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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-16

after the shooting. Mrs. Koss spent
every night with her friend, and left
her yesterday only Il few minutes be-
fore Wright arrived ut the hotel in an
swer to n note from Mrs. Lottridgc.
Mrs. Lottridge is IA widow. She is
nearly six feet tall, and weighs about
1S5 pounds.
CALLED ON HER.
| What little she said was elected
from her by Captain Colleran. She
told the chief of detectives she had
been acquainted with Wright for the
last three years, and that on every
one Of her visits to Chicago, he haG
called on her.
| Mrs. Koss. who denies knowledge OF
the shooting, declares that she ana
Mrs. Lottridgc had several drinks IL
the room of the latter, and when Mrs.
Koss was about to leave tho room
Mrs. Lottridgc announced that she i'll
tended to send for Mr.. Wright.
REPORTED THE SHOOTING.
| According to the statement of Man
ager Dahb, Of the hotel, orders for
wine were plentiful after the arrival
of Wright. Several coolers in which
bottles were sent to the room were
found by Detective Burns. The or
del's ceased about . o'clock, and half
an hour after that the bell boy, Hugh
Willis, hurried to the desk of the hotei
Office and notified Chief Clerk O'Brien
that DR.. Hammond was wanted at
once In the room occupied by Mrs.
Lottridge. The clerk sent for DR..
Hammond, and the physician found
Wright lying on the bed suffering
from wound in his neck. The bullet
had entered on the left side, and had
lodged in the right shoulder as far as
could be asccrtained. He attempted
to probe for the ballet, but decided 1t
too dangerous an operation when he
found it impossible to locate it. When
1 Or. Hammond took the revolver with
which the shooting was done, Mrs.
Lottridge attempted TO take 1t from
him and struck him several times In
the face.
AT THE MORGUE.
The body of the murdered man is
now at the undertaking rooms, where
an inquest will he held Monday. 1t is
the opinion OF the police that the cor
oner's investigation will mark the close
of tho sensational case. A statement
by the deceased to Chief of Detectives
Colleran that the shooting was accl-
dental will, II is thought, clear Mrs.
Lottridge of all responsibility. Wright
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-16

given away over $4,000 in quiet char
ity. He is always willing to do kind
act for a friend or even for q stranger
when lie sees one in need"
MRS. LO1TRIDGE.
Mrs. Lottridge was Miss Louisa Bac-
chus of Hamilton, Ont She was born
at that place in 1865, and lived with
her parents till she was eighteen years
of age. In 1888 she was married to
John Lottridge, of Stony Creek, a town
few miles from Hamilton, and re-
moved with him to Chicago. For 10
years thereafter they lived Mt No. 70
Latin st. In 1891 she obtained di-
vorce from Lottridge on the grounds
Of non-support. Senator William Ma
son was her lawyer After the di-
vorce Mrs. Lottrdge, with some money
which she had in her own right, bought
and and equipped hotel at Paw Paw
| lake, which has been her home ever
since. In addition to the hotel and
grounds she owned several lake pleas
urc yachts.
Three years ago Mr.. and Mrs. Lott
ridge became reconclled, and the for
mer came to the hotel as a manager.
Mrs. Lottridge spends the greater part
of the year at Paw Paw lake, making
occasional trips to Chicago, and when
here she stops at the Leland
On last Monday she left the Michi-
gan town and arrived in Chicago the
next day, going directly to the hotel.
Mr.. Wright, she stated, had made sew
eraI calls on her previous to the one
of yesterday.
Mr. Wright is GS years of age, and
was born near Cleveland. He began
his career painting barns ana fences,
and from this he gradually rose to be-
come an artist of marked ability. One
of his paintings in particular attract
ed much attention. 1t was called
';The Lone Hand" and was copied ex-
tensively in New York. Among his
conspicuous portraits We're pictures Of
President Lincoln, Secretary Seward,
and other members Of President Lin
coins cabinet.
| WRIGHTS CAREER.
,Ir. Wright was at this time living
in Washington. Later he removed to
Akron, o., and there began his bust
ness career. He remained there seven
years and then came to Chicago. He
! lived ut No. 1102 Washington boulc-
ward with his wife. They have two
children Mrs Morgan, the wife OF
his partner and Mrs. w. l.. Brent.
Mrs. Wright has been an invalid for
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-16

