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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-01

found delight in raising the eyellds of
the dead; who, while friends bowed
with grief brought flowers, felt sense
Of exultation which almost impeled
her to tell them to wait and she would
furnish another funeral, and has since
boasted that she has more spunk
than any other person living
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-01
LUTZ FAMILY
Held a Pleasant Reunion In
Springfield.

TIE tenth annual reunion of the Ezra
LuE family was held at the home of
Mr.. ID, p. Rhodes, in Springfield town.
ship, Saturday. A bountiful dinner
was served and an excellent program
rendered. The officers elected for the
following year were: President, ]. p.
Rhodes; secretary, Mrs. Geo. Roth;
treasurer John A. Lutz The first prize
In the QUOT pitching contest was won
by Messrs. VIM. Rhodes and Grant
Lutz
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-01
JANE TOPPAN
Is HAPPY NOW
Believes She Will be Free In a
Few Years.
The Career of the Poisoner Is Study For Men
of Science.

Teunton, Mass, July 1-After six
days Of Incarceration in the state In
sane hospital here, Jane Toppan, con-
fessed poisoner of 81 friends and pa
tients whom she had attended as a
professional nurse, declares that she
Is happier than at any time in her life
and laughs at the experts who sey that
she will be obliged to end her exis-
tence within the walls of this or some
other State institution
While admitting that she is at times
possessed Of an uncomfortable passion,
TO satisfy which she must take human
life, and that at such times she may
be considered insane, Miss Toppan, in
her belief that at the end of three or
four years she will no longer be sub
jected to this irresistible impulse to
kill, mas proceeded to make herself
comfortable here
That she will In few years be no
longer menace to the community,
that experts will no longer be able to
show that she is insane and that she
Will be given her freedom, as a man
named Freeman was released from the
same institution after he had recov-
Ia. gIn uti s.As
1t is as a study of psychology that
Jane Toppan is regarded by the sci
entists and by the courts Of Massa-
chusetts, which, in the interests of
science and the protection of public
morality, have placed about her bar
riers that shut out from the public the
full knowledge of Jane Toppan and
her remarkable career.
or the 81 persons for whose deaths
she has been responsible, the names of
all but II are kept secret until men
In whose keeping they have been plac-
Ell have finished an investigation that
has been going on since last November
and may continue for many months
more. Even then 1t may be deemed
necessary to keep the results of this
research from all except the medical
procession, who should, In the interest
of science, know all the details of
what Is expected to prove one of the
most astounding cases of mental de-
generacy of which the world has ever
heard.
Mystery has surrounded Jane Ton
pan from her birth. While il is known
that she has sister who has for
years been in an institute for the in
sane, the most thogough lnvestigatio
has failed to reveal the early life of
this remarkable woman ,jrior to the
time when, four years DID,, and known
as Nora Kelley, she was placed In n
charitable institution in Boston. She
remained there until in her teens.
when she was adopted by Abner Top.
pan, of Lowell, whose name she took
1t seems that there never was time in
her strange life when Jane Toppan
did not feel that she was alone In the
world; that the world was against her;
That while her foster parents were
kind and indulgent, they were persons
apart from her; that bond of sym.
pathy was missing between them, n
bond that existed between her ard no
other person living except that insane
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-01
Bronchitis For Twenty Years.

Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danville,
ILL.,, writes: Il had bronchitis for 20
years and never got relief until used
Foley's Honey and Tar which is a
sure cure
Sold by ]. NJ. LATER, j. Lamparter
& Co., A. Warner.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-07-01
DR.. Miles, -
Heart Core

eontrols the heart action, accel-
crates the circulation and builds
UP the entire system. Sold by
druggists. on a guarantee.
pz, Miles Medical Co., Elkhart Ind.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-04
ST PAUL's FIVE BANKS. ,-.--:~
From The Journal Bureau, Room As; Post Build
ing WashinRton.

ing, washington. = -
Washington, Dec. 1.-The controller Of the
currency gave out abstract of the report
the condition of five rational banks of st. Paul.
Compared with the report of Sept. 10, 1t shows
total resources increased from 500, SOS,355 to
$31 1856, $50; loans and discounts increased from
$14, 514 900 to $500, and the amount Of
cash reserve advanced from 81 500 GA to 50, $685.,
O66 of which gold holdings fell from 81, 522, 46o
to 81 ,4s3, 7OS. Individual deposits increased
from SO. 25s,516 to SIS, 300. and the average
reserve advanced from 24.19 to "a .5l3 per cent.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-04
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CAPITAL :CULLINGS

