davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
Due To Advertising.

Sandusky Register:-The Washington
correspondent Of the Chicago Record fur
nishes the following concerning the
practical business methods of John
Wanamaker, the merchant prince OF
Philadelphia and New York:
"a business man OF Philadelphia told
me the other dav that Wanamaker's
profits from bis Philadelphia store last
year were over ST. 75O. 900 and that those
from his New York establishment will
run close to that figure. The Saturday
before Christmas the receipts in New
York were even greater than those in
Philadelphia and exceeded $500. 900.
The Nav York store has paid profit
from the very day it was opened,
although two firms which occupied the
establishment since A. T. Stewart's
death have failed. The reason of Mr..
anamaker's great success, both in
News York and Philadelphis, is his
skillful and extensive advertising.
1t has been his rule to strictly
confine his advertising to newspapers
and magazines, on which he hae spent
annually more than $500 600 in Philadel-
phia. The adtertising bills of his New
York establishment exceeded even that
sum last year."
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
sLEDGING IN SIBERIA.
II Is Attended with All the Terrors Of
Death by Freezing-A Terrible
Experience.

Travelling by sledge in Siberia in win
ter has it's perils, as the experience of
Mr.. Robert L. jefferson and his friends
goes to illustrate. The incident is told
in "Roughing it in Siberia"
I'VE had chartered six sorry-look-
ing horses to drag us on to the next
stage. 1t was night when we started.
The driver, maudlin drunk, had to be
helped to his seat, and we set off along
the narrow roadway at the usual gal
lop, which, however, soon dwindled
into mere shuttle through the snow.
We had gone to sleep, and some hours
after our departure Gaskell woke me
and said he thought something was
wrong.
"The sledge was at a standstill and
our shouts to the yemshik brought no
response. Black darkness prevailed.
! bundled out of the sledge, so be-
numbed that could scarcely move. !
felt along the sledge, sinking to my
knees in the snow.
''The drivers perch was empty; and
just then l stumbled over one of the
horses, which was lying buried up to
its neck. 1t was clear that the driver
had fallen from his seat, and that the
horses had wandered from the track.
The poor beasts were stuck fast, and a
closer inspection showed one of them
to be dead-literally frozen to death.
If we would save ourselves from the
same fate, prompt action was neces-
sary.
'The other horses were nearly sue
cumbing. They lay fat on their stom-
achs and nibbled at the snow. We cut
the dead animal adrift, and using the
spare rope as whips, we stood on either
side of the living and lashed them till
our arms ached. At length they
moved, and by pushing and pulling we
got the sledge turned. Then, step by
step, with much doundering and many
falls, we began to retraee our way.
"All this in pitch darkness, in raw,
cold wind, and in momentary expecta-
tion of one or all of the horses drop
ping dead.
1T was terrible experience, but we
regained the road and finally reached
the village"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
HEALTH AT MANILA.
Considerable Sickness Among Sol
diers and Samllpox is Feared.

Washington, Feb 3.-Responding to a
resolution of inquiry, the secretary of
war today sent 20 she senate Gen. Osis'
report on the health conditions at Man
lila. The report wss dated yesterday,
aud of course, was made by cable. 1t
is az follows:
"Dsaths among troops in the Philip
pines since arrival to February 1, Sven
months, 220, of which Al were due to
wounds and accidents. OF the remain
ing 179 IS died of typhoid, 43 of small
PIX, % of dysentery, 8 of malarial fever.
The remaining deaths were due to many
various diseases. Smallpox causes ap-
prehension. The entire command has
been vaccinated several times. Twelve
physicians have been engaged for sever
al weeks vaccinating natives. The more
sickly season lie during the hot months-
March, April and May-when fever and
smallpox and dysentery are more preva-
lent. Nine per cent of the command are
now reported sick. The great msjority
of the cases are slight ailments"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
Fort Wayne journal, Feb. g.
WANT HIM TO REMAIN
Congregation Of Bethany Pres
byterian Church
Will Not Unite With Their Pastor in
His Request to the Presbvtery
that His Relations With the
Church Be Dissolved.