II number of years, and at the present
time is in critical condition. 4 train
ed nurse is in constant attendance up
on her, and every possible effort is be-
ing made TO keep from her the news
of her husbands condition.
HER STATEMENT.
Mrs Lottridge, in statement at the
police station, said:
81 cannot remember what led up to
the production of the revolver. was
talking to Mr.. Wright, when he asked
me to show him revolver of which he
had spoken previously. / refused to
do SO, and we talked on other matters
for while. l remembered that final
ly / went to my valisc and took out
my weapon, and when he saw it, Mr..
Wright begged me to throw it away.
AS l remember, he tried to take the
weapon from my hand, and we scuf-
fed. stood up and he was sitting on
the couch. l had hold of the weapon,
when with a sudden effort he tore the
revolver from my grasp. He fell back
ward, and / followed him. I man.
aged to get hold of the butt of the
weapon, he holding to the guard. AS
we struggled the weapon was discharg-
ed, and, bad as / felt from the liquor
L had drunk, | could not help crying
out In horror when l saw he was
wounded. He fell back on the sofa,
and gasped that he was shot.
| laughed hysterically, and told him
he was all right. He insisted he had
been wounded, and begged me to call
doctor.
CARED FOR HIM.
81 told him he was dreaming and
then set about caring for him. | took
handkerchief from his pocket and
attempted TO staunch the flow OF blood
from his neck where the ball had en-
tered. I saw at a glance that lie re-
volver had done deadly work, but
could not bring myself TO tell anyone
of the occurrence. waited on MT.
Wright for two hours possibly, before
/ summoned doctor. ! was so over
come that could not talk, and may
have said things ought not to have
said, but the pressure l was laborng
under was the cause for my actions.
The story that Mr.. Wright came to my
room in the interests Of friend is
false. He came to see me at my re-
quest He had known me long enough
TO come ut my least call. He was in
good spirits when he entered the room.
We drank together, and talked of mat
ters which concerned ourselves. We
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-16

died with words of exculpation on his
lips for the woman whose revolver
was responsible for his death. He per-
sisted in saying that the woman was
not to blame for his condition, and
that he had the revolver in his hand
when it was discharged.
Mr.. Wrights son-in-law and partner
Fred Morgan, was at his side at death.
Mr.. Morgan held that his father-in-
law was on an errand to help a friend
who had become entangled with the
woman when he received his death
wound.
WHO HELD THE WEAPON?
Although he admits he can offer no
evidence, Chief of Detectives Colleran
strongly believes that the weapon was
lot in the hands of Wright when il
was discharged. A careful cXamina-
don Of the position of the wound, he
says, will show that it would have
been impossible for Wright to have
held the weapon in his hand.
Captain Colleran says also that Mrs
Lottridgc said she could not remen
Der whether the weapon was in hel
hand or In Wright's. He also cites
the fact that Wright's beard is not
slnged, as it would have been If a
weapon had been discharged close te
his head; his face is not marked witt
powder. In fact, Captain Collerar
says there is nothing to show that he
held the revolver close to his face.
SAYS 1T WAS A TRAP.
Mr.. William Herrick, one of Mr.
Wright's partners, made statement
last night, after comforting with Mr.
Wright, in which he said:
81 am convinced that Wright was
led into trap through the goodness
of his heart, and that IN his presence
ut the hotel has was acting with per
feet innocence. Soon after arrived al
his bedside he told me that he hac
gone to the woman's room to aid an
other man who was there, and that he
had been in the room but a few min
utes when the revolver was accident
ally discharged. He did not hint al
any plot to catch him, but was positive
in his statements that his presence
there was an accident. When ques
toned him as to who the man was III
was helping out Of the difficulty III
refused to answer me,
"Mr, Wright is an old man, palsied
and almost decrepit His wife is like
wise old and an invalid. His gener
osiiy, Is as great as that OF any man
| know. Within the last year he has
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-16

Itching hemorrhoids were the plague
OF my life. Was almost wild. Doan's
Ointment cured me quickly and per-
manently, after doctors had failed" C.
#. Cornweli, Valley Street, Saugerties,
n. Y.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-16

Tickets via all leading lines at lowest
rates Information cheerfully given
upon application to C. d. Honodle,
ticket agent, Union depot. Cooks per-
sonally conducted tours.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-16

The advance class Of the Militant
Dancing Academy will give their East
er party tonight.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-16
THE 2. & w. R'Y. TRAIN EAST is
BECOMING POPULAR.

