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The Somerset reporter., 1898-01-06
shot n Woman.

Sherbrooke, Que, Jan. 5.-Isaac d.
Dubois shot and probably fatally
wounded married woman named Tan
quay. He then turned the weapon upon
himself the shot proving fatal Du-
bois was engaged to marry the woman,
but during his absence from the city
last summer she changed her mind, and
when Dubois returned he found that his
intended had married a man named
Tanguay Dubois swore to be reyenged
and the tragedy was the result
The Somerset reporter., 1898-01-06

Congress reassembled, Wednesday,
after the holiday recess aud Washington
will be the political storm center uatil
the fierce heat of summer causes adjourn
ment.
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Sixteen Years Ago

The Harrington residence, Rockland,
Me-, was painted with F. w. Devoe &
Co.'S paint. It's still in good condition
go say Farrand, Spear & Co. Of that city.
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Montpelier. VT. Jan. "A $50 forfeit
has been posted with The Evening Argus
for a collar and elbow match between
r. Il. Hendison OF Wells River. and
Edward Desc of ST. Adams for the wrest-
ling championship of the state.
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Stabbed In the Heart,

Russellville. Ky, Jan. 5.-Robert Evans
and George Duncan, each aged II, be-
came involved i'll quarrel, when Evans
stabbed Duncan i'm the heart with
knife Duncan expired instantly. Evans
was arrested for murder
The Somerset reporter., 1898-01-06

More than 9, 900 obelisks. in position
ur fallen, are known to exist in Egypt.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-01-06
BOSTON PRODUCE MARKET.

Poultry-Favorable weather and a bet
ter demand has made turkeys a little
frmer. with chickens and fowls doing
better: Turkeys, box lots, sQ13c: north
ern, 13015C; northern chickens. 9012c:
western, Toe; northern fowls, 9611c;
western fowls, SQ9e; live fowls. s6SlSc:
live chickens, Sm9c; ducks. 1Od13c;
geese, 10@ nc; western geese. 9@l1c.
Meal-The cornmeal mark ct is a little
easier on the position of corn: Barrel
cornmeal, sl.62@1 65; bag meal. 72@74c:
yellow granulated. S2@2.20: rolled and
ground oatmeal. s3.50Q3.75; cut, IS 500
AIS; graham flour, $3.25q4.S5; bolted
31s5d2.20; rye flour, $3.20Q3.5o; rye, 60Q
Soc per blu.
Hay-A dull hay market lis still noted
with the quotations at S10016, the latter
for very choice. Still it is noted that the
stocks of hay in the hands of the re-
ceivers here are being considerably re-
duced. Rye straw liz quiet at $10Ql1.
Lambs and Mutton-The mutton mar
ket is a little easier: Lambs, Sh@9lbc;
Brighton and fancy, s1aGloc; muttons.
s@7hc; yearlings, 5hQ7c; Brighton and
fancy muttons and yearin&s, 76Sc;
veals. 6QSlsc; fancy Brighton, 9aloc
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New Method of Rsioinder.

Chicago, Jan. 4.-Police Inspector
Setback has made verbal offer of $40,
900 in approved real estate to any per-
son producing Mrs. Luetgert, dead or
alive. Attorney Harmon Of the de-
Tense has complained that he is only
prevented from producing Mrs. Luet-
CERT by lack of funds. and Inspector
Sshaack, 1t Is said, chose this method Of
rejoinder. He aiso hopes to thus put a
Quietus on the reports from various
parts of the country that Mrs. Luetgert
has been discovered.
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COUNTY DIRECTORY.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Clerk OF Courts:
NEWELL w. BRAINERp,. ................ Skowhegan
County Attorney:
CHARLES o. SMALL, minimum. donaldson
Judge Of Probate:
EDWARD F. DAsToRTH,. ................ .Skowhegan
Register Of Probate;
NATHAN FOWLER. .........'..''''' '''''oAo"hes'i
Register Of Deeds;
ILHwELLYs GOODWIN. .............'.'..Sk owhegan
Treasurer:
R. T. PATTES,. ...................... .Skowhegan
Sheriff and Jailer:
T. p. VnEs,. .........:s........ $500. Skowbegan
pEpurIEs:-Wm. F. Mutt, Fairfield; F. l.. Harding,
ptts6eld; Joseph Atkinson, No. Arson; r. S.
Williams, Hartland; Hiram NJ. Waugh, Starks;
Charles Ham, Bingham; S. S. Walker. North New
Portland; Cornelius A. Merrill, Scion; Calvin ID.
Homes, Athens; b. F. JONES' So. Norridgewock
Blaine Viles, Messenger
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County Commissioners !:

