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The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28
Inquest nj Fairfield.

Coroner l.. \. Addition of skoMh"gun
was summoned tn Fairfield. saturday al
tcrnoon to hold an inquest upon he body
of {. +. Crosby the Young man who wa>
killed there saturday morning by being
swept from the top of Il freight ear ~
an overhead wire.
The following gentlemen werc inpaf-
nclled; ID. {. Hall, foreman, :. II.
Blackwell, J. B. Wiggin. " j. Brad
bury, ;. +. Lawry and II. F. Burgr>~.
The principal witnesses being Al Port
land the hearing WIS adjourned until
Monday when the witnesses We're eNani-
incd aud the verdict rendered chat I
+. Crosby came To his death by accident
ly coming in contact with an electric
light wire while riding ON the top ol a
freight ear on the Maine Central Rail
road on the 23d of July. 1892. and bcng
thrown by said wire under the train Il
which said ear was attached, received
injuries from which he died"
The four principal witnesses wcrr re-
quired to give sureties for their appear
ance before the Supreme Court oi Som
crSet County al the September term.
The funeral OF the Young man Wa-
held sunday afternoon from the house
of his father, Rodney Crosby, The al
tendance was very large. the Maine Cen
trail employees coming in a body. \
special left Wateryille at $50 with Nm.
hurry rs conductor, and ran up opposite
the house. After the services - men
marched with the procession To the Gem
etcry. The services Mere conducted hN
Rev. J. l.. Seward of NaterVille Among
the iloral gifts was Il beautiful wreath
from the railroad rmplONp-.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28
CleNeland'S Pension Netoes.

\ reader Of The journal writes To rN-
press his incredulty regarding the slate
mcni made in our editorial columns on
Friday to the effect that President
Cleveland vetoed by message 80 private
pension bills. lie suggested that the
number must have been overStatcd. An
examination of the records will convince
any of our reader, of thc accuracy of
our statement. The number which we
mentioned. moreover. included only
those cases in which the President took
the pains to write message Vet0in@ the
bills. There were Il other private pen
sion bills which were killed by what Is
known as the pocket veto" Some of
our readers who have turn for stati--
ties may like the figures more in detail.
OF the private pension bills passed by
the Fortv-ninth Congress. Mr.. Cleveland
vetoed by message lOl at the first s,s-
sion and y at the second. He also kill
ed u such bills by "pockcting" them.
In the Fiftirth Congress lac vetoed by
message l02 ut tia first session and - at
the second, and % more by ''pockcting'
them. Mr.. Clevcland's industry in this
direction shines by contrast when We re-
member that all the Presidents, from
Washington to Arthur inclusive. SEM in
only 100 vetoeS all told of all bills of
which they disapproved, while Mr..
Cleveland used this prerogativr of the
Executive more than twice a. many
times to prevent individual claimants
from receiving pensions from the GOV
eminent The people who love Clevc-
land for tn" pension bills he killed will
be gratificd by this exhibit. Also, II
ion veterans will be likely 10 paste il in
their hat - BoSfop JourHdi.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28
District Convention.

The undersigned Chairmen of the Repubi
can Town Committees of Athens, Cornville
Representative District, hereby issue a call
for District Convention and notify the
Republican voters of said Athens, Cornville
Madison and Scion. that a Republican Glass
District Convention will be held on Saturday
July 3d. at O'Clock, p. NJ at the Town House
in Madison, for the purpose of enecting a per
manent District Organization.
SECOND to nominate IA Candidate for Repre-
sentative to the Legislature for the class dis
trict.
THIRD to transact any other business which
may properly come before said Convention
July IA, 1892
GEO. F. KENT, c. II. JONES, GEO. r. DOE
:. +. GREENE. Chairmen of the Republican
Town Committees Madison, Athens, Corn
willie and Scion.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28
HalIowcIl QuarricS Running

The quarry of the IIallowell Granite
Works is being run III almost fun blast
Tues. 20 men were at work and this in
cluded the foreman and several OF the
paving cutters crew. Nine more men
from out-ot-toWn were expected that
daw. quite a number of union men
have already gone tn work. The granite
unbroken front, not a single one of them
having vet gone to work.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28
Work OfThis Congress


