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The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-13

Causing tho Boat to Capsizs Eighty
Men Thrown Int the Water-Nearly
Score swept Away.
Glens Falls, N. Y.-Nearly a score Of
men are dead as a result of the capsiz.
ing of the ferryboat used by workmen
at Spier Falls, about ten miles west Of
Glens Falls, OF the Hudson River.
Over 1000 men are employed there in
the construction Of the power dam Of
the Hudson River Power Company.
The laborers and many Of the masons
are Italians, who live in shanties on the
north side of the river.
The main portion Of the work is car
ried on at present on the opposite side
of the river and the men have been in
the habit Of crossing a small bridge
where the river flows through the I'M
finished portion of the dam, but the
river has been rising for several days,
and the company, fearing that the
bridge was unsafe, destroyed it with
dynamite.
Below the work, about a half mile, is
a ferry. The boat is a s~cow-shaped af-
fair. thirty feet long and thirteen feet
wide, and is operated by means Of
cables. It is large enough to carry a
heavily loaded team, and as many as
$50 men have been taken across at one
time. A few days ago when the men
were being ferried across an italian
boy, known as Cigarette became
frightened and fell overheard. He was
rescued, however. On the following
morning about eighty men got aboard
and the boat started, leaving a big
crowd on the bank, waiting for the
next trip.
When about eighty feet from the
shore a large mass Of ice struck the
scow, but did no damage. The Italian
boy. who had fallen overheard, became
frightened, however, and seized one Of
the tackle ropes which ran from the
overhead cable to the stern of the boat.
Some of the men started toward him
and instantly the boat careened and
filled, every one being thrown into the
water. The Hudson, swollen by the
freshet, bore a score or more Of the
struggling men down the stream.
Many others succeeded in catching hold
of the boat when it had righted, and
they chung there until pulled ashore.
The widest excitement prevailed,
but the current carried many Of the
men in toward shore. where they were
rescued.
Teams were quickly harnessed and
loaded with skilled log-drivers and sent
along the river to points where the
bodies would be likely to land. Doz-
n of dinner pals, hats and coats were
fished out, but it was nearly 4 O'Clock
before the first body was found. This
was found in a log-jam two miles be-
low the dam and was recognized as
that Of Fred Forran, an Italian inter-
prefer. Two other bodies were found
later, and were identified as those Of
Michael Kennedy and the Italian boy,
Cigarette" who caused the accident.
The rolls of the men were called in
the evening. and it was found that, be-
sides the three bodies recovered. six
teen men are missing and are almost
certainly drowned. Most of the men
were Italian laborers, designated on the
rolls by numbers.
Many Of the Italians employed on the
works have left their jobs, and a stam-
pede is feared.
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Train Kills Family in M,da;r.

Mrs. John Greenwood and her three
children. girls, sixteen and twelve, and
a boy eleven years old, while walking
across the Big -Four t~restle, west Of
Springfield. Ohio, were struck by a
freight train. The mother and the eld-
est girl were instantly killed and the
other two were mortalfy injured. All
were knocked from the trestle into the
water, fifty feet below. The fog was
SO dense the engineer could not see
twenty-five feet ahead.
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-Personal Mention.

Sir Hiram Maxim has passed his six
ty-third year.
The engagement is announced Of Jan
Kubelik, the violinist. to Countess Ma
rianne Csaky.
Ibsen's one personal vanity centres
on his hair. which he loves to keep in
artistic disorder.
The Sultan of Turkey likes sports
and the theatre. He is well versed in
the European drama.
President Loubet has arranged to
visit Algeria in April. He will make 4
tour inland as far as Oran and Cop
Stamina 3
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To Find Happiness,

No man shall ever find happiness while
seeking it for himself. The self-centred
man cannot be happy. He may find gold,
he may acquire knowledge, he may achieve
fame, he may have pleasure in the world,
but all these cannot pour one ray OF genu-
inc bliss into a self-centred soul. Let one
who is unhappy do what he can to relieve
the so rows of others, and his own sorrow
will be turned into joy. Let the burdened
soul do what he can to bear the burdens of
others, and his own burdens shall become
light as air. Let him whose life is bitter
begin to do what he can to sweeten the
lives of others, and his own life viii be-
come sweeter still. Let him whose life is
narrow do what he can to enlarge the lives
of others, and his own life viii become
broad and deep and rich. GIVE, and it
shall be given unto you; good measure.
pressed down, and shaken together and
running over."-Nashville Christian Adyo-
cate
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Tar's Long Silence.