H, c. WEBER, Palmyra, post Office, Newport)
GEO. H. CLARKE, No. Arson,
ALoNzo SMITH, Cornville
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When the church, hume and moral in flne noes
ceases to reach the inebriste, the Kelley Cure,
l51 Congress ht.. Portland, reclaims them TO
sobriety and usefulness.
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Wrote TO ARGUS. sympathy.

Washington. Jan. 1T is repor ed to
the navy department that Captain Bark
er of the Oregon has unsarthed the
Identity OF the person who wrote the
celebrated Good Friday letter. which
appeared In the religious press and
charged the captain with trying 10
Romanixe all of the ships crew. The
man rs said to be Ernest Robin of Cas-
tie Rock, Wash, a deserter from the
Oregon II is asserted that he wrote
the letter to arouse the sympathy of
his relatives and to make q pretext for
his deeertion.
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Legality of Trading St.mn.

Boston, Jan. 4.-Judge Burke of the
municipal court has refused to entertain
a complaint introduced, it is thought.
to make a test case as to the legality of
the use of trading stamps. The com
plant charged a wellknown firm of this
CITY with disposing of personal property
of the value of SAT In violation of chapter
PIT of the acts of 1884
Judge Burke, after hearing the evil
dence. held a whispered conversation
with counsel for both sides, and declined
to issue warrants on the complaint, on
the ground that there was nothing In the
transaction which was in violation Of
chapter 277 of the acts of 1884
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Quarrel of Farmers.

Lewiston, Ills, Jan. George Calen-
der and Elwood Moore, farmers, living
three miles northeast of here became
engaged In quarrel and Calender struck
Moore over the head with club. cut
ting his head to the bone. Calender
then sent his wife into the house after
his rifle, and he shot Moore under the
right shoulder. Moore died in few
hours. Calender came in and gave him
self I'D to the sheriff.
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Cubans Badly In Need

Washington, Jan. 3.-The secretary of
state has directed that the benevolently
disposed public Of the United States be
informed, through the medium of the
press, that the consul general of the
United States at Havana mentions the
following articles as appropriate to be
contributed, all Of them, as he reports,
being greatly needed: Summer clothing
for women and children; medicines for
fevers, principally quinine; hard bread
flour, cornmeal, bacon. rice, lard, po-
tatoes. beans, peas, salt fish, any canned
goods, meat extracts. blankets, and
especially large quantities of condensed
milk, as many persons are at first too
feeble for any other nourishment. Con-
tributions of money are also urgently
needle to enable the purchase of immedi-
ate supplies of medicines and articles of
prime necessity, AID to meet the ex-
penses of local transportation In Cuba.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-01-06

Go to any druggist for No. 1928.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-01-06

Ali druggists keep Robbins 25-25.
The Somerset reporter., 1898-01-06
Fast In the Ice.

Boston, Jan. 5-The cold snap has
has the the effect of freezing solid the
surrounding rivers, and some vessels
have been caught in the ice, where they
will be obliged to remain until a thaw
releases them. The three mast ed
schooners Charles II. Tricky OF Port
land the Fannie and Fay OF New Lon
don and the Joseph Eaton. Jr., of Barn
stable are fast in the ice at Medford.
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Life imprisonment.

