davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
NEWsY CONVERSATIONS.

President and Mrs. Mckinley, Secre-
tary and Mrs. Alger and party visited
John Browns grave, near Platts-
burg, N. Y.
U. S. Senator James u. George, of
Mississippi, died at Mississippi City at
the age Of H. He was first elected to
the senate in 1881 and was twice re-
elected.
Hon. Ethan Allen Hitchcock, prom
inent citizen of st. Louis, whom Presi-
dent Mckinley recently appointed am
bassador TO Russia, has accepted the
position.
Three men took refuge under n tree
at Portsmouth, o., during storm, but
lightning struck the tree killing John
Koerner, aged Is, and fatally injuring
George and Frank Haag.
"Divine Healer" Schlatter took out
license at Canton, o., to marry Mrs. G..
w. Ferris, widow of the inventor OF
the Ferris wheel. The lady says she
never promised to marry him and calls
him freak.
A Paris cable says 60, 900 followers OF
Don Carlos are ready to take up arms
to place HIM on the throne of Spain
when he says the word. The pre-
tender, however, bids them await the
outcome of the Cuban difficulty.
Senator Hanna's steam yacht Com
anche, with his party on board, ran
upon the rocks in Nipigon straits,
Lake Superior, about midnight. Two
tugs were required to haul her into
deep water the next day, but she was
not badly injured.
A bloody race riot occurred at Pal
arm, 30 miles from Little Rock, Ark. :,
when ID. r. Owens, white, n deputy
sheriff, went to arrest Harrison Kerr,
a Negro. The latter resisted and other
Negroes went to his aid, while the
whites flocled to the assistance Of the
officer. In the battle which resulted
Kerr and another Negro and white
were killed, another white was fatally
injured and two blacks were badly
wounded.
The annual meeting of the Christian
Alliance at Old Orchard, Me-, resulted
in contributions amounting to $40, 900
being received in one day. There was
an audience of Is, 900 people in the vast
natural ampitheater and all were held
spell by Rev. DR.. Simpson who
appealed to the multitude 10 'invest in
Jesus Christ and His love-" The gifts
ranged in amount from so cents to the
star contribution of $25, 900 from a rich
westerner.
The Anglo Egyptian troops on the
upper Nile have captured the town Of
Abuhamed after hot fight in which
the British lost 80 killed and wounded.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

Rain fell for IA hours at Marquette
Mason county's peach crop is almost
a failure.
The D., S. S. e. A. will extend its
line to Calumet at once.
Over 200 hoboes camped near Flint
and several thefts are reported.
The Second Michigan cavalry held
their annual reunion at Holland.
A farmer near Mt. Morris has dis
covered a bed of coal on his farm.
Rev. j. Mudge's house and barn, at
Smiths Creek, burned; loss, $4,000.
Loggers in the north woods will re-
ceive 20 per cent more wages than last
year.
The cycle path between Owosso and
Corunna is finished and is giving salts
faction.
Mason county Sunday schools at
tracted 5000 persons at their rally day
exercises.
The mines on Isle Royale now en-
ploy so men and so more will be added
by Sept. l..
Ex-Postmaster Westover, of Jerome,
was arrested charged with embezzling
Uncle Sans funds.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
DON'T GO TO THE KLoNDYKE NOW
Another Man Who Knows Utters Warm
Ing to Gold Seekers.

Washington, Aug. IL. = William j.
Jones, United States commissioner to
Alaska, assigned to st. Michaels, has
sent to the interior department the fol-
lowing report on the gold rush In let
ter written at Dyea, Alaska, dated Aug
A: There are nearly 1880 people on the
Dyea and Skagaway routes and both
trails are blocked. People are throwing
away their packs and provisions ard
rushing headlong to the mines. Great
distress, hardships and suffering and
possible death from hunger and ex-
posure is sure to follow next winter,
an opinion that is entertained by all
old Alaska prospectors who have visited
that part of the world in late years ami
know the situation"
Jones is one of the two men whose
duplicate appointment for the same
post created a complication which has
rot yet been entirely Strengthened out.
Neither man yet knows that the other
has been commissioned
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
Wednesday, Aug. IS.

