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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-12-30
CRIMES.
A Few of the More Shocking TRACE
dies, Especially Domestic.

Ian AT GAINESVILLE, wis, Herman Slimm
killed wife. son and self
Jan 2SNear GWaybbHa Neb C. e Rash
Feb 6-Mrs. Robert Cort drowned her
Feb H-At Lexington, Ky, John W;
Marrs, eX-city treasurer, killed 6-yeaf-old
son, shot daughter and sister and commit
ted suicide: insanity,
Ma; Mar 2S.Nea lear orriGk Mo- Bee Ranw;a a
stepbrother and self.
May TAT Leadville, Col, Geo. Ratliffe
killed Belle Walker (sweethearO and self
Franks wound up drunken spree by killing
jail fired into mob bent on lynching a coli
ored prisoner, killing 2.
Jun Sat Mishicott, Wis, Peter Fucker
man killed wife and self.
Jun 1S-Near Davenport, Ia, John Gugel-
Jun 25-At Key West Fla, white man
Jul 12-Near Morristown, Tenn, VIM
Black shot brothers wife and self; jeal-
Sep 6-;At Toledo; O.. S, R. Ashwell killed
wife and fatally shot self.
Sep TAT Victor, Col, Henry H. Tillotson
killed Ella Taylor (sweethearD and self;
Sep Sat Park, City, Utah. James Quinn
killed wife and nd shot self; strong drink.
derson killed mother and self. :. AT Sham
okin, Pa, A. w. May killed Cora Caseman
and self; her parents refused consent to
Sep 27-Near Carroll Ia, John Blocker
killed wife, 5 children and self.
Oct TAT Flint, Mich, Lester L. Burton
killed wife ard self.
Oct 1l-At Leominster, Mass, John F.
Boynton Killed wife and self.
Oct Pat Gallup, n. NJ. Clemente Rivera
Oct 20-Near Blue Earth City, Miss, Geo.
Young killed wife, 2 children and self; in
sane over business troubles.
Oct Plat Chicago jury in Luetgert MUIR
der trial failed to agree, standing to g.
Nov 2-At Worcester, Mass, Edward
Hamilton killed wife and daughter and
Nov AT Dallas. Tex, Jas. Boswell
killed Mrs. Emma Smith. Jas. Barton and
Nov Wear Unadilla. Neb., Ralph Van
Horn killed 5-year-old son and self; in
;, NNoy fat Gushing. Ia. L. D. spickler
Nov 1&-Near Benton Harbor, Mich.
Henry Eammerer killed his father in quar-
re- over msney matters. also himself.
NOV W-At Mason, Mich, Scott Bowdish
shot 9-yca r-cld daughter and killed himself
Pee Fat Milwaukee Albert Kruger
Dec CA, kansas City. Mo. Chas. Den.
nener Hr-,hile drunk shot wife and self
ssssphy%!2ted self AID step-children. :. In
81 Louis Marcus Nassauar shot Katie
DcGenbacG tswee thearD, and killed him.
SELF AT Manchester. Ky, Will Burdy
Jas. FHlpoi and Cob Gregory killed in sa-
I loon row.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-12-30

Mar 1E-In St. Louis, Ely, Walker & Co. q
wholesale dry goods house; $1,600,000.
Apr SIN business section Of Knoxville.
Tenn, 5 lives lost; S1,200,000
Apr 15-In New Orleans. Moresque build
Apr Pin Newport News. Va, C.. & O.
Ry. Co.'s pier; $2000,000. In vicinity OF
Grantsburg, Wis, forest fires.
May Pin Pittsburgh. Pa, several big
business buildings; 4,000,000.
May Cat New York, Merchants Refrig-
Grating Co.'s cold storage warehouse; $780,
600.
May 2o--In Hoboken. N. j.. $50 homes;
$780, 900.
Jun SIN Alexandria lex md Va. Bryans fer
Jun 15-On Ellis island, in N. Y. harbor.
immigrant buildings; 100000.
Jul 23-Peoria QllJ Grape Sugar Co.'S
Jul 27.In Yonkers. N. y. large fac
tories; 100000.
Aug 15-In Baltimore, Tunis Lumber Co. s
saw and planning mills: 5000, 900.
Sep 16-Great Dismal swamp of Virginia
and North Carolina, covering 400 So M, on
fire from end to end.
Sep 29-In Washington, power house of
Central Traction Co; $1,000,o00.
Oct Elm Detroit, Mich. opera house and
business buildings; 100000.
Wabash railway Offices; $500, 000
Dec PIN Philadelphia, wholesale and
retail salesrvomS of carpet manufacturing
firm Of John 81 JAS Dobson.
Dec 23-In Cleveland, block in business
center; 100000:
Dec 25-In Chicago. Coliseum building:
100000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-12-30
CASUALTIES.