Chicago, Jan. 5.-Julius Tunte was
given a sentence of 80 years in the pep
itentiary yesterday. He was tried ON
four indictments for bigamy, was con-
victed on two of them. and pleadey guilty.
Under the habitual criminal act he re-
ceived 20 years for each Indictment.
This Is the longe St sentence but one ever
given in this county.
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ILLFATED FAMILY
Six of Its Members Perished
In a Small Fire.

search Resulted In CHASTITY Discovery.
Burned ]. q Horrible Manner.
Jersey City, Jan. 3-Flames and smoke
killed six members of one family Sun
day as follows: Adolph Reich, AZ years
old, the father; Emma Reich, AZ years
old, the mother; Title Reich, ~ years;
Ida Reich, 10 years Albert Reich. IA
years, Gustav Reich, years. Several
others were injured, and it may be that
another member Of the Inflated family
will die. He is the l9-year-old son, and
his body is covered with burns.
John Conway. chief OF the Jersey City
Ae department, was badly cut and
burned. He fell through burning floor.
and was resc ued with some difficulty.
Henry Reich, II years old, managed
to make his escape from the house re-
ceiving bad burns on the neck, face and
hands; but he Is not seriously injured.
Adolph Reich's home was at 81 Ger
mania avenue, In the Hudson City dis
triet. Reich was a real estate agent. and
was well to do. living in q pleasant house
OF three stories. 1t Ia believed that the
fire broke out from a heater In the base
ment and ii worked its way up to the
third floor, where the sleeping apart
ments OF the family were located
Ten minutes after the alarm the fire
was out. Then the search Of the house
with its ghastly results began. The rays
from the firemen's lanterns disclosed
three charred bodies against the wall
at the foot OF the stairs. They were the
bodies of Adolph Reich, Title and Gus
tav. The father had fallen upon the
daughter, and his son was In his arms
They were burned almost beyond recog-
milton. In the basement of the house
the searching party stumbled over some
thing at the foot Of the stairs The Ian
terms showed a sickenng spectacle. Two
blackened corpses with arms enter
wined lay there. They were the remains
of Ida and Albert. Portions of the limbs
bad been entirely burned away, and the
faces were horribly distorted. They
searched then for the mother. Her body
was found in the dining room She was
but slightly burned. Her face was
natural and showed no look Of pain. She
undoubtedly died from suffocation.
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DECEHBEH TERM, 1877.
STRoUT j., Presiding.
N. w. BRAINRRD, Clerk.
CHARLES o. SMALL, County Attorney.
A. II. SMALL. Stenographer
e. P. VILEs, Sheriff.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-12-16
ACCEPT THE NEW ORDER
Filipinos Are Not Hostile tc
the Americans.
WORD FROM DEWEY AND ORC
Authorities Look for No Dinicr,.
Securing the Release of spapl,h
Prisoners-Conditions Improving

Washington, Dec. 12.-The navv do
partment has received a cablegram fyou
Admiral Dewey, summarizing the ov
listing conditions at Manila, and snoL
points in the Philippines as have boon
visited by his officers. Advices aloo
have been received from General Otis
the commandant of the United States
military foi ces in the islands, and tbov
both go to show notable improvement
in condi tions and the growth of hot
ter spirit among those factions of tba
natives which promised to give trouble
This fact is particularly gratifying
as the United States government is al.
ready giving considerable attention tn
the best means at hand to redeem tbo
pledge it was placed under by the treaty
of Paris to secure the release of tbe
Spanish prisoners held by the Philip.
pine natives. There are about 5OO
clerical prisoners, and the government
is confident that their oaptors will de.
liver them upon proper Representations
from General Otis and Admiral Dewev
made possible through Consul Wild
man. IL may be necessary to call the
navy into service in this matter, for
the reason that some of the prisoners
are held in captivity on other islands
than Luzon, which can be reached best
and most effective by Admiral Dewey's
ships.
Besides these clerical prisoners, the
Americans themselves hold nearly l5,.
600 Spanish soldiers as pr isOners, men
captured at the fall of Manila. These
are actually on parole about the city,
and the question is how are they to be
returned to Spain. This must he set
tied by the peace commissioners at
Paris,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-12-16
Insurgents STORMED CITY
Iloilo Assaulted the Night of
December 1.
TOOK ALL BUT ONE TRENCH
According to a Spanish Report, They
Were Finally Repulsed With Great
LOss-Deaths at Manila.

