The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-04-05
STATE AND GENERAL.


The residence and farm buildings @
Dana w. Foye at Fairfield were almos
completely destroyed by fire about 4 -
Friday morning together with much o
their contents aud the household good
stored there owned by Preston Mayer
who recently moved to New Hampshire
The loss is heavy but nearly covered by
insurance He will probably rebuild
The cause was an overturned lantern il
the barn.
The celebration of the twenty fifth
annivers ry of the founding of the Tus
kegee Normal and Industrial Institute
was begun at Tuskegee, Ala, saturday
i Right Rev, VIM. Cromwell Doane, Bis
/ hop of Albany. n. Y, preached The
ami versary sermon in the college chap
i ell. large crowd attending Other ex
ercises. when prominent speakers from
i different parts of the United states
were present, were held Tuesday after
noon, being the anniversary of the in
stitution's founding.
Papers have been filed in Schenectady
n I in an action for 800, 900 damages
for malicious libel, brought by the W
/ T Hanson Company, manufacturers OF
/ DR.. Williams Pink Pills, against Col.
lier's Weekly, for alleged false state
ments regarding the company and its
preparation. The suit is the result OF
the attacks made by Golfers on the
patent medicine business and is similar
in many respects to that OF DR.. Pierce OF
Buffalo. against the Ladies' Home
Journal, In which the doctor was award
ed heavy damages.
George H. Gilman, editor and proprie
tor of the Aroostook Pioneer, died sud
denly in Boston, Thursday of last week
Mr. Gilman was born at Augusta, the
son of William =. Gilman, who in 1851,
started at Presque Isle the Aroostook
Pioneer, the first newspaper published
in Aroostook county. The most of his
life since he was Is years of age hae
been passed 10 printing establishment.
For several years he was employed In
the publishing house of r c. Allen of
Augusta. In 1885 upon the death OF
his father he became sole proprietor OF
the Aroostook Pioneer, which in 1853
was moved to Houlton He was mem
Der of the State L. gislature in 1897
and was a Republican. He leaves a
widow and one daughter, Miss A. Mae
Gilman.
The eighty seventh birthday anniver
versary of Names Oldest living exGov
ernor, Sidney Perham, was fittingly cele-
brated, last week at his home in Wash
ington. in the presence of his children,
relatives and friends. The house was
bedecked with flowers sent by admirel f
of the former politician, who was visibly
moved by the loyal affection displayed
by them Gov. Per ham was assisted In
receiving by his two sons, Arestus ).
Perham of Washington and VIM. l.
Perham of New York, and his two
daughters, Misses Fannie l. and Georgia
:. Perham Mr.. Perham looking well
in spite of his age. He is active intel
lectnally and as hale physically as when
twenty or thirty years younger. Over
200 friends and relatives called to ex-
tend their good wishes for many happy
returns of the day.
State Liquor Commissioner Leavitt
has received official notification from
the internal revenue authorities that he
will be required to pay the regular
Wholesale liquor dealers tax of 800 a
year for the past four years, plus the de.
linguency penalty of $50 year. Prior
to the ad ministration of the late J. W.
Wakefield of Bath the incumbent had
tax as a wholesaler of liquors. Com
missioner Wakefield, arguing that 1t
was not necessary, received favorable
decision from the internal revenue com
missioner. But recent decision of the
United States supreme court in South
Carolina State dispensary case forced
the revenue authorities to tax the Maine
commissioner. The matter will be re-
ported to the governor and council, and
meanwhile the attorney general will in
vestigate with view to defending the
State
The months business In the line of
corporations at the office of the secre-
tary of State, for tho month of March,
closed Saturday, and while the number
of corporations organized during the
month was about the average, owing to
the fact that many of them were small
ones the amount turned into the State
treasury in fees was smaller than that of
either of the two preceding months.
The mum Der of corporations which filed
their certificates of organization at the
office during the month was %, and the
amount received in fees was about
$500 The January receipts in the
way of fees was the largest in the his
tory of the State, and while the number
of corporations organized in the State
for the month was not above the average
the capital stock of two of them amount
ed to total of 1925, DOC, 600 the fees for
which helped swell the total fees turned
into the Office of the State treasurer to
$50 285. The total fees for the month
of February were $1,000