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The Somerset reporter., 1900-08-16
MeTnory, Not Myntery.

Memory can play the strangest Of
tricks" says specialist. and it is
responsible for not few superstitious
fears in sensitive people.
"A lady once told me that she found
herself at times in places where her
surroundings seemed to have been
known to her before though she knew
tat she had never been there pre-
Viously.
"Probably you will recognize this ex-
perience, which is common enough
How many people, when reading or
listening to a. conversation. become
vaguely conscious that they have read
the passage or heard the identical
words in the dim. long pastr
at Is not haunting mystery. but
just a way that memory has. In
Vulnerable impressions of the most
trivial things are stored in the brain
and Will come out when called upon.
In the lady's case she had probably
seen n picture of the scene ut some
time. and view of the actual place
produced memory's feeble effort to re-
call IT,"
The Somerset reporter., 1900-08-16
senoras and senoritas.

The married and unmarried women
of the United States Of Colombia,
South America. are designated hy the
manner in which they wear flowers In
their hair, the senoras wearing them on
the right side and the senorl,as on the
left.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-08-16
WashinOfon n q

Washington, ID. G.
Genesee Pure Food Co, LIE Roy, N. V;
Gentlemen:-Our family realize so much
from the use OF GRAIN-O that feel must
say word to induce others to it. II
people are interested In their health and the
welfare of their children they will use no
other beverage. l have used them all, but
GRAIN-O have found superior to any, for
the reason that ii is solid grain.
Yours for ht alth c. F. MYERS.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-08-16

There are certain insects that have
such a respect for Mrs. Grundy and
are endowed with such an innate love
of neatness and order that not even
death, or rather decapltation, can pre-
vent them from making one grand
final toilet which is clearly designed
to give them sedate and respectable
appearance after death.
DR.. Ballion, a skilled entomologist,
discovered this remarkable fact. Dur
Ing one of my recent horseback rides"
he says. II frequently caught one OF
those large flies which annoy cattle
and horses SO much, and | promptly
got rid of 1t by crushing Its head.
One day. instead of throwing the mu-
tilated insect away, placed 1t on the
back of my hand and indolently watch
ed it. For some seconds the Insect re-
manned motionless, but then. to my
unbounded surprise, 1t moved its front
legs forward to the place where the
head should have been, and, after 1t
had rubbed them nervously together,
apparently in anguish. 1t began to
brush its body and to smooth It's wings
with its hind legs Under the gentle
pressure of these limbs the body grad
ually became extended and the ex-
tremity curved. while the wings grad
ually changed their natural position
and left the upper part of the body
exposed Meanwhile the hind legs
continued to brush each other from
time to time.
Naturally l watched this extra
ordinary sight with great interest, and
in order to see the finale. took the
insect into my study, where 1t lived
an entire day, spending the time at
the ungrateful task of making its own
funeral toilet"
The Somerset reporter., 1900-08-16
NOTICE..

have s. contract to furnish ten tons Of rags
before the first Of September viii pay one
half cent per To- for them CASH want s car
Of ole Iron before Aug, first and will pay cash
for same. Cash paid for Copper, Lead, inc.
Brass, Old Rubber and all kinds secondhand
goods. want young or middle a9ed msR
with team to collect old junk. Apply In per
son, no letters answered. 2Sif
W. Il. WAND.
Skowhegsn. July Il, 1890
The Somerset reporter., 1900-08-16

MANS UPS ANb DOWNS.
One who had found the world all bright
Fell by tht waysde en- day,
But hope bent dewn and kissed his cheek
And babe him rise and go his way.
He toiled in hungry loneliness;
The friends he knew in former days
Forgot, somehow, To seek him out
Or help him on with words OF praise.
The weary years dragged slowly by;
One morning fame stood at his door,
And lined up in an anxious row
Were all the friends he'd known before.
So failure or SUCCESS attends
The man who loses or who wins,
That he may know where friendship ends
And where self interest begins.
Cleveland Leader.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-08-16
The following bills OF cost were allowed at
the March term Of the Supreme Judicial Court
State VS. Mason, before q. H. Powers. o..
s46 So

The following bills OF cost were allowed at
the March adjourned Term OF the County
Commissioners Court, 1900.
The Somerset reporter., 1900-08-16
BILLS OF COST.
STATE OF MAIEE-SoMRRsRr COUNTY,
County Treasurer's Office, Skowhegan,
July 80, 1900.

