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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02
LORD RosEpERY is preparing to re-
enter public life

IT is the popular supposition that
the remains OF Martin Luther were
disinterred at Wittenberg more than a
sentury ago and his dust scattered to
the winds like that of Cromwell; but
Prof Kocstlin, of the university of Halle,
who has written the best biography of
Luther, asserts that in February, 1902,
two masons who were employed in re-
storing the old church at Wittenberg
discovered the remains of the great re-
former buried at the depth of six feet
under the floor.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02

A PROPOSAL for compulsory insurance
against accident is at present under
consideration by the Belgian authori.
ties, plan having been framed by a
special committee appointed for that
purpose. Mining and metal industries,
textile, ceramic and chemical indus
tries, rubber, leather and paper indus.
tries, manufacturers of food and build.
ing industries all being included in the
list. The employers are to pay one
half Special boards, comprising both
master and men, are to be formed, and
the masters are responsible for the
premiums and for the insurance being
effected.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02
spent His Gold in Riotous Living

San Francisco, Sept. 2s. = John Ii.
Webber, young man who returned
from Skaguay on September 1, with
about $4,000 and mysteriously disap-
peared the next day, is now on his way
back to his home in Detroit. Before
leaving for the east he found some
friends to whom he contidefI the fact
that all of his money had bsen squan-
dered with congenial spirits and that
he had barely enough left to pay his
fare home.
He is believed to have been buncoed by
confidence operators.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02
He nihn,t sernIre.v

"T went in for amateur photography
during my vacation" said the sum-
mer man. '"There was no end of girls for
subjects"
"But how did you make out among the
girls?"
"Oh, / got lot of negatives. ."-Philadel-
phia North American
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02

This is synonym for that gloomy, har.
assed condition of the mind which has its
under the name of the blues" "blue dev.
ils," "megrims" and "mulligrubs" torment
the dyspeptic almost ceaselessly, vanish
when attacked with Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, that, moreover, annihilates bilious
ness, constipation, chills and fever, kidney
complaints and nervousness.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02
Rejected by Miners.

Spring Valley, ILL.,, Sept. 2s. = The
miners in mass meeting Monday re-
jected the proposition of S. NJ. Dalzell
the general manager of the Spring Val.
ley Coal company. He agreed to pay
the Springfield scale for company work,
and would pay for digging coal the
scale to be adopted by the majority of
the operators Sf the northern Illinois
fields. The c-atlook is gloomier than
ever for the resumption of mining.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

( A cross of Scotch granite 12 feet high
has been ordered over the grave of
Harriet Beecher Stowe at Andover,
Mass.
The park commissioners of Roches-
ter. N. Y, will place a statue of Fred
erick Douglass in one of the parks of
/ that c6ty.
There are 40 Washingtons an the Kan
sas City directory, and 43 of them are
colored persons. Ten bear the name of
the immortal George.
Cardinal Gibbons has given his ap-
proval to the movement for the es-
tablishment of a Catholic university for
women in Washington.
A German army lieutenant, Baron
Max Won Schrader, poisoned himself at
0stend after losing 100000 francs at
the gambling tables there.
Within the last two weeks notices of
intention 10 construct 5000 miles of
new railways have been filed with the
territorial secretary of Arizona.
Lord Farrar predicts that the ulti-
mate solution of the question of BIZ
metallism and the Indian mint will be
the adoption of the gold standard for
India.
For the first time in the history of the
English colonial courts a woman has
been admitted to the bar, in the person
of a young Jewess, Miss Ethel Ben
aInin.
This season. for the first time in 30
wears Rosa Ropheur eyhibited some of
her pictures in Paris. She lives in great
seclusion all the year round near Fon-
tainebleau.
The women of the Presbyterian
church last year paid into the treasury
of the foreign board 1929, ,114.93, which
is S2S,535.00 more than was paid by
the churches.
EX-President Guzman Blanco, of Ven
ezuela. is said to be the richest man in
the world. owning 100000 square miles
of land and 100000 virtual slaves. and
enjoying an annual Income of S37 ,000,.
600.
A. ]. Sampson, who has been appoint
ed United States minister to Ecuador,
lives in Phoenix, "A. T. He is lawyer
by profession and was the first attor-
ney-general of Colorado after that state
was admitted into the union.
Mrs. Lucio o. Case. the female mem
ber of the Topeka bar and the only Kan
sas woman in the active practice of law,
has announced her candidacy for as
sociate justice of the supreme court on
the democratic-populist ticket.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02
Ar. a. O. NoveItv.

