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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-10-12

Mrs. Kate Douglas Wiggin, fla
nous author, who in private life is
Mrs. Geo. C. Riggs, thinks women
might better devote their talents to
teaching children manners than
scrambling for votes, according to an
interview with her at Chicago, Thurs
day. 81 am an anti-suffragist, she
said. 1.-The woman of today has no
excuse for dabbling in politics. There
are still so many things in which she
has not perfected herself in the home
that she ought not, in my opinion,
to add the field of politics to her
activities" A municipal training
school for brides-to-be was advocated
by Mrs. Wiggin.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-10-12
State News

The lighthouse tender Lilac left
Portland, Tuesday morning, Oct. .,
for the Isle of Shoals. with a large
amount of sand and gravel, to be
used in the construction OF new
fog signal there.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-10-12

The Gardiner Public Library Is soon
to receive from Mrs. Ada M. Wing, OF
Waterville, complete file of the
Yankee Blade, a newspaper published
in Gardiner in the early 40s. Mrs.
Wing, who Is a daughter-in-law OF the
late Daniel R. Wing. has also in her
possession a complete file of the Wa
teryille Mail, of which Mr.. Wing was
proprietor and editor. These, and
other early newspapers published In
the State are filled with historical
data of inestimable value to historians
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-10-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

New York does big things, but its
big failures are among it's great
events that are not to its credit.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-10-12

Once more we are told that the
earth is getting cold. But we can no
longer get hot over it.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-10-12

Big Bunch old Papers at this Office, SC.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-10-12
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Health

Restores color to Gray
or Faded hair-Removes
Dandruff and invigorates
the Scalp-P 70 notes a
luxuriant, healthy b a ir
growth-Stops its falling
out. Keeps hair soft and
glossy. Is not a dye
$50 end SOC 1t Drus Stores or direct upon
receipt Of price and dealers name. Send Zoe Tor
sample bottle.-Philo Hay Speciaities Co.
Newark. N. j.. u. s. A.
REFUSE ALL SUBSTITUTES
G.. r. FOGG AND SAMPSON & AyORE
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-10-12

The last report of Mrs. Mary s.
Burnham, State agent of the Chill
drens Protective Society for five
months follows: Number of cases in
vestigated, 1874; children placed in
permanent homes, 10; children in tenn
porary homes, SO; children placed in
hospitals, 6; children taken from hos
pitfalls, 5; number of children adopted,
2; number Of cases before probate
court, 80; before municipal court, ~;
children placed within agents care
by order of court, %; children placed
within other persons care, 5; children
placed within agents care by parents,
81; number of children returned to
parents, 81; number of children sent
to Industrial 1school. 5; sent to State
school for boys, /; number of chill
dren died, 2.
Four boys left Portland. Saturday,
Oct. 7. to climb Mount Washington.
al h'th6 W II dth az 0tCh bthtiOh
about noon, Saturday, they intend to
climb about IA miles to a camp on
the side Of the mountain, where they
will put up for the night. Sunday
morning. making an early start, they
expect to reach the summit about
noon. The descent will be made by
the carriage road to the Glen House.
from which point they will return
to Portland by way of Gorham and
the Grand Trunk Railway. Should
they encounter storms, or, when they
reach the higher attitudes find snow
they will probably require more than
two days for the trip. All the boys
have had experience in mountain
climbing.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-10-12
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There Is only one way to cure deaf:
remedies Deafness Is caused by an
innamed condition Of the mucous lin
ing OF the Eastscnian Tube. When this
sound or imperfect hearing. and when
1t Is entirely closed. Deafness Is the
result, and unless the Inflammation
can be taken out and this tube re.
will be destroyed forever; nine cases
which Is nothing but an infiamed con.
dition Of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars. free
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-28
UNCLE SAM ENRICHING SOUTH
is INSTRUCTING THOUSANDS OF
BOYS ON HOW TO FARM
Some Notable Results Show the Far
Reaching Effect of This Attention.
$4,000 Boys in a Contest.

