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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

powered, and he was led away Il raving
maniac. 1t was found he was an alb
sinth drinker in secret and had got up
to eight glasses day. Such is the effect
of this insidious craze upon those who
follow it far enough.
In the last stages of this form of sui
eide the victim sometimes drinks 16
glasses of ahSinth in day and is the most
pitiable of all the types of drunkards.
In the better cafes absinth costs 30
rentimes, or 10 cents, but in the dives
Il is only 3 sous Il glass. As such it is
little less than Il deadly poison, especially
when dash Of vitriol is added to give it
an extra bite" Nitriol is regularly used
in many of the cheap drinks and even in
the better ones.
Last week | had an interesting talk
with Senat sur Jules lie Jeune, secretary
of state in the Belgian cabinet, who is
pushing n bill to prohibit the sale of alb
sinth in Belgium.
ut is doing much the same for us as it
is here in France" he said. II also have
bin before our parliament to gradually
decrease the number of public drinking
houses through the country in the next
ten years. At present we have 29S,00U
of these to Il population of but 6,00o,000
of people, or one to every "a persons.
My plan is to make the proportion one
drinking place to every 200 people, but
the proposal is too radical to carry with
out material amendment
Some of the continental governments
are posting temperance Autographs IN
public places rs a warming to the people
on the effects of intempcrancc. and the
posters labeled "Absinth-Poisoni" with
n skull and crossbones.
Not alone are the present French eff
forts educational, but they are aiming ut
national Legislation as being the only per-
manent cure. There is coterie OF tenn
perance legislators in the chamber of dep
uties and in the senate who are pressing
for constitutional relief from the present
desperate conditions. Scnateur Siegfricd
will shortly present n bill to reduce the
number of drinking places in IT, repub.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

out the spiral or rather with one so encr-
nous that the diameter of it is thousands
of miles. 1t has the peculiarity of push
ing great masses of heated air TO the
southwest, and these air masses start the
! tornado.
/! = cyclone in itself is harmless. Ali the
( Cyclones" one reads about are not cy
clones, but tornadoes.
TornadOes have been known in Ameri-
ca for a century or more, and thousands
of persons have been killed and injured
by them. record of these visitations
since 1874 shows tremendous loss of life
and property. On Feb. 9, 1884, the coun-
try from the Mississippi river to the At
lantic was the dancing ground for go ter
rible tornadoes, which killed 50 people
and injured nearly 3,0G0, while they re-
duced to ruins 10000 buildings.
During the period from 1894 down TO
the present time the most disastrous cy
clone was that at st. Louis on May ~,
1896 The precise number Of persons
killed has never been known, but the
dead were several hundred and the in
jured many more.
One of the earliest cyclones on record
was on May Z, 1910, in Adams county,
Miss. when 81 people were killed. The
same place was revisited two years later,
when 500 were killed. The property loss
was very great.
Louisville was stricken in 1890, but the
same city was visited by whirlwind as
, long ago as Aug. -, 1854. At that time
p persons were killed.
Savannah and its vicinity seem pecul-
iarly subject to destructive windstorms.
That city was storm swept on Sept. 80,
1886, and again in 1858, with much loss
of life and property. On May 20 of last
year a cyclone tore great holes in Iowa,
Illinois and Wisconsin. Seventy people
were killed, and the loss to property was
very great. So far as property loss goes,
st. Louis thus far holds the record.
In speaking of the marvellous success
of his plan for fighting tornadoes Captain
Hoades, the originator of the scheme,
said:
Il can hardly claim to have invented
the plan, for | have twice seen water
spouts broken by the same method while
following my former avocation on the
sea. Indeed it was this that first sug-
gested the scheme TO me.
after the cyclone of 1897 / suggested
that Hennessey. which is directly in the
path of the south bound tornadoes, adopt
THIS apparently strange plan of protec>
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
GENERAL IN PETTiCOATS.
How Mrs. Joubert Won the Battle of
Majuba.

