The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-30
STATE AND GEN ERAL.

Old Home week, this year will be
from August 13 To 10 aud already enter
prising Portland ia hoping for visit
from the White squadron ut that time.
The British oabinate met Thursday
afternoon at the foreign office. Accord
ing TO news agency the ministers
assembled to consider II proposal for the
Intervention of the powers IN the Russo
Japanese war.
Ten pc Asants were killed and 30 were
( wounded at Lamenta, March Il, as the
result of the shooting OF infantry sent to
quell disturbances. kntno Is situated
| 10 miles west of arsaw Ii has
population of about 10 600 souls.
AS ociatons of the SONS and daugh-
ters of Mains are numerous in Massa
chusetts the Middle states aud the West,
but one OF the first In the South is that
| just organized at Southern Pines, y G.,
with membership of = Maine people
Another Maine high school has gone
back To the two sessions a day plan, the
| Hallowell high authorities, having de-
clded To make the change as the two
sessions, in the general opinion, Will
result in more study and higher grade
of scholarship.
The report comes from the Oakland
farmers that the mice are playing havoc
| with the fruit trees J. e Huzzy has
some POO or 300 trees healed in and
these upon examination we're found to
be almost entirely ruined, the nice hav-
ing grdled them
Announcement was made, Thursday,
that the summer time tables on the
Boston & Maine Central Railroads will
go into effect, June ), the elTliest In the
history of these roads. The schedule
will be practically the same As last year
with MINOR exceptions
The school children of Saco. from
Wednesday noon to Saturday night had
collected and received bounty on 5000
brown-tail moth nests. The children
are receiving six cents a dozen for the
nests The men employed by the city
to gather the nests collect about 300
day.
The trouble at the Massachusetts Ag.
ricutural College growing out of the
suspension of three members of the
senior class and the refusal of the other
mem bers of the class to attend the col
lege exercises. was settled, Friday, and
inc Su5pbHutu u6uUbls Vi luo GLASS Will
be reinstated.
The Massachusetts, House has voted to
retain the death penalty by vote of 107
to 81 and accordingly the electric chair
will stay l he question of capital pun
ishment comes up about as regularly in
the Bay state legislature as the woman
suffrage question, and apparently makes
as little Roadway.
The first important result in the cru
SADIE planned by the New York State
department of agriculture against vio-
lations of the pure food laws came,
Friday, when Andrew Walsh of Newark,
N J., in the court of special session in
Brooklyn, was sent to jail for three
months tor selling oleomargarine for
butter.
Andrew O. King is under arrest in
Quincy at the request of Deputy Sheriff
ID. E White of Rockland, Me, on sus
picion, it is said, in connection with the
death of his wife at Vinalhaven, Me-,
March 7. King was arrested on his ar
rival here, the police having received
word from Rocklaad that he had started
for Quincy.
Fire, Thursday night, Quilted the
three-story brick building in Au
gusta, owned by Lendal ritcomb, B f.
Parrot and the Bradbury heirs. The
building was occupied on the street
floor by Green Brothers, novelty dealers,
and l.. K Smith, taylor; on the second
floor by DR.. C. Il. Frzzelle, optician,
and DR. George Washburn
At Westbrook Willie. the 15-year old
son of John Quinn, was fatally shot by
the accidental discharge of an older
brother's gun The young man had
just returned from shooting trip and
while removing cartridges from the gun
it was discharged, the shot entering the
boys right shoulder. The wound caused
instant death, the jugular vein being
severed
mmander-in-Chief Dustin of the
Sons of Veterans has selected the week
commencing sept. Is as the time for
holding the annual encampment. The
session is to be held this year at Gettys
burg and it is expected the attendance
will be larger than ever before. With
the delegates and several regiments of