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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16

The city of Esstport has her tribula.
tlons this year. Election was held or
the 9Th inst. and In a hard fought battle
Of ballots Greenlaw, the Republican
Domine, was elected mayor over Blanch.
ard, Independent. The contest was 8
close one and marked the elimination oil
40 exciting campaign. After the an
nouncement Of the vote It was claimed
that the warrant for the election was IT.
regular, the alleged irregularity consist
ing In the fact that the sttested copy OF
the Warrant was not aligned by the con-
stable by whom 1t was posted. The city
council has issued a call for new cleo.
ton to be held on March Goth. The Re.
publican city committee has taken issue
with the city council and will seek tO
have the legislature legalize Mr.. Green
laws election. Slight delinquency up
on the part Of public officials is liable to
make lots Of trouble.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16

A campaign of the extent and force of
the attack on Mukden in the winter is
BY no means common occurrence.
There was, however, deep laid design
and wisdom in 1t. Japan is said to have
timed its double fl mixing movement be-
fore the Ice bridges furnished by nature
broke up. The strategy of the Japanese
in the eastern war will add a leaf of
much novel interest to military sci
epce.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16
Gard of Thanks.

AS it is impossible for me to see and
thank personally all those neighbors anG
friends who rendered such efficient ser
vice at the time and follow ing the dealt
of my wife, take this public method o
expressing my sincere appreciation oI
their kindness and sympathy, which an
ticipated and provided for every want.
To the Skowhegan Grange for tn,
profusion of beautiful roses, the Degre,
of Honor for the exquisite flower symbo
of their order, to the Social Circle of the
Methodist church for the sheaf of lilies
to the neighbors for their floral tributes
and all other friends for their gifts Of
flowers and sympathy, | extend my
heartiest thanks
GARDNER S BENSON
Skowhegan, March -, 1905
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16

the remnant of his army behind the ex-
tensive Notifications at Tie Pass, ready
to do battle there, as soon as he can re-
cuperate his ded forces. Too much
was expected VI the great Japanese war
rior. His men were terribly fatigued
when the Russian lines we're broken and
retreat began. Fighting Is extremely
exhausting business for men, individual
ly, and for armies, and the ten days
battle resulting In the capture of Mukden
was exceptionally 80. Beside, Gen.
Kuropatkin ls an expert at retreating.
The destruction of one third OF the Rus
sian army was big victory for the jap
snese. A later dispatch is to the effect
that the Japanese army occupied Tie
Pass, Wednesday at midnight.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16

Frank W. sanford, leader of the
Holy Ghost and Us Society at Shiloh,
and Chas. e. Holland, who claims to be
Moses, with 80 followers, attended the
Durham town meeting, Monday and took
an active and controlling part in the
proceedings. Beside electing w. p,
White, member of the Shiloh colony,
as a member of the school board for
three gears. they practically directed
the transactions of the meeting, voting
against anybody whom their leaders
thought untitled for the various
offices
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16
urrHRED As SECOND oLASs NAIL MATTER.

The death of Senator Bate from Ten
uesee on Thursday last, 80 soon after the
Inauguration day exercises, of pneumo-
MIA leads to the statement that his
death WAS due primarily to exposure on
that occasion. The day was favorable
one this time, far more so than the aver
age, but there must necessarily be much
Of exposure upon these occasions and of
sickness resulting therefrom.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16

President Roosevelt addressed the
Congress Of Mothers, In session at Wash
ington, Monday evening. The address
was notable one, laden with thought
and sentiment worthy of careful study.
Among the many Is the following ex-
pressive paragraph, worthy the man and
the occasion:
"Just the happiest and most honor
able and most useful task that can be
set any man is TO earn enough for the
support of his wife and family, for the
bringing up and starting in life of his
children, SO the most important, the most
honorable and desirable task which can
be set any woman is to be good and
wise mother In home marked by self
respect and mutual forbearance, by will
ingness to perform duty, and by refusal
to sink into self indulgence or avoid that
which entails effort and self-sacrifice.
OF course there are exceptional men
and exceptional women who can do and
ought to do much more than this, who
can lead and ought to lead great careers
of outside usefulness In addition to-not
as substitute for--their home work
but am not speaking Of exceptions;
am speaking Of the primary duties, | am
speaking of the average citizens, the
average men and women who make up
the natiOn.o
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16
No. CornvilIe.

