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The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

The report of Kew. G.. A Hummer,
the chaplain of the State Prison, says:
within the past ear 81 persons have
been sentenced to the prison for terms
ranging from one year to 20 years. Nine
of them could neither read or write; two
could read a little but could not write {;
% had attended the common, schools a
few terms or years; three had been in
structed in private institutions; 10 a. o
graduates from grammar schools, acad-
emies or commercial colleges. Thirty
four of Them were occasional, moderate
or inveterate drinkers of AL Intoxicating
drinks. The other % professed to be
total abstainers. -
mo change has been made in the reg
ulations respecting the admission of the
weekly papers which are carefully read
by all who can read. A number of vol
umes have been added to the library by
purchase and others by gift. The men
are allowed the use of two volumes each
week. The alphabet is taught and the
student led forward as rapidly az posi-
Bile as his ability and the circumstances
will permit. The advancement of most
has been commendable.
1.-THE privilege of receiving letters
from relatives and the friends of earlier
years and of writing one letter week in
reply is of iDestimsble value In retaining
a love for home and the helpful associs-
tions of earlier years. The cultivation
of such love, with other helpful infin-
ences, has led up to the purpose to lead
manly life in many instances. This
privilege is appreciated and improved
by large percentage of the men.
Religious instruction has not been
neglected. 1t has been our endeayor
to 80 present the truth of the gospel Of
Jesus the Christ, i'll our personal assO-
ton with the men and IN the Sabbath
services, that those almost wholly ignor.
ant of all moral obligations and others
having more or less knowledge of these
obligations may come to understand and
be governed by the knowledge of his re.
lation to his Creator and his fellow men.
We have reason to believe that the
teaching has not been In vain
The report shows that the prison, for
the first time in many years. was run at
profit and that part of the appropTia
ton lapsed into the treasury
In taking up the question of work for
the prisoners in the jails as well az the
prison, the inspectors say: in Aroos-
took county. Houlton Jail has long
been a fayorte resort for tramps and
hoboes. \ year ago the county com
missioners introduced wood yard, and
several hundred cords OF wood were
worked up and sold to the local market
AT a good profit Behold the result.
The tramps have practically deserted
the Jail and today there are hardly pris.
oners enough there to perform the neces.
sary work about the buildings, thus
making a saving of several thousand dol
lars to the county. We believe what
has been done in AroOstook county
should be done in many, If not all, the
iailsn
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

If a young mans attact of love is the
genuine article he never think, OF pos.
ponlng the wedding until he can aford to
marry.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
County Commissioners.
MiL1oN L. MERRILL, St Adams.
/. {. WILLIAMS, Athens.
GBoKCB r. TBBFTTs. Fairfield.


Supreme Judicial: - The third Tuesday March
and September, and fourth Tuesday in December
Civil and Criminal.
Probate:-The second Tuesday Of cath month
County Commissiouers:-The first Tuesday in
March and August and the second Tuesday Deem
Der.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

Decisions after mature reflections are so
often wrong that greater respect should
be paid the decisions of penny coming
down heads or tails
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

When friends urge YOU to come auo
see them ANY time" ii requires some NJ
uring to find out just when that time IS.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

Opportunity is an angel in disguise
hat some people suspect OF being gold
brick peddler.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

1t is easy TO learn something about
thing about anything -Emmons
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
Sheriff and Jailer

CLYDE II. SMITH. ................. .Skowhegan
DEPUTIES: J. D. Ring, Cambridge, George
Rhoades, Harmony; Leland L. Smith. Cornville:
Ernest A. Cook, Athens J. A. Goodrich, Palmyra;
son; f. L. Perkins. Madison; Abel w. Rowel
Solon D. 6. Wood, Norridgewock; {. 5. Adams,
Jackman; W. A. Bigeow, St Adams; A. +. Buker,
Hartland +. f. Frederick, Starks: | {. Pierce
Bingham; W. f. v,les, flagstaff c f. Varney,
Mercer; f. f, Atwood New Portland +. J. Durgin,
The Forks.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

Methusala was all right, you bet
For a good old soul was he.
They say he would be living yet,
Had he taken Rocky Mountain Tea,
G.. K. Fogg,
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

Ia - tn @ 7r ia.
Bears the HIhe Kind You Have Mxsr Bought
signature ss E<NHzzZ1
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
Maine State Prison.

