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The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-05
ENTERED As SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Clerk of Courts
Newell W. BRAINERD,.. ............... Skowhegan
County Attorney:
CHARLES o. SMALL, .......'..''.' '''.''.' Madison
Judge Of Probate;
EDWARD F. DANFoRTH,. ............'. 'skowhesan
Register of Probate;
NATHAN FOWLER. ...........-...' 49, skowhegan
Register of Deeds:
L1EwELLYN GOODWIN. .................. Skowhegan
Treasurer
R. 7. PATTEN..... ..........'.......'. Skowhegan
Sheriff and Jailer:
FRAsK p PESNELL,. ..........,. 80. Skowhegan
DEpur1Es:-Wm. f. Mutt, Fairfield; F. l.. Harding,
Madison; s. w. Herrick, Harmony; {. b. Haskell,
PUSHED. F. S. Parsons, No. Arson; R. 5.
Williams, Hartland; Hiram NJ. Waugh, Starks;
Charles f. Ham, Bingham; 5. s. Walker, North New
Portland; Cornelius A. Merrill, Scion; Calvin H,
Jones, Athens; B. F. Jones, So. Norridgewocki
Guy Pennell, Skowhegan
c. II. Mills, Messenger.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-05


A snowstorn RACED axef foffh,5 e-rr
Pennsylvania Al lrst r.fa....4z.. an
trees is regarded a. ruined
Spar HAWK h0teIz one ~ ths largest IN
Oguhqu4t Csle.j beech. Va aI.fn.53tsfne
ground Tic lg.s is heas..
T. l.. CoWdeu. q young fs=.H attending
Eastman college alra IRON al, #r.l4.s..
received In q football game
Fire DESTROYED the Haj4Ia. NII.-g
eofnpauy's new elevator and contents. al
cairo. is Loss. over 100000
Secretary Hay mas resumed NJ at5t=e-
a. the state department. affsrana5-ar.,s.
Of several weeks in New England
Dr. & b. Davenport 1T Hartford aas
accepted q call u the deparluel u
zoology at The Cul5ersIty Of Gnieata#
Barge Lone Star ran into schooner
Waaula In Boston hafbor. IT, zaoat.f
vas badly store ana she Wa ia aea
10 save her.
The town Of Duquaeu. Ark. ssas d.
stroyed by tire FIfy-fouf ta5Ia#asz
were burned. ertaHIae a Io-z a-zr. s.=.t-
ing SO 000
tirr n the Industrial building o. re
county truant scuso. Ia North Cne#Hfs=
ford. &ass.. destroyed piuIs4ty 10 iae
ya,ue Of agou, >io90.
True ". Jones. president Of The True
W. Jones Brewing company. Il Mall
chester, y. IL. died Il seIaae th-4fua-
tism after d two-Weeks illness.
The United states hospital ship Ms
souri,. the most commodlous and finest
hospital ship in the service has Lied
from New YORK for Mania.
It is unofiicialy announced that ~ = Yer
Quincy Of Boston has been nominated
for the position Of chief consul x tie
Massachusetts division, L. a. ".
Patrick Nhalen teamster employed
on the Lewiston tMe) Hater~oTks ex-
tension Was crushed 10 death by tI-ee
of iron pipe which feH upon nm.
The Lake House. and an adjoining
stable. together with building forrH-r4s
occupied by a printing ollie at East
Jefferson, Me, were burned Los z5auH.
Key. Simeon Gardiner. far 8l=r 80
years an active mIrlsterin -. el#ss.uf#t
Methodist confeferee. died al ItIzt=l.
VT. aeed 81. He was bonn Is Richmond
K. /.
The United States transport Sheridan
sailed from san Frauc.sc. .or Ma a
with The First regiment Of infantry AID
three companies of the Thuty-5litd
| regiment.
Immense lumber yards. located at En-
| deavor, Pa. we're burned f'vaf = uun#-
0O0 feet Of lumber were destroyed. with
three houses eHtailing a total less Of
about $500 01O
The grandstaud on Pratt aeld at Am
herst college was destroyed by fir. The
building was valued at $4,000. SuarkS
from a passing locomotive probably
caused the fire.
The president has been formally in
vited to attend the fall festival in Chi
oago and has accepted the invitation
which was extended by a committee of
! Chicago citizens
Charles H. Yeager. a shoe trimmer 10
years old committed suicide at Brock
ton by taking carbolic acid. a wife and
three children survive him. No reason
for the act is known.
Arthur W. Nourse of Lynn ged -.
| fell from a tree in which he was picking
apples and striking on his head was in
| stantly killed The skull was fractured
and the neck broken.
The Portland rolling mills. at Li9on5a.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-05