Edward Cooper, who was supposed
to have been on the battleship Maine
when it was blown up, and who has
been mourned for as dead ever since,
has written his. mother, in Burlington,
that he was transferred from the
Maine only a few days before the acct
dent; that he has visited many foreign
countries since then, being almost con
tinuaily changed from one ship TO an
other; has just returned from a long
cruise and will obtain leave of absence
and return home as soon as possible.
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New rewnshin saadled wien DENT.

Taxpayers in the new township OF
Clementon, composed principally of the
towns of Laurel Springs, Stratford,
Underwood and Clementon. are consid-
erably agitated over the probability of
the new township being saddled with
the entire Indebtedness due on the
schools at the places named. The in
debte1ness was incurred by the old
government Of Gloucester township.
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DIRECTOR MERRIAM RESIGNS.
Will Probably Be Succeeded by Former
Congressman Mercer.

Will Probably Be Succeeded by Former
Congressman Mercer.
Washington, D. C.-Former Governor
William r. Merriam, of Minnesota, has
personally rendered to the President
his resignation as Director Of the Cen
sus, an Office which he has held since
1899, to take effect May Is. His resig-
nation had been ~forecasted by the
newspapers, as he is to become presi-
dent of a mercantile agency in New
York City, but the President had<had
no advance notice of it.
It is expected that the President will
nominate former Representative David
III. Mercer, of Nebraska. to succeed Di-
rector Merriam. His friends in both
branches of Congress are making ear
nest efforts to secure the place for him.
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Westfe1d Now a Toun-

Governor Murphy has signed an act
of the Legislature erecting the Town
ship of Westfield into a town. The
news was received in Westfeld with
enthusiasm. as the place has long since
outgrown the township form of gov
eminent. The new act legislates all
the old officials out of Office. and an n
tirely new set will have to be chosen
at the election in April.
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The Brand of Drink.

Sin sets it's seal upon the human face as
distin lively as righteousness, says the
Union Signal. An article in a New Or
leans paper states the fact that expe-
rieneed barkeepers car tell what a man
drinks by the peculiar discoloration Of his
skin. There is, it appears, a livery of
whisky. OF brandy, beer, absinthc, each one
doing It's deadly work with strict indisidu-
atty. In no life corner OF the creatiosh IS
law imperative. whether it be the law Of
life or the law Of sin and death.
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Happiness = Small Matter.

Happiness is a small matter. 1t is a
mere incident in life. 1t largely depends
as the word itself suggests on what hap
pens to a man in his course of duty or of
service. r may affect his feelings hour by
hour, but it is no measure of his character
or real being. Joy, or blessedness, is, how
ever. more Of a matter than is happiness.
Our fellow man may affect our happiness.
God gives us JOY. Blessedness is Gods
crowning gift. BY being near to God we
can have JOY and find blessedness, whether
happiness be ours or not. Therefore let us
pray God for JOY and ~blessedness, regard
less Of whether happiness is, or is not, ours.
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Two Killed by Failing wan.

Two men were killed and damage
amounting to $1,000 caused by the fall
ing of a heavy brick wall at the new
air plant of the Empire Steel and Iron
Company at Oxford. The dead are
Benjamin Jones, aged sixty-four
years, and an unidentified Hungarian.
The wall was weakened by the heavy
pressure of a heavily loaded bin behind
it. The bodies Of both men were terri
bly, crushed in the mass of bricks aud
mortar
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sixty-second y Wedding Ann.vcrsarv.

The sixty-second anniversary of their
wedding was celebrated by MI. and
Mrs. George Fox at Washington. The
couple had thirteen children. nine of
whom are living. Forty grandchildren
and twenty-five great-grandchildren,
with relatives and neighbors. visited
their home to offer congratulations.
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cannot Mediate in Acre Dispute

Secretary Hay has informed the Min
lister of Bolivia that the Government of
the United States cannot offer its serv-
ices as mediator in the dispute between
Brazil and Bolivia over the Acre terri
tory unless invited to do SO by Brazil.
The Brazilian Government has EVIL
dentl9 determined not to do this.
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things the plan shown in the cut can
often be used. Place a board at the
ceiling in front of the roosts and have
the platform below the roosts come out
rs far from the real wall as is this
board. Stretch a wire in front of the
board, close to it, and hang a curtain
of burlap upon the wire. A string and
a screw-eye can be arranged so that
the curtain a be drawn from the
hallway after the fowls are at roost.
They will keep very warw in such an
inclosed space.-Orange Judd Farmer.
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Favor Home Rnla.

