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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-02-28
CORNvILLE.

The ladies' OF Wesserunset grange
Cornvile, will hold a dinner 10 their hall.
Monday next, town meeting day at 7oc
per plate.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-02-28
LEGISLATIVE NOTICES.
MIND FISHERIES AND GAME

I-NIs4f.ND I'M 10 -I3'l0
The Committee on Inland Fisheries and
Game will give Public hearing in its roon t
the state House, in Augusta, Mar. s, 1907, at
p. m. Petition of c. a. Emery and 81
others to prohibit the taking of fish from Wes-
serunsett Stream and its tributaries, situated
in Athens, Somerset County, Maine, for
term Of years.
2w8 II. 4. MERRILL, Secretary
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-02-28
n. - To H Z As
n..,..h. - The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature at Rx2AzZa

Brief notices OF births, marriages and death
are solicited for this column and are published
inithout charge.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-02-28

DR.. S. F. Greene went to Augusta
Wednesday morning on business return
ing Thursday.
Miss Lila Ward is gaining after few
days illness.
The members OF the Junior c. E. So
cety give party to their friends al the
parsonage Friday afternoon from to 4.
The Ladies Home Circle will serve a
baked bean dinner 10 banquet hall Mon
day, March 4Ih
Mr. A. W. Rowell is confined TO the
house with sickness.
The members of the M. +. society will
give an entertainment Friday evening
postponed from last week
David RoweIl was in Skowhegan on
business Wednesday.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-02-28
a SNAP
For Sale AT Once

large New Mich Cows;
large Jersey Heifer; 1 Stock Cow
and 3 Jersey Cows coming 10
soon; Horses; two horse Tip
Cart, with Hay Rack; Horse
Hay Rake; Horse Hoe and
Culliva,or; set Double Har-
nesses; Set Single Harness
Brand New Seated Democrat
Wagon, leather seats, pole and
shafts compl tie 3 Bundles New
Hen Wire; Flows; Set Spring
Tooth Harrows; I Single Farm
Wagon with Hay Rack; Horse
Straight Sled. TIE above aru-
ces to be sold Immediately,
RICHARD YEo,
It's River Road
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-02-28

Common Schools 100000
Free High 3" 10000
Highways ami Bridges 10000
sewer 10000
Poor, 10000
Town charges 10000
Snow roads 10000
Randlett Hill 10000
New Roads 10000
School Books 10000
Repairs 10000
State road 900 90
Public library 5000
6. A. K. 1900
Insurance on school build
iuo 5EOO
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1907-02-28

The F. and A. M. at their next regular
meeting Wednesday night have work 10
the Entered Apprentice and Fellow
craft degrees.
The following estimates have been
made for the expenses OF the town for the
ensuing year are thought TO be sufficient.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04
PRODUCTION OF ILLINOIS OIL.
On March There Were 3.222 Wells
in Main Field with Output of 10000.

Marshall, Ill.-Figures just complet-
ed show the number of producing oil
wells in the Illinois field on March l..
At that time there were 1922 produc-
ers, divided as follows: Casey pool
Cincluding all of Clark county and
Cumberland and Licking townships in
Crawford county,, 2,0S5; Crawford
county (outside of the two townships
in the Casey pooD, 1892; Lawrence
county, 205. In addition to these there
are about dozen light wells in Coles,
Edgar and Jasper counties. They are,
however, unimportant because of their
small production.
A large number of wells has come
in since March l, and there are at
present over 400 rigs at work in this
state. New wells are being brought
in daily. Dry holes are more common
than they were few months ago, on
account Of the wildcat work being
done in an endeavor to find new ter
ritory. The daily production Of the
Illinois field is now about 10000 bar
rels. -
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04
RICH OIL FIELD ON SEA.
MARINE FL DORADO REPORTED IN
- GULF OF MEXICO.
Discovered by Naval Officer Who
Says Petroleum Covers an Area
Of 400 Miles and ls Four
Feet Deep.