In the annual report of w. L. slcribner
of splinl field, Edward p. Mayo of Fair
field and A P Gordon OF Fryeburg, in
speotoIs of prison and iails, filed with
the governor and council, last week. IL
la heartily reco amended that work
shops be added to all the iAlls In tie
State.
The report shows that during the past
year 81 prisoners were received at the
state Prison AT Thorn aston; 40 were dis
charged by expiration of term OF service,
one was pardVned and two died. he
largest number of prisoners al any one
time WAS 1871; the smallest number, lb7 e.,
and the average daily for the year, 1T
The following are the crimes tor
which the convicts are serving zen
tences: Adultery. one; Arson, seven; as
sault, two; assault and battery, tour
assault with intent to kill, 10; assault
with intent to murder, one; assault with
intt Mt to rape, four; assault with intent
10 ravish, one; assault with intent to
rob, two; attempt to commit burglary,
two; attempt 10 commit murder, two;
assault and battery and Obstructing rail
road, one; burglary, two; breaking and
entering, four; breaking entering ana
larceny, 81; burglary and larceny. two;
cheating by false pretenses, one; COLI
spiracy, one; counterfeiting, ONE; com
pound larceny, 10; common thief, five;
embezzhng national bank funds, one
forgery, three; forging aud uttering
four; incest. two; lascivious cohabita
ton, one; msnslaughter, 10; murder, 81;
obstructing railroad, one; polygamy,
four; rape, seven; robbery, three; set
ting fire to pile of lumber, one; smug-
Cling, two.
Ihirty-three persons are serving life
sentencer; two, 25 years; four, 20 years &;
one, Is years, ten, 10 years; %. two
years; one, oue year, three mon his; two,
one year, Que day; three, one year
Among the occupations of the persons
prior 10 convictions are the following:
Laborers, SO; farmers, II; painters, sew
en-; shoemakers, eight; sailors, Blk; bar
bers, four; cooks, four; carriage carpen-
tiers, four; harness makers, three. sew
en- of the prisoners at the time of their
convictions were over 90 years of age !;
four between IS and 90; five between so
aud 55: nine between 4j and 90; 10 be
tween 40 and As; 81 between 30 aud 40;
10 be- ween so and So; 81 between % and
80; 3S between 20 and %; % between IS
and 20
OF the prisoners when committed ISL
could read and write and y could no.
read or write; III used intoxlcants and
81 did not use intoxicants; l24 used to-
bacco and "a did not; I'll were married {;
100 were single; nine were widowers;
two were widows. seventy seven con-
victs were born outside of the state and
l0l in Maine.
The following shows the counties
from which the prisoners were commit
ted: Androscoggin, II; Aroostook, six I;
cum berland, 81; Franklin, seven; Han
cock, three; Kennebec, ID; Knox, four;
Lincoln, three; OXFORD, three; Penob-
SCOT, %; Piscataquis, six; Sagadahoo,
five; Somerset, eight; Waldo, three /;
" asbington, Six; York, 10 There are
now nine United States prisoners in Gus
tody, six having been received and five
discharged during the year here are
now % persons in the insane ward Of
the prison, four having been admitted
and one dying during the year.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01
COUNTY DIREJ TORY.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

CLERK Of Courts;
WILLIAM 7. SEEKIss, ............=.. Skowhegan
County Attorney
THOMAS J. YoUNG.. ............ Solon
Judge OF Probate:
AUGUSTINE SIMMONS. North Arson
Register Of Probate:
NATHAN FOWLER. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Skashegan
Register Of Deeds:
ILEwgLIYR GoopwiN,....... .......... Skovhegan
Treasurer:
X. II. KEbD. s.s's..-...'' .....#t.t..s. Harmony
Sheriff and Taller:
The Somerset reporter., 1906-02-01

DO you use Electric Lights? Less danger
srOm fire. No exploding lamps. The
sh-Mp-st luxury Of the age. Let us tell
you about them. tf8l
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24
Pilot Drowned and Several OF
the Crew We're Injured.
Recs Lee Reported still I'm Jcopar-
dy Near Tiptonvillc, Tcnncs-
see.
STACKER LEE TAKES PLACE.

Matches, Miss. Jan. 24.-The boil
err of the steamer Helena, a 50-ton
towboat, exploded sixty-five miles
above Natchez. Pilot Joseph Roth
was thrown into the river and
drowned. Captain Dan Scott and
Ave white men OF the crew were in
jured, one, Henry Shen, fatally. All
OF the men live in Natchez. The in
jurcd were taken to st. Joseph, La.
The boat was owned by Will Cont.
OF Natchez and valued at $4,000
and uninsured.
A late report says that three ne
groes. Elijah White and two whose
names could not be learned, were
killed.
The injured:
Henry Shea. fatally; Capt. Dan
Scott. Nathan Horris. T.. Wright,
Sanders and Thos. Brown.
The explosion was caused by a
frozen pipe through which water is
pumped into the boiler. Ii was
thought the pipe had been thawed
out.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24
Filed Charges With Governor.

