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The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12
In Washington.

grand reception is to be given to
"Uncle Joe" Cannon, on the occasion of
the 10th anniversary of his birthday, the
7th day of May. He will be the guest
of the House of Representatives The
affair is being planned on an elaborate
scale, and the function will undoubtedly
be one of the biggest of it's kind ever
held at the national Capitol. The Presi-
deut, Vice President, the Senate. the
cabinet, the United States Supreme
court and public officials generally will
be invited. Some people insist that the
Illinois veteran wants to be President.
He was asked recently If this report
was true. All he said was Scat
Representative James s. sherman of
New York was elected chairman of the
Republican congressional committee.
Representative James A Tawney of
Minnesota was elected vce-chairman.
President Roosevelt will attend the
ceremonies incident to the laying of the
corner stone of the new Office building
of the House of Representatives next
Saturday. On that occasion he will de-
liver an important address.
The only thing of interest in Congress
the past week has been the speeches in
the senate for and against the railroad
rate bill.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12
keith,n Rostnn Theatre

The Great Lafayette, with a company
of more than 80 people heads a big
variety bill at Keilhs for the week of
April Is This versatile entertainer is
known throughout the length and
breadth of he contiuent as one of the
leading exp1nenfs of the Illusion field,
and needs no Introduction 10 amuse-
ment.seekers hereabout He presents
three different form of entertainment.
the first, has wonderful proteap changes,
and oriental cVujuring, tie second, hum
orous trayestyong of the worlds noted
music masters. and the third spec
tactulaI pantomime called The Lions
Bride. in which fun grown live lion
plays an important part. The surround
ing bill viii bear comparison with that
of some OF the best shows Of the season
The list will Include the Barrows Ian
caster ompauy, IN an episode of the
4 ivil War entitled. Tactics. which 10
considered by many to be one Of the
best little sketches in the varieties;
Marion Carson. late of Weberfield com
pany, talented soloist, any many other
well known attractions to numerous to
mention, AS usual, an entire new list
of comedy and interesting motion pic
lures will be exhibited in the kineto.
graph.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

Governor Cobb has spoken, and his
words have no uncertain sound. True
to his convictions, he stands honestly
and squarely on the platform OH which
he was nominated. AS the guest of the
DeeriDg Republican Club, Friday even
ing, amid great enthusiasm he announc-
ed his candidacy for reelection, and
stated hs views with fearlessness and
OF all, and bring into line the weakened
and trembling. la a manly fashion he
assumed the full responsibility OF the
Sturgis enactment law while he scknow-
lodged that the enforcement Of the law
might have been the chief cause of Re-
publican defeat In the spring elections
10 the cities. He had no excuses or
apologies to make. He should stand
squarely against the qualification OF law.
The Governor awakened the widest APP
plause when he said that he would will.
ingly forfeit both the confidence OF his
party and the respect of the people of
Maine IL they are to be won and retained
only by forgotten promises and broken
oaths, and that he should use the law to
enforce prohibition with all the power,
influence and resources at his command
The speech is easily the keynote of the
pending campaign, and presents issues
on which the Republican party must
stand or 60 to ignominious defeat. We
publish the speech In Its entirety on page
apVan
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

The Presidents speech that he will
deliver at Norfolk, Va, on Memorial
day, will cleanse the atmosphere of the
newspaper and magazine articles, which
have created the impression that there
is political corruption in Congress and
elsewhere In the national government.
He will speak especially on what has
been called "The Crime of the Senate"
showing that the members are actuated
by purely unselfish motives 10 their at
titude toward matters of legislation.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12
A Notable Verdict.

