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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21
A Willy LAWYER.
The Way He Made His Opponent Win
Case For Him.

Case For Him.
Lord Brampton a famous English
cross examiner. told a story Of Low be
once won a case on technical ground
when he had no defense. He forced
magistrates clerk 10 be put ihf9 the
witness box by the prosecution 20
prove purely formal matter VOW.
having got him there. he cross exam
med him and made him practically
admit that he led his magistrates by
the nose" to admit also that they Lad
refused bail by his advice and that a
judge at chambers had afterWard
granted II, although the witness had
come up all the way from London to
oppose It Then, asked the cross ex-
aminer. YOU We're in tho room, sir.
and did you not hear the learned Judge
say there was not q rag Of case
against my unhappy eleut" The
prosecuting counsel objected, and it
was ruled out But the Jurors had
heard 1t and had heard the answer
stopped. The dissatisfaction thus adj
duced in their minds made them acquit
the prisoner. Leaving the court that
day, the prisoners counsel asked his
opponent, why did you object to that
question:" Tie latter Indignantly
protested that lis adversary when he
asked it must have known that it
could not be put Yes l did was the
answer; hut knew you, too. and
felt sure that you would object at the
right time But you should have wait
ed for the answer. as It would have
been 'Nor"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

1t would seem that Monson, the chief
gunner's mate, who saved the battleship
Missouri by quickly stepping inside the
msgaz' ne and closing the door after him,
ought to be the fl st one to receive the
benefit of Carnegie's hero fund unless 1t
applies solely to the relief Of the friends
of those who sacrifice life In heroic deeds.
Monson's act was conspicuous one Of
intelligent heroism, worthy Of the high
est commentator.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

Sir Horace Plunkett once told a story
Of his ranching days In the west
Riding into camp one evening he turn
ed his horse loose and got some sup
per, which was a vilely cooked meal
even for a COW camp. Recognizing in
the cook Il cowboy he had formerly EN-
ployed, Sir Horace said to him: You
were way up COW hand, but as a cook
you are no account. Why did you give
up riding and take 10 cookingf What
are your qualifications anyway
Qualifications, lie replied why
don't you know I've got yaricose
veinsI"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

Commissioner Gilman has been investi-
eating In regard to the brown-.ailed
moth in various sections of the state.
He has found no evidence of their pres
ence In central Oh eastern lame, but
found number of specimens In Kittery.
We are Informed that Mr., Gilman is TAX
ing vigorous measures to exterminate
the pest In that town. That is right.
No pains or expense should be spared to
do this. IL is matter of the greatest
Importance to Maine.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

Torpedoes for the destruction of yes
sells were first used In the spring OF
1881 by the Confederates In the James
river. In 1865 the secretary OF the
navy reported that more ships had
been lost by torpedoing than from all
ether causes General Rains, chief of
the Confederate torpedo service, put
the number at fifty eight, a greater
number than has been destroyed In all
the wars since
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21
\ Ourself to Blame.

II you read this the advertisement has
done its work. II you don't come 10
aid get Our prces On goods 10 our line
you hive only yourself to blame when
your neighbor tells you how much
cheaper be bought bis goods than you
bought YOUR, and you will always Fl I'D
that The MAJ who gets The best materi4 al
at the lo@ price trades With Us. Also
remember That "e sell standard goods
as low as ea,slogu. houses.
Try u. and see.
IHE BLJsI HDw 90.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

Democrats Of New York, under the
leadership Of Eek Senator David B. Hill,
elected Alton B. Parker delegates to the
st. Louis convention on Monday, and in
structed them to vote as unit for him.
Iammany Hall under the leadership Of
Chief Murphy strenuously fought this
proposition but had only 149 votes to
3Ol for the Parker faction. Hill had the
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

Vceroy Alexioff has applied to the
Russian emperor to be relieved of his
position as viceroy in the far East. 1t is
reported that he has been held respon-
sible for many of the reverses that have
befallen the navy at Port Arthur. The
position is a hard one to fill.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

Carnegie's recent establishment of a
s. 900 900 heroes fund brings the total
OF his benevolences, since he began to
make arrangements to avoid dying rich,
up to the 800 900 900 mark. He has a
good-1iz ID job on hand ye', before be
gives away enough to take him out of
the list OF rich men.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