Among the many advertising novelties be-
Ing issued b. the B. & o. is one which is sure
to attract a very considerable amount of at
Royal Blue" and is issued monthly by Col
ID: B. Martin, Manager of Passenger Traffic.
OF magazine size and filled with attractive
half-tone illustrations and good reading mat
ter, THE Book of The Royal Blue" is bound
to make hit. One splendid feature is
list OF names and address of every passenger
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02
There Is a Glass of People

Who are injured by the use of coffee. Re-
Gently there has been placed in all the
GRAIN-O, made of pure grains, that takes
the place of coffee. The most delicate stom-
ach receives it without distress, and but
few can tell it from coffee. 1t does not cost
over as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. Is cts. and % cts. per pack
age Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02
A Good Boy.

"Why are yez decorating, Mrs. Murphy?"
Me by Denny is coming home the day"
II thought hewas sent up for foive years"
Eyes, but he got year off for good be-
havoure."
Sure, it must be comfortin' for yez to
have good by loike that. ."-Tit. Bits.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02
sIightly Marked Down.

docs she really belong to the 400?"
"Um-well, l should call her about three
ninety-eight."
The feminine intellect is prone to subtle
acknowledgements Journal.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02
Cause Unknown.

Boecker was "a years old and for over
years lived in the saIae neignborhood,
in fact, on the same farm. He was mar
ried IL years ago, and after living a
year with his parents, moved to scene of
the tragedy which is almost within
hailing distance of the Old home. He
has been regarded as prosperous farm
er and only recently bought 2O0-acre
farm a few miles from the old home
stead. Sunday he attended Catholic
services at Breda with his wife and
some of the children. Later in the day
he was visited by a neighbor, who says
that when he left the Boecker's home in
the evening they were seemingly n
happy family, and not premonition of
the awful tragedy enacted few hours
later was manifest on Boecker or any
one of the household. Members of his
fathers family say he had no family
troubles, his financial affairs were in
good shape and they can assign no mo-
tive for the terrible crime. On the other
hand it is limited that this man who
lived an ordinarily good life for nearly
35 years, did not turn an incarnate
fiend since sundown Sunday evening.
1t is surmised by them that he and his
brother Henry had trouble about the
home place which John was urged to
vacate for Henry. This is assigned by
some as the cause of his troubles which
eliminated in murder and suicide. The
family are Germans and highly respect
ed citizens.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02

Benedict tproudly)- wife kisses me
good night regularly" Rounder bitterly
Women are suspicious creatures, amt
they ?"-Boston Herald.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02

Niles, Mich, SeEt. 2s.-Samuel Tomp-
kins, of Wohelee, was killed by fall
Ing tree His SON was badly injured.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. Dr. Kline, 933 Arch St, Phila. Pa.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02
Murder and Suicide.

1t is undoubtedly a case of murder
and suicide. The indications are that
Boecller first dispatched his wife with
the shotgun, shooting her in the neck,
then used the revolver on the baby, first
shooting then knocking out its brains
with the butt. He then went upstairs
where the five children were sleeping
and attacked them. He must have used
a light, for his aim was effective, each
victim being shot in the forehead. All
but two children met with instant
death, for the blood clots were under
their heads and two lay as calmly re-
posed as if in sleep. All except Henry,
who is not yet dead, were attired in
night robes. He had reloaded the
weapon while upstairs and evidently
sent the second bullet into the oldest
girls brain just before leaving the
room. Going downstairs he stretched
himself beside the corpse of his wife
and shot himself. His right hand was
burnt by the powder, showing much
use of the revolver. The revolver he
borrowed from his brother Henry last
Thursday, remarking that he wanted
it to kill rats in the cellar. 1t is now re-
called that he had since practiced
target shooting with it.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02
TALE OF SLAUGHTER.
Head of an Iowa Family Wipes
1t Out OF Existence.
Near Carroll John Blocker Murders
His Wife and Five of His Chill
dren, MortoIIy wounds Anoth-
CIR and shoots Himself.

