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The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

The Commercial makes an ill-natured
reference 10 Governor { leaves speech
at the Camp FIRE Wednesday night and
SAYS that "a veteran who was ON the
committee of arrangements for the
evening explained to those around I'm
that no pol'ica speeches had been eX-
pected by The committee" The Gov
ernor made No political speech and the
member of The order referred 20 by the
Commercial gave an exhibition of bad
manners that disgusted everyone in his
imm diate vicinity. The eX-postmaster
will learn that this is a poor climate for
the cuckoo. The Governors speech
was patriotic effort from beginning q
end and the applause that punctuated it
demonstrated that the cX.postmastcr
was in very lonesome minority Bqa-
gor Wing.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

The biggest battle of the Brazilian re-
belion thus far came off the 9th, instant,
in which the Insurgents, although re-
pulsed by virtue of the superior number
of government troops, inflicted great
damage upon the city of Nitehcroy. and
causing loss of 400 men, The insur-
gents gained n substantial advantage
with the loss of about 200 men.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

tn" probability is the author of the
Wilson bill will not recognize it When
the senators get through with it. They
are likely to make changes in many of the
schedules, and make il more of revenue
bill in order to leave Off the income tax
which Is very obnoxious TO many of
Them
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

Hon. Edward Wiggin, the progressive
master of the Mane State Grange. has
issued circular th,t j. of vast impor-
lance to the farmers of Maine if they
avail themselves of the proposition
therein made. Read this circular pub
lished elsewhere IN the REPORTER this
x+anl-
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

1t is too bad that poor wretch can
he punish d for stealing your pocket
handkerchief or gloves, aud that no
punishment can he inflicted on those
who steal Your time,-Byron.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

The following delegate to the nation
al encampmenl were e'ec al at Bangor
last week Frederick II die. Il. b..
Fuller, j. A Adams. Ier Y +. Carleton,
\. !. Crockett. II. c. Nau5 CHAN. G. F.
Jones, G.. \. Southland, NJ. Il. Stack
pole, Henry +, Sellers.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

The grand old war steamer that en-
countered and sunk the rebel cruiser,
the Alabama. has itself sunk beneath
foreign waters, having been wrecked
February End No ship ever had Il more
glorious record aud her name is revered
by every jolly tar and Iandsman who
loves the stars and stripes that for 81
years lloated triumphantly from her
mast head She WAS NJ pine ship and
a@ such particularly dear To the patriot
c people of Maine. Her victory over
the rebel commerce destroyer AT HAT
critical time was of immense value Ia the
nion cause
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

sBath's dcirol i've water pipes not only
caused heavy loss of taxable property
by fire but al,o gave insurance comps
mics the pteteXt Tor advancing rates 30
pr cent.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

Bath is rejoicing over the launching
Of the first steel sailing ship ever built
ia New England. Which took place at
the yard of A Sewall u Co, Saturday
afternoon, She las been named after
the motto of the Pine Tree state,
"Dirigo." Her measurements are {:
Length, 3l2 feet; breadth. - -; depth,
mage, 2.s55.1S, and she is first class in ev-
cry particular. 1t is hoped this is the sue
cessful beginning of a large business in
this line of shipbuilling in the city of
Bath.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

There WAS a feeling of relief expert
enccd by business men when the Wilson
bill passed the House and for them to
find cut that there was measure of
measure WAS not 50 bad as they feared
it might be. But now the uncertainty
again obtains in the action of the SEN
ate. You cannot tell with any degree
of certainty what Il Democratic lcgisla-
tive body will do, State or National.
II will be relief to business when the
S cnate get through with the tariff. and
no mistake.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals in New York has
put a stop to the ''chameleon'' fad in
that CITY by stopping the sale of the
little lizurds-for snch they have been
declared to be. Good for this Society.
Why such an absurd fad rs the wearing
of live lizards by ladies for personal
adornment should ever have. been OBJ
served in civilized life is beyond our
comprehension.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

