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The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05

A Washington correspondent of a
Metropolitan paper, !has the following
pleasant and truthful paragraph CON
corning one of Names popular congress
man;
There is no more interesting man in
in the House than Boutelle of Maine.
A big, handsome fellow he is, with "A
voice that penetrates every part of the
House, and All eye that commands at
tention. He is the most thorough and
enthusiastic of Republicans, aud unspar-
ing in his attacks upon the opposing
party. tie is II good speaker, aud is
always listened to with The greatest
interest.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05
Benjamin p. French

Died in Kelly, Ne" Mexico, March
25th, Benjamin p. French, formerly of
Athens, Me-, aged SO years.
Mr. French went to California in 1850,
and engaged in farming and trade there.
For many years he was connected with
the wheeler l.. $. Surveying Expedi-
ton" and helped survey large portions
of Nevada and Arizona.
He died of pneumonia while attending
to mining interests in New Mexico.
He leaves three brothers, all residing in
California, and one sister, Mrs. Samuel
Bunker of North Arson.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05

Agent All, good morning, Mr.. Talk
,d-to-death. I've called to see you
about insuring you in my company. !
want to-
Mr.. Talked-to-death-Oh, go away.
| don't want any insurance. I'm al
ready
But, sir, you don't understand.
This -
mo, tell you. I've been nearly
talked into my grave by insurance
agents, and'-- 10
AHA, now we're talking business
That's just why you ought to take pol
Icy in my company.
What is your company"
why, it insures you against being
talked to death by insurapce agentsl'
Boston Traveller.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05

Lord Ward, who was a remarkably alb
sentminded man. was in the habit of
speaking his thoughts aloud. He once
gave Dr. - a lift in his cab and think
ing aloud as usual he exclaimed: Con
found this fellow! wish hadn't picked
him up He'll expect me to ask him to
2inner," DR.. - was rather surprised a,
first, but remembering the strange habit
of his companion exclaimed: II wish |
were not driving with this old bore.
He'll be asking me to dinner, and | do
not know how to get off" Lord Ward
was in his turn astonished. but recollect-
ing his own absence of mind laughed
heartily and apolog,zed. London Gen
tlewoman.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05
A Boys Essay on Breath.

Breath is made from air. We
breathe always with our lungs, and
sometimes with our livers except at
night, when our breath keeps life going
through our noses while we are asleep.
Ii it wasn't for our breath, we should
die whenever we slept. Boys that stay
in Il room all Il v should not breathe {;
they should wait till they get outdoors
For lot of boys staying in II room make
carbonicide; and carbonicide is more
poisonous than mad dogs, though not
just the same way. 1t does not bite :;
but that's no matter as long as it kills
u It'd Bits.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05
A Lucky Strike.

Mrs. NJ. S. Hill, West Newton, Mass.
writes under date of October 18TH 1893,
as follows: What first led me to use
Rodolf's New Medical Discovery was for
my stomach trouble. | was suffering
from Chronic Dyspepsia which seemed
past all endurance. | tried every thing
that could be thought of but found no re-
lief. could not take spoonful Of any
thing, even cold water would distress me
almost to death. was SO sore could
not bear the weight Of my clothes to touch
my stoma' h. got immediate relief from
few doses of Rodolf's New Medical Dis
covery and have not had an attack since,
which has been about four months.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05

Senator Frye's bill for rational COM
mission of inquiry concerning the alco-
holic liquor traffic is in the hands of a
committee, of which an ex tongrega-
lional clergyman ia chairman. Will 1t
be smotherad or reported favorably and,
If reported, meet the fate of every other
bill of the same tenor introduced In the
Senate-passed and then rejected by the
House? The National Temperance Adj
vocate says, "'rhe brewers and distilers
and their allies are in the saddle, booted
and spurred, in the present House"
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05

The elder woman was Lydia +. Pink
ham. The younger was her daughter,
Mrs. Charles II. Pinkham. the one woman
fully equipped to carry out the require
ments Of this noble legacy, not only by
natural ehdowments, but from her knowl-
edge through constant study and years of
experience in assisting her mother in her
voluminous correspondence and personal
treatment of woman's diseases.
Lydia f.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound will redeem women from the fear
full consequences of all diseases of the
womb. All druggists have it for you.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05

