The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-01-12
STATE AND GEN ERAL

It's annual session for the year 1910 On
January 20 and 81 at Augusta.
Governor William Cla1n of Massachu-
etts died, the 9th inst, at his home on
Walnut street, Newtonville, after few
weeks illness.
Last year $4,000 was invested in
new railway equipments and construc-
lions in the United states 1887 cars
and 2,53S locomotives were ordered.
The national convention of the Zeta
Psi fraternity held its annual meeting at
Boston, Saturday, and elected Governor
Cobb, president, for the ensuing year.
The Freeport postoffice was broken
into Friday night, the safe blown open
and quite number of stamps and some
money were taken. No arrest has been
made.
Senator Frye who has been suffering
with severe cold was up and around
his room at the Hamilton, Friday, but by
the DOCTORS orders he did not 60 to the
capitol
Justice Greenbaum of the supreme
court at New York has denied the petit
i0u OF Nan Patterson for Odfi pending a
new trial on the charge of numbering
Caesar Young
The war department, Saturday, as
signed Lieutenant General Nelson A
lilies, United States army, retired, as a
member of the staff of Governor Douglas
of Massachusetts.
Alva Adams was Friday declared by
the legislature to be duly elected COVER
nor of Colorado. The returns showed
Adams, 1913, 079; Peabody, ll3 304 Plu-
rality for Adams 9774
Rev j. X. Wilson, d. ID has resigned
the pastorate of the Free street Baptist
church, Portland, to take effect, Feb. l..
DR.. Wilson will become editor of the
Baptist paper, lions Advocate.
The torpedo boat Gregory built by
Lewis Nixon at Perth Amboy, n j for
the Russian government, left New ork
harbor, Jan. 5th, and passed Sandy
Hook, outward bound.
Thomas II Niedrughans of ST. Louis,
has been nominated for the U. s. Senate
by republicans in Missouri. He is As
years old, son of former congressman
and business man of prominence.
How much suffering blizzard brings
to great city population like New
York's. is indicated by the fact that
bOfbh oChlhb III lual OiNyf auO
to last weeks storm, five dying of ex-
posture.
Hon. VIM. l. Douglas, of Brockton
became Massachusetts 41st governor
under the constitution, shortly after
noon Thursday of last week, being the
fourth Democrat to hold that high off
within the past so years.
The Governor and council have assign
ed Jan. Is, as the date for hearing on
a petition for the pardon of Mrs Mary
Barrows of kittery, who is serving life
sentence in the state prison for the muir
der of her husband.
The Maine commissioners to the ST.
Louis Worlds Fair did not spend the
whole of the $40,0 900 appropriated by the
state and with the $1,000 received for the
log building managed to return $4,000
to the State treasury.
John &. CoOmbs, a native of Bowdoin-
ham, Maine, died on saturday in Bos-
ton, which had been his home for many
years, aged nearly 90 years lie WAS for
many years corporation and bankruptcy
lawyer OF nation wide prominence.
OF the So, 900 appropriated by the
Maine legislature for the Andersonville
monument, the commission reports that
there is 1915 06 unexuended. The cost
Of the monument was 50, 100 and the ex-
penses of the commissioners $3.50 o.
Secretary Taft has forwarded to the
House the draft of a resolution authoriz-
ing the President to cause medals to be
struck and presented to officers and SOL
diers and others who served in the
Spanish war, China relief expedition
and Philippine insurrection.
Justice Spear, who presided at the
present term of the Supreme judicial
Court for Knox county at Rockland,
stated, Friday, that it mattered not
what other judges did he proposed to
impose Jail sentences upon all volators
of the prohibitory law convicted before
him.
hief of Police Bowen of Bangor an
nounces that he shall enforce the pro
hibitory law in that city to the very best
of his ability He says he is convinced
that the people want enforcement
Mayor Beal, while opposed to the pro
hibitory law, will nevertheless do all in
his power to assist Chief Bowen in the
work.
Maine is now credited with an average
yield of 215 bushels of potatoes for the
1904 crop. Iowa's yield was 1875 bushels
and " isconsins 1876. The yield of the
southern states runs from 80 to 80 bush.
es except Florida, which is just above
the 100 bushel mark. The revised re
turns indicate that the average yield
throughout the county will be no
bushels.
Hon. Horace II. Burbank, Judge of
the municipal court of Saco for the past
10 years and former county attorney,
died, Sunday, from paralysis after a few
weeks sickness, aged 81 years. Judge
Burbank was we'll known throughout
the State. He was at one time depart
ment commander of the Maine q A R..
and prominent in Masonic circles A
widow and four children survive him.
The Maine inspectors of prison and
jais state that, at the commencement of
the prison year, Dec. l, 1908. there were
confined in the prison, lI2; 81 have since
been received, and 81 have been dis
charged by expiration OF sentence. Two
have been pardoned, and two have died.
The largest number of prisoners at any
one time was 1877; the smallest, 1888;
daily average for the year, 1T. Pres
ent number of prisoners 1893
Brazil, through her charge d'affaires
at Washington, has transmitted TO this
government an intimation that che de-
sires to be represented at Washington by
an ambassador and would welcome the
appointment of an American ambassador
at RE de Janeiro. Cordial as are the
relations between the two governments
the need of an American ambassador to