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popular domestic drama, is announced by
the Henderson company for tomorrow night.
The play was first given in this country by
Mr. and Mrs. Kendall. It's story is full of
heart interest. 1t tells the story of two great
natures by circumstances held in miscon-
ception of each other. The Lady Claire,
daughter of wealthy aristocrat whose for
tune has been suddenly swept away, is for
saken by her atfianced husband, although
the truth has been carefully concealed from
her by her parents. Through the gossippy
righteousness Of an old schoolmate she learns
the truth, and in a spirit of pique offers to
marry Philippe Derblay, the wealthy iron
master, man of humble origin but of noble
qualities. He willingly accepts Lady Claire
as his wife, as he has long loved her in secret.
On the eve of her marriage she experiences
a revusion of feeling, and repels her hus-
band and drives him from her side. Though
resenting the indignity heaped upon him.
Derblay treats her with the highest consid-
Grafton and respects her wishes. They agree
to live separate lives, but under the same
roof. Womanlike, she is pqued at the cold
ness displayed by her husband, and at length
realizes the true nobility of the man she
has spurned. She is seized with an ardent
desire to regain the affection which she has
thrown away. In this she is at last success
full, and this is accomplished while she is
interposing in a duel about to bd fought
between Philippe and the due de Bligny,
the man who had forsakcn her. A bright
vein of comedy runs through the entire play.
In the cast will be seen Adelaide Fitzallen,
as the Lady Claire; Ed NJ. Bell, - Philippe
Derbay; Asa Lee Willard, as the due de
Bigny; Harry +. Adams as M. Moalinet !;
Kingsley Benedick, as Octave; Russell Bas-
sett as Bachelim, and frankie NJ. Raymond,
as Suzanne Derblay. The play will be eff
fectively staged.
Thursday evening, and for the remainder
of the week, "Our Regiment" will be per
formed. The play has been seen in this
country under the title of "The Passing Reg
iment," and was given by Augustin DAILY.
The version to be seen here is from Won
Moser's "Krieg in Frieden," the original
play.
THE Advance Annonce-
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vile features to add to its bill this week, the
Orpheum should be able to make good its
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sharp attack of pleurisy, and will not be
able to resume the part for some time. Pos
sibly then the question may arise OF Mrs.
Trees willingness to relnquish it.
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Coming Attractions

THE BURBANK-(Ad Advance announce
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Hotel Rosslyn. Main st.. op. postofflcs>
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Sensational Reductions on Pocket Cutlery

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Grand Special Sale Roger
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Prices actually less than other dealers can pur-
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taken away at these very special figures.
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Dessert Spoons, all fan cy patterns. set OF b. y ~
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Grand Holiday Lamp Selling

over thousand beautiful examples, bought at
less than half wholesale value. TO be sacrinceu
this week at the specia lily advertised prices
Metallic Night Iamps with shade -. 25c
Decora ted Center Table Lanp......... csc
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THE ORPHEUM.-(Advan Annonce-
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vile features to add to its bill this week, the
Orpheum should be able to make good it's
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Ce we have been in trade is broad bid for your business


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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-31

Such suffering as rheumatism causes the
victims Upon whom it fastens itself is al
most uncomfortable.
Sufferers from the worst types Of this ter
riblc disease will supply the missing hor-
rors in the following story from real lite.
Those who writhc under milder forms
Of rheumatism will be able to imagine the
feelings Of the tortured victim.
The only Justification for making public
such heart-rending details is the fact that
the lesson taught will be helpful to others,
pointing the way to renewed lite and health
10 every sufferer from rheumatism.
The story is told by woman. Her
name is Mrs. Caleb Fenly; she lives IN
St. Paul, Ind.
This is her account;
~ am farmers wife. believe my
frequent exposure to the weather caused
my terrible attack Of rheumatism. Damp
weather always aggravated it.
"My limbs would begin to swell at the
ankle joints.
"This swelling would begin in the night,
at times. would awake IN agony.
daylight would find my limbs purple
in color, swollen to twice their natural size,
and so racked with pain | could not bear
to touch them.
any right arm and both legs were so
drawn as to be almost useless.
"My skin became dry ard yellow.
AT times my limbs would pain as
though millions Of needles were pricking
them.
"Again they would be numb and 1
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The Horrors of
Rheumatism.
II zOonta,ls account Of torture zOzzcA lasted three
years. Of her struggles against tie areadfM disease,
and The good fortune that ey0zcned her efforts.