Poet-If ever catch the compostor
who ruined my last poem, I'll be tempt
ed to murder him. You See | wrote a
beautiful little gem about my irospec-
tive wife. and in il | referred 80 her As "a
composite Of angels"
Friend-Well:
Poet-And the thick headed printer
got it "a composite of angles "-Bo>tou
Courier
Women Conductors.
Mr. Harry Furniss i'll The St James
Budget, comes out as an advocate If
feminine bus conductors. He asks Is
lit not time the rude male conductor WIS
abolished ami girls employed inStead:'
The Somerset reporter., 1894-02-15

The decline of silver has continued to
the point where it is one of the most re-
markable phenomena of the age. The
market report Saturday, made bar silver
63 81 This means that the actual ratio
of gold 10 silver is about to 3D. instead
of one to IL, as it is fixed by law, and
that the silver in the dollar is worth Il
little oyer forty-nine cents. This ire
mend0us fall has taken place almost en-
tirely within the last twenty years. dis
organizing the finances of great realms
aud confounding economists.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

RUSSELL SAGE, whose fortune is esti-
mated to be at least $40 Ooo, 900, was as
sessed in.New York on $500. 900 worth
of personal property. He made vig-
orous objection fo.ithe assessment and
claimed that his personal property was
not worth nearly that amount Bonds
are. subject to- .taxation as personal
property. while stocks are not Mr..
Sage has goodly store of bonds, but
he claims that their value has shrunken
greatly on account of financial depres-
sion At all events he does not want
to pay his taxes as assessed
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

ARTHUR, vicomte de Rochemont,
was brought before the jefferson Mar
ket court, New York. recently. by his
mother. who wanted him committed to
the Gerry society on account of incor-
rigibiity. The bows father, who was
formerly very wealthy, became a polit-
ical exile from France in 1S4S and his
estates we're confiscated He came to
this country and got place in the
New York department Of public works.
Until he died his family lived IN style.
but are now nniserably poor. The
present vicomte is a. handsome boy OF
Is. but slave to cigarettes and opium.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26
INSURGENTS REINFORCED.
Considerable War Material Turned Over
to Adm. do Notwithstanding Affair at
Rio de JaneirO.

Considerable War Material Turned over
to Adm do Mello-shocRinG Affair at
Rio de Janeiro.
LISBON. JAN 2A-Further details
from insurgent sources have been made
pub1is regarding the movements OK
Gen. Saraiva, who was said to have ar
rived in Rio de Janeiro bay with rein
forcements of 5000 troops for the in
surgents This force is said to have
arrived at Rio de Janeiro on the night
of January Is. .~
Before leaving Parana Gen. Saraiva
is stated to have seized 3, 1S4 rifles, 4o0,-
900 cartridges, two Krupp guns and
animanition for them and $3.50. 600 in
cash. All the seized articles, together
with the cash, were turned over to
Adm. de Mello, who gave Gen. Saraiva
q receipt for them.
The following incident, also from an
insurgent source, is given to illustrate
the treatment accorded government
troops by some of their officers:
A private in Rio dc Janeiro was Sc
verely wounded by n she'll that had
been fired from Fort Villegaiguou,
which is held by the insurgents AS
the missile struck him. tearing flesh
and crushing bone, the man gave a loud
cry that was heard by an officer stand
ing close to him The officer, who had
his sword in his hand, turned on the
wounded man and dispatched him.
The comrades of the man thus foully
murdered sprang upon the officer and
would undoubtedly have killed him
had it not been that another shell fell
into the struggling crowd and exploded.
Five of the men were killed by this
shell and the others returned to their
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26
MISCELLANEOUS,

: THE Exchange bank of Ottawa, Put
nam county, O., Samuel S. Slauson,
president, has assigned to DR.. w. f.
Reed.
CONTROLLER EcKELs announces that
the First national bank of Great Falls,
Mont, which has been in trouble, will
resume business shortly.
THERE was q riot at Bridgeport,
Conn, over the street car strike. Con-
siderable damage was done. Attempts
were made to compromise the dispute.
. AN attempt was made recently to
blow up Gov. Renfrow at Guthrie, Ok.
THE British steamer St Pierre res
cued Capt. Robbins. the mate and five
seamen. of the schooner Alert. of Glou-
cestsr. which was wrecked on the north.
east point Of Romeo Island. Nora
Eeetia
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

