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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-29
FIRE LOSSES AT OTTAWA
Rather ERder First Estimates. at
SIS OOO O0N-- RELIEF Measures.

Ottawa, Ont. April IS Though two
Gays have passed since the confag alton
which practically wiped the ely of Hull
out of existence and de.2stated a large
part OF the city of Ottawa. there is as
yet no accurate means of knowing The
exact amount of the losses n the insur-
anoe. The total Is is still conserv4tively
placed at about $l500o,O00 +. b. Eddy is
still the heaviest loser in property, and
has only S65),O00 insurance. one estimate
gives tn insurance lass as follows: In
the British companies. $250h00o; American
companies, 81 30, l0); Canadian companies,
sla25o.O90; total. $5,9JoeO0. II viii be some
days, however, before any accurate
figures can be had Hundreds of people
from the surrounding district and many
from a distance visited Ottawa to see the
ruins today. The death list of seven per-
I sons remains the same as yesterday.
Ottawa Ont, April 2S.-The estimate on
thu damage by Thursdays fire prove 10
have been under rather than over the
mark. a careful survey of the field gives
the following results: Dead :; homeless,
1900. buildings burned. 3,oC0; hands out
of work. 1850; value of property destroy
ed, S15000.000. The lumber men have been
having a talk over their losses and while
none of them win sneak for publication,
the loss of lumber alone is out at l25,-
100000 feet. This makes a total loss for
lumber of about S3.5C0000.
The great need for ready relief FOR the
sufferers from the d,sa ter has made
every one strain their best efforts in that
direction. Quick response has been made
goods and money are coming in by every
train. Workmen have already started in
Hull to build shelter for the people.
Everything has 10 be conveyed over the
river in beats.
Chief BENEFIT, Of HUI. is at the hospital
in weak condition. but nothing serious
is apprehended. His lungs are affected
from the inhalation of smoke and fame,
The hospital people have furnished &C
commodations for thirty or forty persons
i'll from the trials they have 10 undergo.
Ottawa Ont April 2S--At q mass
meeting held last night it was decided 70
instruct the city council to ask the on
tario legislature for leave to borrow S'0l,-
900 by issuing debentUres to aid the
Sufferers from the fire in Ottawa and
Hull General subcommittee were APP
pointed for the purpose Of affording re
lief II was decided 70 build two shelter
buildings in Huh Orders for blankets,
bread and other necessaries were given
The needs for relief are pressing f. s.
Eddy's entire insurance is placed at
s5S9oa. while his loss is about 100000.
The insurance is principally in American
companies. Booth has only Si5S,0)o insur-
ance and Gilmore & Hughson $lS70o1
The Chinese merchants of Victoria have
wired expressions Of sympathy 70 citi-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-29

struction Of the beer with regretful looks
The driver got his horse up and felt Of
the horses knees and otherwise examined
him, oblivious of the imprecations OF his
customers. We left them TO fix us as
best they could. Our horse seemed to be
new in the city and upon inquiry as to
whether he was gentle, teh driver replied:
20, yes sir, quiet horse. sir; perfectly
quiet. SIR How long have you had
him?" 1.-TWO days, sir-perfectly quiet,
sir" We stood it until we came to where
the trolley was on one side and the river
on the other, and the horse, appearing
more skittish than usual we dismounted
and paved the driver five shillings and
discharged him. We were within two
blocks of the zoo, which we walked and
let the races go for that day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-29
PAY FOR IT WHEN CURED
DR., M. P. MCLAUGHLIN, - A: oiS5 sT 15s

zens of fre-swept Ottawa and Hull. with
$500 in token of their sincerity. Several
car loads of provisions, clothing, etc,
contributions in Montreal, have been re-
cetvel.
London, April 2S.-After a consultation
with the Canadian high commissioner,
Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal, Lord
Mayor Uewton has decided to immedi-
ateiy open a Mansion House fund for the
relief of the homeless people of Ottawa,
and a Stock Exchange fund was opened
today with several large subscribers. The
lord mayors appeal will be issued Mon
day.
Winnipeg, April 2S-Tbe Ogilvies have
given $1,000 to the fire sufferers of Hull
and Ottawa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-29
A Commun cation.
To the Editor of the Eagle.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
In behalf of club No. 143. of the Sun
flower league of Kansas we desire TO eX-
press our appreciation of the very gen.
erous assistance the Eagle gave in sn-
nouncing the state league meeting and
banquet in advance of the event, and tbs
very full and fair report of the proceed
ings of the occasion, and further for the
manly and, we think. appreciative edi-
torial comment upon the great address
delivered by our matches leader and the
peoples champion, William ]. Bryan.
JOHN H. SHIELDS, President.
w CTINV Secratary
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-29
DOES COFFEE AGREE WITH You7

