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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-23

touched the water Miss Payson Thomp.
son of South Portland; sister of one of
the officials of the company, broke a
bottle of American champagne over the
bows and christened the craft amid
cheers.
Gov Gambler has ordered two compa.
MES of State militia with ball and cart.
ridges, to report to Andersonville, Ga,
for duty, May 80 This is done to pre-
serve order at the famous Confederate
prison and burial place of Federal dead,
the negroes, it is declared, for years,
having made the Federal Decoration
day an occasion of drunkenness and dis.
order.
Twelve towns have already made APP
plicatons to the secretary of state for
the State aid for good roads. AS the
appropriation is not available until 1902
and as only $50 towns out of the 800 in
appropriation, it is now probable that it
will not be sufficient to supply the de.
mand The people are evidently begin
nlng to think that the new State road
law means great deal in the future.
Judge Bonney in the superior court,
Friday, ordered that George II. Brainerd,
charged with shooting four men, two of
them fatally, at the telephone exchange
IN Portland, be committed to the Gus
tody of the superintendent of the Maine
Insane asylum at Augusta, for examina-
ton as to his mental condition. He was
taken to Augusta, Friday afternoon.
Judge Enoch Foster and Levi Greenleaf
we're appointed counsel for the prisoner.
Brainerd was not in court.
Edwin P. Wentworth, superintendent
of the Maine State Reform school, pre-.
sented the report of the standing COM
mittee on the juvenile reformatories of
the United States at a recent session of
the national conference of charities and
correction in Washington. He reported
that they contain a population of not
less than $4,000 boys and girls. The
value of the grounds and buildings
amounts to nearly $20,00O,0O0 and the
total expenditures for the year 1898 80
were about $3,500,0O0
The torpedo boat Bagley was given
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-23
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-05-23

The following orders have been issued
from headquarters, Division Of Maine,
Sons Of Veterans:
" Brunswick, Me-, MAY 10, 1901.
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WILL STOP HAVING.
Congressional Committee Will Make it
 Cause for Dismissal.

Washington, January 22.-The members of the Congressional committee which is Investigating the hazing of Cadet Booz are in substantial agreement on the following recommendations:
 Expulsion from the Military Academy for sending or accepting challenge; exclusion from subsequent appointment to the army of any one dismissed from the academy on account of hazing or fighting; more tactical officers to give greater supervision to ca 0ets, and closer relations between these officers and the cadets.
 Members of the committee said at todays meeting that the testimony showed the ne- cessity of legislation on these points. It is said that the evidence shows that the dis missals from the academy are often fol- lowed by army appointments influenced by the strong endorsements of members of Congress and the intention of the commis- sion is to make a dismissal a lasting bar to army service.
 Further testimony will be taken tomor- row if the witnesses can be brought here ill time. They include Cadet Cunningham, who was the tent mate of Cadet MacAr- thur, son of General MacArthur, at the time young Macarthur was hazed and a former upper class cadet, now living in New Jersey, to whom Booz is said to have been serving man" during the alleged period of haZing.
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THOMAS WILSON
 SHOT BY A NEGRO
Tried to Serve Warrant for Arr rest at DoIomite Wounds
 Are Not Fatal

