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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-04-20
THIS Is CURTAIN TIME AND WE HA

New Bobbiner Lace Curtains at 81 90, 81 p. 81 81
-. 90, 81 so and $S.75 pair
New Arabian Curtains at $50 - 90 and S3.e a
pair.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
FATALLY SHOT
IN WINDY CITY
Chicago Officer Wounds
Thomas r. Ryan, a Sup
posed San Francisco Crook

CHICAGO, Feb. pa man who
gives his name as Thomas R. Ryan
and says he is from San Francisco was
fatally shot to-day in a revolver duel
with a Chicago policeman. Two po-
Mcemen, named Tripp and Nape, who
live together, had just returned home
after their nights duty. They were
prepared for bed when the cry of rob
bers" attracted their attention. They
took up the pursuit in their stocking
feet. Tripp overlook two fleeing men,
placed them under arrest and ordered
them to walk toward a patrol box.
Just before the box was reached one
Of the prisoners dropped to his knees,
took deliberate aim and fired at the
officer, but did not hit him. Tripp re-
turned the fire and Ryan rolled into
the gutter. Nape came to Trips
assistance, but the other prisoner es-
capped. The alarm was first given by
Patrick Fitzpatrick, who says he was
held up by Ryan and the man who
escaped.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
In British Com
mons Twenty
four Years.

LONDON, Feb. 25.-Henry Tolle-
mache has represented Cheshire dis
trict in Parliament for twentyfour
years and during that entire period
has never made a speech. He proudly
announced that fact to his admiring
constituency the other day and awoke
next morning to find himself famous.
Newspapers all over the country COM
mented on his unique record; profess
sional humorists wrote funny squibs
about him and illustrated journals
printed pictures of him. AS a result
he is far better known now than many
members of the House of Commons
who have sought to obtain distinction
by means Of eloquence and have sell
dom missed a chance of saying some
thing.
He is fifty-nine years old and has
announced that as long as he remains
in Parliament he will continue to keep
his mouth tight closed. He is an OK
ford B. A, so that it may be assumed
it is not because he is lacking in the
ability of the average legislator that
he has chosen to play a silent part
among IIl6 VI pal liSou
wisdom.
Tollemache is good looking chap
with the serene, unruff1ed countenance
natural to the man who has won the
approval of his own conscience by
sternly resisting all temptations to add
to the verbosity of what has been
derisively dubbed the Nations Talk
ing Shop" 1t is understood that when
he retires from public life his CRATE
full constituents intend to present him
with a loving cup made of the yellow
metal and inscribed with the words,
Speech is silver; silence is golden
The greatest talker in parliament is
the Prime Minister. There are only
half a dozen other members of the
House who have talked half as much
terly that the nations time is wasted
by needless oratory. Last session his
speeches filled 81 columns of Hansard,
which here corresponds to the Congress
sional Record, and yet his opponents
declare he has not yet made it clear
where he stands on the fiscal question.
Austen Chamberlain, Joseph Chamber
lain's promising son, came next to him
with 237 columns. Sir Henry Camp
bell Bannerman, the leader of the op-
ponents, was third with 200 columns.
The Irish members, whose loquacity
used to be so conspicuous, do COM
paratively little speechifying nova
days. John Redmond, their leader,
was content to add only 109 columns
to the debates.
There is OnIy half as much faIlxin o.
in the Lords as in the Commons
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
Restricting Billboard Nuisance.

The American Civic 4 ederation,
which is doing it's best to beautify the
cities of this country, makes an en-
couraging report about Cleveland,
Ohio. That city has just adopted a
comprehensive building code. The
most significant provision is the one
relating to signboards. This declares
all signboards and billboards now or
hereafter erected on any residence
street within two hundred feet of any
park, park boulevard or driveway to
be nuisances, and the inspector of
buildings is given power to abate them.
Moreover, the code provides that mo
sign. signboard of billboard shall be
placed upon any public property. nor
shall any such sign or billboard. in
elusive of placards, be fixed or placed
upon any building so as to project be-
yoild the street line" without an official
pernit.-Exchange
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
GUESTS ENJOY
A GALA WEEK
AT CORONADO
Special Dispatch to The CAN.