could not feel needle thrust into my flesh
II was confined to the house thres
years, unable to walk nearly half the ting.
After those three slow years Of agony,
during which spent probably 1900 fos
treatment and tried dozen doctors, pavs
up hope OF any release from pain, bot death.
was cured, completely cured, by D..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. They
alone caused my recovery.
The first dose gave me appetite.
Alter the second dose slept soundly,
the first time within year.
sent for a dozen boxes. BY the time
had taken the contents Of eleven boxes
felt entirely well.
1.-THE doctor said was cured. He was
greatly impressed, and since then he Ia,
prescribed DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People for many Of his patients"
Mrs. Fenly, together with her husband,
made affidavit to the exact truth Of the fore.
going account before NotaryP. N. Thomas
The cure of the severest cases Of rheu.
matism by DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People has occurred in every state in
the Union, and its power in ordinary casa
is proport.onately greater.
These marvellous vegetable pills 60 d.
recly to the seat Of the trouble, They
build up a new cellular structure in the
diseased parts by eliminating poisonous
elements and renewing health giving
chemical forces in the blood.
They are for sale by druggists every.
where for SO cents single box or $3.50
for half dozen.
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

Whereas Samuel Il. Labree Of Scion. form
erly Of Bingham, in the County OF Somerset
and State Of Maine, by his mortgage deed dated
Mar 20 A. d. 1894 and recorded in The Somerset
IS: Registry of Deeds, Book 30, page 49,
conveyed to me. the und ersigned, certain
piece Of land and the buildings thereon situst.
ed in Bingham, State & County aforesaid,
lying ON the west side of Austin Stream and
described as follows, to wit: at
the bank OF the stream at the south line Of the
road thence north "a degrees west four roads
On said road line, thence south "a degrees west
six rods g. fifteen links to q stake near the barn,
thence south Ga degrees east four rods to the
bank Of said stream, thence north "a degrees
east six rods and fourteen links, to the first
naraed bounos, containing about twenty-siT
square rods, it being the same premises quit.
claimed to me by Nellie M. Labrse, by deed
dated May IL, 1888, recorded In Somerset
Registry Book 1875, page 283; and whereas the
condition OF said mortgage has been broken,
now therefore by reason of the breach OF the
condition thereof claim a foreclosure Of said
mortgage. 3wl3
Dated March %, 1893
F, A, COOLIDGE
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not enable the court to form a definite
conclusion as to the condition of the
wreck. although 1t was established that
the after part of the ship was practical
iy intact and sank in that condition a
few minutes after the destruction of the
forward part.
The following facts in regard to the
forward part of the ship are, however,
established by the testimony:
: That portion of the port side of the
protective deck which extends from
about frame 80 to about frame Al was
blown up aft and over to port The
main deck, from about frame 30 to about
frame IL, was blown up aft, and slight
ly over to starboard, folding the forward
part of the middle superstructure over
and on top of the after part
This was, In the opinion of the court,
caused by the partial explosion of two
or more of the forward magazines of the
Maine.
s. At frame II, the outer shell of the
ship, from point liz feet from the mid
die of the ship and six feet above the
keel, when in it's normal position, has
been forced up so as to be now about
four feet above the surface of the wa =
ter; therefore, about "a feet above where
it would be had the ship sunk uninjured.
The outside bottom plating Is bent into
a reversed shape, the after wing of
which, about ID feet broad and 80 feet
In length from frame II to frame 25)
is doubled back upon itself against the
continuation of the same plating ex-
tending forward.
At frame Is the vertical keel is broken
in two and the fiat keel bent into an
angle similar to the angle formed by the
outside bottom plating. This break is
now about six feet below the surface OF
the water. and about 80 feet above its
normal position.
In the opinion of the court this effect
could have ben produced only by the ex-
plosion of mine situa ted under the bot
tom of the ship at about frame IS and
somewhat on the port side of the ship
6. The court finds that the loss of the
Maine, on the occasion named was not
in any respect due to the fault or negli-
gence on the part of any officers or mem
bers of the crew of said vessel
Z. In the opinion of the court the Maine
was destroyed by the explosion of sub
marine mine. which caused the partial
explosion Of two or more of her forward
magazines.
8. The court has been unable to obtain
evidence fixing the esponsibility for the
destruction of the Maine upon any per-
son or persons.
w. r. Sampson, captain, U. S. N, presi-
dent.
A. Mark. lieutenant commander u S
NJ, judge advocate.
The court having finished the inquiry
1t was ordered to make. adjourned a II
a. m. to await the action of converting
authority.
y. S. flagship New York.
March 20. 1898.
Off Key West. Fla.
W. #, Sampson, captain, U. s. NJ, presi-
dent, A. Mark, lieutenant commander,
y. S, N, judge advocate:
The proceedings and findings of the
court of inquiry in the above case are
approved.
NJ. Sicard, rear admiral. commander-in-
chief of the u. 8. naval force on the
north Atlantic station.
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ABSTRACT OF TESTIMONY.