Frankfort, KY, Jan. 24.-Charges
against Judge NJ. j. Moss, of the
Bell-Harlan district, have been filed
with Gov. Beckham looking to i'm
parchment and negotiations have
been opened with James Andrew
Scott, the attorney, with a view to
securing his services as the prosecu-
tor of the charges.
The charges are said to have ema-
mated from Harlan county. They
came to the governors Office several
days ago marked CONFIDENTIAL and
private" and their receipt was ac-
knowledged.
The charges have not yet been
looked into. Charges have been
made against Judge Moss before this.
Some years ago Judge Hines. the
state inspector. went to Judge Moss
district to look into some charges,
but no further official action was
taken.
A friend of Judge Moss today with
drew the charges which had been
preferred by man named Smith.
The friend wanted to examine
them, aud nothing further is expect
ed. as the charges are not supported
by afiidavits.
Gov. Beckham refuses to say what
thav are
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24
Sanitary Inspectors May Start Out
March 1st-..Paducah is Very Healthful

as any town on the Ohio river or
Mississippi river :, and good deal
More so than most of them. 1t had
another reputation so long that 1t Is
hard. know. to convince some peo-
pie of that fact: but nevertheless. II
is true. Ask any doctor in the city.
"With the sewer extensions prom
Used for this year, and the great i'm
provement that has been made In
the water supply the city will al
ways be good. healthy town. We
note that since the new filter was
put In by the water company the
sickness has, fallen OF about 25 per
cent. and as DR.. Mccormack said
last summer, when here at the en-
campment. we have as fine water
supply now as will be found in the
state.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24
Committee Decides No Election
Held In One District.
Is In Louisville Where Fraud AL.
legged to Have Been Com.
mitted.
CHARGES AGAINST JUDGE MOSS

State House, Frankfort, KY, Jan.
24.-The contest committee in the
case of Neal against Baxter, from the
Fiftieth Legislative district OF the
city of Louisville, by vote of 4 to 3.
holds that no legal election was held
in that district and declared vacant
the seat held by Mr.. Baxter.
Whether the house will vote to
sustain the majority of the commit
tee or will accept a minority report
signed by three of the seven members
of the committee, will come before
the body when the two reports will
be submitted. Baxter is Democrat.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24
ISLANDER SUIT
WON Try FATHER AuEI,, OF ST.
JOHNS. AFFIRMED.
Court Of Appeals Does Not Think the
Language Used In This Case
Actionable.

Frankfort, KY. Jan. 2i.-The
court OF appeals. by Judge Paynter
today affirmed the McCracken cir
cult court In the case OF Mrs. Flor
ence Feast VS.. Charles Aucr.
The appellee Is catholic priest
In charge Of the st. Johns church
near Paducah. The action was for
Islander.
The court here holds the words,
''She is dirty. vile woman" are
not slanderous. The lower court
dismissed the petition.
The court OF appeals says: THE
words OF which complaint is made
did not amount TO a charge that the
appellant had been guilty of adul-
try. They are not actionable."
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24
Alleged Sale of Mortgaged Property

Justice Charles Emery yesterday
afternoon issued warrant for s. A..
Miller. of the lower part Of the coun-
ty charging him with selling mort
gagged property. The property con-
sists OF wagon, two cows. one bull
and one mule. II is alleged the Par
lin-Orendorf Co., held mortaage
on the property and when 1t sent
out to foreclose the mortgage that
the property was not found. The
warrant followed. The arrest will
probably BE- made today.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24
ANARCHISTS ACTIVE.
They Are Believed To Have Written
Threatening Letters.

Paterson. N. j.. Jan. 24.-U. s.
secret service officers are at work to-
day trying to connect the known an
archists of this town with threaten
ing letters seized in Western Pennsyl
vania which contained threats
against the lives of Goyernars Pen
nypacker. of Pennsylvania. and Patti
son. OF Ohio. Many letters are post
marked Patterson and indicate that
the band which sent Bresier to Italy
to kill the king Is active again.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24

The board OF health will start the
sanitary inspectors to work earlier
this year than has been the custom
March LIST, as they fear that owing
to the mild winter there will be
more sickness this summer than
usual.
sit is our intention to get the city
In as good a condition as possible"
said a member of the board today.
"and we shall make an early start.
The council is with us on anything
we do to improve sanitary condi-
tons. they say. and We hope to have
Paducah in fine shape when the
warm weather arrives.
''Paducah Is very healthy town,
all other reports to the contrary.
notwithstanding,- It V - healthy
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24
$25O,OOO BLAZE
Was Caused i'm Norfolk Cotton Dis.
trict by Wires.