HOTEL DEL CORONADO, Feb. 25.
Already preparations are being made
for increased crowds of summer visit
ors and the midwinter sojourners re-
gard these with no little wonder, when
they think that the same place that
affords them pleasant refuge from the
discomforts of the winter months will
soon be sought by those fleeing from
the equally disagreeable heat of the
Northern and Eastern critics.
The ball given at the hotel on last
Saturday night was most successful
affair from every point of view and
few Of the visitors from abroad failed
to put in an appearance. The array
of pretty girls and handsome women.
exquisitely costumed and wearing rare
jewels, was a grand one indeed. The
men were out in force too, including
many army and navy officers resplend-
ent in their uniforms.
On Sunday the travel to the beach
was very heavy. During the concert
hour there were few vacant chairs.
tempting as was the beach. Miss
AACOfSi oiuSlL6 anu MI. O66DOIQ 5
flute playing were especially fine feat
ures of an always eZJoyable affair.
Bishop Johnson held confirmation
services at Christ Church in the morn
ing and afterward there was a musi-
cal entertainment under the auspices
of the parish guild. Saturday evening
the Bishop, with the Rev. DIR. C. E.
Spalding and Captain Charles T. Hinde.
were entertained by the officers of the
flagship Chicago.
The midweek hop, dances and nu-
merous dinner parties, at which the
officers of the visiting men of war, as
well as those of the army, figured
largely, both as guests and entertain
ers; the concerts, racing, golfing, wa
ter polo and swimming matches in the
Hotel del Coronado pool, to say moth
ing Of the unsurpassed surf bathing,
filled up the time, day and night.
The plans for outdoor pleasures for
Washington's birthday were inter-
fered with by rain, but indoors en-
joyment held full sway. The SWIM
ming pool. Casino and game rooms
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
Moderation and Longevity.

Lord Strathcona, Lord High Com
missioner of Canada, recently COM
pleted his eightieth year. Except on
set occasions he has eaten but two
meals a day for sixty years-breakfast
and dinner. His lOrdship is the 'larg-
est landholder in the world, owning
millions of acres in the Canadian
Northwest, besides vast estate in
Scotland, the place of his BIRTH He
said recently: Il see no harm IN
smoking a little, and in drinking
little. but believe in temperance
YES temperance in all things, whether
food. drink or tobacco. At the same
time. in my opinion, there are none
more temperate than those who In
sist on total abstinence am not
aware that I work harder than other
men. I have congenial work and at
tend to every detail of my business
In assiduity and concentration lies
the secret Of success kansas City
Journal.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
ADVERTISEMENTS.
What Sulphur Does
For the Human Body in Health
and Disease.

and Disease.
The mention OF sulphur will recall
Go many Of us the early days when
our mothers and grandmothers gave
US our daily dose of sulphur and
molasses every spring and fall
It was the universal spring and fall
blood purifier" tonic and cure-all,
and, mind you, this old-fashioned
remedy was not without merit
The idea was good, but the remedy
was crude and unpalatable and large
quantity had 10 be taken to get any
effect.
Nowadays we get all the beneficial
effects of sulphur in a palatable, con-
cenrated form, so that a single grain
is far more effective than a tablespoon
ful of the crude sulphur.
In recent years research and ex-
pertinent have proven that the best
sulphur for medicinal use is that OBJ
tanned from Calcium Calcium Sui
phide) and sold in drug stores under
the name of Stuart's Calcium Waters.
They are small, chocolate-coated pei
lets and contain the active medicinal
principle Of sulphur in a highly con-
centrated, effective form.
Few people are aware Of the value
OF this form Of sulphur in restoring
and maintaining bodily vigor and
health: sulphur acts directly on the
liver and excretory organs and purifles
and enriches the blood by the prompt
elimination Of waste material.
Our grandmothers knew this when
ttey dosed us with sulphur and mo-
lssses every spring and fall, but the
cTudity and impurity of ordinary
flowers Of sulphur were often worse
than the disease and cannot compare
with the modern concentrated prepa-
rations Of sulphur, Of which Stuart's
Calcium Waters is undoubtedly the
best and most widely used.
They are the natural antidote for
liver and kidney troubles and cure con-
stpation and purify the blood in way
that often surprises patient and physi-
clan alike.
DR.. r. M. wilkins, while experiment.
ing with sulphur remedies soon found
that the sulphur from Calcium was
superior to any other form. He says:
For liver, kidney and blood troubles,
especially when resulting from con-
sdpation or malaria, / have been sur
prised at the results obtained from
Stuart's Calcium Waters. In patients
suffering from boils and pimples and
even deep-seated carbuncles, 1 have
repeatedly seen them dry UP and dis
appear in four or five days, leaving the
skin clear and smooth Although
Stuart's Calcium Waters is a proprie-
tary article and sold by druggists and
for that reason tabooed by many ply
sicians, yet 1 know of nothing so safe
and reliable for constipation. liver and
kidney troubles and especially in all
forms Of skin diseases as this remedy"
At any rate people who are tired Of
pills. cathartics and so-called blood
purifiers" will find in Stuart's CAL
cium Waters a far safer, more palat-
able and effective preparation
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
OBJECTS TO THE KAISER'S
VAST NAVAL PROGRAMME
German Socialist Leader Protests in
Reichstag Against Enormous APP
propriatiOns and Asks Why.


