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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-04-04
FIRE ON A GUNBoAT.
Lest. Commander Roper. of the Pc
trel. suTOcatcd ana others Pros-
trated ny the Smoke.

Cavite, April 1.--At O'Clock Sun.
day morning fire was discovered in
the sail room of the United States
gunboat Petrol, Lieut.. Commander
Jesse Minis Roper commanding. The
sail room Is small compartment ad-
joining the magazine. The heat was
intense, the smoke suffocnting and
the flames difficult to extinguish
Lieut.. Commander Roper was the first
to descend into the hold, but he was
forced to return to the deck. Others
then went down. Seaman Patrick
Toner was prostrated and about to
perish when Lieut.. Commander Roper
cndeavored to rescue him and was
suffocated in the attempt. Lieut..
Josiah SHUTS Mexican and CadetLewis
suffered severely in bringing the body
of Lieut.. Commander Roper to the
deck.
Twenty-Five of the crew were pros
trated-Toner, Evans. Flahcrty. Lar
son, Kessler, Cahey, Burton, Smith,
Sullivan and Forsboon seriously, but
all will recover.
The contents of the sail room were
destroyed, Dut Jne uutnugC 10 inc
gtnboat was slight. The origin Of
the fire has not been usccrtaine,l:
possibly it was a case of spontaneous
combustion. The death of Lieut..
Commander Roper is greatly deplore.l.
Ills body will be sent TO the United
States April by the Buffalo:
The deceased officer was born In
Missouri and entered the naval serv.
ice June 25, 1868. lie was coinmis-
stoned 10 the rank held by him at the
time of his death on March 8, 1902,
and ordered TO command the Petrol
November IS, 1890. The pctre1 was
one of the vessels under Adm. Dewey
at the battle of Manila bay, when
she was in charge of Lieut.. Commander
+. =. Wood. The latter officer came
home shortly after and Lieut.. Com.
mander Roper succeeded him.
| The Buffalo. on which the remains
will be sent home, is now used for
the transportation of troops and is
| about to return to the United States
| BY way of the Mediterranean.
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ATTORNEY GENERAL GRIGGs.
NSEiTifht Of n Solid silver Claret
Pitcher by 0alcers nnd Employees
Of His Department.

Washington, MSreh S0.-Attotney
General Grigys took leave of his as
sociates in the department of justice
and Saturday departed tor his home in
Paterson, N. j. During tire leave
taking Solicitor General Richards, on
behalf of the officers and employees
of the department, presented to the
retiring attorney general a. lhrge
solid silver claret pitcher of clhssic
shape and unique design.
On the panel of the pitcher was' the
following inscriptions: "Presefited
to John William Griggs. on his retire
ment from the Office of Attorney Geii-
eral, United States, March 20, 1907!
Qui Bro DONNA Justitia Sequitur.
On the other. panel was mono!
gram of the letters-J. w. C.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1901-04-04
THE DEBGNTURE COMPANIES.
Several of Them Have Submitted
New Forms of Contracts to
the state OGicial.

,Columbus, o., March 2S.-State In
spector of Buildings and Loan Asso-
iations X. j. Mauck revoked the Ii
censes of the Germania. National and
United states Debenture Cos, of Cin-
ciunat. and Ohio and Equitable Cos,
of Columbus, Wednesday morning,
following the decision of the supreme
ccart as given Tuesday. This leaves
only the Dayton, the Cleveland and
the Toledo nebenture Cos. alive and
active. in the state. or these. the
Dayton and Cleveland Cos. have cut
out the debenture feature eHtirely,
and the Toledo Debeture Co. has
adopted an improved debenture plan,
the legality and practicability of
which are yet to be determined.
The supreme court added. another
clause TO it's opinion in the decision
of the case of the state against the
Interstate Co. Tuesday night which
makes the state treasurer not simply
the custodian of the deposits of the
.:.lpanies, but the trustee. That
means that .hc is to be the party to
iist rihute the fund to those to whcul
il belongs.
Columbus, o.. March 30.~=Sevefhl de-
b. giturc companies have submit ted
rev g. -iis Of contracts to the state
irruraace department with the re-
quest that they be permitted to con-
time business under them. The con
t..cts have been drawn with a view
to eliminating the features of deben-
tti"e coi. ;Iacts condemned by the SUI
prere court. The contracts have bee,
handed to the attorney general for
al opinion as to their legality. tha
insurance department heing in doubt.
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StA.. >S-.


