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The independent-reporter., 1910-07-14
ANCIENT VOLUME BY
FORMER CITIZEN
Published at Skowhegan
in l84l


Some books are interesting Tor the
history they contain and some for
their OWL story. One Of the latter
class We know. which has such inter
esf for all the people Of Somerset
County and especially the dwellers IN
skowhegau. Old so old. it has lost
its own cover, and for preservation
i arrayed in that OF an old EeIectric
Third Reader is title page tells is
story. The Second Coming Of Christ
aad the Resurrection By Ephrain
Cmrier- -sko~heean. u. Lit,lefeld,
Printer l8s1
The author. with his brother Phin-
cas- Currier was one OF the early IN
habitants OF the towns of Bloomfield
nd Skowhegan. Phineas bought the
Eli Weston farm on the south side
river road 10 Hinckley, Ephraim, the
epthor above named lived on the
North river road to Norridgewock on
the farm now occupied by Charles
Smith.
Both of these men were born and
brought up in Amesbury being, neigh
bors and schoolmates Of New Eng
lands best loved poet, John Green
leaf Whittier. The family removed To
Gornyille, Maine. and from there these
nen easily strayed to Skowhegan and
Bloomfield The words within may
not be worth our reading but We turn
these time yellowed pages with rev
erence when We consider all their
associations. The fingers that held
he pen TO write learned from the
81 me copy set for the Quaker boy.
Perhaps the Currier boys were in the
spelling class on the occasion the
poet immortalizes in his, In School
Days
The type was set in the Office of
the Clarion, the fore runner Of the
Somerset Reporter, the very Office
where Artemus Ward once stood at
the case or locked the forms or
handled the press. And we wonder
what Artemus would say 10 the Limo
type and big presses run by electric
power. What would he think now OF
the Garden Spot of Maine which he
Has so anxious to get out of, that he
climbed from a window one night and
silently stole away?
The author put time and thought
md it may be prayer into his book
but his only claim TO remembrance is
a borrowed fame and the volumes
sole value arises from the fact that
S, far as We know this is the only
one of any pretentiousness ever is
sued from a Skowhegan press. 50
bound up with the perhaps useless
discussion OF incomprehensible
themes, this book has clinging to IL
sell. as a garment keeps the smell
o. the sweet clover folded away in it
the memory of our fore-father's day,
Of Whittiers school DAYS and OF Ar
temus Wards queer humor. like mint.
lavender and tansy from the garden
Icf the past =
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MUSICAL DIRECTOR
IN OUR SCHOOLS
E. E. Towne well fitted
for that Position
SkOwhegan Always Aims To Have
Best.

SkoWhegan has always aimed to
choose excellent instructors for her
public schools and in a great MANY
respects she has chosen for the DIFF
farent branches of studies the bes;
that could be secured and among
others this is true in the choice OF
Elmer Z. Towne as musical director
'h. Towne has been instructor OF
music in both the schools of SkoW
began and Madison for some time and
also in the Anson schools. He WAS
reelected a few days ago Through
is instruction the schools of the
three above named towns have been
brought to the front in musical train
ing and are recognized Throughout;
the State. Mr. Towne is born
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keith's Theatre, Boston.

Next week at Keith's there all. be
a bill of more than usual interest
from the fact that it will contain a
number of artists who have condensed
their best offering from musical COM
edy and the legitimate stage into a
few minutes for vaudeville.
One of the most prominent of
these will be Elizabeth Brice, who
was recently featured with Nora
Bayes in The Jolly Bachelors" at
Lew Fields Broadway theatre in New
York. Another Is Charles King, who
took George NJ. Cohan's place in
The Yankee Prince and who will
at Keith's do some of his Cohan
stunts that made a hit on Broadway.
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receive. free of expense, package
containing small boxes OF all the fol-
lowing well known medicines: Lanes
Tea for bowels, Kidnets for the kid
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without a bottle of Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
1t is almost certain to be needed and
cannot be obtained when on board the
cars or steamships. For sale by G.
r. Fogg.
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The independent-reporter., 1910-07-14

After a heavy meal, take a couple
of Doan's Regulets, and give your
stomach. liver and bowels the help
they will need. Regulets bring easy,
regular passages OF the bowels.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-14

