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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
SUICIDED.
Prominent New York Physician Ends
His Life with CarbOIic Acid.

New York, April 1o.-The body OF
DIR. William n. Guernsey, promi-
nent and wealthy homeopathic ply
sician, was found early Tuesday
morning in vacant lot at One Hum
dred and SiXty-siXth street and River
avenue. An examination showed
that he died of poison, probably car
bolic acid. In professional circles,
where DR.. Guernsey ranked very
high. the astonishment over the news
of his death was very deep. A friend
of Mr.. Guernsey made the following
statement:
"Dr. Guernsey would call at my
office, as many as four times week.
He talked great deal. One day he
expressed to me a conviction that his
treatment of patient had not been
proper, and in consequence she had
died. / investigated and found that
mis- diagnosis and application of rem
edies had been correct. He referred
to it again and again, however, and
1 am afraid it finally unsettled hi:
| mind"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12

thing else, most of the laborers are
drawn. Among them, while it is
hard to procure cup of the coffee
which they are cultivating, one may
easily obtain atole IAN Aztec drink,
chocolate, or tie de ojas (hot water
poured on orange leaves).
Coffee growing was first introduced
into Mexico from the West Indies by
a Spaniard. His successful experi-
ment induced other haciendados to
follow his example, and now the i'm
dustry is one of the most successful
and profitable in the republic. In the
extreme northern states of Chihua-
hua. Coahuila and Nuevo Leon, it does
not do well because of the occasional
frosts, but further south, whether in
different attitudes, varying climates,
temperate, hot and dry, low and damp,
at Vera Cruz, Oaxaca and even to the
isthmus, it thrives. In the temperate
table land, the "caffea arabica," re-
sembling mocha, grows. 1t is an ever
green, shrubby and hardy, in height
varying from five to seven feet. The
hot, moist, country variety resembles
Java coffee. The trees are higher.
In order to go into the business
of coffee raising a man must have n
stock of patience and one of money
sufficient to last him for five years
at least, for that length of time must
elapse before he receives any appre'
ciable returns from his investment
Seeds are put in and the plants raised
in small beds, often in the shade o.
trees. The seedlings may be trans
planted when about eight months
old, at regular distances (about si'
to ten feet apart) from each other
so that the full-grown trees will no
interfere. They must then be KEEP
free from weeds, shaded when the.
require it, from the too great hea
| of the sun, and topped, if necessar.
(many growers do not believe in tn
| pruning processes). When abou
/ three or four years old the first bios
r SONS appear among the vivid, shin
5 ing leaves. These and the subse
l ouent berries grow along the ster
in clusters, sometimes singly. Th
n fragrant blossoms first appear j
$ the winter months, the green berrie
4 about July, and in October and NJ
= vcmber they are matured for picl
v ing. They must be taken from tn
a tree, one at time, by hand, an
t placed in basket suspended aroun
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
Exports and Imports.

New York, April 1O.-The forthcom-
ing report ot ihe chamoer OF com
merce for the fiscal year ended June
80, 1900, will show the foreign COM
merce of the port of New York, as
compared with the aggregate of all
other ports of the United States, for
the period. The imports at New
York amounted to $3.50, 100000, at all
other ports $367, 100000, total of
1929, 700, 900. The exports from New
York amounted to $500, 100000; from
all other ports $s76, 100000, total of
81 ,469, 800, 900. The excess of exports
over imports at all ports including
New York was $540, 100000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
TALK ABOUT COFFEE.
The Worlds First Supply Came
from Araby the Blest.
Nowadays Brazil, Central America
and Java Control the WORLDS
MarIets-Immense Plnntn-
tIons I'm Mexico.
Especial Mexican Letter.l

