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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24
SAFETY OF OCEAN TRAVEL.
Loss of Life on the Hight Seas is Now
Exceedingly Rare.
From the Marine Review.

From the Marine Review
The comparative, one might almost say
absolute, security Of ocean travel could
not be better illustrated than in the lat
est trips of the Atlantic liners storm
aged. the fierceness of which passes ell
memory, and yet every ship came in
They were late, of course. all Of them, but
they came in. Every one Of them had
been battered with countless tons Of
water. hurled with immeasurable force,
and time and again the mighty liners
were tossed like corks upon the waves.
But they conquered triumphantly. Fast
enings were torn from the decks and even
PROPELLER blades were lost, but they pow
ed steadily forward. There was a di-
ninution Of speed, but they went on.
That wonderful machine, the essence OF
power, known as the Atlantic liner, is
uperior to the tempest. The mind of
man subdues, If not directs, the eie-
ments.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

itors at their home. Seven years ago
when Miss Harriet became the wife OF
Capt Whiting. United States navy, then
or the Monadnock. it was decided that
each of the gi Is should have $4,000 as
Cowry An Their daughter is the wife OF
j. Alfred Morgan. a merchant in Homo
lulu; another is Mrs. F. B. Stoker, a
fourth is Mrs. Arthur NJ. Johns one. and
a few years ago Helen was married TO
William A. Henshell, a lawyer OF San
Francisco.
LIEUT.. Andrew j. Dougherty was born
in Illinois end was graduated from the
Southern Illinois State Normal Univer-
sity. He was appointed to the army on
April 5, 1899. ard for time was in Troop
B, Third Cavalry. Therce he was trans
ferred to the Seventeenth Infantry.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

Helen Redmond and Kate TART have the
principal roles, while Owen Westford and
VIII am Corliss a.d Mr.. Danie,s In the
fun-making.
The opera Is in three acts and all Of
the settings were good. The girls are
pretty and the drill In the second act
while nothing n, W. was well received.
The audience was of g. Cd size and seemed
to enjoy the performance hugely.
The Theater will be open but two
nights this week Primrose and Dock
stader those king-p rs of m INSTR lsy
come Tuesday night, AID Hermann, the
magician, will be here for two perform
ances Thurs day.
In the Primrose and Dockstader min
5tfeis this season. Il is said there
are several distinct departures from the
minstrel style as generally seen. To be-
gin with, the list of highclass performers
Is long one, and embraces great many
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24
HE'LL WED MISS All FONG.
Army Officer to Take n Bride From
a Noted Honolulu Family.
rT,ov,, the T2alffD1ora SIM

From the Baltimore Sun.
Honolulu, Feb u, via San Francisco,
Feb ia soldiers romance became
known yesterday when Miss Martha All
Fong bearded the government transport
Iawton for Manila to meet her future
husband
Special interest is given the affair by
the prominence of the yourg woman.she
is a member of the noted All Fong fam
lily, whose founder was Chinese mer-
chant. He married an English woman,
amassed great wealth in Honolulu and
reared a family of beautiful daughters.
Miss Martha's tiance, Lieut.. A. j.
Dougherty, Of the Seventeenth Regiment
in the Phi ippincs. Tne wedding will be
military In character and will take p ace
soon otter the arrival of Miss All FonG.
Lieut. Dougherty, who is a Minneso-
tan, met Miss All Fong at her home in
Honolulu about two years ago, when he
was an officer in the Minnesota Volun-
teers, en- his way to the Phi ippines. The
hospitality of Mrs All Fong and Ter
dau2 hters Is well known, especial v among
army and naval men. The gallant young
officer soon fell a victim TO the charms
OF Miss Martha.
some al FAMILY Wed Americans.
Not for nine years has Ah Fong, a Chi
naman who made SS00J,050 In Hawaii as
a merchant, seen his mily, which in
cluees thirteen beautiful daughters. II
Is sa he Is with his hrst wife and fam
lis, having been impHAent enough to
return to China with much Of his riches
and being forced by the government to
remain there. In a suburb OF Honolulu
Is the Alb Fong home, a combination or
pagoda and American seashore cottage.
With admissible tact Mrs. An Fong, who
Is the daughter Of a Portuguese sailor
maGaged the household and carried on
the business after her husband had
gone.
The girls were an well educated. speak
ING English aed several other tongues,
ana were graceful dancers. American
army and navy oineers we're frequent Wis
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24
Reflections of a Bachelor.
From the New York Press