About the time a man RECEIVERS
from his college education he has a
son going through the same idiocy.
The independent-reporter., 1910-07-14

Everybody's friend-Dr. Thomas Ec-
lectric Oil. Cures toothache. earache,
sore throat. Heals cuts. bruises. scalds.
Stops any pain.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18

and Sheepshead Bay. A canvass OF the
flying men gathered at the three aero
dromes showed that Moissant is not
personally known to any Of them.
..Moissant is a comparative amateur,
said Arch Hoxsey. one OF the WFlshl
ayiators. "He has been flying moi
much more than a month, but a &C
complished the finest and most spectac-
ular flight IN the history OF the art
ut is good to see an American doing
these things, even If he does 1t on
foreign soil. Drexel and Moissant are
the equals of any avlators on the conli-
nent.
"Once in awhile we have to take OH
our hats to the foreign fellows. u the
Americans always win in the nd.
Lieutenant Frederick E. Humphreys,
one OF the three army officers here, VINO
have made successful flights, declared
that the Moissant flight would prove
of particular interest to Americans as
demonstrating the possibility or the
proposed New York-Chicago and New
York-St. Louis flights.
"Moissant's feat stands out" he SAID,
.'as a ~arant that the two big prizes
now hung up in this country will soon
be won. The flight from st. Louis to
New York is a certainty. but whether
II will be made in 100 hours is a ques-
ton. The cross-country race LIE Blanc
won in France vas only 4S5 miles,
II was 2411k hours before ne hnlsneu'
The demand in the st. Louis-New YORK
contest exceeds that in any other pu.
that makes IL the greatest eVet OF all
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18
NEWARK CREDIT MEN DINE
AL FRESCO ON HOTEL ROOF.
Enjoy Monthly Luncheon to
Strains of Music Sans Talk.

lust in the way of variation from
dining indoors, the regular monthly
luncheon of the Newark Association of
Credit Men was today enjoyed on the
root garden of the Hotel Navarro at
1890 o'clock. This novel plan of eat
ing out of doors during the heated
season was quite responsible for at
tracing about one hundred members
of the association, and the affair met
with such popular favor that in all
probability the September luncheon
will be enjoyed in the same I'M
The committee in charge of the
luncheon, instead of having a speaker
to address the members, arranged a
very complete musical entertainment.
Through the courtesy of Manager
Stewart, of Proctor's Theatre, some ex-
cellent talent was provided on the pro-
gram. Those who entertained were
c. Henry Earle, tenor %soloist; Miss
Tennessee Hall, Coincidence; ALI.
Grant, monologuist; Miss Adelaide
Kaufman, pianologuist, and Fred l..
Bachman at the piano. All the num-
bers were well received.
The committee in charge of the
luncheon today was composed of Fred
eric P. Crane, Charles z. Daniel and
Louis A. Kempf,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18
KILLED,
FIVE ARE INJURED,
Loss, 100000
Continued from First Page.)

was soon shooting sparks in the air
in imitation of the big blaze, and
was pumping steam until the gauge
mounted to $50. or twice the power of
the local engines. Two other companies
hooked up at the Washington street
end of the fire n the three drew so
much water that several local COM
panies could not get any and their men
were given a rest.
Look at them eat the fire." was the
cry of the crowd, and eat It they did.
They forged into the smoke and flame
and soon had the fire driven back into
the baking powder building.
The New Workers fought until nearly
midnight, when Battalion Chief Norton
announced that the fire was under con-
troll and withdrew his men. AS the
New York engines went to the ferry
after their work the men passed
through lines of thousands of cheering
Jersey City citizens. They responded
to the cheers with shrill whistle blasts.
Hoboken. Bayonne and West Ho-
boken were also called upon for aid.
Hoboken protected the Horseshoe Sec
ton; Bayonne the Greenville section,
and Hudson City the Heights section.
It was the first time in twenty-one
years that Jersey City has called upon
New York for assistance. The Man.
haitian freuen were rushed 20 Jersey
City in a ferryboat placed at their dis
pOSal.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18
STRIKING TAILOR HELD
ON CHARGE OF ASSAULT.