"HERE has been probably 30
greater factor in our civiliza-
ton than the development of
railways in the different parts OF the
world. To them we are indebted for
the cheapness of many articlesregard-
ed by us as common necessities, by our
forefathers as luxuries, while 200
years ago they were almost unknown
to, Europeans. Among them is the
coffee found upon nearly every break
fast table. During Cromwelrs time
the first coffee house was established
( in London by man who had brought
some of the berries from Arabia, to
the delight of his friends and patrons.
Arabia may be said to be divided into
three parts, one of stones, another of
sands and deserts, while the third,
Happy Arabia, "Araby the BEST" is a
land of gardens, olive trees and vine
yards. Here is Yemen, from which all
the civilized world at first obtained
its coffee supply. Mocha, the chief
town, stands on a sandy seashore, at
the entrance to the Red sea, by the
treacherous strait of Babel Mandeb
Prices for the berry were so very
high that the different nations turned
their attention to coffee raising in
their various colonies. France first
sent plants to the West Indies. Brazil
now exports nearly sufficient
amount to supply the world. 1t is said
that in that country from five to ter
times as many pounds of corn ol
wheat might be raised to the acre as
of coffee, if the laborers were adapted
to cultivating those crops.
Coffee has grown wild in Ceylol
from the earliest times. NATIVES
mixed the leaves with their food ant
decorated their temples with the flow
ers hundreds of years before the.
found any use for the berries. In
natural state the plant grows tall, bu
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
IN HEROIC BRONZE.

Equestrian Statue of Gen. Logan I'm
yelled mt Washington = President
mckinley and Senator Depew Made
Addresses.
Washington, April 10.-The heroic
bronze equestrian statue of Maj.
Gen. John \. Logan, which rests on
an imposing bronze pedestal in Iowa
Circle, was unveiled Tuesday in the
presence of the president, the cab
met, the widow and relatives of the
gallant soldier, many of his comrades
in arms and vast multitude of peo-
pie. The sculptor, Franklin Sim
mons, who was knighted by King
Humbert of Italy as tribute to the
artistic character of the work, also
was present.
Master George Tucker, grandson
of the honored warrior, pulled the
unveiling cord at 2:45 o'clock. The
folds of the large American flag fell
away and the dashing figure OF
"Black Jack" Logan seated on his
| charger stood revealed amid roar
of cheering that echoed far down the
| intersecting streets and avenues.
The president and members of the
| cabinet had been escorted to the
statue by military parade under
command of Col Francis l.. Guenther,
| of the Fourth United States artillery.
| The procession included detachments
from the artillery and infantry arms
of the regular army, battalion of
marines and company of seamen
from the navy yard, provisional
regiment of the District of Columbia
militia, members of the Society of the
Army of the Tennessee and Army of
the Cumberland and members of the
local veterans associations.
Mrs John A. Logan and the other
relatives sat upon a platform at the
base of the monument. Mrs. Logan
has been i'll with the grip recently
but was able to be present. She was
escorted by Col. Maxwell Woodruff,
who was Gen. Logan's adjutant gem
eral during the civil war.
The president and his cabinet and
other distinguished guests occupied a
fag-draped stand opposite this plat
form while in another stand extend
ing around the monument were other
guests, including many of Gen. Lo-
gan's old comrades.
Gen. Grenville NJ. Dodge, president
, of the Army of the Tennessee, who is
the only living general represented
in the group on the bronze pedestal
showing Gen. Logan in council of war
with his commanding officers, presid-
5 ed over the ceremonies. He paid a
high tribute to the dead chieftain and
4 after the invocation had been of
/ fered by Rev. Frank Bristol, intro.
= duced the sculptor, Mr.. Simmons, to
Y the assembage. The statue was ther
l. unveiled amid great applause.
r At the moment of the unveiling c
d section of the Fourth artillery fired {
r national salute on the White 10
s, south of the executive mansion.
v President Mckinley received al
Is ovation as he was introduced, and i
ID was sometime before he could begii
o his address. The Grafton of the da.
was delivered by Senator Depew, o
" New York.
k. The statue of Gen. Logan has bee
lie turned over to the people of the un
is ted States and now has become on
m of the great monuments of the nj
I'd tional capitol.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
Runlor CONFIRMED.

New York, April 10.-Ofiicial notice
of the rumored combination OF de-
partment stores was given Tuesday
by j. Pierpont Morgan d. Co., who
solicit subscriptions TO the stock OF
The Associated Merchants Co. The
company is capitalized at S2o,Ooo,O00
and proposes to acquire dry goods
business or interests in this and 9TH
er cities. The prospectus states that
a one-half interest has been secured
An both the H. b. Claflin Co. and the
Adams Dry Goods Co.. and that the
james McCreery& Co.'s Twenty-third
street store has been bought out
right.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
An Important Capture.

