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Friday. December q.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11
McIIwrath- Eames.

A quite wedding with pretty ap-
pointments was solemnized last eve
ming at the home Of Mr. and Mrs.
SOFT Robinson. when their foster
daughter, Miss Eva Louise Eame
was married to John MeIlwrath of
Boston. Rev. j. G. Osborne Of the
First Baptist church was the clergy
man in attendance and he used the
double ring service. The witnesses
were relatives and close friends The
bridal gown was white crepe de chine
and the floral decorations were maid
en- hair fern and daises Following
the ceremony, a dainty wedding lunch
was served.
The bride has been a resident of
Skowhegan all her life and has many
friends in this vicinity. The groom
formerly lived in Skowhegan but at
present has a position as electrician
at the Harvard Medical school. The
newly married couple will not take
an extended wedding trip but left at
once by automobile for their future
home, / ; Eldora St, RoXbury, Mass.
The we'll wishes of Skowhegan
friends are accompanying these young
people to their new home.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH CELEBRATED
IN A SAFE AND SANE MANNER
By Many Skowhegan People at Lakewood
Exciting Motor-Boat Races

in Class a IN Class = Nutt. own
Cd by Theo. Hurpag oame oat ahead
and in class Z, Russell Emery Of
Madison Won.
In The contest Tor the Lakewood
cup. George Falrqleres with his boat
Sportsman was the winner. All
the boats of Tho three previously
mentioned classes were the contest
ants for this trophy and in addition
70 these were boats owned BIZ Horace
Rcd, skovheeaH; ". T. Scott. AIadi-
son; Bert Lamb, SkoUhegan. Chas.
Miller. Madison: Charles Davis Madi-
son and 6 B Fairsrieyes. SkoWAegan.
In the canoe rae there were four
entries. Jack Barker and Dr. Pepper
winning Moore and Nay coming n
second. Wr.eat I'D Hilman third,
and Adams and Pratt fourth
During 'h~ afternoon there were
concerts By fhe skowheeau Pand,
while .he theatre performance joth
afternoon and .s.Hiug was .a.4#ly
attended r. dane after tho thea
ire concluded The days program.
The attendance Of people from this
and nearby towns was exceedingly
iarge aid was thought 10 b. record
breaker for Lakewood. No aceideur
OF any kind Wa- reported 70 mar the
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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11
PRAY BOUND OVER IN
POISONING CASE
Arsenic Found in the Stomachs oi
Cattle According 10 the Testimony
Of Prof. Neser,c of BoNdoin COL
Ie2e.

Much interest has been aroused in
this vicinity by the mysterious death
Of six out of a herd OF % cattle. the
property of L. G. Trafton, a prom
inent farmer of the town. Roy PRAY
was charged with poisoning the ami
mails by putting some poisonous sub
stance in the pasture where the ami
mails fed and was tried before Judgo
Lawrence. June p. The report of
the analysis of the stomachs of the
cattle which We're sent 10 BOwdoin
college for that purpose was wanted
and consequently Pray gave bonds
for his further appearance. July G.
As a result Pray was again before
Judge Lawrence in the Municipal
court room. last Saturday The only
witness was Prof Phillip Meserve OF
Bowdoin college. who upon eXamina-
tion of the stomachs had found con-
tanned therein according to his testi
mony, arsenic enough to kill II
COWS. Further testimony Was 10 thj
effect that poisoning from arsenic re-
suited fatally any time from 20 min
utes to eight days.
Probable cause was found to hold
the respondent for the action of the
grand jury at the September term OF
court Bonds of $1,000 We're asked
for and in addition to this sum which
had been furnished during the pend
ing of the hearing by the father and
mother of Pray another bondsman
was requested and d. II. Bartlett act
ed in that capacity.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11

