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The Somerset reporter., 1906-12-06
Second National Bank of Skowhegan.

The annual meeting Ct the stockholders of
tte Second National Bank of Skowhegan will
be held at its office in the town of Skowhe-
gan and State of Maine on the Sth day of
January 1907 at O'Clock in the afternoon
for the election of directors for the ensuing
year and for the transaction of such other
business as may properly come before the
meeting.
Skowhegan, Me- Dec s, 1900.
JAMES FELLOWS, Cashier.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-12-06
Somerset Central Agricultural Society

TIE annual meeting OF somerset Central
Agricultural Society viii be held in Grange
Hall, on Friday, December IA, 1905 at ore Thirty
O'Clock p. M. Tor the purpose OF amending cur
bylaws and electinR officers and trsusacting
any other business that may legally come be
fore it, Per order,
ANSEL HOLWAY, Secretary,
Skowhegan, Dec. 81, 1906
The Somerset reporter., 1906-12-06
WAN = ED.

Local Representative in Skowhegan TO look
alter renewal and Increase subscription list,
tor prominent monthly magazine with large
high Class circulation, on a salary and COM
mission basis, with a continuing interest from
year to VI ar in the business created. Expert
&c desirable, but not essential. Coco op-
poftunity for the right person. Address Pub
Usher, box 50, station o, New York. 2w
The Somerset reporter., 1906-12-06
EOu d.

FOUND. Wednesday evening, November
2s on North avenue, small Pig. Owner can
have same by proving property and paying the
expense of this advertisement.
lw49 EPHRAIM COWETT.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
POLICE COMMISSIONERS
IN SESSION LAST NIGHT
Vacancy Occasioned by the Resigna-
tion of Officer Sutton was not Fill
ed-Thought that B. T. WissIer
Will be New Member.

At the meeting of the Police Com
missioners last night at City Hall the
resignation of Officer Charles Sutton
was formally accepted. Although the
many applications which are on file
were gone over and considered, no
person was selected to succeed Sut-
ton. It was stated that for the pres
ent and probably until the next meet
ing of the Board which is October 3,
the place will remain vacant Jesse
Reeves, president of the Board. stat
ed that SO far the Board had received
no intimation from Governor Hanly
as to whom he is going to, or has ap-
pointed to fill the vacancy made by
the resignation of c. w. Merrill. 1t
is becoming strong belief that
Benjamin Wissler. who after accept
ing a place on the Board of Health
under the Democrats resigned, will
be appointed to the membership.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
WILD ACTS OF
INSANE MOTHER
Almost Sewers Head of Her
Sleeping Child and Then
Attempts Suicide.
JUMPS BEFORE A TRAIN.
TAKE PERlLOUS LEAP FROM
TOP OF HOUSE AFTER HIDING
BLOODY KNIFE UNDER HER
DAUGHTERS BED
IPublishers' Pressl


New York, Sept. 14.-Mrs. Victor
Anthony, a young mother in jersey
City, while temporarily insane this
afternoon. cut the throat of her three
year old daughter, Annie, while the
child was asleep. almost severing
the head from the body
Then she jumped rom the roof OF
tenement house at No. lis Pavo-
MIA Avenue into the freight yards OF
the Erie railroad. landing on a track
directly in front of an approaching
freight train.
The engineer stopped the train as
the pilot of the locomotive touched
the woman on the track. She was
taken to a hospital unconscious and
will die
Mrs. Anthony lived with her hus-
band. who is employed on the Erie,
the child Annie and three other chill
dren in apartments In the Pavonia
Avenue house. She had been i'll and
acting strangely for several days.
While the little one was taking a
nap this afternoon the mother be-
came violently insane After killing
her daughter she hid the knife un-
der a bed and made her way to the
roof.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
BUSY SEASON AHEAD.
County Treasurer Ben Myrick Will
Have Plenty to Attend to Dur
ing October.

