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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-02-15
CHAPTER XIV.

Mi Arnheim looked rather puzzled
for a moment then he looked as il he
remembered
'Oh, yes, yes, Mr., Lisle!' he said
with slightly foreign accenI-ne was
German. Il remember"
You sent ,or me. doubtless, to
make arrangements for the inclusion
of some of my pictures in your coming
exhibition" said Francis Lisle in
nervous pompous voice which qulvcred
with suppressed excitement and i'm.
portance
Not exact" began Mr., Arnheim;
but he happened to glance at Leslie,
and something in her pale wan face
stopped him, He was a shrewd man,
and the anxiety of the daughter Of
this pompous, half frightened creature
touched him Possibly, possibly,
Mir Lisle," he said But my
reason for communicating with you
was the fact that had been requested
by" he was going 10 say Lord
Auchester; but he glanced AT Lcslle's
face again, and seeing the imploring
expression on It, faltered moment,
then went on hravely a valuable
client Of mine to procure a work by
your hands
Francis Lisle's face fell for mo-
ment then It lighted again
"A commission? he said Yes,
yes May | ask the name of your
clent?"
MIR. Arnhetm opened his lips to give
the name. hut once again met the inn
ploriug gaze of the sweet eyes. and
| kept The name back.
1t is not usual to give our clients
names, Mr., lAsle he said with an af.
tectation Of shrewduess, We deal,
ers are business men pure and simple,
and are never too ready with informa.
ton that may injnre us. | hope YOU
will consider it sufficient that gentle.
man has made inquiries after some
work OF yours. and-er-be prepared
to come to terms with me. or course.
only act as the agent"
Francis l.isle flushed and hit his
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-02-15
TAX COMMISSION HOLDS FIRST
HEARINGS.
GREAT NORTHERN APPEARS
JOHN A. Murphy of ST. Paul, Repre-
senting Big Corporation and Allied
Interests, to Give Reasons Why
Preliminary Figures ought TO Be
Revsed-Other Roads Follow


Madison, Feb. Is,
The hearings of the representatives
Of the railroad companies on the pre-
liminary railroad assessment recently
announced by the state tax commits
sion, will begin this afternoon in the
capitol, the first road to be heard be
ing the Great Northern Johu A. Muir
ply Of st. Paul, representing the
Great Northern and allied corpora
tons holding. property in Wisconsin,
will appear and give the reasons OF
the corporations for objecting to the
assessment as announced by the Wis
Consin state board of assessment.
Representatives Of other corporations
will appear from time to time to pre-
sent their objections and the commits
sion will announce its final assessment
determination after taking into consid-
Grafton the facts presented and the
points raised by the corporations dur
ing the hearings.
At State Employment Offices.
At the four state free employment
offices the past week, at Milwaukee,
Oshkosh, Superior and La Crosse,
there were filed 26S applications for
employment and 275 applications for
help. All who asked for work were
supplied and there remained five
places available for which no appli-
cants appeared. The previous week
had 301 applications for employment,
orI applications for help, and all who
applied for work received satisfac
tory places.
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ties in the Kingfsher, Okla, land Of
fee; to open for settlement $4,000
acres of land in the Kiowa, Comanch5
and Apache reservations in Oklahoma
The senate devoted a short session
to routine business, the caucus queS-
ton being sidetracked temporarily.
Mr. TiIlman again made reference 10
the charge that the railroads in West
Virginia were discriminating against
private coal mines and had read let
ter from the governor OF the state.
which was referred TO the committee
on interstate commerce me urgent
deficiency appropriation bill was re-
ported and the railroad rate bill was
received from the house 4 number of
bills We're passed, including the fol
lowing; Placing telegraph operators
of the civil war on a pensionable
basis; authorizing the use Of $1,000
900 of the reclamation fund for the
drainage of lands in Norm Dakota:
authorizing the construction or
dam across Rock river at Grand De
tour, H. and a large number of
private pension bills.
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At State Employment Offices.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS

Washington, Feb 1.-THE house
concluded all preliminary steps on the
passage of the railroad rate bill The
time for amedments came at o'clock
and for three hours following one
amendment after another came up,
was read, debated in some instances,
and went down to defeat. So fierce
was the struggle to amend that often
when a paragraph Of the bill was
concluded in the reading, dozen mem
bers waved their amendments and
shouted for recognition. Not one OF
these was adopted They contained
all manner of propositions such as the
regulating of preferentials, long and
short haul, free passes, court pro
ceedure, whole rate bills, and parts of
bills. All went by the board. Mr.
Cochran of New York gave his APP
proval to the measure in an elaborate
speech Mr.. Mann of Illinois fol-
owed, when the minority leader Mr.
Williams, eXpounded the measure and
congratulated everybody on its sue
NCSS hl llClJDu vi IL IlOSGl lllC utbdlC
in comprehensive speech dealing
with the arguments of it's opponents
and the terms of the bill. He re-
viewed the progress and development
Of the roads during the past 20 years
to show that the interstate commerce
act Of that time had not impeded rail
road progress. Turning his attention
to the remarks of Mr.. Cochran, he
administered what he termed reouke
against the effort to detract from the
dignity of tn ecourts. He summed
Iitlefeld's objection to be that he OPP
posed destroying New England en-
terprises which he (Littlefeld) admit
ted were built up through the dis
elimination against the south, In
this connection he showed immense
strides Of the cotton spinning industry
of the south He maintained that
no court rights were lost under the
bill Among the amendments de-
feated were. BY STEVENSON, MINI, TO
include express companies, by
stephens. Tex, to add postal cars and
terminal facilities, by Hardwick, Ga,
to include sleeping cars, by Shackel
ford, Mo, to add long and short haul
clause" by Prince ILL., to require all
roads after 1910 to own the cars run
over their roads, by Shepherd, Tex,
to include carriers wholly by water;'
by James KY, to require reports
every six months; by Lamar Fla, to
relieve Pennsylvania from the coal
trust by w. A. Smith, Mich, requir
ing the redemption Of mileage books;
by Hardwick, Ga, to include tele-
graph and telephone companies. by
Clayton, Ala, to give rate cases pre-
cedence in courts: by Stanley, Ky,
to strike out the word knowingly in
definite violation of law by Shackel-
ford, Mo. several amendments for
freight classification: by Sibley, Pa
to increase salaries of commissioners
to 10000 year by James, Ky. max
ing it a felony for railroad officials to
make campaign contributions.
Washington Feb. S.-The house
passed the railroad rate regulation bill
by vote of SAG to :. The pension
appropriation bill, carrying S139.OOO
900 for pensions and st.24500o for
administration, also was passed
Other measures passed were as fol
low: To prevent leaks in govern.
ment crop reports: calling on the
aarr0tary - tha fntprinr Fnt. :, fpy.,,, a .
ton regarding charges OF Irregular
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Railroad President oles.

Nashville. Tenn, Feb. 13.-John w.
Thomas. president of the Nashyi 2,
Chattanooga & st. Louis railway. died
here yesterday.
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Washington Feb. 9.--Almost the en-
tire session of the senate was devoted
to consideration of the urgent detic-
ieucy appropriation bill, which was
passed practically as it was reported
from the committee on appropriations.
The only discussion was over an
amendment suggested by Senator
Patterson to strike out the provision
relieving alien workmen on the canal
from the operation of the eight-hour
law. He contended that to require
men to work more than eight hours in
the tropics was inhuman and argued
that the requirement. would do injus-
tiCe 10 American labor. Several sen
ators on both sides OF the chamber
controyerted the position. The amend
ment was voted down without resort
ing to a roll call
The house ground out its usual semi
monthly grist of private pensions.
passing 429 bill for the benefit of
veterans who are barred for one rea-
son or another FROM coming in under
the general state e. Seyenty-fve
per cent of the beneficiaries are either
blind or bed-ridden. This order, with
a number of minor bins ana tine
passage of two amendments to the
Philippine tariff act of 1905, con
sttuted the transactions of the day.
The tariff amendments place American
cotton goods on equality, so far as
tbn apSt nf &c
with European goods. Low grades
of shoes were admitted at a lower
tariff
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1906-02-15