Lord snli li.hnry is su" ing frc':'
Brigh,'s disease.
.'"'i'nalo MY socn hc given Il
iiher.y. Tie amnesty offered III
riipinos cover lis case.
Gen. Fred. funst1n was appointed
Y President Mc.iniey brigadicl
general in the regular army.
The wife and mother of Aguinaldo
who have been living AT Binucayan
near old Cavitc, have been granted
permission to visit him.
John Jasper, the famous Negro
preacher of the "Sun-do-Move" no
toriety. died in Richmond Va, aftc,
long illness. He was SO years
old.
The Chicago Evening Post was sold
by ii. II. Kohlsaat to company
headed by j. {. Schaffer, of Evanston
who will be president and publisher
OF the paper.
Rear Admiral O'Neil positively de
nies that he authorized the briggs
Seabury company to sell guns to thu
Colombian or any other government
which had been manufactured for ths
use of the United States.
The American government is dis
pleased with Venezuela, and has re
called Minister Loomis. The rea
trouble is not so much what Nenc
ncla has done, but that she. refuse:
Z, uiyn in fortpo tipn and in answer
TO nsistent questions, answers b.
permitting violent abuse of Minister
Loomis.
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Capt. Rockwell Relieved.

Washington, March 3o.-Capt. ]. H
Dayton, who has been on special duty
in the bureau Of navigation for some
time past, has been ordered to com
mand the Chicago, the flagship of the
South Atlantic squadron, relieving
Capt. &. II. Rockwell, who is ordered
home on waiting orders. Capt. Day
tou will sail from New York for Bra.
zil on April 3.
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SATURDAY..

Lord Salisbury is suffering from al
fection of the kidneys.
Robert Mansfield, of Indiana has
heen appointed consul to Valparaiso,
Chill.
Col. a. X. Mcclure retired from the
editorial management of the Phila-
delphia Times.
Maurice Barrymore, the actor, has
been taken to the insane Pavilion OF
the Bellevue hospital, New York.
The jefferson hotel, erected and
furnished at a cost of $1,OOO,0OO ut
Richmond, Va, was destroyed by
fire.
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st. Joseph, Mo-, March 2a.-Charles
H. Dietrich, the Hastings, Neb., bank
er, who was Thursday chosen \ Unit
ed States senator, started to earn
a livelihood in this city 20 years ago,
failed, became discouraged and ran
away. His father was shoemaker
here and wanted his son to learn the
trade. He tried it. but soon de-
serted
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Columbus, o., March 29.-The presi-
dent granted Il pardon to Henry
Beach, a United states prisoner re-
ceired at the Ohio penitentiary from
the Indian Territory, but it came too
late. Beach died on March 16. The
pardon papers were received at the
to Is years for larceny, the sentence
being unusually severe on account
of the fact that he broke Jail before
trial
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FOSTER-LOWtRY GANG.
Charge of Numbering w. G. John
son. Near Upper SaLLusky.

Columbus, O., March 30.-Wiliis
Miller. Geo. Ury, Lock Foster and
Chas. Foster were taken from the
penitentiary to Wyandotte county
to answer to the charge of numbering
W. {. Johnson, a celery raiser living
near Upper Sandusky. on the night
Of September II. 1900. The four men.
who were subsequently convicted Of
larceny crimes and sent to prison.
were members of the notorious Fc>
tcI-Lowry gang which terrorizcd tia.
vicinity for several years.
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Washington, March 20.-Naval Con-
structor lIobson will be ordered 70
Washington for special duty in con-
nection with the bureau of construc.
ton and repair of the navy depart
ment. He has been on sick leave for
some months, but this is about To
expirp
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Her sweethenrt Arre.ted.

