The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-07-11
STATE AND GENERAL ITEMS.

ing.
The little town of Pembroke suffe r
ed serious loss by fire July 4, Il
buildings comprising the principal
business and residential section being
wiped out by the flames. The loss
was estimated at $4,000 and the in
surance carried was small.
Burns caused by slow match which
set fire to her dress, resulted in the
death of Florence K. Felch, aged
years, of Houlton, Friday. She was
daughter of L. NJ. Fetch, principal
of the Kicker Classical Institute. She
was lighting fireworks, July 4, when
she received the fatal burns.
The Maine State Dentists Associa-
ton will hold its annual outing at
Rockland Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, July 16, II, and IS. A large
number of the dentists of the State
and large number with their ladies
are expected to attend. A pleasing
programme for the three days con
vention and outing has been arranged
The announcement is made that the
State of Maine will be represented by
Governor Cobb and staff at the unveil-
ing, at Valley Forge, Penn, on Thurs
day, Oct. II, of tablet which has
been erected to the memory of the
Revolutionary soldiers from Maine
who were with General George Wash :
ington at Valley Forge during the
memorable winter of l777.
The annual meeting of the Ameri-
can Bar Assn, will be held in Port
land Aug. %, 81, and 2S, and will in
MANY respects be the most remark
able gathering of the year in Maine.
The committee having charge of the
arrangements will consist of Hon.
Chas F. Libby, the president of the
Cumberland Bar Assn, and a member
of the executive committee of the
American Bar ASSN.
The Fogg Family Assn, of America
will hold this years reunion at Eliot
August 30. Daniel Fogg, born in
Hampton, n. H., in 1866, settled in
Eliot and died there 1870. He had
nine children and over 5000 descend
ants have been traced to him. The
exercises will be held in the new
William Fogg Memorial Library i'll
Eliot, built on the old family estate
and made of field stone from the
stone walls. The president of the
ASSN, is Geo. o. Fogg of Boston and
the secretary Mrs a. j. Fogg, 70 Wes-
land.
By order which was promulgated
some time ago by Postmaster Gene raj
Won L. Meyer and which went into
effect July /, it is not necessary to
have a special delivery stamp on a
letter in order to secure immediate
delivery. Now all the sender has to
do is to affix ten cents in ordinary
postage, in addition to the regular
postage and endorse the letter on the
face, preferably right under the
stamps with the words especial de-
livery" and the letter will receive
immediate delivery as with a special
delivery stamp. Those who send
special delivery letters in this way
should be sure and endorse them
with with the words especial deli
very", as otherwise the postoffice p9o-
pie have no way of knowing that the
letter is for special delivery.
The probable drowning of Joseph
Gallagher aged 20 of East Millinocket
was revealed July 4, when a pair OF
driving horses which he hired Sunday
night at local livery stable to take
him to Midway were found floating
I
scot river near South VIM. Gala
CHER is missing and his body has not
been found. Traces were found where
in the dark he evidently failed to
make sharp turn in the road near
the point where the west branch emp
ties into the east branch of the Penob-
scot at Midway and went over a
steep embankment into the river be-
10
horses were found IA miles down the
river from Midway and their bodies
were held together by the double
harness. Midway is II miles from
Millinocket.
The registration of automobiles at
the office of the secretary of State still
continues brisk, and although slight
falling off from the amount of busi-
ness done during the past two months
is noticed, the demand is still quite
regular and bids fair to be for some
time to come. The total number of
registrations since the law we t into
effect and up to Friday noon was 1907,
and everything indicates that the 2000
mark will easily be passed by the mid
die of the month. The total number
of registrations for the month of juno
was 159, and the number of licenses
issued to operators were 116. The
number of licenses which have been
issued to date since the law went into
effect is 226S. TIE number of auto
mobiles registered in the State for the
first six months OF the present year
is 1879, and the registration by months
is as follows: January, s; February,
); March, rs; April, 119; May, 1s2;
June, l59
Gross earnings Of the Pullman COM
pany for the fiscal year ending in July
81, 1907, will exceed $4,000, 900, ac =
cording to estimates furnished by
close interests today. These figures
compare with total revenue of, S29, =
5SS, 642 in the previous year, and show
that the company has more than
doubled its volume of business since
the year ended July 81, 1900, when the
gross receipts from all sources were
S15,O22, 1858. The estimated figures for
the current year indicate, if based up
on an average cost for operation, that
the company is we'll able to pay the
full rate of per cent in dividends on
the additional $40, 00o. 900 of capital
stock issued last November and earn
comfortable surplus besides. The
car building industry has furnished
extremely large returns, and the
large shops at Pullman, Ill.,, at one
time during the currant year, emf
ployed 10000 hands. The number
now employed in these shops is about
$500 man. The orders on the books
are calculated to run the plants for
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