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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-05-17

Prices for western beef cattle. live weigh:
Choice. fE4i94a pr lb; second quality ttt 4';
third quality. 3l3lec, plureSt gra H. of coarse
oxen, cows, bulls, stag-, Tex ms etc, 2d,}c pr
lb.
Prices for northern and eastern beef cattle,
dressed weight: Choice. SGt6A4" pr III; I.t
quality, 5n5tac. second qlalty, il@G4t,.
Hides, fallow. etc Hides, .tljc pc lii: la
low, 3ntc; calfskins, dc each; lambskins, jc
each, sheared skins, DC zach: branded hides,
Be pr lib.
Northern and eastern beef cattle Value ,
were about the same as those of last week, but
the trade was briSker
Mich cows aud springtrs Prices were very
fair, although the sales did not amount to
anything alarming.
Veal calves As IA rule the stock was of good
quality aud values were firm
Sheep and ambs=-Thc market has improved
somewhat from last week. but drovcrs think
there is still great room for advancement in
this part ocular branch of the business
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-05-17

STATE OF MAINE,
SOMERSET ss:- Court Of Insolvency.
In the case Of Frederic s. bunker, insoNen'
Debtor. ,,.,
This is to give notice that on the %n 10
day Of April A. d. 1894, warrant IL
insolvency was issued out OF the Couf'
OF Insolvency for said County of som.
erset against the estate Of said fredetN
S. Bunker Of Cambridge. adjudged to be an IN.
solvent debtor, on petition of said de 9.,
or, which petition was filed on an, sIs
30th day OF April A. d. 1894 to when Ia "a,
interest on claims is to be computed lha'
the pay ment OF any debts to or by said eoto,,
and the transfer and delivery Of any propeirws
by him are forbidden by law That meetlhis
OF the creditors Of said debtor, to prove their
debts and choose one or more assignees oil M 10
estate, will be held at Court Of Insolvency IN
be holden at the Probate Court Room a.
Skowhegan, on Tuesday the 18th day OF JuneH
D. 1884, at one O'Clock in the afternoon ,,s
Given under my hand the date first apo''
written. .,.;S
sw2o F. P. PENNELL, Deputy sherin'
as Messenger Of laid Court Of Insolvency
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-05-17
SheriFs Sale.

STATE OF MAtNk.-Somerset s. $:
Taken this twenty seventh day Of April,
fourth day of April, A. d 1894, issued on
udgm,n rendered bs the Supreme Judicial
Court for the County of Somerset at a term
thereof begun and holden on the third Tues
thirtieth day Of March, A. ID 1894. in favor of
sheldon n. Bradbury and William d Brad
bury, of Skowhegan. in said somerset County,
CO. partners in business under the firm name
and style of Bradbury Brothers, and against
Frank b. Heselton OF said Skowhegan for one
hundred fourteen dollars and eleven cents
debt or damage, and fourteen dollars and
ninety-one cents, costs OF suit, and will be
sold at public auction, to the highest bidder,
at the Office of Edward p. Coffin, in Skowhe-
gan in said County. on the thirty first day of
May, A. D., 1894, at ten O'Clock in the fore
noon, the following described morteaged real
estate and all the right in equity which the
said Frank b. Heselton has to redeem the
same, or had on the twentieth day Of April,
A. D., 1893, at eleven O'Clock and thirty min
utes in the forenoon, when the same was at
tached on the original writ in the same suit,
to wit: a certain tract or parcel OF land, situat
ed in said SkowheEan, and bounded on the
north by land of Edwin Kicker on the east
by land OF Francis league and land of Elba
Danforth; on the south by land of Henry
Frye and on the west by the road leading
from Skowhegan to Pishon's Ferry on the east
side OF the kennebec river. being the same
premises conveyed to said Heselton by three
deeds, recorded in the Somerset Registry, one
in Book 1855 ON page 40S. one in Book 1853 page
1853 and the third in Book 1853 page 1853: Also,
another parcel of real estate, situated in said
Skowhegan, and bounded on the north by
Cross street; east by North Street; south by
Water Street; and west by land now or for
or fol merly owned by @ 5. Ill., and being the
same real estate conveyed to said Heselton by
two deeds, recorded in said Somerset Regis
try, one in Book l4o page 2, the other in Book
1853 page ll6.
E.P. VILES Sheriff
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-05-17
Ell. vILES. Sheriff.
Notice Of Second meeting.
STATE OF MAINE.