Washington, Feb. 12.-The senate,
adopted a joint resolution which di~
reefs the interstate commerce commits
sion to investigate the charge or dis
elimination and combination in re-
straint of trade made against certain
railroads. The adoption was pre-
coded by a speech by Senator Till
man. in which he charged that the adj
minstration was not proceeding in
good faith to secure railroad legisla-
ton. Among those he mentioned
were Secretary Root and Senator
Knox, the former of whom he said was
the advisor of "magnates responsible
for the devilment," and the latter of
whom had been for years attorney for
the Pennsylvania railroad. senator
Knox contradicted the charge rela-
tive to himself saying he had never
been attorney for the Pennsylvania
railroad. Senator Lodge delivered a
speech in which he took a position for
governmental regulation of rates.
The senate in executive session
made public the majority and minor
ity reports from the committee on
foreign relations on the treaty ced-
Ing to Cuba the title of the Isle of
Pines The majority views, sub
stantially as given in the majority
report, have already been published
The minority report which is
signed by Senators Morgan and w, A
Clark, upholds the contentious Of
Americans who have invested on the
island that they were warranted in
doing so by the language of the Plat
amendment and the Cuban constitu
ton, as well as early announcements
made by Assistant Secretary OF War
Meikeljohn that the title was vested
in The United States by the treaty OF
Paris. The minority report adds
tina, if the island is turned over To
Cuba it will be unsafe to leave Amer
leans there for If they were NAL
treated this government would be com
PEELED to protect them. 1t is stated
that from the hour this government
again sent soldiers to Cuba the des-
tiny Of that republic would be that
Of Ireland or Egypt and the republic
would disappear.
The house had sport with the whip
Ping post bill for wifebeaters and then
laid it on the table, effectively dispos-
ing Of it by vote of 1853 to CO. The
most impassioned speech for the
measure was delivered by Mr., Hep
burn Of Iowa who depicted the bru
tality of a man who would beat his
wife and declared that to be whipped
was hardly an adequate punishment
Mr.. Adams of Pennsylvania opened
the discussion with a serious speech
in favor of the bill All the opposing
speeches parto9k of levity and Mr..
Adams received more than one fling
because he Is bachelor.
The bill requiring the return OF
freight rebates was pssse /, also a
measure relating to court procedure.
The ebate bin provides that when a
rebate has been received with guilty
knowledge 1t is a violation Of the law
ana double the amount is to be re-
turned hy the recipient and half this
amount II to 90 TO the informant.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-02-01

Mayor c. S. Hichborn of Augusta has
publicly announced his determination not
to be candidate for denomination. He
says that having served two years as coun-
Gilman, two years as alderman and year
and half as mayor, he feels he has had his
full share of honor. He said, in concluding
the announcement: 81 have not reached
the goal of my ambition as an official-per-
haps no one ever does; it is impossible to
attain the highest ideal, hampered as one
must be by the conditions that surround the
chief executiveship of this city,
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HOT HOUSE LAMBS.

Mr.. l. L. Jones of Dirigo, in the town of
China, has been getting 40 hot house lambs
ready for the Boston market. This is the
earliest crop that the China breeders have
had for good many years, for the lambs
are now fully six weeks old and weigh from
4dto 60 pounds each. The price is high for
them and they will net him from $12 to $i5
each in the Boston market.
MIR. Jones has flock of 70 very fine sheep.
They are Horned DOrsats and Hampshire
Down grades. After experimenting with
all the breeds and trying all crosses he pre-
fers Horned Dorset eve and Hampshire
Down buck for early maturing stock.
China, especially the southern part of the
town, is famous for early lambs, but none
have yet appeared SO far this year except
those noted above. The January lambs
will be ready for market in six weeks. and
while the prices cannot be expected to hold
will prevail clear up to May. Mr.. Elwood
Jones of South China, whose lambs usually
60 to the market in March or before, sold a
lot last season in May on an average OF $S
per head.
Surely the China farmers lead the way in
Maine at least with early top dollar lambs.
Madison Bulletin.
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NEWS OF THE ORANGES.