Bessemer, January 22.-(Special. )-Thomas Wilson, brother of O. w. Wilson, the fur niture dealer of Second avenue, was shot twice today by negro, Charlie Johnson, at Dolomite. MT. Wilson went over to Dolo- mite on business and carried with him a warrant for the arrest of Johnson, which he had been asked to serve. Johnson was accused of trying to dispose of furniture which was unpaid for. When he attempted to arrest the man Wilson was on horseback. The negro resisted and in the mele Wilson drew his pistol. The horse became fright ened, and taking advantage of this the negro pulled Wilson from the horse, grab bed the pistol shot wilson twice and made his escape. MT. Wilson was brought back to the city, where he received medical at tention. A finger was badly shot and he was painfully, but not dangerously, wound- ed in the abdomen. This afternoon John son was arrested by Officers Mattingly and Carroll in the woods near Dolomite. He was brought here and lodged in the city jail.
 Yesterday evening Willie Sterne, 10- year-old pupil of the public school, who lives with his parents in Eighth avenue, fell from shed and broke his left thigh. Two similar accidents have occurred re- gently to little boys, one breaking his leg and the other his arm.
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Honored Dead" noble funeral march of
 his own composition, in flowing remem-
 brance of the good Queen Victoria
 Miss Bertha Bucklin, violin virtuoso, who
 is making her second tour with Sousa,
 achieved brilliant success in her pro-
 gramme solo, and added to her popularity
 in her encore piece. The matinee bill con-
 cluded with rich suite-Hermoine (new
 in the United States) by La Rondella
 The night programme included an over ture by Suppe; trombone solo by Ar thur Pryor; a new ballet suite by Mario Costa; a soprano solo, Where is Love-"
 by Sousa, sung by Miss Duffield; "Oh, Fa- l tai Stone.' a grand piece of or chestral written from verdis Aida; | Sousas funeral march, played in re- membrance of Queen Victoria; Web- | CTS Invitation la Valse;' Der l wish chorus by Sebek; Hail to the Spirit l of Liberty Sousas march; violin | solo by Ries, played by Miss Bucklin, and I Ritter Pasman" (new), by Johann Strauss Besides these programme numbers there were many Sousa marches, plantation mel odies and other popular pieces in response l to encoreS.
 In muances as we'll as in fortissimo ef- | fects the band was simply perfect, and in l the scene from Aida all the fine points of | dynamics were singularly remarked. Aida | was indeed the masterpiece of the night | concert and the audience manifested It's appreciation by rapturous applause.
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PRATT CITY.
Many Items of News from the Prosper.
 ous Mining City.

Pratt City, January 22-(Special )-The city clerk and chief of police are busy col- lecting licenses for the year.
 M. l.. Sorrows of Avondale was arrested this morning for carrying concealed weap- ons. He was fined $50 and costs in the Mayors court
 J. c, Howard, young white man, want ed in Birmingham for burglary, was arr rested here today.
 H. M Jennings is improving his property by the building of brick wall around the front of his lot.
 The regular meeting of Florida Lodge No. 45O will occur tonight.
 The friends of Mrs. J. V. Samples will be glad to learn of her improvement from recent severe spell of illness.
 The Caledonian Club of Pratt City will celebrate the 142d anniversary of Robert Burns in the city hall on Friday night. A splendid programme will be rendered of song, recitations and music, interspersed with speeches by prominent Scotchmen.
 MT. and Mrs. A. J. Krebs of Birming ham were the guests of friends in Pratt City this evening.
 Miss Wilda Morrison, Messrs. Troup Brazzleton, James Brierton and Frank Thompson of Ensley were guests at Pratt City last night.
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AMUSE IS.

Sousa and his band attracted a large au- dience to the Jefferson Theatre yesterday afternoon and a larger audience at the night performance. John Philip Sousa is the most popular band conductor in the world today. Fifteen twenty years ago Bilse, the German leader, was the premier; but since Sousa won his laurels, not only as the March King" but bandmaster, no one in his department of music has con tested the premiership with him. He Is easily the ranking conductor of the reed and brass orchestra and stands alone as the musician who has elevated the military band to the symphony class, maintaining all the while the popular character of pro- gramme music.
 His programmes and his interpretation have been popular from one end of this country to the other turing the ten years past, and his recent European tour has made him just as popular in France and Germany as he is in the United States.
 Sousa is certainly past master in pro- gramme construction. He was noted for his choice and varied programmes when he was director in the United States marine His bills are even more popular now, with out losing in any degree their artistic fla vor. This is one of the secrets of Sousa's success.
 But after all 1t is Sousa's interpretative conducting that makes the Sousa band es- pecially notable.
 The matinee programme opened with Westmeyer's overture to the Kaiser, con structed on Haydns hymn, God Exalt the Kaiser" This was followed by concert solo by Walter B. Rogers, one of the virtuosos of the band. Then came the di- vertisement part from Saint Saens' Henry VIII-ballet music written on familiar Scotch airs. The fourth number was a soprano solo we'll sung by Miss Blanche Duffield, and number five was a grand en- scmbde piece for the band from Giordano' s Andrea Chenier'' (new).
 As the introduction to the second part of the programme MT. Sousa played Our
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Alice NeiIsen.