There will be preaching services held
at the schoohouse at No. Cornvilie next
Sunday, by Rev. James Taylor.
Ephraim Berry and George Taylor are
working in steward Bros. saw mill.
Joel McIntire was at g. w, Bates
Monday.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16

There ia evidently something in the
way of disappointment to the friends Of
Japan, that Oyama did not succeed in
capturing the Russian armies as who e
and that Kuropatkin succeeded in getting
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16

Every one interested in the labor ques-
ton and its variou, phases, should read
the story of Citizenn Kershaw, Fall Riv-
er's lone fighter, whose Battles with labor
organizations have made him celebrated
character Citizen Kershaw is a well
known figure, at the State House, and the
account OF his moves from one mill town
to another, and Of his Imprisonment for a
principle make a story OF unusual interest
and force. This together with another
article on the personalities and careers Of
Hill and Hartman, rivals, and principals
in the greatest railway fight of the age
and the story of Jewett, the Lawrence
hnancier, who edits his newspaper from
prison, will be found in the Magazine Sec
ton of the Boston Sunday Herald o.
March Io
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16

Dry, four foot wood wanted at the
REPORTER office on subscription account
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16

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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16
The Somerset Reporter
A Weekly Republican Newspaper.

{. o. sNITH. n NJ "O1, AAAAA
I. O. SMITH & CO., PUBLISHERS,
'.rvv srRrFT. sKoWHEGAN ME-.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16

.cvxRT1sMKNTs;-B and legal adveI
.samen "a inserted at reasonable rates, adjusted
pr,oes quoted on application. D..
nSTds of Thanks and Resolutions OF hespec'
,nserted at cents per line-s
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
When paid In advance.
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16

Justices William p. Wbiehouse and
Henry { Peabody Of the Supreme court
who were selected as a commission 10
review the ballots aud settle tie contest
ia lieu Il new election in >seo have
reported giving Tapley, Democrat. this
office Of mayor by one vote. The
change MAS brought by counting bal
lots which the ward Of. sers Lad thrown
out as defective.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16

sun Ia, ser.5e. Ya-aia1 a5rs5jp Io:as.
sunday School a; I2.os Junior Christian
Endeayo, a: 5 o'clock ln,etme late s5,ie,y
Of Christian Endeayof a; $50, Isans Peo-
PIES Meeting a. OILS Gospel Praise Ser
s1ce at o's.ask. All ar 29r!ially welcome
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-03-16

Judge Simmons opened the March
term Of Probate court at the court house,
Tuesday morning. ThVs far ~ mess
has been transacted as folloas:
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-10-04
MONTANA.

Comrade Hogstatz. formerly of
Basin, but who moved to Florence
last spring, has returned to Basin to
reside. During his sojourn at
Florence, Mrs. Hogstatz was killed
while riding a horse. 1t may truth
fully be said that Mrs. Hogstatz
was one of the most devoted So
cialists in America. Her entire
life was given up to the cause and
where ever she travelled she made
a hole in the ranks of capitalism.
The Hogstatzs lived in Occur d. Alene
during the bull-pen period and many
an anxious hour she caused the
capital murderers.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-10-04
Law son Shows
UpFritZ Heinze

Continued from last week.
O Terrifying as the complication
was, we looked it in the pupil
here was dynamite enough to blow
financial Boston to smithereens
reach over into Wall street, and
spread throughout the country.
The possibilities-probabilities-of
obstruction were incalculable. Out
side of hamstringing Heinze, only
one influence could possibly avert
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-10-04

