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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19
The n eW State.

In the expectation, apparently, that
the attention now being bestowed upon
the narrow isthmus which connects
North and South America would create
a demand for information as to the trade
and other statistics of the newest pub
lie in the world, the Department of Com
merce has issued a memorandum which
gives fhe latest obtalnabe facts bearing
upon this matter The area of the for
mer Department of Panama of the Unit
ed States of Colombia is given at 81, 571
square miles, or about the size of the
state of Indiana. The population is
given at 100000, and the commerce is
estimated at about SO 600, 900. The
principal ports are Panama, on the Pa
cific, and Colon, on the Atlantic coast
These ports are visited annually by l 900
vessels, which land 100000 tons of
merchandise and 100000 passengers,
chiefly for transfer over the Panama
Railway, fOrty-seven miles long, con-
Meeting these two ports. Colon, or AS
pinwall, as it is sometimes called, has
about 5000 inhabitants. while Panama
has %, 900. The population is a mixed
type composed of Spanish, Indians, ne
groes and a limited number of persons
from Europe and the United States. A
large number of the inhabitants Is COM
posed of people brought to the isthmus
as laborers on the canal, and of their
descendants. The United States sup
plies large part of the commerce. OF
the imports at Colon during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1903, valued at
1862 1884, 1914. 179 was from the United
States, $l19,096 from France and $118,-
1922 from England. Dry goods, provi-
sions, coal, lumber, kerosene, hardware
and liquors are our principal shipments,
while our takings, valued at $173,370,
are composed largely of bananas, cocoa
nuts, turtle shells, hides and coffee.
Very much the same volume Of trade In
these products comes to this country
from the port of Panama. Two passen-
ger and two freight trains leave daily
from the opposite ports, and the run is
three hours. A weekly steamer TO San
Francisco and one to Valparaiso consti-
tute the regular salings from Panama.
This latter port is connected by cable
with the United States and with the cor
tinent of South America.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19
Mr.. Burleigh Declines the Honor

Nearly every Maine man who has the
welfare Of the State at heart will cem-
mend the manly utterances of Repre-
sentative Edwin c. Burleigh of the third
Maine Congressional district when he
says he will not be u candidate for
United States Senator against Senator
Hale before the Legislature OF 1905. The
words are well placed and will bear very
for all in all, Mr.. Burleigh must be
counted in the very front rank Of Maine
politicians. In the first place he has the
reputation Of getting whatever he goes
after, which is very good reputation to
have. He has also been in the public
eye for long time, and those who study
his record longest find therein the most
to admire. He Is a man who wears well,
a person who does not shrink or change
color Ia washing. Had il not been for
the unwearying labors of Edwin G. Bur
leigh Maine would have had only three
representatives In Congress today instead
of the four which we now have. had 1t
not been for the tact and kindly fore
bearance Of this same man, many dis
sensions would have arisen and much
harm would have been done.
And his reasons are cogent ard sound
and of character to win friends among
the people at large. Owing to their
long terms of service in the upper branch
and to their knowledge Of what Maine
people want and to their ability to &C.
cure these wants with the least delay
and trouble, both senators Frye and
Hale have gained an ascendancy In the
councils of the nation such as few other
men ever held, and such as no man can
hope to hold until he has served long
and become familiar with legislative
methods. For these reasons Mr.. Bur.
leigh gives US 10 understand that he
shall not oppose the reelection of either
senator so long as he lives, and is willing
to fill the position he holds.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19
A GrAngers View.

{ william j. Thompson Il Soufh China,
c'nfer pi he Stafr Gra ge, ard a mem.
'er 9f the Legislature. VA. in Rocklar d
last "eek, and was iufetyle we'd Nv the
Coufirr-5az.ftc. He declared the grange
was not IN politic.; and when asked how
the order is progressing said We are
having great year ia this Stafr. Tbs
reports will show an increase of proba-
bly, more than g 900 members. making
over 40 900 all told. During the pas
lew weeks We have ded Gated six new
grange halls, several Of which were
WORTHY from s. 900 10 s. 900 We al
ready lead every other state in the T-ni1n
Tor the value Of our grange property.
and we are second only to New Y6rk In
point OF membership. The farmers find
that me grange aHJrds net only social
dement's, but many practical advantage,
such as the saving IL insurance for II :
siahee' Inc subject drifted TO enforc, :
ment, and Mr.. Thompson said.
ou people In the cities would be
greatly surprised If you SHOULD 90 out
through the country towns and hear
"t'ot .iie peOpIe are saying. AuYbOd !
VINO thinks that the resubmission move.
ment is on the boom should attend some
OF the mass meetings which | have seen
10 the course Of my travels throughout
the state. tell you that Maine il nor
ready TO repeal its prohibitory laws.
what the people want more is enforce.
ment.
Take kennebec county, for instance.
Sheriff Ham is giving US good sample
of what the Lewiston journal calls the
real thing. What is the result? Simply
that there are less arrests aud not hal
as many prisoners in the county i4il
Decency prevails and affiirs everyW here
In the county are In more healthy COZ.
dition."
Then you do not believe the argu-
ment that enforcement hurts business q
Mot 10 kennebec county, surely?3
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19
About Politics.
ellsworth American)


Interest is lent to the political situa-
ton in this corner OF Maine by the for
NAL ann 1unceneht pf Hon. Oscar r.
Fellows of Bucksport, speaker of the
present House, that he is to be a candi.
date for the nomination for Congress IN
the third district to succeed Congress
man E. C. Burleigh.
This announcement comes as a sur.
prise, not only because 1t is well known
that Mr.. Burleigh is Il candidate for re-
nomination, but also because it has been
Sin the air" that Mr.. Fellows was to be
candidate either for Senator from the
western district of Hanc, ok county, OF
possibly candidate for attorney gen.
eral.
IL Is due Mr. Fellows, however, to say
that the rumor + his Cal didacy for sen.
ator did not emanate from him; and II
s probable that connecting his name
with the attorney generalship is to be
attributed to some OF his warm friends,
for 1t Is hardly likely that he himself
would attempt that with another Har-
cock county man-Col. II. K. Hamin-
already, and with so strong a backing,
In the field.
Inc allegation that Mr.. Fellows is In
the field for congressman on the theory
that Mr.. Burleigh is to contest Senate
Hale's seat is promptly given les quietus
by the Kennebec Journal, which says
"Whatever inspiration, II any, may
have been behind this report, it is only
just to the public to say that it is ute rly
and absolutely without foundation
Congressman Burleigh is not a candidate
for the United States Senate. The prom.
inent part which is borne, today, In
national counsels by the two able mer
who represent Maine In that body has
contributed immeasurably to the pres
tige of our State, and been of inestim
able value to our citizens. Nowhere il
the lie of our country does length Of
service count for more than In the worh
of Congress" .4
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19
Murder at Rome.

On Thursday las, The IL h instant, In
the town OF Rome, henn' bic county,
John Blomily shot aud instantly killed
Hosea Stevens. Blomiy Immediately
gave himself up TO the authorities and
WAS taken lutte Thursday night TO the
jail at Watervlle. He admitted the
shooting and said The was 40 mad that
h. did not know what he was doing"
The affair occurred In the doorway OF
Stevens barn, aud three men, Isaac, Will
lard aud Sanborn Mosher were eye
witnesses. Blomily borrowed the gun
with which he did the shooting from the
Mo.her boys mother.
According to the boys story, Stevens
was out In Blomily's field In the after
noon trying to drive his hogs home,
when Blomily came by. After stopping
minute and looking sharpely at the
three Mosher boys, Blomily kept on up
the street. Stevens succeeded in getting
the hogs back to his own property and
had just come back to the barn when
Blomily reappesred armed with double.
barreled shotgun. He stopped In the road
directly opposite the entrance to Stev-
ems barn, where the latter was standing
aud according to the Mosher boys,
Blomily said: ~ had as SOON shoot
anyone as anything
Mr.. Stevens replied, with a laugh,
"Look, boys, he is going to shoot me-
Stevens continued to laugh and this
seemed to anger Blomily still more, for
he raised the gun, took deliberate aim at
his neighbor and fired.
Stevens staggered back a few steps
and then fell to the ground dead. He
was less than 80 feet from Blomily when
the latter fired and 1t WAS found that
seven buckshot had passed through his
breast, four of which went through the
heart.
According to the Mosher boys Blomily
aimed the gun In their direction, but
they did not walt even to see whether or
not Mr.. Stevens was dead, but ran home.
Blomily went at once to the home OF
Selectman Dudley and told him what be
had done. He then went to the town
constable, Urban Charles, and gave him.
self up. To Mr.. Charles he again told
the story of the shooting.
An inquest was held at Rome, Friday.
by Coroner Smell of Waterville The
verdict of the jury was that the death of
Hosea Stevens was caused by gunshot
wounds inflicted by the hand of John
Blomily.
Blomily pleaded not guilty at a pre-
liminary hearing, was held without
bonds and taken 10 Augusta jail, Friday.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19
Somerset County Pomona.

Somerset County Pomona Grange met
with st. Adams Grange, Nov. 10Th. 1t
was one of the most interesting meetings
of the year.
After the opening exercises and the
business transacted, the lecturer present
ed the following program. Song by the
choir; address OF welcome, Stuart Good
win response. by the master of Wesser-
runsett Grange, l.. l.. Smith; music by
the choir, Mrs. E j. Robertson re-
marks in regard to the Maine State
Grange by a number of the members.
Recess for dinner. At 1.30 Master A.
Brown called the meeting to order and
there were eleven applications presented
for membership and they were elected
and instructed in the fifth degree and
admitted to the Pomona. The lecturer
opened his afternoon program with q
song by the choir; question, Do farmers
live up to their present advantages? II
not why not? Discussion was opened
by M. l.. Merrill followed by G. w.
Patten, j. B. LaBree, q. T. Tibbetts, L..
l.. Smith, 2. w. Libby, ". o. Hilton
and Mrs. Weighmouth; reading, Mrs.
Robertson; duet, Mrs. Wilbur and Miss
Farnham; speech, W. 0. Hilton; music,
Mabel Pigelow; reading, Mabel Hilton g.;
trio, Mrs. WILDER, Mrs. Emery and Miss
Fafnham.
There were remarks from members of
St. Adams and other oranges in the
county, which were very interesting.
The next Pomona meeting will be
with Somerset Grange, Norridgewock,
Dec. S.h.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19
HOOD Farm
Condition POWDERS
The Best Conditioner.

Make horses eat, expel worms, when fed as
directed, increase the milk supply in cows,
make stock healthy, prevent sickness and
distemper, keep young stock on the gain,
prevent and cure Indigestion, make hens lay.
BY increasing the appetite and aiding the
digestive and assimilative functions they
enable all kinds OF stock to get the greatest
possible benefit from feed consumed,
My horse had scratches and was run
down gave him Hood Farm Condition
Powders and noticed a change fo- the bet
ter In few days" IA. A. COVE, Montpe-
lier, VT.
Prices. Csc, Soc and ST.. A IS ID. box
sells for S.. Prepared by c. l. Hood Co,
Lowell, Mass. For sale by FRANK W.
BUcKSAM, Skowhegan, Me.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19
GET INSIDE.
Your Friends and NeighbOrS in SkOx
hogan Will Show You How.

D..i-i. Il -, ;.
NuooIiS INC o"eh Won
cure OaCkaChe.
\ liniment may relieve, hut
can't cure
,1-..l.., .- 49,. Il
MS ON lIlS hid'le >
Doan Kidney GlllS get III
side
They. rn,e sirL Eilneys
n. -..t....l.
-
c. / Allen Of Canaan, farmer, says
Doan's Kidney Pills are like old ano
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19
\ Scientific Discovery

Kodo Dyspepsia cure does for the
stomach that which II Is unable 10 do
for itself, even when but slightly disor
dered OF over loaded hodo. Dyspepsia
Cure supplies the natural juices Of di-
ges ion and does the work OF the stom-
ach, relaxing the nervous tension, while
the intlamed muscles of that organ ara
allowed To rest and heal Kodol Dys-
pepsia Cure digests what you eat and
enables the stomach and digestive or
gans to transform all food into itch. red
blood. Sold by Geo. t sampson.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
70 refund the money on 80 cent bottle
of Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar If
il fails to cure your cough or cold. W.
also guarantee 25 cent bottle to prove
satisfactory or money refunded.
F. w BUCKNAM, F. II. WING,
GEO. +. SAMPSON. G. r. FoGG,
W. II. FULLER
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19

To accommodate those who are partial To the
use Of atomlzers II applying liquids into the IA
sal passages lor catarrhal troubles, the proper
including the spraying tube is 3 cents Drug
gists or by mali. The liquid emoolies the me
dicnal properties Of the solid preparation
hrane and does not dry W the secretions bat
changes them TO a natural and healthy character.
Ely Brothers. GO Warren s.. y. Y.
man who leaves his pocketbook at home
d res not always save money thereby. His
wife may f nd it.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19
It'll very duh office boy who does not Know
hap ha

1t is very duh office boy who does not know
more than the boss,
~ owe my whole life to Burdock Blood Bitters
Scrofulous sores covered my body. l seemed be
yond cure. Is. b. b. has made me perfectly well
woman" Mrs. Chas Hutton, Berville, Mich
No matter how homely q baby may be you
can always get a cigar out OF the old man by
remsrking on the resemblance to its old dad
A household necessity. DR.. Thomas Eclectric
OIL, Heals burns, cuts, wounds of any sort
cures sore throat, Group, cAtarrh, asthma; never
fails.
Three is not crowd when there is some
heavy lifting to -
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19
Cured of Piles Altar 40 Years

Mr.. c. Haney, of Geneva, o., had the
piles for 40 years. Doctors and dollars
Witch Hazel Salve cured him perma
nently. Invaluable for cuts, burns,
bruises, sprains, decorations, eczema,
letter, salt. rheum, and all other skin
diseases. Look for the name Dewitt on
the package-all others are cheap,
worthless counterfeits. Sold by Geo.
Z. Sampson.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19

The Kelley institute in Portland,
Maine, on Munjoy, Hill, is successfully
curing drunksrds and drug users.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19
Terms of Courts

Supreme Judcia:-T third Tuesday In March,
and september and fourth Tuesday in December Civil
and Criminal
Probate:-The second Tuesday OF each month.
County Commissioners The first Tuesday In
March and August and the second Tuesday in Decem-
Der.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19

The little folks love Dr. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup. Pleasant TO take; perfectly harmless.
Positive cure for coughs, colds, bronchitis.
asthma.
1t wouldn't be nice to call young lady who
had been Tilted by her lover a canned peach.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19
SOMERSET REPORTER,
A Weekly Republican Newspaper,
SKowHEGAN, MAINE.
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Clerk OF Courts:
WILLIAM I. SEEK1Ns,. ............,......sko whegan
County Attorney:
GEORGE w. COVER, ................ =. Skowhegan
Judge Of Probate:
EDWARD F. DANFoRTH,. ................. Skowhegan
Register of Probate:
NATHAN FOWLER. ........ ............S kowhegan
Register oil Deeds:
sLKwELLYN GOODWIN, Observation-Disclosures kowhegan
Treasurer
X. II. iREEp,. ..''..'........'.... $50. Harmony
Sheriff and Jailer:
ALFREDrH. LANG. ......,-. 49,. .Skowhegan
DEPUTIES: C. E. Duren Fairfield. Anon Baker,
Bingham; William (. Priest, Pittsfed Lewis Fish,
Hartland; Fred Lucas, St. Adams; Charles f. Var
ney, Mercer George F. Aver, Athens: Wallace Emery,
North Ansoni Albert E. Millay North New Portland !;
Charles Dunbar Madison William F. Briggs, Show
hogan; Orlando Bracket, Starks; Herbert Eaton,
Scion; F. c. Holt, Norridgewock; J. Frank Durgin,
The Forks; Fred J. Horn, Canaan William H. Niles,
Flagstaff.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19

The man who always tells his wife the truth
has no regard for her feelings.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19

County Commissioners.
JoHNIM ETcALF, New Portland.
Milton L. MERRILL. St Adams
L. c. WILLIAMS, Athens
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1903-11-19

has no regard Tor her feelings.
"What do you suppose Peary will do II he
really finds the polef"
"He1l probably freeze on to it,
mo one ever keeps cook out in these SUBJ
urbs over week" Beacon has a cook he has
had 10 years." "Great Scott! Who is sheH"
"His Wife"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18

A powerful and most painful drama,
one had to get used to palmer speak
ing than the conventions usually admit
of, before one could fully appreciate
and admire Ibsens Ghosts '-undoubt-
eddy a masterpiece, and undoubtedly
well produced by Alberta Gallatin and
her company. 1t was given yesterday
at two performances. The obvious
moral. shown so terribly in the gradual
sinking into imbecility of the son. that
the sins of the fathers are visited upon
the children, was not more telling and
sure than the more obscure one that
the conventionalities may hide a deep
er vice than stalks in open daylight
and the hypocrite wear a vler face
than the lawbreaker. There is a cry
for truth ringing through the play that
must be heard, however painfully one
may shudder at the prossness it por-
trays.
The contrast between the self-deceiv-
ing hypocrisy of Parson Maunders and
self-acknowledged villainy of Jacob
Engstrand, the carpenter. who was
quite ready to deceive others when he
could, was one of the striking bits CT
the piece. John Ravold, as the car
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18
REFUSE KILLS LAKE FISH.
Pollution of Lake ChanpIain and
BOuquest and Au Sable Rivers.

From the New York Times.
The effect upon the waters of Lake
Champlain and the Bouquest and Au
Sable rivers of the refuse from two
pulp mills to which the owners of ri
parian rights there for a long time
have been Directing, will be the sub
ject of a report soon to be made to
Gov. Odell by Prof. DIN H. Landreth
of Schenectady consulting engineer of
the State Department of Health.
Formal complaint was made last
summer to the state authorities, and
Prof. Landreths examination was the
outcome. The official finding is that
the waters of the lake are polluted by
the sludge of the mills, and the persons
interested exposes the opinion that
the Governor can proceed under Sec
ton of the public health law to force
the local officials to abate the nuis-
ance.
Prof. Landreth on his tour of inves-
tigation was accompanied by Edward
Hatch, Jr., of this city, large prop
erty owner in the Lake Champlain re-
gion, and one who has been active in
the fight against the pulp mills.
We first looked into the pollution
Of the Bouquest river" said Mr.. Hatch
yesterday, "by what is called the soda
mill of the New York and Pennsyl-
vania Company. This company uses
poplar logs. and the refuse of tons
of chemicals is carried out into the
lake. Prof. Landreth made soundings
to find out about the banks in the
lake formed by this refuse-a gray pre-
cipitate. These banks are agitated and
spread through the water every time a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-18

strong wind blows.
From the neighborhood of the Bou-
quest river we went along to Wills
borough Bay, and on the shores and
the point we found the same conditions
of pollution apparent. Au Sable river
water looked like coffee, and has such
a fetid odor that it made one of the
women in the party i'll. A dog we had
with US refused to drink the water
and even the cattle, We are told, will
not drink it. Moreover, the hack driv-
ers at Au Sable Chasm told us that
visitors were now noticing the odor
from the water.
THE water mains of the village OF
KeseVille are known to become so clog
ged with the refuse from the mills that
much of the force of the water has
been lost. The attention of the insur-
ance companies has been called to this
feature of the case, and their repre-
sentatives are now making an exam
ination with the view to canoeing
policies or raising rates If the reports
are substantiated.
1.-The chemical deposit is not soluble.
1t is precipitate, and sinks to the
bottom, but is of such light specific
gravity that the slightest disturbance
of the water will suspend it and send
it to discolor and befoul the shores.
1.-The state chemists of Vermont tell
me that after each west wind quantl-
ties of dead fish come ashore, and the
peculiar odor and taste of the water IN
Burlington is due to the same cause.
The stones on the shore of Four
Brothers Islands and Wellsborougn
Point are covered with slime, and l
have seen a long streak of the pollu-
ton as it spread itself in milky
way on it's travels down the lake
Mr.. Hatch says that the mill owners
asserted that although they had spent
enormous sums of money for the pur-
pose, they could not dispose of the
baneful residuum, but added:
THE position of the mill owners IS
simply one of dollars and cents. IL
conceded that the refuse can be dis
posed of in other ways, but in no way
so cheaply as by dumping it into the
stream on which the mills are located,
and so for financial reasons they are
likely to continue the practice until
compelled to stop it,"
He added that mills at Ticonderogs
and elsewhere had spent thousands OIL
dollars to dispose of the chemlcals
which they use without polluting the
lake. -,a
Both the Bouquest and Au Sable
streams were formerly full of fsh.
Now it is said the poisonous quall.y
of the water of the spawning grouhus
for bass, pike and pickerel. after caus-
ing tremendous destruction. has drive"
the fish entirely away.
Mr.. Hatch also showed letter from
Representative Joseph c. Sibley Oh
Pennsylvania, who owns summer
Mace on the lakes. 81 believe, wrote
Mr. Sibley, that the chemicals, TO-
gether with the sawdust, will desIUg
the fish in the lake-certainly VIII dTIrs s
them from that portion of the walei'
of Lake Champlain."