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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04

An addition to the many pof ats Of
Names diotir eashed men which hang
on he walls II the rofunda al tie CAPT
tt vas received Oh Friday morning, in
the shape Of large bust likeness of
Judge Enoch Foster Of Portland, fer "A
years d member Of the Maine supreme
curt. The portrait has been assigned
a ace among the group OF judges on
he south wall Of the rotuDda and now
hangs between the doors leading to the
q flee Of the State treasurer. The artist
who executed the portrait Is D D.
Coombs. wbe also has number Of other
portraits in the collection at the apitol
among them being Judges Peters, Has
kell, Walton and Virgin, Governors King
and Dingley, and Senator Frye
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04

Mr Roy knee.and and Mia Adzl L5d-
ner Who spent last summer here. we're
married a. her home ArOosto0k
Everyone fsfls Ike cougrafa#ating
IL Dsia Blown. 98r tpwns49maa On
hef sueee.. 10 e9nH#He the Rang - tle
recent ean'rrf
d. Seven Of szft4an ~ CALL no.
see Thomas Hete.sfs tabs .as Pr
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II AID &ts B4aaa A4an. = ing
ban @e'e lr 'a1a fseehr.y ~ 4=-#s ~
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04
,Julia Morse Folsom

The many friends of Miss Julia Morse
Folsom Learn with great sorrow of her
death which occurred early Thursday
morning, Dec p. She died at her
home, where her last sad Illness was
alleviated by the devotion and tender
ministrations If her relatives and the
love ana sympathy of her friends
Miss Folsom was the daughter of the
late Or David and Rachel Abbott Fol-
som She was born and educated in
Augusta, and by her loveable personal.
ity, her amiable disposition and rare in
telleciuAl endowments, she endeared
herself to a large circle of friends. She
was gifted and cultured musician and
for twenty years was organist at the
Congregational church of that City, of
which she was member She was also
for long term of years employed in the
Office of the clerk of courts where, in
the discharge of her official duties, she
displayed great mental ability, and a
clear and discIi minatiug knowledge of
the technicalities of the legal profession
which was widely recognized by the
memb ers of the bar The last eight
years of her life were passed in Skow he
gan where she made many warm friends
who have united wi h TIN Sc in Augusta
in heartfelt expressions Of sympathy for
Miss Folsom during hen illness and of
profound sorrow for h.r death The
services were held at The house, Satur-
day morning at 10 Il clock -Kennebec
JOUrnGL
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04
a Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
10 refund The money on 50-cent bottle
OF Green's Warranted Syrup of Tar if
it fails to cure your cough or cold. We
also guarantee a 25-ceDt bottle to prove
satisfactory or money refunded
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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04

John M Gearin, recently appointed
United States Senator from Oregon to
succeed the late John II. Mitchell, will
be the poorest man in the United State
Senate. He owns no property and has
no money in the bank. 1t is true he has
q lucrative law business. He owes moth
ing and does not lack ut all for the con :
forts OF life, but he has saved MOTH :
Senator Gearin was born in prairie
schooner in 1851, when his parents VIE
on their way to make their home in o .
gOn. He is a native OF the State. Itp.
schooner had completed its long journey
across the plains and WAS within The
borders of Oregon when the future Sef.
ator WAS born. He is one Of the most
capable men Of the State.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04

After being en.ombed in a niue OF
"ilkesbarre, Pa, for eight days, Joseph
Davis, a Pole was rescued Friday. Davis
who Was laborer, entered the mine
Wednesday, December % and got lost
in the underground workings Friday
he was found an exhaus. ed condition
near the bottom Of the shaft he was
slowly max ne his y sy our u the niue.
hen brou ght ~ the surface the man
was unconscious but on revived He
had d we'll filed dinner pail ard for the
first four days ate sparingly OF the cen
tents. hen ID food was al goue he
drank tea for Two DAYS be next two
days be ate scraps Of bread that had
been thrown away by miners Friday
he Lad given W al nope Of getting out
alive, but Light coming on. be saw d
light carried By al enpioye il he dis
lance, and be craEled along unit Ae fin
ally reached the bottom If be shaft.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04