The Standard Oil Company has an
nounced reduction of one-half cent per
gallon on all grades of refined petrole-
um. This may be regarded as har
bnger of spring. Thanks for small
fayors, Mr.. Rockefeller.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

The explosion on the Missouri and
the mystery surrounding the fate of the
Petropavlosck leads to the suggestion
that it is not impossible that the blow
ing up of the Maine WAS due to in ernal
causes The feeling in this country was
such that we were quick to attribute it
to Spanish treacbery, and such it may
have been, but in the last few years
there have been 30 many instances of
disaster to the modern ship from its own
internal equipment that some doubts on
the matter are not unreasonable
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

Maj Stephen NJ Eaton, a former col.
lector at New Orleans, is dead A ma.
tive ofMaine, he served CALAMITY in the
northern army during the civil war and
settled here after the war
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21
On the basis above given the different towns
ang plantations are entitled to delegates, as

The horse is the king of attractions
in Boston this week. The horse show is
on. The automobile may attract wide
attention but the horse cannot be
eclipsed Just yet.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

Nervous old Lady Tin saloon OF
steamer,-Oh. steward, where do
sleep? Steward What is the number
OF your berth. ma'am? Nervous Old
LADY, don't see what that has to dc
with IT, but II you must know It Is
third. There were q sister and broth
er born before me.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

Col. Chas. II. Prescott, one of the
leading Republican candidates for gov
ernor who was taken i'll on the eve of
the state convention, was able to return
to his home in Biddeford, Saturday
afternoon.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

power and ruled the convention with a
firm purpose. Charles F. Murphy would
have done likewise had he had the power.
This gives Judge Parker the best send
off his own state can give him.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

Brother-l trgsl that YOU are happy
with your husband. Maudt Maud
Oh, yes. rs happy rs one can expect
TO he with T. man who is talking Of
himself half the time and of his first
wife the other half.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

Andrew Carnegie shows ingenuity in
the matter of giving away his millions
His latest is the creation of a fund
of 5000, 900, to be known as "The
Hero Fund" 1t is for the benefit
Of the dependents of those losing
their lives in heroic effort to save their
fellow men or for the heroes themselves
If injured only. Provision is also made
for medals to be given in commermoration
Of heroic acts. This is a worthy move
on the part OF the great Scotch-Ameri-
can capitalist and phiIanthropist.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21
Sk0WhegaH Markets


rE.gr> rAfa rsspeerEs
aAr~-SQ t..
WpoL-U uwashed. /, =. l- =.
Hlpt> Az, SkINs-h8.r-. f.# rs laulrsk.r- g
T. Is cal ss}us. Is r. e.. .t-.tset
AN~-ltard.iltke yellow eyes, s.. = 8 s.
Ies beans. = 81
aKEf-uS nest. r a. -sts
forLrRf + 'Vi--ia =, H. rs Iar TT ;cAseseas
+. to IL cts
RaT>u HaG-- It's.
TAlLow Rough 2cfs, Fe, a.,
bH rItk=tlrst 4raIts stamped. IS 70. 4Hfsar Re
secs II Is pet 10y fresh.
TaFAruts-75C tu 90C.
HFrAtI MAKKET.
FIpyR-Sprne wheat Patent $iS e. 8 80
Wtnle' wheat pat $50 To $6ro, Winter wheat
choice. $50
CaKS-Sl ~ per bag; meal and cracked coru
g so per bag
{. :. MEAL-sl6o per bag.
FEED-M iddngs, 81 IS .'er cvt Chicago gluten
81 IS per cwt.
SrRING BRAS-SlSs 2er cwt.
MIXED FEEDS 40 PER CWt.
SALT PoRK-loc ID; by the bbl 200. lbs, $500
CHEEsB-l6 per 10.
BUTrER-ls 10 25cts. per 10
EGos-lS cts = doE fresh.
TEAS-25 TO 60 cents per 10.
CoFFEE-lo 10 IS cents pcr H..
LARp-Domestic, II cts; Pure. Z cts Com
pound, 10 cts.
MoLAssEs-Fure Ponce. 40 pure Barbados.
80; Maple, 2oc per OF. Choice Cooking 25c.
SUGAR-Granulated sugar, beet quality
pounds for 81. 90; Brown, D pounds for 81.
PorAroEs-sl sl?o a bu.
DryFIsH-Cod,s 10 10 cts per III pollock, 30.
ONIoSs-5c. per h.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21
Had Seven Gallons Left.