THE T. & W. II I. INAIN EAST IS
BECOMING POPULAR.
With travelling public. 1t leaves Akron
G. T. & V. r. r. Howard Station,
daily 100 p. NJ, arrives Warren, $40,
Niles 5:4S, Youngstown, 6:06; New
Castle, 6:20, and Pittsburg $50. Pull
man vestibule sleeper, Akron to Phlla-
delphia, arriving Washington 6:37 a.
M; Baltimore, 1850 a. m., Philadelphia,
1O:15 a. M. and New York noon. Ten
day stop-overs allowed on all first class
tickets at Washington, Baltimore and
Philadelphia.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-16
NEW PULLMAN CARS ON THE O,
A. 4 G. RAILWAY,

Run daily from Cleveland TO Cincin-
natl without change. The cars are
entirely new and up-to-date. They
leave Cleveland $50 am. central time,
arrive Columbus 2:10 pm, Cincinnati
$40 pm. apr. lS-2l
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-16

Cream soda, phosphates and coei
cola at Kaufman Bros.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-16

Democrat readers are always posted
on current events.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-09-19
Sinking Contract Tor 100 Feet Let.

W. 7. Cobhan returned Yesterday from
a business trip to Sumpter and other parts
OF Oregon. While at Sumpter he let a
contract for sinking an additional 200 feet
on some mining property owned hy him.
self and others near that place. The
property comprises twelve claims, and Mr..
Cobban says the changes tor II TO become
u gigantic producer are most excellent.
While absent he visited another mining
centre In northern Oregon and saw some
tine looking gold hearing quartz. II IS
practically a new discovery. The town OF
Sumpter. says Mr.. Cobhan, Is not boom.
ing, but Il has business appearance,
having settled down to a substantial
basis.-Buttr Inter. Mountain.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-09-19

When he had got through talking, Mr..
Lucke quietly pulled ou, the assay ticket
aud the claim certiiica,e and showed them
to him, without word. The mans ewes
nearly bulged out OF hi, head, and he
went halt crazy with delight.
Mr.. luCke has now three claims staked
out which show some exceedingly tine
values IN ore. !, will be an easy matter
to develop the claims, as an English syn.
dita,e viii furnish him all OF the money
needed tor machinery and other expenses.
Mr., l.u,ke viii return to his claims i'm.
inciateiy. ..s .,.....
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-09-19
MODEL TOWN OF NIBLEY.
Raising Sugar Beets the Industry Every
Lot an Acre and a Quarter.

7 George Stoddard, G.. W. Niblev and
George Eccles, who are all personally in.
, terested in the sugar beet industry OF the
valley, were in La Grande this week and
made final arrangements with N. l.. eau.
sey for the disposal OF the large Conley
tract recently purchased by the Oregon
Land company. 1ne survey is practically
complete and the land ready to be placed
on the market. In order to secure a large
number OF purchasers four men will be
placed in the tield and Nj. .Causey will act
as home agent, The land will I've offered
tor sale at wheat land prices, in tracts
from twenty acres up. The purchasers
will not be required 10 raise beetS, but
viii be offered every inducement tor so
doing. -.s.' trlUnl o. ra.I
Next year will be an experimental year.
On some tracts beets will he raised with.
ou, water, and on Others the efficacy OF
irrigation will he tried. II At THE ead Of
the first year the land is fount TO be we'll
adapted to beet growing, the company will
either build a railroad or \ pumping plant,
by which the Juice OF the beet is conveyed
TO the factory. Either plan would entail
over sioo, 900 expense, and the company
does not wish to rush in without having
proved the success Of beet growing on the
Conley tract.
One interesting feature Of the survey is
shns hac hi
nence near the center OF the tract. II Is
not to be a cramped and dirty business
town. but a residence citv Of fine lawns
and orchards and magnificent views. The
hlOtkS, which will be divided into four
lots, contain hve acres each. The site
can be seen from La Grande, and from
Il any town in the valley can be viewed.
II is the intention that the farmers shall
live in town and enjoy community life
while working upon and managing their
farms. The new town will be called Nib
lev, In honor Of e. w. Nlbley .ALa
Grande Journal. Ni''' 't'i''', 80 ''s'h
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-12
No. IS.
PAPER DOLLS

Thess dolls are By far the
best ever gotten out and
comprise eight dolls 70 the
set A SIT u these dolls
eoald not be bought for less
than 10. They aro 10 two
sets, A and n WI q order
ing b sure 70 stAte uhlch
set you SAINT. sent on receipt
Of y. POSTAGE stamp and 10
"MeLs" cut from the flce d
IAAA eodes srApperA
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-12