New Orleans.-About 100 miles
south Of the coast of Louisiana and
$50 miles from New Orleans Lieut..
John C. Solely of the United States
navy has recently discovered field
Of oil 400 miles in area and four feet
deep floating on the surface of the
Gulf OF Mexico.
The news of this find, which is
worth several millions, as soon as it
became known TO the southern ship.
ping centers. created almost as much
interest to treasure hunters as the dis.
coyery of gold in the Klondike, and al.
ready along the wharves of Mobile
and the levces of New Orleans, where
sailormen gather in low-jowled build
ings. the fever of treasure trovT ls-in
their veins. and they are planning ex.
petitions such as made the old argo.
nauts famous.
No similar event has so gripped he
ayareious instincts of the southern
sailors and it is doubtful If such an
unusual discovery has been made be.
fore.
For several days past the United
States photographic Office, under
whose direction Lieut., Solely was work.
ing, has been receiving hundreds of
communications from men Interested
in the venture and who are inquiring
for charts plotting the exact location
of the sea where the oil can be found.
The scene of activity along some Of
the wharves has been unusual, and il
Is said that some of the keenost busl'
ness men not only of the south, but
all over the country, have expressed
the intention of sending out searching
parties, comprising experts in naviga'
tion and high.salaried oil testers, to
locate the oil and to report on the
practicability of making it paying
venture,
An Unsuitable desire for rapidly ac.
Quired riches has grown among the
maritime men along the gulf coast
similar to the excitement of the gold
fever of 40, and a wild scramble for
the floating oil field threatens to be in
full sweep before another week has
passed.
According to one Of the prospectors
who has made arrangements to char,
ter large tank steamer and to install
powerful pumping apparatus for
drawing the oil from the sea, he fully
expects to reap rich harvest, provid
ed the survey steamer which he has
sent to the oil field makes favorable
report on the quality of the oil and the
chances of getting it aboard.
Even in some of the most conserv
| alive commercial houses careworn
business men have turned away from
the perpetual grind of their daily du
ties and have expressed more than a
perfuntory interest in the discovery.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04
HERO MADE WRECK
BY TOO MUCH GLORY.
Negro Giant Who FelIed CzO!.
goz, McKinIey's Slayer,
Broken In Health.

Atlantic City, March. DECLARED
by physicians to be mentally and
physically wreck, James Parker,
The giant negro, who figured M the
hero at the shooting OF the late Pres-
dent William Mckinley, at Buffalo,
when no struck the revolver from the
hands OF the assassin, Czolgoz before
the fiend could empty the remaining
shells into the frame of the already.
fatal wounded Executive, and then
felled the murderer with blow from
his great fist, lies in the city prison.
Emaciated and worn, policemen
could scarcely recognize In the pris.
oner before Recorder Hayes, tie
hearty 7ioot giant who came to the
resort last year.
Prosperity and too much glory
proved the undoing Il :Jlm,'" a
friendly witness told Judge Hayes.
Last year Jim was In Philadelphia
hospital for some minor throat
trouble. He recovered and was dis
charged, and then came down here
to work In hotel. A negro hotel
gave ball and banquet in Jlm's'
honor. Other saloons found him a
good attraction and followed the
example. Well, Judge, that Just
seemed to spoil Jim He used to
be sober and industrious, but since
then he has been going from bad to
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04
FINE IS $40: COSTS $500.
Harvard's Students Refusal to Work
Causes Expensive Litigation.

New Orleans-Powell Crichton Of
Minden. La, a student at Harvard
University, has been fined $40, with
costs totalling $500, for refusing to
work in the streets of his home town,
the supreme court having dismissed
his appeal for lack of Jurisdiction.
Crichton recently returned home on
a vacation to find that an cratic al
derman had obtained legislation fore
ing every able-bodied inhabitant to
shovel dirt and improve the streets
two days out of each month. He re-
sisted this law on the ground that
he was student temporarily absent
from college, and, therefore, came un-
der the provisions of the act which
exempts teachers and pupils from
road duty.
The case was decided against him
In the lower court, and he met with
no better success In the supreme tri-
bunal. Crichton will have to pay so
times the amount of the fine because
Of court costs involved.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04
DISASTER POSTAL CARDS.
Made From Material That Has Fla.
ured In Some Accident.

