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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-22
| INCIDENT
Pathetic, Yet Pretty,
Relating to Death Of
Edward BIiIer,
A Young Solder Who
| Died at Manila,
In the Arms Of the Noble Nurse
Anna Wheeler.
She Writes a Beautiful Letter to Boys
Heart-broken Mother.

Fifteen months ago, 19-year-old
Edward Bliler, son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. II. Blilcr. of Clinton, O., enlisted
into The service of his country and as
signed to Company II, of the Twenty
second Infantry, left for the Philip
pine Islands, Christmas day, 1888.
On December 8, 1890, the, patriotic
young man died in the Regimental
hospital at Manila. The body was
promptly embarned. and arrangements
made to send 1t home
Young Bliler was brother of Mrs.
J. r. Zimmerman. of 500 West Chest
nut st, and Chas. Il. Bliler, also Of
this city. TIE was well known in Ak
ron, and in the vicinity Of his home at
Clinton.
During his stay In the hospital the
Young man received especial attention
from Miss Anna Wheeler, daughter of
General Joseph Wheeler. Miss Wheel
er 10 connected with Red Cross hospi
tai work, and like Helen Could hei
name has been immortalized by her
devotion to the sick soldiers. and hei
untiring efforts in administering tc
their comfort.
c. Fred Ackerman, writing from
Manila to, Leslie's Weekly, under
date of February 10, 1900, describes &
pathetic, but very pretty incident re
aing to the. death of Young Bliler
The letter was published March II
and an extract follows:
Zone Of the most pathetic incident.
OF the entire campaign ms sad any wa!
as has come to the attention of tn,
medical department, is an episode II
which Miss Wheeler figured. an,
which distressed her more, as she her
self freely declares, than any simila
incident of her life. There came to til,
hospital in October bright.faced boy
1 who succumbed to the fatigue Of thos
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-22
fearful marches toward the north. II

was slight-buit youth, not over
strong, and certainly not strong |
enough to do soldiers duty. lie was
entered ON the books rs Edward Blilcr |
Of Clinton, Ohio, member of Com
pnny Ii, OF the Twcnty-second Infan-
try. Bliler was only 10 years of age,
and enlisted because he was patriotic.
He suffered from heart trouble when
he entered the hospital. and because
Of his sunny disposition and the ma
ture of his trouble the ladies gave him
plenty of attention,
"T'hey liked him for his cheerful
ness: they admired his courage, and
they respected him because he talked
of his mother at home. In spite OF
every attention the young fellow be-
gan to decline, and this was case or
the keenest distress to Miss Wheeler,
who had begun ITO take an interest In
the farmer lad. She did everything in
her power for Rim. On the evening OF
the eighth OF December Bliler was
sitting in his chair when he was seized
with fit OF coughing. He suffered
from these attacks so frequently at
night that he was compelled to sleep
in chair near his cot. Miss Wheeler
upon the sign of his trouble went to mis-
side and took his head in her arms.
1t was picture Whether Miss Wheel.
cr's presence soothed him no one will
ever know. but suddenly the poor
chaps voice cleared, and he took IN n
deep breath His eyes met the ceiling,
and In low, perfectly calm voice he
began to sing Home Sweet Home y
AS the notes from this time-wofn me.
lody echoed through the quiet room
the patients stopped to listen, and there
were tears in every eye. AS the last
notes of the song died on the young
mans lips he gave one long sigh.
smiled. and was dead.
Miss Wheeler was overcome. She
cried as If her heart was broken. and
did not recover from the effect of the
shock for several days. The incident
Is never spoken of in her presence that
she does not display the keenest an-
guish. Miss Wheeler told me the
story, and she told me frankly-but
she did not say that n bunch Of pure
white flowers were the only a,lorn.
ments of the coffin when It left Manila
with the soldier boy. who was going
to his last rest in Clinton, Ohio"
Tho above description of the last
hours OF the young soldier boy certain
ly was pretty, but not any more SO
thar the delicate, sympathetic letter
written by Miss l.. u. Coaklcy, who
assisted in nursing the boy during his
Illness, to the young mans mother
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-22

