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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19
A COLLECTOR OF EPrrAPHs.
Jacob Cook, the Monkey Trainer,
Who Died from Heat.

New York, July 19.-Jacob Cook,
for thirty years an attendant in Cen
trail park, whose death from heat
prostration occurred yesterday, was
one of the best known trainers of
monkeys in the world. He entered
the park service as a 1aborer, but it
was not long before he became at
tached to the menagerie and finally
became identified exclusively with the
! monkey house. He showed the great
est affection for his pets there and
nursed many of them through long
illnesses.
The trainers greatest triumphs were
achieved in the education of mister
Crowley and "Kittie Crowley
chimpanzees which were world
renowned attractions and did innu-
merable tricks.
for his peculiar idea of an enjoyable
vacation. 1t was to visit graveyards
and copy inscriptions from tomb
stones. Year after year, accom-
panied by his wife, he made pilgrim
ages to the cemeteries, not only of
New York and the suburbs, but far
into New England and invariably re-
turned with an interesting collection
of epitaphs-
While thousands of persons left
their homes in the flats and tene-
ments of this city. seeking in the pub
| lie parks relief from the nights in
tense heat, by far the greatest crowd
gathered on the sands of the seashore
at Coney Island. Trains arriving there
even after midnight were crowded,
and it was estimated that an army of
| ZOO heat-tortured men. women and
children, the latter being in the ma
| jority, made beds in the sand. A
northwest breeze blew over the island,
bringing much comfort to the swelt-
ering thousands. A large force of
extra policemen was kept on duty and
tguarded the sleepers from harm.
The early morning hours in Man
] haitian brought considerable relief in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19
Loss ON SHIPMENTS.
Guthrie Grain CO. Sues Wichita Man
for Damages.

Wichita, Kan, July 19.-The Capital
Grain company of Guthrie, Ok, has
filed suit in the district court here
against George Harrington, ct al, in
the sum of $3.50 for loss sustained in a
shipment of wheat on April 1.
The petition states that the plaintiff
and defendant entered into an agree
ment by which the defendant was to pay
at the rate of SO cents a bushel for
ISIS bushels. of wheat shipped from
Lahoma, Ok. to Wichita. According to
the contract the consignee was to notify
the grain company as to the particu-
days. This, it is set forth, was never
done and I'D to this time the de-
PENDANT has not compiled with this part
of the contract. AS a consequence the
wheat had to be sold at a loss of 8
cents per bushel, netting a total loss
on the three cars of $3.50, the amount
Sued for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19
WESTINGHOUSE PLAN.
Would Make the Equitable Shares
Smaller and More Numerous.

New York. July 19.-Expressing the
belief that the present trustee arrange
ment for control of the Equitable So
ciety may only temporarily satisfy
either policyholders or public and
solution of the society's differences has
not been reached, George Westing-
house has suggested a new plan for
stock control of the society, by five
thousand policyholders. The Westing-
house plan is outlined in letter to
Paul D. Cravath, an attorney of this
city.
The letter was made public today.
The proposition outlined is that all
shareholders be invited to place their
shares with those of Mr.. Ryan in the
vote for an amendment to the charter
providing that the stock shall consist
of five thousand shares of $40 each in
stead of L 900 shares of 500 each;
that no person except a policyholder
shall be director; that only one share
shall be held by any single person
who must be a policyholder; that at
each annual meeting seven policyhold-
ers who have not previously served
shall be chosen, that trustees be direct
ed and empowered to offer for sale at
$1,000 a share the five thousand
shares contemplated by the amended
charter to the five thousand largest
policyholders and in the event of any
such offer not being accepted, then to
continue to offer said shares to the
next largest policyholders until the
whole five thousand shares shall have
been disposed of.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19
KILL THE DANDRuFF GERM
Or Your Hair Will Fall Out Till You
| Become Bald.