COL ALBERT A. POPE, of Boston, will
soon issue avolume containing list
of all the errors IN school books to
which attention has been called
through the publicity invited by Col.
Pope. They number thousands, and it
is said that some of the publishers who
are hardest hit are fighting hard to pre-
vent any further publication of the
facts The list of errors which have
been transmitted to one school book
publishing house aggregates over l, 100.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

THE colored captain of the watch on
the steamboat State of Missouri was
murdered by roustabout at Cairo, Ill.
THE Pennsylvania, Big Four and
Monon have formed pool on Chicago
Louisville and Chicago-Cincinnati bus
mess.
Gov. FIsHBACK, of Arkansas, has an
nounced himself candidate to succeed
Hon. j II. Berry in the United States
sen ate.
THE steamship Normannia. of the
| Hamburg A American line, was almost
swamped by tidal wave while en-
| route to New York. The damage
amounted to 100000. No one was
killed
EMPERoR WILLIAM of Germany and
Prince Bismarck have become recon-
ciled.
EIGHT men living near Pocahontas,
| Tenn, have been arrested on a charge
of plotting to rob Memphis & Charles
| ton train.
The jury at Milwaukee returned
| verdict of guilty against Bank Wrecller
Koetting, cashier of the defunct South
| side savings bank. The bank was out
$500, 900.
THE gang of train robbers that held
up train at Seminole, I. r., has been
broken up. One was killed, another
| wounded and two captured.
THE shops of Purdue university at
Lafayette. Ind, have been destroyed
by fire, entailing a loss of over $3.50. 900.
Mrs. ANNIE LINDGREN, who was Sc
verely crushed by hungry mob that
was battling for food at the county
agents office. Chicago, died of her in
juries. She had called to obtain food
for her starving children.
THE house on the Esd voted in COM
mittee to abolish the entire duty on
sugar. The coaland iron schedules of
the tariff bill were then taken up. A
motion to continue the duty on coal
was lost. The senate debated the cleo
tions bill.
THE Ohio miners refused to accept a
reduction in wages by about 500 major
ity. The object was a cut, SO as to
meet Pittsburgh competition
THE Chickasaw legislature, in specia
session, appointed delegates to confer
with the Dawes commission. The dele
gates are instructed to use every legiti-
mate means to prevent statehood
TRUSTEES of the Brooklyn tabernacle
are trying to devise ways and means of
clearing it from debt DIR. Talmage
might theE be induced to remain.
TWELVE hundred pottery employees
at Wheeling, w. Va, who were On
strike as result OF q proposed cut In
wages bare accepted the reduction.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

For the collegiate year 1923 the rec
ords show the graduate attendance at
the universities to have been: At Har-
ward, 2O6; Yale, 125; Johns Hopkins,
s97; Cornell, 129; the University of
Pennsylvania, III. In the same year
the University of Chicago was estab-
lished and enrolled in it's graduate
school 217 students. While comparison
by numbers is not safe method of in
dicating relative scholastic excellence,
still in this instance the figures are
very significant.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

EMPEROR WILLIAM has made rule
that gowsras. the game preserves and
vast forests belonging to the Prussian
crown property. 1t is that all the
guests who shoot over the preserves be
debarred from taking the game which
falls to theirgun 1t is gathered by
servants and sold en- bloc to game deal
ers. If guest wishes to obtain the
body of,any animal or bird which he
may have shot he is obliged to pay the
full market, price to the treasury Of the
department of the grand master of the
hnnf
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26
The New jersey MIDDLE.

