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The Washington herald., 1906-11-13
RICHEST JANITOR'S WILL FILED
Daughter Gets the 100000 Estate of
Thomas CIcnry.

New York, Nov. 12.-The will of Thomas
Cleary, who was known as the richest
.ianitor in the world" has been admitted
10 probate by Surrogate Fitzgerald. Cleary
was the janitoT of the Equitable build
ing, 120 Broadway, and when he was on
rial as a member Of the "hoodle' board
of aldermen OF 1884, on charge of bribery
in the matter Of Jake" Sharp's Broad
way surface railway franchise, he tesu-
lied that his income as jan.tor vas about
$500 d year, net,
Yet his daughter. Catherine T. Webb.
IT whose home he died, says in her petit
ion that his whole property consisted of
$1,000 I'm real estate and 5000 personal
estate
The late Daniel Dougherty, the silver
tongued" orator, called him Poor Tom
Cieary' in his plea to the jury which
acquitted him Of accepting a bribe.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-13
GEN. PoBIELsKI RESIGNS.
kaiser Does Not Approve of His Part
In Army Scandal.

Berlin. Nor 2.-It is officially stated
that the resignation Of Gen Pobielski.
minister Of commerce and agriculture.
has been accepted. The Kaiser has dec
GRATED him with the Order OF the Red
Eagle. instead Of the Black Eagle, thus
showing his disapprOvaI Of Pobielsh S
connection with the TipDelskirch scan
dal.
TippeIshrch * CO. are a leading cloth
ing firm. who were involved recently
in bribing officers in connection with fur
illshing supplies 70 the German troops in
africa Gen Pobielsld was q member Of
the firm.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-13
NEW U. S. W. V. CAMP FORMED
Commander Mitchell to Muster Iu
Wilmington tDcID Organization.

Department Commander J. Walter
Mitchell. L. S. W. V, received word from
Aojt Gen. Sherwood, Of Cleveland. last
night that a camp Of United Spanish
War Veterans has been formed at WI
mington, Del-the first OF its kind In that
State-as a direct result of the recent ra-
ional encampment in this city. BY di-
rection OF the adjutant general, Com
mander Mitchell will shortly proceed to
Wilmington to muster in the new camp.
which will be attached to the Department
OF the District of Columbia.
Commander Mitchell will also soon mus
ter into the L. S, ". Y. camp at Nor
folk, Va, which is at present an unat-
tached camp Of the old order Of Spanish
American War Veterans.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-13
WOMEN FRIENDS GET MONEY.
William sommerviIIe Acquires Ac-
quaintancc and Loses 5000.

After a pleasant Saturday evening at "a
roadhouse near Washington in company
with TWO young women. William Sommer-
vile went home with q determination to
make q further acquaintance with them
They were so entertaining. When he ar
rived at his house. nc discovered that
$50 which ne had carefully concealed in
an inside pocket was gone. Although he
did not for d moment suspect his COM
panions. he thought that he should report
his loss TO the police and have the mat
ter sifted
Detectives Baur and Hartigan disagreed
with him IN his trusting confidence. and
yesterday arrested Edith White and
Sophie Ralph. OF 445 Delaware avenue
and succeeded in recovering SO. The wo-
men. il Is said. were adopts in the art OF
picking pockets. and with affectonate
hands deprived the good fellow of his
roll The story viii be more fully dis
cussed in the Police Court this morning.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-13
HOLD CLUB OYER U.P
Means Found for Probing
the Hartman Merger.
POWER GIVEN BY CHARTER
Interstate Commerce Commission
Proceeding with Investigation Into
Alleged Illegal Combine of Trans
continental ROads-TiIiman-Gill
pieReSOIutiOR May BE of Assistance.