Modern science has discovered that dand-
ruff is caused by a germ that digs I'D the
scalp in scales, as it burrows down to the
roots of the hair, where it destroys the
hairs vitality, causing falling hair and
ultimately badness. After Prof Unna of
Hamburg. Germany, discovered the dand-
ruff germ all efforts to find a, remedy fail
ed until the great laboratory discovery
was made which resulted in Newbro's
Herpicide. It alone of all other hair prep
arations kills the dandruf germ. With
out dandruff, hair grows 1uxuriantly. DE
stroy the cause you remove the effect"
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c in
stamps for sample to The Herpjcide Co,
Detroit, Mich. j. P. Rowley, special agent.
Successor to Rowley & Snow.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19
Strong Cash Bargains for Thursday


The prices have dropped good many lines in this
section Clean snappy, upto-date apparel that
other Topeka store sells at equally low prices These
are for tomorrow, THURSDAY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19

been served with the summons and COM
plant. When the matter came up in
the supreme court today before Justice
Giegerich, John d. Lindsay of the firm
of Nicol1, Venable & Lindsay, was ap-
pointed guardian of the boy on the ap-
plication of Charles H. Hyde, of Brook
Ign. Young William Ziegler is son
of George Washington Brandt of Daven-
port, Iowa, a brother of Mr. Ziegler
He was formally adopted by Mr.. and
Mrs. Ziegler in 1896, when five years
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19
Arcanum WrangIing Over Rates.

New York, July 19.-Announcement
has been made officially that the grand
council of New, York state, Royal Ar
canum, will meet in Buffalo August /
to take action on the new schedule of
rates recently adopted by the supreme
grand council 1t was intimated in con-
nection with the announcement that the
vene September to take action on the
resolutions which will be adopted at
Buffalo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19

the shape of a mild breeze, which
caused drop in the street tempera-
ture to 70 degrees by 4:30 a. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19
Hurricane DESTROYS Crops.

Madrid, July ia hurricane has al
most destroyed the harvest in the
provinces of Saragossa and Caxeres,
thus adding immensely to the general
distress. 1t has been decided entirely
to suspend all work tomorrow as pro-
test against the dearness of provisions
here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19
WHATTHEYP ON
Personal Property Assessments
for This Year.
List of Those Whose Valuation
Is So, 500 or More.
HEADED BY A LODGE.
knights & Ladies Of Security
Pays on Basis of $1O2,5OO.
The Shawnee Fire Is Next With
$72,41O.

County Clerk Newman has COM
pleted the personal property tax roll,
for the city of Topeka, and the list
shows 1913 firms and individuals who
will pay taxes on a personal property
valuation of s2.500 or over.
The tax on personal property will be
paid on one-half the value of the
property as listed for taxation. If a
firm or individual lists $1,000 worth of
personal property for taxation this
total is divided and he pay taxes on
$4,000. The following list shows the
personal property valuations on which
taxes will be paid and the figures fol-
lowing each name represent so per
cent of the Va l11atinr1 of the rrnnertN.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19

81 know, old chappie." said Dobbs, "she
has her faults, and temper, and all that:
her.
Just So" calmly replied his friend:
but the question isn't that. Can you live
with her? That's it.. old fellow-can You
live with her ?''-T1t-Bits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-19

81 hear your husband was at deaths
door, began Mrs. Cooley.
Pardon me, no." interrupted Mrs. Nu-
ritch. haughtily, the porte-cochere. -
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-28

During the past twenty years there
has been a growing conviction in the
minds of the best teachers and school
officials that there were some things in
the arithmetic as taught in the grammar
grades that ought to be omitted both
because they are not practical and be
cause they are too abstruse for pupils
of the ages now in the grammar grades.
But because of the constant interchange
of teachers apd frequent removals of pu-
pills to adjoining towns it is totally i'm
practic able for one or two towns to ex-
clude those useless portions unless the
surrounding towns do the same At the
request of Supt. Ball of the Upper Ken
nebec, a conference of the Superntend-
ents present at the recent meeting of
the Somerset Teachers Association at
Madison was held and a committee con.
sistng of Supt. Colby of Skowhegan.
Foster of Madison, Paine of Arson, and
Drake of Pittsfield was appointed TO call
a meeting of the School Superintendent
of the county, TO consider this and kim
bred matters with a view to securing
concerted action by all the towns of the
county.
This meeting will be held at the of
fee of j. ". Foster ESQ in Madison on
New Years Day and full attendance
is earnestly desired. State Supt. Stet-
son is heartily cooperating and is ex-
pected to attend the meeting.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-28