A good complexion spells the house
work
Unul a man falls IN love all girls look
alike 10 him.
BE sure you're right then 50 ahead
but dont ask a woman.
a girl has got 10 be . before she Il
wise enough not 90 try 70 bo witty
lrs funny thils that YOU never feel
near 80 sleepy sunday morning. when
you don't have 90 get up
lie may claim 10 the other women thai
he doesn't but the average man likes 10
have o SRI chase hlm
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24
FLO6KING TO THE CITY
TO SEE THE GREAT HEALER
FRANCIS TRUTH.
ARISE FROM BEDS AND WALK.

The Poor Rejoicing in Free Treatment-After
Years Suffering He Heals Them b.
T0uch-An Exciting Scene is Daily Enact.
ed at PIP Liberty. West-Crutches. Ear
Trumpets, Eyeglasses. Splints and Various
Other Appliances for the Sick Being Dis
carded by His Wonderful Touch.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

lishments are said 10 be on a magnificent
order. The entire entertainment win be
given in black-face as the managerial
heads argue. that ''minstrelsy should De
according 10 what II typiies,' and as
American uinstrelsy is Intended to typl-
fy The negro Of plantation days. then are
its two greatest opponents true to nature.
The closer you look the less you see"
is the line that is prominently displayed
upon the programme of Herr
mann the Great" who viii ap-
pear at the Theater, Thurs
day night Hermann's manager cLims
that only those whose visions are As
quick as the camera fash aud VII Sc
memories ale as infallible as the writ Ell
page can say whether the present Her
mann OeOn), the thi.d of the st re-
markable family OF conJurers TIE wo Id
has ever seen Is as graf CT greater an
his illustIiOus kinsman and pr. decessor
However this may be. 1t certainly can OF
be said of him, in the language of Bill,
Baxter, that his work Is 20 the sand p
per- He stands solitary and alone ia
the field of legerdemain and magic, Sc
cure in the heritage Of IN Sc whose ma re
has provoked wonder by the people of two
continents. You look at his amazing
feats, your eyes open a little wider, you
eAcldlm ana the next moment, your
thoughts are rapidly drawn to some 9TH
er trick which simply amazes you, AMI
leaves you in a sea of doubt that you are
really awake and that 1t is not all a
dl cam.
In enc Of Archibald Clavering Gunter's
novels, the author finds material for a
dramatic incident In TIE at empt of an
excited crowd to mob a man who made
a draw shot" at the venerable game of
BIZ iaros. That was huCdIed OF SO years
ago and the incident was not cut of pr
portion to the superstition which taen ex-
listed. To-day a man is a poor billiard
player Indeed, who cannot draw a bill
lard ball from one end of the table to
che other, and doe sn't even win bouquets
for his trouble, to say nothing Of mo e
violent attention. The are very few OF
Herrmann's tricks which are understood
by his audiences. and they are ha dly
conscious of a desire to know how they
are done. They simply look with pa S ng
wonder at the feat and vague sort Il
admiral on for the c,eVeraess of the man.
No suggest on of the supernatural ente
into their ntemp alton.
The chief virtue of II rrmann S perform
ances is the daintine of ter dext rity
and the glamour of their setting For his
engagement in this city the present sea
son Hermann promises a veritable bou-
quet of novelties, bes .des several high
class and sensational Illusions. The i've
Noses, famous musical artists,ar MEM
beers of the company and will appear dur
ING the evening in a sp endid ass rtment
OF mus cd selections On numerous differ
ent instruments
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

The report that Miss Ethel Barrymore
would play the part of Jessica in the all
star cast of 1.-THE Merchont of Venice.
viii Net Goodwin is 70 head this spring
is denied by Manager Charles Frohman.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

Paul Leicester Ford is back in New
York with his bride from a honeymoon
in Italy. The one-hundredth performance
Of his Janice Meredith. was given last
evening al Wallack's, and he was in the
audience Out of his profits he has man
aged to build handsome home. Clyde
Fitch has just moved into his new home
and Edward E. Rose has bought one on
Lexington avenue. II really looks as il
playwrlting is profitable. Although the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