Beyond the appropriation bills. two of
which still remain to be agreed upon by
the two houses, not Il single bill of I'M
pnrtancc will 20 on the statute book
"A the result of the work of this
House. although the campaign of
1870 was by the Democrats by an un-
parallcled system of lying about the
work of the first session of the 5lst on
sress. Still. a. ex- speaker Reed says ;
with the single exception of the tar
in act. which j. the subject of partisan
attack, every act passed lay the DIST Con
.-rcss has remained unassailed even by a
Democratic House and the long list of
acts which. though done in two years,
were really the business of more than
eight years, now stand with a single eX-
e"ption. approved by the silence of an
opposition which was wildly and ram
plntly vociferou> when these acts were
passed"
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28

The industry that is making the most
rapid strides in Maine now, is paper
making, and it affords one of the most
striking examples of the bcneiiceni
workings of protection. When the tariff
was first put on paper by Congress there
was almost as much Remuneration as We
american paper mills began 10 be cstab-
lished at once. and now the manufacture
of paper constitutes one of the strongest
\mcrican industries.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28

The Hancock County Republican
Committee was held at Ellsworth yes
terday. The following nominations
were made; senators. Dr. RI. Grindle,
Mt. Desert Elmer Spoflord, Deer Isle ;
sheriff, James W. Patterson, Bucksport ;
register of probate. ChaS. +. Dorr. Els
worth; commissioner. james W. Blais-
dell, Dedham; county attorney, Edwin
:. Clark, Bar IIarbor; treasurer, James
T. Davis, Ellsworth. Congressman
Nilliken addressed the Convention.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28
The HalloWell Strike.

The IIallowell granite cutters received
a fourth in-tallment of strike money
saturday. 1t was check for $500. 'rhi-
makes nearly $1,000 that they have re-
ceived to date. Much cXcitment has
been created among the union men hy
the report that Joseph Archie has rceciv-
ed an order from the New York Capitol
Commission for Il large amount of rough
dressed dimension stone. 1t is under
stood that this will enable Mr., Archie ia
give employment TO nearly - more
quawymcn This would give employ
ment 10 a large number of cutters.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28

We have several communications this
this week from persons in Somerset
towns that we would be glad to use, but
a. they are not signed by anyone we are
obliged to omit them. our contributors
will bear in mind that we cannot use
correspondence or publish local items
without knowing the source of the i'll
formation.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28
COUNTY OFFICERS.

For Senators,
ISAAC o. WINSLOW, of st Adams.
OMAR CLARK, of Carra,unk.
For Clerk of Courts,
NEWELL w. BRAINERD. of Skowhegan
For County Attorney,
FRANK W HOVEY, of Pittsteld
For Judge of Probate,
TURNER BUSWELL of Solon.
For Register of Probate,
NATHAN FOWLER, of Skowhegan.
For Sheriff,
THOMAS T. ABBOTT, of North Arson.
For County Commissioner,
GEORGE H. CLARK, of Skowhegan.
For County Treasurer,
ROLAND r. PATTEN, of Skowhegan.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28

The heat has been very oppressive in
Boston. New York and Chicago and in
fact all over the United States. Many
eases of prostration from heat are re-
ported Even the showers and storms
do not cool the air much.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28

Aroostouk Star-lIerald: our esteem
ed brother OF the Democrat remarks that
the people OF Aroostook "bil the dust ON
the potato question laSl wear, and pro-
ceed~ TO hang thereon a conclusion in
favor OF free trade. suppose they did
"bitc the dust, in consequence of The
extraordinary potato crop ot last year.
aud consequent depression in prices, i
that any reason why they should be-
compelled by free trade TO WaIoW in the
dust and dirt of hard times right along,
and he forced To eat dust IL Il regular
diet simply to accommodate or good
neighbor- across the line with better
markets; That i rcmarl>abl" logic. and
of II sort we'll calculated 10 make politi-
cal convert among Aroostook farmers
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28

The shower of Tuesday morning was
Il very heavy one in some places in Cen
trail Maine. Buildings We're burned in
West Gardiner. Richmond, Pitt>ton and
Alma.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28

WASHNGIJN, du.y .. The president
has approved the act to enforce the recip
rooal comritrcial relations between the
uItcd ~la.ce and Canada
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The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28

The free trade papers represent that
there is no apprrciahlr ditlrrrnc" in The
cost of labor in England and lii,
country in the iron and stccl mdu-trie,.
but 50 good an authority n h" British
Iron Trade Association says thai The
cost of labor in America i double what
it is in England.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28
4 WILD ANARfHISl
ATTEMPTS TO LsShSsIthfE CHAR
MAN HENeY FplCH.