When araigned today in the Fourth
Precinct Court on a charge Of assault
and battery, Isaac Myerson, a tailor,
was paroled to appear before the grand
jury when required, by Judge Herr.
Louis Rubin, proprietor of a cloak and
suit factory, at 81 Broome street, was
the complainant On August 6. he al
leges, Myerson and several other strik-
ing tailors lured him to the meeting
rooms Of the union. at Prince and
Montgomery streets, and there assault
ed him.
Myerson, through his counsel, Chan
dler Riker, made a counter charge Of
assault and battery against Louis
Rubin and his two sons, Jacob and
Isadore. Several of the strikers who
were in court claimed that the elder
Rubin had drawn a revolver on them
on different occasions. Judge Herr
warned all present that complaints
would be taken against nyone who
would create a disturbance while argu-
ing labor disputes.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18
MEETINGS HELD
AT ESPERANTO CONGRESS-.

WASHINGTON, Aug. Is. = Group
meetings of esperanto societies from
various sections of the country led the
program for today. the fourth day of
the session of the sixth international
congress of esperanto.
In the afternoon the delegates to the
congress, representing about thirty-five
nations. are scheduled to witness an
example of the great American game,
as shown by the Washington and
Cleveland baseball teams.
Umpires' decisions in Esperanto
and books of baseball rules printed in
the international language and to be
distributed among the delegates have
been arranged SO as to make them feel
At home. Fol many of them 1t will
be the first ball game they have ever
seen.
Whether the ordinary fan will
take to the umpire's shout of
"frapumo' in place Of the familiar
strike" will be shown today, and will
prove a severe test for Esperanto.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18
MOISSANT'S UNCLE
NOT MUCH SURPRISED.

CHICAGO. Aug. 1s.-John B. Mois-
SAINT, who flew across the English chan
mel yesterday. although a Chicagoan by
birth, has not been here for a number
if years. Victor Lougheed, consulting
engineer of the Aero Club of Illinois,
said last night that he had been told
that Moissant was born in Chicago.
He said, however. that as an aviator
he was unknown in this city. On an
other inquiry trace was found, however,
OF an adventurous young man named
Jean Moissant, who left Chicago for
Contra America a number of years
&
His nearest relative. Raphael Mois-
SAINT, a shoemaker, said he had heard
nothing of his nephew since word came
that his love for excitement got him
into difficulties in a San ~Salvadorean
revolution. Moissant said he would
not be surprised to find that the young
man had gone to France.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18
COUNSEL IN DILL
CASE DISCUSSED
BY FREEHOLOERS
Continued from First Page,