II not. drink Grstn-o-Ez6e from pure
grains saay R-tft@. Ia@ nFzg time
us.Eg j; fer one week zcthIEE wusa IN
euce ne 70 90 back = cosTea-" Il fs05r-
.shss and FEEDS TIE s5sseTn- TIE caibzren
cAa drink Il freely wkth great ass1eet
L 5 Ire strengthening substance q gzre
grams Get = package today fsoza a.
grocer. fuIloE The G4Teet.2zS - srakEGE
ard Eou NJ. z4FN 1sscss1s aE4
healsatul table 5sxezxge foE al 4ad
young. &c ard &c
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-29

Eictoria 3 c April 1s.-Msny Ja9an-
eSe are leaving Vancouver and Victoria
Ear the Klondike. 81 1zle hope q securing
Nozk for wages. or To waxs abausoaes5
ground. Seventy-.Iye went ~ tie
steamer Danube yesterday.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-29
MlNDEE CHOWAGEE STRUNG UP
Negro Indian Jail Breaker Done For
by Enrnced lsissnurinns

Marshall, Nc. April 2S.-Mindee Chow
agee, the negro-Indian who escaped from
jail here on Thursday night, after as
saulting Sheriff Wilson and his little son
and shoting the sheriff's wife in the arm
when she came to their assistance. was
lynched at 1880 o'clock tonight by mob
of angry citizens. The lynehers forced
an entrance to the Jail meeting with
slight resistance at the hands Of the Of
ficers. and dragged the prisoner out into
the jail yard. where he was strung up TO
a trees Chowaeee was recaptured at 10
O'Clock last night ten miles southeast lof
Marshall. He rode up TO a farm house
on a stolen horse and asked for some
thing to eat. He was invited in. and
while ne sat at the table the farmer and
one OF his men covered him with two
shotguns. ordering him TO throw up his
hands. He obeyed and was bound hand
and foot and brought back TO Marshall
Mindee Chohwagee was under arrest on
a charge OF burglary John Smith, the
negro prisoner who Joined with Chowagee
in the assault upon the sheriff. i still al
large The two prisoners assaulted Sheriff
Wilson when he went into to lock their
cells for the night. When the sheriff was
knocked down his 14-year-old son started
20 run out FOR assistance and the boy too
was feIled by the prisoners. Mrs. Wilson
hearing the noise, ran into the TAIL only
to be shot in the shoulder by one OF the
prisoners with a revolver which they had
taken from the sheriff.
Regular meeting Of the Wichita assem-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-29
Peoria Barber- Want More Pav

Peoria. Ms, April es--The barbsrs OF
this city have demanded an increase IN
wages Of their losses and have been re-
fused. The union is very strong here and
the leaders say that Unless the demand IS
granted a strike wlu De declares.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-29
Fine EngI sh stanhone.

Gidday. the cigar man, is driving the
finest vehicle in the city. It's a swell
English stanhope, bought of the Wichita
Buggy Co., at .155 North Main. They
have fine line of vehicles of all kinds,
latest STYLES and strictly up-to-date Jobs.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18

How the services Of Professor Gill
man of the Urania Astronomical OBJ
servatory-that professor who, as you
will remember, had distinguished him
self not little at one time and anoth-
er as detectiye-were secured in
working up the case of Martha Dodge
l have never been Informed. 1t is a
fact, however, that his services had
been secured and that he was now at
work trying to clear up the mystery
surrounding her death.
There were many points of resem-
blance in the circumstances surround
ing her death and that of the young
Boston woman which the papers made
mention of some years ago. The body
Of Martha Dodge, fike that Of tile Bo.s-
ton woman, was found in building
that had been struck by lightning, and
the police had at first blunderingly
supposed the lightning had killed her.
1t was not until medical examina-
tion was held that it was discovered a
bullet had penetrated her heart.
The detectives had then commenced
work on the case, and their theories
were many. Suicide, murder, acci-
dent-all these causes, with theories
supporting them, were advanced.
Miss Dodge had been employed as a
hookkeeper and cashier in the Office of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18
RISING COUNTY. MD, FRIDAY, {. l9OO