., ,,-., -,
P511-Bt H. July - Henry clay Fro
chairman ot lhe Carnegie -tr,- company.
vs. shot twice and stabbed ln his private
ffee ~ ~ o'clock saturday Afternoon.
! Alexander Bersm5n, Il Russian jew
pdnicr iron Nov NarE
Ike N4Itru-~. rhc hend who failed to
| hi Russell -agr and persisted himself
tn, aoald-be a,~as-iu of tbe millionaire
Ianllfncturef carried dynamite barnbs
> hey were small bal large enough To
J L. and whle being Photographed AZ the
t-ntrd police Stallion the man triel to
commit -nieid- ia a horrible manner
| Lie ~as caught i'll tn act Of chewing a
honh. and II W. quickly taken from
| lm- Chemists Wonder hgR an explosion
| Nns aVrrtrd
Faf ihrrr days after the terrible riot Of
July d Mr. ffirk ~a~ guarded by detec-
iives. huf since that tme h. has evidently
lhd frirrd an assault lie We ~ittlng IA
| his private Office saturday afternoon WHEN
the enlorrd messenger announced that
well dressed soung man desired an inter
Wv Mr. frick granted The request and
! bergman entere 1. \ mpuIeni later
pistol shot aud sound, OF a >cujhe created
Il panic III rhr Office and made every
| clerk face whiten with far
40 more shpts' anu hf rex = shDhtA
l,l help ofoqsh, them |" tgnlf 9el9es ana
'"'e 'u9iie'' 10 'he re9''!T' hr. Iieh Wa
lt"pp'HlE Win III "9saIIfHl' "ii"9e sl"N
WIZ" tio'hes "tff rea win hl"'i If9Nh
''e i'''iP''ait' "'"ila7'
hr fr'"k fnmmell"d the Man
| uhtll lie tainted from loss OF blood The
a->5tssln made rush for the elevator
which had Jn~l stopped Oh The second
floor hut there hl- progress was stopped
! by 4 dozen hands, and he was held until
the police arrived.
There were at ica~t $40 people gathered
| in front OF the Carnegie uthec, within live
minutes after the shooting. \ large mum
her uf ~uilen men stood around, and more
thfn once was Leard muttered SERVED
| HIM right But the generality Of the
lpcuple, business men and w0rkmen alike,
dcspieed the Internal atroclfy which
would conceive of deliberate murder and
execute ii at all risks.
y large crowd followed the patrol
vh.n tha loclnnu r.acb.d rho nnli,..
were compelled To -hut the gates 10 the
yards to keep out the people
The criminal Riddle
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28

Mr.. V. Il. Futile of Canaan is on a
business trip to Portland.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28
The Somerset Reporter,
A Weekly Republican Newspaper.

n SMITH. E. Z. McNEELIE
10. SMITH & CO, PUBLISHERS,
40 w.rrp STREET. sKoWHEGAN, ME-
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28

SuBscRIPTIoN RATEs;-One year $l.5oi SIX
months, rs cts; three months, 81 cts, when
al. rs will be charged if not paid until the
end of year.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28

Lanes Family Medicine Moves the Bowels
Each day. Most people need to use it.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28
For Representative to Congress.

Second Dist. NELSON DIHGLEY, OF Lewiston
Third District SETH L. MILLlKEN, of Belfast
Fourth District, C. A. BouTELLE, of Bangor.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28

n4s..,... 49, No., Ia l"as.c a. nc as j..
TIN -choolsari It-elf
The afternoon CELEBRATION by The eilI
Zeh- may aiso lucludc Il
The Somerset reporter., 1892-07-28

ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MAIL NATTER
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-17

The Advocate desires the posto6ice
address of all the presidential cleo
tors. VIII those t0hoSe address IS
not giUen in the list please foraodrd
it to this office, or tUiH some one tcho
kno.rs it and pho mag see this notice
do 1t for theml
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-17
Presidential ELECTORS.

Walter N. Allen. Meriden, Jefferson county.
K. B. Oabbell, Pratt county.
II. A. White, Butler county.
ID, Il, Barry, Atehis0n county.
A, @, Shinn, Ottawa, Franklin county.
III. u. Bowen, Montgomery county.
8, w, Martin, Eureka. Greenwood county.
A, J, MeAllister, Cloud county.
L. ID. Reynolds, Jawell county.
Noah Allen, Wichita, Sedgwlck county.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-17
NOTICE.