Manila. Dec. 13.-Aocording to re-
fable advices received from lloilo,
capital OF the island of Panay, in the
Visayas group, the insurgents attacked
Iloilo the night of December and cap
tured all the Spanish trenches. except
one. They then notified General Rios
to remove the women and children,
and threatened to renew the attack on
the following night.
When these adviCes left Iloilo, Cen
eral Rios was expecting reinforcements
and field guns, and the plan was for
the Spanish gunboats to shell, ii the
insurgents effected an entrance. The
foreign residents were greatly alarmed,
and all merchantmen have been ordered
outside the harbor.
Meanwhile the Spanish authorities
have been advised that the Tulisanos
troops are looting, in disobedience OF
orders, and cannot be restrained.
On the other hand. the Spanish trans
port Isla de Luzon reports that the in
surgents around Iloilo were repulsed
with great slaughter December 6, while
attempting to storm the last entrench-
ment. According to this story, 500
insurgents were killed or wounded by
the machine guns.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-12-16
DEATH OF GARCIA.
rhe Cuban Patriot Victim OF the
Northern Climate.


Washington, Dec. 18.-General CAL
ixto Garcia, the distinguished Cuban
warrior and leader. and the head OF the
commission elected by the Cuban as
,embly to visit this country, died here
this morning, shortly after 10 O'Clock,
at the Hotel Raleigh, where the COM
mission has its headquarters.
The sudden change from the warm
climate of Cuba, with the hardships
he had there endured, to the wintry
weather of New York and Washington,
ls responsible for the pneumonia
which resulted in his demise. He con-
tracted slight cold i'll New York,
which did not assume an alarming
stage until early the part of last week.
Last Tuesday night, General Garcia,
in company with the other members of
the commission, attended dinner
given in his honor by General Miles.
and it was a result of the exposure that
eliminated in his death.
During the IL hours or more preced-
ing dissolution. General Garcia was
unconscious most of the time. AT in
tervals he recognized one or more of
those about him. In his dying mo-
ments, as all through his busy and ac-
tive life, his thoughts were for his be-
loved country and its people. and,
among his last words, were irrational
mutterings, in which he gave orders to
his son. who is on his staff, for the bat
tie which he supposed was to occur to-
morrow, and in which he understood
there were only 400 Spanlards to COM
bat. Just before he died he embraced
his son.
Rev. Father Magee, of st. PatriCk's
church, was called In during the day,
and was with General Garcia until the
end, administering the last rites of the
Catholic church. Other members of
the commission and Mr.. Rubens, their
counsel in this country. were also in
the bed-chamber when the end came.
The remains were Immediately pre-
pared for burial, and were placed on a
bier in the room in which he died. A
large Cuban flag served as covering,
and the head rested on one of smaller
dimensions. The face and bust were
left exposed to public view. The fea-
lures had remarkable lifelike appear
ance, and gave no indication of the
suffering which the deceased had
borne. Just above the head rested a
magnificent floral piece of red and
white ribbon. By direction OF Major
General Miles detachment of soldiers
from battery E, Sixth artillery, under
command of Lieutenant Cox, was de-
tailed as body guard for the remains.
General Garcia, whose name will
ever be linked with those of other pa
triots who have fought against unequal
odds for the freedom of his country,
has had a most active and varied life,
most of which has been spent in fight
ing for the cause of Cuban liberty,
which he had the satisfaction of seeing
accomplished so short time before his
death. He was man of culture and
refinement, of splendid education, and
came from distinguished family of
Jaiquani,o of Santiago de Cuba province.
He was born in Cogquin, October ID,
1889, and was therefore in his Goth
year.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-12-16
FILES HER PROTEST.
Spain Accepts the Consequences Ill
Naturedly.