A pigeon bearing a message from
Andree was shot by one Of the crew of
sealing vessel off the coast of Lap
land. The message read: "Eighty-two
degrees passed. Good journey north
ward. Andree."
The Russian government has just pur-
chased the great Sebastopol ship
building yards for the sum Of 100000
rubles.
Barcelona, Spain, is to have a system
OF electric tramways forty miles in
length, connecting it with the surround
Ing districts.
General w. A. Olmsted. Of New York,
famed In eastern military circles.N is
preparing himself for the priesthood of
the Roman Catholic church, convert
to the Roman Catholic religion at the
age of co.
In six months Of 1897 the German
Dramatic institute received All plays,
only twenty of which were thought fit
for the stage.
Richard Colekin, Jr., who disappeared
from the wholesale shoe house of Phelps,
Dodge & Palmer, Chicago, has been ar
rested In ST. Paul, charged with embez-
element. He had been for two years q
confidential employee Of the firm
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
VIII Diclser Over Reciprocity.

Washington, Aug. 17.-Since the new
tariff law went into operation negotia-
lions have been. in progress between the
secretary of state and the French am
bassador here looking to the formula
ton of a new agreement between the
two countries on the basis Of reciprocal
tariff concessions under the authority
conferred by section Of the new tariff
act 1t has finally been agreed that Sec
rotary Sherman, Assistant Secretary
Howell (of the treasury Department.
and the French ambassador shall join
in a conference on the subject in the
near future, and it Is fully expected that
new and satisfactory agreement will
be reached. Section Is the reciprocity
section of the Dingley BILL
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
Garrote Is His Doom.

Madrid, Aug. 1.-THE court announced
its decision at Vergara yesterday in the
case of Angiolli (alias GollD who as
sassinated Canovas del Castillo. About
200 persons were present at the trial.
AngiolH persisted in speaking of poll
tics and Of the wars in Cuba and the
Philippines. The president said: "All
that has nothing to do with your
crime
Angiolli began again, but the presi-
dent declared the trial ended and or
dered the court room cleared. After the
prisoner had been conducted to his cell
the judges deliberated for an hour and
then announced the sentence Of the
court, which was that Angiolli be gar
roted within the prison walls.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
Brick BLOCK Tumbles Into a Cs,,ar.

A two-story brick block owned by
Mrs. Haight, at Kalamazoo, collapsed
sideways completely filing the cellar
that had been dug for four-story
block. The loss on the building is
about $4,000, and on f. s. Persing's
hardware stock $500. Mr.. Persing
had left the store only minute before.
Mrs. Ella Coats was sleeping upstairs
and was called by passer-by who saw
the wall swaying, and she escaped
barefooted, clad only in wrapper.
The south wall remained standing and
on this Mrs. Coats bird-cage still hung
with the bird singing merrily. 1t was
rescued.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20

National get of the rinnnciers Now As
rembled at Detroit.

sembled at Detroit.
Detroi,. Aug. 1s.-The banking inter
ests of the country were well represents
ed yesterday morning when about 500
delegates to the American Banking as
ISOLATION assembled in the Detroit Opera
House to attend the opening session Of
the twenty-third annual convention Of
that body. The welcome speech of Gov
ernor Pingree, while considered some
what radical by some of the members,
was on the whole well received. and he
was generously applauded at its conclu-
sion. George III. Russell, as spokesman
of the Detroit clearing house. admins
tered a mild rebuke to the governor by
saying that he had only been in the
banking business eight or nine years.
and would not, therefore, attempt to de-
liver a homily on the silver question or
the evils of corporations. The applause
which greeted this sally showed that a
hit at Michigan's anti-corporation gov
ernor was understood and appreciated. At
the conclusion of the session the state
delegates met to appoint their members
of the nominating committee. There Is
scarcely doubt that Joseph G. Hen
dirk, president of the National Union
bank, of New York city, first vice presi-
dent of the association, will be chosen
president
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
HISTORY OF A WEEK.


A deal has been completed by which
the Chicago and Northwestern Railway
company becomes the owner Of the
Rioux stone quarry at Duck Creek,
Brown county, Wis, for $1,000.
Commander Philip Hichborn, chief
constructor Of The navy. has presented
to the city of Hartford. through Sem
ator Hawley, the figurehead of Admiral
Farraget's flagship, the Hartford.
The wife of Senator Stewart avows
her intention OF chaperoning a party
to the Alaskan gold fields next spring.
A dispatch from Berlin says that Pro-
lessor Victor Mayer, the celebrated
chemist. whose death is just announced
at Heidelberg, poisoned himself because
of family troubles.
Mayor Gleason, who aspires to be
mayor Of Greater New York, filled five
steamers and tugs and five barges with
1900 school children and took them on
an excursion down the bay.
An inventor in Madrid has succeeded
in making a superior quality of soap
out Of grasshoppers.
An election was held at Orleans, Ind,
to vote for the construction OF thirty
miles of gravel roads at an estimated
cost Of $4,000. The friends OF good
roads won by big majority.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
They Have. Come.
And Owosso Is Grateful-What Mr.. N. s.
Roseboon Has 90 Say.

Roseboon Has 20 Say.
A brilliant record in Owosso has been made
in short time by the little enemies TO back
ache" At his place of residence, No. ia s..
Cedar Street, our representative found Mr.. n.
8. Roseboon, an old and favorably known
citizen of Owosso. For years he has suffered
with kidney disorders that have baffled the
best physicians, and ii remained for Doan's
Kidney Pills. the little conquerors of Kidney
troubles, TO give him the only relief he has
ever experienced. We will let him tell about
it in his own words. He said
"This trouble from my kidneys has been
source of great suffering to nfe for over nine
years. had retention of the urine, which was
accompanied with sharp shooting pains in my
back and hips and extending down into my
limbs. would have such sensation OF pres
sure, in my head-a most miserable feeling. l
could not get any rest at night with that burn
ing feeling of numbness in my back; 1t seemed
to 60 right through me. The quantity of'urine
passed was very scanty, stopping almost en-
tirely at times. / was most wretched and did
not seem to be able to obtain any relief al
though | was almost constantly taking treat
ment. Some months ago, read about Doan's
Kidney Pills and determined to try them, so
went to the drug store of Johnson q Hender-
son, where procured box. Their use helped
me and / continued taking them, and up to
the present time have taken three boxes. j
wish to say this about Doan's Kidney Pills
they have done more for me than anything
else have everstaken during all the years of
my trouble. They started the flow of urine,
causing it to come freely and naturally, the
pressure in my head is gone and the burning
pain in my back relieved. feel very grateful
for this deliverance. My case is evidence con-
full Kidney medicine, acting directly and
quickly on those organs"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers
price 80 cents. Mailed by Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y, sole agents for the U. S. Re-
member the name, Doan's, and take no other.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
BREAK OF A COUPLING is FATAL.
MORALLY Wounds Three Men and More or
Less Badly Injuries Seventeen.

Less Badly Injuries Seventeen.
Ottumwa, Ia, Aug. 17.-By the break
ing of coupling on train of cars in
the mine of the Wapello Coal company
at Hiteman yesterday morning twenty
men were more or less badly injured,
three of whom will die. The fatally in
jured are James Darby, Don Coulson
and Charles Edmunds. The 200 men en-
ployed in the mine were on a train Of
twenty-five cars en- route down an in
cline from the mouth of the shaft to
their places Of work, when the coupling
between the last two cars broke, letting
the rest down the grade. The cars
struck curve in the track and men and
cars We're piled together in a heap.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
Bible Conferences Mt w,nona.

Winona Park, Ind, Aug. ia driz-
zling rain started in yesterday, but the
proceedings were not stopped. The Bible
conference is in full swing, and many
prominent men are present Among
these are J. WILDER Chapman, DIR. Nc
Gregor COZ London). Rev. w. H. Fish
burn (of Columbus), and Rev. w. G..
Morehead (of xenia, Ohio. The In
diana Y. M. c. A. is camped at Chicago
Hill for a geek.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
HOG CHOLERA CAN BE CURED.
Case in Which Fifty-four Out of Sixty-two
Sick Pigs Were Made Well.

Sick Pigs Were Made Well.
Dubuque, Ia, Aug. 1.-THE fact that
hog cholera is durable has again been
demonstrated on the farm of the Du-
buque Fruit and Produce company near
this city, where, under the direction Of
Division Freight Agent Clemens, Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail-
Dad, fifty-four out or siXry-rwo sick
hogs were treated and saved. There
seems to be no doubt that the hogs had
a genuine attack of cholera at the time
the treatment vas commenced.
Last year 100000 hogs died in Iowa
of this disease. The agents of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail-
road company have been using their
remedy for over a year and have sue
ceeded in saving fully 80 per cent. of the
hogs treated along the line Of their
road.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
Tuesday. Aug. IL.

The steamer Belgica, with the Ger
lache anarctic expedition on board, sail
ed from Antwerp at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning.
Rev. Henry Van Rensselaer, took the
vows of the Society of Jesus at New
York giving all his property to the Jesus
brotherhood.
A California man proposes to estab-
fish balloon line to the Klondyke. He
says the trip from Juneau to Dawson
City should be made in twenty-four
hours.
James s. Parsons, fugitive president
Of Continental Life Insurance company,
Is In Wiliimantic, Conn.,, a physical
wreck, come home to die. He stole over
100000.
The employees of George c. Heltzel
& Co., manufacturers of worsted goods
at Chester, Pa, have been notified that
the wages paid in 1892 would be restored
on Sept. 16 next.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
Silver Republican Executive.

Duluth, Mimi, Aug. 17.-Chairman
Towne, late yesterday afternoon
announced the executive commit
tee of the National Silver Republican
party. The members are: Chairman,
Fred T. Dubois, Of Idaho; Judge j. ]
Harper, of Washington Court House, O.:
Ben S. Dean, Of Jamestown, N. y:
A. M. Stevenson, of Denver; Nathan
Cole, Jr., of Los Angeles, CAL. James
III. Temer, of Chicago and Charles s.
Hartman, of Bozeman. Mont.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20

A fire broke out ia the Colby HinlSley
Co. 3 warehouse at Benton Harbor
which, aided by heavy wind and in
adequate water supply from city works,
destroyed two large warehouses, a
cooper shop, two dwelling houses, an
hotel and fifty carloads of peach bas-
kets, and other basket stock. John
Fonger, whose two houses burned,
barely escaped with only his night
clothes. The total loss is over s12, 900.
For several days there was great ex-
element at Sault Ste. Marie and at
the Canadian 500 over the reported
discovery of placer gold mine on the
Mississauga river, near Thessalon, Ont,
which assayed $500 in gold to the ton.
According to the report 1T was another
"Klondyke" and several prospectors
made preparations to start for the
newly discovered gold fields. The
bubble finally burst when well-known
Canadian expert returned from an ex.
animation of the mine, with the news
that it had been ''salted."
James Casey, justice of the peace al
Birmingham, and his wife were ar.
rested on charge of obtaining large
amount of money from John Arthur,
Pennington bachelor, by undue in
fuence. The couple was lodged in
Jail over night, but secured $4,000 bal
and were released the next day. Mrs.
Casey and Arthur are cousins and the
former alleges that the latter gave hei
the money because of his affection fol
her. The complaint against the
Casey's was brought by Arthur's sister
because of jealousy, Mrs. Casey says.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
Sa turday, Aug. Ii.

Miss Lizzie Maudrie, Of Marinette
Wis. tainted in boat on Green bay at
the sight Of a fish hook in her brothers
thumb. She fell overheard, and but for
timely assistance would have drowned.
c. S. Mellen has been elected president
of the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany. Daniel S. Lamont was elected di-
rector and vice-president.
Mrs. Edgerton, of Chicago, discovered
that her trunk had been broken open
and jewels valued at $1,000, as well as
$3.50 in gold, had been taken.
A 3-months-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Zastrow, of Milwaukee, was
smothered to death in bed. The baby
had fallen asleep with It's face turned to
the pillow and suffocated.
President Mckinley has accepted an
invitation to attend the Ohio state fair
at Columbus, opening Aug. 81. He has
also promised to make a speech there.
Walla Tonoka, the young Choctaw,
will play ball at Kansas City today.
Immediately after the game he will be
taken back to the nation and there shot
for murder
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
Friday, Aug. IS.

There are in France 1902, 400unmarried
women between the ages OF 20 and bO,
and 1,376,600 unmarried men aged over
80 years.
A tract of 10 acres near Philadelphia
has been purchased for national Chi
nese cemetery and the work of removing
the bodies Of Cinnamon buried in other
cemeteries will soon begin.
The American liner st. Paul has made
a new record from New York to South
ampton, her time being 6 days 13 hours
q minutes.
The London Daily Chronicle says it
has been decided to appoint General Sir
Evelyn Wood adjutant general, and Sir
George Stewart White quartermaster
general.
The torpedo beat Dupont on her speed
trial exceeded her contract speed by
more than a knot. The average speed
was rs 610 knots.
General Stewart L. Woodford, the new
United States minister to Spain, has
started from London for Paris with his
staff on his way tn Madrid.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
Monday. Aug. JIG.

Nearly every Klondyker leaving Ia
coma provides himself with a copy Of
the Bible and Shakespeare.
Lady Henry Somerset has withdrawn
her resignation of the presidency Of the
British Woman's Temperance associa-
ton.
The Clement Chair company's factory
at Clinton, Ia, burned to the ground
Saturday. Loss, $4,000; insurance, $15,-
600. The factory will not be rebuilt.
Princess Gisela of Bavaria, heiress to
the throne Of Bavaria, has taken to
bicycling in public. All the Bavarian
princes and dukes are keen bicyclists.
Charles Fink, of Cleveland, fell ninety
feet from a scaffold at Buffalo, N. Y,
and was killed. The ropes supporting
the scaffold on which Fink was working
broke.
The steamer Kong Haitian arrived
at Stavanger, Norway, reports that
she sighted on Saturday, a balloon going
east-southeast at an altitude Of 1,500
feet. Possibly Andree's balloon
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20

the same work. Their duties
compel them to be on their feet from
morning to night, and many of them,
in O short time, contract these dis
tressing complaints called "female
diseases"
Then occur Irregularities, suppressed
or painful menstruation, weakness,
Indigestion, leucorrhea, general de-
bility and nervous prostration.
They are beset with such symptoms
as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, ex-
citability, irritability, nervousness,
sleeplessness, melancholy, "all-gone ="
and "want-to-be-left-alon feelings,
blues and hopelessness.
In such cases there is one tried and
true remedy. Lydia E. Pinkham
Vegetable Compound at once removes
such troubles. The following Is
sample:
"My dear Mrs. Pinlzham AFTER
writing you, and before your answer
came, / was too miserable to go to the
store, and so lost my position. That
was five weeks ago. am now back
again in my old place, and never 1eie
SO well in all my life. The bear
ing-down pains and whites have left
me, and / am not bit nervous or
blue. Life looks brighter to me-.
don't get tired, my temper is real
sweet, and 1 could scream right out
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1897-08-20
TIRED SALESWOMEN.
Employers Should Be More Con-
siderate Of Their Health.

Interesting Statement by q Young Lady
i'm Brooklyn.
In the vast retail establishments of
large cities, many women are en-
ployed as saleswomen.
Men formerly held the positions that
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-08-18

Why wear old broken or i'll fitting plates when you can have new ones made and guaranteed to fit at a small cost by Dr. A. ALLDERDICE
 EE SPECIAL millinery sale un- til September lst. Ladies take ad vantage of 1t. Everything at ] price. The New York Store. S-i6tf
 F. W. Sisson, treasurer of the A. L. x T. Co, at Flagstaff, is in town today.
 D. W. CRoSS, Collector, Accountant and Generai Business Agent. Asi- zona Bank Building. 7-26x12
 Tee cream soda, all flavors, at Dil- Ions. 7-l6tf
 Special bargains in all lines for 30 days at ED. BLOCKS. s-l4-4t
 Miners wedges SEQ per Nj at Heads plaining mill.
 Fruit ice cream at Dillons. 7-6t1
 Dr. Heavenston's dental work in all its branches is of first class nature. Office Row. jy2tf
 Schilling's Best tea for sale at the Bsshford- -Burmister Co. Try small package.
 4 good all wool suit can be bought for $I75 at BLOCKS. s-14-4t
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-08-18
som. Queer Facts.

Nuns usually live to great age
 The smell of perfumes is said to prolong life.
 Potatoes in Greenland never grow larger than a marble.
 Horses succumb to cold quicker than any other animal.
 Japan has a written history ex- tending over 2,5O0 years.
 Postage stamps are gummed with a starch made from potatoes.
 Fully one-third of the female population of France labor on farms.
 More than four-fifths of the peo- plo of London never enter place of worship.
 If a snail's head is cut off and the animal placed in a cool, moist place, another head will grow.
 In spite of the closest espionage, the diamond mining companies Of South Africa lose, 1t is said, Sl,000,- OOO year by theft.