BERLIN, Feb. 25.-In the Reichstag
to-day during the discussion of the
naval appropriations, Herr Bebel, the
Socialist leader, said that if Germany
accepted the naval leagues guidance
she would, it was estimated, spend
$7S1, ,250, 900 on additions to the fleet.
Germany, he added, had better aim at
the future of her people and the amel-
ioration of social conditions rather
than waste the proceeds of labor on
useless armaments.
Against whom are these immense
naval preparations directed?" asked
Herr Bebel. England? We can never
compete with England on the sea. We
have not the money nor is such rivalry
essential to our security. Sea power
is necessary to England, but not to US.
France? The superiority of our land
forces is a sufficient guarantee Of our
safety.
Russia? She will require decades to
recuperate.
North America? War with ner is
unthinkable."
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
SENATE ACTION
ON STATEHOOD
Appointed to Eff
feet an Agreement Salts
factory to Both Houses
MORGAN QUITS FIGHT
Permits Similar Proceed
ings for the Disposal of
the Panama Canal Bill

WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-The Sem
ate to-day agreed to conferences on
the joint statehood and Panama canal
bills. Morgan made no further op-
position to the announcement Of the
conferees on the statehood bill and,
while he declined to serve in the
Panama canal conference, he did not
seek to postpone action.
The chair announced the appoint
ment of Kittredge. Millard and Nor
gan as conferees on the canal bill.
Morgan promptly declined, saying
that his advocacy Of the House pro-
vision regarding the canal commits
sion was such that he could not un-
dertake to represent the position Of
the Senate. He was excused and Cor
man appointed In his stead.
The statehood bill being laid be-
fore the Senate, Morgan said:
Yesterday I took the floor at an
embarrassing time and under what
were to me embarrassing circum-
stances. / had supposed that those
who opposed the House bill were to
continue their opposition at this time,
but 1 had not been long speaking
when found myself in semi-antag-
onism to my friends. 1 had expressed
my views on the constitutional fea-
lures of the bill when it was before
the Senate, but had not had any op-
portunity to discuss its suffrage fea-
lures. 1 was anxious to express my
views on that point and having done
so shall not proceed further
Morgan had scarcely ceased speak
ing when the chair made his an
nouncement of conferees on the state
hood bill, designating Beveridge, Mel
son and Bate.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN
ASSOCIATION Is THRIVING
Report of State Committee Shows Elx-
penses Were $1,000 Less Than
the Receipts.

SAN JOSE, Feb. 25.-At the ses-
sion of the Young Mems Christian AS
sociation State convention this morn
ing the State committee presented its
annual report. The receipts were
$1,000; expenses, $4,000; balance on
hand, $4,000. I. E. Brown. State sec
retary of Illinois, spoke on "Occupa-
ton of Our State Field" and State
Secretary Mccoy on "California's OPP
portunity Abroad" Riverside was Sc
lected as the meeting place for the
convention next year. The sum of
s4723 was raised for field work in this
State
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
OPINION WILL REDUCE
GOVERNMENTS INCOME
July 4, 1901, Pay No
Legacy Tax.