New York.-The disaster postal IL
one Of the latest forms of the souvenir
postal craze. It Is fashioned from
some material which has figured in an
accident or calamity and is properly
labeled and dated.
The collision OF Noyes Beach, by
which the steamer Larchmont was
lost, furnished q number of these
cards. They were made Of q piece
Of sail, cut regulation postal card
size, and on the back was printed:
"Piece of sail from wreck Of schooner
Harry Knowlton at Moves Beach. R.
I. Wrecked by collision with steamer
Larchmont, February II, 1907"
The cloth was about an eighth Of
an Inch thick and on its face bore
tie address and the usual stamp. San
rfsacisco and Kingston have furnish
"a any number Of these postals. From
railroad wrecks have been gent pieces
ff1hr elnAions o. Pullman drapsf1os
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04
SIGHTLESS WHIST PLAYER.
Uses Special Cards and Has Wonder
fully Retentive Memory.

Philadelphia.-Henry Kuhl billiard,
whose funeral took place few days
ago, had a marvellously retentive
memory that served him we'll in the
rs years of his life. during which he
was sightless.
Becoming blind in 1882 when
member of the firm of George G. Car
son & Co., which succeeded to the
business formerly conducted by Car
son & Newbold. Mr.. billiard retired
from active business and had remain
ed at his home for the greater part OF
the time since that date
Being devotee of whist Mr.. billiard
was loath to be deprived of this pleas
ure when stricken, so he obtained
cards upon which the numerals and
letters were raised and became a
member of whist-playing coterie in
his neighborhood. playing almost daily
for more than ten years.
Until he lost his sight, he was a
member of the PHILADELPHIA club and
a director of the Philadelphia National
bank and belonged to many societies.
For many years he was vcstryman
in the Church of the Epiphany and
St James's church Born In Philadel-
phia in 1894, Mr. billiard came of a
distinguished ancestry. In 1870 he
married Sallie POultney Williams.
who. with a son. DR.. Henry Kuhl Dill
lard, Jr., survives him.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04
LEAVES MANSION FOR sLuMs.
Daughter Of Wealthy British Contract.
or -labors Among the Poor.

Elkhart, Ind.-Mrs. Howard James
Clifford, wife of the Salvation army
ensign who has been assigned to the
indianapolis field, is the daughter of
wealthy contractor of London Eng
land. This fact, which was kept Sc
cret from the husband until recently,
became public few days ago. The
husband first learned of his wife's
prominence and wealth while on trip
abroad. Mrs. Cliffords father was so
generous in paying the expenses Of
the trip and providing them with en-,
tertainment that the truth dawned
upon the ensign.
Ensign and Mrs. Clifford have been
In Elkhart two years and have won
innumerable friends by their persist.
ent, modest and incessant labors In
novels and slums. and upon the
streets. Mrs. Clifford is tireless and
able assistant in the work.
Ensign Clifford is a native of Charl-
bury. village near oxford. England.
He has been In the United States
about five years. One of the first sac
rifices that he made upon entering the
Salvation army in his native country
was that of personal liberty. He was
imprisoned for time during the bit.
ter persecution which the army suf-
fcred in the early years Of its warfare
in England.
His parents we're Methodists of the
old type. A boast of the ensign is
that every male of his family from
the days of John Wesley has been a
Methodist minister Two of his sis
tiers and three brothers. one of them
Major John Clifford, who did heroic
rescue work following the Kingston,
Jamaica, disaster recently, are en-
gagged in the work.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04
ARTISTIC COIN is DESIRED.
Numismatic Society Favors Change in
Appearance of Money.

New York.-The American Numis
matte and Archaeological society ap
proved the recommendations of Its
committee on coinage in regard to the
issue by the United States of an en-
tirely new coinage, artistic in design.
The committee, of which DR.. George
F. Kunz is the head, was authorized
to bring the society's recommends.
tons to the attention of the proper au.
thorities.
The society believes that congress
should appropriate 100000 for new de.
signs for the ten denominations includ
ed in the American coinage. Besides
the president of the United States, the
report suggests that the members Of
the committee on selection should be
the secretary Of the treasury, the di.
rector Of the mint, one senator, one
representative, three numismatists,
one sculptor and one painter.
1t was announced that Augustus
Saint Gaudens had been commissioned
by the treasury department to execute
a new design for the $40 gold piece.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04
CITIES MAY CURE DRUNKs.-
sanltarlums Planned by Indiana NUM-.
palities.

