The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-03-29
STATE AND GENERAL.

The business of the Keyes Fibre Com
p4ny At ShaWmut is increasing rapidly
ana lhr last shlpmeut OF Pic plates mum
here 600 600 OF these = COO 600 went
IL Providence, K l., Loo 0O1 10 Balli
more Md and 1000 0e0 to Seattle,
Mash At the present time the com
rany has orders for 81 500 600 plates
ahead, 9 500, 600 10 b. made aud shipped
a. coon as possible and 81 U90 0Oo 10
september. The capacity of the mil
his recently been doubled, aud there
arr now tour machines with daily ca
p city Of 50 900 pie plates each, making
the eutlIr daily output 200.00O plates
The share holders of the Riverview
NoIAted will at Watervll5e, have asked
for he appointment ot receiver, the
petition having bern dtd with Justice
y = hltehouse OF the Supr, me
unrt last Thursday Treasurer u #.
'errv has discovered that goods valued
a ab ut SIS 900 belonging to the cor
poration were being shipped out of the
city without proper au' hofity He sue
ceeded in stopping about sl"OOo worth
If property AT the Maine entral depot
but one car containing lot valued at
about $4,000 had gone The nominal
assets of the mill are estimated AT about
S240, 900 and the liabilities at S2lO,0OO.
Dr. Albert Prescott Marble, associate
superintendent of public schools of New
York city, died Sunday. He is survived
hy his wife a daughter and brother,
DIR John o Marble of Worcester, lass.
DR. Marble was born SO years ago in
Vassalbnro Me-, aud was graduated
from Colby University. He was for 25
years superintendent of schools in
Worcester Mass whence he went TO
Omaha, Neb where he took up similar
work In 1896 he was called to New
York city. He was elected to the
presidency of the National educational
association at the Nashville convention
in 1888
A verdict of murder in the first degree
was returned, Friday night, by the jury
In he case of Wesley Chick. the young
farm hand accused If the killing of his
great uncle David Varney at Porter, on
December The trial was concluded
late, Friday afternoon, after 1t bad been
in progress four days and the jury hav-
Inv deliberated for fifty minutes report
ed verdict of guilty. saturday morn
ing he was brought before the court for
sentence On being asked by Judge spear
il be had anything to say before sentence
was imposed, he arose and said in firm
voice: AL | have 10 4ay ia that | am
not guilty Of this crime The clerk
then read to him the sentence of i'm
prisoDment in the State prison at Thorn
aston for the term of his natural life,
which Chick took without emotion.
The contract has been let by A o
Lombard IL the finn Of Day & smiley
fer he building IF an addition To his
shop at y ateTville, where the famous
Lombard Log Haulers are built. he
addition will consist of place for more
machinery of An improved type. trip
hammer, big lathe and several minor
things 1t will also contain a drafting
room and an office. The big increase
In the business of the firm has made
this necessary. The entire output of
the factory for the next year il already
sold and orders are being taken for ma
chimes 10 10 delivered in two years
The capacity of the shop IL being tested
all the time and AZ fast as a machine is
C pmpleted it is shipped to some eager
purchaser. The orders are not confined
10 Maine lnmbermeD hut include those
of New Hampshire; Vermont and New
York and some even farther west, " lille
Canadian umbermen have become in
teTested in Mr. Lombard's useful inven-
ton