Representative Dalzell of Pennsylvania has
Withdrawn from the contest Tor the speakership
in favor of Cannon: 49, -, q.'..,;., r..
It is the expectation Of Representative Tom
Marshall Of North Dakota that President Roose-
welt will soon name E. G.. Eddy postmaster at
Fargo. ~ - 81. "a. = ..!# :,
Senator Culon1. chairman of the senate com
nittee OH foreign relations, says he is going to
press consideration of the reciprocity treaties,
especially the French agreement.
sy Morris. Jr., of Minneapolis spent two
days in Washington this week. He has started
for indianapolis where he will visit relatives
and friends for several days, reaching home early
next week. .-.'....'- y -. = - ..-. +. -:
:. The Oklahoma statehood bill contains a clause
as follows: Provided that polyganly and plural
marriages are forever prohibited. - Senator
Nelson. Of Minnesota is responsible for this pro-
Inhibition, which is found. in the enabling act of
no other state. -. ~ .sc-.ss...s s. =
Senator Quarles Of Wisconsin yesterday intro
duced bill for the repeal Of the desert land
law and the law authorizing the entry to- tim
Der and school. lands under the. placer mining
laws and also a provision for the homestead
entries. Senator Quarles said the intention of
the bill is to preserve the public lands flor actual
settlers. -. :. $40 . -:
>, William Alden Smith presented a resolution
Yesterday asking full information of the state
department on the killing Of Fitzgerald by
Godfrey Hunter, Jr., also whether the. doctrine
Of extra-territorialt ywould apply to the offend
ers who may be of the family and household of
the United States, minister; rendering them amen
able to American Jurisdiction and subject to trial
by United States courts x5.. =-r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-04
...:.*. AN OFFICIAL STATUS -.
The Coal Commission Will Soon
~ Have Government Backing. y

= -.
Washington, Decs 4.--Theres is now no
doubt that the presidents commission to-
Investigate the anthrac cite strike; will soon
have an official standing. as though it had
been authorized by.ac of congress. The
house pa ssed the dill: reported by Chair
man sCannon appropriating $4,000 to pay
the expenses Of thescommission.. There is
no doubt that the senate will pass the
BILL and when the president signs the: act
he also gives his commission an official
standing as an agency of the federal gov
ernmentE E,.sy i, vsgjs >, VIZ. -
The bill presented by MI. Cannon and
passed by the house is4a simple one in
character ITO appropriate: 5000 and place
1t lin the hands @ofs, the president to pay
the expenses of12the = committee, :: but: :! in
effect the bill haspas greater Significance.
for 1T makes the 50 investigation /, that OF
the, United States government. J.,
When the commission was appointed by
the president his legal advisers agreed
that it had noy official status. j.. They We're
of the opinion, however, that if congress
made an appropria ton to defray its ex-
penses,' the commission thereupon would
become an official body, whose report
would go to the. president and be sent to
scongress by, him. - :.'-: .'+.H
@Ihet opinion, prevails among legal ex-
perts In congress that the recognition Of
the commission through an. appropria ton
gives 1T standing similar to the com
mission that Investigated the railroad
strike in Chicago some eight years ago.
While it is not held that the findings of
the commission will be binding upon either
party to the: controversy, the report of
its investigation Will bean official state
ment Of conditions In the anthracite field,
and will be Of value. TO-. congress- in the
CONSIDERATION &C Of 2, any future legislation
~, peallns upon the relations of capital and
AaOOl. .-=..2 y. !',...~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-04

TOO BIG A PROPOSITION.
colombia's Mistake in Trying to
Shake Down the United
States,
From The Journal Bureau, Room IS, Post Build.