The following bills Of cost were allowed at
the March term o;the County Commissioners
Court 1900
The Somerset reporter., 1900-08-16
TAXES !!

WATERVlLLE, ME.
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20

city None can now be sold to 4.y-
body without consent of a special COM
mittee- The need CT the city is dire,
the restitution is awful. Not busi-
ness house is open. Warehouses are
all wrecked with rare exceptions
Nearly all bushes is suspended. Pes
pie are yet too busy mourning for the
dead The city treasurer when asked
to estimate the loss to business proper
ty and real estate, said: 1.-The assess
ed valuation and property was -. eG0.-
000- The loss will exceed two-thirds
of that
It was learned upon unquestionabIe
authority that the military under Ad-
j9tant-Genera1 Scurry had slain not
less than seyenty-five men, mostly ne
groes, guilty of robbing the dead. Two
thirds of this number were shot down
in their acts OF atrocity-
Gle Thousands for Galveston.
Liberal contributions are being made
by the banks at St Louis. in addition
to the $4,000 secured by the Interstate
Merchants association
Milwaukee residents are determined
to raise $1,000 inside Of forty-ei ght
hours for the Galveston sufferers. The
Schlitz Brewing company wired s., 900
to the mayor of Galveston; the Pabst
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20
C,,aree.s Conr.e som Unoertain.

London, Sept 1.-THE Russian le-
cation in Pel1in, according to Tal<u
special, is preparing to move to Tien
Tsin or to some other point, owing to
the difficulty of comm unicating with
the home authorities. General Chaffee
is preparing to make his troops com
Portable for the winter When asked
his opinion regarding the situation he
is reported to have answered. 1T
would be better for the United States
troops to leave. but in any event. the
Chinese Christians Will be provided
for.
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20

New York. Sept 15.-No authorita
tive information can be had in Wal
Street of negotiations for placing a
German government loan in New York
but the report finds general eredence
because of the tacit admi ssion that the
German government is seeking and
will likely succeed in borrowing S25.-
ooo. oo0 from New York, Chicago and
Milwaukee lenders, for which certainly
n part is to be paid for by gold ship
ments. It is evident that a desire to
replenish the German stock of gold is
the notiye of direct negotiation
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20

of the department of the gulf, and Ad-
jutant-GeneraI Scurry of Texas, are on
the ground, and are advising with
Mayor Jones and with Chief of Police
Ketchum.
In all other respects the city is
worse off than on the morning after
the tragedy. A terrible stencil perme-
ates the atmosphere 1t comes from
the bodies of thousand unburied dead
fostering in the debris that cannot be
removed for weeks on account of the
paucity of 1aborers.
The loss of life Thursday morning
was estimated by conservative people
at 5000. Besides the thousand or
more bodies yet pinned beneath the
wfeckage hundreds of cadavers, all
putrid and bloated, float beneath
smashed-up piers Hundreds of bodies
are floating in full view in the bay.
Every tide brings scores back to the
shore During the early part of We'd
nesday trenches were dug and bodies
thrown into them, but it soon became
an impossibility to bury all the dead,
and the health authorities decided
upon cremation as an expedient.
Funeral fires were built and torches
applied
In one pile eighty-three bodies were
incinerated- Thursday morning the
charred remains of 1.eOO victims lay
smoking the shore.
Food famine Is On.
A food famine is now on, as we'll as
that OF water. The best hotel in town
served Thursday for breakfast to its
400 patrons a small cup of black coffee
and one slice of bread. But one res
taurant is open; unseasoned coffee is
all that can be obtained here Horses
and cattle stray through the streets
untethered. The water is so eontami-
mated with filth that even these dumb
beasts refuse to drink it. The commit
tee on public safety has Communicated
the food owned by merchants in the
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20
III. Miners. strike /. ON.

Philadelphia, Sept. 1s.-The anthra-
cite coal fields tie up is as complete as
the Union leaders expected. Although
many of the mines started short hand
ed yesterday. some of those that We're
worked will be closed today. Prac-
ticaliy all the miners in the anthracite
region of the eastern part OF the state
are out; the few who are at work be-
ing foreigners who have not yet
affiliated with the unions. In the
western anthracite districts but few
mines are tied up the existing con
ditions are different there. The stril<-
ing miners, in most of the coal towns
are 50 far quiet and keep away from
the mines.
The operators figure that the ST. 900
that the agitators claim to have in
their treasury, will give the no. 900
miners affected but fifty cents each;
and that the financiering of the strike
must fail
In New York it is believed that the
price of coal will not be affected as
there is a very large supply hand:
enough to meet contracts in force and
the usual demand for several months
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20
Minstrel Troop Wrecked.