Is the Work of the British Doctors at Room
IS, Central Office Building--These EN-
inent Gentlemen Are Giving their Ser
vices Entirely Free TO all InyalidS Who
Call Upon Them Before April ist.
staff of eminent physicians and
surgeons from the British Medical In
stitute have, at the urgent solicitation
of n large number Of patients under
their treatment In Akron. established
a permanent branch of the Institute,
in this city in suite SO Central Office
building.
These eminent gentlemen have
decided to give their services entirely
free for three months medicines
excepted to all invalids who call upon
them for treatment between now and
April 1st. These services consist not
only of consultation, examination and
advice but also of oil minor surgical
operations.
The object In pursuing this course
is to become rapidly and personally
acquainted with the sick and afflicted
and under no condition whatever will
any charge be made for any services
rendered for three months. to ali who
call before April /. Therefore, the
most humble In circumstances can
avail themselves of the services of
these eminent physicians.
The doctors treat all forms OF disease
and .deformities, and guarantee cure
in every case they undertake. At the
first interview q thorough. examina-
ton is made. and. II incurable, you
are frankly and kindly told SO also ad-
vised against spending your money
for useless treatment.
Male and female weakness. ca
tarrh and catarrhal deafness, also
rupture anu goitrc and all diseases of
the rec.uin are positively cured by
their new treatment,
DR.. e. L. Wilkinson
VIII be in charge after March 22nd.
The chief consulting surgeon of the In
..titute. is in personal charge.
Office hours from 0 a. m. 70 8 p. m.
No Sunday hours.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-22
kNAPp's POTTERY
Will be Occupied by New Company
Incorporated.

The Independent Pottery 6 Tile Co.,
Incorporated at Columbus Wednesday,
will occnpy the plant Oh Fountain ST.,
known MS Knapp's pottery. II is not
connected with any trust or combina-
ton of manufacturers. The company
II capitalized at $4,000. The incor-
porators are w. L. Henderson, Frank
3 Knapp, Frank Musselman, II. NJ.
Winters and II. sprague. The pottery
will be equipped with new machinery.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-22
SCHEMES
Hatched by Cuyahoga
County Politicians.
Expect to Assist Their Candidates For
Circuit Judge.

I O'S~'s sSNSSs
The campaign, for the Republican
nomination for Circuit Judge, has been
carried into the General Assembly.
The Cuyahoga county candidates be-
lieve they have chance to get In some
effective work through the channels
OF legislation. This is evidenced by
the following special from Columbus.
1t reads;
Vincent A. Taylor, of Cleveland, is
here, trying to spoil little game
which was expected to inurc to the
benefit of the candidacy of Judge
Louis II. Winch, for the Circuit bench.
The pending bill, which would give
County Auditor Craig, together with
the Treasurer aud Recorder, the ap-
pointment OF the decennial apprais-
ers in Cuyahoga county. doesn't SUIT
Mr. Taylor, who says Craig would use
these appointments to help Winch.
Mr.. Taylor wants the bill amended so
as to put these appointments in the
hands of the Auditor, Probate Judge,
and County Prosecutor, and they dc
say Mr.. Taylor thinks this woul6
help the candidacy for the Circuit
bcpca OF Judge Lamson.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-22

~. . =
The letter was received by Mrs. Bliler
Monday, March II. 1t follows:
No. 202 Gale Nueva, Manila,
Feb. ., 1900.
'Niy Dear Mrs. Bliler:-Before this,
the sad news of your boys death
must have reached you. 1 fully in
tended at the time TO write you few
lines to tell you how much he thought
of home the few weeks he was with
us in the hospital. He was a very
sweet boy and l became very much
attached to him.
"when he came in, about three weeks
before he died, he had some malaria
ana heart trouble, but he soon devel-
oped acute Bright's disease. He said
he had not written home for couple
Of months before he entered the hos
pital. as he had not been feeling well
and after q days march, or whatever
duty they had, he had been too tired
to write, but he said: Il always did
my duty and kept up with the other
fellows He was brave little
soldier know. and was so brave and
sweet all through his illness. During
the last week he spoke many times of
home and wanted so much to 20 back,
and the doctor had promised him he
should go as soon as he was well
enough, and from that time he could
talk Of nothing else.
"About half past three on the morn
ing of December 9th, and only two
hours before he left us his voice filed
the ward, singing "Home, Sweet
| Home"
II have written these few lines,
hoping they will be of some comfort
to you.
with sincere sympathy.
Yours truly,
| or 4, IsnAyr wv
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-22

he reason. After fol-
owing your kind ad-
ice and taking Lydia
f. pinkham's vcge-
table Compound, I be-
came The mother Of
. a beautiful baby
boy, the joy Of our
home. He is a
4 fat, healthy baby,
1 thanks toyour medi-
cine. Mrs. MINDA
| FINKLE, Roscoe,
IN N. Y. u,
IN From Grateful
Mrs. Lane
! "DEAR Mrs.
PfNKHAM I; 49, I
wrote you q LETT
= ter some time
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-22
my BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY

Weak wonsen Made Happy by Lydia E.
Pinkharn's Vegetable Compound =
Letters from Two Who Now Have
Children.
"DEAR Mrs. PIyKnAM lit was my
ardent desire to have child. had
been married three years and was
childless, 60 wrote to you to find out
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-22
An Editor Finds A Sure Cure For
Rheumatism.

A.. r. De Fluent editor of the Jour.
nal, Doylestown, Ohio, suffered for a
number OF years from rheumatism in
his right shoulder and side. He says:
"My right arm at times was entirely
useless. I tried Cha,nberlain's Pain
Balm, and was surprised to receive
relief almost Immediately. The Pain
Balm has been constant companion
OF mine ever since and 1t never fails"
For sale by all druggists. II. Stein
bacher & Co.. wholesale agents.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-22
Something to Appreciate

Is the Work Of the British Doctors at Room
36, Central Office Building-These EN-
inent Gentlemen Are Giving their Ser
Vices Entirely Free to all InyalidS Who
Call Upon Them Before April lst,
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-22
DR.. E. Z. wilkinson

VIII be in charge after March 22nd.
The chief consulting surgeon Of the In
stitute. is in personal charge.
Office hours from 8 a. m. 70 8 p. m.
No Sunday hours.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-22

The State has finished its testimony
il the trial of Frank Sommers at Ra-
VIENNA. He Is charged with the MUIR
der of Merchant Goss at Edinburg.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

Fresh oysters for sale at the Pull
man Bakery,
Large furnished rooms for rent.
Enquire at this office.
Wool blankets from $3.50 to
$1,000 at Burgan. StoughCo.'s.
Heating stoves $1.50 up. Pipe
5, 10 and Is cts. a joint at Vests.
A team of good work horses for
sale. Enquire of Plough d Waters.
l.. J. Lindley wants your eggs
and chickens. See him before you
sell.
Beautiful designs in imitation
French flannels, 20c at Burgan-
Slough Co. 2w
Beds, dressers, chairs, springs,
mattresses, etc, at Vests, next to
Palace hotel
LosT-Ladies' satin belt, with
sterling silver clasp. Notify Mrs.
j. w. Stearns.
WANTED-A good girl for general
housework in a family of two. Ad-
dress box 519, Pullman, Wash.
WANTED-Twenty car loads of
apples. Enquire of J. B. Holt, at
old laundry building, on Main st.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
Farmers are Interested.

During the coming winter there
will be series of Interesting exper-
iments take place at the agricul
tural college at Pullman, aud the
results, it is said, will be watched
by stock -raisers in this section with
a great deal of interest, They will
be in three classes. The first will
be with sheep, testing the value Of
sugar beet pulp as against corn
silage. For the purpose of the ex-
pertinent forty-eight sheep have
been purchased and taken TO the
institution, where they will be
handled in six lots; the second will
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
w. R. c. Notice.

AT the next regular meeting of
the w. r. c., Dec. 9Th, the annual
election of officers will occur and it
is hoped that all members will be
present. A social will be given at
the G. A. r. ball OF the evening Of
that day, in honor Of Whitman
Post, and the Relief Corps ladies.
Members of the corps are asked to
contribute to the banquet
S. G.. ALLEN, Pres.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
U. of w. 5, w. A. C. 5.
(From Evergreen J