Springfield, o., March 3O.--Aiiss ida
Bowman was taken to the hospital
here suffering from what shr claim
ed was nose bleed and died at 10
o'clock. George Craig, who was Miss
Rowman's sweetheart, is under ar
rest pending an investigation of her
death by the coroner. 1t is charged
that Craig and Miss Bowman had n
difficulty, in which she was struck
over the head with club and kicked
In the stomach.
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Alleged kidnaper Arre.ted.

Sioux City, March EN-. F. Jacobs.
a Des Moines salesman was arrested
Thursday at Onawa, Ia, charged with
the kidnapping of f. A. Cudahy, jr. The
warrant was sworn out by James
Oledewin, of Council Bluffs. Jacobs
says it is a case of blackmail. He
was taken 40 Council Bluffs, where
he says he lives.
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Want. Her Dnughter.

Piketon, o., March 29.-An action
was brought in the probate court by
her mother to set aside the appoiEu-
ment of William Newkirk as guar
dian of lisa Rosa, II years old, the
mother claiming to be the rightful
guardian. Newkirk has removed to
Illinois and taken the girl with him.
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Germany is Glad.

Berlin, March 29.-German officials
congratulate the United States upon
the capture of Aguinaldo, and ex.
pTess rtIriir satiisfactioft a+-eraet
will now he established in the Philip
pines, since German trade had greatly
suffered by reason of the war.
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ENGLISH GOODS.
lean and European Merchants
Will Boycott Them.

London, April 1.-The Amsterdam
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
DR.. Leyds and his colleagues have
sent private notification to Mr..
Chamberlain warning him that pow
erful combination of European and
American merchants intend to boy
cot English goods Systematically un.
til independence is granted the
Roers.
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The Deal Completed.

Findlay, o., March 30.--J. +. Chilli
nor, H. T.. Erickson and Charles r.
Torsell, prominent Pittsburgh iron
men, have concluded deal for the
purchase Of the Heckert- -Baltzley Bill.
let Co.'S plant at this place, and will
soon have 1000 men at work.
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French Very Active.

Hong-Kong, March 2o.-It is report
ed from Canton that the activity Of
the French is greatly increasing in
-sAe- -aaighhorhaad- of that city Two
steamers ply beaween Hong-Kong
and Canton, and Chinese gunboats
are numerous on Chinese waterways.
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Mr.. Braun.chneIder In.aue,

Toledo, o., March 30.-Mrs. C..
Braunschneider, who one week ago
cut off her toes, ears and nose, and
otherwise disfgured herself with a
common pair of scissors. was adjudg-
ed insane and taken to the insane
hospital. Her wounds are healing.
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NEWS CONDENSED.
Interesting intelligence Gathered
~ wire From All Parts Of
Both Bemis phercs.
MONDAY

Smallpox is rapidly spreading in St.
Joseph. Mo.
Seventeen cases of bubonic plague
were officially announced in Cape
Town.
The transport Arab sailed for the
Philippines with $40 horses. Other
transports will sail with troops.
All arrangements for the unveiling
of the John A. Logan statue, in the
Iowa circle, Washington, April 8,
have been made.
Florian lrncr. II Kansas City saloon
keeper, was found hanging from the
limb of tree over his wife's grave
i'm the cemetery.
The wife of Capt. Won Tungela,
while in a fit of melancholy. killed her
three little daughters and then
poisoned herself.
The anti-cierical demonstration In
barcelona was suppressed by the
troops. They fred on the mob,
woundiug many.
An officer of the household at
tempted to kill the Car of Russia
lie ii,cd al his majesty. but missed.
lie then shot and killed himself.
Alleged crookedhess was dscov.
cred in the commissury department
at Manila. Illicit transactions in gov.
crnmcnt stores have been traced
hack to June. 1900. Several arrests
| ,,rr,, p,nUr.
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salonica, Europesn Turkey, March
e9.-The trial OF the 10 Bulgarisns
charged with revolutionary proceed.
ings has resulted In the condemnation
70 death of three and the sentencing
Of II TO penal servitude for life.
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sailors, Fearful Erperience.

