1t was clearly
case of the better team winning, and
the $500 people who surrounded the field
saw the greatest battle ever fought out
on a Maine gridiron. Bates had good
team. as had been shown In It's victories
over U. of NJ. and Colby, and every man
played to the limit of his ability and ell
durance in Saturdays game. but it was
up against too hard proposition. The
Bowdoin eleven which had beaten Colby
80 to o and U of NJ. % to s, was after
the championship. and 1t outpayed the
visitors In every department Of the game,