Following is the full report of the
game at the U. of w. i'll which our
heroes were tied i'll score, but far
from being vanquished in football
playing:
\ Seattle, WASH, Nov. 22. s,
Although it was a tie score, the
game was strongly in our favor.
1t rained from start to finish, and
every tumble made was excusable.
The w. A. c. kicked off, the ball
was returned five yards, and u. of
". kicked. The w. A. c. lost the
ball, and the U. Of w. carried it to
the ten-yard line and flmbled. We
then showed them back to the u. Of
w. twenty-yard line and lost the
ball on downs. The university
team soon yielded it, and Goodsell
went over the line for a touchdown
III twenty minutes from the start.
No goal was made during the re-
mainder Of the first half, and the
ball played back and forth near the
center line, and the first half closed
with the ball on the L. Of w. TWEEN
ty-yard line.
At this juncture Early received
hard blow on the head and went
out, Mckenzie going in. This nat
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: urally weakened the line, but Nc
, Kenzie did fine.
The I. Of W. then kicked to our
two-yard line, where the ball was
downed We then showed them
back thirty-fve yards, and lost on
a tumble. BY this time the ball
and suits were in a terrible condition
from the mud.
BY strong tackle plays the u. of
w. went over the line in twenty-one
minutes, but failed TO kick goal.
Here Goodsell S ankle gave out, and
went i'll. Prof, Jayne,
md Lasher made rapid gains after
he next kickoff, and we were soon
within five yards Of the goal We
and as | was standing
within FIVE yards of where the FUN
lie was made, | am positive that
ur men fell on it, but it was ruled
therwise. We held them for two
Towns, and the T.. of w kicked,
Again we rapidly advanced it, and
When within three yards of goal,
he referee ruled that necessary
rains had not been made. This
uling also was rank, and the y. of
". was again held for two downs
md kicked out of danger, Here
ime was called. Every w. A. c.
nan played like a demon and is
zero. The e. of w. did not have
possession of the ball one-third of
he time, and we showed it twice' as
ar as they did. | could not men
ion one Of our men without telling
IF the splendid work of all. Fields,
heir center, was easy for Jones.
Calhoun, Geary and Cosgrove did
he star work for the u. of w. We
are the champions, in spite of rain,
mud and bad luck, after all.
-OUTMAN.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
STAMP PHOTOS.

a picture of your face and its diff
ferent smiles should be found in
your friends collections Of curios.
/ have "A beautiful collection, and
without your face, your pretty
smile, | feel that my collection Of
stamp photos is incomplete; and
that may yet secure your face, |
will make stamp photos until fur
ther notice on Saturdays only.
Yours Truly,
ROBERT BURNS.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01
Pullman VS.. co1fax.
john w. MATTHEWS.

The Pullman boys played good
game Of foot ball at Colfax Thurs
day, winning hard fought battle
from the county seat eleven. The
following is the story Of che game
as furnished by Pdllmanite;
Colfax won the toss, and kicked
off at 2;30 to our Is yard line, where
Urich run it back 10 yards. We
failed to make our five yards in two
downs, so Grimes kicked to their
ten yard line. We held them for
downs. and Sent True around right
end for our first touchdown in
seven minutes play Grimes kicked
goal. Score, ct o 0. Colfax kicked
off, and Ashpaugh run the ball in
ten yards. We lost the ball on
downs after we had made ten yards.
and Colfax, by a series ofline bucks
and end runs, in which they used
their big 1877 poand full back to a
good advantage. had the ball on
our ten yard lind when time was
called
lr The second z t. Golax kicked
off % Ashpa nssl iwhp SO op the
bali behind our goal, which made a
touchback The ball was brought
to the twenty-five yard line, and
MacKay kicked to center, and
their qurrter was downed in his
tracks. Colfax, by line bucking
by their full back and captain,
made their first touchdown. Nc
Cutcheon kicked goal, making the
score 6 to 6, with fourteen minutes
to play. Woodward received the
ball on the kick off, where he was
downed by MacKay and Hudson.
Colfax made six yards and fumbled
the ball, and Ashpaugh fell on it.
We tried a fake play around left
end, by which Lee Palmerton
gained fifteen yards. Lobaugh
made ten yards around right end;
L. Palmerton, by a brilliant play
around the left end, made our
second touchdown. Goal was
missed. Score 6 to II in our favor.
We had the ball in the center when
time was called at the end of the
half. Every man on the Pullman
team played fine ball. There was
no fumbling or misread signals by
our men. No body was injured. \
The Pullman team was composed
Of Lobaugh (capt.) and Wlndus,
left end; Dysart, left tackle; Mac
Kay left guard; Hudson, center
Russell, right guard; r. Palmerton,
right tackle; Lee Palmerton, right
end; Grimes, quarter back; Urich.
right half back; Fred True, left half
back; Ashpaugh, full back. Thef
game was played in twenty minute
halves.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-12-01