The verdict rendered in the case Fred
H. Tilson of Sidney vs.. Maine Central R.
R., on trial all of last week in the Su-
preme Court of this county, 1925 POS, is
the largest ever returned by a Maine
jury in case of personal injury.
1t was hard fought case from start
to finish, the counsel on the side of the
defendant company, Messrs Baker and
johnson, being numbered among the
ablest of the Maine bar. while the abil-
ity of Forrest Goodwin has been SO often
tested before the bar of our county that
it needs no words of commentator
The entire forenoon session of Satur-
day was taken up with the arguments of
the counsel, Mr.. Baker arguing for the
railroad company. The court room was
comfortably filled with an interested au-
dience, and the finished manner and
eloquence displayed on both sides to
present to the jury the summing up of
the evidence in the case, was of quail
ty not often, if ever before, listened to
at the Somerset bar
The judges charge to the jury occu-
pied the time from 2 o'clock until 8 30,
and the verdict as above was rendered
at so.
A motion for new trial was made.
The bill of exceptions alleges that the
verdict was excessive, that it was
against the evidence, that it was against
the weight of evidence and that it was
against the law.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12
Frederick W. whitridge, who has been

Frederick W. Whitridge, who has been
named by President Roosevelt to repre-
sent this country at the wedding of
King Alfonso, is the first officially APP
pointed representative of this country at
wedding Of European sovereign since
1873, when the father Of King Alfonso
was married. At the marriage Of Queen
Wilhelmina, of Holland, the American
Minister represented this country.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

The Maine Conference of the Netho-
dist Episcopal church is now 10 session
in Portland. II includes the ministers OF
the entire western portion OF the State ;
and there are at present more than two
hundred ministers and their wives, &C.
gether with other distinguished visitors
from various parts of the United States.
The Presiding Bishop Is Rev. David II.
Moore. This strong denomination al
ways has interesting conversations, aud
always does thorough work.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

The leading physicians and philan-
thropists utter their solemn protests
against the idea of Staying the hopelessly
sick, or destroying idiotic or deformed
infants. 1t is the common sense of all
humanity that the life or death of an
afflicted person must be left to Provi-
dence, and that the supreme duty of the
physician is to prevent or rather to re-
tard the end. so far as 1t lies within his
power.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

At meeting of the Republican State
committee held in Hallowell, Tuesday
evening, 1t WAS voted that the coming
State convention to be held at Portland
on the 9th of June, be held at 10 30 a.
M, and to fix the basis Of representation
on the vote for Governor IN 1904, being
one delegate for each 70 votes In each
city, town and plantation, and an addi-
tfonal delegate for each fraction of 40
votes,
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

Monday was the 4lst anniversary of
the surrender of Gen. X. Z. Lee TO Gen.
U. s. Grant at Appomattox.
The ice dealers of Boston and vicinity
In convention, have solemnly voted to
"soak" the public
In regard to the coal strike, the soft
coal mines are being quite fully oper.
ated, the hitch still being in the anthra.
cite regions. The men are not working,
but the committees are trying to get the
operators to make some concessions,
which they will not agree to. The min
ers evidently do not want to continue
idle If they can get out of 1t without too
much of backdown, and ask for arbi-
tration, but the operators have a counter
proposition to submit. There certainly
seems to be an effort to get together,
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

IL there is to be any evasion or dodg-
log Of the Issues in the coming political
campaign in this State, 1t will not be on
the part of Gov. Cobb. He has spoken
so as to be thoroughly understood. The
Republican party must reaffi-m with
great emphasis its purpose to continue
the enforcement of the prohlbitory law,
or ever after hold its peace.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

A report from Yokohama is TO the
effect that there is growing demand in
Japan for pianos, which are chic fly sup
piled by the United States, Great Britain
a nd Germany. American pianos are
now TO be found in the homes of many
wealthy Japanese in all the larger cities
OF the mikado's empire.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

Very few of the local coal dealers in
the State have put up the prices, even on
the plea OF helping the poor. The coal
on hand was purchased at normal
price, and there is no logic or sense in
making boost. II looks like squeez9.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

We find that farmers are stocking up
on cows, and the managers of the East
Troy Creamery are preparing TO do
double the amount Of business done last
year. The Dairying Association has
enlarged It's Ice house and put In several
hundred tons of Ice. Several fine herds
of cows are to be seen In the barns of
many of the members OF this association.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12
Gard of Thanks.