piano solo was played by Miss Arlene
Burnor. and after duet by Elsie
and Fred Rayner, Rev. George Mer
riam gave a greeting and anniversary
remarks. He presided during the eve
ming as toast master, and the follow
ing program and responses were Civ
en-: Song, young ladies'; Greetings,
from the NJ. E. church, Rev. Horace
McGlauflin; Letters from Ella G..
Nash and Alice NJ Whittier read by
Mrs. f. T. Goodrich and a letter from
DIR. w. II. Spencer, former pastor
of the church read by Mrs. II. ]. Jud-
kins; Solo, Fred Rayner; Greetings
J. G. Osborne; Relation of the Mis-
sions to the Church, Mrs. Elizabeth
Foster, Wateryille; Solo, Miss Arlen
McKenney of Madison; Remarks, Mrs
Harold Hanson of Rumford; Remarks
and reading of the dedication hymn
of the church, Miss Louise Coburn;
Solo, Miss Mckinney; Remarks, Rev.
Harold Hanson; Piano solo, Miss Yer
ma Abbey. During the evening an ap-
probation of the pastor and his wife
was given by Mrs. G. r. FOgg in a
very thoughtful manner, and she
mentioned their influence which had
gone from them to the University of
Maine, Colby College, Boston Univer-
sity and Harvard College, where their
children either are being or have been
educated. The eldest son of this
pastor and his wife is engaged in Y.
NJ c. A. work in Pennsylvania and
Mrs Fogg spoke of the fact that their
influence also reached from Maine to
Pennsylvania.
The constituent members of the
church present were given a salute
before the program was concluded
and Rev. Merriam spoke feelingly up
on the memory of Rev. B. B. Mer-
rill, the pastor of the Congregational
church, lately deceased.
The evening was a most pleasant
one socially and the large number in
attendance were delighted with the
hospitality of the Bethany people and
the successful maturity of the well
laid plans of the committee in charge.
This was the closing event in the
celebration of the anniversary and
was fit ending to the quarter of a
century existence of a church and So
ciety from which has emanated much
for the good of Skowhegan and its
people.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11
SPECTACULAR FIRE At
LAKEWOOD
When the Goodwin Boat Was Com
pletely Destroyed. Valued at $500.

A spectacular fire occurred at Lake
wood last night when the motor boat
owned by Carroll Goodwin and valued
at $500 was completely destroyed.
The fire was caused by an overflow
of gasoline from the earborator
which was ignited from the light on
the bow, happened just after the close
of the theatre when Enroll Chase and
Kenneth Cairns undertook to start the
the boat They were however obliged
to Jump for their lives and swan to
the shore The boat was one of the
fastest on the lake.
The scene was a lurid one in the
extreme as not only the craft itself
was a flaming mass but the water
around it as we'll the burning gaso-
line spreading over quiet an eXpanse
of the water.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11
NEW BALLOT LAW WILL
Be VOTED upon
At the Time Of the Regular Election
September 8, 1912.

Governor Plaisted, Monday, issued
his proclamation, designating, Sept.
9. the same date as the next general
election as the date on which the
Uniform Ballot Box act, passed at the
special session of the Legislature,
shall be submitted to the people, un-
der the provisions of the referendum
amendment to the State Constitution.
Petitions containing 11,268 sigma
lures, 1868 more than the 10000 nee
essary to obtain a referendum upon
the measure. were filed at the depart
ment of State, last Tuesday, and since
that time additional petitions have
been filed. The so-callCd Uniform
Ballot Box act provides for uniform
ballot boxes for all municipalities
and for the return of the ballots to
the office of the secretary of State
within "A hours after the State cleo
ton. The signatures upon the refer
endum petitions come from every
county in the State and 1t is in the
smaller towns that the keenest op-
position to the measure has devel-
oped
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11
MRS. ELIZABETH FOSTER
GAVE ADDRESS
At the Meeting OF the Clementine
Weston, W. {. T. L., Held Last
Tuesday Afternoon.

