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The Somerset reporter., 1901-11-07
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A STRANGE MEETING.
How Four Sisters of Widely sepa-
rated Homes Met Under One Roof.

Four sisters, ranging in age from six
ty to seventy-four years and living re-
spectiyely in Massachusetts, Florida,
Kentucky and Ohio, met the past week
under uuusual circumstances. Simulta-
neonsly from their far apart homes
three of the sisters arrived to visit the
fourth IN Dayton, o. Neither of them
knew that the others were coming.
Each lady had made up her mind so
suddenly for the visit that there had
been no time for mail communication
by any member of the families There
was no birthday occasion. no illness, no
known cause whatever, that might ex-
plain how the three ladies at the same
time conceived the idea of visiting
their Ohio sister.
Having decided very hastily on com
ing, each lady started at once aud had
In view the extra pleasure of giving the
sister in Dayton happy surprise.
There was an unexpected general sur
prise. Just as the Kentucky lady walk
ed into her relatives home the Massa-
chusetts sister arrived Astonlshment
vas at great height. Warm greetings
were not yet over. bonnets had not yet
been removed. when in walked the sis
ter from Florida.
The four sisters are Mrs. Elizabeth
b. Bradford 81 Pensacola, Fla; Mrs.
DIR. Annie b. Campbell of Boston, Mrs.
Jennie Butterfled Smith of Cynthiana,
Ky, and the oldest, Mrs. Wiley, aged
seventy four years, of Dayton. o. The
four sisters had not met since they
We're called together twenty years ago
at the deathbed of their father.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-11-07
Sir Henry Irving's Hint.

During Sir Henry lrving's perform
ance Of The Merchant Of Venice" at
TIE Theater Royal, Belfast, much an
noyance was caused to frequenters of
the stalls and circle by ladies who did
not remove their hats with the result
that the management at last decided TO
give the fair cnts gentle hint
Prior to the commencement of the
first act Ii curtain was displayed on
which was painted in large letters the
following: Madam. will yeu kindly
take off your hat. rs am sitting imme-
dlately behiu6 you and cannot see the
stage?"
The hint was sufficient. for all hats
and bonnets disappeared.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-11-07

Mrs. Alec Queedu a prominent Eng
lish woman, who visited the United
States last winter, says:
"There is no doubt about it, English
though | am, candid y admit that
American women. taken EN- masse. are
more atfablo in manner and generally
lish woman. They are constantly striv'
ing for intellectual charm"
The Somerset reporter., 1901-11-07

The VasSar Student association Is
making an effort to raise $4,000 for
the erection and endowment of build
ing to be used as n clubhouse by the
maids. There are nearly 200 chamber
maids, mattresses and dining room girls
employed at Nassar, and it is thought
fiat their social condition will be inn
proved If they are provided with a
place where they can meet, converse
md look over the periodicals and books
of the day.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-11-07


Stitchery long has been praised =.
the fery proper occupation for women
With fashion demand NJ needleWolI
the highways and byWays are scourea
for women who can do it. Dressmak, =
are so harassed TO find those who Cal
do handsome embroidery and woil.-
mahlike ornamental stitches that uHd, !
sore circumstances they are willing Z,
lei fine garments be taken to priVa,,
houses for embellishing. Never w
there such opportunity for the wonia
who wanted to earn pin money. Better
yet. for those who wish to make a seri
Gus work Of stitchery. OF course. much
better prices may be had by sewing
directly with the women who will weai
the dresses.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-11-07
The stubborn Man.

You think it shows strength to be
stubborn and unforgivlng, but it's a
mistake; 1t shows weakness. The
meanest soul in the world can pity
himself and nurse his troubles; he gets
a sort of enjoyment out of 1t. It's
awful easy, too; 1t amt necessary to
have any particular talent, nor any.
thing but the commonest brains; in
fact, 1t amt necessary to have much
of anything but a selfish disposition
Eleanor G. Reed, In THE Battle In
yisihlan
The Somerset reporter., 1901-11-07
AND YOU AWAY.