Messrs Leachman & Edelin,. Grafton,
v Va, had been selling paint. which
they thought well OF; and ills Lad oc-
cured
They bad sold a customer !, gallons
of X t. paint his house a few years
later, they sold the same man Devoe
lead aud-zuc the same number # gal
Ions 20 pant the same house. He had
gallons left.
The point Of the tale Is: i gallons
Deyoe pAiuts an l. gallon house
OF course that isn't all.
Why does II gallons Degoe 60 as lar
as : gallons of other paint9 Because it
is ali paint, all true, no sham, and full
measure
But that isn't all. Devoe lasts longer
Nc. no; you haven't get to wait ten
years to find that out. Ten thousand
people know it, They think heap of
Deyoe There's no difficulty in showing
our townspeople what 10 expect of
Devoe. sic will paint SIS house: and
the paiutll last twice as long
2. Henry Rawles srlIs our paint
---
a slo.ooo00o fire occurred n Toronto,
Canada, Tuesday night aud Wednesday
morning.
April 30 is fixed for the opening Of the
Worlds fair At =. Louis President
Roosevelt will start the machinery by
pressing button al Washington
Mllliuoeket has been stricken With al
epidemic Of typhoid fever Already
there have been 80 cases uut the new
patients are becoming fewef III number
Tn. aremI mse.ug II fh- Christian
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

The Pennsylvania Democratic State
Convention, held on Tuesday, adopted
the unit rule for delegates to the ST.
Louis convention but refused to instruct
them to support Parker.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

Serious fighting has recently taken
place between Turks and Bulgarians at
Lipe, near Demir Kapu "a valley of the
Vardar, 62 miles from Salonica Many
were killed on both sides.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

In room recently seen tapestry was
utilized in a most attractive way The
owner of tie room explained that the
doors OF an otherwise promising apart
ment which she wished to convert into
library werc Of cheap wood with an
ugly finish and hopelessly spoiled every
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

Five cents for good big bundle of
old papers, REPORTER Office.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21
The Somerset Reporter
A Weekly Republican Newspaper.

T. o. SMITH. H. r. moN EALi1'
+ o. SMITH & CO., PUBLISHERS,
go W. TER STREET, SKOWHEGAN ME.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and legal adver
,.amap Ia In serted at reasonable rates, adjusted
10 the space used, and the position given.
prioes quoted on application.
Cards of Thanks and Resolutions OF hespect
inserted at cents per line.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
When paid In advance.
ma v.sr ...S 1.50 Six months, ............75c.
Three months, .............3So.
Al IL will be charged IL not paid until end OF year
xrrKREp As SECOND GLARS NAIL MATTER.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

\ 100000 fire occurred in Toronto,
Canada, Tuesday night aud Wednesday
marniuE.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

ENTERED As SECOND GLARS NAIL MATTER.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

IHE BLJsI HDw=Go.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-04-21

April 30 is fixed for the opening of the
Worlds fair At II. Louis President
Roosevelt will start the machinery by
pressing button at Washington.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-10-27
INTRIGUE ENDED IN MURDER.
Woman Was Assaulted by a Son of
Her ALLEGED Paramour.

Peoria. H., Oct. 22.-Mrs. Nellie
Thumason, wife of a former promi-
nent real estate dealer in this city, is
dead al her home in Lacon, as the re-
suit of injuries received in senSa-
tional encounter with Richard and
Jennie Higgins, son and daughter of
John G. Higgins, member of the
board of supervisors of Peoria county
and prominent in republican politics.
Young Higgins is 24 years old and his
sister is 20. They intercepted letter
written 10 Higgins, ST., by Mrs. Thorn
ason, in which she asked the older
Higgins to meet her in the depot Of
the Rock Island railroad in this city.
Higgins was at St. Louis and the
son opened the letter. The missive
asked Higgins to be in the waiting
room. When Mrs. Thomason arrived
size was confronted by young Higgins
and his sister. What took place is a
mystery, as only the three and an
uncle of Higgins We're present. Some
time later, however, the woman asked
A. G. Brant, the ticket agent, to assist
her to a train. He did so and when
she was gone, discovered the floor of
the waiting room covered with blood.
The woman fingered in great agony at
her home in Lacon until she died.
Higgins is under arrest on a war
rant charging him with murder The
case has created a sensation. Mrs.
Thomason had been in a cOmatOse
condition since Wednesday night, raj
lying enough at intervals TO speak
word or two. Her lip was severed,
both eyes were backened. one shoul-
der was dislOcated and her back was
covered with bruises. She was also
suffering from internal injuries.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-10-27
CARNEGIE MEDALS FOR HEROES.
The Commission Adopts Rules to
Limit the Awards.

