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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-08-26

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LAST week, in leature before the
students of the University of Chicago.
Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews, Of
the University Of Nebraska, said:
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
VICTIMS OF SNOWSLIDE.
Avalanche Sweeps Away Miners
BunkhOuse and Sleeping Men
-L0xs of Life.

Nelson, B. c., Dec. pa snowslide
struck the bunkhouse of the Molie
Gibson mine, ten miles from Lake
Kootenai, Christmas night, razing the
building. It is believed to have killed
nine men and injured seven others.
The men were in the hunks, after hold
ing an impromptu Christmas concert,
when the snowslide came down,
crushing in the roof and walls and
sweeping the men down the noun
tain. They were carried from 800 feet
to half mile from the site of the
cabin. One man was found in the snow,
writhing in agony. He died few mo.
ments later. Eight men, including
two Italians whose names are not
known, and the Chinese cook, are un-
accounted for. OF the men accounted
for j. Campbell is dead, ]. M. McLaugh-
lin has his shoulder dislocated and leg
broken, one named McGinnis is slight
ly hurt and John A. Bell has his fore.
arm broken.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
CABLE SHIP HEARD FROM.
sltvertown Reaches Hawaii and
Makes Preparations to Splice
Cable with Shore End. =

San Francisco, Dec. 27.-The follow
ing telegram. has been received from
the. cable ship Silvertown, timed at four
a. m. Friday: -. ..
about to buoy the cable off the is
land of Oahu in about $50 fathoms of
water. Up to this time 2,23S nautica.
miles of cable have been paid OUT
The shore end of the ca BILE, which is of
a more heavier type than the sea cable,
will be spliced to the sea cable some
miles off Diamond Head, which is to be
the landing place of the San Francisco
Honolulu cable. Until the splice is
completed no further word will be re-
ceiyed from the cable ship. It may take
day or two to complete the work.
The dispatch with which the work is
finished and Honolulu placed in com
munication with San Francisco and the
rest OF the world largely depends upon
the weather conditions.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
MRS. GRANTS WILL.
Estate of the Widow of the General
Divided in Four Equal
Parts.

Washington, Dec. 27.-The will of
Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant was filed Friday.
The estate is to be divided into four
equal portions. 1t also provides that a
memento presented to her by the en-
press of Japan, said to be thousand
years old. shall go to the museum of
arts, New York. Gen. Fred D. Grant,
son of the testatrix, delivered the tes-
lament at Register Dents office in per-
son. Mrs. Grant named as executor
"the trustees to be selected by my
three sons, majority or the survivors
of them"
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31

GREAT ALLS FAI,
Disastrous Result Of a. Fire in the
City Of Brooklyn.
TOTAL DAMAGE OF $500, 900 CAUSED.
Factories Along the Water Front
Burn-Firemen Buried Under Fall
ing Wa1ls-Three Are Killed
and as Many Injured.

New York. Dec. 27.-In fire which
shot through five factories in the river
front district of Brooklyn after one
o'clock Friday morning, three fremen
were killed, two were badly injured
and more than 100000 damage was
done. The list Of dead and injured is as
follows:
Dead-Michael O'Toole, fireman of
engine company No. IS, on water tow
er; Thomas Jeffries, fireman, water
tower No. 6, crushed out of recogni-
ton; Battalion Chief Thomas Coppin-
ger, of twenty-third battalion, skull!
fractured, arm and leg broken.
Injured-Thomas Mccarthy, fireman,
engine company No. IS, on water tow
err, right leg fractured and right hip
crushed3 William McCooley, citizen.
skull crushed.
Starts in Cooperage Plant.
Beginning among the indammabl
materials in the cooperage plant of Ar
buckle Bros, at Plymouth and Bridge
streets, within half hour the flames
were: shooting from all the building.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
DEFEAT FOR BOYCOTT.
Builders' Combination in Chicago
Must Pay Heavy Damages to
Brick Manufactures.