Reporting Cntastrophcs I'm Witch
Five or More Lives Are Lost.
Jan 4-Nelson, Neb., in mine explosion.
Jan 13-Pottsville. Pa. miners la iaI.uI.
cage. .-
Jan 15-Dallas, Tex, Is children by fire.
sea.
Jan 24-Perry. 0. T., :5 children severely
injured by collapse of school building
Jan fisk In wreck OF boat between
Evansville, Ind, and Hartford KY. East
Norfolk. Conn. in railway wreck
Jan 2s-Near Mt. Ida. Ark. frozen ::
death.
Jan sl-.Hobok-~~ N. j.. mother ara
~AssS-~- 49, Av~~ E.N.t
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-12-30

Oct 25-Delaware coast swept by worst
storm in Is years; damage, 81. 100000.
Oct 26-Blizzard in eastern Colorado, Me-
braska and South Dakota.
Nov 10-Destructive tornado at Boulder
and other Colorado towns
Dec 3-Violent earthquake felt at Galena,
Ill
Dec 13-Tornado at Point La Hache, La,
wrecked buildings and took life. ;. Earth
quake at Lebanon Ill
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-12-30
I-y. 80
ssA- Ds

Involving loss of f;n.f q Million
Dollars ar More.
,Ja1 cc-Tn Philadelphia, several business
rrlncEs., flames starting IN the nanscom
nr1s b'g rroccry: $3.50 eco. In Chicago,
W.lllarrs' block. s5aO oo0 'T'"7
.,,rte.. ia Harrisburg. Ia. state CAPT.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-20
A Queer Priesthood.

The most extraordinary costume worn
in religious ceremony is that of the
priests of hill tribe near Darjeelipg,
in India
A photograph of a group Of these pc
culiar priests has just been brought back
from India. All of them wear masks Of
enormous size, painted in the most hid
eous manner, possibly by the priestly
artists. The colors are chiefly bright red
and yellow. The faces have strangely
shaped noses, eyes and ears, and many
other things are done to make them as
striking as possible.
When all these priests are engaged in
one of the elaborate ceremonies of their
religion, the scene surpasses anything
Oh the comic opera stage. The fierce hill
men of Darjeeling are very much i'm
pressed by the the sight of the repre-
sentatives of their gods decked out in
this fashion.
One mask indicates that its wearer
represents the god who looks after the
spears of the tribesmen and helps to
drive them home. Another deity cares
for the bows and arrows, etc. The war
rior who hopes to do good work with
any of these weapons must literally
propitiate the priests.
The hill men have a particularly great
ceremony once a year, when, led by
their priests, they 60 out on to the plain
md indulge i'll warlike exercises, bid
ding defiance to all creation. The city
of Darjeeling, being in the hills, is used
to considerable extent as health sta
tion by British residents in India. The
surrounding country, also called Dar-
jeeling, is inhabited by o fierce race,
who are only kept in order by judicious
treatment. Many Of them have enlisted
In the AnglO-Indian army.-San Fran
cisco Examiner
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-20
How an Owl Saved a Train.

Owls are by common consent ad-
judged to be birds of i'll omen, but Eli
gineer Ned Barnett of the Santa Fe
says he happens to know that they are
anything but that and tells the follow
ing story to prove his assertions:
One morning as the east bound over
land was pulling through the mountains
west of here, Barnetts engine doing
the work, big horn beaked owl dash
ed against the front window Of the cab
with such force as to break the win
dow, the bird itself dropping dead at
the engineers feet. Though Barnett is
not, generally speaking, superstitious
man, this seemed so singular an occur
renee that he stopped the train and sent
brakeman ahead to see if the way was
clear. Strange to relate, the brakeman
soon returned, reporting landslide
across the track in the mountain pass
about 100 yards ahead. Hands We're
sent at once to clear the track, and in
removing the debris they found another
owl, no doubt mate to the first, caught
i'll the crotch of an uprooted tree, crush
ed to death i'll the fall.
Barnett had both owls stuffed, and
the two now adorn his cab, always in
suring him good luck, he says.-Phila-
delphia Times.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-20
Opportunities.

''In proportion as communities be-
come more settled and populous, Phil
ip," said Mr. Gratebar, "the great OPP
portunities that exist i'll them fly higher
and higher and become more and more
difficult to capture. For this reason men
often seek new fields, where the shoot
ing is easier. But i'll this, Philip, as in
everything else, one must exercise judg-
ment. He must find a field in which
game actually does exist, and one that
is likely to produce such opportunities
as he is able to turn to account. No
snow shoveler, for example, should To-
cate in the tropics. Nor could the best
boat builder that ever lived reasonably
expect to succeed i'll a desert, even
though it We're hundreds of miles in eX-
tent and he had monopoly of the bust
ness.
"What l am endeavoring to point out
to you, Philip, is that not all new fields
are sure to yield profit AS matter
Of fact, many are quite barren. A man
must find the right place, and the dis
cernment that would enable him to do
this would almost certainly qualify him
to stay right here and fight with the
giants.
"And that is just what l should ad-
wise you to do. Philip. Here is where
the big game is to be found. But, as 1
have before in substance remarked, you
must be prepared to meet it. Don't fool
away your time waiting at bear lick
with gun loaded for snipe, Philip. -
New York Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-20
Saluting 4 Cat.

There is at least one place i'll the
world where the cat was until recently
held in high honor and received the at
tention due to one of so high station
in life. That place is India, where in a
fortress the sentries Invariably used to
present arms to every cat that appeared
OH the scene.
The custom is accounted for by this
singular anecdOte, which comes from
what appears to be good authority:
Some so years ago it happened that a
very high English official died in an
Indian fortress, at a place that is one of
the centers of Brahmanic religion, and
at the moment when the news of his
death met the sepoy guard at the main
gate black cat rushed out of it.
The superstitious guard presented
arms to the cat as salute to the dying
spirit of the powerful Englishman, and
the coincidence took firm hold upon
the locality, that up to few years ago
neither exhortation nor orders could
prevent a Hindoo sentry at that gate
from presenting arms to any cat that
passed out at night. Round
Table
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-20
The japanese In California.

Every month sees more Japanese ar
rive, and a larger percentage Of them
are common laborers, who enter the hop
yards, orchards and sugar beet fields Of
California. In fruit packing they have
crowded out white men and women.
They are as quick as women and girls
in handling fruit and are more accurate
and steadily industrious. They practi-
cally monopolize the industry of beet
pulling on the large ranches devoted to
the sugar beet Complaints of the rapid
displacement of white laborers by Japa-
nese in orchard work induced the labor
bureau recently to make an investiga-
tion. They found that the Japanese
worked under cooperative plan and
that by this means they were able to
make contracts at low prices. Several
associations i'll San Francisco are en-
gagged in house cleaning, dividing tn
profits among their members. The jap
anese are doing large trade in San
Francisco III bamboo ware and mating,
which are used mainly for decoration of
rooms. They have cut into the Chinese
trade i'll curios and embroidered silk
garments. s.-Chautauquan.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-20
DISAPPEARING GATES.
Grade Crossing Protection Without Any
Unsightly Features

Grade Crossing Protection without Any
Unsightly Features
A disappearing gate for railroad cross
ings has been recently patented by Fred
erick Nichols of Lynn, Mass. The many
advantages of such gate will be readily
understood. Its construction is very
simple, there being no cogs or gears. 1t
is made of sliding and jointing bars and
angle irons and can be constructed with
out great expense.
A trench about four feet deep is dug
Oh each side of the tracks across the
street. The earth sides of this trench
are supported by plates of boiler iron,
instead of expensive masonry, bolted
to U shaped iron castings. To these
castings is fastened the lower and sta
tionary part of the gate. The slit or
opening through which the gate comes
up is, of course, protected from dirt,
etc, by the top rail of the gate when it
is down and when public travel is pass
ing over it. When the gate is up, the
opening or slit is protected, as public
travel over it is stopped. The bottom of
the trench is of gravel or concrete, and
1T is graded toward one end to allow
water which does not soak up to run off
into sewer or blind drain.
At the side of this opening on the
street level, are cast iron plates covering
manholes, which allow Il man to go the
entire length of trench to Oil Or adjust
any of the movable working parts.
The gate is counterbalanced with
weights, and friction is reduced to
minimum, thus making its operations
easy. A bell signal is sounded before
the gates are raised. AT night incandes-
cent lamps are lighted by contact being
automatically made as the gates are
raised. Lanterns are used where cleo
tricity is not available.
The gates are quick and easy in ac-
ton, can be operated by one man, where
it often requires two by present meth
ods. They can be operated from switch
or signal tower in many instances. They
will not interfere with trolley wires or
electric car tracks. The gates are raised
and lowered by the simple movement of
lever on which is latch, securing
the gate in any position. n.-Philadelph
Record
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-20
WHAT FOGS ARE MADE OF.
Nebula PGlverea and Their Airy Relatives
pf Town and Country.

Df Town and Country.
A convenient though not strictly sci
entitic classification of fog typ,&is sea
or coast fog, valley Or hill fog and town
or dust fog. The last named has been
given the euphonic designation nebula
pulverea. 1t is an artificial rather than
a natural condition. The Rev. Clement
Ley, who gave a large portion of his life
to cloud study, says, i'll his book,
"Cloudland, that in some parts of the
globe nebula pulverea is occasionally so
thick as to obscure almost totally the
sunlight, and i'll Abyssinia has led to
the tradition that the plague Or dark
ness i'll Egypt was i'll reality an unusual
dust fog. The amount of moisture varies
so much in different fogs that the terms
"dry" and "wet" are used, the scien-
tific name of the latter being nebula
stillans. In wet fog the particles are
apt to be larger than in dry fog. A still
further division, due, we believe, to
Robert H. Scott, is anticyclonic fog, or
fog i'll which no rain falls, while the
temperature, generally low in the morn
ing, continues to rise during the day,
and cyclonic fog, in which rain does
occur, while the temperature remains
about temporary.
Before leaving these town fogs we
may notice the part played by them i'll
affecting the health of the community.
Mr.. Scott has given figures showing the
mortality from diseases of the respira-
tory system for some of the more memo
rable fogs of London. We have room
for but one of the many periods he gives.
From Jan. 26 to Feb. 6, 1880, London
experienced eight days of fog. The aver
age temperature at 8 O'Clock i'll the
morning was 26 degrees F. The total
death rate was 4S. per 1000, a rate
uncqualed since the last cholera cpl
demic, and there We're no less than /, 557
deaths from diseases of the respiratory
organs
1t is not always an easy matter to
trace direct relationship even where the
statistics are carefully gathered, but
there can be little doubt that these town
fogs are unwholesome. Indirectly they
affect the health of the community i'll ID
way few would imagine. A town fog is
an excellent trap for noxious gases, hold
ing them close to the ground. Dr.. r.
Barnes, studying this question, found,
by inspection of gas plants near London,
that in foggy weather the escaping gas
was held i'll concentrated form in and
near the works. There are other sources
of contamination i'll foul emanations
from the ground, sewers, etc. On clear,
bright days, even if no wind is blowing,
the law of diffusion of gases acts more
effectively and helps disperse the gases.
-Harper's.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-20
OUR OWN MAKE.
One Piece of Architecture That Is Far
Above Comparative Criticism.

One Piece of Architecture That Is Far
Above Comparative Criticism.
There was an air of tolerant superior
ity about him, which made his unfavor-
able comments OH the things brought to
his attention doubly hard to bear. His
Washington host was doing his best to
show him the city in such manner as
to leave good impression, for he had
announced his intention of writing a
book as soon as he got back to London.
But whatever he saw served only to
bring to mind something in Europe that
he liked better.
every good" he remarked as one of
the department buildings was brought
to his attention. Every good in its
way. But it has the defects which al
ways result from the efforts of mere
copyist. -
"We are inclined to regard that as a
very handsome building" said his en-
tertainer mildly.
"No doubt. And it does well enough.
Yours is a young nation-one that can
not be expected to hold any great emf
nence for it's achievements, either artis-
tic OF political. "
"You mean that we haven't any style
Of our own?"
''That expresses the idea'
"You come with me. I'll show you a
style of architecture that reflects the
national spirit of this country, some
thing that's our own design and that
commands the respect of two conti-
nents. There it is-the Washington
monument. One look at it tells the
whole story. and it doesn't need any
fiuted columns OR filigree work around
the corners to make people admire it
either. Upright, massive and immuta-
BILE, it's the biggest thing of its kind on
earth, and it means business from the
ground clear up to the topmost molecule
of the lightning rod. "-Washington
Star
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-20
Writing Leaders For the London Times.

I dined with Mr.. Walter and his son
in Printing House square at 5 o'clock
and found that was expected to write
an article there and then on one of the
subjects of the day. 1 protested my in
ability, not supposing myself capable of
doing such thing in less than a week.
This was poohpoohed. tried, found it
possible and found also that I was ex-
pected to repeat the process next day,
same hour, same dinner, short conversa-
tion after dinner, then the subject was
announced, and l was left alone till tea
time, when Mr.. Walter appeared, read
aloud what l had done, with criticisms
and, after correction, carried off the pa
per to the printer. When the article was
finished, the same process was repeated,
and when l was disburdened of the
whole article went home to bed. Grad
ually it appeared that 1 was expected
(eXceptis eXcipiendis) to do this every
evening Letters of Frederick Lord
BlackfOrd.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-20
WNmen Bank Officials.

Mrs. Sarah F. Dick has for the twen-
ty-fourth consecutive time been chosen
to the position of cashier in the First
National bank of Hungtington, Ind. In
the 23 years Mrs Dick has capably filled
the Office she has lost but two days
time on account of illness. Besides Mrs.
Dick, who is director Of tho institu-
tion also, the bank has another lady di-
rector, Mrs. Frederika Drover, who for
years has filled the position, taking an
active interest in the affairs Of the con-
Germ, which has 100000 deposits and
q capital of 500, 1000.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-20
ARCHITECTURAL ART.
Nineteenth Century Experiments and Re-
vivals Which Have Been Fruitless.

vivals Which Have Been Fruitless.
The best that can be said of the archi-
lecture of the nineteenth century is that
it has been an architecture of exception
ally learned, ingenious and accomplish
ed individualities. 1t has been an art of
experiments which have failed and of
revivals which have been fruitless.
These individualities, with their con-
sciousness highly educated and trained,
have been embarrassed rather than aided
by their knowledge of the great achieve
ments of the past 1t does not seem to
have occurred to them to appeal to the
sympathies of the people by uttering
their inspirations in the vulgar tongue,
but they have labored with immense
talent and ingenuity to interpret and
apply dead languages. Their efforts
have been reminiscent, exclusive and
experimental The architects have an
alyzed, theorized, disputed and argued.
They have formed schools conserving
which have fallen apart because prog
ress has been found to be impossible on
merely archaeological lines
Many of the individualities developed
under these conditions have been bril-
liant and powerful and have had great
following of lesser men. AS the century
has advanced certain of these individu-
alities have been inspired by nobler and
1oftier motives The architecture of the
century, because it has been nourished
i'll the same soil that produced the cleo
trio telegraph, the telephone and all the
other triumphs of industrial art, has
exhibited certain sporadic vitality, has
occasionally thrown out mighty branches
full of the possibilities of a great frui-
tion, but because it has not enjoyed the
advantage of concentrated effort it has
not flowered as it fiowered in the thir-
teenth and sixteenth centuries, still less
as it fowered in the ages of Pericles and
Augustus. Van Brunt in At
lantic
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-20

The poppy throughout the east is an
emblem Of death. In many parts of In
dia this flower is planted upon graves
and i'll cemeteries Whether or not the
idea was suggested by the poisonous
character Of the juice is uncertain. 1t
is believed that the poppy was known
as funeral plant to the ancient Egyp-
tians, for upon the tombs opened by Bel
zoni there appeared representations Of
plants which were evidently intended
for poppies.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-20

The following cure may be tried i'll
cases of severe earache when ordinary
remedies have failed: Get small quan-
tity of dlicd arnica flowers and put
them into two small bags. Put half u
pint of whisky into a small saucepan
OH the stove, and when it is heated dip
one of the bags into it and apply to tho
begins to cool and the steam stops com.
ing from it change it for the other bag
which is heating in the whisky.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-20
PANSIES.

~ love almost all flowers that blow"
Said dainty Kitty airily.
"But S>eisies, when your vase you fill,
They'll make you think tits winter chill
And fairly shiver Just to see
How close and tight as they can be,
They creep and creep and huddle sol"
"The very prettiest flowers that blow"
Said Sally, "are the pansies dear.
Their little faces blink and wink,
They really seem almost to think,
And when i'll dish or vase they dwell
Their thoughts they must each other tell,
They cheek to cheek will cuddle sol'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-20
A Juvenile Taste EXPLAINED.

Little Boy-Our cook has gone away,
and Pm awfully glad. Now mamma
will have to make the cake, and mann
mas cake is always heavy
Guest-Well, declare! Do you pre-
fer heavy cake?
Little Roy-Yes You get more chew
in in piece. London Fun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1897-03-20
1T AYE TAk'S TWA r. CA THE KYE.

Bonnie Bessie, sonsie lass,
Thro' the heather as We pass,
Gle kiss tae me.
1lka day'll be fair an fine
Gin thy smile upo me shine.
Will ye, Bessie LeeP
Foot sac licht an face sac fair,
Form sac graceful, past compare,
Prood am l t. see.
Dinna luik aboon me, grill
Wad ye gle me sic u dirl?
Wilfu' Bessie Lee.
Ca the kyc! The day is game.
Will yc follow them alanef
There is name t see
Gin thy jimp an bonnie waist
Haze an arm aboot it placed,
Is there Bessie Lee?
j. l.. Heaton in "The Quilting Bee."