DEVELOPMENTS within the past few days
strongly indicate that a concerted move
ynent has been started in one quarter or
another to force the Interstate Commerce
Commission TO run the probe into the
operatiou Of the Hartman transeonu-
mental line OF railroads.
The charge is made that IN the OrCani-
zaton of the so-called Hartman lines
The New York capitalist and those asso-
ciated with him are proceeding under a
contract or agreement in restraint OF
trade. II is admitted by members OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission that
fhey have under consideration an investi,
cation Of the Hartman lines. such as was
conducted in the case OF the Northern
Securities companies IN 1872
Attention was directed 70 the fact that
the United States government has at
command the means OF more effective at
tack upon the Hartman railroad system
than upon any other combination in the
country It is pointed out that Con-
gress. when It chartered the or ginal
Union Pacific Company, expressly reserv-
81 special powers Of limiting the earn
ings and controlling the rates and charges
Jf this system.
Provision of Charter.
In the act granting the charter to the
Union Pacific, it was provided:
That whenever il appears that the net
earnings of the entire road and telegraph,
including the amount allowed for services
rendered for the United States, after de-
ducting all expenditures. including repairs
and furnishing. running and managing OF
said road, eshaI exceed 10 per cent up0n
its cost, exclusive OF the 8 per cent TO be
paid TO the United States, Congress may
reduce the rates of fare thereon if unrea-
sonable IN amount and may fix and cstab-
lish the same by law
1t was developed to-day that when the
Interstate Commerce Commission took up
the inquiry into the affairs OF the Har-i-
man system 1t was at q loss where 10 be-
gin, as no specific complaint had been
made. Discovery OF an old charter pro-
vision is regarded as assurance that the
government may pursue the widest latl-
tude Of Investigation
Other Powers Possible.
Representative Gillespie. Of Texas, who
arrived In the city yesterday. is one OF
the authors OF the Gillespie res
olution, the purpose Of which is to bring
out the investigation Of the railroads Of
this country, and their connection with
the alleged oil and coal monopolies. Mr..
Gillespie IS OF the opinion that the reso-
luton Is SO formed as to bring an inves-
LEGATION OF the Hartman merger within
its powers.
In case the Standard Oil Company is
behind the Hartman merger. and Mr..
Gillespie says that he believes such is the
case, these facts. would be brought out
by the Investigation under the Tillman-
Gillespie resolution and would bring the
officials OF the company open 70 action
By the antitrust laws.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-13

coaches. The next moment the crash
came and the cars left the rails
One man. who escaped from the rear
coach by the use Of an AK. saved his wife
and FIVE children. They we've cared for by.
farmer. all being slightly injured.
Following is the official report of the
wreck as made by local officials Of the
railroad.
The collision was between west
bound immigrant train and a Chicago
New York eastbound freight train There
were 155 immigrants on the passenger
| train. The last report says that up 10
$50 O'Clock only one immigrant was
| found dead, and as near as could be told.
about forty or forty-ive were missing.
They may probably have scattered over
the country. The entire immigrant train
Of six ears was burned, as were three
cars Of the freight train.
Trainmen Seriously Injured.
The fireman Of the freight train and
Fireman Cutler, of the immigrant train.
are dead. Engineers Wrenneman and
Burke, OF the two trains, and Baggage
master Snyder, OF the immigrant train.
are badly injured. Both engines were
i turned over on the south side Of the track
and fell clear Of the main track. Pas
sengeT trains are being detoU7ed by other
lines with as little delay as possible.
Officials of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, besides refusing 20 allow news
paper reporters on the relief trains bound
for the wreck, instructed by telegraph al
incoming train crews to refuse 70 make
statements of the wreck.
We are sworn to secrecy" said one
engineer.
Passengers on train No. Is. due in Chi
Cag0 at 7:30 O'Clock. arrived at 1919
O'Clock. The passengers told Of the car
rying of dozens Of physicians on that
uain to Wellsville. IND, where they were
taken 70 the wreck
Train No. Il came to Chicago over the
Grand Trunk Line, because of the wreck
Doctors Wiltzand and Warren, of Chris
tensen, Ind, were the first physicians to
reach the wreck, and FASTENED TO attend
those who were being dragged from the
debris Of the wreck and burning cars.
As soon as news Of the disaster reached
Chicago. relief trains were rushed IN
WOodville- Superintendent BatcheIdeT. a.
thu Chicago Office Of the Baltimore and
Ohio. said he had received q report Of
the wreck. but 80 far as he had learned
there was only one fatality. but from the
reports sent 10 him hurriedly. he believed
the death list would assume greater pro
portions. He at once called q meeting o.
all the local officials in his Office to ms k
arrangements for the sending OF specis.
relief trains. wreckirg crews. and sur
geons to care for the injured
The Washington herald., 1906-11-13
ALFONso's GUARD TRIPLED.
Explosion in Church Part of Plan 70
AEsassIRnte Ruler.

Madrid. Nov. I2-King Alfonso's guard
was triDled to-day as a result of the ex-
piosion Of cartridges in the Church Of St
Peter's, yesterday, when an attempt at
assassination was made. The police are
securing the city for suspected anarch-
ists. but no clew has been discovered. A
panic was caused in the church, and
many were injured. The city to-day is
greatly excited
i IS supposed the anarchists We're false
y informed that the King and Queen
would attend church. and arranged to as
sasSinate Alfonso in the confusion. if the
explosion did not kill him.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-13
California in Trial Test.

san Francisco. Cal, Nov. i2.-The new
arInored cruiser California returned late
LhlS afternoon from . foUr-hOurs' eadur-
anee run. She averaged 22.22 knots per
1our, insuring her acceptance by the gov.
eminent, Her best time was 2. 9.Ss knots
Tor i1tcen minutes al stretch,
The Washington herald., 1906-11-13
Iowa strong for Third Term.

