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Gilpin observer., 1903-07-16
Lenro.x In South pakota.

Sioux Falls. S. d.. July IA case
of genuine leprosy has developed In
Marshall county. the victim being a
veteran of the civil war Doctors
whom he has consulted refuse TO re.
veal his name. He Is sixty years OF
nge. The spots have for some time
been spreading over both his limbs
and his body. the flesh in spots being
entirely dead and devoid of feeling.
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-16
LIohtnIno Hts twice In Same Place

Springfield, o.. July 1l.-That light
ming does strike twice in the same
place was proven by the death OF
Maud Hawk at her home. ten miles
cast of this city. The house was
struck by lightning and within four
minutes a second stroke came and
the bolt penetrated the closet In
which she Yves standing, killing her
instantly.
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-16
sd. Iosenh Live Stock.

at. Joseph. July H. Receipts.
1.i1o: fOdii5c higher: natives. S4.00et5.2 20:
cows and hcifcrs. s1.5Ooti.O0; stockers ana
feeders S3OOft4.fO. Hogs Receipts. 1905:
5flloc lower: lights. $5.30d5.40: medium
and heavy. S5.2jQo.S6.
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-16
MatzInarr,s Victim pics. 4.

st. Joseph. Mo. July 13.-Mrs. John
MaclSey died from pistol wounds re-
ceived In room on Main street.
where she is alleged to have been de-
coyed by William A. Matzinger Mat.
ginger has been in love with the
woman for a year and when she Tilted
him for another he made threats
against her life. She met him by
agreement and was soon afterwards
fatally wounded, Mntzinger turned
the revolver on himself and put three
bullets into his body. His death Is
expected.
Gilpin observer., 1903-07-16
Excursion Steamer craohee Into Ferry

New York. July 13.-The excursion
steamer Clifton. running around Man.
haitian island. was In collision with
the Fulton ferry.boat New York. Dur.
ing the panic which ensued on the
Clifton two deckhands jumped over.
board, one being drowned. No pas.
sensers were injured and both boats
escaped with trinlng damage.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-03
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Work on the $14,OOO,OO0 railroad
terminals at Washington, ID. c., is to
be begun April Is.
The United States now stands third
in the list of naval powers, comparison
being based on ships of the battle line.
Gov. Mcbride, of Washington, has
vetoed the bill providing for bounty
of one cent per pound on all beet
sugar produced in the state.
Joseph Jefferson, the veteran actor,
is president of an electric light and
power company organized at West
Palm Beach, Fla. -.
Cardinal Gibbons has accepted the-in-
vitation to offer the opening prayer at
the St. Louis fair, as he did at the Chi
cago exposition.
A sensation has been caused in Eu-
rope by book entitled THE Curse of
Central Africa" telling of Belgian cru
city in Congo Free State.
Capt. Amos II. Martin, of the Nine
teenth infantry, U. S. A., has been de-
tailed as professor of military science
at the University of Maine.
The popular vote in New Hampshire
on woman suffrage was light, but the
proposed constitutional amendment
was defeated by $4,000 to 10000.
DIR. David Starr Jordan, president of
Stanford university, denounced those
who go to college to win prominence in
| athletics or to shine as social lights.
Marine Minister Pelletan, of France,
during speech in the senate praised
the American navy and said France
could we'll afford to follow its exam
pie.
Gabriel Godfrey, Oldest chief of the
Miamis, has parted with the final
remnant of his estate in the valley of
the Mississinerva and Wabash, Indi-
ana.
Former President Cleveland says he
will make the opening address at the
posed trip, has any political signifi-
canoe.
Mrs. Susan r. Barr, who died at Fort
Scott, Kan, owned and lived on the
farm where the battle of Antietam was
fought. She was friendly to the union
cause.
Arioch Wentworth, Boston's richest
real estate holder, who died recently,
in his will cuts off his relatives with
| small annuities and left $7,0OO,O00 to
found an industrial school to bear his
name.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-03

The British ministry has been
warned by Irish nationalists of de-
feat if the land bill is not amended to
meet their demands.
The German empress was thrown
from her horse near Berlin and her
right arm was fractured.
Macabebe scouts defeated San Mi
guels force of Philippine ladrones
after n brisk battle, and the enemy
left as dead on the field.
Three passengers were burned to
death and 10 others injured in rail-
way collision at La Coste, Mexico.
The seasons catch for the New
foundland feet is expected to reach
fully 100000 seals.
The reciprocity treaty between Cuba
and the United States, as amended by
the senate of the United States, has
been approved by the Cuban senate by
vote of 12 to 9.
The sultan of Turkey has asked Miss
Alice Roosevelt o christen the Ottoman
cruiser Mediidia when that vessel is
launched from the Cramp yard in May.
San Miguel, the Filipino leader, was
killed in fight near Mariauina.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-03
LATER.