Carroll, Ia, Sept. 2s.-The home of
John Boecker, a farmer living eight
miles west of Carroll, is the scene of
terrible tragedy which took place Sun
day night. He is dying, his wife and
baby are dead at his side and his son
Henry is at deaths door. In one bed
three children are dead and in another
lies the dead body of little Lizzie, aged
six. Boecker was to help a neighbor
thresh Monday morning, and on put
ting in an appearance, about nine
o'clock, his brother Henry, who lives
with the old folks about 20 rods away,
went to learn the reason of his failure
to help. The doors were locked and
there were no signs of life about. He
tried to get in the house, but met with
no response, and finally he kicked in
the door and found the state of affairs
above described. tE
An Awful Discovery.
Boecker, with his wife and baby, slept
in n back room, and the three bodies
lay on one bed The wife had been
shot in the neck with shotgun, which
stood in the corner, the baby had been
butt of a revolver The man. still
breathing, had a bullet hole high up
on the forehead, and by his side was
revolver, a siXshooter, two chambers
empty. 1t is 1la-story frame house,
and upstairs Henry, aged eight, and Liz
zie, aged six, lay on bed with bullet
holes in the forehead, the latter dead,
the boy still breathing, and in the op-
posite corner of the same room Caro-
line, aged a. Christine, aged nine, and
John, aged three, were dead, each with
bullet hole in the forehead, though
Caroline had two. Late Monday after
noon the bodies were still untouched,
the sheriff and coroner being occupied
in arranging for the inquest and other
preliminares. The inquiry will be
pushed to-day and the verdict of the
corouer's jury will be returned
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02

To Cure n Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-10-02

1t is doubtful honor to be fondled by
curs-Rams Horn.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-01
Super-tItlons of Ninca.

, In the gold mining districts Of this
country there ~ II superstition that
the discoyerers Of great mines always
come to some violent end, IL is said
the belief il founded on the fact that
the finders Of forty OF the richest
mines in the world have died in this
way, twelve being shot, three ingufed
in their mines AMI the rest unaccount-
ably disappearing.
George H. Fryer Of the Fryer Hill
mine committed suicide. Two years
before his death he was worth a mil
lion, yet the authorities buried him.
The discoyerer Of the Standard mine
in California was killed by the In.
dians; William Fairweather 81 me
Alder Gulch mines camo 20 his DEATH
through riotous living. The owner Of
the Homestake mines turned highway
man. He was shot dead.
John Horner OF the Horner mine.
finding himself penniless, shot him
self. "Doughnut Bill" cold
Eureka" aud "Nine-mile Clarks" were
killed in bsrroom rows, and Montana
Plummer, who found one OF the rich
est mines in the world, died on the
gallows. Dutch William" the dis
coverer Of gold in Caribou, British
Columbia, after whom the famous
William creek was named, died
pauper; and Marshall, the discoverer
Of gold in California, was u pensioner
Of the state some time before his
death. Atlanta Constitution.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-01
Most Beautiful Women I'm the Unlor.

Among the many visitors who crowd.
ed the Woman's building at the Ten
nessee Exposition, probably the m ost
distinguished was DIR. Henry NJ. Field
Of New York, who has been editor Of
the New York Evangelist for forty-fve
years. When asked what he thought
of the Woman's building, the editor
exclaimed: Most charmingl Such an
educator, and the women, why, the
women are the most beautiful in the
United States. Nashville American.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-01
coLoRAoo's BIG TUNNEL,
WIN Bc Under riks'S Peak, nnd u" tho
Largest Ever Constructed.