Bells that over the meadows ring,
Flowers that make the May.
But how can the world of the summer sing
And yo< away, awayY
And you away, my dear,
With the sigh and the falling tear,
What can the green world sing or say,
And you away, awayf
Morning there on the hills supreme,
Earth in its rosy ray,
But how can earth of the morning dream
And you away, away?
And yotf-a away, my dear,
With the sigh and the falling tear,
What can the green world sing or say,
And you away, awayf
Frank L. Stanton.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-11-07

A reform in relation to the crimina
stories told IA the newspapers is tn,
task undertaken by a woman's clul
recently formed in Decatur, H. one
point of attack will be the languag,
employed In some of these stories TIL,
prominent position given them in tn,
paper the women believe, has a m0st
unwholescme effect. and they feel that
they can 10 something to bring about
an improvement in these matters. In
their own town at least
The Somerset reporter., 1901-11-07
STATE OF MAINE

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT, IN VACATION.
Skowhegan, Oct. -, 1901
Upon the annexed Libel. il is ordered by
me, the undersigned justice Of said Court,
that notice be given to the Libelee by pub
fishing an attested copy Of the same, together
with this order thereon. three weeks success
sively 10 the SOMERSET REPORTER. utwspa
ter printed in Skowhegan. in the County Of
somerset, the last publication to be thirty
days ~ least before the next term of said
@ mt, to be holden at Skowhegan, within and
Tor said County. on the fourth Tuesday of
December. next, that hS may then and there
appeal in said Court aud answer thereto, II he
see IL. Sw44
VIM. p. WHITEHOUsE
Justice Supreme Judicial Court.
Atrue copy OF libel and order OF court thereon.
Attest:-W. T. SEEKINs Clerk.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-11-07
Taught by Experience.

1--WE shall need" said the officer who
was arranging for the government ex.
petition, food supplies for six men
and boy"
Supplies for eight men," said the
secretary, jottlng 1t down. What
else Y'-Chicago Tribune.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-11-07

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member this remedy IL bsolutely safe under
every possible condition and positively
leaves no after Ill effect upon the health.
BY mail, securely sealed, $2.oo. All money
letters should be registered. Address, iih.
j. w. EMMONS Co, 10 TremontS' ioston.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-11-07
Mrs. L. A. Harris, Prominent Member
of Chicago Womans Political Club, tells
how Ovarian Troubles may be Cured with
out a Surgical Operation. She saws:
Shc SAYS {:

doctors have perfect for operations. The minute
there any trouble nothing but operation vii do them
hundred dollars included pain and
agony and often death
q" suffered for eight years with ovarian troubles spent hundreds
of dollars for relief until doctors agreed that operation
my only chance Of life NJ had een using Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound troubles and been cured
and she strongly urged 1t the 60 and try
pound. did last used faithfully with the
tive Wash for five months and my troubles
and my health restored would only try Lydia
E Pnkhams Vegetable COMPOUND frs surgical operations
would occur Mis- L. A. HARRIS, 28 East 3st Chicago I'll.
$4,000 FORFEIT II THE ABOVE LETTER NOT GENUINE.
When women trou lei with rza. suppressed painful
menstratiDn Weakness. leuearf ispal Of
womb that bear9g1oWl fee oyaries back
ACHE boating tllenc gea debility Indigestion
prostration,
lassitude eXcabi ~, rliaiy, elanc1oly,
calls gone and feeling bite
they should remember there ri and
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound such troubles
The Somerset reporter., 1901-11-07
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

The firm Of Morrill, K Wbnirg is this day
dissolved. Th- business is hereafter 50 be
carried on by said Geo-R' + Nurrill, who is
to collect all accounts sud votes ne said f rm
and pay all its indebteat ess.
Said accounts and notes mast be paid within
80 days.
Oct. 81, 1901. GG9RGE f. MORRILL,.
3w4s' CHAS h. NBITlNG
The Somerset reporter., 1901-11-07
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
VITAL WEAKNESS

and Prostitution from Over
work or other causes.
Humphreys Homeopathic Specific
No 20, in use over 40 years, the only
successful remedy.
81 per vial or special package with powder, for SIS
Sold by Druggists sent postpaid receipt price,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-11-21
TO EXPEDITE BUSINESS.
British Governments Scheme to Over.
come Obstruction in Parliament.