The members of the W. {. T. L. felt
themselves fortunate in having for
their principal speaker, Tuesday at
ternoon, Mrs. Elizabeth Foster of Wa
terville, a returned missionary The
meeting was held in G. A. r. hall and
following the singing of the Crusade
hymn with Mrs. Mabel Judkins at the
piano, there were devotional eXer-
Cises conducted by Mrs. Harold Han
son of Rumford, who prefaced her
prayer with some very helpful re-
the audience and Mrs. Nettie Paddock
reported for the committee appointed
to see about a sewing school, that a
decision had been reached by them
not to hold a school for that pur
pose this summer. Some Glad Day
was sung by those in attendance and
then came Mrs. Fosters address
which told of the things seen during
her trip around the world. She es
pecially mentioned what the Chinese
were doing to stamp out the opium
habit among their people and told
what the missionaries are doing along
temperance lines. She gave de-
scription of Y. w. C. A. work in Co
lombo, and filled in the time of her
address with much helpful informa-
tion to w c. T. L. workers.
Mrs. Paddock remarked about the
Temperance number of the Youths
Instructor and the Union voted to
distribute 100 copies Of the same. "A
collection was taken for the young
people in the aid of an /. T. L, society
and lemonade sent by Mrs. Grace Co
burn Smith was served during the af-
ternoon.
At the next meeting there will be
musical program conducted by Miss
Margery Morrison, who is spending
several weeks here.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11

independence bay in Skowheqan
passed over rather quietly. There
was a goodly amount of explosives
used BY the younger element ana the
slumbers Of the more serious minded
residents We're somewhat broken dur
ing the night by many who could not
leager restrain their patriotic IN
st.ucts
a large number Went from here TO
attend the celebration at Lakewood.
the motor boat Regatta hold during
the forenoon being OF especial inter-
est to people in this vicinity. The
committee in charge Of this event
We're A. r. Jewett. Theo. Murphy. Ar
thur Morrisette and Charles Davis.
The Regatta itself was divided in-o
three classes according to the DIFF
ferent speed of the boats A barrel
of gasoline was awarded as a first
prize in each class and the md and
3rd prizes OF each division We're pen
ants. There We're - in the contest
for the Lakewood cup.
The boats made a splendid show
ing, and the races were accomplished
with q speed that made the contest
a close ono. "Spud,' owned by Ar
thar Jewett with Master Lanedon
Jewett at the wheel, was the winner
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11
Lakewood Notes.

William Brady's new play A House
Divided in which Miss Adair plays
the leading part is the attraction ar
Lakewood this week. 1t is a strong
play quite like The Lion and the
Mouse" and il is of special interest
since Miss Adair has the part wht.
she viii play under Mr. Bradys
management next season. Miss Irene
Oshier joined The Lakewood Stock
Co. this week from her recent engage
ment as leading woman with the Man
haitian Opera House Stock Co. Of
New York City.
The play fer next week AZ Lake
wood theatre is the successful com
edy drama All OF IA sudden Peggy.
This is one of the successful plays
in which Henrietta Crossman starred
a few years ago. Miss Irene Oshier
viii play the leading part next week.
The Band concert next Sunday will
be by the Skowhegan Military Band
at P N.
Dance at Lakewood Friday night af-
ter the theatre.
Shore Dinners every Tuesday and
Friday at 7. NJ
The new artesian we'll has been
completed at Lakewood and this was
dug to a depth of - feet
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11
TENA FOOTE DROWN
Ed SUNDAY
The Accident Happened
at the Eddy
Body Was Recovered Before Life Was
Wholly Extinct But Results We're
Fatal.

A sad drowning accident occurred
Sunday afternoon about o'clock at
the Eddy, the victim being Tena, the
9-year-old- daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hiram Foote. She and Addie Goulet.
who is about IA years of age, went to
the Eddy and after their arrival there
began to play on some logs. The one
upon which the Foote child was play
ing was struck by another log and
she was thrown into the water. She
screamed for help and her companion
in attempting to save her, lost her
own balance, but was seized by a
man who happened to be in that vi
cinity. In the meanwhile the Foote
child went down again and before
her body was recovered it was
thought she had remained under
water about 1G minutes. When found
however, she was breathing, but ef-
forts of resusitation failed.
The deceased was an only child
and had many friends who sympa
thize with the bereaved parents. She
was a pupil at the Park school, be-
ing in the third grade and had been
an attendant at the First Baptist
Sunday school.
Funeral services were held at the
Foote home. 80 Oak St, Tuesday fore
noon. Rev. ]. G. Osborne, of the First
Baptist church officiating. Interment
was made in the South Side cemetery.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11
THIEVES PLUMBER LOCAL
RESTAURANT
During the Night, Friday, Sometime
Between 11.15 and About ) O'clock
the Morning Following.