A significant headline appeared in a
Maine daily, Wednesday morning.
1.-TWO Boys Played With Gun-One
Dead" Such occurrences are altogether
too numerous. Parents, or those having
care of children, shout exercise greater
care in allowing them to handle fire
arms
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-05

Senator Frye is to take the stump In
Ohio next week. He is one of the
eloquent, enthusiastic American orators
of the day and has always been in great
demand. This year he will be more
eagerly heard than ever before because
Of his participation in the Paris peace
convention,
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-05
Baby's Comfort.

Is mothers rest. A. b. Chaplin, NJ. D.,
of Aurora, N. Y, used Comfort Pow der
with success on three months old
child badly chafed. "Cured it at once"
1t cures prickly heat, chatting and scald-
ing. Keeps the skin firm and sweet.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-05

The Portland Rolling Mills were de-
stroyed by fire Monday night, causing a
loss of $4,000 and throwing 1875 men
out of employment. Its loss is particu
larly unfortunate at this time when the
call for iron is SO urgent. There is saio
to be a prospect that the plant will be
rebuilt
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-05
Terms of Courts.

Supreme icial:-The third Tuesday in March,
September and December. Civil and Criminal.
Probate:-The second Tuesday of each month.
County Commissioners The first Tuesday in
March and August and the second Tuesday in Decem-
Der,
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-05

Affairs between England and the
Transvaal continue to be critical in the
extreme, but until actual hostilities be-
gin there Is room for hopes of peace.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-05

ITO be a true gentleman fellow
must be born SO"
That's fact. liked the very first
olive | ever tasted. "-Indianapolis
journal.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-05

The contest between England and
Venezuela in regard to the boundary
affair that came near causing war some
five years ago, has been settled by the
boundary tribunal to whom it was re.
ferred, and England gets very much the
best of it. There were 60, 900 square
miles in controversy of which Ven' zue a
gets but about 100.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-05

The recent news from Manila is that
Cen Otis gave audience to some FLIP
pino representatives who desired to hold
a conference relative to cessation of
hostilities on the basis of independence
OF Aguinaldo's government. Gen.
Otis informed the ENJOYS that he could
not treat with them on this basis and
they returned inside their lines. The
Government at Washington approved
the position taken by Gen. Otis. There
have been several minor engagements
OF late, all resulting favorably to the
American forces. The gun boat Urban
da' which was captured and beached by
The insurgents, has been recovered
The cruiser, Brooklyn, and the gunboats
hachias and Marietta, have been sent to
increase the naval force at the Philip
pines.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-05

Elsewhere may be found brief &C
count of the wreck of the British steam
ship Scotsman. When the crew arrived
in store for the brutes who looted the
grounded ship and despoiled the panic
stricken passengers. Popular indigna-
ton was at boiling point when these
creatures reached that port, and but for
the police the cry to chang them,"
throw them into the river" would
have been carried into effect with will
1t is some consolation to know that
these looters will get their just deserts
in legal form.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-05

Albert Biorkman shot and killed
Gustat Johnson, Tuesday night, then
mortaly wounded his wife, II is sup.
posed that jealousy was the cause The
parties were swedes and we believe this
is the first murder to occur among the
swedish settlers in Aroostook County.
The tragedy occurred in Woodland, near
New Sweden.
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-05
County Commissioners:

H. c. WEBER, Palmyra, post Office, Newport)
ALoNzo SMITH, Cornville, post Office Revere9
Ions METcALF. New Portland
The Somerset reporter., 1899-10-05
erset Reporter
A Weekly Republican Newspaper.

j. o. SMITH. D. T. MIN ''f-hiN
q. SMITH & CO, PUBLISHERS,
10 WATER STREET sko"AhGAN ME-
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-18
H0NoRED THEIR DEAD.
Memorial Services by Ancient Order
of United Workmen Last
Ninhf.

N1Rnt.
The Ancient Order United Workmen,
Woodlawn lodge, No. 29s, held a memorial
service at the hall, 1882 East Ninth street,
last night. This ceremony has been neg
a request from the supreme lodge of Amer
lea. that all lodges in this country should
hold a service in honor of their dead, near
the date Of January Is. which is the birth
day of John J. Church, the founder of
the order in this country.
The service consisted of addresses by the
members of the lodge and sacred music.
An opening ode, the lodge hymn. was sung,
after which Rev. Mr.. L. r. Downing de-
!ivered short address, taking as a sub
ject Our Fathers, Where Are They?"
List To the Convent Bells was rendered
by an orchestra composed Of members Of
solo, angelo serenade, played by Mrs.
E. A. Parker. followed by the neurology.
read by Mr.. Rowley AS he is one of the
Oldest members of the lodge, he has known
personally all those who have died since
organization. Five have died during the
past year, but. as this was the first me.
mortal held for many years, the names Of
were read. James Haube. ]. W. Nenable,
G. W. Hurst. D. st. Clair and ]. r. Was
son have died in the last year.
Twenty-seven have died since the organ
ization of the lodge. They are: F: w.
Fisk. H. e. EngIe. John McGregor. F. II.
Froebe. w. w. Vance. NJ. Morrison. E. NJ.
Burns. J. T. Eggers. J. ". Harrison, F.
N. p. Knox. J. G. Davis. John McCarty,
Brooks. John Quadlander, j. o. Hearne,
c. j. Anderson and b. H. Cromwell.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-18
CRAIG MURDER TRIAL ON.
Mrs. John Krebs Before the har OF
Justice to Answer to Cap
ital Charge.

Justice to Answer to Cap
ital Charge.
JUNCTION CITY, KAS.. Jan. I.-(Spe.
ciaL) The entire day was occupied IN OBJ
tanning a jury for the trial of Mrs. Agatha
Krebs, charged with the murder OF Mrs
Lizzie Craig. The trial has excited the
greatest of curiosity and interest and hun
dreds of people were unable to obtain ad-
mission to the court room. County Attor-
ney Roark is conducting the prosecution,
while the defense is in the hands OF j. V.
Humphrey.
The crime for which Mrs. Krebs is now
on trial was committed last December.
Mr.. and Mrs. John krebs lived on a farm
about seven miles from this city. and they
were a model couple ineevery respect. Last
for medical treatment She did not i'm.
prove rapidly, and her husband engaged
Mrs. Lizzie Craig Us his housekeeper in the
absence of Mrs. krebs. Last December
some money. He induced her to stay all
night. and went to the fields. to his work,
leaving the two women together, evidently
ON the most amicable terms.
When he came back to the house he
found the body Of Mrs: Craig in a chair.
mutilated. The knife that had been used
In the crime was one that was kept for
butchering hogs. Mrs. Krebs was found
near by and arrested. At the preliminary
heard the tive women quarreling and had
seen Mrs. >krebs running across the fields.
When arrested. some blood was found upon
her.
The prosecution will take the line that
jealousy inspired the deed, while the de-
that sickly Mrs. krebs could have killed
much younger and Stouter woman.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-18
WAS NOT ASSAULTED.
b. F. Aubrey Was Not the Victim of a
Daring Robbery on a Crowd
ed Street. rs Alleged.