Many people claim that there are Just
as many Holsters along the Maine coast
now as there ever were. Many people
however. are unable TO obtain Holsters
even by paying high prices for them.
Those who orght 10 know assert that
the lobster supplyis in the hands Of a
trust. who do not intend that Maine peo-
pie shall buy Holsters So long as the
trust can get niger prices for hem in
the markets of New York and Phila-
delphia.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04

The county wood yard at the Houton
jail which has been closed for the past
month, owing to the scarcity of men.
was reopened, Tuesday morning, under
the no-tobacco, ten-hour system. There
are only four prisoners to use the buck
saw, three of them having received long
sentences last week for selling liquor
and the other being an Indian sent up
for intoxication.
There are many practical people in
our town and county who have long felt
that wood yard, in connection with
Somerset's jail would be a grand good
'hing-not especially erhaps, for the
amount of work that would be accom-.
plished, but that ty such an arrange.
ment We would avoid the support dur
ing The winter mouths of many worth.
less characters who prefor our county's
hospi atty to honest labor
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04
A man has 40 right to have opinions O
the things OF which he knows nothing.
stimulation y ithout Irritation.

the proper treatment is to stimulate
these organs without irritating them.
Orino Laxative Fruit syrup aids diges-
ton and stimulates the liver and bowels
without irritating these organs like pills
or ordinary cathartics. 1t does not
nauseate or grippe and is mild and pleas.
ant to take. r. w. Bucknam
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04

The late Gen. Wistar Of Philadelphia
was condemning war at meeting of the
Academy of Natural Sciences. At the
end of vivid description of wars hor-
rors he smiled. "A woman" he said.
twice married, stood with her second
husband beside the grave OF her first.
Here, she murmured, "a hero lies. You
would not be my husband today, Jack,
had John not been killed at Gettysburg
Oh the man cried fiercely, what H
curse war Is ="
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04

The school n Dis re, No. Closed.
Dec 3, after a most successful tern,
taught by Gala n. Dore OF Athens. This
oeilg her fourth tefndn that district. 10
the afternoon a hort program va rec
defed as follows Recitation. eFarme,
John Della N Cardinal; recitation
Arthur York song. Herbert Thompson
recitation, Flo's Letter Lura York
re ration santiago" Cyde Williams
due. Della aud Rosan Gard nal; music
recitation Cora YORK, recitation. Rosan
Cardinal; sol &, Dea Czrdinal recitation
Helen Dunton; t.ete ion Aice York :.
drill music
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04
RESULTS TELLS.
There Can Be No Doubt About the
Results in SkOwhegan.
Results tel the tale
A Il ,lo,,l. -

Results tel the tale
All dou5t IS removed.
The testimony OF a Show
hogan citizen can be easily
investigated.
What better proof can DC
had3
Abe. Il Pauen, CARPENTER, hyine at So
summer 81 Skowhegan, Me says. II
had I've attacks of kidney complaint
during the past three years ] be Hrst
one MAS about three years age, and
think was caused by strain from heavy
lifting had To lay fl work fer one
week, on account Of IT. / suffered sucl
pains n the kidneys that every breath
drew cut 10 the quick felt like .
knife being thrust into my back Il was
when suffering in this way that VIZ learn
ed Of Deans Kidney Pills ard began
using them. Two boxes banished the
oaekache AMI put me- on my feet as We
AS ever was I've years later / had
another attack, which wss quite severe
but did not get as bad IS the first
thought OF Doan's Kidney Pills as soon
As the trouble began and Went IL Geo.
+ SIMPSONS drug stere and get box
Before had taken al of II the back
ache had entirely disappeared. have
So much confidence in Doan's Kidney
Pills that whenever | hear Of anyone
complaining of backache OF kidney
trouble | never fail to put in good
wood for this remedy, and t ke pleasure
in telling what il tas done for me.
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the usme Doau's and take
no other,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04
County Commissioner;
MLToS l.. MERRILL, ST Albans.
J.. {. WILLIAMS. Athens.
GfoEGE T. l4BHf1rs, Fairfield.
Terms of Courts

Supreme Judicial: The third Tuesday in March
ard September, and fourth Tuesday in December.
Civil and Criminal
Probate The second Tuesday of each month
County Commissioners The first Tuesday in
March and Angus, and the second Tuesday in Decem-
ber
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04
CLYDE H. SMITH. MISUNDERSTANDING. 60.