would be given in the potato and
glove contest as to any special edu-
cation which you seem to think
could only be dealt to the few,
there would be more of it. All
would have an equal chance to
reach into the highest studies. /
admit that we can't place brains in
an empty scull. Therefore there
would be some that would never
reach high grade of education in
the professions. Those would GER
tainly be compelled from lack of abb
lity to chose some other calling just
as they do now. AS to your as
sertions in regard to the lazy and
shiftless. / answer that the per cent
of that class is very few compared to
the whole class of workers. l do
not believe it would reach one
half of one per cent. am now at
work in a ditch camp where so men
are employed, and out of the whole
number there is not a single shirker.
Their wages are about 81 per day.
This is a special illustration of col
lective labor. / cannot believe that
these men would take any less in
terest in their work if they receiv-
ed the full benefit of their collective
toll which would be ten dollars per
day instead of two. | also fully
believe the work would be better
managed by an elected forman than
it is now managed by the parasite
boss.
In conclusion brother, think you
have commenced your study of So
cialism on the wrong end of it if
you would commence in the prim-
airy class instead of trying to take
the graduating course | think you
would understand it better; the first
great Bassic truth that a student of
Socialism must learn is that labor
produces all wealth. After he gets
this great truth fully established in
his mind, he is then prepared to
branch out into the higher studies,
such as measure of value, cause of
variable ratios, division of labor, etc.
For instance when he fully under
stands that labor is the creator of
all wealth, he is then in a position
to learn that there is no true meas
ure of this wealth only by its crea-
tor, labor. Then he will go on
further and learn that nearly all the
labor that is applied to producing
wealth today is cooperative labor.
This will bring him to a point where
he can commence to understand the
Justice in the demand of labor to
own the means of production.
Now brother just one more werd
and this is in regard to ratios. Did
you ever know of time that our
government had any trouble in
maintaining the ratio between post
age stamps1 Which are simply a
a labor check, and barring our pri-
vate profits made by carriers. Which
would be eliminated by the govern
ment carrying its own mail and
the stealing or postal feuds which
would be impossible under So
cialism-these postage stamps not
only gives a true record of the labor
cost of carrying on our postoffice
department but it also proves that
labor is the measure of value; by
first paying for these stamps which
was then put into circulation by the
use of our medium of exchange,
money.
| NEnNrrA ANA
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-10-04

of their own juggles had miscarried;
so it cannot be the loss of money.
My conclusion, after studying the
symptoms, is that the crooked
gambler who habitually eliminates
adverse odds is mentally and NOR
ally untitled to participate in plays
where he may lose.
Then there was but one hope"
| said. You have all tried to trick
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-10-04

The News is publishing, this week
the entire preamble and constitu-
ton of the Industrial Workers of
of the World and we advise our
readers to put it away for future
reference.
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-10-04

the coming cyclone-if Standard
Oil" would throw itself into the gap
it could turn the tide. 1t
might require many millions. |
knew Standard Oil" and Mr..
Rogers. However brave and fear
less they were with winning cards in
their hands, | knew that they were
veritable towards when the game
was in the open. However, | said:
Mr.. Rogers, are you and Mr..
Rockefeller willing to stand in the
breach tomorrow, stop the decline,
and chase Heinze out of the mar
ket2 1t may take millions, but we
can turn the tables if you will"
Not for a dollar, Lawson. The
man who starts to stop the decline
tomorrow, must stop it-he cannot
try, change his mind if it is too
dangerous, and quit. You know we
never put ourselves in a position of
that kind, and we will not begin
now. Mr.. Rockefeller would not
listen to the idea for an instant,
even if l thought favorablv of it,"
The world of finance. hypnotized
by the great name of Standard
OIL" imagines it omnipotent in the
stock market. The truth is that
Mr.. Rogers and Mr.. Rockefeller,
with all their millions, are the YER
lest cravens in a open stock gamble.
Standard Oil" is sure thing
operator. 1t never enters a deal OF
even terms. Its cards are alway.
stacked" its dice "cogged," anc
its boxes fixed" can put my
hand on at least a score of trader:
on Wall street, men not worth hal
to a single million, who. in a play il
which the chances were even, woulC
risk m ore and go farther than tn,
W hole corterie at 20 Broadway
| have seen men of the Rogers typt
turn pale at the calamitous issue o
cha nee and meet it like the butcher
mongrel who, in full chase after
sheep, is confronted by the farm
collie; and again have observed
the same individuals stand up smil
ing to a staggering loss when on
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-10-04