Sir Henry Irving lately celebrated the
sixty-third anniversary Of his birth. He
has been drawing great crowds In his pro-
Vincial tour, and in April will act Corio-
Janus and flutter the Volscians in the fine
London playhouse associated for thirty
years with his great fame.
This revival of Shakespeare's Roman
tragedy will be seen in New York next
autumn Few playgoers viii have men,
cries of former productions OF "Corio-
lanus' to draw upon for "odorous com
parsons" Only the elderly can well re-
member Forests Coriolanus in its prime
1t is fully fifteen years since Salvini act
ed the noble Roman at the Metropolitan
Opera House, and that is not one of his
best-remembered impersouations, either.
After the run of "Coriolanus" at the
London Lyceum Sir Henry viii produce a
new blank verse drama by a young au-
thor, name unknown. Charles Willeby is
now writing the incidental music.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

Nat Goodwin emphatically denies that
he is being coached for his forthcoming
debut as Shylock by Dave Varied.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

This playing the role Of millionaire
is not what il is quite cracked up to be,
said Ferdinand Gottschalk, In New York.
the other day. Through three acts Of
The Climbers I chatter gibly about buy
ing suppers and riding around in auto
mobile drags. Then sneak out after the
performance regale myself with a ham
sandwich and either walk home or am
trampled to death in the street cars Of
the proletarlat"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

Maude Adams summer home on Long
Island has for years been seven miles re-
moved from any regular station on the
Long Island road BY Arrangement with
The company last week Miss Adams will
build a new station at her home. known
as Holbrook. and will defray all expenses.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

vous and failed to disclalm the young
men, so they were marched to the sta
ton house. while a search for a bon Is
man was instituted. II is need ezs to add
that they have had quite enough OF stage
reAlism.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-05-16

near the saw that cuts he lumber, was
struck on the head by block of wood
being thrown from the saw with such
violence that the lads skull vas crushed
in, allowing the brain to ooze from
around the margin of the wound. He
was taken 10 the home of his aunt, Mrs.
Byron Padham, where he died about
three hours later, never having recovered
Consciousness He had been employed
il the mill for several years, This is
the first accident resulting fatally that
has happened in this mill since it was
built about twelve years ago
A successful raid was made on the
by Sheriff Harding and officers Dunbar
and Lord. Several dishes containing
gin and whiskey were found and in the
basement boarded up inside an old car
penter's bench they found a copper tank
about five feet long three feet wide and
six inches deep nearly full of whiskey.
=
beer and two barrels of ale were seized
at the Arson depot Saturday night,
one barrel of lager beer was seized at
the railroad station. The temperance
work is being pushed vigorously and the
officers say they will continue on this
line until Madison is dry town.
thrilling experience took place, last
week, in Northern Somerset waters at
what is known among rivermen as Holeb
falls This section of rough water is
three-quarters of mile long and in it
there are three turns and as many
pitches The two upper drops can be
run by boats at present but the lowest
and longest is filled with jagged rocks
that toss the pillows high in the air and
make the passage of a boat next to i'm
possible, A boat containing four men,
Tom and Mike Brennan, Joseph Dulac
and Pete Paradis had dropped down
from the upper pitches to break bad
jam. II showing eff, when they thought
the jam had started, an oar became
tangled with two logs shipping several
barrels of water. This threw it off its
intended course and before the crew
could get control 1t was in the fatal
pitch. The river drivers on shore
FASTENED to the foot of the falls and to
their surprise saw the men whom they
quickly rescued Tom Brennan had a
fractured shoulder and several bad cuts
from the Jagged rocks; Mike Brennan
has a compound fracture of the right
leg below the knee and is cut in several
places about the body; Joe Dulac has
three fractured ribs, sprained ankle
and bad cuts; Pete Paradis comes out
without a fracture but is badly cut
across the abdomen and along the lower
limbs. The men were taken to the c. p.
X station at Attean and placed on a
freight train by which they were con-
veyed to their homes in Canada.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-05-16
4 Very Remarkable remedy.

tits with a good deal Of pleasure
and satisfaction that | recommend
Chamberlan's Collie, Cholera and Diar.
rhoea Remedy says Druggist A. ".
oawteDe, of Hartford, Conn "A lady
.so.y-ler, seeing the remedy exposed
for sale on my show case, said to me:
i really believe that medicine saved my
life the past summer while at the shore,
and she became SO enthusiastic over its
merits that at once made up my mind
TO recommend it in the future. Recent
ly gentleman came into my store so
overcome with collie pains that he sank
at once TO the floor. gave him dose
of this remedy which helped him.
repeated the dose and in fifteen minutes
he left my store smilingly informing me
that he felt as well as ever" Sold by
&. X. Fogg, Skowhegan; l. C. Williams,
Athens; sullivan Newton, Jackman.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-05-16
Cambridge.