The amateur poultry raiser frequent
ly makes the mistake Of trying to keep
good many breeds of fowls. He
thinks how nice 1t will be to have a
dozen different breeds In as many
yards, where he can watch them from
day to day. He does not suspect that
an increase in the number of fiocks
will enormously increase the labor of
caring for them. But he finds that out
in time. He gets his pens and yards
built and secures his birds. Then
the trouble begins. He is generally q
business man and can devote only a
small amount Of time mornings and
nights to the care of the fowls. He
will be astonished how busy he will
be kept looking after half dozen
fiocks IL he feeds them as is necessary
to keep them In health. In a short
time he will find the work so burden
some that he will stop feeding cooked
mash and will cut them down to the
grain ration because that is easy to
feed. The after results will be bowel
troubles. The many pens are all right
for the man that wants to make a
business of raising poultry or for the
man that is able to hire the work done,
but the amateur will find it pays him
best to stick to a single breed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-12
Oats for Poultry Food.

We doubt II there Is better single
grain feed for poultry than oats. We
see that in one Of the poultry journals
a writer is advocating 1t as a brand
new idea, and is advising others to try
1t. His articles seem to have met with
some criticism. the critics declaring
that oats are very dangerous. as the
sharp bulls will penetrate the thin
membrane Of the crop. 1t is very
strange that such opinions are held by
poultry raisers anywhere. We can
conceive of such an accident II the oats
are fed when the fowls are very hun
CRY and water given afterwards. But II
fed in any reasonable circumstances
the oats can do only good. The writer
has fed oats for years and to all ages
Of fowls and never had mishap. Oats
are as valuable for chicks as for colts.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-12
One
w0z,,az,,s
Letter
SA Us

~ d0cf0s-ed with two of
the best doctors In the city
for two years and had no
relief until Z used the
Pinkliia7s remedies.
"My trouble was ulcer
alton of the uterus. lsUf-
fered terribly, could NOT
sleep nights and thought
sometimes that death
would be such a relief.
"T0-dayI ann a we'll wo-
man, able TO do my own
work, andhav NOT a pain.
"Iused four bottles of
Lydia e. Pissltliasss's Vege-
table Compound and three
packages of .Sanafive
Wash and cannot praise
the medicines enough. -
MRS. ELIZA THOMAS,
634 Pine ST., Easf0n, Pa.
I Mrs. Pxnkkksasss advises
suffering women without
CHARGE
Lydia e. Pinkham Med Co, Lynn, Masa
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-12
Poultry Notes.

There are constantly going the
rounds of the papers most astonishing
estimates as to the volume of the
hear speakers at farmers institutes
glibly reel off the statistics as to our
poultry products, and an unsophisti-
Gated listener would suppose the sta
tistics to be worth something. But
they are not. Poultry estimates are
the widest kind of guesses taking the
country as a whole. In some of our
large produce centers 1t is not difficult
to approximate the number of birds
and eggs received and sold; but those
reports are of little consequence COM
pared to the $4,000 small markets Of
which there are no reports. The num-
Der Of birds and eggs that are used on
the farms cannot be known, for no
record is kept Of them. When We con-
slider that there are over 100000
farms we see how inestimable must
be the poultry produce disposed Of on
those farms. But to illustrate the way
In which statistics are made: One
writer says: When we compare the
most careful statistics that can be
compiled. We are astonished at the
magnitude of the figures, for We find
that the combined product of eggs and
poultry as an article Of food. from a
commercial standpoint, alone, amounts
to the enormous sum of 500, 900, 900.
Now, when we add to this the number
OF live fowls in this country, about
l5O,O00,000, at an average value Of
81 each, which is a fair valuation of
the whole; that is, placing all of the
standard varieties of fancy-bred poul-
try with the common grade laying
stock Of the whole country; thus. the
live fowls plus the commercial poultry
and eggs, amounts to 100000, 900. I"
We can but regard such figures as
most extravagant. Instead Of 81 per
fowl the estimate should be 25 cents
per fowl: for the proportion Of high
priced fowls In the country, compared
to the whole number Is Insignificant.
The estimate OF 150,000.000 live fowls
is entirely guesswork. We have at
the present time no poultry statistics
that are worth anything.
We sometimes hear about hen lay
ing two eggs in a day, and 1t seems
quite an incredible story. But 1t may
easily happen and doubtless does. But
1t does not indicate any great laying
power, but rather arrangement of
the laying organs. We have seen a
hen egg-bound and on examination
found the production of the egg SO
delayed that another full-sized one
was pushing up behind it. The two
eggs would naturally be dropped with
in few hours of each other.
without doubt hens are helped by
exercise. such as scratching in cut
straw for their grain. yet we feel that
the idea is overdone. The value of
this exercise must depend to very
great extent on the food that is fed.
Where a fowl is fed corn. and corn
only she needs the exercise to help her
to digest more of the corn so as to get
from it enough protein to serve her
purposes. without at the same time be-
coming too fat The exercise causes
rapidity Of breathing and that means
the burning up Of more fat through
the agency Of the lungs. But the first
outlook should be to feed a fowl a
ration so constituted that no necessity
will exist for burning up a part of the
feed through the lungs
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-12
Up IN Greenland.