Cape Town, March 29.-The Nor
wegian bark Andromeda. from Glas-
gov, has landed part of the crew
of the Psyche, which foundered jan
-stsssyt - The rescned sailors We're 30
days In an open. boat. Two of the
crew perished.
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Naval Promotions,

Washington, March 3O.-The presi-
dent Friday made the following APP
pointments in the navy: Edwin Ship
ard, to be rear admiral; Kossuth
Niles, to be commander; Richard
NJ Hughes to be lieutenant com
mander
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Springfield, o., March 29.-Gen. Fred
Funston, who captured Aguinaldo,
was born at New Carlisle, this coun-
ty. Lieut.. Mitchell is son of Rev.
Frank Mitchell, formerly of Cincin-
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Washington, March 29.-Thursday's
statement of the treasury balances
in the general fund, exclusive of $780,
0O0, 900 gold reserve in the division of
redemption, shows: Available cash
balance, $153,967,s3i; gold, 96,s4s,-
GAS
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Fire In Cleveland.

Cleveland. o., March 30.-The six
story building owned by NJ. A. Brad
ley was burned, causing loss Of $6O.-
900. The Gormully & Jeffrey bicycle
sales store suffered loss of nearly
$50. 600
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Boston, March 30.-Nouraiouh, the
Turk, proved more than match for
the two heavy weight wrestlers, Lun-
din. the Swedish champion, and John
Smith. of brooklyn, n. Y. The big
fellow defeated both his opponents
with comparative. ease.
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xegroes Given Respite.

Wadley, Gu, March 29.-The Ave
Negroes sentenced to hang Thursday
for the murder of the two white men
In screven county were respited for
. few days, TO swat the decision of
~ supreme court.
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nrciten.tcin % sigma.

St. Louis. March 29.-Manager Dom
ovan, of the st. Louis baseball club
announced that he has signed Pitch.
er Breitenstein. late of Cincinnati. te
pitch for st. Louis during the com
ing season.
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wants Aguinaldo to Lecture.

Boston. March 3O.-A local man has
offered Secretary Root $4,000 for JOG
lectures by Agunaldo, and is willing
to put up 100000 cash bonds to in
sure the Filipino's good behavior and
ga fety.
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New York, March 30.-Failures for
the week number 1S9, against 231 last
week, 17s in this week year ago,
100 in 1899, 226 in 1898 and 2ls in
1897
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Tfains marked D run daily.
Trains marked run daily except Sunday.
Trains marked run Sunday only.
Sunday train at $40 .. m. connects for COL
umbus, Pittsburg. Chilliooths and Eastern
cities.
Sunday train, 7:l5 p. m, connects for Cin-
cinnati, Columbus and Pittsburg.
For st. Louis. Chicago and sll points West
eSS SSu;h aS sSS . anC ,na % s tIs
p m. For PittsburG, East s7:45 .. m. and
s4:l6 p. m. For Greenfield, Ohillicothe and
Eastern cities. s7A6 .. m. and s4:15 p. m.
Through tickets and baggage checks issued
to all points In United Htates, Canada and
Mexico. No Trsnsferc st Cincinnati
Special Inducements 10 the West.
For detailed information call ON or address
]. 4. Sands, Agent, Hillsboro. o., or o. P. Nc
Oarty, 0en'l Pass. Agt., Cincinnati
Douglas Island news., 1901-03-27
WRANGEL NEWS.