"Why, the lightning knocked that of
when 1t struck the building"
"And did the lightning light the gas
which was found burning?"
"No; Miss Dodge lit it. 1t grew very
dark before it began TO rain, and she
couldn't see to work without it."
'SYou believe, then, tat she was
quite busily at work up to the moment
when she shot herself?'
''Well," answered the city editor, a
little uneasily, 'she had been examin-
ing the cashbook.'
eyes, but the cashbook was over by
the window on Mr.. Morse's desk. This
gas flame, ten feet away, wouldn't aid
her much in seeing that"
"Well, don't suppose" said the city
editor, a little nettled, "that she work
ed Eight up to the time she shot herself
She probably had some bad moments
before she did it. 1t was a dreary
enough fate she was facing, heaven
knows, and with nature in a tempest
outside and tempest in her own
breast it was natural enough for her to
light the gas and try to make things q
little brighter round her during her last
moments on EARTH"
Il quite agree with you," returned
the professor blandly, "that it was nat
ural for her to light the gas under
those circumstances, provided those
were the circumstances existing"
Concluded next week
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18
A Harder Experience.


First Artist-Old Moneybags would
not buy my pictures-wouldn't even
look at them.
Second Artist-Never mind, old man.
He was more considerate of your feel
ings than he was of mine.
How is that?"
"Why, he refused to buy my pictures
because he did look at them"
Something Entirely New.
De Cynique-What beautiful COM
plexion Mrs. Gaybody has.
Caustique = Yes; that's something
new; the druggist hasn't had it over
week.-Town Topics.
]. Q. Hood, Justice of the Peace,
Crosby, Miss, makes the following state
ment: II can certify that One Minute
Cough Cnre will do all that is claimed for
It. My wife could not get her breath and
the first dose of it relieved her. 1t has
also benefited my whole family" 1t acts
Immediately and cures coughs, colds,
Group, grippe, bronchitis, asthma and all
throat and lung troubles. Eli 7. Reyn-
olds.
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knows. ! think he knows she had mis-
appropriated some of the firms money
and lost it speculating. She didn't see
any way to get the money to pay back
and couldn't face the disgrace. so she
took what she thought was the easiest
way out of her trouble and put bullet
in her heart.
"She was standing up by the high
desk when she did it, and when she fell
she knocked the stool over, and the six
shooter rolled under the desk. She did
it early in the storm, and young Jones
heard the shot and the sound of the
fall, as he states. She had the CASH
book out, and had seen what bad shape
things We're in, and concluded she
rouldn't standit any longer"
''How do you explain the presence Of
the broken globe on the foorY' asked
the professor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18

LftVY JOWtU tItC OOUU VI lnto0 OUUHE
stretched on the floor.
Miller & Morse, grain brokers. 1t was
branch of the Chicago Office, and Mr..
Morse, the Junior member, was it's
| manager. The Office was usually
closed at / o'clock on Saturdays, but
on Saturday, July 81, Miss Dodge, be-
ing behind with her work on the books,
remained after the usual hour of clos
ing. Mr.. Morse and clerk named Say
age went away at the customary hour.
leaving Miss Dodge at the office alone.
About in the afternoon a shower
came up, and the thunder was unusual
ly heavy. The office of Miller & Morse
was in The Daily Telegraph building.
The building had clock tower, and at
exactly II minutes past 3 by the clock
the building was struck by lightning.
The exact time was known, for the
clock stopped when the building was
struck. The room in which Miss Dodge
was working was directly under the
clock tower. The bolt, descending into
the room, set fire to the woodwork.
The fire was soon discovered, and the
fire department extinguished it before
it had done much damage.
The editorial and composing rooms
of The Daily Telegraph were in anoth-
er part of the building, this portion of
1t being devoted exclusively to Offices
which were occupied chiefly by bro.
kers, the local exchange being directly
across the street. AS these offices
closed at / o'clock Saturdays, there
were very few people in this part of
the building at the time.
| Walter Jones, boy of 15, employed
In an Office under that of Miller &
Morse, had staid to write letter after
the Office closed, and he was in the
room when the building was struck.
He gave the alarm, and the first per-
sons to rush into the burning room
were the city editor and reporter of
Tho Daily Telegraph. They found the
body of Miss Dodge stretched ON tho
floor not far from the cashiers window
and concluded, naturally enough, that
the lightning had killed her.
In the corner where stood Mr..
Morse's desk the woodwork was burn
ed considerably, and the fire had part
ly destroyed the desk before being ex-
tinguished. The desk was standing
open, and on it was the cashbook of
the firm, also partly-in fact, nearly
/ destroyed by fire. A stool upon which
Miss Dodge sometimes sat when work.
ing at high desk near the cashiers
window was found overturned. and on
the floor near it was the shattered glass
globe belonging to gas fixture over
the high desk. The gas from this fix
ture was found burning.
On q hook over this desk hung a
small mirror. A drawer of the high
desk, in which Miss Dodge kept a few
small articles such as women will have
with them even in commercial Offices
needles, spools of thread, private sta
tionery, etc.-was found open, and it
would seem as If some of its contents
had been scattered upon the floor, for
I not far from the overturned stool was
pair Of curling tongs for the hair.
Under the high desk and not at first
discovered was found 80 caliber res
volver, which upon examination was
found to contain five loaded shells and
one empty one. The bullet from the
discharged shell had entered the heart
of Martha Dodge. but the circum-
stances attending its discharge were a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18