Chicago, Dec. ga jury in Judge
Wallis court returned verdict for
$4,000 in favor of George Hinchliff,
who brought suit against the mem
bers of the Chicago Mason's and
Builders association and the Brick
Manufacturers association on &C.
count of damage to his business said
to have been caused by a boycott.
The verdict defines in measure the
rights of labor organizations to i'm
pose boycotts or to assist their en-
ployers to do so. The trial of the
case has been watched with much in
terest by manufacturers and labor
organizations. Hinchliff sued for
100000 damages, the outgrowth of Il
boycott alleged to have been levied
in 1898 against his brickyard At Ho-
bart, Ind.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
: D. IS. AV.E.NGIE|:D][)I.: I|:][)
South Carolina Mob Hangs a Negro
and His Wife.
BODIES ARE RIDDLED WITH BULLETS
They Were Charged with the Murder
of a Prominent Citizen-Each
Accused the Other of
the Crime.

Columbia, S. c., Dec. 29.-The first
woman to be lynched in South Caro-
lima died with her husband, Oliver
Wideman, near Troy, Abbeville coun.
ty, Friday night. A crowd of friends
of William K. Jay, a farmer, commit
ted the; deed. Jay, a member of the
Masonic, Pythian and Woodmen of
the World fraternities, was mur-
dered by one of the mob's victims.
The couple occupied house on Jays
plantation. Friday evening he passed
the house and heard fighting and
loud quarreling. Mrs. Jay heard her
husband call to the couple to cease
their disturbance or leave his place.
A moment later gun was fired. She
ran to the window and saw Wide
man and his wife running from their
house. She called her husband, and
getting no response, ran out to look
for him. jays body was found in a
pool of blood, his head having been
nearly shot away.
The Lynch1ng.
The news spread throughout the
township in a few minutes and en-
ragged men soon were securing the
country for the murderer. One party
met Wideman and his wife driving
in buggy and arrested them. They
were taken back to the Jay planta-
tion. Both confessed that Jay had
been shot from their house, and each
accused the other of doing the shoot
ing. This they maintained to the
last. The negroes were turned over
to constable, who late at night
started with his prisoners for Abbe-
vile courthouse. About midnight
they were intercepted at bridge by
a mob. The buggies were halted and
the prisoners dragged out with ropes
around their necks. Their frantic
appeals for mercy and the woman S
screams were soon silenced. The
bodies were drawn off the ground
and riddled with bullets. Mr.. JAY
was worthy master of Stonewil!
lodge, A. F. & A. NJ, and grand junior
warden in the South Carolina grand
lodge.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
LYNCHED WRONG MAN.
Investigation Shows That the Negro
Hanged by Mob in Kansas Was
Not Slayer of Officer.

Pittsburg, Kan, Dec. T.-It is re-
ported that Joe Cooley, brother of
Montgomery Cooley, who was lynched
by a mob here Thursday morning, is
wounded and in hiding at Weir City,
Kan, and later investigation of the
trouble between Officer Hinkle and the
Cooley brothers tends to show that
Joe, and not the man who was lynched,
fired the shot which killed the police
man. Two other brothers, Gus and
Jess, are in Jail at Girard, charged with
being implicated in the murder, but
Joe escaped. The mother of the God
ley boys is said to have asked physi-
clan here to treat Joe for gunshot
wound in the neck. She would not tell
the whereabouts of her son, and the
doctor refused to go with her. The Of
f1cer's revolver, with which he was
killed, has not been found, and it is be-
heved that the man who did the kill
ing has, the pistol in his. possession.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
Uses Shotgun on Robbers.

Westchester, Pa. Dec. 27.-Lewis
Brown, resident of New Garden, a
small village near here, Friday dis
covered four colored men in his cell
lar. He procured a shotgun and fired
on the quartette, killing one of them.
It is supposed that one or more of
the others were injured, that traces of
blood were found near the house. The
men had bagged about 80 bushels of
potatoes, and were about to depart
when discovered. The coroner exon
Grated Brown.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31