SOMERSET, IS. Court Of Insolvency
In the case of Josiah Fernald OF Canaan in
said county, Insolvent Debtor.
This is to give notice that pursuant to an
order Of Court, therefor, second meeting OF
the Creditors of said Insoivent Debtor will be
held at the Probate Court Room, Skowhegan,
in said County, on Tuesday the 18th day OF
June A. D., 1884 at one O'Clock inithe afternoon
ATrRsr:-NATHAN FOWLER,
2w20 Register OF said Court.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-05-17

At the annual meeting of the Grand
Lodge, Knights of Pythias iniPortland
yesterday the follow ing officers were
chosen: Grand chancellor, f. NJ. Rob-
insop, Brunswick; grand vice chanccl-
lor, w. a. Taylor, Portland; prelate, +.
j. Whiting, Oldiown; master of eN-
chequer, Il. c. Millikrn, Portland !;
grand keeper of records, Wesley &.
Smith, Old Orchard; master-at-arms, {.
NJ. Moses, Westbrook; inner guard, S.
Z. Libby. Gorham; outer guard, Perez
B. Burr, Freeport.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-05-17
State of NJ aine,
TREAsuRER's OFFICE.

III IT ~ II FI' d Isti
Upon the following townships or trac : nj,
land not liable to be taxed in any town tbs
following assessments, for County tax Of las
were made by the County Commissioners NJ
Somerset County ON the 9Th day of March iss
l. lx lIrtaa I'm III
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-05-17

Mrs. Seth l.. Milliken arrived home
Friday evening from Washington, ID.
C., where she has spent the winter with
her huS band. Mrs. Millikcn was ac.
companird by her mother. Congress
man Milliken is expected to arrive this
1unnl
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-05-17
State of Maine.

IREAsURER's OFFICE,
Augusta, April 10, 1885,
I TPON the following townships or tracts of
I land not liable to be taxed in any town,
the following assessments for the state tax of
1894 were made by the Legislature ON the 2ath
day Of March 1898.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-05-17

"For several years have recommended
your Castoria, and shall always continue to
do 30 as 1t has invariably produced beneficial
results"
EDWIN F. PARDEE NJ D.,
126th Street an 7th Ave-, New York CITY.
onPANY, u MUMMY STRKyr, Nv. YoRx Orr
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-05-17
Messengers Notice.
STATE OF MAINE,

GEO. L. BEAL, State Treasui
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-01

assent Of the states,' said Mr.. Tucker,
as there. is no limit within the time they
are to give their assent. When, therefore,
congress submits the constitutional amend
ment to the states, ten of them approve
IL and one object the ten affirmative votes
count in its favor but the one negative
does not count against. That is, the states
Whlch have voted in the mega tive may try
again the next year. Thus, only affirmat.
I've votes are recorded at the state departe
ment and when, after a series of years.
tne aH1rmative votes reaches three-fourthl
OF all the states the constitution is amends
eu. Al present with A votes we should
need the assent of 49, The assent of IA is
assured In advance, as eleven state legis-
iatureS mad formally resolved in favor Of
the change up to- two years ago and three
more since that time. California. Oregon,
Indiana, Illinois, New York. Michigan,
Kansas, Idaho West Virginia Louisiana
and Ohio are among the states already
committed.
IN the meantime, while the states are
giving TINS assent, the amendment is prac-
ucally IN force, as many states are NOM
mating their senators at state conventions
illinois started the movement, Michigan
mas recently followed and the practice
VIII soon become universal. Senators Pal
mer and Mitchell are particularly inter-
eSted in the measure in the senate and I
nave no doubt of its passage at this ses-
SION or in the session opening in Decem-
ber.'
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-01
BIASED COURTS.