WASHINGTON.-There on the
government rolls $4,000 boys of the
south, each of whom is now cultivat-
ing one acre of corn under the direc-
ton of experts sent out by the agri-
cultural department. These boys are
scattered all through the southern
states, and their work is bound %
have a highly beneficial effect upon
the future development of that part
of the country. Already a marked
Improvement is noticeable, though
the governments present policy is of
quite recent application.
These boys belong to corn clubs
which have been organized IN various
localities and are working for prizes
offered by the bankers, merchants,
boards of trade, country clcbs and
public-spirited individuals of their
neighborhoods. They are also work.
ing for the prize given to the best
boy corn raiser of their respective
states, consisting of a diploma from
the department of agriculture and
free trip to Washington, where they
may spend a week and Gee the presi-
dent and congrc1s and the interesting
features of our national capital. The
prizes given to such boys by the To-
calitieS last year amounted to S4O,-
600 and more. Doubtless they will
be twice that this year. They con-
sist of cash, farm implements, ponies,
pigs, bicycles, watches, guns, books
and everything which will tend to
gladden. a boys heart and make him
work.
Something of the far-reaching eff
feet of all this patriarchal attention
bestowed by Uncle Sam may be 3D.
parent from an account of a typical
case. A farmer was induced to Gull
tivatea fve-eighths of an acre of cot
ton after government methods. His
plantation was then producing some
thing like 200 pounds Of lint to the
acre. He began his experiment in
1908, at which tine he could not af-
ford to send his children to school.
He succeeded so we'll that in 1916
he planted his whole plantation that
way and raised 1900 pounds of seed
cotton per acre. He also tried corn,
raising as much as $50 bushels on
single acre. Already that man has
paid all his debts and has money in
the bank. His boys are in the high
school and his daughter gone to col
lege.
1t pays to know how and then
get busy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-28
LEARY AND WIFE TO BE TRIED.
Famous Murder Case VIII Come Up
Again in Baker County.

A special term of Baker superior
court convened at Newton yesterday
for the trial of criminal cases.
Among the principal cases are
those against Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Leary of Dougherty county, charged
with implication in the murder Of
Ernest Barksdale, the young Tampa
broker who was killed and his body
thrown in an old we'll near Elmodel,
Baker county. For this crime Jesse
Hudgins son of Mrs. Leary, was
found guilty and sentenced to life
Imprisonment in the penitentiary
Young Hudgins' mother, Mrs. Leary,
is charged with being accessory after
the fact, and the step-father, Joseph
Leary, is held as accessory before the
fact.
Another murder case that will be
tried at this term will be that in
which Ira Jones, a young white man
OF Baker county, is charged with kill
ing woman named Mrs. Dean. The
woman, who lived alone, was found
dead with wound in her head, caus-
ed by shotgun. Circumstantial evil
dence implicated Jones, and he was
indicted by the grand jury, and has
been in jail since his arrest.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-28
HOT SEARCH FOR HERETICS
BAPTISTS NOW ASSEMBLED IN
PHILADELPHIA FACE BATTLE.
Question of Orthodoxy Stirring the
Body. Representative of Mem
bership of $500, 900 Present.