Representative HUI. OF Iowa. chairman
Of the. House Military Affairs Commit
tee. arrived here yesterday. He reports
that the people OF Iowa are overwhelm-
ingly in favor OF President Roosevelt be-
ing given the Republican nomination two
years hence
The Washington herald., 1906-11-13
w. 3. Moses g Sons. Inc.
Lace
Curtains
A Special Sale OF
Handmade French
Curtains.

Our own importations-ex-
elusive effects. The price ad-
vantages we've obtained by
importing direct are not the
only ones were giving you,
for during this sale we're
even discounting prices that
were already low.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-13
NJ penrr FnIIea

From tho Boston Transcript
The north pole-there it stands. pro-
tected b. the Ice Trust.
The Washington herald., 1906-11-13
Fail to See Signal.

The outgoing freight train, No. IS,
stopped at Babcock. Ind. TO allow ;ne
first section of No. u. the immigrant
train. to pass. The engineer did not see a
green ligft on the forward end to indi-
cate that the second section Was follow
ing. He started his train forward The
engineer on the second section of the i'm
migrant train did likewise. He also be-
Iieved the track was clear Both trains
were running at full speed when they met
op curve q quarter of mile vest of
Woodvile
The only warning the Sleeping foreigners
had was two shrieks OF engine whistles
and the Jerk of the stepping passenger
The Washington herald., 1906-11-13

MIS-. Hannah N. Schweitzer yesterday
secured G vgriic in Justice Andersoas court against
ths District for S0 fo- injuries recsivsd at the
hands Of q mud hole in 1875.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-08-30
LACkMAN.

Cora Baker and Gertrude Moore of
Wateryille are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
John Moore of Dennistown.
Miss Mildred Newton Is nursing Miss
Irish who has broken arm at Rev. j
Forests.
Elias John has arrived with a fine lot
of fall goods
The ball games played here Friday
and Saturday between, the Caratunk and
Jackman teams resulted in favor of
Jackmans. First game 8 to 8; second
9 to 8. A good attendance and many of
the summer visitors from Attean Hol
den Bros camp witnessed the game. A
dance In the hall each evening. The
proceeds for the ball team were much
appreciated.
Rev. Slade held services Sunday eve.
which were much enjoyed.
Miss LYDIA Moore will leave here Wed
for Hebron where she will join her
mother and sister for few weeks be-
fore going to Bangor for the winter to
school.
Miss Kate Haley of Skowhegan is
visiting her brother who is teaching at
Moose River.
DR.. Jordan of Bingham will be at the
Colby House for few days beginning
with Aug. 20.
S. Hilton has been quite sick at An
drew Holden's at Moose River. At this
writing he Is able to be about again.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-08-30
araverx In America.

Zone OF the common, everyday err
rors which are taught in the schools in
America is that which relates to the
introduction into the western hemi-
sphere of African slavery" writes a
critic. The school histories which the
schoolgirl and schoolboy study say that
1t dates from 1919 or 1920, when Il
Dutch sea captain sold the English
settlers the first African. The year
1901, however. is the date of the earli-
est reference In American history to ne
groes coming from Spain to America,
122 years before Albany, n. Y, was
settled by the Dutch and LOG years be-
fore jamestown, Va, was settled by
the English. In 1905 King Ferdinand
of Spain wrote to orlando, then govern
or of Hispaniola. 4 Will send more ne
gro slaves, as you request In 1910
fifty negro slaves were sent to work in
the mines of Hispaniola. There is a
record Of King Ferdinand's response to
a request of Las Casas. bishop of La
Conception, In Hispaniola, that more
negroes should be imported. He said,
There are already many negroes on
the island This was in the year
1914"
The Somerset reporter., 1906-08-30
A Clock Run by Man Power.