Plttsburg. Oct. 20.-At a meeting
yesterday of the Carnegie hero fund
commission it was decided that no
awards of medals or benefits will be
made by the Carnegie hero fund com
mission before the next meeting of
the commission, which has been fixed
for January Is, 1908. At that time
the executive committee of the Or
ganization Is expected to report upon
the SO cases now under consideration,
and medals and benefits will probably
be awarded at the coming meeting.
The report of the organization COM
mittee follows:
"The scope of the fund shall he
confined within the following limita-
tiOns:
"First-1o acts on which conclusive
evidence may be obtained showing
that the person performing the act
voluntarily risked his own life in saw
Ing or attempting to save the life of
fellow being, or who voluntarily has
sacrificed himself in an heroic manner
for the benefit of others.
"Second-Such acts must have been
performed by persons, the nature of
whose duties in following their regu-
lar vocation does not necessarily re-
quire them to perform such acts.
"Third-Such acts must have been
performed in the United States Can
ada, or the colony of Newfoundland
and the waters thereof
"Fourth-Such acts must have been
performed on or after April 10, 1904.
"F'ifth-Heroic acts may be brought
to the attention Of the commission
by direct application or through the
public press"
The report of the financial commit
tee showed that the $5,00000O worth
Of per cent. first mortgage bonds OF
the United States Steel Corporation
were registered in the name of the
commission on May 13 last About
$50, 900 interest has already accrued
on these bonds.
A special resolution was passed by
the commission authorizing the eX-
ecutive committee in its investigation
of all cases to secure such representa-
tiyes to aid them as will be necessary
in finding out the minutcst details
concerning every alleged act of hero
ism
The medal Of honor TO be selected
by the commission will probably be OF
bronze or silver. 1t is not the desire
of the commission to have gold
medals, on account of their intrinsic
value. 1t is argued that the medal is
a symbol TO commemorate the deed
and if it is OF small value it will be
priced all the more and be kept by the
recipient.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-10-27
sLEUTHs AND ROBBERS CLASH.
Two Detectives and One Suspect
Were Killed.

St Louis, oct 22.--In desperate
battle Friday between five detectives
and three suspects whom they were
cndcavoring to arrest, two detectives
were killed and one seriously injured
and one of the suspects was killed and
two others badly wounded.
The fight occurred in the front room
of a house on Pine street and the men
whom the detectives sought to arrest
are suspected of being implicated in
train robbery at Centralia, H., a few
weeks ago.
The house had been under police
surveillance for several days, but yes
terday was the first time that any Of
the suspects were seen to enter or
leave.
Blair made a statement that he.
Rose and others had been seated in
the room when the door was opened
and the detectives entered
Blair, noting the fact that the de-
tectives had rcvolvers drawn. pulled
his own gun and emptted it into the
faces of tine invaders.
lfc shot six times without pause,
There were no misfires and so close
were the suspects and detectives that
the powder from the revolvers burned
their clothes.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-10-27
GEN. RUGGLES DIES.
! Another Man Who Took Prominent
| Part in the Civil War Has Passed
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away
Washington, Oct. 20.-Gen. George
d. Ruggles, retired, for several years
governor of the soldiers home in this
city, died here last night.
Gen. Ruggles was n native Of New
York and graduate of West Point,
but at the outbreak of the civil wal
entered the volunteer army and be
came adjutant general of brigade
from Pennsylvania. later taking
leading part in organizing the Army
OF the Potomac. His first battle was
at Balls Bluff.
He won the confidence of the com
manders of the Army of the Potomac
and became adjutant general and
chief Of staff to Gen. Pope. When
Mcclellan took command Gen. Rug
giles was assistant adjutant general
with practically all the duties of the
superior officer to perform. He par
ticipated in the battles OF Bull Run,
Antietam aud Chancellorsville. After
the battle of Gettysburg he became
adjutant general of Meade's army. In
1893 Gen. Ruggles was appointed
adjutant general Of the army, retiring
for age just prior to the Spanish.
American war.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-10-27
SUFFERED GREAT HARosAIPs.
Crew of a Wrecked Steame, Were
Rescued from Islands Off the Coast
of [ abradOr