l. will be of interest to Somerset
County Patrons TO note the standing of
Somerset county with the other counties
of the State in the work and numerical
of the grange. The report of the State
secretary for the year ending Sept. 30,
1905, shows that of the 81 subordinate
oranges in Maine that had membership
OF 200 or more, Somerset had nine and
was only exceeded by Androscoggin,
which had ten. Skowhegan grange is
the fifth in the State in membership /;
Somerset grange, Norridgewock, the
eighth; Canaan grange ninth, and Pitts
field grange, eleventh The gain for the
last wear in Somerset was more than
double that of any other county, rising
TO 926, while PenObscot the next on the
list reported 40S. Somerset is the third
county in grange membership, Penobscot
and AroostOok leading. II is evident
that Somerset county is the first county
in the United States in proper ton to its
population for grange growth and pros
perity.
The following Patrons from Somerset
county were present at the State grange,
Bangor, last week: NJ l. Morrill,. Mel
vim Bigelow, ST. Adams; r l. Brown,
Pslmvra; VIM. Mclaughlin, Harmony !;
c E Turner, j Corson, Athens; l. l.
Smith and wife, Cornville; l. { Jewett
and wife, Scion; F Il Hill, S F Emerson,
Skowhegan; T Tibbetts, A II Ellis and
wife. Fairfield; E Downs, Smithfield !;
l. Butler, Starks; H B Ellis and wife,
Embden; Winslow Stricklond and wife,
New Portland; g Fl Foster, Canaan.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-28
KeBnebec Ice.

L. {. Ballard Of Gardner. manager
tor Maine Of theLAmerican Ice Co., is
u the opinion that there will be more
ice cut 10 his state this winter than To-
a long period perh1ps for ten Years or
more. This means from 800 90 to 90. .
900 tons, one-eighth Of this 10 be secur.
I'd from the Pen9bscot ard the other
even eigh,hs from the Kennebee, with q
small quantity 0! pond ice from Booth
bav.
Las, season. crop was well cleaned
out, the houses now being practically
empty ri BANG. and Boothbay, there
remaining but ore cargo 70 be shipped
from Booihbay which will be taken in
= f." DAYS. There are about 100, 90
tons remaining in the ice houses OF the
keunebee, being distributed 10 the It.
dependent, KenDebec. Hathorn, Berry.
lceboro, o,earns Point aud Hodges
There was plenty OF demand for al Of
this ice, hu; k ~as Impossible 70 secure
he vessels 10 transport il.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-28

Among tie Newspapers u Name. f1r
peLeTal circulation. tie LsVlstOu jour
IA has Won hIgh posItion, and the
reader Who wlehee ~ supplement his
home paper. VII find the journal vi.
Do thIs 10 A. Admirable manner While
ded.Ihg principally with Maine matters.
and advocating matters Of AaiLe inter.
~sts IT, rpaslo4- columns give rom l5r
ala app fes.+a #lf aAaf D. g4os.9g D5tl
"a bpne and antn4I y event II n
pgnalee 5 ri - - pass without
na'tce II pan If gathering news -
improved tf3m Ycaf 10 year. ~aiIs It's
y Initiated ai'Ie ~ "a mat,ers If IHferest
10 Maae readers have attracted favor
aaif attention. 81 81 quarters The
JaAfha. IT, a. once a news, agriculture.
p9.I le~| AID JJsIuets paper The plant,
admitted - be the best 10 b. found out
slde the iafKes, citles, enables II - fur.
nish the latest neus On al occasioEs.
The Weekly Las the freshness Of a daily
sheet. We are running at present some
new stories u unusual interest The
pflee, viii Maya u IA 81 % year
The Evening journal always man
taius It's position - Az energetic news
gatherer Etery event q Name a fully
reported a TIE earliest pOssib mo
ment Beslfes the news II tue Asso-
Grated Press, Ne have ample special cor
respondents, and by the Ise of the teie
graph give all tue happenings OF Tie
state II each evenings issue. Tie price
Of the Daily ID SIX dollars year by mai.
or nifty cents month.
The Saturday Journa at points reach
ed by the afternoon and evening trains
becomes more popular year By year
The terms are but a. 30 year
Orders addressed journal. Lewiston.
Me, will receive prompt attention
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-28
To My Friends.

presume my friends who were kind
enough to vote for me in the Quaker
Range Contest may have felt some little
disappointment that their candidate WAS
not successful, and | must own that it
would have been gratifying to me to
have won; but | wish to assure them all
that in the friendship shown for me and
the large vote registered in my behalf |
feel have just reason for pride, that |
thoroughly appreciate their kindness
and with these thoughts in mind, the
final result, though important, becomes
n secondary consideration. | believe
everyone Of the many votes cast for me
WAS accompanied by spirit as friendly
MS though the pleasant rivalry had ended
otherwise and this after all is of princ-
pal importance.
| take this means Of cOngratulating
Mrs. LaCasce and her friends on their
success and Of thanking those who vot-
ed and worked for me, some Of whom
might otherwise be beyond the reach of
suitable acknowledgements for a long
time.
Mrs. EMMA l.. BIGKFORD.
Skowhegan, Me, December Is, 1905,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-28
STATE AND GENERAL.