British Governments Scheme to Over.
come Obstruction in Parliament.
London, Nov. 20.-It is understood
that the British government intends
to propose a reform Of the procedure
OF parliament to overcome obstruction,
The scheme will suggest that the
house assemble at q: 80 p. m. instead
of 4, that government business be
taken first, that an adjournment from
1870 until be taken for dinner, that
questions then be taken up and Or
binary business be carried on until
midnight.
Under the existing system questions
form the first business of the house
of commons and give rise to much
obstruction.
It will also be proposed that esti-
mates be first considered by a strong
committee representing all sections of
the house, in whose proceedings the
duration of speeches would be limited.
and that the existing cumbrous method
of taking divisions be superseded by
the self-registering vote machinery
used in most continental legislatures
Under the new scheme disorderly
members would be more sternly pun
ished for the first offense and sus.
pended for a month, with increasing
punishment for renewed offenses, and
offenders would be compelled to apol
ogize before being permitted to return
to parliament
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-11-21
DRUNKENNESS is CHARGED.
Meade Courtmartial in Session at the
Brooklyn MAYNARD.


e Brooklyn Maynard.
New York, Nov. 20.-Colonel Rob.
.ert L. Meade, the commanding officer
of the marine barracks ait the Brook
Ign maynard, faced a courtmartial
during the day in the paymaster's
building at the yard on charges pre-
ferred against him by Major c.. H.
Lauchheimer and Colonel L. F. Denny.
The officer is accused of drunkenness
while on duty and scandalous conduct.
The president of the court is Rear Ad-
mlral George w. Sumner, and the
judge advocate. is Lieutenant A. P.
Niblack.
Only two witnesses were examined,
the first being Colonel L. F.. Denny,
one OF the two compliments, who
made direct charge of intoxication
and unbecoming conduct against Colo
mel Meade. In his testimony he said
that on March 18, April 80 and July
Ii, of this year, while on tour OF
inspection of the marine barracks, he,
IN company with Mr.. William A. Bor-
ing of Boring & Tilton, architects, had
come in contact with Colonel Meade,
who, he said, was inebriated in an
extent TO drunkenness and that he
was incapable of performing his du-
ties as an officer. Architect Boring,
the other witness, fully substantiated
Colonel Denny's testimony.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-11-21
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETINGS.
The Anti-Chamberlain Movement Is
Spreading in Germany.

[
Spreading in Germany.
Berlin, Nov. 20.-The anti-Chamber.
lain movement in Germany is spread.
ing. In spite of the rem onstrance is
sued officially by the Deutscfer Krieg-
erbund, the Society. of Veterans of
Berlin held. a large and enthusiastic
meeting of this kind in which the Ut
terances of Mr.. Chamberlain at Edin-
burgh were heartily denounced.
Other soldiers anti Chamberlain
meetings are to be held at Cologne,
Mulheim, Brunswick, Bonn, Celle, etc.,
and students meetings of "a like char.
acter will be held at Bremen, Wurze-
burg, LEIPZIG, Halle and Munich, while
popular meetings are announced in
Beecham and Brunswick and other
places.
referring to these matters, The
Post, speaking semi-oficially, says the
government sees no reason to identify
itself with the vehement utterances at
irresponsible meetings, or to take &C.
ton against Mr.. Chamberlain's accu-
sations concerning the German SOL
dlers, since the latter's words at Edin-
burgh were nothing more than the
private statement Of the British states
man.
But it the matter is preached in the
reichstag, The Post continues, matters
will assume an entirely different
course.
In this event the government would
find occasion to express itself befit-
tingly.-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-11-21
WERE HORRIBLY MUTILATED
Father, Mother and Child Murdered
Near Los AnueIes, Cal,

Los Angeles, CAL, Nov. 2O.-The
dead bodies of A. P. Wilcox, wife and
2-year-old son we're found in their
home at Downey, - miles from this
city. during the day. All the bodies
were horribly mutilated and the
bloody condition of the premises in
dictated that the murderer or murder
ers had met with a fierce resistance.
Wilcox and his family had been shot
and then literally cut to pieces with a
knife,
The crime was discovered when a
neighbor called at the house and found
the place evidently abandoned. On
forcing open the door he found the
dead bodies of the murdered family
stretched out on the floor The woman
had been shot while carrying a plate
from the stove to the table. The baby
lay in the middle of the room, while
the disemboweled body of the father
was stretched near the door. There is
no clue to the murderers.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-11-21
TELEGRAPHiC BREVlTfES.

The national reciprocity convention
is in session at Washington
Thomas N. Hart has been unani-
mously renominated for mayor by the
Republicans Of Boston.
A dense fog in Chicago caused nu-
merous collisions between trains, in
which two people we're killed and sew
eral injured.
1t is said that the Republican con-
gressmen will sidetrack Representa-
tive Babcock as chairman of the con-
gressional committee.
The American Bridge company has
secured a contract for the construc-
ton of 20 steel bridges on the Uganda
railroad in East Africa.
Preliminary steps have been taken
in the organization of the United Tex
tile Workers of America, an organiza-
ton which is to amalgamate all the
different associations of textile oper-
atives of the country.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-11-21
PROPOSES JOINT ACTION.
Mckinley Memorial Arch Association
Declines to Suspend Operations.

Mckinney Memorial Arch Association
Declines to Suspend Operations.
Washington, Nov. 20.-The William
Mckinley National Memorial Arch as
ISOLATION having received from the as
ISOLATION for the erection of a McKin-
ley monument at Canton, O., a request
that 1t suspend it's appeal to the public
for contributions until the fund deemed
necessary for the erection and main
tenance of the Canton monument was
secured, has determined that it would
be impracticable to do SO because the
long, indefinite delay involved would
mean the defeat of it's purpose. It is
stated, however, that in it's desire to
work in harmony with the association
for the erection of the monument, be-
Heving that both memorials should be
and could be erected by popular sub
'scription, it has through it's executive
committee telegraphed to President
Day and Vice President Hanna asking
them to lay before the executive COM
mittee of the Canton monument as
ISOLATION at it's meeting in Cleveland
on Thursday a proposition for joint
action by the two commissions in the
collection of funds and for their dis
tribution On an agreed basis. The
details OF the proposition have been
mailed in a letter written on behalf OF
the executive committee by Secretary
Gage, treasurer CT the William Nc
Kinley National Memorial Arch as
ISOLATION. Prompt action is asked by
the latter association in order that
the national movement for a national
Mckinley memorial at the national
capital may not be endangered by
1n1eV
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-11-21
ROGERS is NoNCoMMlTTAL,
Washington's Governor Refuses t
Discuss Extra Session Question,


Seattle, Wash, Nov. 2O.-A dispatch
to The Post-Intelligencer from Olym-
pia says: Regarding the dispatch sent
out from Tacoma stating that Gov
ernor Rogers was contemplating call
ing an extra session of the legislature
to prevent the combination of the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
interests in this state, the governor
has been noncommittal. He refuses
to discuss the question of an extra
session at all and though he has re-
ceived several kilograms from news
papers outside the state requesting
his opinion on the railroad move, his
replies have been very general in
character. Men close in touch with
the governor think an extra session
extremely improbable.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-11-21
NET A PECULIAR DEATH.
Indiana Boy Uses an Empty Nitro.
giycerin Can for a Drum,

Alexandria, Ind, Nov 20.-Charlie
OFT, a 13-year-old boy, was blown to
atoms in peculiar manner. He found
tin nitroglycerin can in the rear of
his home, and tying it about his waist.
he proceeded to beat tattoo on the
improvised drum. A terrible explo-
sion, which shook the city, followed
Neighbors who rushed to the scene
found the mangled remains of the lit
tie fellow strewn all over the yard.
Both arms and legs Of the boy were
blown off and the front part of his
head was torn away. The can was
left on the spot by well-shooters, who
supposed that not enough of the dead
ly explosive remained to be dangerous.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-11-21
CITY COUNCIL ENJO'NED.
elimination Of the RurIington-North
western Fiqht at Omaha.

"CStCI1i TlSuC dI OHldnd.
Omaha, Neb., Nov. 20-The fight
between the Burlington and North
western roads for trackage into the
wholesale district eliminated in the
city council being served with a tenn
porary injunction order from Judge
Slabaugh, in the district court, re-
straining it from passing an ordinance
permitting the Northwestern to run it's
tracks on Eighth street.
The city council at a general COM
mittee meeting Monday decided that
the Northwestern should be permitted
to use the track it had already laid on
Eighth Street and that it should also
be allowed to put in a crossing at the
intersection of the Burlington tracks,
and an ordinance vacating part of the
street for that purpose was to have
been passed. The Burlington people
at once went into the district court
and secured a restraining order
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-11-21
FoRTIFYING HONOLULU.
Army Board Said to Have Agreed
Upon a Comprehensive Scheme.

oPoH comprehensive SCneme.
Honolulu, Nov. 14.-Colonel William
f. Heuer, president of the army board
which has been selecting sites for
t0rtlhcatlons on this island, leavse
THIS afternoon on the steamship AA4
media for San Francisco, taking VIII
him the report adopted by the bosak
when ne will take to Washington.
The board is understood to fav;
agreed upon comprehensive scheme
For, over 20 miles the south coast of
the island will be fortified in such a
manner as to make Honolulu practi-
caly impregnable. The members of
the board explored the coast from
koko head to a. point below Pearl
harbor and some ~ stations for bat
teries have been settled upon, it is
stated. There is also to be one central
artillery station at some commanding
point.
The other side Of the island, it is
thought, does not need much attention.
The approach to Honolulu from any
landing except on the south side be-
tween the points which were the limits
Of the boards surveys, are mountain
passes. easily guarded and defended
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-11-21
w. C, T. U. National Officers.

Fort Worth, Tex, Nov. 2O.-The ma
tional convention of the W. C. T. U.
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Mrs. Lillian NJ N. Stevens; cor
responding secretary, Susanna M. D.
Frye; recording secretary, Mrs. Clara
C. Hoffman; treasurer, Mrs. Helen
Morton Barker; vice president-at-large
Miss Anna Gordon. 1t was decided to
cast in fortunes with no political
party. A resolution was passed asking
President Roosevelt to refrain from
recommending statehood for Okla
homa and Indian Territory. =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-11-21
DICKINSON ASKS BULGARIA. TO
SEND TROOPS TO LlRERATE
MISS STONE.
HAS ONLY EIGHT GUARDS
Some of the Missionary's Custodians
Known to Sympathize With Her.
Impossible to Come to Terms With
the rigands-Believed They Will
Not Harm Their Captives Even if
Soldiers Arc Sent After Them.

Sofia, Nov. 20.-It is reported that
Mr.. Dickinson, the United States dip
lomatic agent here, has informed the
government Of Bulgaria that the alb
ductors Of Miss Ellen M. Stone and
Nine. Tsilka, with their captives, are
concealed in a defile of the Belleritza
mountains, near Smotch, district Of
DubnitZa, and has requested that
troops be sent to surround the place
and liberate the captives. Both Mr..
Dickinson and the Bulgarian foreign
office decline to- confirm or deny this
report. Nevertheless it is believed
that Mr.. Dickinson, persuaded of the
lmpossibility of coming to terms with
the brigands and relying upon his be-
Lief that they will not harm their cap
tives if the troops are employed
against them, has, after consulting
with Washington, decided upon this
move. Only eight bandits now guard
Miss Stone and some Of these are
known to sympathize with her. About
a fortnight ago Mr.. Dickinson ap-
preached the foreign Office and pro-
posed this same plan, but it's carry
ing out was abandoned because of the
uncertainty of the location CT the ban.
dts,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-11-21
An American Building for London.

London, Nov. 20.-An Anglo-Amer-
lean syndicate, including Sir Charles
Rivers Wilson, the Earl of Kintore,
Earl Grey, F. B. Ellser of New York,
George Cornwallis-W and others,
has applied to the London county
council for a lease for 999 years Of a
site on the north side of the Strand
with frontage Of $50 feet and with
still longer frontage on the new
streets debouching on the Strand for
the erection of an Office building on
American lines. The structure, which
will cost &2,000,O0O, will be the largest
and handsomest Of it's kind in the
world
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1901-11-21
SKATE INTO AN AIR HOLE.
Three Young People at Duluth Find a
Watery Grave.


Duluth, Nov. 20-Miss Belle Woods,
aged 25, Charles P. Vallencey, aged
26, and Stanley Mcleod, aged "a,
skated into an air hole in the St.
drowned. The three were friends and
were skating together and did not see
the hole until too late Efforts were
made to save them by the few persons
in the vicinity, but the icy water
cramped the unfortunates and they
sank from sight within a few moments
Vallencey was clerk in the Mar
shall Wells Hardware company, The
young woman worked for the same
concern, and Mcleod was a clerk 1t
is said he and Miss Woods were en-
gagged to be married. The bodies have
not yet been recovered