The president of the Ohio Wine and
Spirit Association announced at its re.
cent State meeting that every member of
the Ohio Legislature had been seen and
that they had given him positive assur-
ance that there was "not the ghost of II
show for any legislation hostile to the
liquor interests at the present session"
A boastful and threatening circular from
the Ohio State Liquor League was mail
es to every member Of the Legislature
about the same time headed, Let the
Liquor Laws Alone. This domlncering
action is awakening and toning up the
temperance sentim mt of the I.egisla-
turc, and the House Immediately after
ward reconsidered AMI passed. one i'm
portant temperance measure which on
the first vote had failed to pass,
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05

Mrs. du Travelle oh. like Europe
so much better than this awful country.
John! Please let Inc 90 back there and
live among the grand old ruins of Ger
many!
Mr.. du Travelle-No, you just stay
here. or you will be living among the
grand old ruins of my fortune if you
spend any more money!-Boston Trav-
eller,
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05
swindl.d BOSTON Business Men

BosToN, March 2s.-ln the United States
district court yesterday, the jury reported
an indictment against Walter Percy
Thatcher, the ex-paying teller on the
Brookline National bank, who EN- bezzled
5000 from that institution. Thatcher
pleaded guilty" and was sentenced at
once to five years at hard labor in the
Barnstable Jail
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05

The "star" contributors to the April
number of the North American Review
are Cardinal Gibbons, who furnishes
some exceedingly interesting personal
| "reminiscences of the Vatican Council"
Mark Twain. who tells the "Private His
tory of the Jumping Frog Story" and
Governor Stone. of Mississippi, who dis
cusses "rhe Suppression OF LaSlessness
! in the South" Justin Mccarthy. NJ. p,
contributes an exceedingly timely arti-
Gle on Anew Parties in Parliament"
and the Hon. Thomas II. Carter, Chair
man of the Republican National Com
mittee, supplies an able paper on 1.-The
/ Republican Outlook" President An
| drews, of Brown University. who was
one of the delegates to the Brussels Con
ference last year, writes on "Tariff Re-
form and Monetary Reform" DIR. j. ii.
Sepner, United States Commissioner of
immigration, describes Glow We Re-
strict Immigration; and William F.
/ Wharton, who was Assistant Secretary
of State during President lIarrison's ad-
ministration, outlines "A plan for "Re-
/ form in the Consular Service" These
articles, however. by no means exhaust
the table of contents of the April num-
Der. Others are equally valuable.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05
temperance.

come to subject of the highest i'm
port, and in which feel, from my per-
sonal acquaintance with you | have your
hearty cooperation; and that is the ex-
tincti0n of the dram shop. We have
taken our solemn oaths to maintain law
and order We want to remove tempta-
ton from the unfortunate who has be-
come a slave to appetite. We want
peace and quietness to reign 80 that our
wives and daughters can walk the
streets without insult. Let us be care
full that "the trumpet utters no uncer-
tain sound. Mayor Of 1ngnsta.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05

A committed consisting of Gordon
Dobson, II. f. Libby, f. b, Farmer. A..
Webendofer, c. b. Haskell and II. G..
Hunter has been appointed by Pioneer
Lodge, X. of T., Pittsiield to take charge
of the grand drill and ball to be given
II ldcr its auspices the last week In April.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05
Besides Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

Besides Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Wards story, "lhe Oath of Allegiance"
the April Allan lie contains two contr-
buttons relating to war. They are Mr..
Eben Greenough SCOTS historical pa
per, General LIE during the Campaign
of the Seven Days" and II paper on
"War's Use of the Engines of Peace
railroads, electricity, and inflammab'e
oils-by General joseph l.. Brent, of the
Confederate army. Two notable arti
Giles on political questions are Mr.. A..
Lawrence Lowelfs "rlle Referendum in
Switzerland and in America" and "Some
Causes of the Italian Crisis" by w. r..
Thayer. Mrs. Cath rwood's strange
story of "I'he Windig"," and the con-
tinuation of Mrs. DelaDd's ''Philip and
his Wife. give strength to the fiction of
a strong number. There are also other
articles of great merit. llOughton Milf
fin & Co , Boston. Mass. Publishers.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05

many women's stories of sorrow and JOY.
Letters by the thousands together with
great books of record, containing the i'm
portant points of advice and treatment in
special eases, were all about them.
The elder woman turned over the leaves
and read -
e was sOrcy afflicted with chronic nfamma-
ton of the womb -. | am now we'll.
Turning over another page she read: -
They said WAS consumpiye, and sent me
away g. But you opened my eyes to the
truth, and through you am well
Another page and: -
4" Your remedy came TO M with hope, then
the truth dawned upon me. You saved my HE,
ind bless you continually
Then the book was closed and placed in
the hands of the younger woman.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05
BOston's Distinction.

