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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
THE CUBANS ASTONIsnED.
Amount of Money in Havana's Treas.
ury Unprecedented.

Havana, June 20.-The Administra-
tion Economica, which is charged with
the disbursement of the finances OF the
provisional government of Havana and
the province, publishes statement
showing that from January to May,
inclusive, the receipts were S763, 1874
and the expenses S17s, ,22S, the balance
being cash on hand. This causes gen.
eral astonishment among the Cubans,
and is unprecedented in the history of
Havana. Never before have the figures
been published openly. The officials
formerly merely made semi-oficial
statements which were not itemized.
No two years of the Spanish regime
have yielded as much as the past five
months.
The English La Lucha, in an editO-
rial based on this fact says the Cubans
and Americans are watching the results
of military rule, recognizing the i'm
mense influence which will be exerted
in the future political struggle by the
present campaign, and adds: 1.-THE
greatest praise is due to the Americans
here at this evidence of their intent to
maintain methods of the strictest hon.
estv ;,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23

The New York Press gives an account
of the cure of case of appendicitis
without the use of knife or medicine,
which may be interesting to physicians
and others. 1t says:
The treatment of DR.. Helmer was
said to be so instantaneous in its effects
and so simple and harmless in its appli-
cation that some physicians are inclined
to wonder why it was not discovered
and made use of before. To one look
ing on the operator seems only to apply
one hand to the point midway between
the top of the right leg and a point
above the stomach; then bend up the
right leg of the patient at the knee
joint and give the leg slight twist by
means of quick motion, repeated two
or three times, and the operation is
ended.
The appendix is rudimentary organ
which in man has no use, in some ami.
mails it has; yet it is supplied with ar
teries and veins. The disease known as
appendicitis is simply clogging of the
appendix, little sack, by food particles
so that Inflammation sets in. The pain
which sometimes is excruciating, il
caused by the clogging of the veins Sc
that when the blood continues to be
forced into the appendix by the heart
through the arteries it is prevented by
the clogging of the veins from passing
out again.
The operation performed by DIR. Hell
mer was nothing more nor less, as he
describes it, than the forcing out of the
appendix of the clogging particles tha'
occupied it. To do this from the out
side and by merely mechanical means
requires the most perfect knowledge o
the human anatomy and long practice
but when once understood is simple
enOuph
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23

monotonous, almost endless couplet,
all about the boy that went away and
would come back on the morrow"
He sang so convincingly well and de-
veloped such zeal that the little girl
actually went to sleep. The captain
was so afraid that she might wake up
if he tried to put her back into her lit
tie nest of lace and feathers, that he
sat down carefully in an armchair and
remained there without stirring.
The room had become still again;
only the clock on the wall ticked with
every swing Of the pendulum. The
captain looked intently at the child;
sleep seemed to have overcome her in
dimpled fists lay on his breast, the
other still clasped the cross of the Le-
gion of Honor. Peace rested upon the
pure, closed eyelids. upon the curls
over that moist forehead, upon the ten
der cheeks, upon the half-opened lips
from which deep breath issued at
regular intervals.
The warmth of that little body per-
meated his, and rose in him as a wave
of intoxication. Does that joy really
exist, then, he asked himself, which
fills all those who are near to a child :?
And that warm tenderness issuing
from a child's heart is not an empty
delusion either.
Oh! what a difference between the
empty, superficial life he led and the
ever-anxious, solicitous love inspired
by such a sweet little creature whom
| one could love from first to last, from
birth to death!
The noise of the clock suddenly
seemed to fill the room, and Capt.
Chereau felt that he was an old man;
he felt it plainly, just as one notices
the hairs getting white.
"How short is life after ALL" he
sighed. And he regretted his lost
| years, his wasted years, his salfish
| life, of which there would remain moth
| ing-nothing at all. There would be
| no one to mourn him, even.
| A great Encouragement came over
him, and went from his heart to his
eyes.
There were steps in the anteroom;
the young couple had come at last
; she wrapped in furs, he with the collar
of his coat turned up. On the threshold
! of the room they halted. thunder
struck; next to the table in the big
armchair sat their neighbor, the cap
tain, holding in his arms their child,
fast asleep, and still holding the cap
tain's cross of the Legion of Honor in
her tightly-closed fist.
They were about to cry out at the un-
usual scene: "Oh, captain-!"
But Capt. Chereau lifted up his head
and, showing his face flooded with
tears, he whispered softly to them
placing his forefnger upon isgrizzled
mustache:
'Hush! She's asleep" the
French in the Saturday Evening Post
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
WOMEN VOTE
For Better Sanitary Condition in
New Orleans.