Judge Woods, in his answer to counsel
for the leaders of the great strike, asking
that the proceedings against them be
uuashed, makes some very curious remarks
that if they were made in good faith de-
notes that place in lunatic asylum
would be a better place for such a judge
than a seat on the bench. Taking
ad vantage of technical bubble
hardly worthy of the attention of
an advocate of the prosecution, he
says: Now. upon your own state
ment the Pullman employees were not rail-
road men and could not be members 1t
is the general opinion judge is placed
on the bench to wipe out all matter cal
culated to create prejudice or obscure facts,
but in this case we see the degrading spec
tacle of a Judge misconstruing the testi-
mony and what he knows to be a plain
fact. that large numbers Of employees of
Pullman were members of the A. r. Z.
Judge Woods further asserted: 1t was
evident that the defense intended to at
tempt to put forward quantity of irrele-
want natter We should like to know by
what right judge assumes to know in ad-
vance what a person charged with an Of
Tense NAV or may not intend to intro
duce as evidence. We have always suppos
ed it was the province of judge to pass
upon the nature of testimony when an at
tempt was made to introduce 1t and OBJ
lection made by council. For judge to
suppose in advance is to show him to be
biased, unjust and totally unfit to sit in
judgment when the property ana liberty OF
people are at stake.
This is a sample Of what government in
the United States is at present under the
dictatorship Of Grover the First. A judicial
trinity assuming to legislate, advocate and
Judge. Our judiciary as at present admin
istered n tool in the interest of corpora
tons, will soon make the actions of George
Jeffreys as an instrument of vengeance for
James IL, sink into insignificance.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-01

raise about one-eighth of the needed sup
ply, and taxed under the plea of 'protec-
ton to American industry" lin reality 1t
was to tax the poorest people as much as
the rich, as all need about the same guam
t1ty OF sugar., owing to considerable agita-
ton the duty was taken off this commod.
lty but to pacate the planter, who dis
liked to let go his grip on the people, the
politicians taxed the people on other things
and then gave the planter back cents
per pound; under this regulation the plaht-
er was satisfied and made more money out
OF the pockets of the people than ever be-
fore The foolish people thought the
dema gogue Mckinley, who was the prime
factor in this piece of craftsmanship, a
great statesman, running him for governor
or ONO; some even wanted to make him
president, and they would have done so if
he had only shifted a few more articles
in the load to another part of their backs,
where they could not feel the old sores
While the new ones were in process of tor-
nation.
plant pushes its roots in the direction
OF the most fertile soil; SO should nations
push their industry so as to secure the
greatest wealth with the least exertion.
In founding a new civilization remember
"a good government will never limit its
power to supply its wants with the east
effort by commercial restrictions.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-01
LABOR;=DEPARTMENT
ION. 1Hos. II. LUCAS. EDITOR.

I'VE have large circulation in Min
neapolis, st. Paul, DMluth and St.
Cloud, among the workingmen: and
we propose to publish in each issue Of
the REPRESENTATIVE a Labor De-
partment, especially devoted to the
cause of urban industry The Omaha
platform declares that the cause of
rural and city laboris the same; never
theless each has some intenests pecu-
liar to itself: hence we'think the work
ingmen should be espeeiallbrepresent-
ed by one of their cwA leaders. Mr..
Lucas was member Of the Legisla-
ture from Minneapolis, in 1887, and
has the entire confidence of the labor
forces of the state. He will utter his
own opinions and be alone responsible
for them
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-01
LABOR MEETINGS.