London, April 10.-Gen. Kitchener,
reporting to the war Office under
date of Pretoria, April s, says;
"Plumber has occupied Petersburg
with slight opposition. He captured
two locomotives and 80 trucks. The
capture of Petersburg is regarded as
important. The place is the ter.
minus of the railroad and has been
the capital of the Boer government
since the evacuation of Pretoria.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12


tourney, as the natives do, to those in
terror districts which constitute an
earthly paradise. Here one may un-
derstand the dolce far niente of the
population, and it requires supreme
effort of the will to tear oneself away
When a resident in this land, one read
lily comprehends those strange mar
riages with native beauties which can
never be understood in the outside
world. This is the genuine land OF
"manana," tomorrow which never
arrives.
Although the cultivation of coffee
was introduced among these people
over a hundred years ago it has never
been in high favor with them as bev-
erage, the Mexicans, as rule, prefer
ring chocolate, which is indigenous to
the soil. A native, more than any
thing else, enjoys his chocolate, unless
he desires something which will inc
briate as well as cheer, when he is
most apt to indulge in pulque, liquor
made from the cactus, which If imbibeo
to any great extent brutalizes the fac
ulties. To it's use is attributed the de-
graded condition of the poems of the
country. From these people o.
mixed blood, more Indian than any
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
Drug House nurns.

Baltimore, Nd, April 9.-The
wholesale drughouse of Gilpin, Lang
don g. Co. was totally destroyed by
fire with it's contents Monday after
noon. The roof of the machinery es-
tablishment of Thomas Bashor & Co.
was also burned and the contents OF
the latter building badly damaged by
water. Several women employed in
the top floors of the drughouse were
taken out on fire escapes, and there
were several severe explosions OF
drugs, but no casualties have been
reported. The losses probably will
reach 100000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
Hearing Advanced.

Washington, April 9.-The United
States supreme court has advanced the
hearing in the case of Ewing versus the
United States, fixing the time for ar
gument for the 28th of October next.
The case involves back pay claimed
to be due postmasters, amounting in
the aggregate to $5,OoO,O0O.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
Great senI Catches.

st. Johns, N. F., April 9.-The seal
ing steamer Nimrod, which arrived
here Monday morning with 13,5Oo
seals, reports that the remaining
three vessels of the fleet are jammed
in the ice foes near White bay, the
Terra Nova having 10000 seals, the
Virginia $4,000 and the Iceland 49,
0OO
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
Expo.l,lon Carpenter. strike.

Buffalo, April 1O.-Three of the five
gangs of carpenters employed at the
American grounds struck Tues
day morning. They number about
200. The strike is the outcome of the
trouble between mill workers and
planning mill owners that has now
lasted ten DAYS.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
Fatally Shot from Ambush.

Wilsondale, w. Va, April 9.-Henry
Marcum, well-to-do farmer of this
city. was Sunday night fatally shot
from ambush. The assassin is un-
known.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
what one Man Can Do.

In day one workman can cut by
hand 6,000 watch-glasses,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
Indemnity FiEures.

Peking, April 9.-According to ex'
pert opinion China would be able to
pay from e2O,OOO,O00 to e3O,ooo,ooC
without gripping her financial re-
sources, while the amounts which the
powers at present demand aggregate
from G SO, 900 900 to C 1O0,0O0,0O0.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-04-12
A New Governor.