Largest Ever Constructed.
Two gangs of workmen have Just
begun digging in Colorado the longest
tunnel which man ever attempted I"
construct The main bore will ho
twenty miles long, and connected with
this are subsidiary tunnels with
total length Of thirty miles. 80, in
reality. the task that has been put
under way is that of digging fifty
miles of tunnels, andcvcry foot of thiA
vast system will ho under Pixies Peak
and the mountains that tower on each
side -
The starting point of the main
tunnel il at the foot of the mountain
leading UP to Pixies Peak, near tho
old town of Colorado City, This point
is but short distance from the rail-
ronds which span the country between
Colorado Springs and Manitou. From
here it runs almost due southwest
The further edge Of the tunnel is at tho
edge Of the mountains at Four Mile
Creek, over in Fremont county, Colo
RADIO, six miles south of Cripple Creek
and near the little town of Sunol. Nv"
gangs of men, as stated, are working
Mt the tunnel, ono ut each end. Just
ut present they are makingprogroas Mt
the rate Of thirty feet IA day. 1t IL he
lieved that the mammoth task they
have undertaken will be completed III
seven years from the first of the pres
ent month.
The main tunnel will pass directly
under the cone Of Pixies Peak at
depth of nearly 1000 feet, and 200
feet beneath the town II Victor lts
average depth from the surface will bo
1000 feet, and it is designed to test
the mineral deposits OF the territory
Mt these great depths. Thirty miles
of laterals are contemplated, and these
will pass underneath all the Cripple
Creek district ut an average depth OF
$500 feet Cripple Creek, Victor,
Gillette, the various small towns and
II thousand mines are TO be- made
tributary to this vast system.
Under present circumstances ths
distance-the shortest way-trom
Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek IA
iifty.four miles. BY way Of the tunnel
the two cities will only be sixteen
miles apart II is estimated by the
contractors TINT the nyerage cost per
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-01
FAMOUS MONEY-MAKER.
WONDERFUL CAREER OF AN AMERl.
CAN WHO GOTTA GAIT ON HIM."

How a Young Man.who Failed at Various
Occupations In Central New YORK Went
To Colorado aud Texas and Grew I'm
menseiy Rich In Real Estate Operations
IL. u. Chamberin of Denver, Colo
RADIO, who was killed bya fall from MS
bicvcle near Staines, England, re-
Gently, was IN instance of what an
American who "gets gait on him
can do in Il money-making way. lie
had the brain to perceive opportuni-
ties and the energy to seize them. lie
was sober and Of clearly mode of
life. That was all there was to 1t.
Many years ago in central New York
an old man travelled about the country
in one.horse shay that Holmes must
have seen. His name was Packard.
Under the seat oi the shay were hume
rous bottles of "Packards Scrotula
Remedy" which he sold. His hands
and body were scanned Ivy tho disease
which he said had been cured by his
medicine. He sold enough OF ii to pay
I expenses aud lay 10y a little More
than once spectators palayered with
with him desiring to form stock COM
pany To manufacture the stun IN
quantities, hut such schemes always
/ fell through. So old man Packard
boiled il at home in m old iron pot
and went ON the even tenor of hlS way.
| By and hy rumors went about the
country ncighborhoodH that he hal
| boarded much money.
He Ind one child, o daughter, and
she was fundamentally plain. 80
homely was abe that, ~ Twain would
say, she could not smile after I'D
o'clock on Saturday night without
breaking the Sabbath. To her came
a lanky, gawky, cadavcrous youth with
love in his looks. This was Chamber.
lin. He married her, and Packard
paid the license clerk and the preacher
with dozen bottles of his kings EVIL
annihilator. Al that time Chambcrlln
was an ideal "Rube" Of tender years.
He had failed in everything farming,
teaching, clerking, fence building,
book canvassing. He had run the
gamut of employments open to rlrn'
male in those days. Learning that his
father.in.law's treasure consisted OF
s7j stuffed into an old sock, which IN
turn was stuffed into strong box and
locked up, he went to live with the
old man and contentedly boiled tn,
medicine. Later on, having amasse,
500, he opened drug store. He In,
no clerk, and the people looke'
askance at his sign prescription
Carefully Compounded" Nocustom
ers came near, and pharmacy was III
thirty-sixth milure. He lost conn
| Ianaa In him aalf aud those who kneN
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-01
THE COWBOYS ROMANCE.
How . Sleepy Man Promoted Texas En-
gagement.