We desire to express our heartfelt
gratitude to the msny frienas who st
kindly offered their services in our time
of sorrow, also for the beautiful fl lwers
sent in.
MIR. AND MRS. :. 5. RICHARDSON.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

10 designating Thursday, the &c b OF
April, as Fast day, Gov. Cobb does not
add TO the farce by calling 1t day of
fastipg and prayer. 1t will be the for
NAL opening of the baseball season.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

Senator Hale is back to his place in
Congress from brief trip to his home
ia Maine, where be went to fight the
grip. The bracing air of Maine is good
for the grip and most everything else.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

Fol- the sake of marrying a king, she
who is to be the queen of Spain had to
avow that she believes that her father
who is dead has gone to hell, and her
mother, uncles and aunts, and all the
rest of her family are bound for the
same Undesirable destiny. In the lau-
guage of the new method of spelling,
that's rather "tuf.i
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

New Jersey has Joined New Yor and
Massachusetts la substituting electrocu-
ton for hanging, although that method
of taking life is as much dreaded by the
criminal as any other.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

Those who ought to know bring the
joyful intelligence that the past winter
has probably been fatal to the brown
tail moths. From personal observation
1t ia found that about 95 per cent Of the
caterpillars show no signs of life. and
there seems to be little.to be feared from
them the coming summer. The large
number OF dead caterpillsrs 10 the nests
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

The Republican papers In the State are
unanimous in their praises of Gov. Cobb's
Friday evening speech, while the demo-
cratic papers admit its courage and can
dor.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

Call the average man foo and you
will discover that he is fool enough not to
stand for it.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

Is attributed to the warm weather 10
January with the subsequent cold
weather.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

Evidently Governor Cobb is not a
"quitter."
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

Apr. -, Town Improvement Society.
Apr u, Skowhegan Sorosis.
Apr I8, Skowhegan Grange.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12
TO CURE A CoLD IN ONE DAY

Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets.
All druggist refund the money II it fails "a cure.
iy46 T.. W. Groves signature Is on each box. aoc.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

cards of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect and
Iists of presents accompanying accounts of
veddings receptions, anniversaries, ETC., In
serted at cents per line; poetry with obttusry
notices, 10 cents per line. No charge less than
80 cents.
snbscribers writing the REPORTER with regard
to their subscription must be sure to give exact
" the postoffice 40 dress 10 which the paper Is
going including the number of r. F. ID. route.
n delivered by rural carrier. This Is especially
important when q change of address Is request
adj but should also be observed when making
rsmittances and at all other times.
Address all communications to
The SOMERSET REPORTER, skowhegan, Maine.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

a GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES
Itching Blind, Bleeding, ProtradIng Pilee, Drug
gists are aui horned TO refund money If PAZ0
DIN IMENI fails TO cure in 10 "A DAYS. soc.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

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do >cemuiy swear tat f5e above statement IS fr- 3
the best Of my know re- - ans belief
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Subscribed ant sworn :. oeiore ne ms Ir,h day OF
ApnL tgao.
Cr.saf ". Go~eg Notary T5ads,
Correct Attest.
JosS K. Me-EiLAs.
EnwAgu r pAsFoErH, Directors
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The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12

Court adjourned finally at 10 80 today,
after a session of 192 working days.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-04-12
COMING EVENTS.

ENTERED AS SECOND GLASS NAIL MATTER
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-14
AGAINST TAX BOARD.
Petitions For Permanent Injunction
Filled BY Railroads.

Austin. March 49, - Petitions were
filed Tuesday afternoon In the Twenty
sixth district court by the Missouri.
Kansas and Texas. International and
Great Northern. Texas and Pacific
Denison and Pacific. Fort Worth and
Denver City. Fort Worth and Rio
Grande st. Louis and San Francisco
and the Paris and Great Northern rail.
ways against the state tax board ct al
for permanent Injunction 10 restrain
the board from furnishing county tax
collectors information under the vii
liams intangible tax bill: also 10 en-
join the state from enforcing collec.
tion OF taxes The court last week
only passed on temporary application
for injunction. which was refused. One
OF these suits will be tried Monday and
will be made test case Should the
court deny a permanent Injunction
then the railroads will appeal 10 the
higher courts.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-14
MRS. WILLIAMS GONE.
Daughter OF Sam Houston Passes
Away at San Antonio.