The month of October will be a
busy one at the county treasurer's
office. Nov. 5 is the time limit for
paying fall taxes and the bulk of
these taxes are paid during October.
People have already begun to make
payments on the second installment
and in another two weeks the rush
will be on in earnest Many tax pay
ers paid up their taxes for the year
in full last May, so it is expected
that the amount of fall taxes collect
ed Will fall short of the amount collect
ed in April. The delinquent list this
fall is expected to be much smaller
than in the spring, as taxpayers are
beginning TO have a wholesome dread
of paying the extra ten per cent on
their taxes for delinquency.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
But Six Months Married She
Lies Critically III from
Brutal Attack.
HER FATHER BRINGS SUIT
WOULD TEND TO INDICATE
THAT MOTHER-IN-LAWS MAKE
MARRIAGE A FAILURE

Logansport. Ind, Sept a. (Sp1)-
Mrs. Lillian Pearl Rife, bride of six
months, is lying at the home of her
father, James W. Brandt, near On
ward, in a critical condition, the re-
suit of brutal beating alleged to
have been administered by Mrs.
Phoebe A Rife, her mother-in-law,
and Mrs. Kate Oldfather, sister of her
husband, Perry L. Rife
A very bitter feeling has been
aroused in the neighborhool and the
been warned not to leave their homes
The young people lived in the old
homestead, and the husband managed
the farm. A disagreeme arose be-
tween the bride and her mother-in-
law, and the last named went to the
home of her daughter
1t is alleged that during the MS
bands absence the senior Mrs. Rife
and her daughter returned to the
home stead and attacked the young
woman and after an unmerciful beat
ing. she was thrown out of the house
and warned not to return. The hus-
band, as alleged, upon hearing the de-
tails of the affair, obeyed the diction
of his mother, and the young woman
was sent to her fathers home, while
he remained with his mother. The
father of the young woman has
brought suits against the Rifes for
$1,000 damages.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
oHiO-Fair Saturday and Sunday ex-
cept rain Sunday in west portion,
fresh northeast shifting to south
east winds.
To HAVE NEW DIRECTORY
POLKS MEN ARE AT WORK
They Have Recently Returned from
Marion, Where They State There
Are Many Residences Vacant as
Well as Business Houses.

The r. L. Polk & Co, of Indianap-
oils, who have compiled the city di-
rectory for the past several years,
have several of their men at work in
the city now subscribing advertising
and collecting names and data for a
aew book. 1t is estimated that the
book, when completed, will be third
again as large as the last one. They
expect to have the book on the mar
ket about the middle of November.
The crew az work here has but re-
Gently finished the canvass of Marion,
where they state that over four hun
dred houses are empty, and some
thing like twenty-seven business
rooms are vacant. At the present
time it is almost impossible to find
either home property or business
rooms here without tenants, and even
some families are doubling up in the
larger renting houses of the city.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
Harry Thaw's Attorney An
nounCeS that on Account of
Notoriety of Case a Jury
Should Not Hear 1t.
NEW RECRUIT TO LEGAL
COUNSEL is SECURED
Attorney IseIin, Formerly As
sociated With Jerome, and
Still Closely Allied to Him
to Help ThaW.
Publishers PressI

New York. Sept 14.-Clifford W.
X. Thaw, charged with the murder OF
Stanford White on the roof Of Madi-
son Square Garden. served notice
this afternoon on Assistant District
Attorney Garvan that on September
"a he would apply to the justice sit
ting in Part / of the supreme court.
to have the trial of Tnaw taken from
the docket of the court of general
sessions and transferred to the Grim
inal branch of the supreme court for
an immediate trial
In serving this notice Mr.. Hart
ridge accompanied it with an affidavit
by himself and one of his associate
counsel. John b. Gleason In his affi-
davit Mr.. Hartridge says that be-
cause of the great notoriety given to
the case it is desirable to try ii forth
with and before learned Justice.
Mr.. Gleasons affidavit says that
District Attorney Jerome informed
him that the docket of the court OF
general sessions was so crowded that
the Thaw case could not be reached
until the middle of November.
A New Attorney Secured.
A new recruit to the ranks of
Thaw's counsel appeared today. when
John II. Iselin of Iselin and Cans,
visited the prisoner and inscribed his
name in the Tombs counsel book az
counsel for Harry K. Thaw-''
1T have been retained in the case
at the suggestion of Mr. Hartridge."
said Mr.. Iselin. but although / have
been working on the case two months
this is the first time | have had oc-
casion to visit Mr.. Thaw. 7 have no
idea who will be the trial lawyer.
Mr.. Ise1in and his partner Howard
s. Cans. were formerly on the staff
of district attorney Jerome They are
closely interested with him at the
present time
In the first place. they are his coun
sci in criminal libel suit he has In
stituted against William Randolph
Hearst for 100000 Mr.. Iselin il also
the district attorneys consul in the
proceedings to oust Justice Deuel. and
appeared In that capacity In the hear
ing before Referee Slower yesterday.
Mr.. Cans acted as treasurer of the
Jerome campaign fund i'm both His
negotiations. Mr. Iselin and Mr.. Cans
retired from the district attorneys Of
fee at the beginning of this year to
engage in private practice together
with assistant district attorney Rand.
Mr.. Rand. 1t is reported. will also be
engaged in the defense of Thaw.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
A PLAN To RAISE MONEY
FOR DE PAUW UNIVERSITY
Marvin Campbell Trustee at the In
stitution Tells Northwest M. E..
Conference of His Popular Sub
scription Scheme.
IPublishers Pressl