LLNpt n. sMlTH, '''''''.'.....'' - '1N0NhesaT
DEPUTIES; J. d. Ring Cambridge Georg,
Rhoades, Harmony; Leland /. Smith Cornyille
w. W. Nye, Fairfield; Willis {. Emery, North An
SON. f. t.. Perkins. Madison Abe W. Rowell
Scion: D. G. Wood, Norridgewock; {. 5. Adams
Jackman; ". A. Bigelow ST Adams A. F. Buker,
Hauland; f. +. Frederick, Starks; c. Pierce
Bingham: w. +. Vies, Flagstaff C. +. Yarney
Mercer +. f. Atwood, New Portland F, +. Durgin
The Forks.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04

Although modern woman may make
her own clothes she seldom boasts OF ii.
A few songs live forever. but most of
them are murdered by amatuer vocalists.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04
COUNTY DIRECTORY
COUNTY OFFICERS.

Clerk Of Courts:
WILLIAM /. SegKMs, ............... ko~hegan
County Attorney:
Thomas J. YotHo............... ............s olon
Judge Oh Probate;
AUGUSTINE SlMMoNs,................. .Nouh Anson
Register OF Probate
NATHAN FowLnK,................... Skoabegan
Register OF Deeds:
LrEWElIYs GoopwiN,....... .......... Skawhegan
Treasurer:
K, II. RRhp,.......,...... .....# .........Harmony
Sheriff and ailer
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04

Terrible plaques hose itching, fostering DIS
eases Of The skin. nj An end q misery. Eoan's
ointment cures. A an drug store
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04
A "Sovs relgn,, That Costs Only One nnl1al

a Sovereign" That Costs Only One Dollar.
Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Rem
edy, of Rondout, y Y, is a">overeign'
medicine for nervousness rheumatism,
Kidney and Liver complaints, and all
the ills peculiar to women. 1t drives
the poison from the blood, and restores
the patient to the bloom of health You
will never regret the exchange Of one
dollar for a bottle
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04

Lightning very seldom strikes twice in
the same place probably because he
place ism, there.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04


the same place probably because he
place isn't there.
For any disea,c Of the skin there j, moth
ing better than Chamberlain's Salyc It
relieves the itching and burning sensation
instantly and soon effects a cure. Sold by
&. K. fogg's Drug store, Skowhegan /. {.
Williams, Athens sullivan Newton. Tackman.
II women were permitted to do the
counting there would be fewer male ego
tbs s.
The little babes we're nestled in bed
"I'll name William, Willie and Bin, 3"
mother said;
Wide was her smile, for triplets they be-
She lays her good luck To Rocky Noun
tain Tea (Great baby medicine
G K Fogg
II called servants exchange instead
OF an "intellgence Office" il would lie
much better described.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04
BE Comfort

UU UUMlUl LULU
The practical uses of ELF [ R l.
ITY constantly increase unless you
have already tried them you have no
idea how much a few simple electrical
appliances will add to the comfort OF
your home.
Electric FIatiTon.
Current for its use costs less than the
fuel to heat the old fashioned rons. You
DO your ironing in any room in the house
No heated rooms Iron always lmmacu-
lately clear, always hot.
Electric Fan.
Cool btet Les on tap any hour OF he day
night. Costs about IL cert per hour.
Run for few minutes in your chamoe FRS
at night drives out The heated air OF the
day AID ii Ia them with the cool ofeyening
Electric Ovens.
Even heat. Cool kitchen. Currsnt costs
no more than fuel. Perfects thu art OF
Cookery.
Electric Chatting Dish.
Heat constant and always under perfect
CONTROL. No guessing at what the result
will be. No injury to nspery and inrni
tare from burning alcohol.
Electric Stoves.
Small or large. Heat babys milk night
or day. For lunches For the noon or
evening meal Fer every use. when you
want heat under dish, kettle or an and not
in your room.
All the above appliances and many more
for Sale or Rent ,fthe
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-01-04