Victor Herbert has written a great many successful comic operas, but none of his compositions has met with greater favor than "The Singing Girl" which has been one of the great successes of the Alice Mel sen Opera Company. This beautiful light opera with it's interesting story, comic situ- ations and delightful melodies will be sung at the Jefferson Theatre tomorrow night by Miss Nielsen and her company. The entire strength of Miss Nelsen's clever organiza- ton will be utilized in the performance. In the cast appear the names of Eugene Cowles, Richie Ling, Joseph Herbert, Joseph Cawthorn, John Slavin, George Tennery Fred Butler and other original members of the big organization. There is new con- tralto, however, in the person of Viola Gillette who is singer recently brought from Australia by Miss Nielsen's manager Frank Perley. There is also another comedian, Harry Dale, who for some years past has been with "The Bostonians." Miss Nielsen carries her own orchestra, which is under the expert leadership of Paul Stein dorff
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adopted by other stores much the same as the Jan uary muslin underwear sales first introduced by them was copied But the idea now beinginaugurated is broader than single sale like the muslin under wear sale And the whole thing has grown out of
 the fact that January days productive of nothing but loss With the wise merchants and the leading stores through the United States the January ques- ton is not how much can they make, but how little can they lose with, of course every attempt to avert loss To this end Lovenan, Joseph & Loeb. follow ing and acting simultaneously with stores like John Wanamaker, R. H. Macy & Co.,, Siegel- Cooper, The Fair and Gimbel Bros. went to many of the leading manufacturers of the United States and arranged to take their entire balance of fall and winter goods where it was possible to secure them at nominal outlay
 "The manufacturers, anxious of course, to sell whatever remaining lines they had of 1900 goods, offered their complete balance to the few enterprS- ing stores of the country at considerably less than what they cost to make. As a matter of preference it was wiser to get SO cents the dollar than but little at al which would have been the case next year when the goods would have been out ot style.
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
What Happened to Jones.

In What Happened to Jones'" the three act farce which had an immensely success full run of four months at the Bijou Theatre, New York, and which comes to the Jeffer- son Theatre this afternoon and to night.
 George H. Broadhurst has written play which is said to compare favorably with any of the best French models for construc- tive ingenuity It's scheme is German rather than Callic, for it's involved plot at no time even hints at impropriety. family is in volved in innumerable complications through the fact that an old professor has been induced by his prospective son-in-law to witness a prize-fght that has been raided by the police. Jones, drummer, who was also present, finds shelter in the professor s
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
CUTTING SCRAPE AT DADEvILLE.
Hugh R. Lockett and Charles Harweil
 Both Badly Hurt.

Dadeville, January 22.-(Special.)-In difficulty here this morning, Hugh R. Lockett was shot and cut, probably fatally and Charles Harwell received deep knife wound in the throat and jaw. Charles Har- we'll is the constable for Dadeville beat and had levied on some property owned by negro on the Lockett farm. Today Lockett approached Harwell about the matter, and after few words, they both reached for their arms Lockett using a knife and Harwell a knife and pistol. HarwelIs wound is not dangerous, but Lockett re- eeived a shot in the stomach one in the neck and a knife wound across the collar bone
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Merchandising Startling Joseph LOeb