Cairo, Ill. Sept 15.-The special car
OF Duncan Clarlz's female minstrel
troup wrecked at Mounds and of
sixteen occupants nine are now dead
and six others are seriously injured,
some of them perhaps fatally. OF the
dead all but one women. The
wreck was caused by the breaking of
AGAR wheel on the theatrical car As
the wheel was rent asunder the car
veered round to the right and the rear
end struck switch engine on n paraI-
lei track
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20
state Grain Inspeotion.

Topeka, Sept. 1.-THE earnings of
the state grain inspection department.
for the month of August according to
the report of the grain inspector, ag-
gregated &5.s63.4O and the expenses
We're So, o92.5.5. The surplus was APP
piled on the deficit in that department.
During August 11.O16 cars of wheat
We're inspected in Kansas City, Kas.
1859 in Atchison. 975 in Topeka, / 1854
in Coffeyville and 100 in Leaven WORT h.
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20
Texas Orchard DESTROYED.

NIarysvilie, Mo, Sept 15.-Dr. s.
Black, of Burlington Junction, Noda-
way county, lost several thousand
dollars in the great storm in Texas.
~ few months ago he bought an ex-
tensive pear orchard near the town of
Alvin and the storm left hardly tree
standing. DIR. Black was formerly
proprietor of the Burlington Junction
mineral springs and invested in his
orchard the money he got from the
sale of his health resort
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20

though Unavoidable neglect, killed
most OF them. That hundreds of
others will die in the same way is
probable, even if no pestilence breaks
out Several persons have already
gone insane from their sufferings-
But in immediate horror these
things are trifies compared to the saw
agery of vandalism and the almost
equal =savagery of the punishment that
must be melted out to offenders Many
roughs and criminals succeeded in
reaching Galveston before the authori-
ties awoke to the need of keeping them
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20
SOUTHERN PACIFIC STAYS.
Galveston People Getting Away As
Rapidly As Possible.
STILL BURNING THE BODIES.


dus from Galveston grows in number
as the facilities for getting away from
the stricken city are increased Boats
leave here more frequently, some pro-
ceeding directly to Houston via Buffalo
bayou and others making direct con-
'nection at Texas City with the Inter
national and Great Northern railroad
train
The news which was printed here in
the shape of a personal telegram from
Vice President Huntington of the
Southern Pacific that that road is not
to abandon Galveston, has created in
tense satisfaction and has materially
accelerated the movement for the
speedy reconstruction of the city
The work of burning the bodies is
still going on, they being hurried to
the fires soon as posi- bic after being
taken from the water All night and
all day there are numerous fires along
the shore and in every one of them
were from three to twenty bodies.
There is longer the slightest at
tempt at Identification
Pull them out of the water as soon
s seen and throw them into the flames
as soon as taken from the water is
the order and it is effectively carried
out.
The residents of Galveston are of the
opinion that there are more dead than
the outsiders coming in are generally
willing to admit 1t is beyond all
possibility that any actual count will
ever be had.
Forage for horses is badly needed.
There have been tons and carloads of
supplies received from all parts of the
country for the suffering residents OF
Galveston, but not wisp of hay
bushel of oats has come in for tlar ami
mails.
stringing of. electric light wires is
progressing and the current is turned
In saying that ten thousand barrels
of lime can be used to good advantage
exaggeration is made The com
1nunity that Will donate a trainload of
lime at once and get it here Will rem
der greater service than by giving
twice the value in money. Send an
abundance of lime and other disinfect-
ants and help remove n danger far
more imminent than starvation.
The street car line company suffered
a loss of a quarter Of a million and the
entire system is wreck. An effort is
to be made temporarily to operate the
cars with mules.
Governor Sayers will leave the work
of relieving the situation in Galveston
largely to local committees here and
will honor the drafts Of the chairnen
for the amounts they are needed
In the meantime the governor will
place himself in touch with the needs
of the various other small places
curing assistance, and in this way the
money 1iberally donated win be
made to go as far as possible.
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20
Coal strike Is Ordered.