He was fine old man who had been
to South America. but who was de-
voting his old age to acting as the
works OF the clock In the piazza in
Capri. 1t was he who rang those many,
many bells we heard and puzzled over.
Some forty rapid. high pitched bells at
1912, seven bells OF deeper tone at
306, and SO on.
Adelaide had asked Archangelo, the
old mans son, to explain these seeming
irregularities and had learned that the
bells were only intended to approx
mate the hour; that his father was old
and occasionally forgot and rang too
little or too much; also that he was
but q man and that hunger sometimes
came gnawlng at his vitals at, say,
II As, whereupon he rang for IL O'Clock
and wandered home to his spaghetti
His appetite also accounted for occa-
slonal delays In the bell for 1 O'Clock
Suppose Archangelo's mother was late
in the cooking OF the midday meal
could his father return to the piazza
without his luncheon? And what does
a quarter of an hour matter after all7
In Capri 1t Is truly dolce far niente.-
Scribner's.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-08-30

house. Mr.. HIATT being former pastor
here. where he spends his vacation, is a
favorite with young and old so We al
ways welcome him to the pulpit.
Rev. Mr.. Hunt is spending the latter
part of his stay with us, at the Forks.
Perley and Lizzie Beane and Helen
Baker are spending the past two weeks
at Lakewood in the ". II. Clark cottage.
Mary Clark, John Piper of Bingham
with Albert Clark and wife and Mrs.
Fred Claak have spent the past week at
Pleasant Pond.
Master Joseph Clark, little son of
Eugene Clark, while at play fell off the
fence and caught his leg 30 it was
thought 1t was broken, but the doctor
said it was bent and his ankle dislocated
so it is hoped he won't have to be con
fined to the couch as long as if it were
broken DR.. Williams reduced the
fracture
Mrs. Walter Smith received word,
Saturday. of the death of her mother,
Mrs Pratt of Mass. Mr. and Mrs
Smith started for Massachusetts,, sun
day.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-08-30

Mrs. Geo. futile has returned to her
home in Chicago
Mrs. Geo. Priest and children of Bruins
wick are on a visit 10 Mr.. p Bessey and
vie.
The Larkin ten net with Mrs. Percy
Kicker las; week.
Mrs George Tibbetts and family, Mr..
Wade Wheeler and family and Mrs. l.. T.
Kicker took their vacation at Lakewood
for one week.
Mr.. VIII Totman and vile visited in
Sidney recently.
Sir. Melvin Roberts Of Brooks is visit
Jog at Walter Halls.
Mr.. Walter Diokey and family are
visiting in Belfast,
Mrs. Shofey Of Oakland Cal, visited at
Mr.. Arthur WardwelI's Sunday also sew
etal other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs Chas. Rice will visit IN
Scion this week.
Miss Annie Sawyer is at work for Mrs.
!. T. Paddock,
Mr.. Chester Gaylord was home over
Sunday.
Mr.. Merle Foster was at his home in
Canaan, Sunday.
Miss Letde Pettigrew is home from
Watervile on a three weeks vacation.
The Workmen have finished their job
on The boom and have left this vicinity.
Mrs. Sophia Davis is visiting in Sko"-
hogan.
Miss May Bowman and friend. Miss
Maddox, of Skowhegan visited .. A.
Bowman and wife over Sunday.
Mr. E. C Joy and family visited at
Mr. John Joys Sunday.
Mrs Frank Blackwell and Youngest
daughter visited in Canaan recently.
Miss Eva Williams of Canaan is visit
ing at Mr.. Care Hollis.
George Tibbits has bought Leroy
BlackwelI's farm, but will not take pos
SESSION until November.
Mrs. Hams daughter and family OF
Brooks, is on short visit with her.
Mr.. John Curtis and family have re-
turned from their extended visit at Mon
mouth aud vicinity.
Dr. Goodspeed Of Chicago, was in this
place calling recently.
Mr.. Ernest Crosby has returned from
his trip 10 New York.
Mr.. James Nye an aged resident of
Nye's Corner, prssed from this life, Satur-
day p. m.
Mrs. George Kicker is on a visit to
Mrs. Ella Wells Parkins at Fairfield.
MI Earle Palmer ha' been away on a
weeks vacation.
Mr.. Alfred Nelson will DOW 60 to
Shawmu, to live with his Lrother.
Mrs. Percy Kicker has got his grain
building up and nearly covered, also the
oiazza on the store and has purchased a
IL horse power engine for grinding.
School commenced Monday a m. on
the Pishon's Ferry side OF the river. Il
is likely that when the much talked OF
bridge spans the KennebeC, one school
will answer the purpose for both sides OF
the river.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-08-30