For months the all-absorbing topic
of conversation in New Orleans has
been sewerage, drainage and better
water supply. There has been a great
need for better sanitary conditions in
New Orleans for long time, but until
the present time the progressive elez
ment has been unable to secure these
improvements, being out-voted at the
polls by ignorance and narrow-minded-
ness.
The late Constitutional Convention
OF Louisiana gave tax-paying women
the right to vote upon all questions OF
taxation, and to them is due the credit
of carrying the day for better sanitary
conditions in New Orleans. They voted
solidly to tax themselves for these i'm.
provements, and for the Mayor to have
the appointive power. The machine
politicians were also arrayed against
these improvements. The New Orleans
Picayune says:
''The politician has been crushed,
and let the credit go where it belongs.
The women of New Orleans, under the
leadership of these two active, ener-
getic and self-sacrificing young women,
Misses Kate M. and Jeannie Gordon,
did it, and all the glory is theirs.
Woman plays most important part in
the politics and affairs of this city
Whenever crisis approaches, the mer
who are on the right side appeal to her
and the appeal is never in vain. She
jumps into the breach, and invariably
victory perches upon her banner. AL
| honor to the fair sex. The women, or
rather, the few women, who were il
the Sewerage and Drainage League
probably did as much work as all ths
men in the city put together, for the
special tax, and they did it quietly and
thoroughly.
For weeks before the election tn,
ladies made it their business to seel
out the women property owners and
ascertain their views, and, if agreeable
secure their proxies, if they were no
disposed to go to the polls themselve
to vote. This in itself was no small
task.
From what some of the Commission
ers of Election say, the women demon
strated that they had observed tn,
instructions as to voting with grea
deal more punctiliousness than the men
They had no difficulty in arranging
their ballots, and knew the routin,
better than many men who had been il
the habit of voting, not only early bu
often.
1t only remains to pay tribute to tn
women taxpayers. They were allowet
under the law to vote, and they wer
all for progress. They talked and wrot,
in it's favor before the election, an,
yesterday they voted for it. This wa
to be expected, for the women ar
always the grandest, noblest and bes
in an emergency, and for this we low
them best. To them great thanks ar
due for the fact that this morning Ney
Orleans steps forth in the grand marcl
of progress and prosperity.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
AFTER HIS FORTUNE.
Messenger, Hunted for Two Weeks,
Evades Indian Pursuers and
Brings Back the Money.

"There died in Kansas City, Kan, the
other day." says the Kansas City Jour
nal, ga quiet, unobtrusive, modest, and
never boastful citizen. He came from
Pennsylvania regiment in 1864, and
he became a messenger for the Holli-
day Express company, running from
Leavenworth to Santa Fe. w. H.
Bridgens, the messenger referred to.
on one Of his trips had $500, 900 in green
backs strapped. about his person and
secreted in his clothes. There was no
one but him and the driver in charge of
the coach, and for days they proceeded
along their lonesome journey without
seeing human face. When yet many
miles from Santa Fe they were over
taken by a bowling band of Indians
and fierce battle was fought. Brid-
gems and his companion exhausted
their ammunition and continued the
fight with their knives. Finally they
succeeded in unloosing their horses
from the stage. and quickly mounting
them, fed through the timber. The
savages gave chase and succeeded in
separa ting the two men, but did not
capture either of them. Mr.. Bridgens
still retained his treasure, but he lost
his way among the crags and canyons,
and it was more than two weeks before
he found his way to the house of a
white man. During all this time he
subsisted entirely upon berries and
herbs. His long absence caused his en-
ployers to believe that he had been
robbed and killed by the Indians, and
before his return they had made good
the money they had given up as lost.
When Mr. Bridgens returned with his
precious burden still intact they were
amazed, and SO grateful were they that
they presented"their young agent with
a handsome token of their apprecia-
ton"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
LONGEST KNOWN.
The Lengthy Sentence That Was
Pronounced Upon am Ital-
Ian Swindler.

The tribunal of Modica, in the Sicilian
province of Syracuse, has just pro-
nounced a sentence which is declared
to have no parallel in the judicial an
nails of Italy. as it has probably few in
those of any other country. A man
named Lupo Salvatore, of Comiso, had
passed himself off as an advocate, and
had with consummate skill committed
SO different acts of serious fraud in
which he succeeded in using the ma
chinery of the law. He had forged the
signatures of the president and judges
of the high court, of the kings procur-
ator, and of the chancellor of the court
From this aforementioned official he had
even. with splendid audacity, stolen fol
a short time the seal of the chancery
which he needed to give effect to his
fraudulent documents. The sentence is
even more remarkable than the crimes
Salvatore was condemned to three
years imprisonment on each of the 6;
cases, which brings the total of the sen
tence to 1S9 years, though the Longest
incarceration which the convict can be
legally made to undergo is 80 years
The penalty inflicted is in each case the
minimum for the offense. Had the
court decided upon the maximum, which
is ten years, the aggregate term of i'm
prisonment would have been $50 years
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23

The New York Tribune makes q
severe criticism against the present
management of the war department
showing that the civilian clerical force
of great war was 665 and now it has q
mushroom growth to 1866. The writer
mentions number of unnecessary
places which have been created for
favorites and shows how friends Of
Secretary Alger have been boosted and
the men who, sword in hand, won the
battles of the Cuban campaign have
been ignored.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
ARMOR PLATE STOOD THE TEST.

Washington, June 20.AThere was
test at Indian Head to-day of armor
plate for the battleship Wisconsin, the
lot aggregating seven hundred tons.
The test plate tapered from sixteen
and three-quarters inches to nine and
|one-half inches in thickness. The first
shot, Carpenter armor piercer, with
a velocity of 1,370 feet, penetrated the
plate six and three-quarters inches.
The second, Holtzer armor piercer,
with velocity of ], 800 feet, penetrated
nine inches. The plate was not cracked
and the test was satisfactorily met.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
Power at the Paris Exposition.

The total amount Of power estimated
as necessary for the Paris exposition is
10000 horsepower, of which $4,000 is
allotted for lighting and 5000 for mo-
tive power. Upon this assumption
there is allowed consumption of 44o,-
600 pounds of steam per hour. or, for
POS days, at seven hours per day, to-
tai of 631, 100000 pounds of steam for
the entire period. This will require 200
tons of coal day, and the water re-
quired for condensing purposes is esti-
mated at more than $50, ,OOOO 900 cubic
feet for the whole period of the exposi-
tiou
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
AFTER THE MANHATTAN.
Attorney General rlonnett Files Case
Against Oil Company.

Columbus, Ohio, June 18.-Attorney
General Monnett today filed petition
in the Common Pleas Court here
against the Manhattan Oil Company,
to GUST it from State land in Mercer
County and to recover 800, 900, for
taking oil without permission of the
State authorities. The land in ques-
tion comprises 800 acres.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
SPAIN S. SOUTHARD,

A TTORNEY-AT-LW. Special attention
IA given to abstracts of title, loaning money
and drafting of all legal instruments. Prompt
attention paid to all business left with him.
Collections, fire and life insurance. Office
South Main street over J. M. Abraham & Co.'S
grocery
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
HAMILTON BROS.

A TTORNEY- -AT-LAW and Real Estate
IA Agents. Office in the Hamilton Building,
east of the Logan House, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
settlement of estates. VIII practice in State
and U: s. Courts. All business promptly at
tended to-
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
w. S. SOUTHARD.

livery & FEED BARN McKee's Old Stand
l. North of Court House, Bellefontaine. Ohio.
Excellent rigs and teams. Horses boarded by
the month"; and single feeds furnished far
mer's horses.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23

The American troops continue to
whip the rebels in every engagement.
But the Filipinos fight and run away
and live to fight another day.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
FRANK A. POOL,

physician and Surgeon, Office-135 West
i Columbus Ave-, Bellefontaine, o. Special
attention given to the treatment of all forms
of rupture and pelvic diseases. All calls
answered from the office.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
DR.. J. p. HARBERT,

DHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Office rooms
Il over Hamilton Bros Office, Bellefontaine,
Ohio. Special attention to eye, ear and thIoat
and the fitting Of glasses.
Night calls answered from Office.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23

Leslie's Weekly says: Cotton has
been king, corn was king, but iron is
king. The new president of the Iron
and Steel Institute of England, in bid
ding farewell to the closing century,
alludes to the fact thatAmerica nowex-
ports 100000 tons of steel annually,
whereas so years ago she exported none.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23

A TTORNEY-AT-LAW. Special attention
n given all Office practice, settlement of
estates, collections and loans. Office and s,
Lawrence Block, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
A. JAY MILLER,

A TTORNEY-AT-LAW. Special attention
IA given to collections and settlement of
estates. Rooms and 9, Empire Block, Belle
fontaine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
DR.. w. q. sTINcncoMB,

physician and Surgeon. Special atten-
Il tiOn given to diseases of the eyes and fit
ting glasses. East Columbus Avenue, Belle
fOntaine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23

awkward little fingers, which were so
slim and fine and straight, to take his
cross. The little one at once quiet.
ed down and began to smile sweetly at
him.
The rough old captain looked down
upon her with the eyes of the explorer
who discovers a new. blessed country.
The little round cheeks, with the dried
tears still visible upon them; the little,
half-opened mouth. made him feel cur
ously soft-hearted. With >exuberant
enthusiasm he drew up the little head
to his own bearded face.
"Do you love me-"
But the red ribbon of the crosswas
far greater attraction for baby than
the captains big mustache. Then he
hit upon the idea of Disgusting his
voice and initiating the simple lieu
tenant" and asked coaxingly: Does
baby love papa?"
He had to repeat this question at
least ~ times. If there had been on
the other side of the wall certain
captain about As years of age, how
angry he would have been to have
heard that!
But this very captain just then per-
mitted a rather young lady to kiss
| him, and the oldest thing about it was
that the two fresh, moist lips that
touched his cheeks made his eyes grow
dim with tears and refreshed his kind
| and loving old heart.
A nearby clock struck midnight.
| Nobody came home, neither the nurse
nor the young couple. The little one
was tired enough to drop, but Capt.
| Chereau was novice in the art of put
ting babies to sleep. He remembered,
| however, that the baby's mother had
| always hummed melody. That he
might try also. But alas! he only knew
military marches. Well, he would try
march on the baby. Pacing up and
down the room with long steps, he
rocked the little girl, who had long age
succeeded in loosening the ribbon
from his coat, and was now busy try
ing to chew the cross, and softly
hummed soldiers song:
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
WEST & WEST

A TTORNEY-AT-LAW. Collections given
IA prompt attention. Partition and settle
ment of estates a specially. Practice in the
State and U. S. Courts. Office on Main street,
directly opposite front entrance of the Court
House, BellefOntaine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
S. A. BUCHANAN,

CURVEYOR and Civil Engineer. Over q
. years experience. VIII do all kinds OF
town and country work. Rooms and s, Law
renee Building, Bellefontaine, o.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
DR.. ]. II. WILSON.
John C. HOyEP.

HOMEOPATHIST. Special attention given
IL to diseases of the Nose and Throat. Office
on South Main street, Bellefontaine, o.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
J. w. YOUNG. M. D.

PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. General prac-
l. tice of medicine. Have special test
lenses for accurately fitting glasses for those
who need them. Office 135 West Columbus
Ave. Residence, 402 East Sandusky Ave.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
F. s. DEFREES,

A TTORNEY-AT-LAw, Bellefontaine, o.
"A Room / and g Bellefontaine National
Bank Building. Money loaned and secured at
reasonable rates.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
e. Pat Chamberln. II. II. Newell
CFAMBERLIN & NEWELL,

T AWYERS. General and commercial prac-
IL tice. Settlement of estates and collec-
tions.. Opposite Court House, Main street
BellefOntaine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
:" When a dapper young nussar
Meets a pretty country lass,
Than ha-bp, hp, h m I, N, n M

But the sweet little burden upon his
arm did not care to go to sleep just
then; she mumbled inarticulate
sounds laughed and looked at him
with her big, blue eyes. Then Capt.
Chereau thought that the rhythm of his
song must have been too lively; he
started up another, a very slow,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23
DR.. c. w. HEEENER,

DHYSICIAN and Surgeon. No. 116 East Co.
l. lumbus Ave. Treatment of the Eyes and
fitting glasses for defective vision a speciality.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-06-23

w. II. ROWLAND,
nENTIST. Modern methods. 112M Main
IL street. opposite Court House.
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