The Somerset reporter., 1907-01-03
STATE AND GENERAL

by the summer girls at The shore re-
sorts. = Most of the latter we're shorts.
That new railroad, to be built from
West Sebois las miles through the
northern Maine wilderness TO st. Fran
els, will parallel the best canoe trip on
the American continent. The great
Maine wilderness will soon b. but a
memory.
Arthur W. Sterling of Waterville,
head brakeman on the special freight
train known among railroad men az
och adsey's extra" was instantly killed
early Wednesday morning, Dec 20 at
the siding at Clinton by the locomotive
of train No. 1877. the passenger train
leaving Waterville at 3 80 m.
Here ia a strange case that will prob
ably furnish record for medical jour
nails. A we'll known man in kittery
who was almost stone deaf experienced
q critical illnesa of snma wseks The
crisis came last week after which his
condition began to improve. Now the
strange part of it Is that at the turn oil
his Illness the Kittery man found that
he had recovered his hearing.
The newest six mssted schooner
Alice NJ Lawrence, of the Winslow fleet
arrived Ia Portland, Thursday morning
of last week, on her maiden trip lader
with coal from Baltimore She left
Baltimore, Dec. 10, and had very fail
passage. AS she came into the harbol
with all her 40 odd flags flying, every
craft in the harbor which had whistle
honored the new craft and Capt. vii
liam r. Kreger. She will discharge hel
cargo OF coal at the Maine Contra
pockets.
Alexander johnson Cassatt, presi
dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad anc
one of the foremost railroad men anc
financiers in the country, died sudden
ly at his residence In Philadelphia, Fri
day. Though his death was entirei,
unexpected, he had been In Ill health
for nearly a year. His condition wal
aggravated by wbooping cough. which
he contracted from his grandchildren
last September and from which hi
never fully recovered.
Mrs Russell Sage, widow of the finan
cer, Friday, gave out statement II
which she declared that it is not be-
intention to distribute the money lief
10 her by her late husband, and muct
less does she intend to distribute i
everywhere and to everybody She de
clared that she has at her own doors II
New York city plenty of cases of neet
which have a nearer claim on her thar
the people OF other cities whose needs
she believes, can and should be met b.
the people of those cities
Miss Eva elizabeth Bradbury, daugh
80 80 Nd To n Rrodhnr
of Saco, died Dec. 20, at Norton, Mass
" here she has been critically i'll for sev
eral days and for the past week her par
en's and her surviving sister have beer
in attendance at the BEDSIDE of th'
young lady. The deceased WAS an ex
cellent scholar and very accomplished
student at Wheaton seminary where sh'
was sfflcted with what proved to be he
fatal sickness. Miss Bradbury WAS
graduate of Thornton academy In Sac
of the class Of 1908.
The Mansion House on Christmas eve
at Poland Spring. WAS the scene of grea
Joy to the children of the Hillside, Sun
day school who gathered to witness
cantata, The Charmed Garden, which
was to be given by the children and ais
to behold that which 10 nearest ant
dearest to the cbild's heart-a Christ
mas tree. Many distinguished CUES
had come from Boston and New York t
spend the holidays at this beautiful win
ter resort. The dining room where tn
Christmas tree was placed, was beauti
fully decorated for the occasion.
An appalling disaster occurred Sun
day night at 7 o'clock on the Baltimor
& Ohio Railroad at Terracotts, abou
three miles from Washington, D. G., II
which about SO persons were killed an,
over go injured. some of them so seri
ously that they will die The acoiden
was caused by the collision of train No
SO due here at 9 25 p. m from Fred
erick. MD, known as the Frederick
Special, with dead head passenge
equipment special of eight care. Owe
200 passengers were aboard the Inflated
train. The railway officials late tonigh
we're unable to assign any cause for tn
collision AS soon as the news of tb
wreck reached this city all ambulance
available, with as many physicians a
could be Assem- bled, we're sent to thu
scene.
The report of the Maine State prison
made public for the year ending, Nov
go 1905. shows that the prison has beer
practically self supporting for the pas
year. This report and that of yea
ago. show remarkable improvement il
the finance of the prison over the tw'
years directly preceding. A cOmpari
SOD of the last two years with the year
1903 and 1904 shows a saving of S25,
800 "a The summary of gains, as show,
by the report, gives total gain of $25
1850 The total expense accouu
shows an expenditure of $15, 543 32
These expenditures include cost of sub
sistence. clothing medicine, library
chapel, fuel lights, stable. electrical de
partment, clothing for discharged pris
oners, transportation of convicts, amour
credited to prisoners for good behavio
lover 5000 office expense, loss on ba
bills and six overseers; everything or
cept the pay of officers in charge. Thi
shows net gain of $40, 1856 IL.
henry NJ. Sprague of Auburn, former
ly adjutant general of Maine, was com
mitted to the insane asylum at August
by the board of mayor and aldermen
Wednesday, Dec. 20. He was accom-
panied to Augusta by his brother. K. 6
Spraqne. and j. M. Stevens. Gen
Sprague's insanity is recent affection
Although 1t has manifested itself mild
during the past week or two. it was no
until Monday night that his condition
became serious. Gen Sprague is one o
the best known men in this State. Fo
many years he was State official, per
sion agent, member of the governor
staff, and subse quently adjutant genera
of the State militia from 1889 to 1895
His friends all over Maine regret hi