Indianapolis, Sept I4--Prcsident
Mitchell and Secretary Wilson, of the
United Mine Workers of America have
affixed their signatures to the docu-
ment which viii call 1920 miners of
the Pennsylvania anthracite region
from their work and preci pitate one of
the most gigantic strikes in the his
tory of the la Dor world The document
was the official endorsement of the
request of the anthracite districts to
strike 1t is expected that I34, 500 men
will strike
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20
DEATH LIST Mas x
50 REACH 10. 600.
Galveston Horror the 6Zoor.Sf
Calamity OF Century.

the citizens were furious. Tuesday
night the main thoroughfare was in
-tense1y dark and deserted, not a lamp
IN the city being lighted.
Life Is Held Cheap.
Life is held cheap IN Galveston The
awful presence of death of the great
and small has made men callous, and
a shooting or killing attracts little or
no attention No one walks the streets
unarmed and no one is permitted to be
about at all except on pass first OBJ
tanned from the mayor.
Gen. McK1bben, u. S. A, commander
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20

New York Sept. 15.-One Wall
Street firm states that it has placed
So, 600, 600 of foreign government secu-
rites among domestic investors in the
last twelve months. High grade do
mestic securities are held at price
that makes the yearly return insignifi-
cant, and the high money rates abroad
keep even government bonds there at
a price low enough to make the return
attractive to American investors.
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20

of volunteers. Lawrence V. Elder, su-
perintendent OF the Galveston cotton
mills. acting as engineer and all hands
being Stokers.
Many Squalls struck the bay just as
the Phe.abo got out of the channel
from the Galveston wharves to Texas
City The boat was at one time point
ed toward the sky and the next mo-
men6s downward. The engineer, de-
clined- to take the boat any further
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20
orlent constructlon comnanr

Kansas City. Sept. 1s--The Kansas
City and Oklahoma Construction com
pany. which was organized to build a
portion or the Kansas City and Orient
railroad, has increased its capital stock
from 5000 600 to 800, 900. The liaIil-
tiles of the company are given at 5000.
500 and the assets at ss225. 600
Its headquarters are in room os7 Nexv
York Life building w. b. Robinson
is president, E. L. Massie is secretary
and G. N Atkinson, A. A. William.
w E. Edwards are directors.
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20
Miss Lizzie HeuFound

Topeka. Sept IA dispatch from
Boston states that Lizzie Bell, who has
been wandering in the woods near
Lewiston Maine for days, has been
found
Miss Bell left Topeka last June with
the apostolic evangelist, W. T. Sand
ford, to become pupil of his Bible
school at Shiloh, Maine recent dis
patch told how she had lost her mind
nnder the fervor of religious excite
Enent and had been wandering in the
woods for days with searching parties
out after her.
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20

The powers in control had been quar-
reling. Tuesday night at Z o'clock
every citizen soldier under command
of Maj. Fayling was called in, dis
armed and mustered out of service.
Chief of Police Ketchum then took
charge and the major was relieved of
his command. During hour and a
half the city was unglarded and the
looters held high carnival. AS the
majors work was unusually brilliant
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20

PeriIous and exciting in the extreme
was the voyage OF the first messengers
sent out of Galveston to tell the world
OF the cfty's great calamity It consist
ed of Lieutenant J J. Delaney of the
southern Pacific. E G. Cox of the firm
of Thomas Taylor & Co, E. l. Porch,
of WEIGH & Porch, and two newspaper
men. Their beat was the steam yacht
Pherabo, owned by Colonel w L.
moody. and the crew was made up
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20