And so the stores from New York, Chicago, Phia- delpha and Birmingham took these lines and now offered them for sale in the respective cities at about ordinary wholesale cost"
 "The prices at which they were bought makes this possible. The January losses are obviated be- cause to the price at which these goods were pur, chased is added only the mere clerk hire and operating expenses, and it seems wise merchan- dising indeed to conduct the January business without any thought of profit, thus escaping the usual January losses. This is important as 1t af- fects the purchaser, for it must be borne in mind that no losses for firm like Loveman, Joseph & Loeb means olosses for the people in Birmingham: And so this purchase is successfully consunated and the goods are now here in Birmingham. and after 700 o'clock tonight will be gotten out of the shelves and storage places and put on sale. On account of the great quantity and the time required in arrang ing the store it will not be open until 900 o'clock Monday The eye of the whole retail south is now on Loveman, Joseph Loeb, and if they prove W that this principle is correct one undoubtedly tnS stores of Atlanta, New Orleans and other cities will follow the plan."
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
ENSLEY.
Miss Erma Will Minor and Charles T.
 Thomasson Married.

Ensley, January 22.-(SpeciaL)-At 9:S0 this evening at the Baptist Church Miss Erma Will Minor, the daughter of Mr J. w Minor and MT. Charles Taylor Thom- asson were married by Dr. B. D. Gray, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Birmingham, assisted by Rev. J. l. Willis of the local Baptist Church. The church was artistically decorated with green palms and climax with two large clusters of white Easter lilies hanging directly in front of the altar. The music was rem dered by Mrs. Modie Cunningham of Ems ley. The bride entered the church on the arm of her father to the strains of Men desohn's March, and was met at the altar by the groom and his best man, MT. Jack Nance, where she was given away. Little Ruth McCluen and Joe Minor carried the flowers and ring, entering just ahead of the bride and groom. The bride wore white silk null elegantly yelled. Miss Anna May Ward of East Lake was maid of honor>and was beautifully attired in blue satin trimmed in white. The brides maid was Miss Oma D. Minor sister to the bride, and was also handsomely gowned in blue satin
 The ushers were Messrs. Robert Gregory, George Brown, John Yeatman and Terry Thompson of Birmingham. After the cere- mony the bridal party marched out while Mrs. Cunningham played Lohengrins march. The bride and groom left for Bir- mingham where they take the midnight train for Louisville, Ky, to spend part of their honeymoon.
 MT. J. A. Humphries has today gone into bankruptcy, his liabilities amounting to $14OO. He attributes the cause of his failure to the fact that he overstocked himself with holiday jewelry, which he was unable to unload at a profit.
 The wire and nail mills are running day and night this week to their full capacity. turning out a larger amount than usual of finished product.
 The new soaking pits at the steel plant are rapidly nearing completion, the gas producers now being fitted up ready for the fires. The trestle to the producers has been put in place and everything is assum- ing finished shape.
 The Birmingham Cement Plant now has practically all of its new machinery on the ground and will be ready 10 begin opera ttons again within very short while.
 The Ensley Land Company continues to improve its properties in and around the town. That company now has a large force of men busily engaged on Avenue D at TWenty-frst street crossing, turning the stream of water so to cross the street running down Avenue B instead of the angular shape it is in at present. As soon as this is finished the old waterway will be filled up and sidewalks built beyond Avenue B.
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".t is necessary to stop and consider the many improvements being made in Birmingham to realize and appreciate her great progress. The Hllman Hotel, the St. Vincent Hospital, the new City Hall Milner & Kettig's handsome building and the store of Loveman. Joseph & Loeb, all prove with unerring accuracy the progress the city has made in the last four years" .o ,...o x..,..oa +,o o,a s+xoo+ core even the presence of the conductors on all the cars indicates progress. And so methods and manners of Birmingham are changing and improving. What was customary is customary no longer. The retail stores emphasize all this progress better probably than any other line. Loveman, Joseph Loeb, fof instance, have man who attends to nothing but the advertising, so has Louis Saks and Drennen Co., and Collins Shoe Store. In this and other ways is indicated the advance made by retail stores.
 Even as these lines are written another m- provement is being introduced by Loveman, Joseph & Loeb, and most radical one it is. They are endeavoring to turn the dull days of January into busy ones by adopting course that seems Dit daring and certainly speaks enterprise. Without question if the plan proves successful it will be
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
RUNAWAY HUSBAND CAUGHT.
Jack Rains and Companion of Pulaski
 Under Arrest.