Observation-Disclosures Union, No. 2,
Room D. Labor Temple; Scandinavian Typo
graphical Union DANA Hall: Iron Mould
ers Union, Room l, Labor Temple; Switch
mems Lodge No. 30, Forester's Hall, Wash
ington and Second avenues south; Brewers
Union, East Side Turner's Hall; l.. A. 1877.
Volker's Hail. Spring and Adams; L.. A.
80, G. A. r. Hall, Washington and TWEEN
tieth avenues north
Thursday = Locomotive Firemen, 2413
Bloomington avenue: North Star Labor
Club. Room 3, Labor Temple; East Side La
Dor Club, 2S Central avenue; l.. A. 1O1, 1897
East Lake street; l.. A. 1863, DANA Hall /;
Mascot Assembly K. of L., 1923 Ncolet ave-
nue.; L. A 13S, Washington and Twentieth
avenues north.
F'riday-Electric workers, III Nicollet ave-
nue.; Trades of Labor, Room G, Labor Tenn
pie; Joint Local Executive Board K of L.,
1913 Nicollet avenue
Saturday-Switchmen's Mutual Aid Asso-
citation, Flour City Lodge, No IT, Kestelr
BLOCK, Sixth street and Lyndale avenue
north; Paper Hangers Union, 55 Fourth
street south; Blacksmiths' Union, Room g.,
Labor Temple; l.. A. 4041, 323 Nicollet ave-
nue.,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-01

PRIVATE FORTUNES.
Some Figures Which Furnish Food
for Thought in These Times.

for Thought in These Times.
In this country today, says Donahoe's
Magazine there is one American family
whose private fortunes amount to $274,-
100000 or considerably more than one-half
the valuation of the great state of Iowa.
1here are five citizens whose fortunes av-
erage $4,000, 900 each, so with So O00, 600 100
with $5,OO0,0O0 200 with So, 600 900, and there
are mllllonaires almost without number.
Less than 1000 persons own twice as much
as all the money in the country, to say
nothing of the many millions more that
they control Two thousand capitalists al
ready own more than all the rest Of our
65,00O,OO0 Of population.
With these figures on one side of them
and million idle men looking for work on
the other what has congress been doing :?
1t has been dickering and trading over a
mere question of taxation in the midst of
a scramble Of selfish men for the loaves
and fishes.
So much for the great question of equita-
Bile distribution. Now let us look at the
land question. Mr.. Vanderbilt GOWNS
2,GO0W0 acres of land; Mr. Disston, OF
Pennsylvania, boasts of his 4,00o,0O0 broad
acres The Shenley estate owns 1000 acres
within the cities of Pittsburg and Ale
gheny. The California millionaire, Muir
ply, owns an area of land bigger than the
whole state of Massachusetts. Foreign
blemen, who owe no allegiance to this
country, are permanently absentee land
lords, and spend all their money abroad
own 21,0O0,O0O acres of land in this country
or more than the entire area of Ireland
Lord Scully, of Ireland. owns 90,OO0,000
acres of farming land in Illinois, which ne
rents out in small parcels to tenant farm
ers and pockets his annual $500 600 in rents
to spend abroad.
Now, while over one-half of the people of
this country are landless, what has con-
gress ever done with the land question?
Since 1861 it has given ISL, 100000 acres OF
the peoples land to railroads, of which the
Illlnols Central alone got subsidy of
2,5oo,000 acres, a good part of which has
been put into house lots, whereby to extort
rent and profits from the landless and
hOuSelesS.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-01
BimetaI|ism and MonometaI|iSm.
What They Are, and How They
Bear Upon the Irish Land
Question.
Blythe MOST REV. DR.. WALSH.


Bishop Walsh's pamphlet is consid.
cred one of the best contributions ia
the Silver question ever published. Its
value cannot be too strongly empha-
sized.
The last census shows a very large num-
Der of our farms mortgaged. In so far az
the annual interest approaches the amount
of rent paid by the Irish tenant, to lust
such an eXtentfs the condition of our farm
CIR identical with his. and since, with the
amount of the farmers mortgage, as we'll
as the interest, virtually increases, he is in
some respects more affected by the aplJre-
citation of gold than the Irish tenant. Arch
bishop Walsh presents the question so in
diligently. so clearly. and with SO much di-
RICHNESS that his pamphlet cannot fail TO
have very large and useful circulation in
this country.
The price of the pamphlet is only 25 cents,
books on the silver question and the tariff,
by the REPRESENTATIVE.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-01
HE IS RIGHT.
Gen. COxey Says Minnesota Will BE
Carried by the POpulists.