Lord Spencer. the Liberal leader in
the House Of Lords. replying at Ac-
crington, England. to the criticisms of
his recent speech, said he was as
strongly in favor Of home rule as ever,
and that it would be eventually con-
ceded by the Unionist party.
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n .ono.o 600 For a Couep.

President Butler has announced a
gift of $1,000,000 to Barnard College.
at New York City. by a person who
desired his name kept secret. The
money was used to purchase three and
a half acres Of land to add to the col
lege grounds.
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Cru,n Again Nominated.

President Roosevelt has again sent to
the United States Senate the nominal
ton Of DR.. William d. Crum, a negro.
to be Collector of Customs at Charles
TON. g. G..
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Keeping Fowls warm.

Keeping Fowls Warm.
Fowls can hardly be kept too warm
in winter, especially at night when
not exercising. If the heat from their
bodies can be kept confined about them
they will be very comfortable indeed.
To aid in securing this condition Of
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English Considerations to Churches.

Figures compiled from the Church of
England's voluntary offerings show that
S4l .OS5,00O was raised in 1902, "a, 105. 900 of
which went to foreign and $4,000, 600 to
home missions.
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Trolley Car Held Up.

Three masked ~highwaymen held up
a car at Delray, Mich, and robbed the
motorman, but the conductor escaped
by beating off the burglars with a
switch iron.
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On the sea Great Britain numbers SAG
warships Of all classes, France $40, Russia
Ky Germany POS, Italy 200, Japan 1874 and
the United States, 100.
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built and ten building.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-03-13
MANY W0RKMEN DROWNED
A Ferryboat Overturned on the Up
per Hudson River.
LADS FOLLY CAUSED ACCIDENT

. Boy Became Frightened and Seized ;
Tackle Rope on = Cable Ferry scsw'
Causing tho Boat to Capsizs Eighty
Mon Thrown Into the Water-Nearly
. Score swept Away.
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PITH AND POINT

Ibid you ever hear Miss Mammerton
play the pianoY' She-"No; but I've
seen her work at il. "-Chicago News.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
GREENFIELD GOES FREE
Forgery Charge Is Dismissed-Ose
Girl Loyal to Him.

Morris D. Greenfield, who was ar
rested yesterday charged with forging
the name of A. E. Oser to a check
for $40, had a preliminary hearing in
police court this morning and his case
was dismissed.
Greenfield is said to have forged the
check and then eloped with Oser's
daughter His attorney proved to the
courts satisfaction that the whole af-
fair was case of persecution, and
Judge Holt could find no reason for
holding Greenfield to the grand jury.
After his case was dismissed Green
field went out of the courtroom, fol-
lowed By the Oser girl. In the hall
the young couple were met by the
girls father. mother and little sister,
who tried to hold the girl and pre-
vent her from going away with
| Greenfield.
The girl turned on her father and
threatened to call on the officers for
protection. She said she was 81 years
old and would do as she pleased. The
old man left his daughter and Went
out of the courthouse weeping.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
DOUGLAS IS
IN The LEAF
DOUGLAS EXPECTED TO SUCCEED
JUDGE COLLINS ON THE BENCH.
J. A. Martin of Board Of Control Will
Resign to Manage Collins CAM
paign-NobodyA Agreed Upon Yet for
Attorney General or Member of the
Board of Control.