A congregational meeting was held ct
the Bsthany Presbyterian church last
evening, at which the Rev. D. w. Moffat,
D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, presided as moderator, to take
action on the resignation of their pastor,
the Rev. George E. Davies, which he
rendered to his flock last Sunday morn
ing. at the close of the morning service.
Since the announcement was made in
the Journal few weeks ago that Mr.
Davies had received unanimous call TO.
the First Presbyter church. of Belle
fontaine, o the leading members Of the
church, including the trustees, have
showed determination to retain him %
their pastor, if such thing wese possible,
and the result of the meeting last even-
ing gave expression to this desire.
After general discussion of the mat
ter. in which about sixty of the leading
members of the church participated, it
was decided that the congregation would
not unite with Mr.. Davies, in hisreqaest
to the Fort Wayne Presbytery, that his
pastoral relations with the church be
dissolved, but that they would concur in
the decision of the Presbytery. This
means that the Rsy. George E Davies
will leave for his new field of labor about
March 1, or Immediately after the church
has celebrated its fifth anniversary, for
there is no doubt but what his request
will be favorably acted upon by the
Presbytery.
During his pastorate of nearly Eve
years, Mr.. Davies has endeared himself
to every member OF his flock, and ut NO
time during his ministry has there been
the least discord. The call to Bellefon-
taine is a stepping stone for this young
divine, his service here being his first
pastoraie. His successor has not % yet
been considered, and no action win be
taken in that direction. pending the de-
cision OF the Fort Wayne Presbytery.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
He Will Not Punish Miles.

Washington correspondents of Rs
publican papers in several cities, having
written that the President was displeas-
ed with Gen. Miles course in exposing
the embalmsd meat fraud, and intended
humiiiating him by putting him in COM
mand of some Department, Ian Assoc lat ID
Pres dispatch contains the following
denial:
Washington, Feb. 2.-Great interest
has been expressed oil day throughout
the War Department in the reiterated
newspaper reports that severe action
was meditated by the War Department
and the Administration in the case of
General Miles, who has been quoted IN
numerous recent interviews as condemn
ing the quality of meat furnished the
army by contractors during the war and
N maintaining that he had evidence in re-
serve which would eubstsniate his
charges that chemicals we're used in pre-
pairing the contract beef.
1t may be definitely stated that no
official action has been taken looking to
a court martial a court of inquiry or to
the sending of Gen. Miks to the COM
mand of q department.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
Is the Temperance Clause De-
clining.

Reckless and foolish statements are
continually made in regard to the hab-
its of the American people, optimists
and pessimists seeing the situation
according to their prepossessions rather
than according to the reality presented.
As matter of fact, there are hopeful
indications az we'll as serious omens in
the present situation. Our forefathers
were hard drinkers. Neither Pilgrim,
Puritan nor Cavalier boasted or praticed
total abstinence. Not even in their
theories was entire surrender of wine
considered virtue. Brewing their own
beer and frequently distilling their own
liquors, we, their defendants, bade fair
to sink, sodden with drink, into q
drunkard's grave. By 1928, at which
time the first temperance societies were
formed, the drink bill had reached q
total of 7:30 gallons of distilled liquors
per capita for the entire population.
Imperfect as the early societies were,
they began a work which has never
wholly ceased. Within seven years the
consumption of strong liquors fell to
6 OF gallons in 1880. And then came
the biz ssed Washington movement, one
of the mightiest reforms ever known in
any country, and the whiskey and rum
and gin consumption sank to 2 21 gal
Ions per capita by 1850. Rising very
slightly in 1850, it since that time has
been on the steady decline, until in 1896
the last statistics completed, the con.
sumption of distilled liquors in the
United States fell to less than 1 gallon
per capita; or to be exact, to .98 of 9
gallon. 1t is therefore today less than
one-seventh of what it was when tbs
temperance agitation began.
But on the other hand the consump-
tion OF malt liquors has enormously in
creased. Up to 1860 the brewing o
beer was little practiced except as {
household art. But in that year ths
collection of an internal revenue tai
upoo malt liquors put the manufsctur,
of beers into the hands of public brew
ere; and we fud that the consumption
in the United States then amounted t.
1927 gallons per capita. This has rur
up to IA 96 gallons in 1896, or between
four and five times what it was thirty
six years ago. 1t should, however b.
noted that the most rapid increase il
consumption Of beer was between 1881
and 1890, the increase during the las
six years having been the leest for an.
equal period of years In generation.
| Remembering then that the amour
of alcohol in the strong liquors is a
least seven times that in beers and alee
there is positive gain for sobriety ove
the habits of the generation lmmedi
ately preceding our own. Temperate
agitation has effected much, even if no
all that is to be desired, and there is n,
reason why the glorious work wrough
in the '4O's may not be repeated in tb
opening years of the twentieth century
The battle is not lost. The standsr
will not be lowered.-Chicago Ioteriol
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10

First Weather Prophecy on Record.
The first attempt at scientific fore
casting of the weather was the result
of storm which during the Crimean
war, November IA. 1854, almost de-
stroyed the fleets of France and Eng
land. AS a storm had ragged several
days earlier in France, Valiant, the
French minister of war, directed that
investigations be made to see if the two
storms were the same, and if the prog
ress of the disturbances could have
been foretold. It was demonstrated
.that the two were in reality one storm
and that its path could have been as
certained and the feet forewarned in
ample time to reach safety.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10

A BILL has been introduced in Con-
grees to make Gen. Wheeler . Msjor
General in the regular army, We
think it should pass. Wheeler deserves
some important recognition for his
patriotic position and distinguished
services in the late war.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10

MRS. BorKINs, the feminine isnd
who poisoned two Delaware women, by
sending them candy with arsenic in it,
through the mails, has been denied .
new trial, end has been sentenced to
the penitentiary for life.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
ConIurer Brouxht to BOOK

Mr.. Maskelyne, che London conjurer.
has been compelled by the courts to
make good his offer of 6 500 to anyone
who could initiate his box trick. He
had made the offer with impunity for
years, but, when two young clerks took
1t up, refused to pay. :
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
HAMILTON BROS

"A TTORNEYS AT LAW, and Real Estate
~ Agents. ONCE in Hamilton's Building
east Of the Logan House, Bellefontaine, Ohio
settlement Of estates. Will practice in State
and q. 8. Courts. All business promptly At
ended to.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10

Hebrews Have No Rights in Spain.
In Spain Hebrews are not permitted
to erect and maintain houses Of wor.-
ship. They have no civil rights and e1.,
list in the kingdom only as alieps. i
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
SPAIN J. sOUTHARD.

A TTORNEY AT LAW. Special attention
"A given to abstracts of title, loaning money
aad drafting of all legal instruments. Prompt
attention paid to all business left with him
Collections, IRE and life insurance. ONCE
South Main street over J. II. Abraham d Col
grocery.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
Keeping Dogs Quiet in Japan.

When dog barks at night in Japan
the owner is arrested and sentenced to
work for year for the neighbors
whose slumbers may have been dis
turbed
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
,IOHN C. HOVER.

A TTORNEY-AL-LAw. Special attention
IA given all Office practice, settlement Of
estates, collections and loans. Office and 8
Lawrence Block, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
J. w. YOUNG, M. D.

PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. General prac-
L titioner of medicine. Have special test
lenses for accurately fitting glasses for those
who need them. Office 1876 West Columbus
Ave. Residence 402 East Sandusky Ave.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
r, s. DEFREES,

A TTORNEY AT LAW, Bellefontsine, O.
"A Room l and Q, Be1lefontaine National
Bank Building. Money loaned and secured al
reasonable rates.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10

=. PAT. cHAMBERLIN. HH NEWELL
CHAMeERLIN & NEWELL,
I AWYERS. General and commercial prac-
II tice. Settlement of estates and Collections
Opposite Court House, Main street, Bellefon.
taine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
s. A. BUCHANAN.

CURvEYOR AND CIvIL ENGINEER
y Over 20 years. experience. Will do ali
kinds of town and country work. Rooms
and 8, Lawrence Building, Bellefontaine, o
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
FRANK A. POOL,

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office
L Room No. and IL awrence Block, Belle
fontalne. Special attention given to the treat
ment Of all forms of rupture by modern meth
DDS.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
A. JAY MILLER,

A TTORNEY AT LAW. Special attention
IA given to collections and settlement OF
states. Rooms and 9, Empire Block, Belle
ontaine, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
DR.. J. Il. WILSON,

Z LOMNOPATHIST. Special attention giver
to diseases Of the Nose and Throat. Once
on South Main Street, Bellefontaine, O.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10

DR.. W. q. sT,NcHcoM,B

and Surgeon. Special atten-
[ tion given to diseases of the eye and fitting
glasses. 100 North Main street, Bellefon-
inc, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
WEST & WEST,

w. w. RIDDLE,
A TTORNEY and Counselor at Law. ONO,
n over Peoples National Bank, Bellefon
tale, Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10
w. n. ROWLAND,

nENTIST. Mod rn methods, 112% Mai
- Street, opposite Court Rouse,
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-02-10

JAMES O. WONDERS.
NIvIL Engineer. Rooms s d Empire Block
" Bellefontaine, Ohio.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-27

LONDON, Oct. 2s.-The war office to-
day received the following telegram
from General White:
Ladysmlth. Oct. 25.-Brisadler Gem
eral Yule's force has left Dundee with
the view Of concentration at Lady
smith. To avoid the risk Of life which
a long march would have entailed the
wounded were left ut Dundee under
medical supervision.
yesterday Sir George White having
ascertalned by a previous reconnals-
sance that the Free State forces had
moved eastward from Besters Station
and were attempting to gain the road
from Ladysmith to the north moved
out In the direction of Elandslaagte,
with the Fifth Lancers, Nineteenth
Hussars, Imperial Light Horse, Natal
mounted volunteers, two field batteries,
one mountain battery and brigade Of
infantry.
''In the action at Englandslaagte. octo-
ber 81. the johannesburg force with a
detachment o. I-sesaan corps was
completely htUSen up.
IAN was wNl at MatekIng up to octo-
ber 81.
"Ail was well at Kimberley up to
October %. The deSsnders are in good
spirits"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-27
GENERALS
WHITE And
YULE JOIN
Forces, to the Great Relief Of
British War officials in
London.
THE ONLYNEWS THIS MORNING
Consists OF More Detailed Ac.
count of Battles
Fought.

LONDON, Oct. 27.-The officlal an
nouncement OF the joining OF General
White and General Yule has come as a
great relief and all the more SO in view
OF the fact that later dispatches have
shown that only the lncapacity OF the
intelligence department of the Beers
saved General Yule's column from a
great disaster.
It seems that on Friday night Dundee
was full Of alarms. Heavy firing was
heard at / o'clock and again at I. A
severe thunder storm soon after stop
ped the Boer cannonade. Saturday
passed in the same anxious manner, in
momentary expectation of an attack.
The British finally evacuated, taking
all that they could, but leaving plenty
behind for the Boer to loot.
The appointments OF the Boer hospi-
tai at Dundee are described as very In
adequate and primitive. The Beers
themselves. in the absence of q nursing
stan, get only scant attention.
It 10 reported that Sir William Penn
symons died on Wednesday, not yes
terday, and was buried at Dundee yes
terday.
General Yule's column had a very ex-
haustlng march, chiefly, 1t is believed,
by night. The reason for night
march is not given. but 1t was probably
a fear Of Boer surprises. The heavy
rains and mist hampered the march,
but were perhaps the means of saving
General Yule from molestation. 1t
took the column tweaty-four hours to
cover the last sixteen miles. The only
news this morning consists of more de-
tailed accounts OF the battles already
reported. A correspondent who visited
the hospital at LadysmIth, where the
Beers wounded at Elandslaagte, who
were captured are being tendedreports
that General Jan Kock, who was badly
wounded in the thigh and shoulder, said
that the advance OF the patrol under
commandant Pienar. without guns,was
simply with the object OF cutting the
railway, and that this body was subse-
.quently reinforced without General JOu-
berts orders. General Viljoen accom-
panying them. The latter was killed
early in the fight.
According to another correspondent
the Beers say that General Kock, dur
ing the battle, read his Bible and pray
ed for victory. His brother. two sons
and nephew were all wounded and
taken prisoners. Col. schlel. of the
German corps, and comman6ant Petto.
RUS were both severely wounded.
Many prominent Beers are not yet
accounted for. Philip Kock says the
Beers suffered most from SOLDIERS in
little clothes, half men and half
women" meaning the Gordon Hlghlnn-
ders and in the charge of the Fifth Lam
GERS. They say also that the two quick
firing guns captured by the Devonshlre
regiment are those that were taken
from the Jameson raiders.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-27
FITzHUGH LEE

Released From QgaEanttne WanM
Not Talk About Cuba.
NEW YORK. Oct. 26.-Major General
FItzhugh Lee, who arrived on the
steamship Havana on Wednesday, was
released from quarantine to-day. He
declares he cannot understand why he
and his secretary were detained for OBJ
servation at Hoffman Island, while oth-
ers who arrived on the same vessel
were allowed to pass quarantine with
out detention.
General Lee looked the picture Of
health. He will! proceed to Washington
on Sunday and then visit his family in
Vlrginia, where he will remain until he
returns to Quemados. his Cuban head
quarters, thelfrst week In December.
why in thu world they took me to
Swinburne Island do not know, unless
It was to feel my temperature" said
the general.
The reporter tFied to talk about Cuba,
but General Lee said:
ASK me about the Boer. war; ask me
about the coming. election-hut don't
ask me about Cub& or annexation. It's
a mix-up. Sooner than talk about II I'd
rather let you takea my temperature
again."
General Lee said that when he left
Havana there were sixteen cases Of
yellow fever in the city
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-27
ROQSEYELT,S RIDE

Through Maryland in the Interest Of
Governor LOwndes- Received With
Enthuslasm Everywhere.
BALTIMORE. oct. 2e-Goyornor
Roosevelt, Of New York. reached Balti-
more to-day after a swift tour Of thir-
ty-six hours through the western part
Of this state. during which he spoke IN
eighteen towns in the interest Of Cover
nor Lowndes and the other candidates
on the Republican state ticket. The
night was spent in Frederick and an
early start over the Western Maryland
railroad was made this morning. 4
brief stop and little handshalElng q
Brucevllle. Nd, was the first incident
Of the trip, At Union Bridge 4 stop
was made and despite the early morn
ing hour aud the chilling eftects Of q
dense damp fog. an enthusiastic crowd
had gathered to whom Governor ROose-
welt spoke briefly, urging them to sup
port Governor Lowndes because he had
kept his promises and because q vote
for the Maryland state ticket means q
vote for the national administration
and Its currency tarItf and foreign
policies.
At Westminster, where the next stop
was made. Governor Roosevelt was eB-
corted to decorated platform built
near the railway track, around which
about 1000 people were gathered. The
speaker here again urged all good Re-
publlcans to support Governor LoWndeB
not only on local issues but also on ma
tional issues, urging that local and ma
tlonal politics could not be disassoci-
ated in this and similar campaigns. He
accused the Maryland Democrats Of
cownrdice on the currency question and
of lack Of loyalty on the Philippine
question.
This ended the speaking for the tour
and when the train stopped at Arling-
ton, a suburb of Baltimore, Governor
Roosevelt left It and under the escort
of twelve youthful "Rough Riders"
drove to the country home Of Wesley
NJ. oler. where he was entertained at
luncheon.