NO" continued the Eskimo sadly,
there isn't so much money in the
hotel business in Greenland as the
volume Of travel would indicate.
The average Arctic explorer is so par
ticular these days! He has to have
boot for dinner every day, and fresh
boot at that! Canned boot won't an
swer at all! No, l don't know as /
olame the explorers SO much. They've
got to have such experiences as the
public taste demands. II they are to do
anything lecturing, suppose. Yes
Puck.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-12

When you take Morley's Liver and
Kidney Cordial, for then dyspepsia,
indigestion, heartburn, foul breath,
dizziness, and the long train of similar
troubles will disappear, and your
cleansed and awakened system will de-
mand food. Sound digestion and
sound appetite go together, and both
follow the use of this time tried rem
edy. Ask your druggist.
Reason is a mans guide, but princi-
pie is his safeguard
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-12
Tn. shorthorn the sr.a. Improvsr.

Under the above title s. c. Hanna OF
Howard, Kan, ably set forth the spe-
cial points Of superiority claimed for
the Shorthorn breed. at the meeting
of Shorthorn breeders held in Kansas
City. Feb. 9th and 7th. Superiority in
size over all other beef breeds is one
of the peculiar merits Of the Short
horns. One of the main purposes for
which pure beef herds OF beef cattle
are maintained is to improve the size
and feeding quality of the common
cattle of the country. The average
native scrub is fine enough in bone and
body TO satisfy the most fastidious
packer. but he is a most Improbable
beast for the raiser or the feeder No
breed will improve the size and feed
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-12

There is no German town in which
the anti-British feeling is so strong as
in Catholic Munich. The other day a
priest, walking along one of prime ipal
streets, noticed some hats exposed in
the shop-window of an English halter
He entered and exclaimed, indignant
ly: Take away those hats!" "Why,
pray?" inquired the halter. They
are blasphemous!" replied the priest,
selling one of them and exhibiting the
name of Christie to the amazed halter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-12

Irrigation is of the utmost Import
ance in Persia, as cultivation depends
upon it, and water is extremely dear.
1t has been suggested that arteslan
we'll manufacturers might find an es-
cellent opening once that the succesi
of these wells was assured.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-12

Dean Dickinson, the dean OF the
Chapel Royal, Dublin, who preached
before the queen on Good Friday, at
the Viceregal Lodge, during her re-
cent visit to the Emerald Isle, is well
known for his witty repartee. Once
when he heard that Mr.. Fitzgerald,
surgeon-oculist to the queen in Ire
land, was paying holiday visit to
Niagara, he promptly remarked: Hell
find a cataract that he can't remove"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-12

81. Nanny, NANNY cenas rsIl
Me that Noa Love Ne.
o. Mammy's Little Fumpkin
Coiersd Coons.
~. Dsrktovn IL cot ro-Nixhl
90. when You slnt got no Money
rou Nsedn't Come Around.
81 who's Dat SAY Chicken In
dis Crewde
-. Honey that I Love 60 Well.
cs- xissy n xsm Eun.
%. loa DOT 10 Play EAxtlma.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-12

Japan Is alarmed over the emigra-
|tion of many of her residents to this
country, who are lured here by mis-
Representation. This is like the mis-
representation which delude people
into believing that any other medicine
is equal to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
for stomach disorders. 1t will cure
indigestion, constipation and dyspep-
STA.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-12

DIR. T. Dewitt Talmage is reported
as having as great success as q
preacher in London as he ever had
at the height of his fame in this coun-
try.