sdncedF to splinters and fragments back
to the last three wind lows. AS lit was
crowded the results were terrible. ...y
Fire and Frost Add to Horror.
Fire started, but was smothered.5
The fire was scarcely worse danger
than the cold, however. For three
hours or more wounded and manned
passengers were pinned underneath
wreckage, crying piteously for help
while they suffered from exposure to
the elements. Exposure undoubted-
ly FASTENED the death of some of the
more seriously injured, and caused the
death of some of those who might
have been saved if it had been only a
question of extricating them from the
wreckage.
Heroic Work of Survivors,.
But for the heroic efforts of bri-
gade of passengers, organized and led
by an old man, who was himself
passenger on the train, the wreck
might have been more disastrous.
This brigade put out the fire by throw
ing snow on the flames with their hats
and hands. They then turned their ef
forts to getting out the wounded, who
had their sufferings increased by
binding snowstorm and the ther-
mometer near zero.
Efforts to identify the wounded and
dead were attended with difficulty.
The bodies taken from the wreck were
frightfully mangled, some of them
almost beyond recognition. The
scenes attending the removal of
bodies from the wreckage were pitt
full. Several families were on the
train, and the air was filed with the
cries of those separated from their
loved ones, not knowing whether they
were killed or saved.
The train bearing the bodies of the
victims of the wreck reached here Sat-
urday afternoon. Immediately on the
arrival of the train all the undertake
ers in the city were called into serv-
ice, and the work of removal was be-
gun. There were rs bodies in all, and
some of them were crushed beyond re-
semblance to human beings.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
10 Working Well.

Glace Bay, N. S., Dec. 29.-The
Marconi station at Glace Bay contin-
ues to maintain daily communication
with Cornwall, with constantly in
creasing efficiency and facility. Mar
conf is still here, but will leave short
ly for the Cape Cod station. In the
meantime he, is sending two or three
message by wireless to Europe daily.
Some of these dispatches are
lengthy. One of the dispatches was
directed to ex-Empress Eugene.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
Ovation to Dewey.

Ponce, Porto Rico, Dec. 29.-Ad-
miral Dewey arrived here Saturday
evening overland from San Juan and
received an ovation. He was warm
ly greeted by committee of native
officials and citizens, and was escort
ed by them from Juana Diaz to
Ponce. The city was decorated in
honor of the admiral's arrival, which
was followed by a procession with
bands Of music through the streets.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
TRADE REVIEW.
quiet Follows the Usual Holiday.
Rush In Many Lines Of
Business, @5%4

New York, Dec. 27.-R. G. Dur, E.
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:*
"Trade and speculation experienced
the customary holiday quiet, except in /.
Christmas goods, which sold freely,
many packing and shipping depart
ments being still engaged on this class
OF work, which could not be completed
at the specified time Industrial un-
dertakings are interrupted in many
cases by the taking of inventories,
while other plants are closed because
fuel cannot be obtained. Orders still
come forward freely, and the new year
Will open with more business on the
books than ever before. Prices of COM
modltles are firmly held by the steady
domestic demand, and there is a good
export movement of the leading
staples. In this, as in many other in
stances, however, there is still the
drawback of inadequate transporting
facilities which restrict shipments to
the eaboard. Financial conditions are
satisfactory. Railway earnings thus
far reported for the month of Decem-
ber surpass last years by so per cent.
and those of 1900 by 11.6 per cent.
Quiet conditions in the iron and steel
industry, unaccompanied by any sign
OF weakness, testify to the healthy tone
and suggest a bright outlook for the
coming year. Furnaces and mills will
extend the season of idleness beyond
the usual time, not because orders are
lacking, but in order to accumulate
moderate supply of coke. A very large
amount of business will be carried over
into next year, probably more than in
any previous season. Failures for the
week numbered 200 in the United
States, against $50 last year and 21 in
Canada, compared with % a year ago"
Bradstreet's says: Satisfaction
with the old and confidence in the new
year are the DONNA ting features as
1902 draws to a close. The enormous
holiday trade, exceeding in most re-
spects all records, proved to be fit
ting crown to year of almost unpre-
cedented business and Industrial ac-
tlvlty. Except in some sections of the
south and southwest, where crop and
weather conditions had led to modi-
fication of other sanguine expecta-
tions, the volume of seasonable busi-
ness is in most respects satisfactory.
In the east. the west, the northwest
and on the Pacific coast, there is but
cne note, and that Of satisfaction with
the results achieved during the past
few weeks. Additional reports re-
ceived of trade distribution for
the year confirm those hitherto given
of an enormous volume of business,
modified, it is true, in some respects
by higher cost of materials and wages
limiting profits. With the larger turn
over, however, and the active demand
in most lines, the profit sid de has not
been entirely lost sight of, and it is
safe to say that equally satisfactory
returns in years to come would prove
acceptable. Reports of results in
banking circles this year are that good
profits have been gained as a result
OF the comparatively high and at the
same time steady rates of money"
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
A Sad Story.