The president has selected Wayne
McVeagh, of Pennsylvania, who was
member of the cabinet of President
Garfield, to represent the United
States at The Hague when the arbi-
tration tribunal considers the ques-
ton of preferential treatment as be-
tween the allied and the non-allied
powers having claims against Vene-
zuela.
One woman is dead, one fatally in
.iured and one severely burned, as the
result of fire in boarding house
York City. Several thrilling rescues
were made by the police.
Five hundred tanners in Chicago,
the majority of them being employees
of the American Hide and Leather
Co., have struck for higher wages.
After dramatic scene in court, in
which members of the bar resorted
to every means in their power to pre-
vent it, the grand jury at Seattle,
Wash, has returned all the indict-
ments which it voted during the past
two weeks, including those against
the mayor, chief of police. justices
and other prominent men in the COM
munity.
At special meeting of the stock
holders of the American Telephone
and Telegraph Co. held recently in
New York City, the proposition of
the directors to increase the capital
stock from S15O,0OO,OOO to $25O,OOo, 900
was ratified by a large majority.
At Terre Hautc, Ind, Judge Slim
son, of the superior court, has de-
cided that boards of health have no
power to exclude unvaccinate chill
dren from public schools. This is the
first decision on the constitutionality
of the Indiana law passed two years
ago.
Seventy-four restaurants in Den
YER, Col, are closed in consequence
of the cooks and walters strike and
thousands of people are greatly in
convenienced. The grocers, butchers
and bakers clerks threaten to strike
| in sympathy with the cooks and wait
ers and let the entire city go hungry.
1t is stated at the war department
that Gen. Wood is not to become gov
ernor of the Philippines as a success
sor of Gov. Taft, even should the ill
ness of the latter cause his resigna-
| tion. This statement is made be-
cause of rumors afoat regarding the
government of the Philippines.
Francis t. LuGueer, 64 years of
| age, senior member of the firm of
Luqueer & Co., hardware and harness
merchants, of New YORK City, COM
mitted suicide by shooting. De-
| spondency caused by i'll health is
thought to have been the motive.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-03
BULLETS FOR TWO.
An Alleged EmbezzIer Shoots Broo
lyn Woman and Kills Himself.

New York, April Newton
Schoonmaker, a mechanic living in
Pine street, Brooklyn, on returning
home last night found his wife,
Leila, lying unconscious with a bull
let in her breast and beside her Per
clval Covert, young man living IN
Euclid avenue, also unconscious, with
bullet wound in his head, and n re-
volver, of which two chambers had
been discharged, lying beside him.
The man and woman were taken to
the hospital where Covert died with
out regaining consciousness.
Mrs. Schoonmaker, who is 2S years.
old, recovered sufficiently to say that
Covert had shot her and shot him
self. She made no explanation of the
cause of the tragedy and her condi-
tion was such that it was impossible
to obtain any further statement
from her. Schoonmaker himself was
unable to throw any light on the af-
fair.
On the dead man the police found
two letters, one addressed to Covert's
mother. Mrs. Emily Covert, of st. AL
bans, VT, and the other to George
Carstairs. In these letters, the po-
lice say, COSerJ aumluLeQ UnaL ne nau
embezzled several thousand dollars
from the Williamsburg Trust Co., in,
whose branch office in Brooklyn he
was employed, and that he had de-
termined to kill himself. Mrs.
Schoonmaker is the mother of two
young children who were asleep in
the room next to that in which the
shooting took place. There is little
hope of her recovery.
Schoonmaker is the chief engineer
of the Western Union building in
New York. He recently remonstra-,
ted with Covert about his attentions
to his wife, with whom Covert was
acquainted prior to her marriage to
Schoonmaker, two years ago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-03
G. F. SWIFT IS DEAD.
President of the Big Packing Firm
in Chicago Passes Away
Unexpectedly.