cousin made business trip to Boston
and came to Madison and called on his
sister, Mrs. Arthur Trefethen.
Mr.. Howard Pattern is attending the
fair at Bangor.
Mr Samuel Gates and family have
moved To n addison
Frank Smith and family have moved
to Madison.
E o. Danforth and +. f. Welch left.
Monday, for business trip up river.
Mr.. and Mrs Jas Brown of Wilton
are guests of her parents, Ar. and Mrs.
Josiah Clark.
John A. Hunuewell, returned from
Lewiston, last week, having been in the
city hospital for treatment.
Miss Nettie Moore having passed the
week with her parents, returned to
Pittsheld, Monday morning.
Frank Livingston, who has been away
for several weeks. was the guest of his
family over night recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Moore and two
daughters, Misses Nettie and Ida, attend
ed the Moore reunion held in n. Arson
Aug. %.
Miss Augusta Malloy, having been the
guest of Eugene Dantortb and family for
several weeks, returned 10 her home in
Boston, this week
Mr.. Geo. Harnden from Boston rep
resenting the Fred Pritchard & Co.
Fruit merchants and Importers Of Liver
pool, was In this section last week call
ing on former shippers and looking over
the apple crop
The Somerset reporter., 1906-08-30
ALL THE NEWS
from merset towns
TAE FORKS.


L. French of North Arson is in
town.
Mrs. George Merrill, VINO has been so
critically Ill Is a little more comfortable
at this writing.
Mrs. Loy.na Bumpus has returned home
after passing some months 10 Skowhegan
at the home OF her daughter, Mis-. Jesse
Blanchard.
Mrs. Mary Holden Of Skowhegan has
been visiting relatives in town.
Mr.. and Mrs Carol Hunnewell and
two children OF Caratuuk, passed Sunday
at the home OF his parents, Nh and .drs.
Sumner Hunnewell.
Miss Florence Bloom was the guest Of
Miss Stella Hunnewell part OF last week.
Mrs. James Kinsey is caring for the
infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs, George
Merrill.
Hsrk, We think we hear wedding
bells.
Mrs. Elsie Durgin is 10 very poor
health. Mrs. Perley Halves is working
for her.
Mrs. Chas. Fentiman is boarding at
John Morris
Mrs. Flossle Bates has returned home,
after passing few weeks 10 Augusta.
Miss Bates was the guest of her sister.
Mrs. Fred Merrill, while 10 the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Adams have closed
their house and will spend some time at
Mr.. Adams sporting camps at Ellis Pond.
Uucle Van Houghton is boarding at
S. c. Durgiu's.
Ira Durgin is working for French &
Holway.
Mr.. Albion Young and son, Carson, Of
Moscow, are 10 town.
Mrs. Lizzie Blanchard of Skowhegan.
who was the guest of her sister Mrs. Lucy
Young most OF last week, has returned
home.
Mr.. and Mrs Andrew Z. Farley have
gone 10 the woods to cook for Hosea
Bean.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-08-30
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The Somerset reporter., 1906-08-30
A Letter from St.
Johns Hospital

The good that is done by St. Johns
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The Somerset reporter., 1906-08-30
CARATUNK.

DIR. Williams of Bingham has been In
town several times last week. He is at
tending Mr.. Morris little son who has
been 80 critically i'll, but is now on the
gain, we are glad to hear.
Rev. and Mrs. T. B. HIATT of North
Arson are spending their vacation in
town.
G. A. Wilbur and daughter of Madi-
son were In town the first of the week.
Mr. Wilbur disposed of his place that he
purchased of Thomas Berry. He sold
it to Tracy Powell who will take posses
sion soon.
Sadie Foss has returned to the Nor
NAL School at Pennington. This Is her
third term.
Bert Spaulding and wife spent Satur-
day and Sunday with the family of
Tbales Spsulding in Moscow.
Schools began In the Lincoln, last
Monday, with Miss Miss Bertha Apple
ton and Miss Jennie Fox as teachers.
Horace Dedson.of Athens is In town.
Maurice Lane Is teaching In the same
school he taught In the Spring also Miss
Hennon Is teaching the school over the
river as In the spring.
Rev. T. B. HIATT gave us one of his
sparkling sermons last night, to full
The Somerset reporter., 1906-08-30
EAST SkOWHEGAN.

People in this vicinity were glad tc
see ii cooler the last few days OF last week
and still cool and cloudy, Monday morn
ing.
The brown tail moth has made its APP
pearance 10 this place and is eating every
leaf from small apple trees.
Mrs. George Stewards son from Ban.
gor and his wife are visiting at his fathers
Adelbert Richardson went on his
wheel to Harmony, Saturday. and return
ed with ease. His father with Roy
Richardson returned, Sunday noon.
James Appleby. his son. Ernest, and
Wilbur Richardson took the train at the
Ferry for Boston and boat at Gardiner.
Expected to arrive 10 Boston, Sunday
morning. Guy Bigelow took the same
train for Lewiston.
Mabel Pooler started for The Forks.
Saturday morning, and prepared to teach
school, Monday morning