Florence, Ala, Dec. 29.-Calvin Car
son, an old confederate soldier driven
to desperation by want, with his
granddaughter, helpless cripple, de-
pendent on him, gave the girl carbolic
acid and cut his own throat at seven
o'clock Sunday morning. The girl has
been a cripple from birth, and was 21
years old. When found at eight
o'clock by another tenant of the
house she was dead. The man is dan
gerously wounded, but may recover.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
Disaster in Ohio.

Steubenville, O., Dec. 27.-Near the
Gilchrist coal works, across the Ohio
river, an Austrian woman living in a,
house boat tried to start her stove
with gasoline. An explosion fol-
lowed and she was burned to death.
Her husband and boarders escaped
from the boat, but were unable to
secure her body. One of the board
ers, an Austrian, went back after
money he had hid and was killed by
powder exploding, he had stored
there. ~:
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
Honor for Cervera.

Madrid, Dec. 29.-The appointment
of Vice Admiral Cervera, who sur
rendered to the American fleet off
Santiago de Cuba, to thepost Of chief
of staff of the navy, has been pub
ished in the Official Gazette. b.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
NEVER TOUCHED ME.

years old. The injured - Henry
Naholic, 80 years old, of Berea,
o., skull fractured; Stencil Stanis-
lauski, % years DID,. of Berea, O., in
jured about the face and body; William
Shields, 3S years old, of Under Cliff,
n. j., back injured.
The four men were walking on the
west-bound track. They failed to no.
tice the approach of a passenger train
and were struck by locomotive and
hurled from the track. Martin was in
stantlY killed.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
Big Attendance at Cornell.

Ithaca, N. Y, Dec. 27.-The Cornell
university register was ready for dis
'tribution Friday. The book shows
that the total number of students in:
attendance to date is 2,96S, gain Of
4176 over last year. This year there are.
$50 professors, instructors, etc, being.
an increase in the teaching staff Of 30.
Forty-six states and 16 foreign coun-
tries are represented in the students
body. ~: ~, r. -. i+,<....:
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
STRUCK BY TRAIN.
-Four Men Hurled from the Track on
Which They Were Walking, and
One Is Killed.

Ridgewood, N. j., Dec. 27.-One man
was killed and three injured, one prob
ably fatally, en- the Erie railroad
tracks here Friday. The man killed
was Edward Martin, who was employed
by H. B. Strong Co., of Cleveland, O.,
a firm doing construction work for the
railroad company here. His home
was in Berea, O. He was about 80
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
and all the available fire engines of
Brooklyn, with Chief Purrey in charge,

Brooklyn, with Chief Purrey in charge,
were trying to avethe district.
The cooperage plant of Arbuckle
Bros. is an old fashioned five story
brick building. It was filed from top
to bottom with material for making
barrels the refuse from the carpenters
work, old barrels, and loose odds and
ends of lumber, and fears were enter
tanned that the flames would spread to
number of factories in the immediate
vicinity and to the nearby tenements.
Burns Rapidly.
Thomas Kenney, a watchman in the
Arbuckle plant, was passing down the
stairs, when he saw a ribbon of fame
shoot out of a rubbish heap on the
first floor. Almost before he could
gasp the entire first floor was in a
blaze. He jumped from a window,
and before he had crossed the street
the flames were shooting from the win
dows. Policeman Buckley sent in one,
then two alarms. Before the firemen
had arrived the third and fourth floors
had caught.
When Deputy Chief Murray arrived
he sent in third and fourth alarm,
and when Chief Purrey arrived, half
hour later, he ordered engines and fire.
boats from the Manhattan side of the
river to help. With the arrival of
water tower No. 6, Battalion Chief Cop
pinger assumed charge'of it and ran it
directly under one of the walls. ..
Firemen Caught Under Walls. ~s
Suddenly the wall was seen to bulge
at the third story, and before the men
could move it crashed directly down
on them. The fireman and McCooley.
the citizen, were buried and the water
tower and ladders were smashed to
kindling wood. '@s, Dr.. III
Ten minutes later the first of the
men was taken out. This was the. bat
talon chief, unconscious and fatally
hurt. l. =. 80 .+... -. ~ ts %
I'D McCooley came next, Mccarthy, who
will die, it is thought, was found half
under a wheel of the tower, also un-
conscious. The bodies Of Jeffries and
O'Toole were found near together. h.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
To Guard McKinley,s Tomb.