Silver Harvest Grange of Waldo will give
an entertainment, article sale and supper
Tuesday, Feb. 18th. Ticket 10 cents sup
per % cents.
The social given by Victor Grange, Sears
mont, Thursday evening, Jan. 25th, was
very pleasant affair. A good program was
rendered, after which ice cream was served.
Comet Grange, Swanvile held very in
terestipg meeting last Saturday night with
a good attendance. The side that was
beaten in the late contest is to furnish d
treat Of candy and peanuts next Saturday
evening. One of the professors from the
the University of Maine is to lecture for
the Grange in the near future.
Star of Progress Grange, jackson, has
elected and installed the following officers
for the ensuing year: F. H. Brown, Mas
ter; j. H. Body, Overseer; Mrs. Laura
Chase, Lecturer, John Goodwin, Steward;
w. Y. Tasker, Assistant Steward; Mrs. r.
E. Page, Chaplain; E. D. Tasker, Treasur-
er; R. E. Page, Secretary; Theodore Dodge,
Gatekeeper; Mrs. F. H. Brown, Ceres; Mrs.
J. Fl. Body, Pomona; Mrs. Mabel Chase,
Flora; Susie Reed, Lady Assistant Steward.
At the meeting of Northern Light Grange,
Whites Corner, Winterport, last Thursday
evening the lecturer pro tenn, Herbert
Ritche presented very interesting pro-
gram. The question, Resolved, That farm
ers do not take advantage of the opportuni-
ties offered them, was, after discussion, de-
cided in the negative by vote of the Grange,
the prevailing opinion being that most farm
ers are much too eager to grasp some prom
Using ventures or opportunities and repent
the consequences when it is too late.
Georges River Grange, Liberty, gave
very fine entertainment at Union Harvest
Grange, Center Montvile, last Saturday
evening. About fifty came from Liberty,
and South Montvlle Grange and Honesty
Grange, Morrill,, were well represented.
After the business had been disposed of
Worthy Master Howard gave the visitors a
most hearty welcome. The grange was then
closed in form and social time was enjoy
ed while preparations were being made for
the entertainment, which opened with a
chorus, followed by recitations, character
sketches ana songs, enulhS with laugh
able farce. The music, both instrumental
and vocal, was very good and the recita-
tions fine. The character sketches and
songs kept the audience in a roar of laugh
ter and could not have been improved. The
farce was very entertaining and every part
well taken. After the entertainment the
company were invited to the dining room
al au,,ita6 tblu
The weather was mild and pleasant and the
hall well filled with an apprecIative audi
ence.
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YACHTS AND BOATS.

Sheldon of Neponset. Mass, has among
his orders one for power cabin boat for W..
c. Bryant of Bangor, 10 be 40-feet overall.
Sir Thomas Upton has offered another
cup for small yachts for a race from New
York to Bermuda. Tile cup is valued at $500
and the contest Will be managed by the
Brooklyn Yacht Club. The start will be
made on May .6,h and boats fifty feet and
under overall length viii compete. The
crews will be limited to eight men, all anna
teurs, and there will be an allowance OF two
hours and thirty minutes foot for the
whole course. There will be no limit on
sailE The distance is 100 miles, and water
ands sstores for thirty days must be carried,
Three boats have already been entered.
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Contents of To days Journal

rb. True Mission of the Grange.
waldo County Agriculture Society,".
HEAVY Damages Awarded -. Obituary
Hot House Lambs u. of NJ. Alumni
ninner Feb. 81, 900, 900 in Pen
.,puS Maine Press Association. Per
.,nal.. News of the Oranges. VIM. N.
rrnShy OF Brooks. Yachts and Boats.
A 81, ,0OU Fire in CaStine Big Catch OF
phSterS,
the Volunteer Navy. The Prospect
chalk Factory. Value of Maine Farms
ugreaSing.
Mas Wards Letter =. A Freshman at
L. af NJ More Waldo County Horses.
Wedding Bells,
,Iitorials. Secret Societies. Dunbar
., state Treasurer. Letter from Wash
pgt1u The Churches.
.,. News of Bella ST. County Corre-
at dence.
-gSS0r's Report. Literary News and
trS Canadian Pacific Plans. Pearl
.ak Farm.
. abbot Family Gllusrated).
sport Locals . Stockton Springs
.rr News. Market. -. Births o.. Marri-
Deaths.
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U. of nj. Alumni Dinner Feb. 3.

The annual meeting and dinner of the
Boston alumni association of the University
of Maine is to take place at the State Of
Maine club, Somerset street, next Saturday
evening at 7 O'Clock. Will R. Howard 'S2
of West Newton will preside at the after
dinner exercises and the speakers will be
DR.. George Emory Fellows, president of
the University; DR.. A. A. Harris, ex-presi-
dent of the University Hon. L. c. South
ard, U. of NJ. William F. Garcel0n, Bates !;
j. Colby Bassett, Colby; Frank j. Mccoy,
University faculty.
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A So, 900 Fire in Castine.

CAsT1NE, Me-, Jan. 80. The large, double
frame dwelling owned by William II. Sar-
gent and occupied by him and William G.
Sargent was burned early this morning.
Loss $4,000, insured for $1,000. Mrs. VIM.
II. Sargent, who was helpless from frac-
tured hip and in whose room the fre start,
ed from an over heated stove, was saved
from suffocation by the heroic efforts of
Augusta Dyer, a domestic who kept the
flames away from the bed until help came.
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Big Catch of Lobsters.

Walter Davis of Monhegan set his traps
Saturday morning, Jan. Goth, and went to
them Monday to haul. He took out 45O large
count Holsters, for which he was offered 2s
cent each, but would not sell. They will
bring 30 to So cents each. This is the larg-
est haul ever reported from MOnhegan-
BOothbay Register.
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$1,000, 900 in Pensions.

