The Somerset reporter., 1905-11-16
STATE AND Gen ERA


They are working for pubic reading
room IN Dexter, an ius autl3n which
cannot fail to be a blessing 10 any
village.
Conditions in Rlmford Fills are re-
ported as being quite favorable aud the
ply siclans consider that they have the
outbreak of dIphtLeHa there well 10
hand, but every precauton Is being tax
en- and the board Of health Las issued
stringent orders in regard 10 the disease
aud every effort IS being made to efadi
cate it.
meeting Of the Democratic state
committee and Of prominent party men
"as held IN Bangor, saturday. for The
purpose Of discussing plans for the cam
paign OF 1906 1t is understood that re-
submission will again be the keynote Of
the platform, and that cyrus " DAVIS
OF Natelvlile, may again be the candid
ate for Governor.
Diptheria is causing the residents Of
the town of Mexico considerable uneasi
uess and the schools have been ordered
closed for week on account of the prev
alence Of the disease A three year old
u, r,
WAS Immediately buried and another
child III lie same family IL seriously Ill
vi dlphtheria and is not expected to
recover.
bill in equity was filed with Charles
W Jones, Clerk OF courts, "wednesday,
by the American Wooden o. of Nassal-
boro, to restrain the Kennebec Water
District from taking water from China
Lake. Associate Justice Albert NJ
Spear of Gardiner has ordered hearing
on the bill to take place at the court
house, Nov. % at 10a N. Hon. Chas
+. johnson of Waterville, appears az
counsel for the plaintiff
he operatives employed at lie China
Webster and Pembroke mills in sun.
cook, n. II Thursday, will receive their
first wage payment under a new SEIZED
ule. BY this schedule, which is the
same as that adopted recently by the
mills at Fall River, Mass the operative,
will receive direct advance in wages Of
per cent. and additional advance &C
cording to sliding scale based on the
difference between the price of raw COT
ton and of manufactured cloth.
After withstanding attack by variou,
PAGERS season after season, Star Point
ef's mile II 5t4) made at Readville iu
1897 under oid-time conditions, with
runners accompanying at side or behind,
war beaten, saturday, by Dan Patch,
the unbeaten son of Joe Patchen. With.
out showing much signs of fatigue Dan
Patch went around the famous two
minute course at Billings park in ! IS
fiat, many watcl hel in private HANGS
catching as fast a. j7t he fractional
time was: 30, 50, 2e4 15s.
The business men of Bath are agitated
over the report that the Maine Central
railroad intends To bridge the Kennebec
river at point several miles below
there, thus doing away with the big
ferryboat, Hercules, used To transfer
trains from that city to Wool"Ich. 1t
is understood TO be a plan of the rail
road to build line which shal! leave
the main line at Bowdoinham aud cross
the river striking the route to Rockland
at Niscasset by such movement
Bath merchants fear that they would
lose large amount of trade.
The appointments of speakers to take
part in the annual prize deelamatioBs of
the sophomore class at the University
of Maine on December s, are announced
as follows: Chester A Brownell, New
port, r | Mildred Chase. BluehiIl;
Raymond Fellows. Bucksport; Penny l..
Miner, Haverhill, Mass ; PeIley +. Sko-
field, Honlton; Oscar f smith. Calais =;
Raymond j. Smith, Skowhegan; Earl y.
Vlckery, Plttsfield. The appointments
are given TO the eight members of the
class who have attained highest rank in
the course in public speaking
The Union Sardine Co.'S entire plant
at Lubec was burned fiat early Thurs
day The loss is So, 900 and the lnsur-
ance $500 About 200 employees were
forced to suspend work. Rebuilding
operations will begin at once, and the
new plant is expected to be ready for
business at the opening of the season.
April 10. There were &, 900 cases of sar-
dimes ready for shipment, and these were
lost owing to the great speed with which
the flames spread throughout the struc
ture. The cause OF the fire ID unknown,
but it is supposed to have originated
from defective tlue and near the oven
in which the fish were cooked
The registration of automobiles and
motor vehicles, at the office of the secre.
tary of state, which has been n progress
sluNC Abt law went lulb tutGAt Aut uiel
of last June, is practically completed for
the year. although few scattered APP
plicatons for registration of motor
cycles have been received during the
past few days The business for the
summer has been good, and since the
law has become operative the number OF
automobiles which have been registered
is 1871; the number of persons who have
been licensed as operators is as0 and
the number of motor cycles which have
registered 90 the results of which has
been the turning into the state treasury
the very respectable sum of $4,000 II
was hardly expected at the beginning ut
the season, that the number of autos
found to be owned in the state would be
50 large, but the fact remains, and the
power vehicles have evidently come To
stay, and seem to be growing in pop
ularitS. Ii is anticipated that the Close
of another year will find the number al
really owned in State accompanied 10y
a large increase.
Son Lost Mother.
consumption runs in our family, anil
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