bership of $500, 900 Present.
PHILADELPHIA heresy hunt
that may lead to a split in the Bap-
fist denomination is likely to develop
during the great international con-
vention opened in Philadelphia today
by the Baptist World Alliance. The
alleged loose theology Of the English
Baptists and of certain ministers in
the eastern section of the United
States has aroused the more ortho-
dox delegates who propose to bring
the matter to an issue. The churches
of Kentucky and other southern
states which have the reputation of
being exceedingly orthodox have sent
big delegations with the avowed in
tention of making things hot for
the higher critics.
DR.. John Clifford of London, pres
ident of the Baptist World Alliance
and the presiding officer at the pres
ent convention, is accused in some
quarters as being the leader of the
modern movement for the ffgurative
and mythical Interpretation of the
Bible and the development of the
spirit of higher criticism. The ma
jority of American Baptists, and es-
pecially those of the south, resent
this attitude and stand firmly for the
literal acceptance of Biblical stories
and miracles. Whether formal
charges of heresy will be preferred is
not yet known, but threats have been
made to this effect.
1t is expected that the disagreement
will reach its climax in the election
of officers. DR.. E. Y. Mullins, presi-
dent Of the Southern Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary, is candidate for
president of the international organ
ization to succeed DR.. Clifford of
London. DR.. Mullins represents the
extreme orthodox wing of the Bap-
lists, while the English clergyman
is in sympathy with the liberal ele-
ment.
Baptist leaders from Europe, Asia,
Africa, Australia and South America.
as well as from all over the United
States, Canada, Mexico and the West
Indies, are present at the convention.
Reports were presented dealing with
the services of the Baptist church to
missions, education, arbitration, la
Dor and christian unity.
In addition to President Clifford
the English delegates include Sir
George w. McAlpine, president of the
Baptist Union of Great Britain. and
the Rev. j. H. Shakespeare, secretary
of the British Missionary Society. A
large Russian delegation is headed
by the Rev. w. Fetler, pastor of the
largest Baptist church in St. Peters
burg. The expenses of the Russians
to the convention were paid by the
American Baptists in recognition of
their triumph in Greek Catholic lands
against almost medieval persecu-
tions. The convention will celebrate
the centennial of Judson, the pioneer
in Baptist missionary effort. All of
the great missionary and publication
interests of the Baptists in all parts
of the world are represented in the
congress.
The Baptist World Alliance repre-
sents an actual membership of g.
100000, and it's churches extend
their influence over twenty millions
of people. The membership of the
church in the United States has
grown so per cent in the last 20
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-28

erty of those who had died in strange
lands and without friends either
there or at home, fact that should
have invested the proceedings with
some solemnity and sentiment, there
was little of either present during
the sale. 1t was as strictly a bust
ness affair as though it had been
a clearing out sale after a fire loss.
Not even did the auctioneer attempt
to dwell upon the romance that must
surround the belongings of a wander
er who had died in Thibet or the
SHOWS of the Andes; he sung his
sing-song, Going, going, going, -
with the same placid monotony that
he had used half hour before to
auction off a secondhand set of bed
room furniture.
+ Altogether the government clean
ed up nearly $500 on the sale, which
is small reward for the trouble it
has been put to in collecting from all
parts of the world and conserving the
heterogeneous collection. Yet even
that money it will not get.
The cash brought at the sale, -
said Charles H. Butler, chief of the
diplomatic and consular division of
the auditor of state, which is a
branch of the treasury, will be turn
ed into the treasury to the credit of
each dead mans estate If'his heirs
should ever turn up it will be paid
to them. Such an event is hardly
likely, however, since most of the
men have been dead for years, and
when the fact of their deaths was
made known to the government ev-
cry step possible was taken to locate
the persons entitled to the dead
mans property.
Since notice of this sale was given
en-, however," continued Mr.. Butler,
I'VE have been deluged with letters
from all parts of the country making
inquiry about relatives of the writer's
who years ago departed for distant
countries and have never been heard
from. Many of these letters are from
wives begging for information about
missing husbands and desiring to
know if their names are on our dead
mems lists. They would all make a
volume of most pathetic reading. We
have not been able to locate a single
person who has been inquired about.
All our dead men appear to be with
out friends or relatives"
Before the sale Mr.. Butler showed
safe full of stuff, part of the dead
mems chests" as he called the pile.
Each estate" was neatly done up
in a package and labeled with the
name of the dead man, if known,
and the date and place of his de-
cease.
"One gifted with the genius of
Sherlock Holiness" he said, might
be able to tell a great deal about the
history and personality of many of
these poor fellows. Now, here is a
man, j. D. Garner by name 1t is
odds that he fought under the con-
federate flag in the civil war and left
for the tropics in disgust after the
surrender of Lee, taking his house
hold goods with him in the shape Of
the family silver. This is how that
conclusion is reached" He showed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-28
RS. Europe has 100000 Baptists.