Wabash. Ind.-The reform wave
which has been sweeping Indiana for
many months has taken a peculiar
turn in threatening to invade the
county iails throughout the state. This
particular reform is not aimed at the
Jail management. though some may
be badly in need of attention. II is
proposed to install 1t as a department
of each jail in the larger cities. II II
is established it means a new terror
in the bastile for the topper who Is
wont TO imagine strange and dreadful
things in his cell the while he forgets
his debauch.
The new terror will be the lag
cure" In other words, a movement
to provide system of treatment for
drunkenness in the case of habitual
drunkards at each Jail or lookup in
the cities that can afford such 9 plan
has been started and is being favored
in several Indiana cities.
One of the most interesting features
of the movement lies in its origin. II
was started indirectly by a woman.
The fame Of "Tish" Higgins, of Wa.
bash. Is not confined solely to the city
in which she lives. Year in and year
out for decade or so "TiSh" Higgins
has been a frequent visitor at the Wa
bash county jail. Usually she came
unwillingly, protesting with maudlin
vigor against being locked " 1t is
said that no other woman in Indiana,
and it is not n record Of which any
woman would care to boast, has been
locked up as many times as fish
Higgins.
She came so often to the Wabash
Jail and became such an expense 20
the city that Mayor Murphy finally
began to wonder if II would not be
money in the city treasury to devise
some way to quench "Tish" Higgins
unfortunate thirst Then he decided
to give her n jag cure" and broke
the news to the woman after one OF
her numerous appearances before him
1t was enough, She has not been
back since.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04
GIRL INIIERTTs GOLD MINE.
Silver Deposits and Vast Wheat Fields
Also Part of Windfall.

Beverly. n. J-Miss Helen G.
Arnold, who has been clerking in a
candy store here, has been notified
that she has become the chief benef-
ciary under will executed in Idaho
by her late uncle. John T. Arnold. who
left Philadelphia in the SOS to carve
out a fortune in the west. The west
ern attorneys inform her that she has
been given his interests in gold and
silver mines near the Bitter Root
mountains and vast wheatfields along
the Snake river in Idaho.
After Arnold left Philadelphia no
word came home from the supposed
shiftless son until about % years later,
when. after having made fortune in
the mining of gold in the northern
part of Idaho near place now called
Murray. like one from the grave he
came back to his homestead and upon
inquiring found that his parents had
died and his brother George. father Of
Miss Helen, had also been dead a year
or so.
He searched far and wide for the
widow and her two children--a son,
who recently died IN this city, and a
daugh;er-and found them in Altoona,
and for a time freely shared his wealth
with them.
Ru; then the voice of the west kept
calling him back and he made an eX'
cuse that urgent business required
him in Idaho and left them with the
promise that he would come back as
soon as he could find an opportunity
Nothing more was heard of him, and
the widows letters received no re-
plies.
Then unannounced came the mes
sage that Miss Helen Arnold had been
left considerable money. Her uncle
had taken such liking to her that
when be left for Idaho he expressed a
desire that she would so back with
him for only a short time to cheer his
chi'dless home, but the mother would
not hear TO such separation.
The exact amount of the fortune has
not been ascertained.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04
Trustees Sale.

Whsreas, g. N. Evey and Edna Legs Evey,
his wife, by their deed OF trust dated August
I22nd, lou2, and recorded In the Recorder once
wtthia and for Bales county, Missouri, In book
NO. l1s page LII, conveyed 70 the undersigned
trustee the following described real estate ly-
1ng and being situate In the county OF Bates
I'd state Of Missouri, to-wit:
xhe west half Of the southeast quarter OF sec
ton twenty-five C22l township forty-two (42l Of
range thirty three tSg bates county No., con-
tsining ~ acres more or l-ss according 20 gov
ernmentsurvey; which conveyance was made In
trust 20 secure the payment OF one promissory
mote fully described In said deed OF trust; and
whereas, default has been made In the payment
Iof the principal and interest OF the note
and the same 10 now past due and un-
paid. Now therefore, ct the request OF the legal
holder OF said note and pursuant 10 The coL-i-
lions OF said deed OF trust, Twill proceed 10 sell
the above described premises at public vendue,
70 the highes1 bidder foi cash, at the east 'front.'
door OF the court house In the city Of Butler,
county OF Bates and state of Missouri on
Friday. April 10Th. 1907.
between the hours OF O'Clock in the forenoon
and O'Clock in the afternoon OF that day. for
the purposes Of satisfying said debI, interest
and cost. I. W, sILNERS, Trustee. 2l-td
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04
Gas Well sneezes Tools.