Norfolk, Jan. 24.-Fire caused by
electric wires this morning complete
ly destroyed the International Com
press company's immense congresses
and several hundred bales of cotton.
Jacob Addison, white laborer,
who was sleeping in the compress,
was cremated. The entire cotton
district was threatened for a time.
Loss is estimated at $250.000.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24

Memphis. Tenn, Jan. 24.-The
Rees Lee. the Cincinnati packet of
the Lee line, which sank at Upton
Vile Monday morning, is still in
jeopardy. The river rose three feet
yesterday, and 1t is believed that
there is enough water in sight to
bring the stage up three feet high
err. The officials of the company do
not anticipate that the six feet rise
since the boat settled will prevent
the raising OF 1t, but II 1t should go
much higher and remain over her for
any length of time, it might.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24
And Norman Hapg0Od is Going
to Show it Up Completely.
Ii Is Expected to Show That II
Was Principally For Black.
mailing.
CASE WILL END THURSDAY.

New York, Jan. ga number of
society women in this city are seri-
ously considering the ACCESSIBILITY
of going on the witness-stand in
Judge Fitzgeralds court to give tes-
timony for the defense in the trial
OF Norman Hapgood, editor of Col
lier's Weekly, charged with criminal
libel upon the complaint of Judge
Joseph NJ. Deuel., of the court of
special sessions.
Whether they will go on the wit
ness stand and tell what they know
about Town Topics will depend upon
future developments.
The women referred to were ap-
preached by canvasssers for 'Fads
and Fancies." Mr.. Collier and his
lawyers have been told just how
these women were treated. When
they refused to put up $500 for
"Fads and Fancies" items began to
appear about them in Town Topics,
and to these they took exception.
While the defense in the Hapgood
case does not desire to subpoena
these society women, it is expected
that some of them will volunteer
their testimony. What they had
feared up to Friday was that they
might be subjected to severe cross
examinations but when they learned
that 0. II. p. Belmont was allowed
to leave the witness chair after testi-
flying for the defense i'm the Hapgood
case without being cross questioned
by Mr.. Jerome. several of these socie-
ty women said they, too, would be
willing to tell what their experiences
had been.
There Will be no request from
counsel for the defendant to dismiss
the case. as the Golfers are determ-
ined to have all the evidence sub
mitted to the jury.
Mr.. Osborne, in opening for the
"S'ShoS, VIII 81 SUI tndt Tic uiotiict
attorney has not only failed to make
out case but that the defense has
already proved its side. He will
show how the two witnesses for the
prosecution were compelled on cross
examination to practically admit the
character of Town Topics.
An effort will be made to induce
Il. Clarence Jones to go on the stand.
Mr.. Jones, according to the testimo-
ny of Col. Mann, loaned him 5000.
The defense insists that Col. Mann
got this money from Mr.. Jones a few
days before he left for Europe hast
May, and that two days before ne
sailed he personally dictated very
nice paragraph about Mr.. Jones. Be-
fore that Mr.. Jones had not Jared
so well in the columns of Town Top
les.
The trial, it is expected, will be
concluded about Thursday, and it is
thought 1t will go to the jury that
day. The defense counts on a ver-,
dict of not guilty.
Just what Mr.. Jerome will do in
connection with the charge that
Judge Deuel. has violated the charter,
which forbids a judge of special ses-
sion from engaging in other business
is not known positively. 1t. is said,
however. that the entire matter will
be made the subject of further in
quiry. both by the grand jury and
by the appellate division of the SUI
preme court.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24

FOR FOUR DAYS
Passengers We're COoped Up ON a
SnOw-BOund Train.

Durango, Col, Jan. pa passen-
ger train on the Denver and Rio
Grande railroad that had been snow
bound on Cumbres range since last
Thursday reached Durango yester-
day. The passengers who were COOP
ed up in the train four days, obtained
provisions and coal from the section
house and suffered only inconven-
fence.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24
Adopt Clay Statue Bill.