A parry ot fifty Mofmons arrived In
south koyaltoD, VI, iast week, from
Utah, ONO and Ne. York, to be pres
ent today at the dedication Of a monu-
meht erected 10 the memory Of Prophet
Joseph Smith. fOundrl Of the Mormon
faith, on the site Of a farm house IN
sharon, where he was born one hundred
years ago.
Joseph & Cannon is the oldest man
ever elected Speaker If the House. He
was also longer a member OF that body
before becoming Speaker than any other
presiding officer. Thu youngest Speaker
the House has ever had was X. NJ. T..
Hunter of Virginia, who was only 30
years old and in his second term when
chosen to preside.
The number of deer brought down
from Bingham this year during open
time was considerab y in excess of last
years record, the number of moose the
same for both years and of bears, much
less The records at the Somerset off ce
show that this fall 427 deer three moose
and one bear were unloaded at Oakland.
mostly going out OF the State, and
in 1904, 300 deer, three moose and 10
bears
The 2lst annual reunion of the New
England Society of 1T Louis was held,
last week. at the Jefferson Hotel, the
speakers of the evening being Governor
William T Cobb of Maine, Governor Z.
! w Hoch of Kansas and Rev. w. G.. Bit
ting The banquet hall was profusely
decorated with flags, flowers and the
coats of arms of New England states
Governor Cobb responded to the toast,
New England"
Gov. Cobb Saturday made the follow
owing nominations: Trustee of State
Normal Schools atleton z. Merrill,
Pennington Auditor of the state Print
! ing-E y Carver. RumfoId Falls Dis
closure Commissioned b. Gray,
Jackman Trial Justices Royal ".
! Brown, Orneville; j. A. Laliberte, Fort
Kent. Notaries Pubio-Louis II. Bove.
Portland; Ernest c Butler, okowhegan;
Frederick w. Hinckley, Portland; Leroy
| S. Sanborn, Portland.
Mhile acting the part of Santa Claus
at Christmas tree in the parish house
of the Unitarian church at Leicester,
Mass. on Saturday Alfred Nj. Frye, as.
sistant teacher of the Leicester Academy,
was dangerously burned. Two others
/ VINO assisted III putting out Tue IRE
were burned less severly. Mr. Frye was
about to remove the presents for 80
| children and some older people when
the intiammable material of his makeup
touched candle and flashed into flame.
He is terribly burned about the face and
neck and Inhaled some of the flames
Mr. Frye is 80 years Old married, and
belongs in Prospect, Me. His condition
is critical.
The enabling act, passed by the leg
islature three years ago for the annexs
ton of the city of south Portland to
| Portland upon the acceptance of the acl
by both cities, was rejected by the vot
ers of Portland, last week. South Port
land year ago voted in favor of annex,
alton by large majority. The total
vote cast Tuesday was about one-third
of that cast at the municipal election
two weeks ago. The result is said to be
due to the fact that the time has not
yet arrived when the annexation of an
other city would be beneficial to this
municipality, but that the union of the
two is not likely to be delayed moe
than four or five years.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-28
PeaSe-DayiS.

At the residence Of the brides brother,
Mr. Emory Davis in South Canaan, Mr..
Emory Ardie Pease and Miss Ellie Davis
were united in marriage by the Rev.
Price of Clinton, at 10 30 a M, Christ
mas Day.
There were about fifty guests present
including relatives and many children.
After tn" ceremony the principals of the
event received, and then refreshments
were served including fruit and candies
which delighted the children. Mr.. viii
Der Richardson pre- ided at the organ
and some vocal music INDUCED in.
The newly married couple started for
Pishon's Ferry about II 40 p. m where
they took the train for Portland for
two or three days soiourn and then they
will return for the activity OF life. They
were honored with a fancy sleigh ride to
the depot, the sleigh being decorated in
the height of fashion with plenty of old
rags and COW bells hung around in dif-
ferent places on and under the sleigh.
There was large placard on the back
printed 1--WE are Married.. The horse
was also decorated similar.
The presents were numerous as well
as useful.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-28
lSescript.