Bome OF Evidence ON Which the Courts
Finding Was Based.
The following are portions of the ties
tlmony:
Ensign w. v N.Powelson was called
the third day OF the court, He testified
that he had been present on the Maine
every day from the arrival Of the Fern
and during a great deal of the diving.
In reply to q question to tell the court
all about the condition of the wreck, he
said the forward part of the ship for
ward of the after smokestack, had been
to all appearances comp letely destroyed
The coming tower lay in position OPP
posite the door leading to the super
structure aft and to starboard in
clined at about ITO degrees to the verti-
cal, with the top of the coming tower
inboard.
Continuing. he described with close
detail, the condition under the main deck
on the port side The fixtures We're com
pletely wrecked, while fixtures in the
same position on the cardboard side were
in some cases almost intact. The port
bulkhead, between the main and berth
decks. at. the coming tower support,
had been blown aft on both sides, but a
great deal more on the port than the
starboard side. The fireroom hatch i'm
mediately. ,tbaft of the coming tower
had been blown in three directions, aft,
to starboard and to port. The protec-
tive deck under he coming tower sup
ports was bent in two directions, the
plates on the starboard side being bent
up and on the starboard side bent down.
In reply to an inquiry as to whether
he meant with reference to their origin
al positions, Ensign Powelson replied
affirmatively. The beam supporting the
protective deck, few inches bait of
the arfnored tube, to port of the midship
line, was bent up to starboard of the
midship line. Just forward of the con-
ming tower, underneath the main deck,
two beams met at right angles; one
beam was broken and pushed from port
to starboard. A grating was found on
the poop awning just forward of the af-
ing just abaft of the starboard turret
was visible. This plate was bent out
ward and then the forward end bent
upward and folded backward upon it.
self.
This plate was sheared from the rest
of the plating below the water line. This
plating below the water line has been
pushed out to starboard. W.
The unarmored gratings of the engine
room hatch were blown off. A COM
pensation strainer was picked up from
the bottom on the starboard quarter at
a point about opposite the poop capstan
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The destruction of the Maine occurred
at $40 p. m, on the 18th day of February,
1898, In the harbor of Havana, Cuba, she
being at the time moored to the same
buoy to which she had been taken upon
her arrival.
There were two explosions, of a dis
tinctly different character, with very
short but distinct interval between them,
and the forward part of the ship was lift
ed to a marked degree at the time of the
first explosion. The first explosion was
more in the nature of report like that
of gun; while theisecond explosion was
more open, prolonged and OF greater
volume. This second explosion was. in
the opinion of the court, caused by the
partial explosion of two or more of the
forward magazines of the Maine.
4. Condition of the wreck.
The evidence bearing upon this, being
principally obtained from divers, did
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Messengers Notice.
STATE OF MAINE,


SOMERSET IS - COURT OF INSOLVENCY..
In the case of Albert A. Abbott of Fairfield,
Insovent Debtor.
This is to give notice that on the 18th day of Mar
A. ID. 1898, warrant in insolvency was issued
out of the Court of insolvency for said County
of Somerset against the estate of the SAID
Albert A. Abbott Of Fairfield adjudged to he an
insolyent debtor, on petition OF said debtor,
which petition was filed on the l4th day of Mar
A. d. 1898, to which date interest Oh claims Is
to be computed. That the payment OF any debts
to or by said debtor, and the transfer and
delivery Of any property by him are forbidden
by law. That a meeting of the creditors q
said debtor, to prove their debts and, in case
there are assets sufficient to authorize the same,
to choose one or more assignees Of his estate,
will he held at a Court of Insolvency to be hold.
en- at the Probate Court Room in said Skow.
hogan, on Tuesday, the 18th day of Apr
A d. 1898, at ! O'Clock in the afternoon.
Given under my hand the date first above writ
ten, 2wl2
WIN. r. MUTT. Deputy Sherin,
as Messenger of said Court of Insolvency.
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the H0MElIEST MAN IN
SkOWHEGAN.