TRENTON. n. j., Jan. 2i.-Gov. Wertz
has sent a request to Chief Justice
Beasley to convene special session of
the supreme court to decide which of
the two bodies now claiming to be the
senate OF New Jersey is the legal body
He has also instructed the attorney
general to institute quo warranto pro-
ceedings against the republican senate
to compel them to show by what au-
thority they are claiming to be a sem
ate. This action is understood to be a
friendly one, and both repu blicans and
democrats have agreed to abide by the
decision of the courts.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

SOME extraordinary female writer
started a story some time ago about
Adeline Patti. to the effect that she
Mime. PATTI never washed her face in
water, but used cold cream and velvet
rag. or some such weird combination,
instead of soap and water. The cantat-
rice is SO used to having stories told
abeat her that she does not ordinar ly,
mind them, but she told Mary Scott
Rowland, the woman chemist, who is
PERSONAL friend of hers, that she was
downright angry about that one.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26
ROUGH ON ROBBERS.
Ono Killed, Another Mortaily Wounde
and Two Captured.

and Two Captured
VINIrA, /. r., Jan. 24.-Officers sur
prised the train robbing gang led by
Bob Rogers at the home of Rogers on
Big creek, twenty miles from here, be-
tween and o'clock this morning and
found them asleep in the house. Bob
Rogers and Dynamite Jack" were
captured unhurt. "Dynamite's" broth
or, Kiowa. was killed and Willis Brown
was SO severely wounded that his death
is expected. None of the officers were
hurt.
This is thought to be the gang which
successfully robbed the Kansas & Ar
kansas Valley train ut Seminole short
time ago and two days before made an
unsuccessful attempt on the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas at kelso.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan. 24.-Millers
from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and
Oklahoma are holding a convention in
the Commercial club rooms to-day.
There are about $50 of them in attend
ance, and the purpose of their meeting
is to form an organization. f. A. COL
burn, of McPheron, Kan, presided
and Augustine Gallagher, of Kansas
CITY, was secretary.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26
K,nsa. I,ar Association.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 24-The eleventh
annual convention of the Kansas State
Bar association will bc held in Topeka
to-day and Thursday in Representative
hall. The association has a member
ship of 225, and it is expected that
more than half that number will be
present The present officers of the
association are: President, James
Humphrey; vice president, ii. L. Alden;
secretary, c. j. Brown; treasurer, How
el Jones
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

o TIE government of Guatemala has
prohibited armed bodies from crossing
the frontier. The report that volun-
teers have crossed to join Bonilla is
officially denied. The government has
an understanding with President Vas
quez, but should Salvador interfere in
the Hondur as trouble, Guatemala will
likely take some action.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

The Almagamated association is seri-
ously considering the advisa bility of en-
tering suits for damages against the
Pennsylvania steel manufacturers, who,
it is alleged, have recently repudiated
contracts with the association by in
sisting upon further reductions in
wages of the worl<men
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

IT is claimed that the goat is better
animal than the cow for the propaga-
ton of vaccine virus, being subject to
none of the diseases that pertain to the
cow. 1t is to be hoped that this is true.
The COW is a more useful and indis-
pensible creature, while almost every
community has goats to spare.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26
a Fruit.ess Pursuit.

AURORA, Mo-, Jan. 24.-Sheriff Will
son and posse have returned from the
two days hunt for the negroes who
brutally assaulted the jacques child.
The last seen of one of the fugitives
was near Brookline, where he took to
rough ground, making pursuit slow
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

A REPORT was sent into a number Of
New York newspaper offices over the
telephone from an out-of- town resort
that a certain prominent gentleman
had;his ''ice-yacht out" The message
sounded like ''eyes shot out" and a
dozen reporters went out for sensa-
tonal story, but were disappointed.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26
Inspectinr the Omaha & st. Louis.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Jan. 24-Rail-
road Commissioners Hennessey and
Cowgirl have returned from trip OF
inspection over the line of the Omaha
& St. Louis railroad. They report that
the road is in much better condition
than it was when they inspected it some
time since. There are still four bridges
and high trestle near Maryville. Mo-,
that need repairing. The company is
putting down new steel rails on its
fraplxS
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

