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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

produce frcoll from manual labor
lhe speaker were Horace Eaton and )
s Aoodmau. For want II time the dis
cussion closed here aud Rev. &. W
ilinekley Of the Good Will Home was
admitted 10 answer the many questions
asked iu relation 10 tire management OF
the Good Viii Farm. Then followed a
recitation By Miss Mae Emerson.
Adjourned 10 the hall for dinner after
which the roe nbers returned to the
yestrirs for the work of the afternoon
session. The first business Was the
election Of .. +. Tibbetts Of Fairfield. on
The Executive Committee 50 that now
O.. y. patten, \. 4. Nithee and g. +.
liebetts compose that committee. The
intellectual exercises we're continued aud
Alouzu smith presented "A thouphtfully
prepared paper Tile drift from country
to city life@ Next 5. +. Emerson gave
personal "reminiscences Of the battle Of
Fredericksburg, Mrs. r. {. Dunton rem
dered cong after which the commit
tee - arrange for the meetings for
ls9t reported As follows: January.
Nkowhegan February, kennebec Valley j:
March, East Madison. June. Victor
June, special, It. Albans: August.
Ntarks; August, special, Bingham
September. PALMYRA: September, special.
Harmony, October, Athens; October.
special, NeW Portland; November. Pitt
field, December. Norridgewoek. The
special meetings to be held two weeks
after the regular. Cor.
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The sublime Porte of Turkey notifies
all that distribution, among the subjects
of that country, of money by any society
will not be tolerated. This is aimed at
the philanthropic movement recently III
augaurated by the Red Cross Society in
this country. such interference, the
Porte says, mo independent Government
has ever allowed, especially when the
collections are made on the strength of
speeches delivered in public meetings by
irreeoncliable enemies OF the Turkish
race and religion and on the basis of
false accusations that Turkey repu-
dates" Meanwhile the anihiation of
the Christians in Armenia continues
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pI4a From worcester.

WORCESTER. Mass, Jan 15-Dspatches
were sent from this city yesterday to Queen
Victoria and President Cleveland asking
them To put stop To the massacres in Ar
menia aud 10 aid the Red Cross in afford
ny relief to the sufferers. These dis
patches are signed. Two Hundred Ar
menian Residents Of Worcester. Mass p"
The dispatch to Queen Victoria is as fol
lows: We beseeeh you by the love of
God to put an end to further massacres of
our relatives and friends in Turkey and
to urge by every means in your power
that he Red Gross OF all nations have pro-
lection in saving thousands from death by
starvation and exposure
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16
Hop Picking Machines.

The hop picking machine is surely
coming, although its progress is neces-
sarily slow. G. G. Green, the New York
state inventor who has spent much time
on the picking machine, is still at work
and continues to see success in the near
future. He has good reason for sanguiho
expectations, for he has already ma
chine which will pick hops rapidly aud
well, but his ideal is high, and he is
not yet satisfied, says The New Eng land
Farmer.
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PI1TSFlFlp Mass, Jan In thc
course az mass meeting last night 10 aid
Armenian sufferers ex-senator Dawes
-aid. sympathy for human suffering Is
calculated to stir up ones best feeling.
and impulses 1t is grievous enough
when thi, Is caused by famine or pest.
lcnee. bur il especially appeals to man
when the suffering Is caused by man him
self At first the news that the Red Cross
had b.rn forbidden to do its work oI
mercy Wa dt>heaelcning; but, after al
IT l. good ~igu Il is the last throes oi
IA erumblnV dynasty; the ln~t struggle oi
despair Il VIII mako cIcar that the fund
must not he distributed through the sui
tan officials
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Not On A Purchasing Tour.

win you be my wife,
She was very beautiful. Some esti-
mated her beauty MS $4,000, 900,
"NO,n She answered. ~ came
abroad to shop, and with no idea of
making any purchases. Not to-day,
thank YOU
The titled arstocrat ground his teeth
In rage,
He had ground his teeth in nothing
else since the previous days luncheon
-BeI Air Democrat.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16
M Siur Intended.