San Antonio. March ls.-At the res
idence OF her daughter. Mrs. Roy W.
Hearne. Mrs Margaret Houston VIII
liams. the widow OF the late Weston
ID. williams. departed this life she
leaves four children.
Mrs. Williams had been iii for the
last two years. following an accident
IN which her hip bone was fractured.
Her death was the result OF exhaus-
tion resulting from this accident.
Mrs Williams bore a great resem
blance 10 her distinguished father. In
the last years OF his life she acted as
his private secretary She was pos
sesssd Of unusual capability and men
taliiy and was physically very yigor-
ous until the accident occurred which
resulted In her subsequent death. She
was known all over the United States,
and the circle OF her friends was ex-
tremely large
Mrs. Williams was born In Hunts
vile. Tex. April 10. lsiS. She lived
in independence Tex. until 1897.
when she moved TO Houston. later
coming. In 1904. to San Antonio.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-14
TEXAS W OMAN's COLLEGE.
Two More Teachers Elected Prospect.
i've Presideut-Finsnee Committee.


The board Of directors Of the
Texas Woms.-l's College held an
important meeting yesterday after.
noon at 5 oc,ock and elected two
new teachers
Miss Olga Buttel OF Birmingham
Ala, was elected teacher of modern
languages and art. Miss Buttel
is a graduate OF the Cincinnati art
schools, has studied two yesrs in
Europe and will take poit gra d.
uate course abroad this .umme r.
She has had several years expert.
ence as teacher in Monroe Col
lege in Georgia, and is now teach
ing at Birmingham seminary,
Birmingham, Ala.
Miss Lula Holli. Of Keachi, La,
formerly a teacher in the Bryan
city schools, was elected teacher
in the literary department of the
college. She has taken post grad
uate work at the University OF
Tennessee, located at Knoxville,
since her residence here. She is
an accomplished teacher and many
friends will learn with pleasure
that che is again TO make her
home in Bryan:
The Eagle is advised that the
chances are splendid for securing as
president OF the college a promi-
nent educator from Kentucky.
This matter will be determined in
few days.
The board is in receipt tele-
phone message from Mr.. X. ID.
Steele Of Houston that be will be
here on Thursday with the com
pleted plans and specifications for
the college building. Accordingly
the contract for the building will
be let Thursday, March 90, and a
bond will be required insuring the
completion Of the building in four
months, or by Sept. /.
DR.. Geo. b. Butler, chairman;
J. Webb Howell, A. w. Buchanan,
T. Il. Bate, j. II. Suber, +. J.
Fountain and +. NJ. Law were APP
pointed a finance committee to
take immediate steps for raising
funds to erect the building, for
which about half the necessary
amount has already been subsc rib
ed.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-03-14
cHokEo sY NEGRO.
Wretch Frightened Away Before Ae
eomplishins His Purpose.

Ia Grange, rss. Starch i3.-whils
Mrs. I'D I.angston. residing between
Flatonla and Muldoon. was alone on
Monday a negro entered the house aad
was choking her. Fortunately. she
managed 10 scream. and this attracted
her husband. working in a field. Some
hours afterward a negro named James
Henson was captured Mrs. Langstoh
identified him a. the miscreant. lie
was Jailed
A case Is now pending against Hen.
son. he being charged with crIminslly
sssaulting a neEress a year ago.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-08-09
COMMERCIAL CLUB
AFTER COLLEGE
Will Raise Necessary Funds--Club
to Incorporate