years. Europe has 100000 Baptists,
the majority in England and Scot
land, but in Italy, Germany and Swe-
den and Russia the church is we'll
represented and is growing rapidly.
Little progress is reported in France,
where, in the last census, five million
people aVowed themselves as athe-
lists. In the United States the Bap-
lists are divided into three large bod
les, the Northern Baptists, the Bap-
lists South and the Colored Baptists.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-28
WHO'LL BID ON DEAD MEMS CHESTS?
Curious Estates of Homeless Wanderers Sold Under the
Hammer at Washington by u. S, Autioneer
BY p. Fl. MCGOWAN.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Probably
the most gruesome auction sale that
ever was held took place last Tues
day in Washington city. 1t was held
by the treasury department under a
recent law of congress. The subject
matter of the sale consisted of the
property and effects of American cit
liens who had died in foreign lands,
which had been unclaimed by rela-
tiVeS or heirs of the deceased per-
sons, For the last half century this
property has been collected from all
quarters of the globe from all man
ner of sources, chiefly through the
agency Of United States consuls, min
listers and ambassadors abroad.
There finally accumulated such a
mass of this unclaimed property
that the treasury department recent
ly called upon congress to authorize
the sale of it, which accordingly was
done. There were nearly a hundred
dead men represented at the sale
by every kind of personal effects. It
was collection of ships and shoes
and sealing wax and cabbages and
kings" Old heirlooms, trinkets,
jewelry, strange money of strange
countries, guns, watches, prayer
books, diamonds and forged bills of
exchange were a few of the items
put up on the block to be knocked
down. to the bargain hunter. The
sale was attended by several hundred
people, and the articles sold brought
IN many cases ridiculously high
prices. A lot of Guatemalan money,
Tor instance, of the face value of $98,
left by one Elmer Porter, who died
an unknown number of years ago in
mat country, which is practically
worthless to an American, was after
spirited bidding sold for $24. The
purchaser did not state what he ex-
pected to do with it. The most valu-
able thing sold was pair Of diamond
ear rings, left by Mrs. Hartsuf,
whose place of death is not recorded.
The pair brought $87.
PocketbOoks predominated, mostly
empty of contents. Then came rings,
rings of every description, from the
diamond to the plain gold band, and
IN one case twenty-four rings that
We're merely marked Cheap"
watches, mostly of cheap make, were
also much in evidence; they were for
the most part of the gold-filled or
silver type, but sold much above
luelr value in many cases, illustrat-
ing the great American passion for
Oelng done" in a bargain. Also re-
'oIVerS were frequent; these, too,
soid at good prices. OF course BIZ
OIes' even polyglot Bible, were not
WISslng, and there was an occasional
prayer book; but the reyolvers far
OUIhumbered both of these, and the
DIOles only brought Is cents apiece!
oAe American who died in far-off
o@Chay left only box of cartridges!
mere was no name attached to his
'AeSt,' and he was merely desig-
Da'ed as No. 112. One would like
W Know more of a man who had
9'en fit to cash in that far from
rOnle and leave an estate so essen
"sIly belligerent.
while these articles we're the prop
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-28
STARVED in MIDST OF MILLIONS
Woman Who Died of Hunger Had
Almost Forgotten Taste of Food.

Woman Who Died of Hunger Had
Almost Forgotten Taste of Food.
A New York dispatch says: For
the second time within As hours a
woman collapsed today of starvation
in the streets of New York. This
time the victim died. She said she
was Rose Dasso aged ST, homeless
and friendless. She had slept in
doorways and parks for year, and
with her last breath she told police
man who knelt over her that food
had not passed her lips for so long
that she had forgotten the date, and
had all but forgotten the taste.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-28

Foley's Kidney Pills contain lust
the ingredients necessary to regulate
and strengthen the action Of the kid
neys and bladder. Try them your
self. Dawson Drug Co. and Peoples
Drug Store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-28