Irwin, Pa.-Twenty years ago Irwin
citizens put $4,000 into 3,00o-foot
hole in Derrick hill and were ready to
go deeper for gas, when the drill and
attachments were lost in the bottom.
Three months fishing failed to re-
cover them and the well was aban-
doned.
Occasionally boys would light the
gas and a small fame would result.
The other afternoon the we'll broke
loose. A column Of water and dirt
shot up 100 feet, and among the debris
was part Of the lost tools. After the
upheaval the gas pressure was found
70 be strong. and when lighted the
eama ahoots nm 20 feat
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04
PUBLIC LAND BUSINESS GAINS.
Entries Increase 1928 In Six Months
and Receipts In Proportion.

= Washington.-A statement Of the
business of the general land office
for the first six months of the fiscal
year shows a material increase in the
number Of entries made, the acreage
disposed Of and the total cash receipts
az compared with the corresponding
six months of 1906.
The net increase in the number of
entries for all classes was 1898,
while the net increase in the cash re.
ceipts amounts to $1,487,122.
The general land once issued a
statement giving the location Of the
following public lands reopened to en-.
try by the presidents order Of March
IL last:
Colorado, 100000 acres: New Mex.
leo, 100000 acres; Montana, 2,100..
900 acres; Oregon, 10000 acres;
Utah, $4,000 acres; Wyoming, 1,240,.
900 acres; Washington, $4,000 acres.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04

worse"
A policeman arrested Parker for
vagrancy. He had been living at
the home OF Thomas Jefferson, on
Maryland avenue, the police say, un-
til, TO use the words OF a witness,
".hey couldns stand for 'Jim's'
ways no longer" Homeless and
weak, he was iii a pitable condition
when taken TO the city II. Many
II Park r. aurneiS To tho police
were incoherent.
Judge iItyes, refused to sentence
him. a mar who did the service
tor his country that Parker trid to
do deserves l"uiri " and help, even
when he gnrs wrong said the kind
ly Magistrate.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04

When you need n pill, take u pill,
and he sure its IN Early Riser.
They are sold here by Clays drug
store
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04
T. C. B0ULWARE,

Physician and Surgeon. Office
North Side Square, Butler, Mo.
Diseases OF women and children
a speciality.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04
s..hsub Arrives; JOY In Town.

Fairfax, 8. D.-The first bathtub to
and It's way to this city, Rosebud's
county seat, was formally Installed
the other day In the barber shop Of
Ralph Christiance, and there Is re-
joicing throughout the whole Rosebud
reservation. Fairfax was one Of the
centers Of the Rosebud rush. and has
long been equipped with . jail. but
until now those who chose TO hattie
M e g 4 q the i.stallneat plsA
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-04-04

Missouri Is good to her convlcts
and allows them to have the delics-
cies OF the season. The Jefferson
City Tribune says: Sunday the
convicss at the state penitentiary
will have An extra dish for their din.
ner, green onions, which have been
grown on the state farm under the
management OF John Bruner He
has 5000 OF these nice winter onions
which vii! be served to the prisoners
ut that meal. This ls the first time
In the history OF that institution
that the convicts will have an op-
portunity to enjoy the green onions
this early in the season. The state
farm has provided these"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-01

treville from Georgetown. Ky.,, Jan- uary l, and in two weeks will enter up. on the discharge of the duties as chief
 deputy sheriff of Bibb County, under Sheriff Oakley.
 Clabe Thomas, negro, from the
 eastern part of Bibb County, is in the
 county jail. charged with the assassin ation of negro boy about 15 years old, named King. The assassination occur
 red a few nights before Christmas. If is thought that the bullet which cost 1 the King boy his life. was intended for another.
 Bill FaYquhar. q white man. from
 Brierfield, who was in jail here several l weeks has made bond and has been re- leased. His cases are set for trial on the first Monday in January Senator and Mrs. H. E.. Reynolds at tended the A. T. O., reception at the
 Hillman / Hotel, in Birmingham, last week. Senator Reynolds is a promin- ent member of that fraternity. Misses Ellen Ashley and Fannie Mae
 Goree, teachers in Centreville High School, have returned to Centreville
 after a vacation spent at their respect i've homes.