The farmers of Cambridge are busy
with their planting and sowing. which has
come 10 unusually early this year. Vege-
tation is correspondingly early, and the
fresh grass is very inviting to the sheep
and cattle,
A larger acreage OF sweet corn will be
planted in this vicinity, this year, than in
previous seasons The larger part will go
TO the factory in St. Adams and the rest
TO Dexter,
Rev. T Ernest Ham has returned from
Boston. where he has been since Febru-
airy, taking a needed vacation and spend
ing the time in study He is much re-
freshed and comes back better prepare
to assume the summers work. He is
occupying the pulpit in the Baptist
church for few Sundays.
Rev. S A. Walsh of Boston has been
engaged to preach In Cambridge for a
few months, with prospect OF permanent
settlement. He will begin his labors
about June Ist
Mr.. Joshua B. Gould and Miss Julia B.
Hargil. both of Cambridge were united
in marriage by Rev. T. Ernest Ham on
Saturday evening. MIR. and Mrs Gould
will soon occupy their new home and
their many friends wish them much JOY
10 their new relations.
Seth Bessey has finished his contract at
the mill and returned to his home in Dox-
ter Bailey & Chadbourne have again
as ,umed charge and are saving the re-
mainder of the lumber.
The schools for the summer 10 Cam
bridge have begun. Miss Alba Pease oil
Wellington is teaching at the village
Miss Lawrence of Dexter al Weber
and Miss Annie Bailey of our own town
is teacher in the other district.
The many friends of Miss Mabe
Knowles were greatly shocked to learn OIL
her sudden death of diphtheria in Auburn
where she has been in business for some
over year Miss Knowles was a most
estimable young lady. of natural and &C
CURED ability, who fitted herself tor
teaching at Pennington Normal school
and has successfully taught in Cambridge,
Parkman, Guilford, and also in Aroos
took county. She leaves two brothers
and mother besides host of friends to
mourn her early death.
Miss F. Louise Horne, who has been
home for several weeks has returned to
Boston.
Frank Bailey, our road commissioner,
is to commence operations, this week
Llewelyn Ham will take charge of the
road machine.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-05-16

town. They were arrested there by the
United States officials and word sent to
St Johns, N. B., for Peter Miller, . 5.
immigration official, to go to Lowell
town. 1t is said the interpreter made
his escape but was re captured. A
traveller who knows sam Wah Kee says
that the description of the interpreter
fits him we'll. The Chinese are said
to have papers of admission but 1t is
thought they are faulty.
Two petitions for pardons were pre-
sented to the Governor and executive
council at the meeting, Thursday last,
one from Jessie Hudlon, serving a sen
tepce of six months ia the Penobscot
county Jail for cruelty to her child by
neglect and a petition from large mum
Der of Oxford county citizens asking
that pardon be granted Abner d.
lhorne of Paris, serving life sentence
in the state prison, being convicted OF
murder in the second degree at the
February term of the supreme court at
South Paris in 1895. Among the petit
TONERS are IL who served on the jury
which convicted Thorne the 18th being
dead A shot from Thorne's revolver
killed one Harrison A. Whitman in the
store of Hutchinson and Newell at Paris
Hill, the shot being fired while Thorne
was struggling with Newell, who had ap-
pretended him In the act of burglary.
The petitioners claim that the shooting
was accidental
The Somerset reporter., 1901-05-16
NIoOre's Mills-Canaan.