Impossible to foresee accident Not i'm
possible to be prepared for It, hr Thomas
Fclectric OIL Monarch over pain
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-11

spent the rest of the afternoon reading
law book.
AS he marched back to his cell fol-
lowing the session knowing that he was
at rest until Monday morning, his head
was held high and he smiled in pat
ronizing manner on the women who
crowded about him and peered in his
face. Many of them later Dragged that
Stackpole had smiled at them.
The Stackpole trial will be resumed
early Monday morning and then the
earnest part of the work will begin.
There is much evidence and the attor-
neys are preparing for the fight of
their lives.
To Attack Mrs. scheck's Character
The defense will urge the low char
acter of the woman and her first story
of burglars to offset the weight of her
evidence. They will contend that the
woman told two stories in as many
days and that If the first was false the
second might also be a fabrication.
Stackpole's word against the word of
the woman will be the slogan, and to
the fact that Stackpole is an eX-convict
will be pitted the admission that Mrs.
Scheck was the mans paramour. So
the attorneys war will be fiercely
waged and then the life of the young
man will be handed to the jury for
And as for the jury. every talesman
with the exception of two has passed
his slxtieth year and is a married man.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-11

missed from the stand. A few moments
later DR.. Campbell was called.
Immediately the surgeon began a
minute description of the wounds IN
the body.
Il examined that body at the morgue
on the 14th day of June" testified the
surgeon.
There were two gunshot wounds
made by bullets from rather large
calibered revolver. The first, as could
be easily seen, tore the left ventricle
wall of the heart and lodged in the
flesh of the back, but 1t did not XII.
The second bullet was fired while the
man was sitting up in bed.
'Of that fact 1 am positive. The
blood trckles clearly indicated that
the man received his death wound in
the forehead while he was sitting up.
Had he been lying down the blood
would have spurted rather backwards
and it would have wet his hair, but
the stains on his face clearly indicated
that that first rush of blood following
the pistol flash shot straight out and
then trickled down over his eyes and
onto the bridge of his nose, coursing
down his cheeks as his body sank back
to a reclining position.
Realized impending Fate
IT am positive of the fact that Joel
Scheck knew he was being murdered
and saw the hand of the murderer as
out of the night that weapon of death
pointed straight toward his face. l
am further certain that the dying man,
for such he was after that first shot,
was leaning forward, as though peer
ing. and thrt the muzzle of the gun
was very close to those stricken eyes
when that second flash came, sending
the man crashing back among the pill
lows to his death"
"How fer does blood spurt?" came
the question of one of the counsel for
the defense, who will later use the evil
dence in regard to other details of the
crime.
Blood often spurts five or six feet,
and in the Scheck case l should
imagine that the blood leaped fully
two feet after the shot"
did you ever see man shot in the
head2" asked Attorney Thompson. and
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-11

audience, but yesterday they came
early and stayed late. They crowded
into the court as soon as the doors
were opened; they thronged the aisles
and crowded to seats. Then they act
ed as though they were attending a
matinee. Many of them removed their
hats, some of them brought light re-
eyed interest of the matinee idol. At
points in the trial a glance toward the
spectators would have startled an ordi-
nary attendant at the trial.
Sympathy for staokpoIe
Leaning forward until their chins
stuck out hard and coarse, the women
and girls watched and listened; their
lips were parted and their hands
twitched. In their eyes was that look
of half-horror half-fear that marks
the death of the villain at the show
house, and their sympathies were clear
ly with the ex-convict who battled for
his life.
All they could see of him was a line
of coat showing above the top of the
chair, a short thick neck, the narrow
head and the close, biscuit-like ears, but
they looked and seemed to enjoy their
occupation.
Yesterday when Stackpole appeared
in court he wore the appearance of a
young man who had prepared for his
wedding day. His neat black suit had
been carefully pressed and brushed
His face was closely shaven and his
hair was parted and combed in the
latest style. He had changed his dark
blue necktie. and yesterday when he
entered the court room he wore a white
satin scarf. with dainty blue dots Of
delicate shade. Instead of the blood
red rose worn at the first day of his
trial his lapel was decorated with the
most delicate of all flowers, the baby
pink rose.
Stackpole marched to his seat and
watched carefully while the jurors were
selected. He had much to say about
the selections and at the noon hour he
remarked that the jury was eminently
satisfactory to him.
At o'clock the last juryman had
been selected after the defense had ex-
hausted every challenge, and Stackpole
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-11