From The Journal Bureau, Room IS, Post Build
: ing, Washington. 8. @g.
= Washington, Dec. fit occurs to the
average American that Colombia is max
Ing a big mistake in trying to shake
down" SO big proposition as the United
States. 1t might also occur to the same
person that this small state was stand
ing In its own light and blocking its own
interests in. obstructing4 a. canal. Both
propositions are quite obvious There is
no explanation except that cupidity is
overmastering. - s...s
1t was expected that there would be a
treaty before the senate this winter-at
the opening of the session-alI ready for
ratification by the senate. BY this treaty
Colombia would cede a strip of land suf-
fcient for the canal, and would be gem
erously compensated therefor by the
United States. A preliminary agreement
to this effect had been drawn and signed
before the canal bill passed congress
Now the Colombian government finds new
and serious obstacles in. the way Of alien
ating this strip Of land. - -
The carefully worded outgivings Of the
secretary Of state are to the effect that
this government is preparing to IDEAL
vigorously" with the. situation. That is
vague, but more pregnant than it might
appear. There have been some cabinet
President, Roosevelt has injected some
into the policy to be pursued.
There are ways to dealfwith the hold-up
man. Attorney General Knox has sug-'
gested one. He says that. speaking as a
lawyer he sees no necessity for treaty
with Colombia. 1t is not robbery that he
recommends. but he says that it is a sim
pie matter of law that when. a man buys
a piece of property he gets that prop
erty in all the completeness that the for
mer owner had It, If France; aor the. Pan
anna Canal company, had right, to build
the canal and we buy all their rights.
we get the right to. build it This is in
cluded in the return, which the United
States acquires by paying $40, 1000, 900. "
However this view ,of,the situation may
be regarded by the president. and :Secre-
tary Hay, certain it is that they will find
a way to bring Colombia to time. There
is always the possibility that the Panama
route may be abandoned, and. the Mica
ragua selected: This. Is possible under
the terms Of the law. But this would be
final resort. and there are other ways,
to deal with a small but rascally re-
public. <'.,' - =
w. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-04
TOLD IN A LINE

ST. Louis Mo:-yulian Ralph is. seriously i'll
here from violent hemorrhage.
Boston, ;Mass.-The. foot and mouth disease IL
spreading rapidly among the cattle in this state.
New Orleans-The safe of the Mexican Lottery
company in this city was robbed Of considerable
money.
St. Louis-Judge Ryan instructed the jury to
return verdict of acquittal in the Nicholaus
bribery trial. .. rs 40
Washington-Dr. Gardiner says that. Thomas
,B. Reeds condition is serious. although he doea
not see. any immediate danger.
weii-known new spaper man, IS dead here q con.
sumption. His family lives IN Indiana.
Danville, Ky.-The mail bag which was: lost
about ten days ago contained checkst and drafts
to the value OF $4,000. A portion Of this sum
was in revenue stamps.
Hazleton. Palmer Kischner aged 80 n
boss carpenter, and zGustave Strack, aged 49,
Were instantly killed to-day while descending the
Cranberry mine in a man car. $50
Phtladelphia-garry Johnson. the actor who
murdered Kate Hassett, member of the Keith
theater stock company. and then shot himself is
dying at the Hahnemann hospital {
misunderstanding Baker of the Atlantic
TRANSPORTATION company says that 81 900 900 Of
employees ~tn 81 200 and 81, 600 lots. :,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-04

census. committee, and Congressman Honkins
chairman OF the same committee I'm the house
met William 4: Merriam. director Of the census
at the request of Mfr. Merriam. to consider .tak-
ing :: q. systematic census of :the Philippine
Islands, Hawaii and Porto Rico. =;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-04

clone. Here he lives unmolested, lead
Ing a wandering life of hunting and fish
ing and with little or no concern as to
how he is to live tomorrow. "Suffcient
unto the day is the evil thereof, ? is his
motto and he lives UP to it,. Some years
ago the government built them houses.
issued them oxen and farming implements
and they had for time fields and gardens
under cultivation, raised some stock and
had schools and churches. But for some
reason all this has vanished and TODAY
one may travel for miles, through this sec
ton and see only the evidence Of better
days The houses are deserted and left
to rot, fences are destroyed, farming i'm
PIGMENTS are standing in the old fields to
be ruined by the natural action of the ele-
Ments. Fishing and hunting are the chief
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-04

There is as much difference between this
portion of the reservation and that portion
contingent to the agency as there is be-
tween Minnesota and Mexico. .; There is
absolutely no comparison. and when they
are joined by. their friends, the Mile
i Laos, there will be an Indian population on
the reservation which will require several
years to educate and civilize. 1922
Many of the full blood Indians on the
reserve are educated and progressive. Some
OF the ola chiefs even. like Me-she-ke- ge-
shlg, chief of the Mississippi band of Chip
pewas. are fine types Of the conservat, vie
sensible sort. Their only enemies of
which they speak in days gone-by are the
Sioux, with whom they now frequently
exchange visits and engage in friendly
feasts and dances.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-04
THE LONDON DOCK BILL
Has the Lumberman's Export Asso-
citation Made Terms? - r. =.