Mr. and Mrs. F. Steward of Skowhe-
gan visited friends in this vicinity. last
week.
F. B. Foster from Winslow came up on
his wheel recently and stopped over Sun
day, with his parents
A. A. Goodrldge was in Cotnville, last
week, on business.
Mrs. J F. Sanderson from Skowhegan
was in town, last week
l. J Foster and wife and Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Fitzgerald were in town, last week,
from Winsow
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Church from
Watervlle passed last Sunday in town.
Mrs. E. H. Williams and children
passed one day last week at M. d. Hollis
in East Fairfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Moore from Show
hogan, recently visited his mother in this
place
Mr.. and Mrs G.. E. Farnham passed
Sunday in town
The dead were buried from the tomb,
May 9th.
Mr.. VIM. Erquehart has moved into
the !. J Foster house.
Arbohday was observed in Dist. No. d.
Mrs Daniel M. Foster is improving.
G.. H. Foster was out, last week, with
his corn planter,
Col. F. Mitchell sold a nice colt, last
week.
William Gleason & Co. have repaired
the damage done by the late freshet, so
that their grist mill is again in running
order
L. Decker's grocery cart again makes
its appearance in our midst.
We were greeted in this vicinity, by the
first thunder OF the season, May IL
There will be young peoples praise
and prayer meeting, every Sunday even
ing at 7 80 All are cordially invited.
Come out and help the young people.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-05-16

Sick women are invited to consult DR..
Pierce by letter IRE, and SO avoid the
indicate questionings, offensive ex-
aminations and obnoxious local treat
ments deemed necessary by some physi-
clans. All correspondence private. Adj
dress DR.. R Y. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
II take great pleasure in recommending DR..
Pierees Favorite Prescription for female weak.
ness writes Mrs. susannah Permenter; of
Pauls Store shelby Co, Texas. was troubled
with bearing down pains in my back and hips
for six years, and wrote to DR., Pierce for advice
| tried his Favorite Prescription and six
bottles cured me I feel like new person and
/ thank DR. Pierce for my health. Life is a
burden to any one without health. I have told
medicine / took"
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, in paper covers, is sent free on
receipt of 81 one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address DR..
r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-05-16

while living in captivity. The event
will give the children no end of fun and
next Sunday crowds probably will go to
the park to see the "babyn-long life
and happiness to the newcomer.
Miss Mabel Knowles, private sec
rotary of Prof Jewelle of the Park
House, Main street, Auburn, died of
diphtheria at eleven o'clock, Wednesday
evening Miss Knowles had been i'll
nearly three weeks, but the diphtheria
which caused her death did not set in
until twenty six hours before the end
She leaves a mother, who has been with
her during the illness, and two brothers
who are unable to reach Auburn in time
for the funeral A private service at
which Rev. c. A. Knickerbocker offici
ated, was held Thursday afternoon at
four o'clock.
Simeon A. Holden of Ellsworth, for
many years postmaster in the Maine
senate, died at his home in fremont,
Thursday, after long illness. His
death was caused by cancer. Mr..
Holden had wide acquaintance, espe-
cially with the prominent men of the
State, and he long had been familiar
figure at the capital during the sessions
of the Legislature. He was veteran of
the Civil War, having served in the list
ii lrx ut Il aF 10
death was the secretary of the State As.
ISOLATION. widow and one son, Dr..
Fred S. Holden of Brooklyn, N Y, sur
vive him.
There will be seven saw mills in oper-
alton on the Kennebec by the following
operators: The Shaws, Bath; Bowdon
ham Lumber Co., Gardiner Lumber Co
Gray at Gardiner, Berlin Mills Co. at
Farmingdale, Augusta Lumber Co, and
Lawrence, Newhall & Co. w. T. Rey-
nolds, who has purchased the Ware mill
at Winslow, is doing some saving there,
his logs being mostly secured from local
points Al these mills will operate
Augusta Lumber Co. started up We'd
nesday, May s, saving half million of
pine logs belonging to the company.
They have ten million feet in the drive,
of which /, 200, 600 are pine. They ex.
peot to receive logs from the drive the
latter part of May. The Five Mile island
boom will be opened somewhere be-
tween the 20th and 18th of this month,
when the logs will commence to run to
the mills below.
Seventeen Chinese were arrested at
Lowelltown, Me-, Thursday, just after
getting over the Canadian border. They
came through Canada from Vancouver
in bond, it is reported. At Montreal an
interpreter took them in charge and
brought them through to Megantic, N.
B. There they took mixed train to
the boundary line and walked to Lowell