The four months rate for the ADvo-
CATE AND TRIBUNE will cease August 20.
After that date 25 cent subscribers will
be taken for three months only. Make
no mistake.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-17
For Members Of Congress.

First District. Fl. j. CLOSE, Trey.
Second District. IS. 3. KING, Kansas City.
Third District :. 7. j. HUDSON, Fred0nla.
Fourth district Il. v. WHARTON, Yates Center.
Fifth District. JOHN DAVIS, Junction City.
sixth District WIN. BAKER, OrWOrth.
Seventh district. JERRY SIMPSON,
,,,... Medicine Lodge.
At Large, w. A. HARRIS, LinWoOd.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-17
HOW GEO. r. ANTHONY STANDS UP
FOR KANSAS,

| BlOnGF9 6nAb bn0lf 1AC9 OfQor I0uuCou
freight rates all through the state and
benefited the people Of Kansas is un'
true. The state at large was utterly
ignored, and the interests of the con-
sumers and storekeepers were traded
off for the political influence and sup
port of the jobbers aud newspapers
in Wichita, Hutchinson and Sslins,
the subtle chairman Of the board OF
railroad commissioners knowing that
the vast majority of the people, hav-
ing no occasion to scquaint them
selves with freight questions, would
be apt to accept as truths any and
every assertion or representation
made officially by the board, whether
true or untrue, believing it impossible
for 30 high q commission to prosti-
tute its Office for personal benefits. j..
The chairman, Geo. T. Anthony,
had political aspirations, and recog-
nizing his own weakness in the state,
he sought for some point from which
to formulate the browning act Of his
commissionership, so that by his
Misrepresentation and smooth false
hoods he might gain for himself the
support of certain localities whose
energetic canvass would insure him
either a reappointment as commits
sioner or the nomination for congress
man, both of which he now has, and
will not give up the former until tie
latter becomes a certainty.
He soon found the opportunity in
the dissatisfaction of certain whole
sale grocers in Wichita, Hutchinson,
Salins and Arkansas City, who felt
aggrieved because they could not
absolutely control and monopolizeth the
retail trade of the state without en-
countering the competition of iobberS
from other cities.
Some retailers fact most Of
them-preferred to buy goods from
other houses, and all of them wanted
and still want an opportunity to COM
pare with each other the prices of
many jobbers, SO they can buy goods
where they are sold the cheapest, and
not be confined to one market.
This did not suit the five grocery
men in these four towns, as they
wanted such freight rates as would
forever debar all other interior or
eastern jobbers from selling pound
of goods in the central or western
part of Kansas, and would compel all
retailers to buy of them or quit bust
ness. Knowing this could not be
legally done, they sought the good
offices of Geo. 7. Anthony, who sd-
vised them in what manner they could
approach the board, and intimated in
advance what the decision would be.
Although the case was presented
to the board in July, 1891, the de-
cislon was delayed until January,
1892, less than three months before
Anthony's term as commissioner ex-
pired, and but a short time before the
meeting of the Republican congres,
| -s~ool nnH-onksnn
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-17

dealers in hardware, drugs, groceries.
crOckery, paper, building materials
ETC., but did not provide for any re-
duction in the retailers rate on the
same goods in less than carloads, and
left them to pay II cents or Ia cents
per 100 pounds more freight on
the same goods than the jobbers. Nor
did this order help the jobbers in
other jobbing towns such as Topeka,
Great Bend, Mcpherson, Emporls,
Lawrence, Dodge City and Sterling;
but on the contrary worked q hard
ship to them by excluding them from
almost all the territory tributary to
these towns.
Immediately upon the issuance Of
this order, the Wichita Eagle, Hutch
inson Neovs, Sslins Republican and
Topeka Capital published lengthy
articles full of statistics showing what
great good would accrue to the peo-
pie of the state by virtue Of this ex-
cellent mandate, eulogizing Geo. T.
Anthony, and booming HIM for con-
gressman. The other commissioners,
Mitchell and Green, were left out in
the cold possibly by accident-but
the phraseology, the comparisons and
arguments used, as well as the old
hobbies he rode, were SO unmistak-
ably Geo. 7. Anthony's, and his
handwriting was SO plainly visible
through the diaphenous subterfuge
of editorial matter that it was very
patent to. the thoughtful man, who
penned the articles, and that even his
diplomacy could not surmount his
vanity and egotism and permit him
to give to his official associates any
share of the honor that might be due
the commission.
st am the board of railroad COM
missioners," is the one thought OF
Geo. T. Anthony, and SO thoroughly
is he imbued with the idea that when
Lperiodical some time ago face
tiously published q squib saying that
"the board of Kansas railroad COM
missioners consist of 100 men-Geo.
T. Anthony one, and t1Uo cipherS," he
carefully put the article in his purse,
and with supreme enjoyment exhibits
it to his friends as a choice morsel.
At this same time, the travelling
statesmen from the wholesale grocers
in these four towns were instructed,
by letters and otherwise, to use their
influence to boom Anthony for con-
gress in return for the great benefits
received at his hands, and right well
they did it.
This first order, however, did not
quite suit the railroads and grocers,
SO they and the commissioners put
their heads together and agreed that
as the hardware, drug, crockery and
building men were not present they
could sell out their rights and pro-
tect the five grocerymen, while at the
same time they could modify the loss
to the railroads
Consequently the order was re-
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-17

