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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
yellow Fever stIII Raging.

New ORLEANS, Oct. 9.--Yesterday
was a record-breaker. AS early as
six o'clock as many cases had been re-
ported as on Wednesday, when the
fever reached for the time high water
mark, 46 cases. At the same hour
there had been five deaths reported,
with a couple of patients in a very
critical condition.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
Fewer sItuatIon Improved.

New ORLEANS, Oct. 9.-The fever sit
uation is considerably improved. But
two deaths have been reported. Elk
element has absolutely died out. Now
that the disease has shown no symp-
toms of an epidemic form, business
men are making arrangements to bring
their families back to the city. This
was the record yesterday: Deaths, 2;
new cases, 81.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
Take the Air Line

To Louisville and Eastern Cities, SO miles
the shortest from st. Louis, makes quickest
time, Pullman Sleepers, Parlor and Dining
Cars. All trains leave from st. Louis
Union Station. For complete information
address j. r. Tapp, Travelling Passenger
Agent, Kansas City, Mo. r. A, Campbell,
General Passenger Agent, ST. Louis, Mo.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.

Maryland Man Kills His Aged Father-in-
Law and Wounds His Wife and Her SIS
ter.
WASHINGTON, Oct. "a shocking
tragedy occurred three miles from
Sandy Springs, Nd. William Tim
mons shot and killed William Hinton,
his father-in-law, about So years OF
age; inflicted a wound which will
probably prove fatal to his wife, Is
years of age, and also shot the wife OF
John Hinton, his wife's brother, caus.
ing a serious but not necessarily fatal
wound. The shooting was the result
of quarrel between Timmons and his
wife.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
Gold Standard for Perm.

New YORK, Oct. s.-A dispatch from
Lima, Peru, says that after discussion
which continued for several days the
chamber of deputies of Peru adopted
a gold standard by majority of one
vote.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
CUBAN HEROINE ESCAPES.
SenOrita ClsnerOs Gets Away from ths
Island of the Pines.

Island OF the Pines.
HAVANA, Oct, s.-The beautiful
young Cuban patriot, Senorita Evan
gelina Cossio Cisneros, heroine of the
sensational adventure with the Span
ish governor of the Island of Pines,
has escaped from the Casa de Recog-
ides (house of scrapings), where she
had been confined for several months
on charge of conspiracy against the
crown of Spain and of an attempt upon
the life of Berez, governor of the Isle
of Pines.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
BOTH WE'RE GUILTY.
A Faithless Woman Murdered by Her Par
amour, Who Also Kills Himself.

BOYNE FALLS, Mich, Oct. S.-William
Shain shot and killed Mrs. Freeman
Lee last evening, and when cornered
by officers of the law he ended matters
by shooting himself dead. The muir
der took place at Clarion, eight miles
from here. Mrs. Lee had parted from
her husband and was on intimate
terms with Shain, who asserted that
the woman had squandered money
which he had given her with which to
procure divorce.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
Death OF Ex-senator Mcpberson.

NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-John Roderick
Mcpherson, one time democratic leader
in New Jersey, and United States SEN
ator from that state from 1877 until
1895, died last night in jersey CITY
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14

Fits stopped free and permanently cured,
No fits after first days use of Dr. Hines
Great Nerve Restorer Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise, DR.. Kline. 033 Arch ST., Phila,, Pa.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14

Some people don't care how worthless an
article is 50 it is expensive Washington
Democrat.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14

Guess from Experience She-"Who was
it that said that woman's best friend was
her dressmaker?" He - Probably the
dressmaker. Tit Bits.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14

Bargains are never offered us until it is
too late to do us any good.-Washington
Democrat.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14

When lumbago sets in st. Jacobs Oil
Sets out to cure and cures it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14

Miss Elder-I have decided to buy hus,
Miss Tommey-What on earth do you
mean?
That seems to be my only way to get
one, and have always, heard that every
man has his price."-Judge.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14

A slip, a fall, a sprain-laid
Up. st, Jacobs Oil the cure.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14