Heinze-I will now take a hack at
him."
1T will do no good, lawson"
Mr.. Rogers expostulated. The
man is impossible, and now that
we know what he has behind him,
he will be more insolent than ever"
Il can't help it. It's all there is
left" And l bolted for Heinze's
Office few blocks up the street.
Hitherto l had avoided Heinze
for | had taken a most violent dis
like to the man and his methods.
Though we had never even seen
one another, we had exchanged
public lambastings, and it is con-
firmed habit of mine under no cir
cumstances to treat my enemies
save as enemies. The fine Italian
art of the cordial handshake and the
pleasant smile for the man l hate is
one | have never been able to learn,
and | realized on my way to his
Office that if We got together it was
90 chances out of hundred that
our encounter would end in a quick
knock down and drag-out scrap
rather than settlement. However
it was our one chance to save the
day-a forlorn hope, indeed-and
it behooved me to tackle it for all
| was worth.
Thirty minutes after he had left
the Standard Oil" building, | was
outside Heinze's big barn of an
Office. The mans career had been
one bold, plate-glass bluff, and his
surroundings were in vociferous ac-
cord with is character. The door
bore the pretentious names of enter
prises high-sounding but echoless.
entered huge, barren waiting
room paneled in ground glass, from
which other large Offices opened,
the largest marked IF, Augustus
Heinze, Private" 4 few queer
looking men stood about, Great,
empty desks, portentious chairs, an
over-thick carpet supplied all the
fimiliar signs of confidence outfit.
One instinctively felt for ones
!. Continued on page ? )
Montana news. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-191?, 1905-10-04

Continued on page e.
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-09
ADVANCING FIRE RATES.

All Phes Bnlic'i IN has been predicting
for some timeihe aew fire insuranc !
rates show the ussial upward ten.
sency. Cairo III 70 again experience
sfae esnnnsn and uhpgeasaftn sss+ of a
IA CHER Insurance cost The BulIe In Ii
rsddf fhertAficsal organ OF the insurance
|. trlst,, md ID has nd excuse % make
lor the ID tirancs comrunies but II
sasess ssfs at~a very great SAVING II
the property holders III the city MGR
rave been accomplished ii its sugges
ions Of some months ago had heen
ee5aa. Anrpfs opportunity vas given
ffio Fffy ALI fflA fFlss OF The Bulletin
sxill prove to- improve eondH nns aud
according 40 Secretary Pefseh, af
equal chance was gwen the iadlvidua
propery ovner I'D farasghEs partisu
| lar risk was. concerned but little i
any attention was paid 10 The eondi
fion al explained The editor ais u
The Bulletin were cons derad SCUM
enough to hear repetition In under
1 writing journals as far remote as CHI
cage but they attracted very Little al
tantion AT home
4 al al result property owners in TIL
| city will enjoy the alternative Of pay
| Ing much higher fire rates, carry n
their own insurance or relying upo
| nnau;hor zed companies to protec
4 their risks
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-09
THE AMERICAN HEN.

Honor to the hen, exclaimed the
Springfield, Mass, Republican. She
has accomplished unaided what the
admin strafion and the attorney. gen
eral haven't succeeded in doing yet.
She has sraa9hea.a trust and busted a
corner 1t il 'repsfted from Iowa that
The big. passfJng, Arms are going out If
the butter egg and poultry business,
Tho EXPLANATION Is that FIR year
theft 8SFFafnptea Egg corner has failed
to make good. The hens went to lay
ing at the wrong and unexpected time
and before the public had been forced
no faKe The millions of iezans Of eggs
that the pack ng trust had in cold
storage awaiting fancy prices the hens
had smashed the market whether
this explanation is complete CT not, IL
IL said to be known thar the ArmoliFs
have been selling their plants in Iowa,
having dropped a large sum in the
venture.
The Bulletin believes the hen should
We honored She has made laws and
presidents pale into insignificance,
While they are laying around doing
nothing, the honorable hen is laying
around busting trusts like they were
mere egg shells.
Let MS repeat hone To the hen,
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-09

irony, sarcasm. and personal depreei-
atien have no piaee II the personals
" OF a really true teacher. The girl
who nags her beQtller will meyer have
much influence over him The boy
who sneers at his sister viii never be
greatly loved by sheF The teacher
who nags her pupils or sneers at them
will not have influence over them or
bo loved by them To make allow
ances. to be eonsiderate. is one of the
most important rules TO be lived out
by The teacher In school life Some
teachers viii never learn it and some
will never Know the real and deep
happiness of the real and optimistic
eaehc:"
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-09
THE TEACHER AND HIS WORK,