NEW YORK, Feb. 25. = From
$1,000. 900 to $4,000. 600 in taxes upon
legacies will be cut off from the Fed
eral Government by an opinion hand
ed down to-day by the Circuit Court Of
Appeals. The opinion sustains a de-
cision of Judge Lacombe of the United
States Circuit Court some time ago,
in which he held that the estates of
persons who died after July 1, 1901,
could not be taxed under the Federal
legacy law.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
were filled all day and in the evening

were filled all day and in the evening
the dance claimed the attention of the
hotel guests as well as of many from
the vicinity.
Three large excursion parties. num-
bering in all between 200 and 800 per-
sons, are due to-day. Two are Ray
mond- -Whitcomb parties and the third
a Pennsylvania Railroad party. The
New Englanders count on stay of
two or three days duration.
Every train, morning and evening,
brings from one to three score or more
visitors from abroad.
One group of yesterdays arrivals
consisted of the following people. who
N. Y, for California: Mr.. and Mrs.
William Kinch. also Messrs. Charles R.
Huntley, Henry P. Burgard, Francis
&C. Ward, Seward H. Simons.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Norcross arrived
from Los Angeles yesterday, accom-
panied by Miss Agnes E. Du Bois of
Springfield, III.
The list of yesterdays arrivals is as
follows:
C. Edward Innes, San Francisco; E.
]. Mayer, New York; Mr.. and Mrs
Grant Conard. San Diego; Mrs. C. F.
Goodrich, Miss Goodrich, Miss Bisham,
Washington, d. c.; Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam II. Kincn, Charles r. Huntley,
Henry P. Burgard, Francis G. Ward,
Seward II. Simons, Buffalo; Mr.. and
Mrs A. Adler, Miss E. Adler. Roches-
ter; Mrs Artemus Lamb and maid, L.
H. Ford, San Francisco; w. F. Lud-
ingtcn, San Francisco; F. A. Cleage
and wife, Diedrich Cleage, Van Dyke
Cleage, Miss Edith C1eage. Miss Millie
Cleage, ST. Louis; Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
Bryant, Mrs. NJ. Adae, A. w. Wilcox,
Los Angeles; L. n. Stein, Mrs. Mollie
Carson, Miss Irene Carson, Rochester,
n. Y: NJ A. Laughlin and wife, Mrs
Josephine L. Cobb, Miss Frances
Moffat, Mrs. Thomas Moffat, Miss
Anna NJ. Laughlin. Denver; ID. W. ~
Smith, Miss Lucella Smith, Brooklyn;
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin II. Abbott, Bos-
ton; 1. H. Pearman, Los Angeles; Miss
Jessie Clough. River Falls, Wis; Mrs.
Dray, Miss Bertie N. Dray, Leo A.
Dray, st. Louis; Nathan Thayer,
Evansville, Ind; Miss Agnes E. Du
Bois, Springfield, ILL.,; H. F. Norcross.
Mrs. H. F. Norcross, Los Angeles; w.
W. Nelson and wife, Kansas City, Mo.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
NAVY ORDERS.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-Navy or
ders: Midshipmen r. M. Dawell, j..
V. Ogan. w. o. Spears, S. B. Smith and
]. H. Newton Jr. have been ordered
to the Independence at the navy yard,
Mare Island. Midshipmen A. S. Wads-
worth Jr., E. G. Oberlin, H. H. Max
son, r. B. Coffey, G. V. Stewart and
F. G. Blasden have been ordered to
the Pensacola at the naval training
station, San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
KING OF SAXONY SPEAKS
KINDLY OF DIVORCED WIFE
Frederick Reproaches DIR. Koerner.
His Agent, With Having Acted
With Too Much Severity.

LEIPSIC, Saxony, Feb. 25.-King
Frederick Of Saxony received DR..
Koerner, on the latter's return from
Florence, with considerable asperity.
The Neuste Nachrichten says he re-
preached him with the severity Of the
measures taken toward the Countess
Montignoso Ghe divorced wife Of King
Frederick).
After all,' said the King, "she is
the mother of the King of Saxony's
children"
DR.. Koerner left the palace much an
noyed and Immediately sent in his
resignation of his place at court.
which probably will be accepted.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
New Postmaster for Electra.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-John W.
Todd has been appointed fourth class
postmaster at Electra, Amador Coun
ty, Cal, vice Nathan r. Ellis.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26

Lord Lansdowne heads the list with
166 columns, Earl Spencer being second
with 100. The great effort the Duke of
Marlborough is making to cut figure
in politics is shown by the fact that
he tied with Lord Salisbury for third
place with eighty-two columns.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26

Il have never known a deserving
case of street begging" was the re-
lnarkable statement Sir Eric A. Bu-
chanan. secretary of the London Men
dicity Society, made the other day.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
CALL PATTERNS.