W.B. Douglas is the favorte in the
competition for Judge Collins seat on
the supreme bench. Capital friends
of the attorney general say that as
far as he is concerned it is all settled,
and General Douglas will be appointed
on the day that Judge Collins reSigna-
ton is handed in.
The succession to the office of attor-
ney general is still unsettled.
Within a day or two after Judge
Collins resignation, James A. Martin
will resign his office as chairman of
the state board Of control, to become
manager of the Collins campaign.
Since Judge Collins decided to be a
candidate he has been in search of
man we'll fitted to look after his in
terests. The judge himself cannot do
much active work until his resigna-
ton has taken effect, and even then
he cannot look after everything him
self. The general verdict Of the Col
Inns men was that Martin was the
man. Overtures were made to him,
but it was some time before he would
consent to the insistent demands of
his friends. Now, 1t is understood, he
has yielded, and will begin active work
as soon as he resigns.
The question Of his successor is al
ready being discussed, and it is thought
possible that the place may go to Hen
nepin county. The term for which the
appointment will be made expires in
April, 1905.
James A. Martin is chairman of the
executive committee of the republican
state committee and a resident of St
Cloud, Judge Collins home.
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AN I. o. G.. T. BUILDING
District May Construct One at State Fair
II Grounds,

~ ... Grounds. ....H
Century lodge, ]. o. G. T., st. Paul, will
entertain the next annual conference of
the fifth district. Last night at the annual
in Minneapolis there was a prize
drill between Riverside and Pinkhan1
lodges, which was won by the latter
Headquarters at the fair grounds will be
built with a fund Of 49, 900 which was
started last night with a collection of
about $l50. George H. Hazard Of ST.
Paul was made chairman Of a. committee
to take the matter in charge Officers
were elected as follows:
District chief templar, Lizzie p. Cole
Minneapolis; counsellor, G. H. Hazard, ST.
Paul vice templar. Mrs. Ida E. Moore,
Minneapolis: superintendent Juvenile tenn
pie. Mrs. r. E. Ross, Minneapolis; cleo
toral superintendent, J. D. Engle, Mime
apolis; secretary, Mrs. o. J. Ogg. Mime
apolis; treasurer, T. w. Davies, Mnneap.
olis marshal. Charles Weigand White
Bear; deputy marshal, Ida Nattastad,
Minneapolis; chaplain, Mrs. Maggie Sweet.
ST. Paul guard, A. v. Anderson, Bell
Creek; sentinel, J. H. Wolfe, Bell Creek;
assistant secretary, L. M B. Campbell.
Minneapolis; messenger, H. P. Palmquist,
Palmdale lodge.
Fifty delegates from eight lodges were
present yesterday at the meeting in Sher-
man hall at Bloomington and Franklin av-
enues A leading guest was B. S. Keith OF
Clinton, Iowa, past grand templar OF Iowa
and Grand Secretary Emma Jones of Min
neSOta.
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GRAFTERs ARE GUILTY
THE POSTAL CLERKS APPEAL
AGAINST CONVICTION - CoUN-
Sci, PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO
MIR. WYNNE.

Baltimore. Dec. 9.-After fortyfve
minutes sdeliberation yesterday the
Jury returned q verdict OF guilty
against former Postal Clerks Thomas
W. McGregor and Columbus Ellsworth
Upton, charged with conspiracy to de-
fra1,d the government in connection
with the purchase of 10000 leather
pouches for use in the free delivery
service.
Charles E. Smith, who received the
order for the pouches thru the lnf1u-
ence of Upton and McGregor, was the
principal witness for the prosecution.
Counsel for the convicted men i'm
mediately made a motion for new
trial, and Judge Norris agreed to near
arguments ON the motion on next Sat
urday. Bond in $4,000 was furnished
by Upton's friends and he was re-
leased. McGregor is in charge OF Mar
shall Langhammer pending the ARRIVAL
of friends from washington.
District Attorney John G. Rose and
Charles J. Bonaparte addressed the
Jurors for the government, and Messrs.
A. p. L. Leckie of Washington and
William S. Bryan, Jr., of this city for
the defense.
Mr.. Bryan criticized the methods of
the postoff1ce department. He said In
part:
"First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Wynne is overpaid for merely
signing letters he does not read. The
| whole postoffice department is incom-
petentIy and shamelessly run, and the
government is bounding McGregor and
| Upton as scapegoats because of gross
incompetency in conducting the at.
| fairs of the department..
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DIPHTHERIA In SCHOOL
SITUATION IN LYNDALE SCHOOL
SUGGESTS CLOSING OF SCHOOL
DISEASE IN MILD FORM.