b. F. Aubrey Was Not the Victim OF q
Daring Robbery on a Crowd
ed Street, as Alleged.
B. F. Aubrey, weighmaster for the State
Weighing Association, was picked up near
Seventh and Wyandotte streets at $50
yesterday morning suffering from two or
three confused and lacerated wounds of the
face. He was sent to police headquarters
Manahan and he was then sent home. Soon
had been assaulted BY footpads and re-
lieved of his money on a crowded street.
J. l.. Sohn, who conducts saloon at 200
down the street and sent in a call for the
patrol wagon after he had fallen to the
pavement and sustained slight injuries.
There is no truth in the story that Aubrey
was assaulted and robbed. A dozen or
fering from the too free use Of mountain
dew" The surgeons records at police
headquarters contain the statement tnat
Aubrew had been drinking much too freely.
stories get stated" said Chief Hayes to a
reporter for The Journal. II do not say
that it is true in this particular instance.
but it Is notorious fact that many men
who go on lark and get their counte-
they have been assaulted and robbed in the
shortcomings. Many men lose their money
in gambling and then go home and tell
their wives that they were held up: The
newspapers give 1t publicity. There are too
many cases of this kind. We have enough
to do without putting in time Investigate
ing fake holdups. These stories hurt the
the man who deliberately tells lie about
! being robbed"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-18
POULTRY SHOW TO-DAY.
Bids Fair to BE One of the Best
Ever Held in the West.

The first annual exhibition of the Kansas
City Fancers' Poultry, Pigeon and Pet
Stock Association begins at o'clock this
morning at 5O4 MaMin street, where both
floors of the large storeroom are crowded
with cages containing poultry, pigeons and
Belgian hares The exhibition was to have
taken place in Convention hall but the di-
rectors were unable to secure the building.
So many entries arrived yesterday that it
was necessary to work all night before all
were listed. but everything is now in read
mess and the judges will begin making
awards as soon as the exhibition is formal
ly opened. The following gentlemen have
been selected for this work: D. 7. Heinz
Itch, Of Jacksonville, ILL.,, to judge Cochins.
barred Plymouth Rocks. Javas. standard
games, pit games, ducks game bantams,
and Oriental birds. F. II. Shellabarger. OF
West Liberty. Ia. to judge Brahmas,
Wyandottes. Minorcas, Hamburghs., Hou>
dams; LaF'leche. Indian games. Malays,
AseeS. Campines. capons, guinea fowls, all
bantams. other than games; turkeys and
dressed ssslp poultry. J. W Vale, Archie. No.
tans, frizzes, w. Wonders. erminetts silk
P veaE i seeks w rs ana sqndTss m j.
and pet stock
The exhibition is the largest ever made
III lUe west ana contains DlTOS OF "OTlQ
wide celebrity, birds that have taken prizes
not only in the United States but in Eng
land. The total number of entries is over
LOCO and the total number of birds, rabbits.
Angora cats and guinea pigs on exhibition
over 1,500.
Among the entries is a crate of fancy
pigeons, which came in yesterday from
Chicago, containing eighty varieties, all of
which were prize-takers at the Chicago and
st. Louis exhibitions. These birds belong
to d. T. Heimlich, of Jacksonville. Ill. An
other notable entry was made by ]. D.
Walker. of Kansas City, being a straw
berry turbit and an English owl pigeon,
which took prizes at the Crystal palace
London. The most valuable bird in the lot
is buff Cochin cock, the property of
Charles Sternberger, of Topeka. He paid
$50 for 1t in Boston, where 1t took first
prize as cockerel Another valuable ex-
hibit is pair of Cornish Indian games
the property of Dr. r. Schmitt, who i'm
ported them from England.
The exhibits are in wire-covered cages
extending along either wall and down the
center of the rooms, and consist of every
variety of pure blooded fowl that can be
obtained the world over. Upstairs space
has been set aside for the pigeons and Bel
gian hares. The breeding of the latter is an
important industry in the vicinity of this
city, and these on exhibition are splendid
specimens of the highest art of the breeder
The exhibit will continue one week, but the
awards will have been completed by Fri
day, when the coops of the priZe-takers
will be decorated with red and yellow rib
bonS.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-18
LOOKS LIKE JACKSON COUNTY
Young Farmer Is Shot Twice by High
waymen and Then Robbed
of S133.