Madrid, Dec. 13.-The government
entirely approves the memorandum of
protest against the action of the United
States commissioners, filed by Senior
Montero Rios, at Paris.
The memorandum protests against
the refusal of the Americans to surren-
der the securities deposited in the treas
uries of Cuba and Porto Rico by private
Spaniards, remarking that "never has
a civilized nation committed such an
act of violence"
Secondly, it protests against the ulti-
matum demanding the Philippines.
Thirdly, it protests against the posi-
tion in which those Spaniards are
placed who desire to remain in Cuba.
Fourthly, it protests against the ref
erence to the destruction of the Maine
in President McKinley's message to
congress. On this point the memoran-
dun says:
Spain has proposed arbitration, but
the United States has refused to give
her the right which is granted to a
criminal; namely, the right of defend
ing herself. The Spanish commission.
ers leave the care of fixing the response
bility for the explosion to the entire
world, which will say whether those
are responsible who desire the truth, or
those refusing to seek it,"
The newspapers generally express re-
lief at the signing of the treaty. The
Independent organs, most of the provin-
cial papers and the Carllst and repub-
lican journals attack both political par
ties, conservative and liberal, reproa IN
ing them equally with having brought
the country to the present pass.
Ell Imparcial alone publishes the
contents of the treaty, which produces
a less unfavorable impression than had
been expected, owing to the commercial
and other concessions to Spain.
Ell Liberal says: "The Paris negotia.
tions offer far sadder spectacle than
the ships which are bringing back our
repatriated soldiers, deplorable as the
condition of the latter is. J."
Several mem bers of the United States
commission were inclined at first tc
publish the text of the treaty, but Sen.
ator Frye made a strong plea yesterday
for the observance of courtesy toward
the United States senate, and his ar.
guments prevailed.
Further details, however, have beer
learned as to the wording of the treaty
which provides that Cuba is to be re-
linquished and that Porto Rico and the
Philippines are to be ceded. The
Americans are to pay for the repatria
tion of the Spanish troops from all the
colonies. The Spaniards are to return
all prisoners held by them. They are
to retain possession of all military
stores and munitions of war in tn,
Philippines, and of such ships as hav,
not been captured. The commercial
treaties between the two nations, which
the war ruptured, are to be renewed a
the convenience of the two nations.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-12-16
RETURNS TO HAVANA.
Major-General Lee Started Last Might
With His Staff.

Savannah, Ca, Dec. 13.-General
Lee and staff sailed for Cuba this after
noon on the transport Panama. Crowds
OF people lined the wharves as the
transport passed down the river. As
the tugboat cut loose, the siren taken
irom the Spanish cruiser Almirante
oquendo after the battle of Santiago.
ana now on the tug Cambria, screeched
the Panama parting salute. General
Lee VIII remain outside of Havana un.
I'll January /, when he will enter the
CITY, The Panama will land at Mari
ana, Where General Lee will establish
ms headquarters on the camp site select
eu ny Colonel HeCker for the Seventh
corps and will remain there until he
enters Havana. "
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-12-16
BRYAN'S RESIGNATION,
Chinese Decoration for Lieutenant
Colonel Vifquain.

Chinese Decoration for Lieutenant
Colonel Vifquain.
Savannah, Ga, Dec. 3.-General
Keifer, who Is in command of the re-
naming troops of the Seventh army
corps since General Lees departure for
Cuba tonight, confirms the rumor of
Colonel w. j. Bryan's resignation of
his command. Both General Lee and
General Kiefer endeavorel to induce
Colonel Bryan to go to Cuba, but were
unsuccessful.
Lieutenant-Colonel Vifquain, of the
Third Nebraska regiment, who will
succeed Colonel Bryan upon the lat
'ter's resignation, received notice TODAY
from the Chinese legation at Washing.
ton that the emperor of China had con-
terred upon him the decoration of the
Order of the Double Dragon in recog-
milton of his services to the Chinese
residents Of the republic of Colombia.
when he was United States consul at
Panama. Lieutenant Colonel Vitouain
is a graduate of the roy al military
academy of Brussels, and served in the
service OF the present king of Belgium.
lie served throughout the civil war in
the Union army, and was b1eveted
origadier-general by Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-12-16
Found in the BALDWIN Ruins.

San Francisco, Dec. ~ -Anotnel
body was taken from the ruins OF ll0
Baldwin hotel late last night. WrecN'
ers delving in the debris on the MAJ
ket-street side turned up "a charred mas
of flesh, which at the morgue was prO,
nounced to be the remains of human
being. There was absolutely nothl'S
to indicate the identity Of the coFpse
which is believed to be that of woman,
Several letters were discovered near Wv ~
body, nut they are not supposed p"
Shrow ahy light on the mystery,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-12-16
Deaths at Manila.

Washington, Dec. 13.-Major- Gen
eral Otis. commanding at Manila, has
made the following report of deaths in
his command:
December Sired ]. Norton, pri-
vate, comany f. Second Oregon, dysen-
terry; Frank M. Hibbs, private, COM
pany A, Second Oregon, dysentery, hear t
failure.
December 9-Harry G. Hibbards,
corporal, company K, Second Oregon,
typhoid fever.'