All orders for THE CALLS
PATTERNS will be filed at
the earliest possible moment.
1t will, however, take at least
ten days to fill orders, as the
Patterns are mailed direct from
our Eastern Publishing House.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26

The Italian Government has decid-
ed to open. in all parts of Italy. 1850
evening schools. exclusively for adults
who cannot read or write.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26

Charley Crawford, who has been un-
der the weather for a week, managed
to get on top of it to-day and come
down town.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-26
CHAIRS

Useful Oak Bedroom Chairs. with cane
seats; cut from S1.oo to. Csc
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-22
Three Governors In 2h Hours

DENVER. March 1.-THE barg
made by the leaders of the opposing
republican factions of Colorado to
take the governors chair from Alva
Adams and to seat in it Lieutenant
Governor Jesse +. Mcdonald, after
permitting James H. Peabody to hold
1t for one day, was carried to con-
clusion late this afternoon.
In fultillment of the agreement which
he made before the general assembly
decided the gubernatorial contest in
his favor, Governor James H. Pea.
body ha, resigned the office in which
he was iuaugurated late yesterday af.
teruoon.
Governor Adams was ousted and
Governor Peabody installed by the
general assembly at ) O'Clock yester.
day afternoon, and Governor McDon.
aid was sworn in before ) O'Clock D.
III. TO-DAY. Thus in the space of "a
hours Colorado has had three GOV.
ernors.
Governor Peabody trans acted prac.
tically no business while in the Of
fee of governor. He received many
callers who urged him not to resign
and also many messages of the same
import by telegraph and telephone.
To all these he replied that he did not
care to hold the chair. He said that
he was tired of the worry and excite.
ment of his contest, and wished to 20
back to his bank in Canon City.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-22
Suit Against TOtaccO.Trust.

NEW YORK, March l9.-District At.
torny Jerome has brought suits az.
greyating S2S7 900 against the Ameri.
can Tobacco company. the Continen.
tai Tooacco company, the American
Cigar company aud the Florodora
Tobacco company, all subsidiary
companies Of The American tobacco
trust. for alleged violat of the lot.
terry laws ofthr state.
The suits grew Oat of guessing con.
tests organized by the concerns.
About year ago toe companies Of
fered $4,000 TO those who made the
nearest yuesses to the number of ci-
gar> OF certain brards which would
be taxed within Il stated period of
time by the federal government.
Later they offered $4,000 to those
who made the nearest yuesses of the
actual number of votes east for the
winner of the last presidential cleo
ton. According to ,ne section of the
Penal code under which the suits are
brought, even though the prizes Of
fered have been paid. the companies
must again pay the money, this time
to the county of New York should the
district attorney Will the suits.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-22
A DeluSe In California.

Los ANGELES, March Is. - Heavy
rains have fallen throughout South.
ern California since midnight last
night, causing still further damage to
the already seriously tried railroad
systems and rendering the resumption
of traffice impossible for many hours to
come. The floods in the mountains
caused cessation of the work of re.
pairing the road dbeds, and several ad .
ditional washouts have been reported
1t Is unlikely that any of the trains on
either the Santa Fe or the Southern
Pacific. which are now three and four
days overdue IN this city. will be able
to reach here today. No trains on
either line are leaving the city, and
none will be started until the lines
are opened.
New slides are reported on both the
valley division and the coast line of
the Southern Pacific. The tracks are
buried under an avalanche of sand
and gravel for cons iderable dis.
tance, somewhere between Burbank
and Tropico
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-03-22
The kansas Oil War.

INDEPENDENCE, Kas., Marchls. 1t
was learned tonight that an applica.
tion would be made next week to the
district court for receiver for all the
property of the Prairie Oil and Gas
company Stand ard in Kansas. The
suit will be brought by independent oil
producers. The court will be asked to
enioin the company from removing its
pipes connecting with wells owned by
the petitioners. The receivership case
will be based on the refusal of the
company to accept oil for transp sporta-
tion under the new common carrier
law. Upon the advice of their attor.
neys, several producers in the Chan.
ute field this week offered the company
oil for shipment, which was declined.