The Somerset reporter., 1905-01-26

peror Nicholas and maintain that the
industrial movement.
Thomas c. Evans, the Oldest advertis-
ing agent in point of continuous service
In the country, and for 80 years located
in Boston, died at Woolwich, Friday
night, aged II years. MIR Evans leaves
"A widow, a daughter and married son.
He retired from business about ak years
ago and came to Maine to recuperate bis
health. He is native of Bristol, Eng.
The coroner's inquest in the case of
Frank Hall, who died suddenly last
week, was held, saturday morning. The
Jury found that Hall came to his death
by accidentally taking drink of tincture
of nux vomca, which 10 in accordance
with his ante-mortem statement and
that this medicine was purchased by
Hall from parties who are unknown to
the jury.
No bill was found by the grand jury
at Auburn, last week, against Thomas
Breckenridge and Fred NJ Crockett,
both of Waterville, who were held for
manslaughter as result of the rail-
road accident at the Maine State Fair
grounds in September. This case occu-
pied the attention of the grand jury all
day. Thursday. Fifteen witnesses were
examined.
The final move in the settlement of
the affairs of the Bath Iron Works was
made Saturday when there was recorded
in the county registry of deeds the
transfer of their property from Geo. k.
Sheldon, chairman of the reorganization
committee of the U. s. Ship Building
company to the Bath Iron Works com
pany, as part of the Bethlehem Steel
corporation
< A. Chase, secretary of the board of
health, of Brownville, returned, Friday
night, from the camps at Five Islands,
and reports to DR.. q. NJ. Woodcock of
the State Board Health, that he disin-
fected the place thoroughly and found
no further cases of cerebro spinal men
ingitis No spread is looked for. One
of the cases in the Eastern Maine hospi
tai, provincial, named Donovan, is not
expected to hive.
A cablegram from Constantnople
Monday is to the effect that 1900 Circas-
SLAMS had revolted and killed the
Russian guard numbering 200 at Siavini
in the Caucasus and that Russians and
Turks in large numbers were crossing
the frontier into the Caucasus to spread
revolution in T,flis province Tiff city
is practically in a state of siege. he said,
AMI communication is had only by the
dispatch bearers.
Sec Hay has sc ,ured positive assur-
ances from the powers that there shall
be no attempt made upon the integrity
of Chinese territory. Recently it was
reported that some of the powers con
templated extending the territorial pos
sessions they already had in China at the
conclusion of the war in order to main
tain what they called the balance of
power in the East, asserting that the
outcome of the war would be a readjust-
ment of Chinese territorial boundaries.
A fifth victim In the crew of lumber
men in the camp Of the American
Thread Co. at Lakeview plantation,
afflicted with cerebro spinal meningitis,
or spotted fever, died, Sunday. The
last was a man named FREQ Donovan of
Newcastle, N. B., who had been taken to
tho Eastern Maine hospital at Bangor
The others we're Horace E Whitney of
Sangerville, who died on the way to
Dover. Donald cunningham who died
after reaching his home at Milo and two
French anadians whose deaths occurred
at the camp
"lt is fact SAID a prominent state
official, recently, "thst the total damage
to the State by fire is greater than the
revenue to the State from all sources
And the report of the state treasurer
bears out this statement. In 1908 the
States total receipts were 81, $50 34S 80
the damage to the state from fires
amounted to 81, ,555 OO8; thus the damage
from fires was "a. 862 OF more than the
income of the state. This amount does
not include the damage from forest fres
which, according to the forestry com
missioner's report, amounted in 1908 to
$1,041 ,210.
DIR. Charles A. Ea>tman of Old Or
chard. charged with he murder through
malpractice, of Miss Edith ). McIntire of
Boothbsy Harbor. the young woman
dying at his sanitarium April l, 1904,
and found guilty of manslaughter in the
York county supreme court, was sem
fenced Saturday. He was given one
year iu Alfred Jail After the trial on
the charge of murder his attorneys filed
exceptions and the csse went to the law
court. No rescript has been handed
down and DIR Eastman appeared in
court and withdrew his exceptions and