North Sydney, C. B., Oct. 20.-Aft>r
suhsisting on scant rations for several
weeks, during which time they suf-
fered intensely from the cold, the II
survivors of the stranded steamer
Viking have been picked up from 9th
erwise uninhahited islands off the
coast Of Labrador by the tug Douglas
II. Thomas, which had been sent to
their relief They were taken to the
Hudson Bay Co.'S post at Rigolct and
the tug returned here yesterday.
When the men were rescued their ra-
tions had dwindled to an insignificant
amount of salt pork flour and water,
and their condition was desperate.
The Viking with a full cargo of pro
visions and supplies for a lumber con
Germ at Grand River, Hamilton Inlet,
was wrecked at Shag Rock, Gross
Water Bay, last August. Soon after
gale swept the wreck. carrying away
the greater part of her stores and
forcing the crew to abandon her. The
captain and two OF the crew sought
refuge on a small island to the wind
ward of the wreck, while the other
eight men reached an island to the
leeward. A vessel formerly sent to
bring back the Vikings crew, was
also wrecked. The Viking Is a tota'
inaa
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-10-27
REVIEW OF TRADE.
More Activity Is Noted in Nearly
Every Branch of Manufacturing.

New York, Oct. PR. c. Dun 4:
Co, S Weekly Review of Trade says:
Trade reports are more encouraging
each week, while the feeling of optim-
ism regarding the future is becoming
general. With its customary DISPOSE
tion to discount commercial prosper
ity, Wall street has lifted the average
price of the 90 most active railway
shares above par for the first time
since May OF last year. Manufacture
ing plants steadily increase output, a
particularly gratifying feature Of the
week being the large tonnage of steel
purchased by the railways, and the
advanced prices for pig iron suggest
that the depression in that industry
has run it's course.
Textile mills are doing more work,
even the New England cotton centers
reporting less procrastination among
buyers, which is the more noteworthy
because the new contracts We're plac-
ed at time when the raw material
was declining. Shipyards are more
fully engaged, and structural work
begins TO assume normal proportions.
Jobbiug and wholesale trade in
spring goods makes a better cOmpari-
son with last years volume and cur
rent retail distribution of merchan-
disc is increasing. Payments are still
somewhat irregular, yet there are
comparatively few complaints.
Failures this week numbered 215
in the United States, against 279 last
year, and 80 in Canada compared
with 26 a year ago.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-10-27
a LatIler's Crime.

Elmira, n. Y, Oct. 22.-Joseph G.
Riley, a l5Nher was arrested here Fri
day, charged with murderously as
saulting his wife at their home in this
city Thursday night. Riley said he
had a dispute with his wife over
money matters. He first attacked her
with his fists, knocking her Gown.
Then he stripped off her clothing and
whipped her with the butt end of a
heavy whip into insensibiity. He
then thrust a bot iron into her mouth,
burning away part of the tongue.
Riley also appued the iron to her body
anh kicked tho unconscious woman.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-10-27
Disastrous Caveins.

Scranton, Pa, Oct. 22.-Mine cave
ins at Duryea yesterday caused a rise
in the Lackawanna river. The flood
poured into the workings of the Hal
stead mine and damaged much sur
face near the Polish Catholic church.
A score OF houses also suffered dam
age. The mine was flooded during the
strike of 1902 from similar causes and
the water had just been pumped out
preparatory to getting the mine ready
to operate. 1t may now be wholly
abandoned, which will mean the loss
Of over 100000 to the Lackawanua
20
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-10-27
A Git OF $1oO, 600 to an AsvIum

Charleston. S. c., Oct. 20.--A citizen
Of Charleston has made a Gift Of $780,
600 to the Charleston orphan house
one of the oldest and best known or
phan 2syiums in the country The
gift was made as memorsl to the
late Jefferson Bennett. OF this city,
and the donor prefers that his identity
should not be made known. It is &C.
ccpted, however, that the gift was
made by A. L. Murray, president of
tho bennett rice mills, who was
reared ct the orphan house and was
adopted into the family OF Mr.. Pom
latt when youth.