Frankfort, KY, Jan. 24.-The SEN
ate today unanimously adopted the
bill appropriating $12.500 for re-
pairs to the monument of Henry
Clay. in Lexington cemetery. and re-
placing on the statue of the great
commoner the head which was re-
stroyed by lightning several years
ago.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24

Washington. Jan. 24.-The essen
tial features of the minority report
of the board of consulting engineers
of the Panama canal, which is the
one favored by Chief Engineer Ste
vens, and which will probably be
adopted. was made public today. 1t
provides for lock canal at an eleva-
ton of eighty-five feet, with fight
of three locks on the Colon side, and
two on the Panama side, the cost
estimated at $4,000, 900.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24
FORMER PADUCAHAN
Is Interested i'm New Shoe Factory
For Hopkinsville.

Hopkinsville is felicitating itself
over the prospects of the establish
ment of shoe factory in that city.
The Commercial club has the propo-
sition in hand and thinks it will be
able to swing 1t. Mr.. Matt Rawls.
formerly of Paducah, is one of those
interested in it.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24
Applicants for Oak Grove sexton

The cemetery committee OF the al
dermen and council appoint the SEX
ton at Oak Grove. There are several
applicants for the position. and the
committees will meet in few days
to make the appointment. The
members of the committee are Coun-
cilmen Hubbard, Hank and Farley.
and Aldermen Meyers, Williamson
and Van Meter.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24
The Debate Lasted Until 3 This
Afternoon.
The Senate to Favorably Report Isle
Of Pines Treaty, Confirming
Cuba's Ownership.
CANAL REPORT MADE PUBLIC

Washington, ID. c., Jan. 24.-All
the excitement in the house today
was over the final fight between the
statehood and anti-statehood forces.
The debate on the bill continued I'M
til o'clock. The first test vote
showed that the insurrectionists
were beaten.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24

Chicago, Jan. 24.--Arthur Julius
Magnus. vice-presldent Of the A..
Magnus 4 Sons company dealers in
brewers supplies in Randolph street,
and son-in-law of Adolphus Busch,
the st. Louis brewer, shot and killed
himself last night In his home In
Fullerton avenue. Magnus was 40
years old. Dependency because Of
III health Is ascribed as the cause of
the suicide.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1906-01-24

Victoria, b. c., Jan. 24.-With
ninety-four passengers and about six
ty in her crew, the steamer Valencia
went ashore about ten miles east OF
Cape Beale In a thick fog about IL
o'clock last night. She Is on rock
against high cliff and Is likely to
go to pieces at any time. One boats
crew of six men reached Cape Beale
about 3 p. m. today. The survivors
say that great number were drown
ed in trying to leave the ship.
Nine men got ashore about fifteen
miles from here. Two men are pris-
oners on the face of the cliff and
cannot get up or back to the ship.
The sea will likely reach them when
the tide is high. The men report
pathetic scenes. One woman drop
ped her child in the sea in trying
to hand it to her husband. A little
boy of five Is running around the
deck trying to find his mother who
There are still about 1875 persons
on the ship, with almost certain
death staring them in the face. The
steamer Queen left here at p. m.
for the wreck.
At $50 p. m. the meteorological
station reports that gale has been
in progress on the island coast for
the past two days off Vancouver ISL
and and velocity of forty miles an
hour was. reported. A tremendous
sea sweeps in to the rocks near Cape
Beale in heavy weather with high
breakers. los
Captain James Gaudin, agent of
marine. who received the first mes
sage of the disaster from the light
house keeper at Carmanah Bay, when
asked his opinion as to the probable
scene of the wreck, said 1t was as
far as he could judge from dispatch
es at Pachena Bay, which is about
half way between Choose and
Cape Beale. Separating the two
points is a stretch of coast Line prob
ably ten miles long.
Slightly nearer Cape Beale that
Clo-Oose is a bay known as Pachena,
at the entrance to which are the no
torious seabird rocks, on which the
steamer Michigan was wrecked about
ten years ago. Capt. Gaudin believes
it is on these self-same rocks tina.
the Valencia has struck. The rocks
stand out bold and treacherous. and
as they stand where both current
and wind seem to concentrate their
greatest force from the open Pacific.
a landing unless under most favora-
BILE conditions. would appear impos-
slble. II the ship came to grief In
this locality she would be nearer
Cape Beale than Clo-Oose, which ac-
counts for the survivors reaching the
cape.
"In the absence of information"
said Captain Gaudin, "it is difhcult
to conjecture what brought the steam
err from her course, but in my opin-
ion strong southeasterly gale blow
ing at the rate of fifty miles an hour.
as the reports state, and the great
current which sweeps toward the
coast were responsible for driving
the steamer from her course"