Washington. Dec LAST night Repre\.
sentative Tawney, who has been leading
the fight for. the, London dock charges
bill, received surprising kilograms from
the president and secretary OF the Ma
tional :Llmbermen,s .Exporting 'assocfa-
ton withdrawing their support Of the
bill. The various exporting ASSOCIATIONS
have been urgent in demanding the pas
sage of the bill. and none more so than
the lumbermen. The question now agitat-
ing the friends. of the measure here
is how the rnillers, grainmen and shippers
of provisions and other comm ODDITIES now
feel on the subject. = l.
president of the Lunbermen's National
Exporting association is da ted at. New
York, and is as follows: =
AFTER serious considerations our mem
bers have decided that passage of bill II.
r.. $3.50, would be very prejudicial to
withdraw, it is our desire to do so. but
want your Geographic advices before
final action. This message has been kept
strictly. secret "ft/
Secretary Lang Of the association wired
from Memphis. as follows:
Careful consideration of very recent
advices forces decision that passage of
London clause bill. be prejudicial to our
best. interests therefore withdraw our
support -.
These remarlla BILE kilograms show a sit
,uation calculated to impress the friends
Of the bill here that the Lunbermen's
National Export association has made
terms with the steamship companies and
now hopes to aid in preventing the pas
sage Of the bill, This will be without
avail, however, unless it is found that the
steamship ornpanies.. have reached
agreements satisfactory TO. all exporters.
The :Lumbermen's Exporting assoefa-
:tion has been particularly active in urg-
ing the passage of the bill: ."=
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-04

occupations of the people and they have
little desire to settle down on their allot-
lncnts and make any sort of an effort to
improve them and make for themselves
permanent he mes. 's
One may travel for miles through this
country during the harvesting season and
see hardly one visible sign of the imam
with the hoe" Not even gardens. not
fowl not a cow or pig and the women and
children almost naked and starving. Many
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-04
BLACK SPOT IN WHITE
EARTH RESERVATION
uu Lake and Twin Lake Chppewa
Progress and Are Sadly mes-Mle Laos Indians
Soon to Be Moved, Will Have Allotments Near Them.

special to The Journal
White Earth Agency, Mimi, Dac. s.
The fact that the Mile Laos Indians are
TO be removed to the White Earth reser-
WALTON is likely to defer the opening of
the reservation for some wears to come,
fIheE will want to take up their allot-
ments on the northeastern portion of the
reservation in what are known as the
Twin Lakes and Gull Lakes settlements.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-04

There are now several of the removal
bands of Chippewa Indians in these set
Elements, and their general mode Of living
Is very close to that of the old time Indian
OF the early settlement days.
Most people who visit the White Earth
reservation see, only the civilized portion
and the real Indian is seldom seen in his
home camp. The Gull Lake and Twin
Lake settlements afford striking example
~ the civilization Of the Indian when left
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-04
TITS din THE Air,
Talk ak Of settement IN the Coal Case
'e%s--, NOTHING Definite 5Dolno: *;


s.. Scranton, Pa, Dec. r4.-With the reas-
sembling of the coal commission YESTERDAY
there was revival of the talk; of a set
tement: out, Of court Nothing definite
mas been done and neither side has ap-
proached the. other, SO far as can be
learned, regarding further negotiations.
put: al some prominent attorney. expressed
IT. = there is something in the air." The
lawyers: on both sides: profess to know
nothing about the Eun1ors 80: =. -
Chairman Gray, speaking for the COM
mission, again: expressed 1.-THE hope tina
efforts would be made on both sides to
agree on as many points as possible, and
that& the COMMISSIONERS ready::lto lend
any sconclliatory4 help to bring that end.
Six witnesses were on the stand during
the two sessions; yesterday. They We're
PRESIDENT MITCHELL, two photographer
two practical miners, one Of them Hun
garlan, and the wife of a German miner.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-04

of them do not care to send their children
to school and when they do so they con-
slider that they have done the government
a favor for: which they ought to receive
many a kindness in return. / It will re-
quire several years of the most careful and
wise management to get these people
started on the road to civilization. They
are the genuine Indian and possess in a
marked degree all the attributes Of the
American Indian as he was 400 years ago.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20
BURIED IN SNOW.
Chimneys OF Houses at Ellenburgh, N
r, All That Can be Seen.