The Wrangel Social Club gave the good people of Wrangel the event of season Saturday evening, it being St. Patrick social. To say it was so- cial success would be a mild way of ex- pressing it.
 Mir. Forbes, the superintendent of the Chilkoot cannery, is in town on business.
 The steamer Estelle is being put in shape for the fishing season. Captain Martin is in charge of the steamer, and c. P. Cole is putting things in ship shape in the way of wood work.
 Hon. T. G. Wilson, formerly of Wran- gel, is now mayor of Teller City, Alas ka. Shake, Tug, old boy You have the congratulations of every man, wOm- an and child in Wrangel.
 MT. J. Causteu will commence build ing fine club house on his property situated on Glacier creek, better known as the Brown property, or Mill creek, on or about April 10, 1901 This prop erty is an ideal spot for those who en- joy trout fishing or bear hunting, as there is no place in Alaska where one can enjoy himself as at Glacier creek, or Lake Sunshine, which feeds the creek.
 We have Jack the Ripper among us at the present whose sole delight is to poison the best of the dogs in Wrangel. There is areward of fifty dollars for his arrest and conviction.
 The steamer Baronoff is again on her regular run, having just undergone a thorough repair.
 J. Cool, our ever efficient jailer, is among the many who at present are looking for chance to buy home. Congratulations, Jack; when do we dance at the-you know.
 The steamer Dirigo is due today and will bring up a full crew for the three .C. P. R. steamers that have been laid up here for the winter.
 The members of the First Presbyter- ian church gave a social at the home of Mir. H. Campbell, on board the steamer Elwood, the same being largely attend ed by our best citizens. ZIsT
Douglas Island news., 1901-03-27
PICK UPS.

British Columbia labor unions have presented protests against the employ ment of American machinists and la borers at White Horse and other Cana dian points in the far north.
 The Ottawa government has rescind- ed it's order demanding the immediate closing of gambling and dance halls in the Yukon Territory and extends the time of closing until June 1st.
 skagway's Chamber of Commerce will formally extend an invitation to the committee on rivers and harbors of the national house of representatives to visit that town while on their tour of the coast next summer.
 skagway has had it's inspired siwash and now Douglas Island has an old squaw that goes into a three days trance and tells about some wonderful things that are going on in the other world and what is going to be done in this world soon, says the Travellers Guide. What wonderful creatures there are among these worthless crea- lures. They would not have so much time to dream if they were put to work and made to earn an honest living.
 On her last trip north the steamer Danube was hailed by some one on the little schooner Annie, near Petersburg, says the Travellers Guide. She stop ped and took on board Ole Johnson, a fisherman, who had shot himself in the stomach with 44-calibre rifle. He was taken to Skaqway and placed in the hospital, where he died on the morning of the 18th inst. He admitted having shot himself with suicidal intent
 Late reports received in Seattle from Nome via the IIiamna trail, are to the effect that number of rich strikes have been made on number of creeks in the district, some of which are said to rival anything heretofore discovered iu that region. We note that some of our exchanges refer to these strikes as flakes" invented for the benefit of the transportation companies. Not being acquainted with the flake makers" we cannot say whether orn no our exchanges are dealing with the truth.
Douglas Island news., 1901-03-27
KILLIsNoo NEWS.

l will beg to be excused from writing letter for the News this week, as there is no news of interest to write about. The Indians have returned from Klu- yak, but went away to the woods to cut wood for the oil and guano company at Killisnoo.
 MT. Carl spuhn, the president of the company, is expected on the Cottage City today, and brings with him ship carpenters and several other workmen to repair the boats that were badly damaged by the falling Of the roof of the boat house a month or six weeks ago, when we had such a heavy fall of snow.
 We have had a great deal of snow this winter. But the past few days we have had some rain and a few sunny days, with weather as warm as we could expect in April. The snow has gone very fast. The ones who are cutting wood and the loggers from Douglas are very glad to see it go.
Douglas Island news., 1901-03-27

The oil and guano company will add two new steamers to their fleet for fish ing purposes. They had three, but in- tend to do business on much larger scale this year, enlarge the factory, em- ploy many more men and make several changes.
 In Angoon, since last writing, the heavy fall of snow, added to what had already fallen, was too much for some of our frail shacks. My husband had to shovel the snow off our roof at diff fereut times and put braces under it to prevent it from falling in and the build ing from collapsing Two of our larg- est houses Zone new one) bulged at least a foot, and the larger and older one we expect to see collapse any day. But, fortunately, the Indians are in the woods and out of danger.
 The weather is warm and pleasant now, and the snow melted off, so l guess the danger is over for this year. I hope we shall have an early spring, as we have had a severe winter. I am get ting very tired of staying in doors.
 / MRS. CHAs. B. VAN HUEBNER.
 Killisnoo, March 16, 1901.