Shanghai, April 9.-Yu Yin Lin, gov
ernor of Hu-Pei province, has been ap-
pointed governor of Kwang-Si prov
ince, in succession to Huang Eusi Sen,
who has been ordered to resign. This
is interpreted to indicate that the re-
ctionists of Sian-Fu intends to intro
duce the Boxer movement in the south
ern province,
Evening star., 1901-08-31

see the end of it. They were afraid of
running out of provisions and getting lost
if they went further. At Jasper there is
another large cave which has spectacular
features. The columns within it, formed
b. the stalactites and Stalagmites which
have become Joined, are over fifty feet
high. Some of them are pure white.
Others are diScolored by the earthly sub
stances which drip from the limestone
roof of the cave. This is called the Dia-
mond cave, because of the way in which
the crystals scintillate when light is
thrown on them.
In of the great chambers of the
Diamond cave the columns gave forth
musical note when struck sharply with
stick. The old guide who charged 50 for
taking me through struck several of these
columns Each was of a different pitch,
and if a musician could jump around
quickly enough from column to column he
might manage to play tune. The place
gives one the impression of a great pipe
organ underground.
Not There for Scenery.
But the native has no time for these nat
ural wonders which in a more accessible
region would soon become world famous.
His talk is all of jack-steel jack, ruby
jack resin jack, salmon jack, pebble jack.
and all the other jacks. and the fact that
though the yield of the Joplin field last
year was worth ten million dollars, yet if
only those mines in the Arkansas field al
ready opened are worked there are already
seven million dollars worth of ore waiting
for railroad transportation. Curiously
enough, the discovery of zinc ore in this
region was made in Arkansas and not in
Missouri The natives, though, were look
ing for silver, and when they found zinc
they abandoned it in disgust. Yet the very
mine they abandoned has turned out the
richest in the district. Two farmers girls
made the discovery. Driving home the
cows one evening they picked up pieces Of
a shining mineral. which they called flick
ers. The men folks, however, thought they
had found pieces of silver, and a company
was formed and prospecting begun. They
found ledge where the ore showed thick
and they imported two German metallur-
gists. who built them smelter planned ac-
cording to the old Spanish pattern. 1t is
still standing. The smelter was filled with
ore and charcoal and they held ladies to
catch the molten silver when it ran out
But it did not and all they got was
the fumes of the metal passing up from
the smelter, or as one native put 1t, there
.'riz the beautifulleSt rainbow you ever
seed" That was over thirty years ago. and
they did not think enough of zinc then to
develop the ledge. Yet the Morning Star
Mine. as the site is called. contains
the greatest deposit of zinc ever uncovered
in the history of mining. 1t is really a zinc
Evening star., 1901-08-31
MILLIONS IN ZINC
Arkansas Settlers Enriched When
Railroads Reach New Fields.
RECENT DISCOVERIES NEAR JASPER
Thousands of Tons Await Ship
ment.
ORE IS NINETY FEET DEEP
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
II has long been a favOrite prophecy
among miners that the zine market could
ca silly be Cornered, because there is no such
thing as scrap metal TO interfere with the
complete control of the mining output. But
discovery of millions of dollars worth of
the metal in Arkansas will render a corner
impossible. 1t would not even be possible
To buy up the mines and form a combina-
tiCn. because nearly all the mines are on
government land. of which any one person
may buy but 80 acres. While hundreds of
prospective settlers are agreeing under the
government rule to settle in the prairie
states on the Indian reservation. there are
thousands and thousands of acres owned
arkansas which may be obtained by any
citizen free under the homestead law, or
which may be purchased outright for 81 -
acre The land is all underlaid with
zine, and there is fortune in il for the
settler, If he has patience to wait while.
For the very richest district is not on the
railroad 1t is truly remarkable condi-
t!ou. Several railroads are racing into the
despised region, and the day that the first
gets its feeders into the mines thousands
OF people who can hardly grub a living off
their land now will become wealthy And
Yet all the government land is not taken
up, although the rush into the district is
tremendous.
i have mined for gold and silver in Mex
Evening star., 1901-08-31