alleged to have said to them. You're
not dead yet"
one of the most serious of the
charges against DR.. Mccormick is
based on an alleged refusal of his to
send for milk for a child born of Mrs.
Mary Patrise. while she was an in
mate.
"Our nurses are not messenger
boys DR.. Mccormick is declared to
have asserted when asked t send one
of the attendants for the necessary
food. The infant was fed on con
densed milk, became very i'll. and it
was only with difficulty hat it's life
was saved.
DR.. Mccormick is also said to have
allowed an attendant, alleged to have
been the father of a child born to a 20
year-old inmate, to leave the institu-
ton. The attendant admitted having
been intimate with the girl, and when
leaving the institution gave a Philadel-
phia address at which he could not aft
erward be found.
Erwin T. West, dismissed from the
of stock clerk at Overlook on
Tuesday, it is said, will appeal his
case.
1t Is further rumored that he will APP
pear in the field in the Eleventh ward
as a candidate for freebooter against
Theodore D. Gottlieb.
THE girl was feeble-minded," DR..
Mccormick is said to have given as his
explanation of allowing the attendant
to leave. "She and the attendant
couldn't be married, so I thought 1t
best to allow him to 60"
Warden Steadman has brought
charges of characterization against DR..
Mccormick, claiming that the ply
stefan refused to give up the key to a
room which he did not use, but which
he kept locked. The warden wished
the chief engineer of the hospital to
occupy the room as a sleeping apart
ment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18
CENTRAL AMERICA KNOWS
JOHN MOISSANT WELL.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1S.-In Nicaragua
and the various other republics OF
Central America, where many Ameri-
cans of adventurous spirit have staked
their lives and reputation on their
o~uickness with a gun, John Moissant
bears a reputation hat savors OF ro-
nance.
AT the time when Moissant was So
burning in Honduras, it was told mere
today by a Nicaraguan, a tramp steam
er loaded with a cargo valued at
thing like $100, 900 a cast ashore dur
ing a storm and abandoned. That
night. insthe teeth of the gale, Mois-
SAINT made his way alone to the steamer
in a small dngout and took possession
OF the vessel. In the morning the
storm abated, and the ships captain,
accompanied by members of the crew
and an agent of the line, rowed u TO
the ship, which had withstood the
pounding OF sea and wind, but which
was held fast on a sunken reef in the
outer harbor.
They were halted by a shot from
Moissant's revolver. There was some
parleying and the ships skipper roWeo
back to shore to inform he American
consul and the authorities h a Mois-
SAINT claimed the ship and her cargo as
salvage and had threatened to blow
the head off the first man who tries to
come aboard"
There was a second expedition TO
the ship: this time with the American
consul and some native soldiery, but
Moissant refused TO be impressed, and
to show-his sincerity of purpose, shot
q hole through the sombrero Of ting
native commandante. The expedition
to recapture the stranded steamer re
turned to shore for reinforcements or
artillery, but during the night another
storm more severe tina the first swept
the harbor and completed the wreck
of the tramp. When daylight broke
the vessel was seen to nave ~foundered.
Moissant was taken off later by the
American consul. who found him
dashed to the topmost rigging OF the
steamer which emerged only a rev
feet above the water.
Previous to this exploit Moissant ap-
peared In the news columns as hand
ling a rapid-flre gun for the Nicarag-
uans In an attack on Salvador during
n of the recent outbreaks there.
The Moissant brothers, George, Al
fred and John, and two sisters for
many wears had interests valued at
several hundred thousand dollars in
Salvador. In 1907 George and Alfred
Moissant were arrested and imprisoned
on charges of aiding and abetting the
revolutionists of Salvador and with
having secreted the revolutionary Cen
eral Escalon. The third brother, John
was actively implicated in the move
ment.
Two years later John Moissant
headed a large flibustering expedition
against Salvador for Nicaragua.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18
COFFIN TO
TEST NEW PLANE
At AsBURY PARK
Balloon Races Between Rivals
Will Be Featured in Avia-
ti0n Tournament.
Especial to the Newark start

ASBURY PARK. Aug. 1S.-If there
is any chance for flights today the
new Wright machine to be used by
Frank Coffyn will go up. Coffyn has
had the machine ready for two days
now, but acting under instructions
from Wilbur Wright. has not taken It
up. The machine differs from the old
one in that it has no front control,
and is built primarily for altitude
stunts. 1t is the belief of the Wrights
that the double front lifting planes
hold a machine back when it comes
to going more than 500 feet in the air.
In the new machine the elevation
control Is in the rear. and looks very
much like the widespread tail of a
sea gull. Coffyn said today that If the
wind got down to twenty miles an
hour he would surely go up with the
new wind-wagon. but would only make
a practise flight around the field.
Brookins Out Early.
Walter Brookins was on the field this
morning, and was anxious to have tn.
new machine taken out. Coffyn could
not see 1t.
You know, Walter, I am to have the
first fight in this machine" he said.
well, / suppose you are, but l want
to get at it as soon as l can. That
machine looks pretty good to me-
Hoxsey and tombstone will do special
stunts this afternoon. It is possible
that both of the Wright machines will
be in the air at once.
Jimmy Fleming, the partner of
Benny Prinz, the Newark boy who was
killed last Friday, when he fell from a
distance of more than a mile in the
air, will have a balloon race this after
noon at Interlaken field. Johnny Nixon,
of New York. who says he is the holder
of all records for flights and landing
within easy reaching distance OF the
flying field, has come out and chaI-
lenged the Johnny Mack corps OF aero
nauts.
balloon Challenges.
Mack took up the challenge at once.
and the aero officials here have put up
a cup for the winner. The conditions
of the race are: Balloons to &c up at
the same time. ascend 1000 feet, para
chute drop, the aeronaut first reaching
the press tent on the aviation field
carrying his parachute to be winner
Of the cup.
Johnny Mack declared this morning
that If Nixon beats Fleming today he
will go up himself tomorrow, and Is
willing to make a big cash bet that he
will be the first to reach the field after
the ascension.
Another gloomy morning made the
ayiators and everybody els feel bad.
but at noon the sun broke through the
clouds and the wind was dying down.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18
FLAMING BALLOON SEEN
FALLING in GERMANY.