Az well as the handsomest, and others are in.
vited to call on any druggist and get free
trial bottle Of Kemp's Balsam for the Thxpat
and Lungs, Q remedy that Is guaranteed TO
cure and relieve all Cronic and Acute Coughs,
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ABSTRACT OF REPORT.

First--The court finds that at the time
of the explosion the battleship Maine
was lying in five and one-half to six
fathoms of water,
second-The discipline aboard the ship
was excellent; everything slowed ac-
cording to DISCRIMINATION. guns,
stores etc. The temperature of the
magazines al s p. m was normal, except
in the after 10-inch magazine, and that
did not explode.
Third-The explosion occurred at $40
o'clock on the evening of Feb. Is. There
were two explosions, with very short
interval between them the ship lifted
on the first explosion
Fourth-The court can form no def
mite opinion of the condition from the
wrecking divers evidence
Fifth-Tecnnical details of wreckage
from which the court deduces that a
mine was exploded unders the ship on
the port side.
sixth--The explosion was due to no
fault OF those on board.
Seventh-The opinion of the court is
that the explosion of the mine caused
the explosion of two magazines.
Eighth-The court declares that it
cannot find evidence to fix RESPONSE
bility.
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COURTS FINDING.

Full Report of Officers Who Investigated
the Maine Disaster.
. The following Is the full text of the
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A MISSION
OF PEACE.
Such Was Visit of Maine to
Havana Harbor.
10 SAYS PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

Report of Board of Inquiry Sent to
Congress With All tho Testimony Taken.
Our Warship Was Blown Up by a Mine.
External Explosion Caused One In In
terior--Discipline on Board the Ship
Was ExceIlent-FulI Message and Re-
port and Abstract of Testimony.
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TRY GRAIn.O! TRY GRAIN.O !!

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you pack
age OF GRAIN.O, the new food drink that
takes the place Of coffee. The children may
drink 1t without injury as well as the adult.
All who try It, like III 3RAIN-O has that rich
seal brown OF Mochaot' Java, but 1t Is made
stomach receives It without distress. Il the
price Of coffee. 25c. and rs cts. per package.
Sold by all grocers.
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Continued on Seventh Page.
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On and alter March l4th.
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Jade.

Jade, the Chinese symbol Of the soul,
is one of the most interesting minerals
in the world. 1t is possessed Of peculiar
interest to the mineralogist because Of
its unique mineral properties, to the
chemist because Of a dispute as to its
elementary composition, to the ethnolo-
gist because Of its peculiar uses, to the
archaologist because Of its strange as
socjations with early history, to the
poet because of its symbolic character
in literature and to the philosopher be-
cause Of its association in the philosophy
of the sages. with various virtues out of
which grew the Chimes So symbolism
the soul.
Jade is best described By the famll-
lar name of pebble, of which 1t is the
finest variety III respect of texture, the
heaviest and the hardest known to the
lapidary. It is susceptible of a high
polish and is so tenacious that it can be
cut into the most intricate and fragile
shapes There are exceptional tlnts, bat
here jade may only be said to range IL
color from ivory white to deep olive
green. Among substances known to tne;
nlineralogist it has no rival III the num-
bor Of its destinations and no apology,
therefore, is offered for ranking it with
precious stones. Words.
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The wron. Leg.

There is an erterprising Liverpool
tailor who has never been known to ac-
knowledge that he didn'55 have anything
a possible customer might ask for.
One day a customer entered the shop
and asked if he had any trousers made
especially for one legged men.
Certainly replied the merchant.
'What kind do you WANT"
''Dress trousers, - said the man. 1.-The
best you've got. .
Hurrying into the rear OF the store,
the enterprising merchant snatched up
a pair of trousers and shipped of the
right leg with a pair Of scissors. Hastily
turning under the edges, he presented
them to the customer.
"That's the kind I want. What's the
price?'
Zone guinea. %
"Well, give me a pair with the left
leg off. %
a month later the merchant was pro-
nounced convalescent and on the high
road to recovery.-Pearson's Weekly.