The restaurant on Court street, OF
which John McQuade is the proprie-
ter was broken into some time Fri
day night during the hours of 1115
and o'clock the next morning.
The break was made through a
rear window and was done quietly
enough so that no one heard or saw
anything of the plunderers. A
quantity of canned goods such as
shrimps and sardines were taken and
also some bread and some beans.
Sheriff Mooers was notified and in
yestigations were begun, but as yet
no clue of the robber or robbers
whereabouts have been obtained.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11
Candidate Thanks Supporters.

I wish to thank all my friends for
their loyal endeayors in my behalf at
the primary election.
1t is a matter of great satisfaction
to me to know that | received more
votes in the county outside of Skow-
hegan than either of the other SEN
atorial candidates, also all of the
votes in my own class.
ask all my friends to accord the
same loyal and enthusiastic support
to the splendid party ticket nominat-
ed as they did to my candidacy.
ALONZO H. BURSE.
Pittsfield, Me-, July s, 1912.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11
SHERIFF MO0ERS
SATI RDAA
Three Men Placed in the County Jail
on That Day.

Three offenders OF the law We're
brought to the County Jail here, Sat
urday for confinement. The first
cnlprit was accompanied b. Deputy
Sheriff Fred Burrill OF Hartland, his
name being Daniel McLead and his
residence, Ripley He had been tried
on the charge of assault and battery
and being unable 10 pay the fine and
cost which amounted 70 $lG, he was
sent to jail He must also give a
bond At the eXpireation of his present
sentence for 800. to keep the 0oaee,
and if he is not able to do this, he
will be confined at the jail indefinite
II.
The second arrival was Aaron
smith. who was arrested on the as
sault case AZ Madison an account of
which will be found in another col
umn, while the third conner vas one
Gideon King of Long Pond The
prisoner was brought to Skowheean
by Deputy Sheriff P II. Hilton OF
Jackman and the charge for which
this arrest was made was also tha'
of assault It seems differences arose
in a Long Pond lumber camp as the
result of a Fourth OF July eelebra-
ton and it became necessary TO send
for the Jackman sheriff King was
tried and found guilty and was fined
81 and costs which he was unable
to pay. hence the occasion of his
Judgement in the county Jail.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11
EcElvED REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMITTEE
Met Tuesday With Judge philbrook
Chairman OF the Republican State
committee.

Members of the Republican County
Committee met al Hotel Coburn Tues
day to confer with Judge William {.
philbrook OF Waterville, chairman of
the Republican State Committee.
General matters of business of a poll
tieal nature in Somerset Go. were
discussed by the gentlemen. and an
excellent dinner was served them h.
Landlord Haines.
Among the well-known Republicans
of this county present We're Charles
o. Small, W s. Milliken Bernard
Gibbs, Madison; L R. Folsom. Nor
ridgewoek; Frank H. Holley. North
Anson; Francis Briggs, James Dodd.
T, F. Connor. T. A. Anderson, Esq.. a.
H. Burse {. B. Haskell. Piusaeld: +.
p. Pennell, +. /. Marston. Skowhe-
gan and judge Philbrook Of Water
vile.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11
CHILD SCALDED At N0RRIDGE-
W0Ck.
Died From the Effects of the Burns,
Friday.

A very sad accident occurred re-
Gently at Norridgewock, causing the
death of Nettie, four-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Halliday
Mrs. Halliday was doing her washing
and when carrying a dish of hot wa
ter across the room, the same was
struck by a playing child, turning
the contents over Nettie as she played
on the floor. She lived until 6.45
Friday morning Prayer was made at
the home by Rev. Wylie H. Smith, and
the remains were buried at the Wi
hanson cemetery.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11
THE MILLIONAIRE TRAMP
HERE SATURDAY
Dr. Ben Ridder, Writer, Soldier, Lee
turer and Famous Wandercr.