the rates on less than carloads or
these four articles so the retailers
would not be compelled to pay two or
three times as much freight as the
jobber, but Geo. T. Anthony posi-
lively refused to permit such a reduc-
tiOn, for the reason that he must
create an advantage to the wholesale
grocers in the four towns at the ex-
pense of all other localities in order
to retain the support Of the Eagle,
NeoCS and Republican, all Of which
consider the financial prosperity of
their own industries paramount to all
else; and when the leading merchant
of Topeka, a wholesale grocer of
longer standing than that of any
grocer in Wichita, Hutchinson, or
Sslina, presented to Geo. T. Anthony
the dire calamity that would overtake
his business if the new order was en-
forced without corresponding reduc-
tion in the less-than-c n-carload rates, he
received for his answer insalts and
requests to "shut up"
It is a well-known fact that whole
salers receive their goods in carloads,
and the retailers in less quantities;
therefore, low rate on carloads does
not help che retailers unless a corre-
spondingly low rate is made on
smaller quantities. How, then, are
the people Of Kansas benefited by a
reduction in rates in carloads to only
four towns? When the carload rate
on sugar, coffee, canned goods and
beans was ordered reduced, this fea-
ture was ably presented to the COM
missioners, and they were asked to
also lower the other rste-even the
railroad companies agreeing to it
but Geo. T. Anthony, as chairman of
the board, positively refused not only
to order it lowered, but to permit it
to be voluntarily done. Suppose they
had lowered the less-than-c carload
rate to these four towns, what would
be the result? The railroad compa-
MES admitted that they would becom-
PEELED to lower it proportionstely to
all points east and west of these
towns, and north and south as well.
Imagine the pecuniary benefit that
would accrue to the people of an en-
tire state by q reduction of s cents
per 100 pounds to all points in the
state on all goods known as fourth
class, which includes sugar, coffee,
canned goods, beans, nails, heavy
drugs and paints, and almost every
heavy article shipped in this state in
less than carloads. Yet this was
offered, and requested, but refused.
Another feature of the order that
shows very plainly the motive that
impelled Anthony to restrict his
order to the four towns of Wichita,
Hutchinson, Salins and Arkansas
City, is the utter disregard for the
rights and interests of the smaller
iobbing towns of the state. The
towns Of Emporia, Mcpherson, New
ton, Winfield and others situated east
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-17
PEOPLES PARTY NATIONAL TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
JAMES B. WEAVER,
OF IOWA.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
j. G. FIELD,
OF VIRGINIA.
PEOPLES PARTY STATE TICKET.

For Associate Justice Of the Supreme Court,
STEPHEN II. ALLEN,
PleasantOn, Linn county.
For Governor,
l.. D. LEWELLING,
Wichita, Sedgwick county.
For Lieutenant Governor,
PERCY DANIELS,
Glrard, Crawford county.
For Secretary Of State,
r. 8. OSBORNE,
Stockton, Rocks county.
For Auditor,
VAN B. PRATHER,
Columbus, Cherokee county.
For Treasurer,
w. II. BIDDLE,
Augusta, Butler county.
For Attorney General,
j. 7. LITTLE,
Olathe, johnson county.
For Superintendent Of Public Instruction,
II. N. GAINES,
Sallna, Saline county.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-08-17

Entered at the post office at Topeka, Kansas, as
second class matter.