Lebanon, Ind. Sept 14-Marvin
Campbell trustee of DePauw Uni
versity, has placed before the North
west Indiana NJ. E. Conference, in
session here, his plans of raising s1o,-
900 each year for five years for the
benefit of that institution. He will
ask for subscriptions OF SIS each from
1000 Methodists, which constitutes
about one-tenth of the membership
in Indiana. He has received up TO the
present time pledged from about
1910 persons. He has spent since
March SLIPS in his campaign. The
conference expressed approval of his
plan as outlined.
DisapProves Higher Criticism.
At the devotional services this
morning Bishop Hamilton expressed
his disapprovaI of higher criticism
He said that while the Bible may
need some correction Christian peo-
pie have nothing TO do with any the
ory that does away with its effects.
He referred especially TO the theory
of evolution.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
THE TYPOS ARE WINNING
Local Union Receives Encouraging
Reports from the National Off
GERS of the Organization.

Officers of Richmond Typographi-
cal Union have received a notifica-
tion from the national headquarters
that after October / they will have to
pay only per cent of their wages to
the strike fund, instead of 10 per
cent. the amount they are now pay
ing.
The members of the local union
state that the reduction is due to the
fact that the union is winning its
eight hour fight in the east. and its
number of the printers who have
been out of work pending a settle
ment have returned to work.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
Susie Carmichael Run Over
by Freight Train at East
Haven Last Evening.
DID NOT HEAR THE TRAIN
UNFORTUNATE WOMAN HAD
BEEN GRANTED A SHORT VA
CATION AND WAS LEAVING TO
TAKE 1T.

| Susie Carmichael, employed as an
Indiana Hospital for the Insane, was
killed by freight train on the Pan
| Hndle railroad last evening. Miss
| Carmichael is a middle aged woman
and almost totally deaf. The train
was in plain view when she started
across the tracks and it is thought
that she did not hear it.
She had just been granted short
leave of absence in order that she
might take a pleasure trip to Cincin-
natl Supt Smith thinks she was so
engrossed in anticipating her visit
that she did not take the precaution to
look up and down the track before
crossing it. 1t is necessary to cross
the tracks of the railroad in order to
reach the street car which goes into
the city.
AL Prough an engineer at the hos
pital was only a short distance be-
hind the unfortunate woman and call
ed to her in a vain effort to prevent
her death She was horribly mutt
lated about the head and death was
almost instantaneous.
Coroner Marlley was called and he
will prepare verdict in keeping with
the facts as stated above. He says
that there was no suicidal intent on
the part of the deceased. Her skull
was crushed by he wheels of the
train.
She was cousin of the Quinn fam
lily on South 10th street. Her re-
mains were taken to Wilson and Pohl-
meyers undertaking establishment.
She was affiliated with the Catholic
church.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
CITY CANVASS TO
Be MADE THURSDAY
Sunday School Solicitors Will
Start Work with the Ring
ing of Bells.
TO CONSUME FOUR HOURS
THOSE INTERESTED IN THE
MOVEMENT THE DETAILS
WERE ARRANGED.

AT meeting last night several i'm
portant points were decided upon in
relation to the canvass of the city by
tn Sunday School association
the canvass will be made between the
hours of two and six in the afternoon
At two o'clock all the church bells
will start ringing and will continue
for five minutes
The object of this canvass is to put
the Association in closer touch with
the Sunday School situation in the
city and to try and get the people in
closer connection with the church
In view Of this twenty churches have
volunteered 400 persons to assist in
the canvass. This number will be
apportioned in the various wards as
follows: First ward. rs, Second ward
so; Third ward 50: Fourth ward 80,
Fifth ward 60; Sixth ward 50 and Sev
enth ward So persons.
Final instruction Tuesday.
Tuesday night each ward superin-
tendent and precinct-chairman will
meet at a designated place in their re-
spective wards to receive final in
structions for the canvass. The in
formation desired is along the follow
ing lines; Number of families in ward
and those attending church or Sun
day school, and those adults not in
Sunday School; number under TWEEN
ty-one years of age and. those between
the ages of twelve and thirty-five
years. This last point has to do
with the Y. NJ. c. A. age and will help
materially in that department of
work. as it is between those ages that
the Association draws most of its
members
This is probably one of the most
significant and comprehensive steps
taken lately in connection with the
church, and it is hoped by all that
every person will lend his efforts to
the making a success OF it.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
A BIG CAR IN THE CITY
WAS MADE GOOD USE OF
Columbus Street Car Used at Indian
apolis During State Fair Stopped
Here Last Night and Helped to Car
ry People to Carnival Grounds.