The Millionaire Tramp DR.. Ben
Ridder paid SkoWhegan a visit Sat
urday night and lectured on the plat
form of the NJ. {. r. r. station. There
was quite a crowd in attendance.
The doctor is a tramp-iust a plain
tramp, he says Also, he is an NJ. D.,
an L. l. d., lecturer, writer soldier,
the owner of two important news
papers and intimate friend of Jack
London, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln
stephens and other who dabble in
Socialism and reforms. He has been
arrested Cos times, has served 81
sentences, and has been in every pris-
on in the United States but one. He
seems to glory in martrydom which
tends toward the result for which he
labors-prison reform.
His fiery yigor, his eccentricities.
the genuine reforms he is helping to
bring about, have made him famous
throughout the United States. He has
had moe newspaper %rite-rps than
any private citizen in the tinted
states, ana some of them have bean
lurid.
Just to show that the long string Of
letters following his name are his by
right-were won ~ a preeuinence of
gray matter-the doctor has spoken,
during the pas two weeks, at lia~-
ard University. d Cornell University,
and at Bowdoin College, his subject
being Christianity VS.. Theology and
Science. Those Who listened marvel
ed at the clearness of his mental yis-
ion, the breadth and originality OF his
ideas. From Bowdoin College he nat
urally drifted to Portland, and then
things began to happen. He inspect
ed Cumberland jail, promptly deelar-
ed it the rottenest in the United
States" and started what developed
into a grand fight with the county
commissioners. The verbal unpleas-
antess eliminated in practical action,
and he knocked one of the commits
sioners fiat and almost senseless. But
he achieved his object, forcing the
commissioners to show their books 10
the State Board of Charities and Cor
rections-and ii is said that cOndi-
tions are better in Cumberland jail
now. Then he passed from the Maine
metropolis. fresh and active as two
year-old, but leaving the reporters
who had been assigned to follow him
ON the verge of nervous prostration.
From Portland he went to Water
Vile, and here more things occurred.
He is not a prohibitionist it seems;
in fact. he is the one man who has
lifted up his voice in Maine in pub
lie defense of the liquor interests, al
though he makes it a strong point
that he is in no way associated with
them. Well, he was speaking at a
huge public meeting, and among his
auditors were Drs. Berry and Owen,
Rev. Henry n Pringle and others
prominent in the affairs of the Chris
tian Civic League. Rev. Mr.. Pringle
challenged his statements, and there
ensued such a controversy as never
was-to the unbounded delight of the
assembly. A verbatim report of the
proceedings would have burned the
pages of the next days newspapers.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11

The society of the Bethany Baptist
church has lately completed the 25th
anniversary of its organization and in
eommemoration of the event most in
teresting services have been held
obseryant of the occasion.
The edifice is beautiful one, and
its prosperity has been marked dur
ing the years of it's existence. The
church was organized in 1887, with
a membership of 70 persons and dur
inc the years intervening between
then and the present time the socie-
~ has had three pastors. The first
was Rev. c. V. Hanson, d. D., who
remained with the Bethany people
until 1898, the second was Rev. w. II.
Spencer, d. D., who was pastor from
1899 TO 1904, and the third was Rev.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11
VOTE FOR W. &. LORD.

I hereby announce my candidacy fer
more business in 1912. subject TO your
patronage and Influence.
MY PLATFORM: The Purost and
Best Drugs and Chemicals that hard
cash will buy. The best of everything
in my line Heapine measure Full
weight. Prompt attention. Right
prices, a Square deal Won't you
Join hands with me on this platform
and help me make 1912 a banner year
". G. LORD.
3w-2S
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11
Card of Thanks.

We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the friends and neighbors
for the kindness shown us during the
illness and death of our son, husband
and brother. Also for the beautiful
flowers.
Mrs. Ellen Bean,
Mrs. Agnes Bean,
Mrs. Ada Garland,
Joel Bean.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-07-11

The automatic electric incubator
is now Matching chicks.
The Kaieteur Falls in British CO.
lumbia have a fall of TAI feet and will
develop thousands of electrical horse
power.
Many a man says nothing without
saving wood.