The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-06-01
STATE AND GENERAL.

meets with the church at South Paris,
June 5, g, I, S.
King Oscar of Sweden has resumed
the reins of government after his recent
illness during Which the Crown Prince
Gustav acted as regent
In letter to John j. Flaherty of
Gloucester, chairman of the Democratic
state central committee, Governor Will
liam l.. Douglas has announced his de-
cision not to be candidate for re cleo.
ton.
Ella Eaton's house, ell, shed, carriage
house and barn on the Livermore Falls
road, about mile below Beams Corner,
Wilton, we're burned, Thursday fore
noon. Loss estimated at $3.50. In
sured for $1,000 on buildings and 5000
on furniture.
Gessler Rousseau, who was convicted
of sending an internal machine to the
pier of the steamship Umbria in May,
1903, was sent TO state prison for not
less than three nor more than five years.
Sentence was pronounced by Recorder
Golf who referred to Rosseau's act as d
"Hellsh design"
The lien, summer hotel at the
Meadows river, near Brunswick. was
destroyed by fire, Friday, which started
in the stable from an unknown cause
The building was three stories high and
built of wood. The proprietor, Benja-
min Gesjardain sustained loss of
$4,000, partially insured,
Petition for an injunction to enjoin
the Durham town treasurer from paying
money for support of Shiloh schools of
the Holy Ghost and Us society, was
filed Tuesday brought by ten citizens of
the town: David Crockett. Jr., Fred
Harrington, Joseph II. Davis, Henry M,
Snow, Francis w. Bowie, George H.
Lancaster, VIM. w. brown, c. II. Green
and J. b. Green.
While returning to his home at Tren-
ton, South Carolina in carriage, from
Edgefield Friday night, U. :. Senator
Benjamin X. Tillman was driven over an
enbankment near the campus and pain
fully injured, sustaining two ugly cuts
on the top of his head and was other
wise bruised. In the carriage were
Senator Tillman's daughters, Miss Iona,
and Mollie May and Miss Bryant. None
of them we're injured.
Word has been received at Bangor
that 80 foot section of the wooden
dam at the foot of Webster lake on the
east branch of the Penobscot river has
been carried away. 1t is believed that
the break will not seriously affect the
lumber drives in this portion of the
river, inasmnch as Webster lake ia not
an important storage basin. Repairs
are being made and the dam will be In
a condition to hold water in about ten
days.
Mrs. Mary M. Rogers, the convicted
murdress of her husband, Marcus
Rogers, of Bennington, Vt, was denied
a new trial, Saturday, in decision
handed down in the Vermont supreme
court. Two of the justices dissented
Counsel for Mrs. Rogers after appealing
In vain for an opportunity to present ad
ditional newly discovered evidence be-
fore the court, and to secure a continu-
ance of six weeks announced their in
tention of carrying the case to the
United States supreme court
Baron Alphonse De Rothsohild, head
of the French branch of the banking
house bearing the name of Rothschild,
and governor of the Bank of France,
died at 80, Friday morning, from acute
bronchitis aggravated by govt. The
eminent financier had been sinking
slowly for many days, but there was no
apprehension that HIS death was i'm
minent. He first took to his bed two
weeks ago. Several rallies gave promise
of his recovery. Two days ago the
baron began to fail rapidly.
President Roosevelt, as heretofore
noted, has been urged to take steps
looking to a government inquiry into
the operations of life insurance com
psnies, especially the Equitable Life
Assurance society of the United States
After careful consideration of the sub
ject and inquiry into its legal phrases,
the President has determined that under
the circumstances, the government has
no authority to take up the matter,
either through special commission, or
through the bureau of corporations
Seventy one banks and trust com
panies, most of them in Massachusetts,
but many located in various parts of the
country. are among the creditors of the
banking firm of Burnett-Cummings x
Co, of Boston which filed voluntary
petition 10 bankruptcy In the United
states District court with liabilities
placed at Sl,714,368. The assets are
stated to be uncertain, The creditors
have been given to understand that they
will not exceed 5000, 600 If indeed, they
prove to be of any value whatsoever.
The bankruptcy petition ia the heaviest
filed in this district since the present
bankruptcy laws went into effect In
Maasachuaetts