icc and Colorado. but l never saw such a
,Culiar boom condition. The people travel
everywhere on horseback and by wagon.
You can travel over radius of 80 miles
il a buggy. and in that whole area millions
o. dollars worth Of zinc would lie under
III. horses feet, Of absolutely no use to the
world as yet, because of the lack OF rail-
roads To transport 1t. OF course. the same
might be said of the Alaskan coal beds but
here the condition exists only few miles
from the center of population OF the United
States II is only a question of a short
tine when the railroads will get into the
district. but just now the most feasible
n"de OF travel is by stage or by flatboat
Go%n the river.
Every one in the region Is dealing in
1jLuf"s Every one is waiting, waiting,
waiting for the wealth to come. The cock
sure confidence Of the religious convert is
not more fuil of the promise Of the re-
wards Of the future than are these people
o. their coming prosperity. You cannot
buy ore from them now, even at the
small margin of sure profit obtained by
hauling the mineral in carts TO the rail-
road terminus 100 miles away. Why"
they say, the ore will be worth dollars
where il is now worth pennies when the
railroad gets through. The interest will
warrant a few years waiting"
Near Jasper. Marion county. 10O0 tons
OF ore lie piled on the ground waiting for
Evening star., 1901-08-31

the future market. 1t is at least GO per
cent ore, and the mine from which it came
seems to be ineXhaustible. The thou
sand tons Were blown right off the surface
of the ground. On the Buffalo river there
is a shaft which had been sunk siXty-Seven
feet through zine and the ore seemed TO be
getting Better in grade the further down
they went The bottom of that shaft had
water in it. and from what the writer
could learn the owner had Intentionally
placed il there for the purpose of conceal
ing his bonanza from the gaze Of objec-
tiOnable neighbors and claim jumpers.
Near Dodd City is another shaft l25 feet
deep so feet of which was pay ore. Be
tween Harrison and Dodd City Massa-
chusetts man who had purchased eighty
acres at 500 an acre refused 100000 for
his land, and stands pat for 100000 when
the railroad gets through.
The writer was riding along a mountain
road one morning and stopped at farm
gate for a drink of water. The woman
who procured the water seemed to be
better educated than most of the people
of the neighbor hood. During conver-
satiOn she said she had come from Chi
cago. Her husbands health had broken
down and with almost their last means
they had purchased a mountain farm in
Arkansas. They paid only So an acre.
They had lived there three years. but in
going there the man had found not only
his lost health, but riches as well, for
their farm rests on the zinc bed, and when
the railroad gets through the inevitable
expect TO settle down to a life of ease
and comfort somewhere in civilization.
You meet instances of this kind all
through the region.
Roads Many There.
Meantime the railroads are racing one
another to bring the future of these peo-
pie nearer to them. The St. Louis and
San Francisco railroad has already got
as far as Harrison on the way to Yell
vile, the center of the zinc district. One
of the Gould roads Is constructing a con-
Meeting link passing to the northwest near
Harrison into the Joplin district. Another
road will be built from Salem. Mo-, to
Fort Smith, passing right through the zinc
belt. Still another road is being built from
Harrison to Winnerva, the head of navi-
cation on the White river, where the gov
ernment is putting in locks and dams to
improve the water transportation. One of
the roads is boring a tunnel 1,o1 feet long
through the mountain near Eureka
Springs. 1t is all mountainous country
and the obstacles with which the roads
have to contend make the race exciting
The mine owners watch the efforts put
forth in their behalf and take all things
good naturedly, knowing that the end of
it means wealth for them. The roads will
Evening star., 1901-08-31

radiate like a star from the center of the
zinc district.
y curious feature is the attitude of the
Joplin miners towards the new district
Zine ore is locally known as Jack" and
Joplin, Mo-, is the town that Jack built
Judging the new finds by their own re-
Sion. the Joplin miners do not believe so
much ore can exist In the direction Of
fellville. They say the dip should carry
1t away from there One of these men
full of theory came down to Panther Creek
and explained to one of the new district
owners, an old man, how impossible 1t
was that any ore could exist in the region
All the laws of geology and metallurgy, he
said, We're against it. After some arguing
the old miner got angry. went to his shanty
and returned presently with drill. He
bored a hole, put in a charge of powder
and blew out couple of tons of zinc ore
from the very spot on which the man Of
theory had been standing during the argu-
ment 1t converted the Joplin man.
An Eight-Mile Cave.
Jack is not the only good thing of which
the region boasts. There are many nat
ural curiosities around about. Near West
ern Grove there is a cave which extends
under ground for over eight miles Ex-
plorers have rowed on the underground
river for that distance, and they did not