MARYVILLE, MO. Jan. 17-(Special)
A daring highway robbery took place near
New Conception. a town on the Chicago
Great Western railway. in the eastern part
of Nodaway county, last night. ]. G.
Wobbe. a young farmer living a mile south
Of the town, started down the railway
track toward home at about $3.50 O'clock
A quarter of a mile south of the station a
man stepped out from behind a boXcar
and stopping him. asked him if he had any
spare change about his person. He told
him he had not. The fellow instantly
pushed a gun in his face. remarking with
an oath that he guessed he was mistaken
Wobbe seized the. gun by the barrel and
tried to thrust 1T aside, and his assailapt
fired twice. Both shots took effect in
Wobbe's left side. infiicting flesh wounds
per. another man appeared from behind the
boxcar, and the two threw him TO the
ground and went through his pockets OBJ
tanning $l33. They then left him and start
ed south. As they left third man ap-
peared from behind the car and went with
them.
Wobbe Immediately made his way back
were telegraphed in all directions. This
morning a dispatch was received from ca-
vannah. Mo-. stating that three men
answering the descriptions had been put
off a train there last night and another
telegram from Leavenworth. Kas stated
that three men had been taken in by the
police.
large an amount Of money about him, and
it is suspected in some quarters that his
robbers were mAn who knew of the pres
ence of the roll on his person.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-18
CANAL BILL NEARING A VOTE,
Entire Session of the Senate Yester.
day Given Up to n Discussion
of the Measure.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.-Almost the en-
tire session of the senate to-day was de-
voted to consideration Of the pending Mica
ragua canal bill. Speeches were made in
support Of the measure by Mr.. Chiffon. Of
Texas. and Mr.. Turner of Washington,
and in opposition to it by Mr.. Spooner, Of
Wisconsin. At o'clock consideration of
the bill under the fifteen-minute rule
was begun and was continued to the close
OF the session. The first vote reached was
on an amendment offered by Mr.. Rawlins,
OF Utah. which. in brief. provides that the
United States should have absolute control
OF the canal for military or naval pur-
poses. with power to dictate the use of the
waterway during the existence of war The
friends of the pending. bill rallied against
the amendment. and it was defeated by
the decisive vote Of IS to 8. A provision was
inserted in q in in h the bill providing that no more
time Canal Company for its concession and
work S already done on the canal. When
adjournment was taken the substitute
measure offered by Mr.. Caffery. Of Lonis.
lana. was before the senate.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-18
DEMOCRATS ARE HOPEFUL.
Think They Have a Chance to Elect n
United States Senator I'm West
virginia.

CHARLESTON. W. VA, Jan. 1.-THE
senatorial situation to-day developed very
little new. With the Republican caucus
but two days of, it is utterly impossible
to predict who will be the nominee. A
significant move was made this afternoon
in favor of Governor Atkinson, when a
large number of representative business
men from this valley and the vicinity
adopted resolutions in6orsing his candi-
dacy and pledging themselves to do what
they could to bring about his election.
The Democratic caucus will be held to-
morrow. The nomination of John T. Nc
Graw. OF Grafton, seems assured. He has
practically no opposition. The Republic
ans have only one majority on joint bal
lot and the Democrats have hopes of elect
ing their candidate.
The house to-day adopted by unanimous
vote a resolution declining to take up the
Virginia debt question in any form. The
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-18
Police Pickings.