Chicago, March 3O.-Gustavus Frank
lin Swift, president of the great pack
ing firm of Swift & Co., whose efforts
made possible the present method of
supplying fresh meats to every city
and town in the United States and the
world, died suddenly Sunday at his
home 4S4S Ellis avenue. Death was due
to hemorrhage, resulting from an op-
Grafton performed March % for an in
fection of the gall bladder. He had
reached the age of "a years. The end
was entirely unexpected, as he was ap-
parently well on the road to recovery.
The sudden death of Mr.. Swift re-
moves the second of the great figures
in the meat and packing industry in
the United States. P. ID. Armour died
little over two years ago. Mr.. Swift
began his business career as butcher,
and left fortune estimated at from
$7,OOO,o0O to $1O,OOO,OOO. All of this
money he made in the course of AS
years by hard work. He was born at
Sandwich, on Cape Cod, Mass, June "a,
1899, of parents who had been Ameri-
cans for several generations, and when
he came to Chicago in 1875 he came as a
genuine New England yankee, deter
mined to win a fortune in the great
west
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-03
DIsmissed from the Army.

Washington, April 1.-The presi
dent has approved the findings of the
court-martial dismissing from the
service First Lieut.. Neil A. Campbell,
Twenty-first infantry, who was tried
on charges of disobedience of orders.
He was serving in the Philippines
and errors were found in his ac-
counts as commissary officer. Gen.
Weston wrote to him asking him to
correct the mistakes and he paid no
attention to the letters. The matter
was brought to the attention of the
secretary of war and an order was
issued directing Campbell to reply
to the comissary general and it was
this order that he disobeyed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-03

Amesbury, Mass, April Car
riage workers who have been on
strike against Amesbury carriage
manufacturers since January / to
obtain an eight-hour day at the wage
previously paid for nine-hour day,
voted yesterday to return to work,
although the union decided not to
call the strike at an end. A large
number of men will not be able to
return to their old places and for
these men the strike will exist, so
that they continue to receive strike
benefits from the national body of
the carriage workers..
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-03
CAPTURE MANY SEALS.
The Seasons Catch for the Fleet Is
Expected to Reach Fully
100000.

st. Johns, N. f., March 3O.-The seal
ing steamers Virginia Lake and Au-
rora arrived here Sunday morning
from the ice fields, me former with
$4,000 seals and the latter with $4,000.
They report the following catches:
Grand Lake, $4,000; Neptune, $4,000;
Vanguard, 21,oOO; Greenland, 10000;
Iceland, $4,000; Southern Cross, H.
600; Terranova, 10000; Labrador, 12.-
600; Diana, 10000; Leopold, 10000;
Erick, 5000, and Kite, 1000, The fore
going shows the total of 23s,OO0 seals
for two-thirds of the feet and this
years catch is likely to reach 100000
seals altogether.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-03
Personal AND POLITICAL.

William B. Byers, Colorado pioneer
and founder of the Rocky Mountain
News, the first daily newspaper pub
lished in Denver, died in that city, aged
72 years.
George d. Haworth, who invented
the corn planter, wheat drills and
other agricultural implements, died in
Decatur, H., aged 70 years.
Uriah H. Crosby, pioneer Chicago
resident and builder of the Crosby op-
era house, died at Brewster, Mass, aged
72 years.
Isaac B. Price celebrated his one
hundred and first birthday in New
York. He has only been out of the
city once in his long life.
Nathaniel X. Fairbanks, philanthro-
pist and one of Chicago's most prom
inent pioneer business men, died at
his home at the age of 73 years.
William V. Mexican, for nearly 30
years editor in chief of the Public
Ledger, died at his home in Philadel-
phia. aged SO years.
Gustavus F. Swift, head of the Swift
& Co. packing industries, died suddenly
at his home in Chicago, aged Ga years.
He was the originator of the present
system of preparing and marketing
dressed meats and was a multimnlion-
aire.
DR.. John P. Wood, a practicing physi-
clan for rs years, died at Thomas,
Okla, aged 1O1 years.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-03
FURNACE ACCIDENT
Six Workmen Burned to Death
at Braddock, Pa.
Ten Others Are in the Hospital ana
Not Expected to Live-Victims
Were Caught Like Rats in
a Trap and Could
Not Escape.