be with six head of cattle, the i
tention being to illustrate proftab
methods of cattle feeding in the p
louise country. The third test wi
; be with hogs, and in the main wi
: a repetition of the work that wa
, done last year, when the institu
tion attempted to determine the rel
ative value Of barley, wheat anc
peas for hog fattening purposes.
Among the farmers it is believed
that much good will result from
these experiments and the outcome
is being awaited with interest.
There is a great deal of interest
attached to she experiments at the
college this winter said S. S.
Waller, pioneer farmer of that
section who is now liuing in Ia
coma. He has just returned from
a trip to the Palouse country
"When Secretary Of Agriculture
General Wilson was in this section
a year ago he was very enthusiastic
over the cultivation of beets here.
He gave it as his opinion that the
soil of this section was particularly
adapted to that vegetable, and that
if it was more generally grown
there would be large amount of
money in ft for the farmers. Now
if the experiment that is being
made with the sheep proves to be
q success there will be an incentive
to 90 into this branch of agricul-
ture, and there is no doubt that
many will do so. At the pIesent
time there is not a sufficient mar
ket in this state for the rapid de-
velopment Of the beet industry, and
anything that will tend to help it
out will be in the nature of ben
eft.
Cattle feeding in the Palouse
has long been a problem, ard when
this question has been solved there
will be rapid development of the
industry in that section.
Within the past two years there
has been considerable attention
paid to the raising of hogs, and
each year there seems to be more
of them to supply the market The
increase of this industry in the Pa
louse country is due almost en-
tirely to the economic advancement
that has been made in the pasttwo
years, and with the problems
settled that are now before the col
lege, there will be greater devel-
opment than there has ever been
at any time in the past. Tacoma
Ledger.
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Zurich, the youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs. j. D. Urich, last Tuesday.
The operation was thoroughly sue
cessful and the young man is get
ting along as we'll as cound be ex-
pected. It was found that an apple
seed had been responsible for Eben's
sickness.
&c. III Pitcher has resigned as
assistant cashier in the First Ma
tional Bank to assume the manage
ment Of the o. G. Deyenish hard
ware company Mr.. Pitcher is an
old hardware man, and will prove
of great assistance to the hardware
company, It is not yet known who
will succeed him in the bank.
"A travelling company out adj
yertising patent medicines, etc, has
been holding forth at the auditor
ium this week. The redeeming
features ofthe performances are the
tumbling and contortion acts of
two of the actors.
Manager Chapman, of the aud
Nltorlum, announces, "A Turkish |
E Bath" as the next attraction at the /
Nanditorum. 1t will be presented |
Jon the evening Of December 7th, |
and comes highly recommended.
Invitations are out for the wed
ts 4a-S-h- JTss,sie St e1xlsr "a l1r. !
E 'ank e. HungaJe, the event TO o6-
/ Ihr at the home of the brides
Father, in this city, on Wednesday
keyening, December 9th.
! The Evergreen was not pub
Ilished till Thursday evening this
week in order that report of the
IPullman-Seattle foot ball game, at
Seattle, might be printed,
/ The college second team went
ITO The Dalles, Oregon, Wednesday,
where they played the Dalles city
team. The score was 6 to in
Favor of the Oregonians.
The car on the college tranfv
way broke loose again Monday, and,
made frantic race for the foot of
be hill. No serious damage REL
klted. Il
The farmers institute is now
n session in the city hail. in this
Pity, quite number of farmers be-
ing In attendance.
In the next ten days there will
be rtceiyed, and sold at lowest
prices car load of furniture at
iWest'a
-Tlos. Neill and family, of Col
lax, sRnt Thanksgiving with Mr..
Iand Mr.. K. P. Allen, in this city.
Mrs, Seymour Manning has
gone to kentucky, where she will
winter in he search for health.
The University of Washington
gee club viii visit this city just be-
fore the Christmas holidays.
The family of James Neill has
ariyed from Kansas, and will here
atter make this their home.
Many college students left
Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving
day at their homes.
Feed up that rooster and ge'
MN in trim for the chicken show
D Stewart Small accompanied
y = me foot ball team to Seattle.
!. Miss Della Allen came hom
!. 'Fsm Endicott for Thanksgiving.
r. Jonathan Johnson, of johnson
aln town yesterday