EASTERN anthracite coal sales agents
have decided to recommend further
restriction of the output, SO as to limit
the aggregate tonnage for the month
of all the companies to about 1000, 900.
No action was taken as to prices.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

DEs MONIES, Ia Jan. 24.-The miners
in ten of the largest mines in this dis
trict, numbering about 900, struck to-
day because of differences with the op-
orators of five cents per ton for mining.
The strike is not general as three OPP
orators have agreed to pay the price de-
manded and the miners are at work in
those mines
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. AT a mass
meeting held at the Commercial club
Leading citizens indorsed the efforts un-
der way to secure the G. A. r. national
encampment for 1894, and resolutions
were passed to that effect. From this
time on the compaign will be prosecut-
al with yipOr
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26
Judge Foster No Better.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 24.-George F..
Sharritt, clerk of the United States
court in Kansas, says United States
District Judge Foster is not mending
in health. He spent last week at Gal
weston, where the judge is staying, and
found him in about the same condition
he was when he left here. He expects
him to return to Kansas in the early
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26
Young Women Drowned.

GUTHRIE, Ok, Jan. 24.-Miss Chatt-
mann and two other young women
named johnson, all school teachers,
were drowned while trying to cross the
Deep Fork river. which is in the Sac
and Fox country. The body of Miss
Chattman was brought to this city.
The remains of the other two have not
been recovered Advices are that par
ties are searching the stream. but ow-
ing to the severe storm brt little hope
Is entertained of their being successful.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

MRs. JoHN SHERWOOD has undertaken
. crusade in behalf of the servant girls
Within ten dsyA she says. she succeed-
ed In persuading eighteen shop girls TO
take positions - domestics u the couu-
try. She then addx, "WhRt could 100
wsnsp sseonpllsA q twenty assaf"
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26
Held for Embexxlement.

LACYsNE. Kan, Jan. 24.-Harry D.
Glostsr. former cashier OF the Linn
county bank has been arrested on the
charge Of embsss!emsnt and released
nader Si,ooo bond
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26
Pugilism Bann ed.

CITY OF MEXICO, Jan. 24-President
Diaz declared yesterday that he would
not permit the Corbett-Mitcheu fight
to take place in Mexico He declared
that if the sport was too brutal for the
United States it was for Mexico.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26
New England Receivershlp..

New YORK, Jan 24.-Judge Wallace's
decision in the New England receiver
ship case has been announced. He ap-
pointed Thomas c. Platt, of New York,
and Marsden J. Perry, of Providence.
B. l., joint receivers for the road.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

ABOUT the latest thing in governors
is the illustrated message. Gov. Brown,
of Maryland, has had his last message
fully and completely illustrated.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

FIVE hundred Cinnamon of Oregon
and Washington have registered under
the McCreary act In the two states
are about 13, 600 Chinese.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

The London Chronicle says that Lord
Lansdowne, ex-governor-general of
Canada, has declined an offer of the
am mbassadorship to st. Petersburg.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

Prof Tyndal was one of the most
charitable men in the world. So far as
his rather small means allowed, he
never let case of distress go un,e-
lieved in whatever station of life; but
he had horror of appearing in sub
scription lists AS he accompanied
every gift with the anxious message,
Don't say who it is" his generosity
always passed unacknowledged.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

james Gordon Bennett, OF the New
York Herald. has yacht on the stocks
which Is expsctsd to beat everything
aaost. Ee still c!ings to sauatic sports,
but mas hsd all shs coaching sxpsrieaos
10 wsata . -.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26
CURRENT COMMENT.

OWING to hard times some of the big
circuses will not take the road next
summer
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

Eight mea living near Pocahontas.
Tenn. haTs been arrested on a charge
Of plotting to rob . Memphis sbS
Charleston train
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26
Below Zero.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Jan 24.-The
mercury went to IA degrees below zero
this morning. Extreme cold weather
is reported all around.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-26

RESTAURANTS have been esta blished
in Boston for women and girls exclu-
sively which furnish a nutritious meal
for a nickel