The largest city car ever run on the
street car tracks of Richmond was the
one which was used between Eighth
and Main and the Carnival grounds
last night The car is one, that along
with others, is being returned to Co
lumbus after being at Indianapolis
during the State Fair. 1t has fifteen
seats, accommodating about 125 per-
sons and is equipped with air-braking
apparatus. Many persons waited at
the corners for this ear just to ge- a
curiosity ride last night The cars
will be run TO Columbus sometime to-
day.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
After All Day Session of the
Cabinet, President Decides
to Fully Ascertain Exact
State of the Trouble.
ALETTER is FORWARDED
TO THE CUBAN MINISTER
Roosevelt Urges Him to Have
all Cuban Patriots Lay
Aside Their Petty Differ
ences and End Disturbance
Publishers Press ]


oyster Bay, NJ. ", Sept. 14.-As
.ne result of the all day cabinet ses-
sion held at Sycamore Hill today,
President Roosevelt announced late
tonight that Secretary of War Taft
and Asst. Secretary of State, Bacon,
would 90 to Havana as the special
representatives of the United States,
to ascertain the exact conditions of
affairs and lend such aid as lies in
their power to secure an Immediate
secession of hcstiities.
In letter addressed to the Cuban
Minister Quesada, the president urg-
es all Cuban patriots to lay aside
their prime interests and prejudices
and try in every way possible to end
the disturbances on the island. In
brief the Presidents action is a de-
cision against Immediate Intervention
put a hint of the United States in
tervention in case peace is not re-
stored upon the island at once.
Messrs Taft and Bacon will start
from Washington to Havana on Sun
day. They will go by the way of Key
West from which point they will
probably sail on the Dixie, which
will be sent there to carry them to
their destination.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
PRES. PALMA ENDORSED
CUBAN CONGRESS PASSES Ex
TRAORDiNARY LEGISLATION.
Message of Palma. Asking for Meas
ures TO Crush the Revolution is Car.
ried Out Although the Independents
Refuse TO Vote.

Havana. Sent 14-With less than
the constitutional two-thirds majori-
ty present in either of the two hous-
es of congress, the special session,
summoned here by President Palma
endorsed all of the acts of his admin
istration and passed extraordinary
legislation which is calculated to
place the government on war foot,
ing and enable it to cope with the
insurrectionarieS.
This has not restored confidence,
however. and from surface indica-
tions affairs in the island are prac-
tically hourly growing worse.
The House was the first of the two
bodies to get down to work. There
We're Sc members present when Pres
ident Freyre Aldrae. Moderate, and
very close friend of President Pal
ma. called the body to order One of
the rural moderates raised the ques-
tion of quorum Immediately but
was quickly squelched by the schair-
man who announced that inasmuch
as extraordinary conditions existed
I'm the republic it would be necessary
to deal with them in an extraordinary
manner: that the congress was the
best Judge of its own qualifications
and that therefore unless the house
decided otherwise he would rule that
there being more than one half of the
total membership present the body
was able to transact business. There
was no vote taken inasmuch as there
were no Liberals there and the three
independents. who in the past have
voted with the Liberals and who
were present did not care to force the
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
HAD A BIG TEN SPOT
THEN HE DIDN'T HAVE IT
"Rat" Foster, HostIer for Frank Lack
ey Finds Ten Dollar Greenback
But Owner Appears Before he Had
1t in His Pocket.

THAT is my ten-dollar bill'' said a
neatly dressed woman and Rat
Foster, before he had gotten the
crook out of his back, from reaching
for the bill, passed it over. The wom-
an tripped swiftly to an interurban
car and got on board. RAT" stood
speechleSs.
1t seems that as RAT" was going
down Main street early yesterday
morning he spied '.X-er" on the
pavement. He reached for it and was
lifting it up when the woman appear
ed. Rat says that he was too dunn
founded to hang onto the money.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
WOMAN FELL FROM CAR
Person, Whose Name Could Not Be
Learned, Thrown from Car at
18th and North Streets.