BEGIIN Ian lL-kmpefor William re-
ceiYe1 on Ian. An autograph letter from
Queen Victoria. The cmperor's autograph
reply is HOW in the queens hands. 1t is
understood that the emperor, in his reply,
in brief general terms, proffered his hand
to the English people, The letter, it is
said. also confirms the assurances given
by the German ministers that the en-
peror had no intention of casting "a slur on
the dignity ot England
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

The death of +. Is. Wight, the Wash
ngton correspondent known to the read
ers of the Boston journal as webb" is
a loss to journalism that will be felt all
over New England at least.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

The Rockland Courier-Gazette, one of
Names leading weeklies, celebrated its
50th anniversary last week by a special
edition of much interest.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

MIR. w .. Fuller, Jr., the clever Rock
land Tribune man, whose weekly contri.
buttons to the huWorou- page of the
New York Recorder, are now quite
prominent feature OF that paper, will go
west next week for months featuring
tour through Wisconsin and Illinois
under direction OF lyecum bureau Of
Chicago.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

one Of the most noticeable things
about thr lighting in Cuba is the insight
hcant loss Of life. Fifteen or twenty
appears TO be about the average uumbei
Killed in great battles reported from key
West and Madrid
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

BosTON. Jan. ID = Tine petition of Mil
lam Pride of Pennington. Me, fer a wrii
Of hahcas corpus for custody of his 2-year
old child, William NJ. Pride, WIS called
up in the supreme court Yesterday. The
little one Wns taken from the homo Of it,
grandmother, Mrs Ellie saunders. Lynn,
by the deputy sheriff last week by virtue
of the writ. and WAS ia court yesterday
morning His mother is dead Ihr
habeas corpus cass was settled for the
time being 10y counsel for the father and
the grandmother. Mrs Saunders, who l.
the mother IF Mrs Pride, agreeing that
the child shall be sept in the custody of
his grandmother IA his fathers side until
an aspiration for ms custody, tha la,
been flied IN The probate court, l. deter
mined
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over $50, 900 Collected.

BosToN, Jan ID Frank II Wiggin,
assistant treasurer Of the American Board
Of Commissioners of Foreign Missions. re-
ports receiving thus far for the pundcred
and starving Armcnans $50, 7205 30 This
money has been forwarded to Constanti-
nople Donors have specified that dis
bursemcnt Of $701 81 Of this be made by
the Red Cross society
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

The Senator'S at Washington appear to
bee agreed upon Senator Frye OF Maine
for President protein Of the Senate, but
beyond that they seem to make little
progress in Organization upon a Republic
can basis. The Colorado Senators seem
to be disattected.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

There is no lack of good candidates in
the Grand Army for the position of Com
mander of the Department of Maine, at
the Annual Eucampment to come of Feb
ruary 18th and l9th, at Bangor. Among
these thus far heard from are Capt.
Hillman Smith Of Auburn, Col l.. D.
Carver of Rockland, Rev.sC, \. Southland
of Livermore Falls, aud l. T. Carleton,
Esq, of Winthrop.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

Secretary Mckeen has made allotment
of stipends to Agricultural societies in
the State, based on premiums paid at
exhibitions held last year. Somerset
Central Society was awarded $3.50 +;
East Somerset, Sl05, and West Somerset,
$40.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

The Boston journal Is doing valiant
service for Names candidate for the presi-
dency. In the Sunday edition this week
it uses new picture of Mr.. Reed in his
own home at Portland, one of The best
we have seen of the man who will honor
and grace the highest Office in the world,
if he gets what belongs To him at the
hands of the people of this great country.
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Buy four cakes Of nue toilet soap At
sampson Corner Drug Store and get
beautiful picture. large size. free.
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NINE MEN DROWNED.