Pittsburg, April Am accident at
Furnace "I' of the Edgar Thomson
plant of the Carnegie Steel Co. at
Braddock yesterday is expected to
prove one of the worst in the history
of the plant in the number of deaths
resulting. Twenty men were injured,
six of whom are dead and ten are in
the hospital and are not expected to,
recover. The others injured went to-
their homes and are suffering from,
painful burns. The dead:
John Smith.
John Bolou.
Andrew Brabae.
Joseph Pelar.
John Skotak.
John Pelar.
The accident was caused by a.
''hang" in the furnace dropping and
forcing large quantities of white-hot
dust down large pipe into pit.
where the men were at work. The
victims were caught like rats in a
trap, without means of escape and all
were burned and blistered over their
entire bodies and large strips of
flesh peeled off their bodies when
they were pulled out of the pit by
fellow workmen.
The cries of agony of the victims
as they writhed in the lava-like stuff
from which they were vainly trying
to eXtricate themselves, could be
heard for nearly a block away. Hun
dreds of workmen from other por-
tions of the plant rushed to the res
cue of their fellows and as quickly
as possible pulled them from the pit
and carried them to the emergency
hospital. Seven of the men were
completely nude when their bodies
reached the hospital and the others
had but few shreds of clothing up
on them. The bodies of the fatally
burned could scarcely be recognized.
They were blackened or shredded
in strips by the white hot "down-
conner" dust that burned into their
| flesh. Many of the men had large
blotches burned through the flesh,
caused by large splashes of molten
iron that had struck them and
| burned through to the bone.
Furnace "I' is equipped with the
famous electric "skids" that are now
used on all United States Steel Cor
| poration's blast furnaces.
James Gayley. now first vice presi-
dent of the United States Steel Cor
poration, while general manager of
the Edgar Thomson steel works and
blast furnace at Braddock, said on an
occasion somewhat similar to that of
yesterday that if a furnace was
working we'll and making regular
casts there was no blast furnaceman
in the country who could tell wheth-
er that furnace would hang and.
| cause an explosion
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-03
PLANS FOR THE TRIP.
Final Arrangements Made for the
Presidents 14,OOO-MtIe Journey
Across the Continent.

Washington, March 30.-All arrange
ern tour have been completed, and the
itinerary has been given out. Few
changes have been made in the timer
airy as published few days ago. The
president will leave Washington on
Wednesday, April l, at 9:05 a. m. The
run to Chicago, the first stopping place,
will be made direct, allowing only for
the necessary railroad changes. Cki-
cago will be reached on the morning of
April 2. The programme for Chicago
and vicinity will include visits to the
Northwestern university and Chicago
university and meeting at the Audi
torium in the evening.
From Chicago President Roosevelt
will make tour of the northwestern
| states, visiting Wisconsin, Minnesota,
South Dakota, North Dakota, and GO
ing as far west as Cinnabar, Mont.
From this point, on April s, he will go
to the Yellowstone park for 16 days
trip. He will then turn eastward
through Wyoming, pass through Ne
braska and Iowa, reaching st. Louis
for the dedication of the exposition on
April 80.
From st. Louis the president will
| again start westward, making brief
stops in Kansas, Colorado, New Mex
leo and Arizona, and arriving at San
Bernardino May Z. He will tour Cali
fornia, Nevada, Oregon, Washington,
Utah and Wyoming, and will be at
Cheyenne on Decoration day and de-
liver the address. He will then start
homeward, reaching Iowa and Illinois
cities June 9, 3 and 4.
In Illinois he will stop at Freeport,
Rockford, Rochelle, Aurora, Joliet,
Dwight, Pontiac, Lexington and Bloom
ington.
Lincoln, ILL.,, will be reached on the
morning of June 4, and stop of ten
minutes will be made. Four hours will
be spent at Springfield. Here the pro-
gramme will include a drive to Lin
coins tomb, an informal luncheon for
the party at the executive mansion by
Gov. Yates, and an address by the pres
ident either in or adjoining the state
capitol.
Decatur, ILL.,, will be the last place
visited by the president on his west
ern tour. He will spend As minutes
there, during which he will attend the
dedicatory services at the Industrial
university, making a brief address. He
will also address the railway and fac,
tory men at the station before his de-
parture.
Upon leaving Decatur the return
trip to Washington will be made qui.
etly, only stopping for necessary rail.
road requirements. The president will
reach Washington at 7:o5 p. m. June 5
The time occupied on the trip will be &C
days. The distance travelled will be
about $4,000 miles, through 90 states
President Roosevelt has arranged ar
important series of speeches for his
western trip. The keynote of the ad
dresses will be tariff revision, fol
which he seeks a pledge from his
Darty
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-03
A Warm Contest.