Foreigner have always heard of your
city as one of the most enlightened and
progressive in America.
Proud Bostonian - Enlightened and
progressive! Sir, it is the most highly
'bsenized city on esrth!-Chicsgo Trib-
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05

Theseare the
records of my
victorieso verthe
peculiardiseases
Of " omen. They
give the history
Of each case,
and how ii was
treated.
liam growing
old. Some day
/ must give up
the effort, and |
beqlleath to you
my life work
for the physi-
cal salvation of
women. Garry it
forward that all
may be cured
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05
NOn-Partisan W.C.T.U u.

The skowhegan Partisan W. C. T. u,
meets at the Parlors of the q. A, II. Hall the
second and fourth Tuesdays of each month
at three O'Clock. p. NJ.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05
A NOBLE GIFT
PLACED IN A DAUGHTERS HANDS
In Order That q Lies Work May Be
Perpetuated.
ESPECIAL TO OUR LADY READERS.

Vfb VI
and her name was
known throughout
thecivilized world.
Before her was a
younger woman,
and they were
seated in the great
-" record roorS
where were stored
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05

The Skowhegan fire department arctic
hold their second annual reunion and
banquet saturday evening. This looks
like ii good plan. The firemen ought to
work better after having dincd in com
pluy. says the Waterville Mail
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05

Sold by H. W Cushing. skowhesan, Me.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-04-05

Then the book was closed and placed in
the hands of the yOIIngcr woman.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20
COXEY WELCOMED.
Great Time at Massilon, O., on
His Return.
TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE HAIL him,

And Brass Band and Parade Emphasizes
the Demonstration-TheH Head 'wealer
Makes a Speech and Will Start on a
Lecture Tour-NIore THANKSGIVING by His
Western Adherents-The Sanders Army
Broken Up by the Court.
MAssILLoN, o., June 23.-Two thousand
people assembled as the Fort Wayne depot
to welcome j. S. CoXey back to his former
haunts. As the commonweal general ap-
peared upon the car platform Allen Cook,
ed truck and proposed giving three
cheers for the next congressman from the
Eighteenth district. The response from
the crowd was deafening, and as he
alighted neatly dressed woman presented
beautiful bouquet of roses. which he
gracefully accepted. He then allowed
those assembled the privilege of touching
his hand. The Independent band was en-
gagged for the occasion and during the
march up the street Coxey WAS kept busy
doffing his hat to those who crowded the
sidewalks. Coxey says the Jaxon plot
story is without foundation.
General CoXey said that he would re-
main but few days to look after his bust
ness affairs, when he would start on his
lecture tour This includes the following
cities: Ashtabula. June 20; Crystal
Springs, June %; Minneapolis, July 4,
and Brooklyn, July 23. what will you
do upon your return.' was asked. Pre-
pare to campaign the state as Il candidate
for congress in the 18th district"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20
BRUTE IN HUMAN FORM,
Serious Charges Made by an Ohio Woman
Against Her Husband.


CLEVELAND. June 20.-William II. law
renee, one of the publishers of The Ohio
Farmer, and a man prominent in social
and business circles, has been saed by his
wife for alimony. Mrs. Lawrence accuses
her husband of the grossest kind of cru
city, alleging that he has assaulted her
on an average of forty or fifty times n
year, blackened her eyes on Christmas
Day, bruised her head against a register.
and otherwise made her life a burden
Once, she says. he chased her through the
house to throw her from an upper win
dow. but she escaped by running down
the back stairs.
Last Thursday, Mrs. Lawrence asserts.
she was out driving with her husband.
and because she would not hold the horse
In front of saloon while he went in and
took drink he swore at her so terribly
that she left the vehicle. He followed her
in the buggy, swearing at and abusing
her, and at Erie street deliberately tried
to run over her. On Murison street he
jumped out of the buggy and began to
drag her along the street, thus attracting
n crowd. As result of this they separ-
ated. Lawrence is worth $3.50. .OOO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20
cLOUDsURST IN KANSAS.
Many Houses Moved from Their Founda-
tion by the Water,