A woman whose name could not be
ascertained last night, stepped from
the North K street car due at sfh and
Main at 7.45 o'clock, while it was in
motion, and was forcibIy thrown to
the ground. No person on the car
was aware of the accident until a pas
senger happened to look around and
saw her rising from the ground Be-
fore any person could get to her she
was on her feet and away up 18th
street.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
Committed to Prison
Publishers Prass1

Danville, Ind, Sept. Thames
Ross has been sentenced to prison
the maximum penalty, fourteen years
for attempting to kill Constable Oil
yer NJ. Wilholte. Ross is the man who
few months ago, hearing that he
was to be arrested for kidnapping a
girl, hid in a clump of bushes and
sent two bullets through the consta-
ble's hat, defying arrest. but after
ward voluntarily surrendered
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
WAS STEALING A RIDE
Knight of Road Thought to be Witty
Was Found to be Intoxicated at
Headquarters.

James Hennigan. knight of the
Road, was taken from the blind
baggage retreat Of No. a. which ar
rives at the PENNSYLVANIA station at
80 p. m. last night By Officer Nc
Nally Hennigan afforded a great
deal OF amusement by his witty say
ings and 1t was not discovered that
he was drunk until he was searched
at the City Hall when an empty whis-
key bottle was found On him. and the
odor Of a poor brand of
throat wash was waited to the nos
triis.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
!" Thru" With Old Way.
IPublIshers. PressI

Petersburg. Ind, Sept. I4.-Super-
intendent Thompson of the city
schools today expressed himself In
favor of the Roosevelt system OF
spelling and he issued orders to the
teachers to instruct the pupils ac-
cordingls. He has ordered the pur-
chase of spelling books containing
the revised system The Petersburg
schools are therefore thru with
the old way, as taught by the fore
fathers.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
CONTINUED on Page Three)
WHlTEWATER'S BIG NIGHT
Large outpourins of the Membership
and Refreshments Were Served
During the Evening.

Whitewater lodge of Odd Fellows
started the seasons work last night
First degree was exemplified by the
team and following this refreshments
We're served in the banquet hall.
There was large outpouring of the
membership and the evening was
greatly enjoyed.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
Plea Not in Vain.

James Fitzgerald. stranger, ar
rested for begging on the streets and
slated for vagrancy. touched respon-
siye chord in Judge Converse yester-
day when he plead TO be released.
Fitzgerald asked that cleneney be
shown and the court permitted him to
go on a promise to leave the city.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
An Aged Plasterer.

Joseph Van Zant, "a years of age,
is at work plastering the new school
house west of the city Mr.. Van
Zant. when boy, assisted in the
work of plastering the rooms of the
first school house on the site. did the
work also when the second structure
was built, and is now officiating, in
the same capacity on the third
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
BIRD, BOY, GUN.

Centerville, Ind, Sept. IA. (SpD
A bird sat on a telephone cable
near this place, and boy shot at
the bird which flew away in safety
while the shot cut the cable. Near
~ one hundred phones were
thrown out of service, and line
men with difficulty found the
cause of the trouble.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
HAPPY OVER BABY BOY
Bloonainssport Professor Tells His
Students That School Will Not
Keep For One Day.

BIoominsport. Ind. Sept 1.-THE
stork visited the home of Prof. and
Mrs. Arlie Hinshaw last night leav-
ing a fine baby boy. So great was
Prof. Hinshaw's happiness that he
telephoned TO school that there would
be no recitations in his room today.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
Trial of Golden.

The hearing OF Patrolman Golden,
charged with assault and battery up
on Edward Killing, will take place in
Squire Abbott's court today.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15
ROGUE'S GALLERY GROWS
Herbert EshenfeIder and Eugene
Brown Get Pictures into Police
Photo Album.

Herbert Eshenfelder falias H n.
Ford and Eugene Bowen have had
their photographs taken, and added to
the local Rogue's Gallery. The for
mer forged two checks for $500 and
got $500 from two local banks on
them, and the latter offered a SIS dol
lar check at restaurant for cash
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-15

THE WEATHER PROPHET.

INDiANA-Fair warmer Saturday;
Sunday showers; fresh south
east winds.