The village of Eilenburgh. n. Y. on the
Oedensburgh division of the Rutland rail-
road, has had all the snow it could take
care Of during the last 10 days. There is
deep rocky cut near the station and the
recent billiards., sweeping the snow
across the level country in which the VII
lage lies. hurled 1t into this cut until it
was filed to the level. The surrounding
country was buried in drifts from ) to 30
feet deep.
AT This point trains We're stalled for 20
hours during the first OF last week. A line
OF freight cars standing on siding at the
station was completely buried In snow,
the drift over one car being 10 feet above
it's roof. From the station at Ellenbursh
only the chimneys OF the houses in the VII
lage could be seen, huge drift cutting
off the view.
The snow drifted around one house near
ly to the caves, so that the owner had to
climb out of window in order TO pegin
the work OF eNcaYating his family Gangs
of men were kept 1t work for days shovel
ing out the village and railroad. The
freight cars came to light Friday and traf-
fic was reopened. The storm OF Monday
night. however, has temporarily blocked
the tracks again at this point and for sew
eral miles along the road, there being sew
eTal rock cuts In the vicinity.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-02-20

The Edmunds high school basket ball
team which went to Montpelier TucsOas
to play the Montpelier seminary team won
most gratifying victory, the score being
Edmunds high school 81 and Montpelier
seminary %.
The date for the hearing on the dis
charge of the bankrupt firm of Knott &
Closson has not yet been set. but it l.
probable that it will not be held until
late in the spring or until after the ad-
journment of county court.
The case of Alpert & Rosenberg VS..
Charles Spauding was completed Fri
day in City Court and judgment was rend-
cred for the defendant to recover costs. A
large number of exceptions were taken by
the attorneys on each side.
Col. l.. Henry Powell went Tuesday to
South Hero to act as special master in
the case of Goodsel vs.. Rutland railroad.
The plaintiff seeks to recover dana g s
from the defendant for stone taken from
his promises during the construction of
the Rutland-Canadian branch.
James f.. Collins has returned to his
home in South Burlington from Rutland.
At the latter place he had been In the city
hospital suffering from a severe attack of
rheumatism and is still in a very critic al
condition. lie was accompanied home by
his 70 her.
At meeting held Monday the di-
rectors of the Baldwin Refrigerator Com
pany elected A. C. Spaulding. vice-prcsi-
dent; w. e. Greene, treasurer, and Ernest
l.. Smith a director, to FIJI the vacancy
caused by tho resignation of A. c. Whit
ing, which was accepted with regret.
Leon Cardinal was in City Court Satur-
day for rtoxication. He pleaded guilty
and was fined $40 and costs. lie disclose
on a point of whiskey secured at the
by friend. He was remanded TO jail for
further disclosure.
quiet wedding occurred at the Episco-
pal residence Tuesday Feb. IL, when DR..
H. +. Colvin and Miss Jennie Franc. =
Brady We're united in marriage. DR.. and
Mrs. Colvin are to reside on Cherry street
and have The good wishes Of a large circle
of friends,
Two petitions in bankruptcy were fled
Friday. They were those of Wellington
Judd, a laborer of STAFFORD, with labiitic )
OF $47i2A, and assets of $50. all of which
are claimed exempt, and of Irwin j.
Wright of st. Adams, with liabilities of
$295 and assets of $50, all of which are
claimed exempt
The examinations conducted at the Van
Ness house for the officers of the Vermont
National Guard were completed Tuesday
and the three candidates for the promotion
were successful. They were r. j. Water
man of Company l, Z. j. Worthington OF
Company * and p. j, Rogers of Company
l..
The board of street commissioners have
decided to extend King street from Church