Many Houses Moved from Their Fouoda.
tion by the Water.
WICHITA, Kan, Ca heavy storm Wis
tied this county. The streets in this CITY
were flooded and in many cases the side
walks were obstructed by fallen timbers
and shade trees. The worst part of the
storm centered at Mulvane, twelve miles
south. The cloudburst flooded the entire
country and grain fields were under water.
which soon flooded culverts and drains
and so flooded the Santa Fe railroad
tracks rs to put out the fire in the en-
gines and holding trains for several hours.
The town part of Mufvane was under
water to depth of eight or ten feet and
houses were moved off their foundations.
Boats inprovised from wagon beds and
rafts made of lumber We're launched and
the work of rescue began. Probably
twenty families were taken out by this
means. There We're no casualties, but the
property loss was heavy. One big wagon
bridge was carried out completely and
bumped up against second bridge and
moved it from its foundation. The water
subsidized rapidly after doing much dam
M
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20
WIMAN'S PENALTY.
l he New Yorker Given Five
and-a-half Years.
"A Days Delay in Removal to
Sing Sing Secured.
ne Peary Relief Expedition
Sets Out.
Expects to Reach Dect;p,+;oo
Expects to Reach Destination
Late in July.

NEW YORK. June 20.-Erastus
Miman' convicted of forgery in the
second degree, was sentenced this
morning to Imprisonment for five
years and six months.
ten. Tracy. on behalf of Wiman.
asked permission to apply for a cer-
tiiicate OF reasonable doubt. This
was granted. and it will be applied
Tor tomorrow. The deputy sheriff
was ordered not to take Wiman to
Sing Sing until this matter is settled.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20
Comn.onwealers Sentenced to Jail.

LEAvENwoETn. Kan, June 2n.-Judge
Thomas sentenced Sanders commonweal
army as follows: Thirteen men fined
SIS each and committed to the Douglass
county jiii at Lawrence; six men, Sanders
staff officers, fined $50 each and commit
ted to the Sedgewich county Jail at Wich-
ita; forty fined $50 each. and taken 20 the
Leavenworth county jail: thirty fined
$50 each and committed to the Wyan-
dotte county jail; thirty fined so each
and committed 10 the Shawnee county
jail ut Topeka. This VIII elfectually
break up and disbaud the commonweal
army.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20
Situation in the Coke Region.

SCUTTDALE, Pa, June 20-The situation
in the coke region continues peaceable,
and while the old men are still holding
out the importation of negroes is gradu-
ally breaking the strike. Seven carloads
OF negroes arrived and at the same time
"A large number of foreigners took their
departure. The Slavs and Huns have be-
come disgusted at. the long idleness and
many are leaving the region never to re-
turn. Secretary Darby of the Miners
union has rendered his resignation. 1t
will have II depressing effect upon the
strikers and in few days there will
be rush for their old places.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20
Awarded Damages OF SEQ. .oou.

CHICAGO. June 2O.-Carl Burg received n
verdict of $4,000 in Judge Dunne's court
in his damage suit against the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad com
pany. Burg, who is 81 years of age, came
to this country from Sweden in June. 1889
On Aug. he was crossing the Rock ISL
and tracks ut Twenty-ninth street when
he was run over b. an engine, dragged u
considerable distance down the track, and
severely injured, one arm being severed ut
the shoulder and the other at the wrist.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20

OMAHA, June 20 Farmers i'll Chase
and Dundy counties who were compelled
to leave that section Of Nebraska on ne
count OF the continued drought during
March, April and May and seek tempo-
rary work elsewhere are returning to
their homes i'll very large numbers owing
to the recent heavy rains i'll the south
western portion OF the state. They have
begun planting corn and throughout the
counties mentioned confidence has taken
the place of doubt and dist-ust
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20

BERLIN, june ga terrible disaster is
reported from the Ru ssian government of
Samara. party of young people, num-
bering about seventy, were returning
from a fete on the river Jek. The boat
which was carrying them across the water
was leaky and overcrowded When near
Bugulme the boat sank. The drowning
people, few of whom could swim, clui ched
frantically at each other in their efforts to
keep themselves above water, and forty
five out OF the seventy passengers were
drowned
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20
Iowa Grand Army Encampment.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, June 2o.-The Iowa
state c. A. II. encampment opened with
3,COo delegates present and more are ar
irving on every train. The first formal
meeting was held at the park at noon,
when ex-Depurtmcnt Commander Stead
man delivered the address of welcome.
One OF the principal items of business to
be transacted at the meeting Is the cleo
tion of a successor to Phil Schaller, the
present department COMMANDER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20