From any cause bruise is cured
By st. Jacobs Oil. Use it promptly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-23

yond an occasional slight murmur, gave
no evidence of pain. After the last wire
nail, fragment of glass, knife handle
and scrap of iron had been removed,
the surgeons performed a complete job
of laundering, washing Wallen's stom-
ach with the nicely that a skilled wash
erwoman rinses the last particle of dirt
from a white shirt.
DR.. Smythe and Mr.. Little brought
the plumber that had been taken from
the "ostrich's' stomach down to the
rooms Of the Commercial View Com
pany on Walnut street, where DR..
Smythe sewed the nails, knives, blades,
ETC.. 10 a heavy cardboard. The glass
vas glued to the card. A photograph
was made of it, a reproduction of which
is herewith given.
The case of Wallen is one that has
caused a great deal of interest among
physicians. He is one of those freaks
often read about, but seldom seen. His
! absolute disregard for natures laws,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-23

would be sent and Capt. Romeyu re-
martial.
Nov in this court the ladies' who
testified were women with whom
have been on merely formal terms
women who had themselves COM
plainedt that the bachelors were not nice
to them, being lacking in %gallantry.
With Capt. Romeyn it was simply a
question Of getting his daughter Nina
married before he retired. He liked
Lieut.. Bamford and wanted him to
marry Miss Romeyn. 1 had formally
given hops to which Miss Romeyn was
invited, and the men used to draw
Btraws as to who should take her, for
she was not a favorite. l think it a
pretty good indication of the whole
thing that Captain Romeyn was only
supported by men who had known him
q short time and all the other officers
Of the regiment took the other side.
"The singular feature of the court
martial was that it drifted away from
the trial Of an officer charged with con-
duct u~nbecoming a gentleman, to
attack the character and motives of
a woman who was not on trial, who
had no part in it, and yet who was
made to bear the brunt of the scandal.
If the evidence there given should be
permitted to stand unanswered it
would appear that she was the accused.
1t was a case in which my name was
banded about until I and not Captain
Romeyn seemed to be the one on trial.
Here was a court-martial composed Of
officers Of the United States army list
ening to petty stories, idle gossip,
whose REPETITION could not have been
tolerated in any civil court.
There are in every army posts Of
course, two classes OF ONE as there
are in every other station of life. One
keeps posted, reads magazines and
takes pleasure in intellectual pursuits
and in the prevailing forms OF exercise.
There is the ether, composed of mere
housekeeping drudges, reading neither
newspapers nor magazines, taking no
interest in public affairs, but content
ing themselves with the idle gossip,
speaking over the back fences, as you
might say, to each other about those
who do not notice them. Those peo-
pie rely for their mental pabulum upon
the most idle Of gossip and are the
ready victims of servants who carry
tales from house to house.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-23

was brought into requisition, and the
fuorescent light wavered above his abb
domen and cast it's shadow upon the
delicate plate behind his body. The
x ray disclosed a lump in his interior,
made by a foreign substance, but it
failed to find both punches of Junk. The
physicians decided that an operation
was the only ecourse to save the "os-
trich's" life, and as Whallen is made
of pretty stern stuff, he said:
Let 'er go. If I've got to die. 7
might as we'll leave the hardware be-
hind, for l don't suppose they'll need
it on the other side"
He kept up his spirits to the last. Ut
tering a facetious remark lust before
the a%nesthetic overpowered his senses
and he sank into Inconsistencies.
1t was Whallen's habit while travel
ing with a sideshow as one of the at
fractions on the side to eat a little oat-
meal just before he began his perform
ance, but of late he dispensed with this
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-23
Killed on the Third-Ra;I Road.

Thomas Kelly, 70 years Of age, of
Hartford, Conn.,, was killed the other
Afternoon On the third-rail electric road
just established between Hartford and
New Britain. The motor car of the
train which left New Britain at u
O'Clock struck him. Kelly was stand
ing on the railroad bridge over Park
river between the third-rail track and
the track Of the New York, New Hav-
en- and Hartford railroad. The train
consisted of a motor and a closed car.
Kelly was in plain sight, but. passen-
gers say, the motorman didn't slow
up. He blew the whistle, but Kelly
did not get off the track, and still the
train did not slow up. When Kelly
was struck the body fell through the
bridge to the river bank. The motor
nian didn't slow up, according to the
story of a passenger, till some one
called his attention to the accident.
Then the train was stopped and back
ed to the bridge. The conductor and
a few passengers got off the train and
looked through the bridge at the
body. The conductor sang out, "All
aboard" and the train started for
Hartford. The motorman didn't leave
his post. Kelly was the first victim
of the third-rail road.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-23

his marvellous power to eat glass for
years. swallow nails and knives and
tacks m screws without experiencing
any i'll effects shows that he is an alb
normal human being, in this respect
at least.
According to his story, he began his
ostrich-like career at the age of ten.
He seemed to possess the power to take
into his stomach anything, whether
iron or steel, without feeling the worse
for it. The late P. r. Barnum, who
was a connOisseur in freaks, picked
Wallen up and took him about the
country with his then greatest show
on earth,' and Wallen ate glass for the
editication of the awe-struck, but skep-
tical, public, that supposed he pos
sessed a mouth after the style of a mon
key-with a pouch in it-and that he
conveniently slowed away the odd food
until an opportune moment. when he
emptied it out.
All over the Union Wallen practiced
this astronomical witchery, and he
had few equals, and certainly no supe-
riors. He met his Waterloo at Pilot
Grove, Mo-, an obscure town that is
thus given an undue prominence be-
cause it has put one Of the greatest liv-
ing glass eaters out of the business.
1t was a little more than two weeks
ago when Whallen drifted into Pilot
Grove. He had left a fy-by-night the
atrical company at st. Louis because
the "ghost'-a Theatrical gents title
for the cashier-did not walk as reg
ularly as the requirement of the per-
formers desired for comfort and clean
illness. . For the benefit Of the Pilot
Growers Whallen gave a street per-
fcrmance, during the course of which
he swallowed a handful Of tacks, ate a
beer glass and gulped down a few wire
nails. The town marshal was there,
and, like most town marshals, suspect
ed something. It was his duty to sus-
pect, but in this case he vas acting as
a private individual, and he suspected
hat there was a fake about the per-
Torrance. He told Whallen so, and
Oyer his tWo-bladed Barlow
knife, one he mad carried for years, and
suggested that Whallen add it to his
collection. Whallen held the knife in
plain view for a moment, and then let
it slowly slide down his gullet, while
the natives looked on and wondered.
When the knife had disappeared the
marshal was convinced, and Clipped in
a dime to the COLLECTION that was taken
up, remarking as he did so that he
was a knife out, b. gosh, and the
other Teller was a knife in"
The knife did the work.. It laid heav-
lily on Whallen's stomach, and when
he reached Kansas City two days ago
he was in misery, and, as he remarked,
he could "see his finish" The x ray
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-23

always found bachelors in the army
to be nice to married ladies. The bach
elors called at our quarters and al
ways danced with me. But Capt.
Romeyn's wife said that some of the
married ladies would not go to the
hops any more. l said:
We'll, if l went to the hops and
bachelors did not dance with me l
would stay at home, but l certainly
would not talk about it,
Mrs. Lieut.. Martin and Mrs. Lieut..
Kalk both said the same thing. The
bachelors were nice to me, and nice
to a young girl who visited me during
the winter. I invited the bachelors to
my house to dinner for my guest, and
they were always nice, as was natural.
MI. Bamford and Mr.. O'Brien have al
way been good friends. When Mr..
Bamford and Mr.. Shaw stopped house
keeping Mr.. Bamford cam to our
house to mess. In January Miss Rom
eyn announced that she was engaged
to Mr. Bamford, which was the foun-
dation OF all the trouble. When Mr..
O'Brien spoke to Mr.. Bamford about
It he did not deny it, but
gave Mr.. O'Brien very clearly to
understand that he was not engaged to
her. Mr.. Bamford and I had frequently
ridden and danced together before this
engagement was aanounced-more so
before its announcement than after.
Mrs. Romeyn was quite friendly all the
time, and on Christmas eve Capt.
Romeyn walked to town with me. Mrs.
Romeyn came home from the east the
latter part Of January and Mr.. O'Brien
n l called on her. Mr.. Bamford went
to Miss Remeyn and told her that she
must set him right in this garrison and
say that the engagement which she had
announced was broken off. This she
refused to do. Then came this german,
which was a post affair. That night
at the german | danced with Mr.. Bam-
ford, and Mrs. Romeyn cut Mr.. O'Brier
and me, but she did not cut Mr.. Bam-
ford, which every one in the room
thought was strange. The next day
Capt. Romeyn publicly said that I had
been cut by all Of the ladies of the post
on account Of my behavior.
'Mr. O'Brien went at once to his can
lain, Of course, took his advice, and de-
manded that Capt. Romeyn make a
public apology. This Capt. Romeyn re-
fused. Mr.. O'Brien went to DR.. TAYLOR
and asked him as to Romeyn's physi-
cal condition, as he intended to cowhide
Capt. Romeyn. The doctor told him
that It would never do, as 1t would re-
suit fatally to Romeyn. This forced
my husband to take legal action, off,
cial charges being his only RECOURSE
III. O'Brten hoped that an inspector
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-23

firmly imbedded in the upper and low
er parts of it. Exactly 1T pieces of
iron and steel were removed by the sur
geons,as we'll as en- INC and one-halt
OF glass. The entire mass weighed
probably one-half pound.
The operation was performed at the
German Hospital by Health Officer f.
Won Quasi, assisted by Assistant City
Physician c. H. Smythe, DR.. T. J.
Beattie, DR.. G. w. HALEY and DR.. L. w.
Luscher, several newspaper reporters,
Mr.. Lille Of the Commercial View
Company, and medical students. Whal-
len was placed under an anesthetic and
stretched out upon an operating ia
bic. DR.. Won Quasi took a sharp knife
and made a deep incision about four
inches long just below the breast bone;
then he made another incision horizon
tally for about three inches just below
the navel. The flesh was drawn back,
revealing the stomach. The outer
walls of the stomach plainly showed
that there was some hard and foreign
substance inside. The stomach was
then deftly opened and the work of re-
moving the strange diet of one If
natures freaks actively began.
The stuff was actually taken out by
the handful. The big Barlow knife
had been the clog that impeded the
balance of the hardware. 1t was lodged
near the bottom of the stomach, and
there were nails, screws, bits of glass
and knife blades surrounding it. AS
the junk was taken from the stomach
it was given to DR.. Smythe, who, with
Mr.. Lille, never allowed it to get be-
You'd his sight. The work of removing
the hardware required considerable
time, and the sensation of having
strange hands feel around the interior
Of his anotomy seemed to have little
or no effect upon the patient, who, be-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-23

writer the first full and frank
statement that has been made
OF her side of the famous case
which has agitated the United States
army.
She is a little Her manner
is captivating; her conversation shows
education and culture. AS she spoke
with fervor and earnestness she looked
fondly upon her husband, who was
pacing up and down the porch. It's
a hard situation" said Lieut.. O'Brien,
Gin which l find myself. The case
should never have gone to a court, but
should have been settled in another
and more effective way. l at first felt
that physical redress exacted by a mar
OF thirty-three from one of sixty
three would have been criticised, yet
now l wish that l had forgotten that
Capt. Romeyn was sixty-three.'
when l first came to the post" said
Mrs. O'Brien, Mrs. Romeyn visited me
and said that the bachelor officers at
Fort Mcpherson were horrid. They
did not dance with the married women
and they did not call on them. I
thought it was queer, because I had
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-23

precaut1on on account of financial rea-
sons. The oatmeal formed a coating in
his stomach and prevented the sharp
points Of the nails from injuring the
walls Of his stomach. At least, that's
his explanation of it. Whallen died the
day following the operation.-Kansas
City Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-23
Did,,t Know what Wa. Coming.

In a New Jersey suit for damages
for SANDER, a young man who was a
witness for the defendant changed at
the last minute and gave evidence that
enabled the plaintiff, Miss Daisy Weth-
erford, a woman Of uncertain age, to
win the case. She thereupon rushed
forward and implanted a loud smack
on his lips, and the victim ungaliant-
ly exclaimed: "If I had known that
was the penalty I'd have testified diff
ferent."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-23
AS Wise as a Serpent.

Doctor, how can you be so reckless
asfo ride in those open cars?"
Hush, my dear, your hubby know
his business. If l ride in the open cars
others will think it safe for them. Just
answer the telephone, dear. Yes, 7
thought SO. Another pneumonia ma
tient. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-23
MRS. O'BRIEN'S STORY,
THE LADY WHOSE ACTS IN
VOLVED THE WHOLE ARMY.
She Was Not tho Cause Of the Broken
Engagement of Miss Romeyn-A Bit
ter Injustice Rishted-Miss Romeyn's
"Unpopularity the Cause.

1EUT. OBJ j e rs
charming wife-the
indirect cause of
Capt. r o N e y MS
court-martial and
sentence of dismiss
sal from the United
S t a t e S a M Y
maintained abso-
lutte silence during
the long trial, but
she gave to the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-23

Hoslie Potter, Of Stark, N. H., a boy
fourteen years old. weighs 240 pounds.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-07-23
ALL SORTS OF JUNK.
AN "OSTRICH MAN" OPERATED
UPON,
Stomach Filled With Iron, Knives, Knife
Blades, Nails. Tacks, Staples and Glass
These Make an Inv entory to Almost
Tax Credulity.

HE stomach of
Harry Whallen, the
S II W m a n, who
calls himself the
human ostrich
was opened with a
surgeons knife yes
terday at the Ger
man Hospital, and
a most remarkable
collection of hard
ware was found
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