II Cincinnati, Dec. 27.--Lieuts. Reeco
and Inglehart, with two sergeants
and four corporals and 80 privates
Gof company M, Third United States
infantry, left Fort Thomas, KY, Frs
day, for Canton, o., where they will
serve as the special guard around
McKinley's tomb. They relieved 8
detachment of the Fourteenth infan-
try. B. ~: #.~- ~. IS. . =s :Es.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
/ Eight Violent Deatha.s

X. New y ork, Dec. s29. Eight persons
met violent deaths in Greater New
York Sunday. Three were clear
cases Of suicide, and the others re-.
suited from q variety ofS ca uses. &
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
Under the Ban.

I Rome, Dec. 29.-The Tribuna says
the pope has ordered the archbishop
of Manila to excommunicate all per-
sons who endeavor to promote the
creations of a national church in the
Philippines. -sI.s. . T.: 15:z..
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
Failed to Recover.

Chicago, Dec. 29.-Peter Stump, who
was found unconscious at the Hotel
LIE Grand, Wells and Kinzie streets,
died Sunday evening at the Policlinic
hospital. Stump was a stockman
from Orin Junction, Wyo., and it is
supposed he blew out the gas.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
Continues to Improve.

New York, Dec. 27.--.*.Mr Wander
bilt has passed his best day since his
serious illness. He has made a dis.
tinct gain since Thursday DR.. Austin
Flint Jr., made this sta atement as he.
left the Vanderbilt resid dence Friday.
evening. Dr. 3. Flint evinced great
confidence as to the recovery 81 the
patient. ss q !. .5
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
Over 800 Children Killed.

Victoria, B. c., Dec. 29,-Corres-
pondence received from Yokoh anna by
the steamer Tartar includes details
of a horrible baby farming conspir-
acy in Osaka. An elderly woman, her
married daughter, husband and two
other persons have been arrested for
infanticide, and it is learned that
since they started operations this
wear 300 children were killed.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
Gen. Miles Entertained.

Pskin, Dec. 29.--The ladies of the
American legation and Lieut.. Gen.
Miles and his party were entertained
at luncheon Sunday by the dowager:
empress and emperor. United States
Minister Conger also gave a diplo-
matte dinner in honor Of the gen-
,eral. *4.s85l s5&5 s..E
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
Aca d emy I'm Ashes.

Littleton, N. H.. Dec. 29.-Dow
academy, at Franconia, named for the
late Moses A. Dow. of Charlestown,
Mass, has been burned. Mr.. Dow
presented the academy to the town
25> years ago, and at his death, in
1886, he left it 100000.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
Coasters Drowned.

St. Louis, Dec. 29.-While coasting
down the levee onto the ice formed
along the river shore opposite Olive
street Sunday evening, Mary Galeano,
aged Is, and Ange Cafferata, aged II,
broke through the ice and drowned.
Theresa Logo Marsino, aged IA, also
plunged into the river, but was res
cued.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
R0uxh Rider Dies.

L New York, Dec. s27.--Dr. Frederick
L. Brady, who was member of Rooser
velt's rough: riders in the Spanish
American war, is dead in a hospital
here from typhoid fever. In the Span
ish-American war he was in the en-
gagement at Las Guasimas, the battle
Of San Juan hill and the siege of San
tiagoI making an honorable record.
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
Eire Sweepa a Rusineaa RInck.

San Pedro, Cal, Dec. 29.-Fire in
the: center of the business district
destroyed about $4,000 worth OF
property One-half Of the most prom
inent business block in the city was
burned out. B. Swift, a laborer, and
N. c. HAndfnsen, retired capitalist,
5perished. +. .g:..-..@e ~. II %@s55 IL
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
May Com e to I: 8 America. Al

Vienna, Dec ~ 1t is reported
here on good aut thority that Arch
duke Ferdinand and the crown prin-:
cess of saxony and heir mpanions5'
opose going to the United states,5
there being little proba bility of their
finding congenial homes III Europe
Willmar tribune., 1902-12-31
Hotel Burn ed

81. Crawfordsville, Ind, Dec. q. Rob-
5bins hotel was destroyed ~ fire Fri
day, with $1O, 900 loss. The flames.
started ii 4 sleeping room and the
stairway was cut of. causing the
half dressed guests to escape down
the ice-coated ladder. ~