Lillian G. Copp vs Maine Central Rail-
road Co., Rescript, Emery, j.
|. That u railroad company does cot
prosecute persons walking upon its rail-
road tracks between crossings and sfa-
tions in violation of r. s. ch. 81, Sec. II,
does not authorize persone 10 so use its
track.
2 Persons walking upon railroad
tracks are bound 10 apprehend that loco
motives may be swiftly approaching at
any time and are bound to be continually
on the watch for them and TO leave the
track In season to avoid collision with
them.
3 Engineers running locomotives are
not bound to stop or even decrease the
speed of the locomotive, merely because
they see persons walking upon the track.
They may ordinarily assume that such
persons have made themselves aware OF
the approach Of the locomotive and will
seas0uably leave the track for its free
passage.
4. If such engineer makes all possible
t ff5rt TO stop the locomotive as soon as
he has reason to believe that person
walking upon the track is in fact not
aware of the approach of the locomotive,
ne is not guilty OF negligence.
5. In this case the engineer besides
the customary whistles at crossings,
blew sharp warning whistles as he APP.
preached the plaintiff who was walking
on the outside OF the left rail. He also
shut off steam but let the locomotive
drift expecting the plaintiff would, at
last, step off out of the way of the loco
motive. As soon MS it become evident
-; ~ 1lai 81 iuh do n
he did all he could to avoid running upon
her but without avail. He WAS not gull
ty Of negligence in not sooner appre-
bending che would not leave the track.
Judgment for defendant.
Dnoid nno 1Q0S
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-28

While ~ font of Petersburg Geurra
Butter frceaFed Information that H.
fayorte hor.e. Almond Eye. had been
Accidentally kl.ed by falling INTO a
raviAe Epoa thr departure Of h.s in
formant BE- ordered al Irish servant 10
20 and skin him
What. is Almond Eye dead " asked
Pat
What's that TO YOU 10 as I I'D
you and ash no questions
Pat went about Ii, business aud IL
an hour or two returned.
Well Pat. where have You been al
this time sternly demanded the gen.
eral.
SHINING thc hol>e. Yer honor
Does it take nearly Two hour, To
perform Suea an operations:
10, Yer honor. hQt then, you see. Il
tuck bout half an hour 70 catch hin
replied Pat
General Butler cast upon his servant
such fcrocious look that Pat thought
he meditated SHINING an IrlsAman in
revenge for the death Of his horse
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-28
A SKO NHEGAN CASE
Many More Like Il In SkOwbsgan,

The following ease is bur
one of many similar occurr-
ing daily in ~kowhegan It
is an easy matter to verify its
correctness. Surely You can
nor ask tor better proof thar
such conclusive evidence.
John Farnham, stone mason aud con
tractor, living at 81 summer 81, Skow-
hogan, Me, says III The spring Of
l>4> | gave statemer- for publication
in our Skowhegan papers, telling my
experience with Doan's Kidney Pills
II Is fully SIX years since | gave this
statement and can now just as strongly
urge anyone suffering from backaohe or
kidney complaint to 90 to g. +. samp-
sons drug store, get Doan's Kidney
Pills and give them a trial. They will
be surprised at tie prompt results which
will follow For kidney trouble aud
backache | would prefer Doan's Kidney
Pills to any other medicine
For sale by all dealers. Price 81
cents Foster-Miiburn co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents Tor the United
states,
Remembef the name Doaus and take
no other,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-28

"Buttercups ami daisies follow rail-
roads the world over" said an en-
ginecr IN india in central Asia. in
Brazil the parallel rails run continual
~ between meadows white and yellow
with home flowers. In the construction
of All foreign railways American or
English engineers have 4 hand These
men know thai good home grass is the
best thing Tor holding together the
earth on entertainments Grass is tough
and lasting II strikes root 50 easily
that il practically cem"uts the most
himsy earthWorh>. So grass seed from
home is SoWu on railway cmbaukments
all over the world by the home en-
gineers helping to build them. and thus
in the most tropical places. among gor-
geous orchids and palms and giant
cacti. yon viii see mile after mile of
wholesome, clean home grass studded
with white daisje. aud yellow butter
CUBS