NEW YORK, July 29.-J. S. Coxey
reached New York tonight from Washing
ton to attend the Populist picnic at Ridge
wood Park tomorrow.
II have been through the Northwest"
said he. There is use of talking. the
Populsts will win the West and North
west next November. Minnesota is as
good as carried and the strike assures us
Illinois This labor trouble on top of in
dustrial depression was all that was need
ed for our success"
How about your army of the common
veal general? Has that collapsed?"
''Oh, no. Only the other day $50 crossed
from Duluth to Buffalo bound for Wash
ington under Jeffries''
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-01

Mayor Bemis of Omaha, states he is in
line with the Populst movement.
The printers union of Cincinnati has
started daily labor paper
When history is written what will be
said of King George Pullmans benevo-
lence?
The Miners and Mine Laborers' Western
Union have adopted this plank: THE ma
uonalization of all public utilities" Thus
capitalism in its greed instead of lettering
the powers Of labor, opens it's eyes to the
only means of destroying the power of the
masters.
The Chicago Dispatch says Pullman has
lost many friends, and he himself is prac-
tically an exile
A Populst club of Tacoma, Wash, ex-
PEELED member for serving as a deputy
marshal during the Great Northern strike
Milwaukee Labor Exchange.
The carpenters of 81 cities have by per-
sistent effort obtained the eight-hour day.
In quite number of cities they have no
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-01
SENATOR'S.
They Will Soon BE Elected by the
Popular Vote.

WASHINGTON, July 23.-Representa-
tive Tucker Wa.), the author and champion
of the resolution for a constitutional
amendment to elect United States senator's
by direct vote of the people, which passed
the house on Saturday, is sanguine that
the senate will also pass the resolution
and the necessary three-fourths Of the
states will give their assent necessary to
make it effective.
There will be no difficulty of getting the
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-01
THE NEW COMMONWEALTH.

The Great reform paper Of New York
1t stands for cooperation for private inter-
ests and natfonalism for public interests
One dollar year. Sample copies free. Ad-
dress the editor, IMOGENE C. FALES,
706 Macon st.. Brooklyn. n. Y.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-08-01
NATURALIZATION OF CREDIT
THE USURY QUESTION DISCUSSED,
he Money Plank of the Omaha PLATFORM
An Interesting Historical Document.
System of National Loans or Credits Through
the Sub-Treasury Plan the Safe and Only
Refuge From the DesOlatons of
OF Usury--Read and Preserve
THE USURY QUESTION DISCUSSED

BY HON. THOMAS GATOR, o SAM Francis
Delegate the Omaha
O
Play San Francc Call
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-29
PERSIAN BANQUETs.

They Are Arranged With a View to
the Comfort of Guests.
This charm results partly from the lack of
constraint and the freedom of the guests,
partly from the cordial welcome which
Persian host so well knows how to give.
partly from the exhilarating influence of the
wine and music (Which, though SO different
from that to which we are accus toned, pro-
duces, in such as are susceptible to its influ
ence, an indescribable sense of subdued
ecstasy, but more than all from the vigor,
variety and briIliancy of the conversation.
There is no doubt that safety produces
somnolence and apathy, as it is SO often seen
at English dinner parties Hence the Per-
slams wisely defer the meal till the very end
of the evening. when sleep Is to be sought.
During the earlier stages of the entertain
music and nairth. without being dulled by
the heaviness resulting from repletion. This
no doubt, is one reason why the conversa-
tion, is, as rule, SO brilliant, but beyond
this the quick, versatile, subtle mind of the
Persian, stored, as it usually is, with anee-
dotes, historical, literary and incidental, and
freed for the time being from the restraint
which custom ordinarily imposes on it.
flashes forth on these occasions in corusca-
tiofs of wit and humor, interspersed with
pungent criticisms and philosophical rehec-
lions which display wonderful insight.
Hence it is one rarely fails to enjoy thor
oughly an evening spent at Persian BAN
ielllet, and that the five OF six hours during
which it lasts hardly ever hang heavily on
ones hands-A Year Among Persions.