IIoston Waters.
Boston, Jan. 15-When the Gloucester
fishing schooner Fortuna sailed away from
r wharf Monday forenoon, bound FOR
George bank, she had on board % men.
including the captain; but before the even.
ing was much more titan an hour old she
was lying at the bottom of the bay, With
great hole in her side. while nine of her
crew had lost their lives in the ley water
1t was IA collision between the schooner
and the Boston Fruit company's steamer
Barnstable that brought about the change.
the most disastrous collision that has hap
pened in Boston waters since the pilot
boat ID. j. Lswlor was sunk about two
years ago and six men We're drowned
The Barnstable, which WAS inward
bound with IL cargo of bananas FROM Perf
Antonio, jam, WIS practically uninjured
in the encounter, the only truce Of The
affair TINT she brought into port being
several black scratches and scars on the
white paint of her port bow.
The accident happened AT a little before
80 at about three miles norfheast of
Highland light. Capc Cod According ~
Captain Greenaw of the fishing SCHOONER
the weather was perfectly clear and TIM
stars coutd he seen PLAINLY. lie SAYS Tar
himself, the forward lookout und Doc man
ut HE wheel We're on deck al the Hne
The hight, were burning a, thev should
be he says, and the boat WAS on hcr fEs
ular course when the crash came Tn
Fortuna sunk Ia five minutes.
Captain +. + Paine af the Baru~aHh
says his first knowledge or impending
trouble WIS when he suddenly Discovered
n two-masled schooner directly under III.
steamers port b4w. sBefor anything
possible eonld be done 10 avert ID eaII-
sion, he says, we crashed into her ja>t
abaft Of thu fore rigging. cutting q efeI
gaping hole in her, which extended far h=
low the water line
Captain Paine says tbat although tbc
weather wis clear nj the time OF The AZ
dent, the schooner jib or forestaY-til all.
scured her lights 50 that 1t was Impossible
to see her from thu steamer uuttl too late
to avoid collision
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

GLOUCESTER, Mass, Jan. IA dis
patch announces the loss of the Gloucester
schooner, Thomas f. Bayard, off Brier
island, in the Bay of Fundy. The crew
were all saved The Bayard was engaged
in the haddock fishery
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

After March 18th next. Ohio will be
represented at the L, >. Senate by Two
Republicans the first time for many
years, Hon, J. b. Foraker having been
elected by the Ohio legislature TO sue
coed Brlce, who has misrepresented that
state "a Que Of IFS Senators for six years
past.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16
The Hubs Fish business.

Boston, Jan. 15.-For the year just
closed Boston did nearly 20 per cent of the
combined trade of the United States Ia
general food fish Out Of IA total value of
g. III 900 for the county at large last
year, Boston did fish business of 81 SOB.
900, Il net gain of 1868 100 over 1871 In
cargocs received there were over $500. an
estimated weight Of 100000 pounds.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16
Reed Club Organized.

The Republicans of Maine met at
Portland yesterday in large numbers
and organized the State of Maine
Reed Club with Governor Henry b.
Cleaves, president; secretary, Col.
Thomas p. Shaw, Portland; treasurer,
Hon. w. Z. Mllken, Portland; also a
vice president from each county.
The object of this CLUB is to secure a
large attendance at the ST. Louis conven-
tion. The club will have 500 members
from the start and it is probable that
fully that number will go from Maine
to st. Louis. There was great enthusi-
asm at the convention.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

Senior Jose Andrade. the Venezuelan
Minister in Washington says there is no
fear that England will secure territory
in that country by purchase. Even if
the government should be thus inclined
they could not accomplish it. The con
stitution prohibits the eession of terri
tory except at the formal award of a
court of arbitration and Venezuelaus, are
uncompromisingly patriotic and il the
government should attempt such a
course it would be repudiated by the
people.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

Senator VIM. +. Chandler Of New
Hampshire has published al article over
his own signature in the Cincinnati
Gazette in which he states that New
England will be unit for Thomas B.
Reed and predicts his nomination to the
presidency at the st. Louis Convention
after a few ballots. This is understood
to be in accord with the best Information
of Mr.. Reeds friends and is "A good start
in the race to come of in June. His
case certainly looks remarkably well At
this time and his popularity is on the
increase.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