"There amt no use talkin'," re-
marked the man with the side whiskers
and the faraway look, there is some
thing in this 13 superstition after ALL"
"Boshl That sort O. thing makes
me tired" said the portly man whose
vest bulged outward in most COM
Portable fashion.
'Ihat's all right, mister" said the
side-whiskered man, "but / guess
can prove it, proposed to woman
IL times, and she said mo- every time"
"Well, what's that got to do with it ?"
asked the portly gentleman.
The side-whiskered man looked eau
tiously about, then leaned over and
whispered in the portly gentleman's
ear:
''The thirteenth time she said yes"
When the portly gentleman had
sized up his informant he nodded his
head and whispered to himself:
"Well, amt like a man that can't
be convinced. Omaha World Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18
EngIand's sinister Scheme,

First Farmer tell ye, we Ameri-
cans ought ter remember that England
is our enemy and should never have our
sympathy. Look at the character Of
the wars she is carrying on.
Second Farmer-Sure, she always
picks out such a small country that
the war wont raise the price of wheat
red cent ter the American farmer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18

Young Mr.. Homeward is q candi-
date for matrimony," said Mr.. Point
Breeze, with meaning smile, to his
daughter.
"Well," replied Miss Point Breeze,
IF he expects me to be his running
mate he'll find himself very much
disappointed" - Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telepranh
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18
with the Savage Bachelor.

II hear there is some talk OF EN-.
ploying women as census enumera4
TORS" said the Sweet Young Thing, in
her smoothest tones.
"Good idea," said the Savage Bache.
lor, to her great astonishment.
do you really think 500"
"Yes, I do. If there is anything on
earth woman is fit for, it is the busi-
ness of finding out about other peoples
affairs. Didn't think / would agree
with you, did you?" = Indianapolis
Press,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18
AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Some of the Amusing Blunders Made
by Readers In Search of
Books.

In the public library of large city
there is much amusement and informa-
tion to be CLEANED that is not confined
strictly to the multitudinous volumes
on the shelves. The patient and cour-
teous librarians and attendants are
supposed to be walking encyclopedias
OF knowledge, and the questions asked
them range over apparently every sub
ject of information of any possible in
terest to the human race. The uues-
tions are often amusing and sometimes
have touch of pathos as they give a
glimpse of some little heart history.
In one of the city libraries q char
acter became well known to the attend
ants by his faithful appearance every
Saturday evening and his diffident re-
quest for How He Won Her." When
told it was not in he would decline any
thing else and disappear, only to return
the next Saturday night with the same
patient query. He finally got the book,
and after reading and returning ii left
to return no more, with the mystery
unsolved as to the extent of it's aid to
Sometimes the tables are turned and
the joke is upon the attendant, especial
ly when the latter is novice. One such
was handed slip upon which a gem
tleman had written his request for a
book called "What's Your Name?" The
young lady glanced at the slip, drew
herself up haughtily and withered the
unfortunate man with stare as she
remarked: st do not see how that
possibly can be of any interest to YOU.
sir!''
Another gentleman leaned over a
young woman busy at large slip case
and said: Il beg your pardon, but
have you ELBOW Room?'"
PLENTY, thank you'll" replied the
young lady, and went smilingly on with
her work, while the anxious inquirer
for Elbow Room gazed in speechless
bewilderment at the back of her fluffy
head.
Postal cards are often received with
elaborate requests to ''kindly renew my
book" the sender betraying touching
confidence In the ability of the library
people, as book title and signature are
in many cases conspicuous by their abb
sence.
The advent of Young America is often
the signal for something interesting.
He came in one day and modestly an
nounced: "Please, ma'am, l want the
public library" He went off quite hap
py, however, with something less than
the entire library. Two bright eyes
over the edge of the desk belonged to
small boy whose father wanted two
vowels." He was given two volumes
and went off quite satisfied that he
had done the proper caper. A big, hon.
est-looking specimen asked slyly for
something by You-da." He got
"Bebee; or, Two Little Wooden Shoes"
and tiptoed carefully out. A lady who
liked to show her superior culture
asked softly for "Adam Be-day," and
sailed out with frou-frou of silk and
"Adam Bede" on her arm, while the
attendant looked thoughtful.
One lady had hunted the catalogue
for book she wanted and couldn't
find it, and she had forgotten the name
and could not remember the author,
but one or the other began with c."
And she sweetly gazed at the attend
ant for nspiration.IChicago Chronicle,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18