The --latest news from doOdSwept
Galveston increases the horror of the
picture left by the terrible tidal wave
At least ten thousand persons were
swept: into eternity by the wind and
wave that set in at 2 o'clock Saturday
morning, and continued for twenty
four hours The following report is.
from a. correspondent at the scene CT
the dreadful calamity.
The exodus of the people of Calves
ton, fleeing from hunger and pestilence
and thousand-fo1d suffering, has begun
in earnest.
At least 900 men and women had
taken advantage of the transpOrta--
ton facilities furnished by pressing
into service all available small boats
and sailed to Texas City and Virginia
Point Other thousands are ready to
leave soon as they can secure pas
sage.
Must Get Them Away
Lfayor Jones says that there are at
least LOCO women and children and in
jured men whom it is imperative to
take away at once to avoid great NOR
tality among them.
Their. going is d blessing to them.
and it will be an equal blessing to
those who remain behind. The citi-
zeRs committee is using every effort
to encourage the departure of all who
will go, and especially of the women
snd children It is furnishing free
transportation to many, and in this it
IS assisted by the railroad companies.
Survivors Taken North.
Word was received from General
Manager Trice of the International &
Great Northern Railroad that suffer
ers would be carried free to Houston
from Texas City. where most of the
boats land. and that transportation to
points still further north would be
furnished to people unable to pay their
way The Galveston, Houston & Hen
derson road will also operate relief
drains and carry refugees from Texas
City to Houston.
The establishment of this passenger
service out of the city and of a relief
freight service from Clinton to Gal
weston to bring in supplies, which is
promised. viii greatly relieve the sit
uation at Galveston, but it is still bad
enough
May Convene Legislature.
There is much talk of asking Gov
Savers to call a special session of the
legislature to come to the relief of
Galveston and appropriate a large sum
for it. District Judge William H.
Stewart has te1egraphed the request to
sim.
All of the terrors of the previous
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20

out, and they, added to great numbers
of the lowest negroes and most dis
reputable whites in the city, have been
roaming at will, cutting off the fingers
and ears of corpses for the jewelry
upon them, assauiting women, robbing
persons and houses and causing terror
everywhere.
Ninety Negroes Shot.
Tuesday night ninety negroes were
shot by the citizen soldiery while loot
ing and mutilating the bodies Of the
dead for plumber. The ninety probab
1y do not represent a tenth of those
who were engaged in the ghoulish
practice. The situation had got be-
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20
Lost Every Relative.

La Junta, Colo, Sept. 15.-C. J.
Sealy, young man of Galveston Tex
as, who is in this city. has received "A
telegram from the mayor of Galveston
in forming him of the death of twenty
one relatives. among whom are his
mother, two sisters and three brothers.
The young man said that he did not
believe he had relative left on earth.
"A Filipino committee has been es-
tablished in Madrid
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20

than Texas City, declaring that she
could not live in such a sea-
Lieutenant Delaney, who was an Of
ficer in the japanese navy, and who
commanded one OF the war ships in
the battle OF the YaIu river, and who
was later a lieutenant in the United
States navy, said
1.-The trip across the bay was far
more desperate struggle for life than
that during the hurricane of the night
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20
RUSSIAN LUMBER CONTRACT.
Wants 3o.ooo.ooo Feet Delivered yIsl-
livestock Speedily.


Seattle, Wash, Sept 1s.-A we'll
founded rumor has been going the
rounds of the large lumber firms oper-
ating the Sound lately that a repre-
sentative of the Russian government
was Investigating the cost and proba-
olilties of quick delivery of sc, 900, 600
feet OF lumber at Nladivostoclx- The
nrst inquiry was received by large
mill IN Tacoma a few weeks ago and
carly in the month came a telegraphic
notification from San Francisco to an
other large Sound mill that the Rus
slams had come to this section to inves-
tigate the facilities of the mills for
turning out the product
1t is said that all inquiries have been
based on the requirement. of speedy de-
livery, which will probably be taken
as having most important bearing on
the war operations m the Orient. 1t
Is even reported by one informant that
the grade of lumber asked for implies
that 1T is to be used for the military
encampments as though extensive mil
itary operations We're in contemp1a-
ton
The Globe-republican., 1900-09-20


days are still with the sufferers. The
lack of ice and medical supplies adds
to the fortunes OF the sick and injured.
The stencil from the many bodies un-
buried up to Wednesday was almost
unendurab BILE The lack of disinfectants
makes the peril OF disease each day
greater
Danger OF Etioenlic-
The danger or pestilence at Calves
ton now is frightfui. All attempts to
bury the dead in an ordinary way
have been abandoned. Hundreds OF
corpses have been taken out to sea
and thrown overheard. Some of them
have been washed back upon the shore
in n frightful condition.
The safety Of the living is a para
mount consideration. and the work OF
disposing of the corpses of men and
the carcasses of animals must be done
The work is almost too horrible to
endure Strong men faint after half
an hour OF it, Faces so discoiored that
whites cannot be told from black and
swollen and distorted bodies are seen
eVcrywhere
from Neglect
Many injured persons. perhaps fifty
in ALI, though there is no way OF keep
ing count, have died in the temporary
hospitals since Sunday Neglect,