Since the days of Cleopatra the number
of women to actually take part in the
conduct of the wars of their respective
countries has been few. At the present
day there is only one lady who with any
Justice can be termed "a general in
petticoats." and that is Mrs. Joubert, the
wife of General Joubert, commander in
chief of the Transvaal forces. Mrs. Jou
bert has accompanied her husband in all
the wars he has undertaken.
1t is not generally known that it was TO
Mrs Joubert the great defeat of the Eng
lish at Majuba WIS largely due. The
general considered the position unassaila-
BILE. but Mrs. .IOubert. her eyes afire with
patriotism, urged the attack, eventually
conquering the scrupics of her husband
and the other commandants. The result
is known.
Mrs. JOubert's last appearance at a
war occurred during the recent Magato-
land campaign, at the extreme north of
the Transvaal. An artillery, burgher
and native force of nearly 10000 men
was dispatched to the front to subdue
the rebel chief MPefu, intrenched in
series of rocky Businesses backed by the
Limpopo. Notwithstanding what was
feared would be the bloody nature of the
war, the heat-over 100 degrees in the
shade-and the fever, the plucky woman
joined the general week or two after
his arrival at the Hoofd Lager, accom-
panied only by two or three little kaffr
maids.
Finding General Joubert in an any.
thing but comfortable tent, she routed
him ont. erected a tent of her own and
installed him amid all the comforts of
home. What was more, she reconstructed
the generals mess arrangements and
cooked his meals with her own hands.
The wife of the commandant general
peeling potatoes was an ordinary sight
any day during the campaign.
On one occasion during the war the
news came into camp that the general
had been taken i'll thirty miles away in
the midst of Il country full of hostile ma
tives and deadly with malaria. Without
hesitation Mrs. Joubert made prepara-
tions to go and join her husband, and
there is little doubt that she would have
accomplished her purpose had not more
reassuring news come to hand.
The war came to an early close, owing
TO the military genius of General Joubert,
and. il is not too much to say, his better
half.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

Can tornadoes be conquered with can
non? This is the question which inter
ests the people of the middle west. and
there are indications that there may he
something in the scheme. The inhabit-
ants of Hennessy, O. T., declare that
their town would not now be on the map
except for the inventive genius of one Of
her citizens. Captain John X. Hoadcs. a
retired sea captain, who, though hitherto
generally regarded rs a visionary crank,
is now hailed as the savior of hundreds
of lives.
Mr. Hoades' scheme consisted in post
ing large 10 inch slnoothbore Parro.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
Begging Letters For the Rich.

A lady living less than a days jour
ney from New York had the curiosity
the other day 10 make certain calcula-
tions in order to see how large part
of her property she would have had to
sacrifice had she granted all the re-
quests made for money within a period
of ~ days. She kept all the begging
letters received during that time, add
ed together the amounts they asked
for and then discovered that had she
granted each individual request for
money she would have disbursed ST.
100000 And this, be it remembered.
in short period of six weeks.-Har-
per'S Bazaar
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

PEARL HART IN HER FAvoRITE DRESS.
in the territory, was relieved Of 1890, q
six shooter and 4 gold watch and chain.
About $50 was taken from the other two
passengers, besides Il revolver.
After the hold up, which was accom-
plished without the waste of G cartridge
or the disturbing of even n jack rabbit.
the stage was allowed to proceed. Mr..
Neill stopped off at Riverside ana at
once began arranging plan of pursuit.
The stage with its passengers continued
the journey to Florence, where Sheriff
Truman was informed. He joined Neill
at Riverside, and the little posse took to
the hills.
The capture was made at night in the
brush in the hills near Benson. The wo-
man showed fight and taunted her COM
panion for allowing himself to be taken
without battle. The officers found in
the womans possession sack contain
ing $400 and gold watch belonging to
Neill, one of the stage passengers.
On being taken 10 Florence the woman
was recognized as Pearl Hart, who is
well known throughout Arizona and
southern California.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
One of the Consistent Fellows,

Don't you like the dear old songs
our mothers used to sing us to sleep
with!" asked the sentimental person.
No, sir" answered the man who has
snowtiakes for blood corpuscles. II en-
dcavor TO be consistent, and | realize
that people used to keep the neighbors
awake with those songs, just the same
as they are doing now with obnoxious
ballads. s."-Washington Star.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

dog came in the grocer took the trouble
TO look ut the paper. 1t was blank;
and further investigation showed that
whenever the dog felt craving for
crackers he hunted up piece of paper
and trotted off to the grocery store
Atlanta Constitution.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

lnstructor-What is the difference be-
tween positive and negative electrici-
ty?
Student-It is positive when 1t is
turned on and negative when it is turn
ed off.--Indianapolis journal.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

lie as the beginning of an extensive leg
iSlative reform. There are over 100000
public drinking places in France. ana
in some of the departments the consump-
tion of alcohol now amounts TO 20 liters
per person yearly.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

STRANGE WORK or a WESTERN TORNADO.
tion. 1t is only fair to state that at frs!
| was the laughing stock of the town,
and ii was only by persistent argument
that | finally Interested Mr.. Thomas OF
tie Chicasan Coal company iii my plan.
Backed 10y SO influential citizen, we
finally gathered together enough money
by popular subscription to purchase four
cut OF date guiiS that s:iw service around
New Orleans during the civil war and
mounted them in the place selected. The
most singular feature of the whole mat
Ter is that the one dwelliag destroyed by
todays storm was occupied 10y the most
persistent doubter in the GOWN
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
CARD CHEATING.
Mechanical Device to Put Aces Up
the Sleeve.

Houdini. noted Austrian sleight Of
hand artist. now touring the country.
gives in the course of his entertainment
an expose of 4 number of tricks by which
the veteran gambler dupes his ''easies."
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08

AbrenSt OI INC Iimes.
Teacher-What does she ahbreviatiOn
"lb." mean?
Dicky-It means "Lanky Bob."-Chi-
Cago Tribune.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1899-07-08
A Resolution
To improve North Summit street.
from Market to Furnace street.

Belt resolved, by the!council of the city of
Akron. (two-thirds of all the ememberselected
thereto concurring) that it is necessary and
The intention is hereby declared to improve
\. Summit street in said city from Market
street to a point I25 feet Southerly from the
south line of Perkins street, by grading the
same to the established grade. curbing with
stone, guttering and paving the same with
brick. and from the last named point to
Furnace street by grading the same to the
established grade. curbing. guttertng and
paving the same with stone, all in accord
ance with the plans. prOfiles and specifica-
tions relating to said Improvement on file In
the Office of the city civil engineer.
That the cost and expense of said improve
ment Except One-tiftieth and the cost of in
tersectionSl shall be assessed upon all the
lots and lands and parcels thereof bounding
Summit street in proportion to the benefits
which may result from said Improvement
Said assessment shall be payable in five (5l
equal. annual inStallmcuts and bonds shall
be issued in anticipation of the collection OF
the same. provided that said assessment
shall in no case exceed the limitations I'M
posed by section 2570 of the revised statutes
OF Ohio, and the council find and hereby de
clare that only the property bounding and
abutting upon said street will be specially
benefited thereby, and that no other prop
erty than that specified shall he assessed for
said Improvement.
The clerk is hereby directed to cause this
resolution to be legally published and Frank
Bonstedt is hereby appointed to serve no
tice of the passage hereof as is required by
law.
Passed July 8, 1929.
ChaS. III. Isbell, T.. Il. Sprigte,
CITY Clerk Pr,,s't City Council.
Approved by the Board cf city Commits
SionerS. Chas. II. lShell. Clerk.
July Il
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-09-22
ON THE BRINK OF WAR.
Reply OF Transvaal Very Unsatisfactory
-Boers Mean to Fight.

Reply OF Transvaal Very Unsatisfactory
Beers Mean to Fight.
London, Sept. 19.-The reply OF the
Transvaal to Mr.. Chamberlain's latest
note is said to cover nine pages. 1t IS
eminently of the negative and incOn'
elusive" character, which Mr.. Cham
berlain declared would compel the i'm
perial government to consider the sltu'
alton afresh. 1t practically repudlates
suzerainty, reverts to the seven-year
franchise. and declines to give equality
to the Dutch and English languages in
the volksraad. In short, it is politely
negative and Defiant. The full te1'
may not be available for a day or two,
but it will not change the aspect Of
affairs. The cabinet will probably
meet on Wednesday or Thursday 10
consider the next step.
1t is supposed that the next move
contemplated by the Transvaal is an
appeal to the powers. begging them 10
recommend arbitration on the lines oil
the conference at The Hague.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-09-22
j. j. Hill in BDOkane.

Spokane, Sept. 18.-Presldent Hill
and a party of Great Northern officials
and guests errived here this evening
on special train. Mr.. Hill announced
his purpose of beginning at once per-
manent Improvements in Spokane in
volving an expenditure of from $780,
600 to $l,000.000 He also stated that
he will return here Tuesday and dis.
cuss with business men and mineown,
ers the matter of smelling here the ores
of the surrounding country from Baker
City. on the line of the o. r. & N, to
British Colum bia on the north. The
party will leave in the morning TO,
Puget sound.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-09-22
Bungiing Execution OF n Nsgro

Mobile, Ala. Sept. ls. - Henry
Gardner, a negro, aged IS, was hanged
in the jailyard here today for assault.
ing white girl under 10 years of age.
last June. When the trap fell the
moose had not been properly fastened
and the negro fell heavily to the
ground. He was assisted to the scaf.
fold, suffering great pain, and the trap
sprung the second time, successfully.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-09-22
Philippine Commissioners to Return.

Manila, Sept. l6.-Colonel Charlie,
DENLY and Professor Dan Worcester,
members of the Philippine commission,
have received instructions from Presi.
dent Mckinley asking them to return
as soon as possible. They will EN-.
bark on the steamer India. which sails
from Hong Kong September 26. II
is not known whether the clerical force
will return with them or remain here.
The commissioners had just removed
into new offices and expected to spend
some months working on the establish.
ment of municipal governments.
The Nevada cavalry was unable to
sail on the Newport. They will take
the next available transport,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-09-22
Condemned to Death.

Washington. Sept. 19.-The secre'
tary OF war, in response to numerous
requests, cabled General Otis regarding
the two men of the Sixteenth infantry
who, according to the press dispatches,
mad been condemned to death in the
philippines for assaulting native wo,
men. A reply received tonight saia
there was a third soldier now about 10
be tried in connection with the same
case, and that when the court-martiai
was concluded the papers would be
forwarded to the department. The two
men sentenced are Corporal Damphotter
and Private Conine. The name OF the
third soldier involved has not yet been
made public. The sentences will not
De executed until the war department
shall have reviewed the cases. 1be
papers cannot reach Washington ilRb%
than 80 days.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-09-22
Opening OF the Oregon Stat. Fair

Salem. Or, Sept. lS.-Without Ger.
emony the Oregon state fair Of 1899
was formerly opened to the public this
evening. Fully 500 people we're in al.
tendance, large crowd for opening
night, and passed the time very pleas
antly in inspecting the many fine pavil.
ion exhibits, in listening to instru.
mental music by Parsons orchestra.
an outdoor illustrated lecture on the
war in the Philippines by Edward
Shields, a recitation by Miss Helen
Lamar, and vocal selections by Charles
II. Whiting.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-09-22

Washington, Sept. l8.-Only Seore.
taries Gage and Root, Postmaster G en-.
eral Smith and Attorney General
GIiggs were present at today's cabinet
meeting. The president announced
that he had intended to extend his
Chicago trip to Minneapolis and st.
Paul.
A variety Of subjects were dis
cussed, but final action was not taken,
except in the case of Cuban money or.
ders to the United States, the rate OF
which will be raised from 80 cents pei
500 to 80 cents.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-09-22
BLOODY RIOT IN |LtaiiIllIij
Negroes Shot Down at Brn,,
Mines, Carterville.
OPENED FIRE ON THE wu,r..
elimination OF Long STANDING r
Between Union and Non-Unior NJ ~
ers-Militia Called Out. u'

Carterville, ILL.,, Sept. 1a.-c,a,.
Vile was the scene of BLOODY rio, p VI
tween white and negro miners tolsv .S
Six negroes were killed, and one o,bs
moItally wounded. Companv % VI
Fourth regiment, Illinois Noto.SS
Guard, arrived here late this evorin jna
and will endeavor to preserve . o,da.
Forty miners from the Herrin min.,
left that place for this city this evan
ing. armed with Krag-JorgenseD ,ias,
determined to assist the white mjne,
should their services he required
Trouble has been brewing ever siD,s
the militia was recalled by Govern,
Tanner last Monday, since which tims
the white miners have refused TO a,,ow
the negro miners to come into town
Today l3 negroes marched into hs
town and opened fire on a crowd NJ
whites. The whites returned the fra
promptly, and running fight ensued
p The negroes, closely followed by tbs
whites, scattered, some running up the
main street. the remainder starting
down the railroad track. Here t6s
worst execution was done. After tbe
fight was over, four dead bodies wers
picked up, and another man was found
mortally wounded. They were taken
to the city hall, where the wounded
man was given medical treatment, and
an inquest was held over the dead ones,
Later, near the Brush mines, in anOtf.
er part Of the city, two other dead bod.
les were found.
The killed are: Rev. o. T. ]. FLOYD,
Huse Bradley. John Black, Henry
Brannum. Two unidentified.
Mortally wounded: Sim Cummings
The mayor has taken every precau.
tion to prevent further trouble, and
none will occur unless the negroes
make an attack.
Superintendent Donnelly, OF the
Brush mines, where the negroes reside,
reports that the negroes are worked up
into flenzy, and. while lie is doing
all in his power to hold them in
check, he is afraid he cannot do go
much longer, and that unless the mill.
tia appears shortly further trouble may
be lSoked for. -.
Trouble has existed here, off a IA on,
for over year, but no fatalities OC
Cured until June 80. when a passen
ger train on the Illinois Central rail
road was fired into and one negro wO
man killed. These negroes were Oh
their way to the mines, having CONT
from Pana. A short time afterward {
pitched battle ensued between tn
union and nonunion forces durinI
which time the dwellings occupied b!
the union negroes were burned. Sew
eral arrests were made, and the partie
are in Jail at Marion on the charge
murder, awaiting trial.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-09-22
Deadly Edmonton Trail.

Wrangel, Alaska, Sept. 13, via Seat.
tie, Sept. 1S.-The stickeen river
steamer Strathrona arrived today with
81 survivors of the Edmonton trail.
The majority of them are without
means. They will be shipped to Puget
sound at the expense Of the United
States government. About 20 Of them
will 60 to Seattle tomorrow on the
steamer Al-Ki. Many are suffering
from the effects of scurvy. Their
stories Of hardship and Suffering en-.
dured in their 18 months on the trail
are in a similar strain to those which
have preceded them. No new fatali-
ties are reported. 1t is thought that
at least rs prospectors are still on the
trail. They will have to come down
the Stickeen in small boats. as the
low stage of water will prevent the
Strathcona from making another trip
this year. On her last Tip she was
hung up on sand bar five days, 80
miles above Wrangel.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-09-22
Can Not Tell who He Ia.

Seattle. Sept. 1S.-Among the many
unfortunate prospectors that have re-.
turned from Alaska this season is an
old man who cannot tell who he is. O,
where he came from. There is a clot
OF blood in his brain which has caused
paralysis of speech, due to typhoid
fever. The only words he can utte,
are an indistinct yes and no. By the
aid of map it was learned that he
came from Cambridge, Mass. A man
who accompanied him from Dawson
says his name is something like
Fisk" Efforts are being made to
establish the mans identity. His
limbs are also paralyzed.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-09-22
CAPE NOME GOLD Deposit
Wardner Says 1t Extends
Under the Sea.
EXAMINATION PROVES THEORY
Opens Up Great Possibilities in Alaska
MANIFESTATIONS of the Deadly Ed
monton Trail Return to Civilization.

Seattle, Sept. Isl. f. Wardner,
the well-known mining man, who has
just returned from Cape Nome, ad-
vances the novel theory that the gold
deposits extend miles out to sea. In
support of the theory, he says that two
miners placed a caisson 1870 feet from
low tide. The dirt which was taken
out ran Is to 30 cents per shovelful.
Similar experiments were tried at a
further distance from tide mark. with
better results.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-09-22
Drank Wood Alcohol.

Vallejo, CAL, Sept. 1s.-Michael
Owens and Richard Conroy, marines
OF the cruiser Philadelphia, have died
from the effects of drinking wood
alcohol Both men enlisted at Mare
island. Owens, who was formerly a
member of the Sixteenth infantry
served through the Cuban cam mpaign
and came here from Samoa on the
Badger. He was native of Philadel.
phia.