Huntsville January 2.-(Special )-Jack Rains, a prominent and wealthy citizen of Pulaski, Tenn, was arrested in this city late last night on the request of the sheriff of Giles county. Rains Is charged with seduction. Rains has a wife and large family. He drew $7000 from the bank few days ago and disappeared with a well known young woman of Pulaski. He and his paramour were located here last night, occupying room in the Vaughn house. Rains had 5000 on his person and offered this amount to the police as cash bond. This is said to be Rains second offense.
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house. To account for his presence, Jones, who sells hymn books one day and playing cards another is passed off as the profes- sor's brother, the Bishop of Ballarat who has been absent from the country for thirty years. The Imaginable situations which. grow out of these premises seem almost inex- haustable and follow each other with such novel fluency and such logical sequence that the audience is not allowed to cease laugh ing from start to finish. The company en- gagged to interpret What Happened to Jones' Is described as an industrious, hard working and clever one.
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
ALLEGED TRAlNWREckER.
Negro Arrested on Serious Charge in
 Monroe County.

Carrollton, January N.-(special. )-Some two weeks ago. at point between Reform and Gordo, on the Montgomery extension of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, the en- gineer of a crowded passenger train dis covered a pile of crossties on the track just ahead of his engine. It was too late to stop, but by rare good luck the engine plowed through them without accident. Nothing was said of it at the time, but yesterday Detective Sullivan of that rail- road succeeded in landing Ed Speed, col ored, in jail charged with the crime
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
International Expedition.

Tien Tsin, January 22.-It is reported in German circles that unless the peace nego- tiations are satisfactorily considered early next month, a strong international expedi- ton will be organized to bring Emperor HEsn1 SS ara Prince Tu.s to Pelxin.
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
Purchase of Coffee Plantation.

City of Mexico, January 22.-Sidney A. Witherbee, a capitalist of Detroit, Mich., who has large mining and railroad inter- ests in this countr, has bought on the Isthmus of Tehauantpec the entire Deplan Frers tract, known as the Hacienda de Santa Maria Chimilpas," containing S7500 acres of good coffee, rubber and sugar lands in that section. A large amount of capital will be employed in developing the property.
The age-herald., 1901-01-23

One trial of the Merchants Lunch served at the New Ar lington Cafe from ll:3O to 2 D. m. will convince you that it is the lunch of lunches. Price 35 cents.
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Change in Schedule Via Southern By.

Effective January l3 train No 36 for At- lanta, Charlotte, Lynchburg, Washington. New York and all points East, leaves Birmingham at 4:10 p. m. Train No. 35 ar rives Birmingham 12:O0 noon. For further information apply to Passenger Offioe, No. 2019 First avenue. c. E. Jackson, Travel ing Passenger Agent.
 1-19-10t
The age-herald., 1901-01-23

The Grill Room of the Mor- ris, most popular resort in the city. The Lunch Superb. ll:3O to 3 p. m. with wine. 400.
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Forecast for Alabama

Washington, January 22.-Alabama fore- cast: Fair Wednesday; northedy winds be- coming southwesterly, light to fresh on the coast Thursday probably fair
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TIME ITEM. WEATHER WIND FALn

Highest temperature 60; lowest temper ature, 45; average temperature, 52.
 BEN. M. JACOBS. Station Agent, U. 8. Weather Bureau.
The age-herald., 1901-01-23
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THE WEATHER

Birmingham, Ala, Jan. 22, 1901. Local observations during the 2 hours ending D. m.. Central time: