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Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-16
MISTAKE WAS FATAL
Gasoline Taken for Kerosene to
Fill Lamp
Mrs. f. D. Worcester Of CossweIl Lies Dead as
Result Of Burning and Suffocation
...Saved Her Two Boys First

Word was received by phone We'd.
nesday OF the death of Mrs. F. D.
Worcester at Cogswell, resulting
from the explosion of a lamp, filed
with gasoline. The Enterprise gives
the following account:
About nine o'clock this evening the
dwelling rooms of Druggist F. D.
Worcester and family were set on fire
by the explosion of kerosene lamp,
while Mrs. Worcester and Miss
Crooks, young lady school teacher
who had been assisting Mrs. Wor-
cester in the household duties for a
few days, were in the act of replenish,
ing 1t in lighted condition from the
side-stopper, Mrs. Worcester holding
the lamp while Miss Crooks poured
the oil. It is claimed that by mistake
gasoline instead of kerosene was used
which seems quite probable from
the nature Of the explosion.
The rooms were above Prentice
Bros store and very difficult of ac-
cess, but crowd was quickly on the
scene and all carried water and
fought fire most heroically for nearly
an hour before it was fully extin.
gulshed. They managed to keep the
fire from bursting out of the build
ing, though the interior was burned
and blackened in every room.
As soon as the alarm was given
Mr.. Worcester, who was in the drug.
store at the time, aud several others
made desperate effect to get Mrs
Worchester out of the room, but abe
was dead on a bed in one of the
rooms when they reached her. Hel
body and clothes were badly burned
Evidently she had thrown herself on.
to the bed after the explosion and
pulled the bed clothing over her body
aud face in an attempt to smother
the flames. She first rushed to the
bedside Of her two little boys who
had just retired, and got them safely
out OF the building, returning again
alone to snatch few of her most
cherished households from the fire.
The blaze caught her clothing and
she sought This means of saving her
self.
Mrs. Worcester's body will be
taken to Lidgerwood this evening
and transported from there tc
Canada where her immediate relatives
reside, according to her oft-expressed
wishes.
Great sorrow is felt for the father
and two little sons who are thus 81
suddenly bereft of a wife and mother
whose home and family we're alwayl
nearest and dearest to her heart.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-16
PRESBYTERIAN Church.

The subject for the morning service
will be "Worship as Conducted in
the Old Testament"
The evening theme will be "The
Importance of Promptness in the
Material and Spiritual Life"
Come early and enjoy the singing
with us. We welcome everyone.
E. P. Lawrence, Pastor.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-16
Nursery Stock.

Will be around some time before it
freezes up to take orders for nursery
stock for fall and spring. Will also
replace stock for my old customers,
where the plants did not give satis-
faction. DC. WALTER.
Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-16
O. e. s. rleeting.

The o. E. S. will meet Tuesday
evening, September 9th, for the
transaction of business. Members
will please attend.
Mrs. j. w. BUSH,
Worthy Matron.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-08-11
Company e. to Virginia.

The members of Company E, 2nd
Regiment, National Guard of Maine, are
now making preparations for the annual
muster and are anticipating much from
the event this year as 1t offers something
new In the line of the yearly military
gatherings.
According to present plans the Show
hogan Company will leave here Oh Sep
TENDER 3,d and will concentrate with
other companies in Portland from whicS
city they are to be transported to Mar
assas, Va, for the national army maneu-
vers.
Preparations are practically completed.
The Company has Its full quota of forty
ak men, examined and mustered and,
under command of Capt. Dunlap, lst
Lieut.. Williams and 2ld Iie0't Rice,
they are rapidly approaching the ideal
military form. Drills are held twice a
week, out of doors, and especial attention
Is given to the duties of an outpost, front
and rear guard.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-08-11
knights Templar to San
Francisco.

Eminent Sir &. W. Cover and Sir
Knights W. P. O dway and F. o. Saw
yer, the latter gentlemen accompanied
by their wives, are among those who
will attend the twenty-ainth TrienLisl
Conclave of Knights Templar in San
Francisco In the coming September.
Mr.. Cover, as Grand Generalissimo of
the Grand Commandery Of Maine, will
accompany the other Ulcers OF the
Grand Commandery who are to have the
escort for the journey of the Portland
Commandery, and DR.. and Mrs. Sawyer
are to be members of this party. They
leave Portland August a b and proceed
across the continent by the Boston &
Maine, Erie, Santa Fe and Southern Pac-
life railway systems. o. the outward
journey stops are made at about a doz u
cities and points of Interest including
the old Spanish cities of the southwest
and the Grand Canyon of Arizona and
the arrival In San Francisco Is on Sep
TENDER 5 h.
After four days in San Francisco the
journey is continued and brings the
party home by way of Salt Lake City,
Denver, Col. and ST.. Louis where two
days are devoted to the Fair and they
reach here September l9.h.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ordway go with De
Molay Commandery of Boston by the
famous Canadian Pacific route and re-
turn over practically the same lines as
the Portland commandert.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-08-11
A Model Barn.

Ga the n. Malbon farm situated In the
eastern part of the town about four
miles from Skowhegan postoffice, E. n.
Merrill, Esq, has Just completed barn
the design and appointments Of which
be is Justly proud. It is 100 feet long
by forty-.wo wide, set on rock foundation
with granite underpinning, walls clap
boarded, plenty of doors and windows
and covered by first quality steel roof.
Hay is the principal crop provided for
and the greater part of the length OF one
side of the building is given up to bay
which Is extended into the basement
below the main fl 1or while the other
side is largely occupied by mows for the
storage Of the same crop above the tie
up for stock which extends the length
of the south side.
The basement extends under the space
used for stock under the main Dor
There is also one under the stalls for
horses on the north side. The entrance
to the basement Is from the eastern end
of the barn and the ground slopes suffi-
GENTLY to allow entrance to 1t to be on
level with the surface of the ground,
thus making 1t very easy of access for
removing dressing stored under tie-up
for stock, and for the storage OF carts,
sleds and other farm implements under
the main q Dor.
A large shed ia being constructed to
connect the barn with the house. When
completed Mr.. Merrill will have one Of
the best looking, most commodious and
valuable stands of farm buildings In
town.
There are about four hundred acres
In the farm, fair portion Of which is
woodland.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-08-11
w. CT. L Tea

There were about fifty ladies gathered
in G.. A. r. hail. which was prettily dec
Grated, Tuesday afternoon, for tea in
the interest of the Sewing School, given
by the W. C. T. U. A good amount of
material and various contributions of
money, were received by the directors
OF the school. After the regular open
ing exercises, poem was read by Miss
Louise Coburn, and reading, "The re-
suit of Treating" was giy.n by Mrs.
Elizabeth Merrill this being followed
by another reading 1.-THE Sisters on a
Strike" by Mrs. Grace Coburn Smith.
Miss Harriet Nash then read an original
story entitled IAN Original Cyclone. :"
The program was followed by social
hour, with refreshments served by the
W. C. T. u. ladies
The Somerset reporter., 1904-08-11
Lakewood Theater.

The Farce Comedy "Boys will be Boys"
which the Lakewood Stock Co. will pro.
duce the week of August 10 was written
for laughing purposes only. In its con-
struction every line and situation leads
into laughs and hearty ones at that
The plot of the play, of which there is
little tells the whims OF an anxious
mother as to the welfare of her only son,
who by the way is man In years and
not in experience. At the time the play
8 arts he Is having the first tastes of out
door life and to get into the society of
the young ladies. The trouble he causes
gives great scope to the comedy of the
most refined kind. Mr.. Harry q. Stat
ford will play the part of the son Adolf
plus, called by his mother Dolly. Miss
st Clair will be the fond mother of
Dolly and Mr.. Fred E Beane the father.
This trio alone assures clever perfor-
nance. Mr.. Abbott will be Mr.. Dawson
the tutor who is engaged for the express
purpose of making Dolly model young
man, which he fails to do. Mr.. Fran
holz will play Dick Talbot the friend of
Dolly who is always helping the for
mer out of his troubles Mr. Hilton
will offer us character part in Capt.
McManus a MASKING, genteel, dapper
Irishman and Mr.. McCord will be the
valet to Dolly. Miss Lee is the wife of
McManus and she gets into great deal
of trouble through being kissed by
Dolly, and Mr.. McManus does the same
By being infatuated by MadamEPolenta
the latter played by Miss Elvia Bates,
Last but not least In the cast is the part
of Betsey the servant In the home of the
Birkett's, played by Miss Rice. This
little lady will have a great part and one
for which she Is particularly adapted
and her situations in the different parts
of plays.are extrmely amusing.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-08-11
The Female Minstrels

Duncan's Clark's female Ministries,
who are making their farewell tour of
the world, come to Coburn hall, Saturday
evening of this week. The program in
brief Is as follows: Act I-"Good Old
Summer Time" introducing the latest
songs, dances and funny sayings; Act
II-vaudeville and living pictures
Act III-performsnce concludes with
married Men After Dark" or "Society
Fishes at Newport" A cordial invita-
ton to all.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-08-11

A special from Norfolk, Va, states
that the schooner Ella Frances of Rock
land was sunk off Cape Cod on Saturday
the 9th inst. by the steamer Nantucket,
bound from Boston for Norfolk. Cap
tain Thorndike and the three members
of the schooner were drowned. One
man was saved and landed at Norfolk.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24

TO the southwestern corner OF the square and
there INDUCED himself in the luxury Of his first
unfought inconsistencies. For the southwestern
corner OF Washington Square In warm spring
evening is like other spot in NewYork. 1t
is not like New-YOrk at all. Just what it is
like Lowell would have found it difficult
to say. Sometimes he fancied it resembled bit
Of Charlestown facing the granite shaft
Bunker Hill again it was like a side street in
the old West End" Of Boston. But, at any
rate, it was not like New-York as the odd brick
houses rose opposite the trees in the warm dusk
and children played in defiance Of bedtime; and
it made him strangely homesck. Down Mac
dougal-st. 10 the southwark the domestic even
ing life Of the Italian quarter was astir the
curbs, and curious sense Of aloofness from the
rest Of the town took possession Of him, which
was only disspated by the passing of a car la
belled "SiXth-aYe." Was Sixth-ave. near,
then? He stroed down Fourth-st. till he came
to it, and then back into the square, and it was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24

con Hill" WINDOW panes, which some historians
ar silly enough 10 suppose were brought from
Holland by the first settlers and were always
blue It is age that makes purple glass, not
Dutchmen. That is why there VIII always be
more purple glass IN Boston than in New-Hork.
And down the siGe streets Lowell saw, not dole
tu stretches OF uniform brow nstone. but cherry
red brick houses and quiet walks.
large hat which Lowell knew was going into
The Church OF the Ascension as he drew near,
for Il had become tire for evening prayers, and
he followed H. not so much. perhaps, because
his mood was one OF devotion as because spring
was IN the air. When prayers were over he and
the hat strollea through side streets by a way
which SHAH be unknown, and there was tea in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24

a deep window when the sunset shimmered on
the polished urn. and the shadows were deep In
the far recosses OF the spacious room.
But spring Is not completely come in Washing
ton Square until there has been warm and
brilliant Sunday and a mellow evening On
this Sunday Lowell was content TO watch from
this open window the gay parade Of children
and stroling lovers from the lower West Side,
and bicycles, and young Italians swinging canes
and the constant fringe Of people hanging over
the edge OF the pansy bordered basin. Now
and then he would play a Mozart rninuet and
callers would drop in to see him, and there was
laughter and good tobacco smoke and the lazy
lying around in easy chairs But in the mellow
evening he passed out along the southern side
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24

as II he had walked out Of one town into an
other, and back again. Later in the year tho
smell Of Sixth-ave. would follow him, but just
at this season the square at evening even had
its own peculiar odor. which was fresher than
elsewhere. On this evening. when Lowell re-
turned to his rooms, he sat in the darkness
awhile and looked at the twinkling lights ON
the Jersey bank, but whether he them is
another question.
Meanwhile, during these days OF his pilgrimage
about the square. Broadway. always. passes
by only block to the eastward giant artery
between Wall-st. ard the upper town. Ten thou
sand cars and ten times ten thousand persons
go daily up and down it, and there is the sight
OF spring neither to the right to the left only
walls. walls walls. 1t is LowelPS creed that
true life lies in the byways.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-24

BOUND TO BE EIPENSITI.
Cheap men not wanted" Is to be the motifs
Of one of the new sky scraping hotels which
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-05
GEHR RETURNS FROM
WASHINGTON.

A. c. Gehr of Kohala ditch fame re-
turned from Washington yesterday on
the China. Gehr went to the capitol
for an order to stop the sale of the Ko-
hala ditch at auction, but the Secretary
OF Interior refused his request, holding
to the former opinion that the Terri
torial government had the right 10 dis
pose of the lease without the interior
ence OF the United States.
Mr.. Gehr said yesterday, 4 have been
away on the Kohala ditch business and
was in Washington on that account. /
am not at liberty to disclose the plans
made. but I will be present at the ad-
vertised sale OF the Kohala lease on
March 18th | have not sized up the
situation vet as | do not know what
I will 90. but l nave not given up hopes
OF securing the water rights.
Ii is said that Gehr will make an at
tempt TO prevent the sale when the lease
IS offered at auction Whether this will
be by legal means or otherwise is not
known.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-05
atkinson IS OPPOSED
To AN EXTRA SESSION
Maintains the Legislature Has Been Tried and
Found Wanting Governor and Secretary
at Work on Problems.

Secretary A. L. c. Atkinson is oppos-
ed to having an extra session of the
Legislature called. He pronounced his
opinion emphatically yesterday, when
he said to an Advertiser reporter:
1--WE can do without calling an extra
session of the Legislature. The several
departments must simply keep within
the income of the Territory at any
sacrifice
The Legislature has already tried
to do certain things and failed. 1t fail
ed to find an income sufficient to meet
the appropriations itself made and, not
only that, but failed to provide means
for paying the actual expenses of the
Government.
Il do not consider the situation as
being hopeless. 1t can be remedfed and
Governor Carter is the man for the
work. The remedy is simply to cut
down expenses in every department un-
til they are brought within the Terri
tory's income
Mr.. Atkinson mentioned places where
the expenditure might be curtailed ex-
tensively, even without materially in
juring public services. There was an
unnecessary multiplicity of bookkeep-
ers in different departments, since the
Audit Act provided for having the en-
tire bookkeeping of the Government
done by the Auditors department.
The expenditure for the year 1902"
the Secretary stated, was 1923. 600 in
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-05

HALES ON CHINA

A. @. Hales, the noted war cores
pondent of the London Daily News. is
on the China en- route to Japan to re-
port the war for his paper. He is ac-
companied by Lance Newton of the
London EXPRESS, both of them being
comrades in the South African war
Hales became well~known through his
work in South Africa His graphic ac-
count of the battle of Magersfontein,
where the Highlanders were slaughter.
ed. and of the burial of General Wau-
chope, and his articles exploiting the
evils OF the British transport system,
brought HIM into instant literary fame.
He is also the author of nine novels,
among which are "McGlusky," Angel
latest work is Il he Watcher on the
Tower" dealing with the persecution
of the Jews in Russia. This is now in
the press.
Hales is of the opinion that the Rus
sia-JaDan war will bring on a general
European eruption beginning with the
TurkishB Bulgarian troubles as the
nucleus 1t IS his oninion that the at
titude OF England will cause Russia to
divert troops TO India. He believes that
the sending of Kitchener to India was
meant for a good war purpose.
Hales spent about half year in the
Balkans and IS thoroughly conversant
with the situation there He at one
time joined the Bulgarians. He was
later presented with a carbine bearing
upon it a gold plate inscribed. Pre-
sented to A. G. Ffaies, one OF the he
roes OF the Macedonian rising of 1909,
by his comrades" Hales was promoted
20 a ieutenancy and after a particular
ly hard battle, rose to a captaincy
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-05
DAVIS ON WAY
TO THE FRONT

| Richard Harding Davis, the author
and war correspondent, is a passenger
on the China en- route to the scene oi
activity in the East, where he goes to
represent Golfers Weekly. Mr. Davis
is accompanied by his wife, who will re-
main in Toxic, while he goes to the
front.
4 expect to be gone for about three
months" said Mr. Davis at the Young
Hotel last evening. Golfers has half
dozen correspondents at the front and
as many photographers. suppose now
that | will not be so late as anticipated
if the report is true that the correspon-
dents are bottled up in Toxic
Honolulu interests me very much,
particularly the scenes OF the 90 revolu7
ton" MIR Davis recently wrote a story
of the revolution for the Saturday Eve
ming Post and intends to write a second
one shortly. 1T seems to me that If
the marines from the Boston were
drawn up at the opera house in such
close proximity TO the palace. the Queen
had a very good reason for submitting
to the demands OF the revolutionistS.
1t didn't impress me as very much OF a
revolution anyway Oscar White and
his gun, as they figured in the reports
OF the affair at the State Department,
always appealed to me as very humor
Gus.
Honolulu is a beautiful place, and
would like to stop over here on my
return This afternoon we visited Wa
illilli and the government buildings |
should like very much to see the schools |
and their cosmopolitan children. The !
people here appeal to me as being what !,
Kipling meant in his White Mans |
Burden.
This is Mr.. Davis first visit to Ha-
wall and viii also be his first visit in I
Japan.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-05

excess of the revenue, while for the
year 1908 the excess of expenditure over
revenue was $49S. 600. or close to half a
{ million dollars.
/ Now. with the January and Feb
ruary bills yet to be paid, we are also
carrying forward that half million of
last years Indebtedness. At the pres~
ent rate of expenditure the deficiency
, for this year will be more than SS0o 600.
besides the debt of the past year to be
carried on. The appropriations for the
eighteen months ending June 80, 1905,
are S4,600.0 600, against an estimated in
come of S3,064,00
Governor Carter and Secretary Atkin-
son yesterday began hard work on the
plan of operations mentioned in yester-
days Advertiser, for ascertaining to
what extent the absolutely necessary
reductions of expenditure may be made
in the respective departments. Secre-
tary Atkinson is allotted the Attorney
Generals Department, the police force,
the Board of Education and the Board
of Health. Governor Carter takes the
Department of Public Works and every
thing else not mentioned. They both
undertake the task with the determina-
tiOn to cut everything to the bone until
the desired equilibrium between income
and outgo be established.
1T must be clearly understood Sec
retary Atkinson said in conclusion,
that the million dollars now in the
Treasury is all appropriated for spe-
cific purposes and cannot be otherwise
expended than for the objects specified
1t is loan money. BY its expenditure
the general financial depression will be
so much relieved"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-05
BANQUET FOR
DISTINGUISHED MEN

Baron Kaneko Peer of Japan. and
Mr.. Takahashi, Vice-Governor of the
Bank of Japan. We're the guests of
honor at a banquet given at the Jap
anese clubhouse, Mochitsukf, at Wal
kilki. last evening. The banquet was
given by the Yokohama Specie Bank,
the Kei Hin Bank and Mr. T. Afasuda.
the latter acting as POSTMASTER. About
thirty-five guests were present, in
Guiding representative japanese of Ho-
nolulu and a number of japanese
travellers on the Siberia and China.
Addresses were made by Mr.. Kishi,
Baron Kaneko. Mr.. Takahashi. Mr- o.
Shioda and Mr.. Asaoka.
The visiting guests were Baron Ken
taro Kaneko, K. Takahashi. vice-pres
ident of Bank of Japan; Z. Fukaf, of
Bank of japan; J. Suzuki, l. Sakai. K
Shindo, tourists en- route to ST.. Louis
Exposition; I. Iwazaki. of the Mitsui
Busan Kaisha; K. Miyajima, bacterf-
ologist; Naval Constructors NJ. Asa
Okla. K. Uchika, If. Fujita, NJ. Yana-
motto, y. Suzuki, s. Suzuki, who go to
England to supervise the construction
of two new warships ordered lately.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-05
MAJESTIC AND TEUTONIC
MAY TAKE HONOLULU RUN

Il believe they will have other YES
sells on the line in sixty days. There
is all kinds of freight for the vessels
and the company could do good bust
ness with chartered ships"
All three officers met the steamship
China yesterday and found Mr.. K. Ito
San Francisco representative of the
Toyo Kisen Kaisha directors, aboard.
MIR. Ito knew nothing regarding the
movement of the officers, and they will
doubtless proceed today on the Siberia.
Mr. Ito was seen by an Advertiser
reporter and was asked whether his
company contemplated putting on other
vessels.
Il do not know" he replied. II am
on my way home to confer with the
head office. Before the war broke out,
we contemplated having ships built at
the japanese yards, but that idea has
been given up. Whether vessels Will
be chartered or not. 1 am not now in a
position to say. However. I believe the
company Will resume business shortly
with foreign vessels
Among others of the ''Maru" line en-
route home are G. H. Willy, steward of
the America Mara; Doctor ]. X Hur-
ley.
Purser Bemis said that a gun was
mounted in his old Office on the Ameri-
ca SIaru. The vessel was taken over
by the Japanese authorities soon after
she arrived at Yokohama. and they
soon had the vessel converted into a
cruiser.
Purser Roberts says the three vessels
are probably on guard duty at pres
ent in the Shimonoseki straits between
and Nagasaki.