The Bath Times records the marriage
of Mr.. Wilson Drew of Newport News,
Va, to Miss May Reed Nichols of Bath,
Maine, Dee. 3lst. Mr.. Drew was former
ly of Canaan in this County, and for some
years served as a drlughtsmau at the
Bath Iron Works
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The annual encampment of the Grand
Army of Maine at Bangor the 18th and
10Th of February is looked forward TO
with much interest by comrades of that
organization. 1t is the field day of the
order and the veterans enjoy it. 1t is
the 10Th encampment of the Maine de-
partment. The l4th annual convention
of the Women's State Relief Corps and
the 18th annual convention of the Ma
tional Relief Corps for Maine occur the
same dates. Commander-in-Ghief Ivan
\. Walker, with members of his staff.
will be present. ut the encanpment on
Tuesday, February 18th. The hotel ae-
combinations are adequate and favor
able and railroad companies have made
the usual concessions IN rates. Thus IA
large attendance of veterans and ladies
of the Relief Corps is expected.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

Members of Congress and other gentle
men at Washington versed in diplomacy
are quoted as stating that President Cleve-
land in his Venezuelan Message when he
said "any adjustment of the boundary
which Venezuela may enter into of her
own free will cannot of course be objected
to by the United States made grave
mistake and one that will afford England
opportunity to obtain by the expendi-
ture of a small sum of money all the adj
vantage she expected to secure and at
much less cost than by going to war.
That England has this course in view is
indicated by Salisbury's proposition to
again open the boundary question with
Venezuela. 1t is difficult to see wherein
there is great difference to the United
States whether England secures a bound
airy which gives her control of vast
territory including an important river by
diplomacy or by conquest; whether she
taks it by purchase or by force of arms.
1t would be the same menace to AmerS
can interests in one case as in the other.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-01-16

The Oklahoma state convention broke
up in row before permanent organiI3-
ton was accomplished, because every
city in the territory insited that it should
be made the state capital. Not one of
them would slide on another's cellar
door unless it received all. The delegates
agreed to disagree, packed their grip-
and departed for home TO sulk The
moral Of the incident is that oklahoma
will reuain territory until her citizens
have learned the first principals Of self
government, which includes decorum
majority.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-12-18
Chances for Americans.

Japan is not an iron-producing
country, and though gold and silver
are found there, none of its mineral
products, except coal and copper, are
important. To build the new rail-
ways and keep the old ones in repair
will take thousands Of tons Of iron.
Robert p. Porter says:
/ think the japanese will take
kindly to the idea of the United
States furnishing its railway iron, its
bridges and its locomotives. Hereto
fore England has done this. The re-
suits were not satisfactory. The
English imposed on the ignorance of
the Japanese, and charged enormous
prices for construction and supplied
poor material, rolling stock and loco
motives. The work was not econo-
mical and was poorly done. Now
the Japanese are better informed on
such matters; they realize oil this,
and understand how they have been
imposed upon, If the represents
tives of the American firms take up
the question vigorously and go the
right way TO work they may secure
a large share of this business and
take advantage of existing conditions.
Let them convince the Japanese of
ficials that while the English may be
well up in some branches of industry
We can give them many points on
building and equipping railways
cheaply and expeditously.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-12-18

The banks continue to fail wi tn
remarkable regularity. The Chicago
Record of the 18th contained half a
column account of bank failures in
Pennsylvania. The administration
through it's mouthpiece little Jimmy
Eckles desires that all credit money
be issued by the banks and that the
government cease all responsibility
for its redemption. Instead Of this
all money should be issued by the
government made full legal tender
and only redeemable i'll taxes and
government dues. There should be
no other redemption for any kind of
government money. Such money
would always BE- at par, and no man
would lose by banks failing to make
good the promises they are always
ready to make. To trust the
government issue. is safe, bank issues
as proposed by Eckles would be un-
certain.