Chicago, March 3o.-vJudge Carter
informed the election. board of a pro-
ject to seize the banets cast in the
Lorimer-Durborow election, and also
asserted that circuit and superior
court clerks had been ordered to close
their Offices so that no habeas corpus
papers could be filed in case of arrest
of the election board for opening the
ballots. He denounced the alleged
scheme as anarchy. Judge Hanecy re.
fused to grant change of venue, and
the election board at once decided to
recount the ballots. Police guard the
commissioners office and the vaults.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-03
A NERVY CASHIER.
Stole $4,000 from n Bank n nd Made
Peace with the Directors on His
Own Terms.

O"h IernBs
Berlin, April 1.LWhile the board
of directors of the Mayence Peoples
bank was in session few days ago
the cashier, Hermann, who had been
with the bank for 81 years, entered
the room and told them he had taken
$4,000 of the banks funds. The
amazed directors, when they were
really convinced that this was true
and that the old employe had not
suddenly gone mad, asked him why
he had robbed the bank. Hermann
replied: ..
"This is my revenge for not having
been elected director in 1900, as l
was promised. 1 have been prepar
ing this stroke for three years"
The cashier added that he was will
ing to go to the penitentiary for life,
as he had got even by infiicting life
pangs on the directors and stock
holders" by taking the money.
The banks officers, dropping the
high tone which they had at first as
sumed toward Hermann, begged him
to restore the money and retain their
esteem. Hermann yielded so far as
to say that if they would give him
$6,25O down and a life pension of 5000
year he would return the stolen
money. 1t was daylight when the
directors promised to give the cash
ier $6,25O and a pension. Hermann
then went to the outer Office, brought
in $4,000, counted out $50 and put
$6,25O in his pocket. The directors
said this was not fair, that he must
return all the money and that then
he would receive the $6,25O promised
to him. Hermann, however, refused
and the bank has now brought legal
proceedings to recover the $6,250.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-03
FOUGHT ELEVEN ROUNDS.
"Young Corbett'' Defeats Terry Nc.
Govern at San Francisco.


San Francisco, April William
Rothwell, better known as Young
Corbett," of Denver, showed decis-
lively last night that his victory over
Terry McGovern, of Brooklyn, at
Hartford a year ago last Thanksgiv-
ing, was no fuke, by defeating Nc
Govern in the eleventh round after
a fight in which there was not a sec
ond of idleness for either man. In
nearly every round Corbett, fighting
like a machine, never overlooking an
opportunity to send home his blows,
had a shade the better of the argu-
ment, and when finally in the elev-
enth round he got the Brooklyn boy
fairly going, he never let up on him
until Terry sank to the floor badly
defeated man.
Corbett put McGovern down in the
| first round for a count of seven and
| repeated it in the second. There was
| some question as to whether or not
McGovern was down at the count of
| ten and for n few minutes it looked,
as if there would be free for all
| fight. McGovern tried to get up and
was on his feet an instant after the
timekeeper counted him out.
George Harding, the club time
keeper, who counted McGovern out,
stated after the fight that the blows
that knocked McGovern out were left
and right swings on the jaw and a
right upper cut on the chin. Hard
ing said McGovern was in a dazed
conditions; that when he had count
ed nine he motioned him to get up,
but McGovern was too confused to
notice and was unable to rise. At
the count of ten McGovern started to
rise, but it was too late and the
referee awarded the fight to young
Corbett." Harding said that McGov-
ern was completely out and that it
was a mercy to him that he wds un-
able to get up.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-04-03
Shamrock III. is Speedy.

Gourock, Scotland, April 1.-The
Shamrock Iii had a trial spin yester-
day and showed herself superior to
the Shamrock / on all the points of
sailing on which she was tested. The
yachts were out five hours and ex-
perts expressed the opinion that the
new boat demonstrated that in fine,
weather she is by far the fastest,
challenger yet sent out. The trial
was entirely in light winds and
smooth water but under these condi
tions the challenger beat the Sham
rock as the latter never before was,
beaten on either side of the Atlantic,