Several years ago, while l was out
West, figured, though rather indis-
creetly, as the promoter of what | hope
was a happy marriage. l had been
riding all one day and at night arrived
travel stained and weary ut a dirty,
broken down little tavern in the midst
of settlement Of equally dilapidated
huts and shanties. gave my broncho
into stableman's hands and, after
hearty meal, retired for the night.
Nv quarters were back OF the living
room. a combination of bar and parlor,
and were consequently noisy. Grad
ually the sounds grew fainter as the
cowboys dispersed for the night, and
finally everything was quiet save for
the low murmurings of husky voice,
/ took out my Navajo blanket, rolled
up in it and lay down ON the dingy
bed to get my much needed sleep. But,
alas! no sooner was settled thah
the dull, monotonous voice made itself
heard.
"Now. SAL" it said, "wont yer
marry me? You'll never he sorry, aud
I'll make yer good husband
Then a woman's voice, raised in
protestations and clumsy attempts at
coy refusals. l should @y this was
kept up for an hour and o Mlf, the man
pleading, the woman refuhng. until |
was well.nigh distracted Finally, "a
the "Won't yer marry me, SAIL
smote the air for the tve-hundredth
time jumped up and put my mouth
to the keyhole. Sal" | yelled, 'for
, the love Of goodness say yes to that
man, so / can get little sleepW
Needless to say not n sound followed,
and the rest of the night l spent IN
peace.
The next morning was about to
start oil when out of the inn came
tall cowboy followed by lank, raw
boned Texan girl, red-haired nno
freckled. She stood shyly in the
background, and he came up to me.
stranger" he said, holding out hi
hand, II am a mighty happy man
Sal has said yes and it was you
words rs helped her along to that de
cision. | owe you my everlastin
thanks. "-Twinkles.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-01
him never had any confidence In him

him never had any confidence In him
to lose.
At that time the local Y. NJ. G. A.
determined to branch out. IL wanted
to hire secretary ut n salary, and
Chamberlin got the job. lie was an
instantaneous success. He threw
himself into the work heart and soul.
He doomed the organization "a it had
never been DOOMED. He metaphor.
cally dragged in members by the coat
tails. He advanced rapidly in the
Methodist church. He was central
figure in oil church sociables, church
fairs, aud those meetings known ~
gift parties" where the irenzied par.
son receives twelve pairs Of lowered
slippers, not any one Of which fits, and
twenty-,hree "tidies" To go over tho
back of his single rockingham. The
members of the Y. NJ. G. A. raised
Chamberlin's pay to $1,000 u year.
He worked at this awhile aud then
went West.
When his friends next heard from
him he was worth sl,00O,OO0. The
man Was miniature John Law, whose
genius for finance OF the risky sort
had been cabined, cribbed, confined
within the narrow limits Of an agricnl.
tural noighborhood for many years.
He saw that the time for a real estate
boom in Denver was at hand, and he
Doomed. The Chamberlin Investment
company was formed, and corner lots
took an upward shoot. The company,
which was really Humphrey Is. Cham
berlin, handled hundreds o thousands
Of dollars every month. IL got about
all the Methodist money in Colorado.
Its head built an obseryatory-the
fourth largest in this country and
many churches. He gave $50, 900 in
cash TO Trinity Methodist church. He
founded Chambe"lin, >, d., aud other
towns. He taught class in Sunday
school and taught it well.
Not content with being the biggest
biped in Colorado and contiguous
states, he invaded Texas. 1t took him
just ten days to set the town of Fort
Worth raying crazy on reol estate. In
two weeks he had the staid, semi.
Mexican town OF San Antonio waltz
ing around on its ear He bought an
evening paper in this town and inn
ported editors from Denver, mainly
distinguished by their wealth Of adj
jectives, and doomed and doomed. He
bought largely on time payments and
al To-
German was so happy over selling
$500 lot for $4,000 that he made prepa-
rations to go back TO the Fatherland
and drink Bavarian beer for a century
or two and dropped dead from heart
disease. The San Antonio flare and
the Fort Worth flare collapsed, of
course, and the Chamberlin Invest.
ment company retired Denverwards to
its mountain Businesses. Ii continued
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-10-01
Grand Central Palace. Miss RUS

Grand Central Palace. Miss Russell,
always democratic, came on her wheel.
Her suit was brown tweed goods, with
box-front coat and CATERS to match.
A cap of the same material, in which
was stuck black quill, rested upon
her mass OF golden hair. 1 was anx-
ious to see her mount her wheel, but
was obliged to content myself with the
dsxtsrous operations OF the friend who
accompanied her.
The latter sat her wheel very grace
fully. / was particularly "struck" with