The Somerset reporter., 1907-01-31
STATE AND GEN EItAL

George A. Durham, Jr., who was
convicted of grand larceny from the Mu-
tual Reserve Life Insurance Co, OF
which he was counsel and Weep president
and sentenced to two years imprison-
meLt, was taken TO Sing sing late Satur-
day Before leaving the Tombs he was
permitted to see his wife and four other
members of the family.
Elmer Maxwell. who was sent to State
prison in 1900 charged with manslaugh
ter for killing the captain or the schoon-
or j b Van Dusen, has been pronouuc-
ed insane by the prison physician and
Friday night of last week u ). Dep
uties Smith and Haskell went to Thorn
aston after the prisoner, who will be
taken to the government hospital for
the insane at Washington, d. {.
Major Charles Walker. of Portland,
for several years ago member OF the
wholesale grocery firm of Chas. NC
Laughlin & Co died Friday at the age
of II years from paralysis with which he
was stricken a week ago. Through the
CIVIL War he served in the lat ana 10 b
Maine Regiments and was maj IT in the
latter. He was a member of the Loyal
Legion and of the higher bodies OF Ma
soury A son survives.
u. 5 Senator Russell A. Alger OF
Michigan died suddenly at his home in
u ashington, Thursday morning. There
were practically no premonitory symp-
toms that the end was near. AT half
past eight O'Clock the senator had a
pleasant chat with Mrs Alger in her
room and then went down stsirR. A
few minutes later the senator suffered a
recurrence of an old heart trouble and
death came quickly.
The 44th annual meeting of the Maine
Press association, which began Thurs
day afternoon, was continued Friday.
these officers were elected: William
II Dow. Portland, president; Fred w.
>anborn, Norway; Arnold ID. Jones,
Rockland; Arthur K. Forbes, South
Paris, vice presidents; Joseph Wood,
Portland, secretary; Charles A. Flint.
Augusta, treasurer; Edward 5. Stesrns.
Thomaston, corresponding secretary.
A number of papers were read.
The Salt Lake City (Utah) Herald
saws that the Wood Hagenbarth ranch
In the states of Sonora and chihuahua,
Mexico, have been purchased by John
d. Ryan, Thomas r. Cole, and Colonel
". c. Greene, copper mine owners,
from j DIR Wood. Frank J. Hagenbarth,
w. =. Mccormick and Fl. G.. Wood, all
of alt Lake city The consideration
for the ranch alone is approximately a
million dollars. and the transfer of 25,-
600 cattle at from $12 so to $35 head,
brings the sum involved far above the
million mark. The ranch contains
1000 square acres. 1t is almost as large
as Connecticut. 1t is under 800 miles of
fence. Title is vested In a Mexican cor
porauon and delivery will be made by
transfer of stock.
Two men were killed, another injured,
many cars of potatoes smashed, two To-
comotives badly wrecked, and freight
house partly demolished by the collision
of a fast special freight, with a shifting
engine. In the yard of the Bangor Il
Aroostook railroad at Presque Isle, Fri
day last. The tracks in the yard were
torn up for long distance and traffic
blocked for many hours. The special
freight consisting of 18 cars loaded
with potatoes was passing, west-bound,
through the yard when 1t struck
shifting engine which was just backing
off the main track and side swiped' 1t
with such force that both engines were
thrown from the rails and completely
demolished, the engine Of the special
freight plunging into freight house
and tearing away so feet of the side of
the building. About hat the cars of
the freight we're piled up iu mass of
broken timbers and twisted iron, and
their contents strewn about the yard.