the jurymen waited to see the surgeon
hesitate, but they were disappointed.
II was sitting at dinner table in
an east side restaurant with young
man one day." continued the doctor,
when he suddenly drew a revolver
and shot himself in the forehead, max
ing a similar wound to that found on
Scheck. The blood leaped fully five
feet as the man fell forward.
Suicide Theory Advanced
Gould not those wounds in Scheck' S
body, first in the heart and second in
the head, have been inflicted by Scheck
with motive of suicide?" queried
Stackpole's counsel.
There was a pause, broken only by
the nervous cough of one of the jury
men as he leaned forward to hear bet
ter. Stackpole had been looking over
the pages of one of the California re-
ports, and at the pause his eyes
stealthily left the page before him and
for moment the coarser, baboon-like
features of the mans face seemed to
conquer his self-control. Back among
the crowd in the court room the peo-
pie seemed to hold their breath. Their
faces We're upturned and the muscles
of their necks strained and quivered
as they tried to catch a view of the
WllHeSs.
Yes" came the answer slowly from
the physician and Stackpole's hands
quivered slightly as he pretended to be
interested in turning the page of the
book he was reading
Not Probable, He Says
1T might have been done that way
said the physician. but in this case
the wounds do not look like suicide
wounls. They are too straight, too de-
cided; there is no slant to the wound in
the forehead and II bores straight back
in. A man can hardly kill himself that
way with the gun held straight out
pointing toward his forehead"
But the testimony had been secured
and the defense contemplate hanging
to 1t like grim death.
Early i'm the day yesterday the wo-
men began to assemble in the court
room. At the session OF Thursday there
had been a decrease in the feminine
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-11
z5c Stocks and Ties 25c

Stocks, ties, collars and jabots of point gaze and
Venise lace, chiffon, linen madras and scrim; many
are handmade tailor effects; others soft lingerie
finish of Madeira embroidery; still others with
jabots of lace and chiffon; worth ;p to 75c.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-11
SUICIDE THEORY
NOW ADVANCED
COUNSEL FOR STACKP0LE
SPRING DEFENSE
Secure Admission From the Autopsy
Physician That scheck Could
Have Inflicted Fatal
Injuries

While Ernest G. Stackpole, charged
with the murder of Joel Scheck sat
quietly by as though taking little in
terest in the proceedings, his attorneys,
yesterday afternoon, in inaugurating
their defense, proved to the satisfac-
ton of all those present that Joel
Scheck might have committed suicide
by shooting himself first through the
wall of the left ventricle of his heart
and Immediately afterward firing the
shot through his eye,
The suicide theory did not seem pre-
meditated and 1t was rather suggested
By the testimony given by Dr. Camp
bell, the autopsy surgeon.
Detective Roberds was the first wit
ness called after the jury had been Sc
lected. His evidence was short and 1t
simply proved that Scheck had once
existed and had later been seen while
dead.
Told by Autopsy Surgeon
II was the proof of the corpus de-
llcti and Roberds, who was once
scheck's old friend, was quickly dis
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-11
SERIES OF MEETINGS PLANNED

Rev. z. p. Ryland. pastor of the
Trinity Methodist church, South, and
president of the Church federation,
will open a series of meetings at the
Grace Methodist church, Third and
Hewitt streets. tomorrow night. to con-
tinue one week.
Rev. C. j. Miller, the pastor. will
preach at the opening meeting.
Rev. A. W. Atkinson. the presiding
elder win hold the last quarterly
conference after the meeting next
Wednesday evening.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-11
Trooper Commits suicide
BY Associated Press

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Aug. TO-.
Trooper j. Gerner, Troop II. Twelfth
cavalry, committed suicide today at
Fort Oglethorpe. He had been placed
under arrest charged with being inn
plicated in liquor smuggling.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-11
ANOTHER BULL FIGHT
IA ann Iunnn. nIerirn

Sunday, August 12 Round trip &C.
including admission to the fight. Tick
cts on sale for all trains Saturday, Au-
gust IL. and for Sunday morning train.
See about II at Santa Fe office. Sa4
South Spring ST.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-11
One Dollar opens n Bank Account

The Consolidated Bank of Los An
geles, 124 South Broadway, in the
Chamber of Commerce building, will be
open tonight, as usual. to accommodate
the public in general and its old pat
rons. Four per cent interest paid on
savings deposits. One dollar opens an
account. The small depositor is appre-
ciated. Make your money earn per
cent interest. AS an accommodation to
workingmen, checks on other banks
and contractors pay checks are cashed.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-11

II you want to go east. c. HaydocS.
Agent Illinois Central r. r.. IFS w. Sixth.