The Somerset reporter., 1904-08-25
STATE AND GENERAL.


its centennial Friday the 10Th Inst.
Guy Webb Of Lewiston, aged a, was
drowned In the Androscoggtn, Friday
afternoon.
Fires have been raging In the great
forests Of Washington, doing incalcul-
abe damage.
The fourth district democratic conven-
ton which has been in deadlock at st.
Joseph, Mo since July goth has taken
785 ballots for Congressman without re-
suit.
Earthquakes have caused serious da-
mage TO several villages in the island Of
samos, Greek archipelago), - miles
from Smyrna, Some Of the Inhabitants
we're killed.
The saw mill shngle mill, and grist
mill of the New Sweden Starch %. were
burned at an early hour, saturday morn
ing The total loss is estimated at
5000; insurance $500.
The Hancock county quarrymen are
delighted at having visit from John
q. Mcdonald who built the New York
subway. They all hope that he will
want Maine granite for some future
operations
The thermometer registered from 81
to 40 throughout the Adirondack
Thursdsy night. Tomatoes, potatoes
and apples were nipped by the frost and
considerable damage is reported.
The Rumford Falls Evening Herald
has Suspended publication. Ia tue
farewell editorial the reason is given
that the experimet has shown that the
field is not yet ready to support daily
paper.
A Republican rally was held at Cen
trial hall, Dover the Is inst Addresses
were made by Hon. " lillian T. Cobb of
Rockland, the Republican candidate for
governor; Hon. Llewelyn Powers and
Hon j. b. Peakes
spiros Ellie, Greek, aged 20 years
was caught In q shafting at the Laconia
mill Biddeford the 18th inst, and re-
ceiyed injuries which are likely to prove
fatal. His skull WAS fractured and deep
gashes cut in his head.
The Barnaby Bingham mill started up,
Monday morning, after a three weeks
shutdown, due to stagnation in trade.
The mill is not in the wage agreement.
No attempt was made, to start up any
of the other mills in Fall River
The deepest coal mine shaft in the
world is to be sunk in Hanover town
ship, Penn. 1t will be 1925 feet deep
and will open up virgin coal field, one
of the richest in the region. The col
liery will give work to about 1000 men.
Miss Amy Clark, aged 49, daughter
of Hon. Frank F. Clark of Gray, and
Miss Clara smith, aged %, daughter of
Hugh ). smith, an influential citizen of
the same town, were drowned, Monday
afternoon, while bathing in Sebago pond.
The annual convention of the Maine
Woman's hristian Temperance Union
will convene in Augusta on september
18th, 18th and 18th, Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday. The meetings will
be held in pe Congregational church.
The automobile will figure in re-
publican politics in Cumberland county.
By means of the automobile, speakers
can move speedily from one town to AN
other and more comfortably get in two
or three meetings a day, where the
steam conveyances do not abound.
! The prosperity of Aroostook is bring
| ing gang of sharpers into the county,
with all sorts of smooth games to catch
the unwary, and the Fort Fairfield Re-
view devotes three columns in its latest
issue to exposing their schemes and to
warning the suckers to beware of the
attractive bait.
The annual meeting and reunion of
the National Society of the Bracket
! Family, organized July 4, 1902, was
held the Is inst at Greenwood Garden,
Peakes Island, Portland harbor and was
attended by nearly 300 members of the
society, coming from widely scattered
parts of the country.
At the August term of Supreme
Court at Bangor about $4,000 was col
lected in liquor fines. County Attor-
ney Smith cleared the docket as much
as possible to make it easier for his
successor Seven liquor dealers were
sent to jail, and few others were sen
fenced to brief terms for various offences.
One hundred and fifty fathers employ
ed by the Eastern Expanded Metal Com.
pany, Boston, struck, Monday. The
company uses the union scale but de
clnes to sign an agreement doing away
with the 'open shop Strikes have
been ordered against the concern in all
cities of the country where it does bust
ness.
Because Of the grave situation caused
by the diphtheria epidemic which has
been raging at Bath the past 10 months,
the school board is confronted with a
very serious proposition, and has decid-
ed that the opening of the public schools
must be postponed for at least a week
Consequently they will not open until
Sept. II,
Reports from all parts of the country
indicate that the apple crop of 1904 will
be abundant in quantity and excellent in
quality 1t is a bearing year with many
varieties, while the modern methods of
fertilizing and spraying have contribut-
ed to larger yields and fruit more free
from blight and the bad effects of in
| furious insects.
Confidence in continued improve
ment of trade has been somewhat un.
settled by sensational events in the
wheat market and the lack of harmony
between labor and capital, 1t is becom-
ing evident that estimates of the wheat
crop must be reduced, although other
agricultural news is much better than
usual. SO says Dun's Review.
On Mechanic street, Foxcroft, is
/ located the plant of the Ranger & Aver
Mfg. Co., where Eastwood is sawed into
sleigh and carriage top sheathing by
means of an improved veneering ma
chine adapted to the turning out of
veneer of any width or thickness, the
machine being the Invention of K. l..
Ranger, who is president OF the com
pany.
A tornado of small proportions but Of
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