Iii the May issue 81 the School
News and Practical Educator pub
lished AZ Chicago, appears an inter
esting and Instructive contribution
from Prof q g. 4Clendenen, superin
tendent III Che city schools Of Cairo
OH the subject. THE Teacher Should
I'D an Optimist"
The counsel IL Prof clendenen Is
valuable, becauGe II covers. number
of faults that are common with many
pedagogtes especially those who are
young and inexperienced and 1t may
10 perused withSprofit by them. Prof
Clendenen II alb educator of large ex'
perience, al well as a close student
! of the best educational methods, and
his long success at the head of Cairo's
SCH oil Ii evidence of the correctness
or his views His article Is as fol
lows.
There HI every reason why a teach
cr Dir d ssuperyisor should try ia llvs
All optinMsta 5rha supervisor sshoult
have hts teachers know before tht
day Ii done that he appreciates thu
Individual faithfulness and the con
scientious working efforts Of each D
hts corps When. supervisor be
comes too old 10 continue ID live al
optimist, II Is about time to try tn
Doctor Osler chloroform treatment
For every fault that superintendent
may flnd there should be many goo
things fosnd and said for the teachc
personally and profes sionally.
Teachers live six hours of eac
hay witkg'fls 4ahd boys and each on
by nature, an optimist ID W. con
mend enough? II do not mean hattie
enough. The ven Of ilattery r. east
penetrated besides IL Ii a Guise !,
deceit and dishonesty. s
mot To criticise the children iss II
better way except when really ne
essary. The teacher who nags NJ
pupils will moi have the best inn
ence over them She habItlIally K
gets 10 make allowances for imperfe
bit perfecting child life Teaching
A constant leading. showing guidil
and training, but itsshonld never dr.
A down III thc lcveis 81 personal pcevis
N ness, manifest irritability, hablh
\ nagging, fearful whining and gencl
N scsldinE.A
Y N 'rheHpersonaI habits of The teach
III Ler relation ~ her authority os
IN vhN children as teacher and the cla
y rpom relation should be those 81
n sfVls l6dy or gentleman IN every \
is HpSrs and n ~ times. Satire :
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-09
THE GENERAL. ASSEMBLY.

The Illinois Legislature has done
fairly we'll ais state legislatures go, If
slt had sscen left entirely to its own de.
vices ii would not have made no good
a record, ssBut fcr the influence of the
governor some meritnfious measures
WOULD have come To naught. The leg
gslation regarding compulsory prima
Eries and the merit system for EN-
ployHs III The rtate charitable institu
tions owes much to him Chicago Tri
fbune,ss
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-09
Indian style on Beauty.

IA A fiat fretreattng zshrpE and ~.
features are. not admired by men II
civilization. but theres ere itaay pen
piss who consider this a decided mars
II beauty Hearue, who spent Eians
ears with the American Indians
eclares: ASK d northern Indian
Rhat beauty Is and he will answer \
broad, fiat faee, small eyes and TOUR b
I've broad, black lines across eac'
cheek, high cheek bones, & low fore
head and broad chin
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-05-09
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE

ii
Thakelnrqrer of eGermsHS takes hts
mealSNwith' his family, Even ~ tine;
smallest tot. s,sa.
Mrs. John w Mackay wore at re
cent fashionable wedding in New
York City pearls worth $4,000.
Ex-Prncess Louise Of Saxony has
refused TO accept $40 600 rendered
her by the socialists OF that kingdom.
N william WI Dean, treasury clerk
since 1865, " the Oldest employee IN
that department, he having recently
celebrated his n'nety-fourth birthday
------ 1f
The daughters Of Capt. John Mul
Ian 9U. S.sAs are successfully runnins
a laundry In Washington much to th,
discontinue 81 fheir relatives. A
- 1xiAA
Jules Verne III To have d memoria
| which ~ to he erected BY the schou
children ot France, who are asked n