DESSAU, Germany, Aug. 1S.-Police,
gendarmes and foresters are today con-
Quoting a search of the hills ane for
ests in this vicinity for the remains of
a balloon and its probable passengers.
which vas asst night seen flaming In
the sky. Some woodcutters. who were
returning from their work near night
fall observed a burning balloon drift
ing over the wooded hills at a consid-
cradle altitude. finally falling rapidly.
The w~oodcutters lost sight of the bal
loon as 1t neared the earth, but imme-
diately notified the authorities in Des-
sau, who sent out searching parties.
Darkness soon fell and the search
among the hills could not be continued
during the night, but at daybreak this
morning the hunt vas resumed.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18
BOASTS
ITS FIRST LITTLE
ORIENTAL KID"
Chin Sung YOOk Is the Happy
Parent of Ten=POnnd
Baby.

- - Yook, son of Chin SUNG
Yook. made his first appearance on
this, or so far as anything to the
contrary is known, any other earth, in
Harrison today.
Owing to his foresight in picking
Harrison as a birthplace young Yook
holds all records for Chinese births
in the town across the Passaic.
He is the first Oriental infant TO decide
on the factory town as a prime spot in
which to begin life and Harrison Is
duly proud of and grateful to him..
The blanks, which were Intentionally
left in Yookie's name, will remain there
for four long weeks. as Chlnk manners
and customs were some hard and fast
before the Modes and Persians were
thought of, and they decree the four
weeks delay before christening.
Kid Yook was born at the home of
his parents, in the rear of his fathers
laundry, at 312 Harrison avenue, Harii-
son, N. J., a few minutes before noon.
His eyes slant toward the inside cor
ners in the cutest way imaginable and
he has the quaintest of yellow-peril
tinges, but his queue was missing. His
parents do not seem to be worried a
bit over this discrepancy and the miss
ing characteristic will probably come
with his name.
Although born on American soil-it
will be remembered that Harrison is
an American city-Yook's only Ameri-
can quality seems to be his voice.
Promptly at noon he let out a roar
which made several factory whistles
in the neighborhood quit.
The three happiest little girls in Har-
rison today are the three little sisters
of little Mr.. Yook-Chop, Lena and
Suey. The Yook boy weighed in at
ten pounds on his birthday, which
would put many an American lad to
shame.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18
u OF STEALING.

Charged with entering and stealing
from the saloon of his former employer,
Reinholt Welckerdt, Of SIS South
Twelfth street. was araigned in the
Fourth Precinct Court today and held
in $500 bail for the grand jury by
Judge Herr. The owner of the saloon,
Harry Steir, of 1888 Badger avenue,
alleges that his former employee en-
tered the place on the night Of August
8. Wecikerdt Is said to ave stolen
s1a.55 from the cash-register. He was
arrested last night by Plainclothesmeu
Heller and Reilly. of the Sixth Pre-
cfnct.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18
LEFT UNPROTECTED BABE
PREY TO SWAMP INSECTS.

ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 1S.-Terribly
bitten by mosquitoes and gnats, a 2
months-old colored baby was found on
the meadow opposite Pennsylvania ave-
nue. just before dark last night by two
boys, and is in the City Hospital slowly
dying from the poison.
The youngsters were playing on the
marshland when smothered cries at
tracted them to a bunch of high grass,
where they discovered the infant, IN
protected by clothing, a prey to hordes
of insects. The waif was writhing in
agony when sent to the hospital. Ply
sicians say it cannot live.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-18
NICARAGUAN HAS
MADRIZ'S MESSAGE TO u. S,

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 1s.-Dr. Luis
F. Corea, former Nicaraguan minister
to the United States, will arrive In New
Orleans from Nicaragua next Tuesday,
according to messages received here to-
day. Much interest is attached to DR..
Corea's return, because 1t is stated he
held a number of conferences with
President Madriz of Nicaragua.
1t is believed the attitude of the
United States has been fully presented
in these conferences and that h po-
sition of Madriz has been set down In
a communication now in the hands OF
Corea.