CITY OF MEXICO, June 2O.-Government
reports say that unless rains set in more
vigorously shortly Mexico will experi-
ence u general cora famine this year.
Reports regarding the failure of the first
corn crop indicate that the delay of the
rain Is being keenly felt by the farmers
and corn has already experienced a rise.
In the state of Michoacan rains have fallen
succeeding season of fasting and prayer
therefor. In consequence the people of
that section have renewed their religious
ceremonies of thanks
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20
U.ed the Mails for Fraud.

DESvEE, June 2o.-W. ii Hale, who was
arrested in New Pork Oh his arrival from
England, where he served a sentence in
prison will he brought to Denver for trial
on the charge of using the mails to de-
fraud in connection with the Gun Wa
Medical dispensary. For long time by
means of advertising his alleged Chinese
remedies Hale made $1,000 a month.
The only medicine which he ever gave
was mountain sage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20
Miss Pollard Not Travelling.

WASHINGTON, June 20.-Dispatches from
the west saying that Miss Madeline Poll
ard is travelling on the great lakes arein-
correct. Miss Pollard has been living
here III refinement since the close of her
breach of promise suit and has not left the
CITY. When she goes upon the street it is
invariably in the company OF Mrs. Ellis,
the sister of the Episcopalinn order, who
was her constant attendant during the
trial and who cared for her during the i'll
ness which followed that ordeal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20
The Pcary Relief Expedittou.

NEW YORK. June 20.-The Peary
relief expedition lett from New York
today on the Steamer Portia for St.
Johns. On their arrival there they
will embark on 4 steamer of the Water
Fall company, and sail north to
Greenland the first week in july.
They expect to reach Peary's head
quarters at Bowdoir bay about the
end of July.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20
THE PRESIDENT RETURNS,
Much Improved in Health by His Trip
Down the BAY.


Down the bay.
WASHINGTON, June 20-President Cleye-
land has returned to Washington very
much improved by his outing on the salt
water. The lighthouse tender Maple,
which has been his home for the past four
days, left Annapolis. where she touched
for coal, and then, after s:eaming leisure
ly around Point Lookout and into the
Potomac river. arrived ut the wharf here.
From the wharf the president was driven
to he White House. There the president
ate breakfast and then started for work
He had benefited very much from his
trip, most OF the time being spent on deck
exposed to the ocean winds. Ii was stated
by Mr.. Thurber that tue president had no
recurrence of his complaint, and felt per-
fec;ly restored to his usual health.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20

LONDON, June 2o.-It is announced that
Sir William Harcourt will retire from the
lower house at the close of the present
session and he elevated to the house oi
lords The question of successor to Sir
William as Liberal leader is being active
ly canvasscd. The choice seems to be De-
tween Rt. Hon. Henry Campbell Banner
man, the Rt. Hon. Henry Asquith and the
1T. Hon. John Morley.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20

LOUISVILLE, july So.-At o'clock in the
morning the police boat Pavonia, from
New Albany. mer Kelly and his army at
West Point, ny. He was informed of the
action taken 10y She falls cities, and after
an angry parley he ordered the captain to
turn back to Evans Landing. where he
disembarked. lie will come 10 Louisville
and try to get enough money to take the
army to Cincinnati.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-20
TERRIBLE DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
A Widower Kills His ia-lear-Old Son
and Then Himself.

ana lnen himself.
NEW YORK, June 2o.-Crazed with
grief at the death of his wife james L.
Forshay shot and killed his son Walter,
aged 12, and then ended his own life with
1 bullet in his brain. Forshay was found
dead in the dining room of his house,
while his son lay Gu the floor, still alive.
dough be died a few minutes later. The
lad had evidently just returned from
school, as bis cap and books were on the
table, where also was found a hymn book
opened mt the hymn "Beckoning Hands"
A portrait of his dead wife had been placed
on the book and bouquet offiowers. For
shay left Il letter to his eldest son James
giving instructions for the burial of his
son and himself. He wrote that bis wife
was becSoning to him and he must so.