a bundle that contained a lot of sill
verware, knives, forks and such 9TH
er table stuff, a confederate bond for
$1,000, two confederate bills for
$500 and one for $40.
Small doubt" he continued, "but
that Garner, who died in Panama
years ago, treasured these things as
souvenirs of the Lost Cause. He evil
IDENTIFY treasured these things above
all else, for he left but little other
property"
Probably the most interesting one
of the chests" shown by Mr.. Butler
was that of Patrick Dowd, who years
ago died in the heart of the Andes,
far above La Paz, Bolivia, which is
far up in the Andes itself.
This dead man." said Mr.. Butler,
in the role of Sherlock, was an
Irishman; he was a Roman Catholic,
wandering trader, and accustomed
" N0'A INC al AlAub VI dangerous
places and situations. The proof?
Just see these articles that make I'D
his chest"
And this is what Patrick Dowd left
in the way Of worldly goods when he
shuffied off this mortal coil in the
SHOWS of the Andes A Winchester
rife, $40 cartridges, a silver watch
and chain, 10 razors, a pair of scis-
sors, a gold ring, "a cheap rings, a
Bible, a Key to Heaven Ga Catholic
prayer book, and a folding cot or
camp bed.
From all which he who runs may
read as plainly as did Mr.. Butler just
what manner of man was Patrick
Dowd.
Without doubt the most remarka-
BILE estate in this collection of dead
mems chests is that of Hermann
Schneider. He died several years
ago on board a steamship while on
his way to Europe. His chest, ,"
outside of some few personal effects,
consisted of a number of bills of ex-
change drawn by American bankers
on their European correspondents,
together with a number of blank
forms of such bills.
When we received the property"
said Mr.. Butler, 1--WE sent the signed
bills of exchange to the banks which
had issued them asking payment to
be made to us. In reply we were in
formed by all of them that the bills
were forgeries. Evidently Hermann
Schneider was planning to reap a har-
vest in Europe with his forged bills
when death, itself a reaper, cut him
down"
Coins and money of the following
nations were among the effects sold:
Guatemalan, Bolivian, Hindostan and
other parts of India, Chinese, French,
Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish and
German.
No such collection of dead men s
plumber will hereafter be allowed to
collect on the hands of the treasury
officials. Every two years the un-
claimed property of those dying
abroad will be sold and the proceeds
held for those who may hereafter
prove title to the money.
And among all this heterogeneous
collection there was only one article
that had name upon it; it was a
pipe case, bearing the name Frank
c. Wilmeroth."
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-28
Foley's Kidney Remedy

Is particularly recommended for
chronic cases o: kidney and bladder
trouble. 1t tends to regulate and
control the kidney and bladder ac-
ton, and is healing, strengthening
and bracing. Dawson Drug Co. and
Peoples Drug Store.
Ask your grocer for Honey Boy
self-rising -four.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1911-06-28

@ JUST real sure enough makdown enabling you to pick up
ton bargains ndeed! for indeed they There is no fasness
madOwn in many departments get next
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
Hanged the Clever Forger.

Of curious petitions against the
death penalty being enforced, one re-
calls the eighteenth century case of
William Ryland who was sentenced
for forging a bill for ella on the
East India House. The forgery was a
work of art No less than thirty sig
natures were initiated, and at the trial
not one of the victims could swear
that the signature was not his own.
However, with the help of the paper
manufacturers, Ryland's guilt was
brought home Then came the peti-
tion of his friends. So clever a man
ought never to be hanged, they plead
ed his craftsmanship should save
him. It gained respite: he was al
lowed to finish a fine engraving he
had begun. but nothing more. Though
the engraver was a favorite of George
ILL., that king quite failed to see how
a forgery could be excused on the
ground that it was a clever forgery.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
Naming the Baby In Japan.

Such lovers of picturesque cere-
monies as the Japanese do not let an
important event like the naming of
the baby pass without proper observ-
ance. The infants birth is immediate
" announced to the relatives and
friends. who hasten to send congratu-
lations and presents. Visitors used to
insist upon seeing the mother and
child. but the spread of medical knowl-
edge is gradually changing this On
the seventh day after birth the child
is named The first born son is fire.
ouently called 'Ichiro, which means
First" Others. as in Latin, are nam
ed Second" :" Third and so on Girls
are more lucky, receiving picturesque
names like Snow" "Chrysanthe-
num-" Glory" and the like.-Wide
World Magazine.
The Winslow mail., 1911-02-11
Raises Young to Eat,

The paradise fish, one of the new
wonders of natural history, raises its
young to eat. The habits of this pecu
liar fish are also strikingly similar to
those of a great many parents who
show little more consideration for
their offspring The female drops her
eggs carelessly anywhere she may be
and the male gathers them up and
places them in a bubble nest. which
he blows. and awaits the Matching
When they are sufficiently grown he
eats them, keeping them housed UP
until he needs them. Some Of the lit.
tie ones escape, of course. and ae they
are prolific breeders. the specie is
perpetuated.