The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-08
STATE AND GENERA.

The stable of Mellon {. Pierce, on
Cedar street. Bangor. was burned Fri
Gay moruIDg with five driving horses
aud Two cows LOSS $1,000; insured
Gauss defective chimney in mans room
AS result of an alleged criminal
operation said TO have been performed
~, bangor, last week uiss Maud b
raqgrft, pretty girl of ~ years, "A
residtn' of Masards is dead. A ply 81
can of that city in implicated
Former Gov and Mrs John Hill
! aud "a lhrty of friends from Augusta
nd other pa aces vii sail for Now YORK
Thursday. March 8. ON the Hamburg
American liner Pripcrss Victoria Louise,
for months trip in tou hern latitud's.
Rrpteet NATIVE and Mrs Nichol AZ
Lougworth returned to Washington
unday from Cuba. They drove i'm
mcdiattly To Mr. Long worih's residence
IA l8 street Mr. Longworth will re-
-ume at once his lepislatvs duties at the
Capitol.
Lucius II Kendall who has been com
manding officer of the frat regiment,
Maine National Guard, for II years to-
night announced bis intention OF ret r
Iug from the military service at the end
Of bis present term, about l6 months
| hence He has been connected with the
state militia, since 1915
Secretary Wilson, of the Agricultural
Department, would have new system
of securing government crop reports.
de would have a superintendent In
each state, who should collect the re-
ports from each town. and make the
corrections and changes that be might
know, by travelling ever the state, need
ed 10 be dOno.
An instance of rise in farm values
oomes from Psrkhurst, where farm
! that was recently sold by John Mcln-
tosh for $4,000 brought but $3.50
twenty-five years ago While lot equal
to the records of some portions OF the
stare. there IL nothing encouraging in
this advance In less than generation
Sen. FIVE has received letter from
Sec Shaw announcing that the new re-
venue cutter authorized by Congress
two wears ago and now building OF Tom
kins Cow, N. Y, will be named the An
dt oscoggin. She Ia for service on the
Maine coast ond will be launched next
spring; the secretary has asked that sen,
FIye's granddaughter, Miss White,
christen the new ship.
Al a meeting OF the committee APP
pointed 10 nominate a president OF TUFTS
oilege in place of the late Dr e
apen. the Rev. Frederick w. Hamilton,
who has been acting president since DR.
Capen's death, was selected The nom
nation was presented to the board Of
trut toes but no action Was taken. IL Ia
expected that the nomination will be
,cre cd on at meeting TO be held March
IL Rev. Frederick w. Hamilton 10
pastor of the First Universalist church,
Roxbury He was born in Portland,
Me-. in 1890 and was graduated from
TUFTS 10 1880
! Lieutenant General John NJ. Sohofield,
U. y. A, retired, former head OF the
,rmy, died Sunday night at st. Angus
tine Fla. He WAS secretary OF war dur
,ng 1868 90 and his career was marked
oy a continuous service in the army
from the time be offered West Point In
l849 until he retired Septem Der 20. 1895
with the rank of lieutenant general, the
highest mil tary honor then admit
ted by law OF Congress. His command
If the army exienG cd from 1888 to 1898
He was we'll known member Of the Loyal
Legion and for two terms was its com
mander in-chief He was IA years OF age.
Virgil r. Payson. aged ~ years, OF
Warren. was found sunday In barn
At Newcastle, where he had been lying
in the hay NOW since Tuesday. he
has had nothing to eat since Tues
day and Is in bad shape and IL Ia doubt
ful If he can recover Both legs are
frozen to the knees He was found by
John Lynch, the owner of the barn
| After administering restoratives Payson
&aid that all was black to him e1cepi
hat he remembered walking from War
reu, a distance of 10 miles. to NeTcastle
ard entering the barn He WAS taken
the Maine General Hospital at Port
land, Monday, for treatment
Charles Y. Dunlap of Portland has
stopped proceedings recently begun
With view OF obtaining the guardian
chip of his son, Charles Archer Dunlap.
one II the disciples OF elijah Sanford
Of shiloh The withdrawal of the pro-
oeedings ia In fulfimsnt of an agree
ment whereby the son Is To retain pos
session OF his interest in farm at Fal-
mouth The elder Dunlap feared that
the son would sell the property and con-
tribute the proceeds to tho Sanford in
stitution. In thu segistry OF deeds to
day ~.s filed the sons agreement not 10
convey the property In question He
also agrees to annually account for the
net INCOME of the property above the
necessary expenses.
According to recent plans the case oi
Mrs Alice r Cooper of South Windsor
charged with the murder of Charles
Northy, Jr at that place on the after
noon OF October 10. 1905, will be taken
up In the supreme court OF Kennebec
County this week This will DO some
thing of an innovation ~ the usual Gus
tom has been TO leave cases OF this mag
n,tude until the last In the term. II
may be done so even now. but present
plans are to begin II this week, the hrs'
Of the term Justice Pesb0dy will pre-
aide and Attorney General Hamlin and
County Attorney Leigh will handle the
case for tho state. while Hon. Herbert
N. Heath will defend Ars. Cooper
Every year the Boston d Maine pay'
81, 600 600 In wages to lite employees, ar
amount which in dollar bills would
reach more than third OF the wa,
across the continent, This vast sum II
distributed in varying amounts smonG
20 900 employees Under the recen
.i~ in wages 5000 employees get AL
ivsrage yearly wage increase OF $35
making n t ,tal increase to be paid by
the COMPANY If $140, eco. An increase
Of even a small sum per individual EN-
ploye meaus big total TO the road. II
| "a railrnad AZ In ayary other CORPORA zion