The regular meeting of the Com
mercial club was held last evening at
the council chamber, and much bust
ness of interest to the people trans
acted.
A constitution and by laws was
presented, read and was adopted, and
several bills were ordered paid.
A report of the executive commit
tee on salaries Was heard and &C
cepted by motion. This committee
recommended that the present secre-
tary, Mr.. Philip Harding be retained
for the coming year, and spoke of his
past work and of his ability.
The secretary submitted the names
of eleven new members, which were
ordered placed on the membership
list of the club. They were B. r.
Lewis, E. P. Keefe, E. M. Rogers,
Fred L. Burgan, Norman r. Totten,
Chas. Young, Byron Renshaw, s. g.
Kitchen, F. S. Poggs, M. D. Wright,
and r. +. Blackwell.
The real estate committee vas in
structed to secure further option of
80 days on the site for the Swedish
Lutheran college.
Among other business transacted
was the appointment Of COMMITTEES
to secure exhibits for the Spokane
fair, in accordance with the Inland
Empire clubs association.
This is boosting in the right way,
for it shows the people who do not
live here what kind of a country we
have. This committee composed oil
Rev. Daughters, Mayor Collins, and
o. E. Barr will commence work i'm.
mediately and Occur d'Alene and
vicinity will be well represented.
The president and secretary of the
club were authorized to sign thu
agreement with the Columbia Confer
ence of the Augustana Synod O
North America, in regard to tn,
Swedish Lutheren College.
This agreement stipulates that tn,
Goeurd' Alene Commercial club shall
donate 10 acres of land and s25, 00C
to the Snyod, for which the SynoC
will direct and maintain an institu
ton of learning, with the various de
partments on the land donated. TIL
first building not to cost less thai
$40, 900, and the deed to remain il
trust of the Exchange National BAN
until the completion of the frs
building. This land is the west tel
acres of lot "a of the Fort Sherman
abandoned military reserve, lies be
tween this city and Lacrosse.
This agreement also states that th
Commercial club shall make partia
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-08-09

payments of the s25, 900 in such
parts as shall equal one fourth of the
sum actually expended for building
furnishing, and endowing the col
lege, or when the college has the cor
responding three fourths in hand,
and no part of the money raised by
subscription by the club for this pur-
pose is to be paid to the college un-
til it has $4,000 for building pur
poses.
The college people agree to COM
mence work not later than in Septem
Der, 1906, which means that the
building will either be commenced
this fall or early in the spring.
By motion, F. D. Winn and P. j.
Quilann we're instructed to commence
the work of soliciting funds, immedi,
ately, for the college.
The executive committee was EN-
powered to take immediate steps fol
incorporating the club under the law
of the state.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1906-08-09

Boise, Aug. 8. Rudolph Wetter,
who wantonly killed Christ Long and
L. d. VAIN in Idaho July 10, 1904,
must die on the gallows. That was
decided when Governor Gooding and
Secretary of State Gibson, sitting as
a BOARD Of pardons, unanimously re-
fused to interfere with the execution
of the sentence OF Judge Steele,
affirmed by the supreme court, that
Wetter must be hanged.
Colonel Allen Miller appeared be-
fore the pardon board on behalf Of
Wetter, making an extended argu-
ment in an effort to sase tho neck OF
the Idaho county murderer. He
argued that the conditions surround
ing the commission Of the crime were
such as to indicate that Wetter was
either insane or that he had been in
such state of intoxication as to be
morally irresponsible.
Much was made Of the fact that the
condemned man has brother, Chas.
Wetter in an asylum and it was urg'
ed that sreak of insanity seemed Il
run in the family
The member Of the board present,
however, after fully considering tn,
case, came to the conclusion that th'
Judge, and jury who tried Wetter has
been in the best position to judge Of
his insnity or drunkenness, and that
all the circumstances Of the case in
dictated that this crime was premedi
tated. There had been nothing ad
duced, they stated, which could an
thorize them TO interfere with the ex
ecution OF the sentence imposed un
der the law.
A formal order was noted on tn
minute book of the pardon board, i
accordance, with verbal instruction
given Warden Whitney a few day
ago not to proceed with the hangin
until the board had met and consider
ed the case extending the time Of ca
reprieve, previously granted unit
August 6, until Friday, August Il
This was done early yesterday morn
ing, and after hearing another ordt
was appended, noting the refusal Q
the pardon board to interfere furthe
in the ease.
Wetter was first tried for his Grim
at Grangeville the latter part of Sci