"How did you like my speech?" in
quired the orator.
"It was too Short" answered tho
disagreeable friend
"Ah, you wanted more of it?"
"Emphatically. The applause for
the speaker who followed you woke
me in the middle of beautiful nap"
Washington Star.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18

In a paper read before the Acad-
emie de Medicine, Paris, NJ. Greliet
said the dressing of the soil with lime
for farming purposes on the plateau
of Chatillon-sur-Loing has expelled
the malaria from the district. The
soil is clayey and rests on hard, i'm
permeable pudding stone. This anti
malaria influence of lime is not we'll
understood, but it may account for
the absence of malaria in many parts
which are marshy or humid, for ex-
ample, in Egypt after the foundations
of the Nile.-Chicago Tribune.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18
NOTICE

BIZ THE ORPHANS Court FOR cEor1 oouwrr,l
January 10, 100
ORDERED, That all Administrators, Ex.
ecutors and Guardians that have not stated
an account within year. come forward and
do the same. or show cause to the contrary
or they will be cited up.
Test; R. E. JAMAR, Regis ter
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18

Yes" said the girl in blue, "he has
asked me to marry him."
"lndeed?' returned the girl in gray
In tone of evident establishment
Well, never believed in hypnotism
before. Chicago Post.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18

81 had stomach trouble twenty years
and gave up hope of being cured till be-
gan to use Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. 1t has
done me SO much good call it the savior
of my life,' writes w. R. Wilkinson,
Albany. Tenn. 1t digests what you eat.
Eli 7. REYNOLDS
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18
Aha9

"Why don't you go to our old restau-
rant any more?"
Il left my overooat there"
well, is that any reason why you
should keep away?"
"Ah, but I took better one with
men. Y. World.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18
ORPHANS COURT.

The Stated Meetings of the Orphans
Court of Cecil county will be held on th,
second Tuesday ofevery month. Executors
Administrators and Gnardians, wanting
their accounts stated, will please bring ir
their vouchers few days before Court.
Test: B. E. JAMAR, Register
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18
ne..,t Neglcot Your Liver,

Liver troubles quickly result in serious
Implications, and the man who neglects his
liver has little regard for health. A bottle
of Browns Iron Bitters taken now and then
will keep the liver in perfect order. If the
disease has developed, Browns Iron Bitters
vitality will always follow its use.
Browns Iron Bitters ia sold by all dealers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18

'Baby is smiling in his Sleep"
eyes; he's dreaming of collie and that
he's making me trot up and down the
room with him. Chicago Record.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18

"After suffering FROM piles for fifteen
years was cured by using two boxes of
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve," writes w.
]. Baxter, North Brook, N. c. It heals
everything. Beware of counterfeits. Eli
T. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18
The One Day Cold cure.

For colds and sore throat use Kermotta
Chocolates Laxative Quinine. Easily taken as
candy and quickly cure
Eli T. REYNOLDS, Pharmacy
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1900-05-18

"DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the
finest pills I ever used."-D. J. Moore,
Millbrook, Ala. They quickly cure all
liver and bowel troubles. Eli T. REYNOLDS.