The Boston pension agency disbursed
last year $7,699, 29S.24, according to the re-
port just sent to Washington. Capt HOyt,
the pension agent, declares there was a
falling off of 269 names on the pension list
during the last calendar year. The report
further states that 10,056 certificates were
received during the period. OF the total
sum expended, over $4,000, 900 was expended
on army pensioners and over $899.000 on
navy penSiOnRrS.
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Heavy Damages Awarded.

,95N5SoR, Me, Jan. 26 IN a rescript
i IipTg q. a,own today, drawn by Judge Pea
= VI The Maine Law Court, Michael Sc
" y, awarded a verdict of $15,66S. rs and
o,'9s n, against the Rockland, South ThOm-
in in, q, q Owls Head Street Railway. The
i"t'H 4 was contractor on the road and
10, oIt partially completed the contract
NJ \, ne abandoned it on account of diff
u! with the company.
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AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

-rriing and Election of Officers.
e. b, Held sept. 4th, 9Th and 9th.
a. 4al meeting of the Waldo County
Y"ai society was held at the court
hs city Jan. 25th. The meeting
10 order by President j. F. Will
poke briefly of the progress made
ciety in the past year. The re-
. t'e secretary, H. E. Ellis, and OF the
ll 'geaSurer, VIM. A. Mason, were
III. accepted. 1t was voted to admit
.5iord, John A. Fogg and Fred C.
.rI to membership on payment of
fee of $40. Officers were then
r he ensuing year as follows;
1a,, Horace Chenery.
-idents, II, Z. Ellis, Ralph Hay
IT,, Arthur Ritchie.
'r, W. A. Mason.
---, f. K. Connor, S. g. Norton, } .
.,5. II. Clark, g. G. Abbott, II. F.
B. ] Skidmore, W. F. Langill, Z. +.
W ). Pendleton, NJ. Is. Smith, W.
W. 5. ShlbleS, j. X. Llttlefleid,
"ui|u.
voted that the executive officers
NJ TO fill all vacancies occurring in
ta.l.
j-nl Chenery appointed the follow
'.oa, f. X. Connor, H. F. Mason, S.
ftou
iNDu Of Premium List, G. G. Abbott
'I." II. f. Ellis and wife, Horace
and wife.
mug, Arthur Ritchie, II. E. Ellis, G..
butt.
notion of Selwyn Thompson, voted
" annual fair be held on the 4th, 9th
ID nf september, 1906.
'lt Of thanks was extended to the out
uhcers for the efficient service rem
the society.
0uFned subject to the call of the presi-
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Mr.. Crosby is s3 years old. He has had
three wives and brought up 20 children, but
is now living alone on the Old homestead.
A sketch of his life was given in The Jour
nal of last week, but the above portrait, for
which we are indebted to the Bangor Daily
News, was received toe late to accompany
the article
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1t was voted that the secretary make reply
tn the letter on behalf of the association.
The other surviving member, Hiram n.
Morrell of Gardiner, was present with his
wife and young son.
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Mrs Roxanna W. Hannins, wife OF
Elisha Hanuing, died at her home in Onset,
Mass, Jan. 18th, aged IS years, months
and "a days. She was formerly resident
of Belfast and was the Oldest daughter OF
the late John Weymouth. Besides her hus-
band she is survived by one sister, Mrs.
George P. Ames of Washington, D. c.
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columns of local matter to write and edit
each week it is not always possible to get
up such an editorial department., and when
it comes to the makeup, and it is found that
the paper is too full for editorial utterance,
out 60 the editorials and in goes the local
news. This simply shows that you cannot
60 by rule in making newspaper. Nor
can you make set of rules to apply to any
number of newspapers. The Association
some time ago wisely gave up the attempt
to formulate an advertising schedule for all
the newspapers in the Association.
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Mary A. Clements, widow OF the late
Elijah Clements, passed to higher life
Jan. 18th at her late home in Monroe, aged
IS years. She only survived her husband
eight months and leaves to mourn their loss
one son, Lorin w. of Monroe; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. David Wingate of Monroe, and
Mrs. Leander Hardy of Derry, N. H.; two
brothers, Woodbridge Ellis and Alvin Ellis,
both of Belfast and one sister, Mrs. Sarah
Peavey of swanville. She was baptized
and joined the Free Baptist church at the
age Of twelve; was always ready to lend