Louis Wagner. under arrest at Wichita
on the charge of stealing five diamonds
from H. Stevens, is being held at Wichita
until requisition papers arrive.
Harry Doran, alias Lester, the sneak
thief and confidence man who was picked
up by Detective Sanderson Monday night,
was sentenced to two months in the work.
house yesterday by Judge Burnham.
Mrs. Rosa Cook. of Jamesport, Mo-, has
written to Chief of Police Hayes requesting
him to locate her daughter, Addie Dixon.
who ran away from home on October Ii
and came to Kansas City. The missing girl
is 16 years old.
An alleged land swindle. wherein the Ma
tiOnal Bank of Commerce. of this city, Is
said to have cashed a $1,000 check in pay
ment for farm to which the deed was
forged, is being investigated by the local
police. The farm was located near Law
renee.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-18
MARRIED ANOTHER WOMAN.
Edna Raymond Fires Four Shots at
Bride of a Former Lover-One
Takes Effect

CLEVELAND, Jan. ia sensational
shooting affair took place last night at
the Ellington, fashionable apartment
house. A stylishly-dressed and handsome
woman. said to be Miss Edna Raymond,
entered the rooms occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Hanna, during the absence
of the husband, and opened fire on Mrs
Hanna with revolver. Four shots were
fired in rapid succession. only one Of which
took effect. 1t struck Mrs. Hanna in the
thigh and caused painful wound.
Miss Raymond, having apparently emp
tied her revolver. then made her escape and
has not yet been located by the police.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hanna were married Christ
mas. Up to short time previous Hanna
had kept company. it is said with Miss
Raymond. Jealousy undoubtedly led to the
shooting.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-18
INVENTORS ARE RESTING.
Large Falling on in Number of Ap-
plications for Patents
During 1898.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17-Commissioner
of Patents Duell to-day furnished the fol-
lowing statement summing up the report
Of the patent office for the calendar year
1888 and the present condition Of the work.
During the year, applications were re-
ceived for SS.9l5 patents, and 22,207 were
granted, including designs. Total receipts
were $,137,734, against total expenditures
of 81. .136 1856. The war is shown to have had
a depressing effect on inventions while it
lasted.
On December 2s, 1897, there were 1882
applications awaiting action. This num-
ber increased until March 15 1898. when it
was 14.S27. On June % the number was
decreased to 12.1S7 while on December 27,
1898, the number then awaiting action was
only 5467.
The improved condition of the office is
attributed to congress last June granting
small but a much needed increase n
ber of applications received in 1898 az com
pared with 1897.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-18
NO APPOINTMENT THIS WEEK.
Candidates for Federal JudEeshfp to
Succeed Foster Are Still
In SuSDense.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 17-(Special.) Sen,
ator Baker. National Committeeman Cy Le-
land and Judge W. c. Hook called at the
department of justice and. the White
House to-day, in reference to Judge Hooks
sentative Curtis, of Kansas, escorted Judge
Horton to the White House on a similar
mission in behalf Of the latter. To both
parties the president said that he would
not make the appointment until the first
part of next week. Judge Fosters resig-
nation has been received at the department
of Justice. It is to take effect March l.
and was mailed last Saturday.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-01-18
FOR 0MAHA's EXPOSITION.
Government Asks to Lend Its Aid, but
Not to Contribute
Money.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-Representative
Mercer, of Nebraska, to-day introduced a
resolution relating to the Greater Ameri-
can exposition to be held at Omaha this
year. 1t states that the buildings and
property used in the exhibition of 1898 have
been purchased by a company which pro-
poses to conduct an exposition on national
lines without expense to the government;
to Rico. Hawaii. the Ladrone islands and
the Philippine islands. The resolution pro-
vides for the appointment by the president
less than six members who shall be charg-
ed with the selection, ETC., of exhibits. The
vide for the holding of congress Of
American Indians, and the various depart
ments are to place at the disposal of the
deemed necessary. The cooperation of the
governments of the world is to be re-
quested.