Practically all the cases Of diph-
liberia in the southern part of the city
are in the Lyndale school district, and
come either directly or Indirectly from
the Lyndale school, Lyndale avenue
and Thirty-fourth street, making it
advisable that the school be fumi-
gated and temporarily closed. This
is the opinion Of DR.. Eugene S. Strout,
who has nine cases of diphtheria in
that district, and who knows of many
more. <-
There are at least twenty-five
cases directly traceable to conditions
in the Lyndale school," said DR.. Strout
this morning. Cards are going up
continually and there are, besides,
cases among those who do not attend
school. Most of the cases probably
ing which the children we're. thru ig-
norance, allowed to att&nd school. 1t
would seem advisablei to close the
school temporarily.
To this statement OF the case the
health office replies that a, careful In
spection of the school by Tom Nc
Carron plumbing Inspector, satisfies
have been made concerning the SAN
itary conditions at the school. In
spector McCarron reports that the
plumbing is we'll ventilated and con-
ditions are satisfactory. The school
has been fumigated and is not danger
Gus.
DR.. Hall wishes to remind parents
who are alarmed at the dangers which
beset their children, that the most GER
tain preventative of diphtheria known
to the medical world Is antitoxin. Or
dinarily a normal injection will give
a person immunity for thirty days.
By having their children immunized,
says DR.. Hall, parents will save them
selves considerable anxiety, and it will
not be necessary to take their chill
dren out of school. ---
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TWICE WON.
Wife Fell in Love with Husband "All
Over Again.


The wife of a well-known attorney
at law of Seward, Neb., tells the tale
a soldier in the Civil War anG was,
as he called himself, an old . coffee
cooler and had always drunk very
strong coffee.
About a year ago he complained of
a feeling of faintness every time after
climbing his office stairs and was also
troubled by terrible headaches that al
most drove him wild.
"He gradually grew weaker and
weaker until his affliction eliminated
in nervous collapse and for weeks he
seemed to be fading away from us in
spite Of all our efforts.
THE physicians pronounced him
strong and well with no organic
trouble whatever and there seemed to
be nothing the matter except the
complete giving out of his nervous
system. .. . ....
The doctors decided that coffee was
at the bottom of all his trouble and
ordered Postum Cereal in it's place.
He improved daily since he quit coffee
and began drinking Postum and now
says he feels better than he has felt
for 20 years, headaches are gone no
more fainting spells and is gaining in
flesh every day and he seems so much
younger and heartier and happier
than he has for years that I have
fallen in love with him over again.
Nov for my brothers case: a few
years ago he had a peculiar trouble.
His tongue was swollen and sore at the
roots and covered underneath with
testers.
He thought his aff1iction was of a
cancerous nature and his doctor was
of the same opinion He could
scarcely eat anything and became so
poor and run down he was simply a
nervous wreck. He consulted various
physicians but none were able to
diagnose his case or help him in the
least.
cat last a doctor to whom he APP
piled said he believed my brother was
coffee poisoned and advised him to
quit coffee and drink Postum. He
gave him no medicine but told him to
give Postum fair trial and return to
him in weeks. My brother had used
Postum only about ten days when the
testers disappeared from his tongue
and at the end of two weeks the sore
ness and swelling were gone and he
began to pick up in flesh and spirits.
He has never touched coffee since
but drinks Postum all the time and has
never had the slightest return of the
trouble.
ITO look at my experience, is it any
wonder J. can write heartfelt testi-
monial for Postum Name given BY
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Look in each package for copy OF
the famous little book, THE Road t.
MELVILLE"
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driven in a coupe to the royal palace a
Hradschin. She was never seen again
alive except by few friends in her
apartments at Prague, and it was there.
1t Is asserted, she told the story of the
shooting.
1t is also pointed out that Prince Otto
has not yet denied the story. Nor has the
Princess Elizabeth been seen in public
since the date on which the shooting of
Louise Ziegler is said to have taken place
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-09
A Convention on Mosquito Exclusion

On Dec. 16, in New York City, at
the rooms of the Board of Trade and
Transportation, a convention will be
held in the interests of mosquito ex-
termination. It is expected that much
valuable information will be accumu-
lated and that considerable good will
result from a concerted action to kill
off the little pests that are supposed
to spread malaria.
If you are trying to improve the
health of community a much quick
er method, however, is to advise the
regular use of golden grain belt beer,
the pure nerve tonic and health food.
It's delicious as we'll as inyigorating.
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the castle at Prague, where the young
Princess Elizabeth killed the actress,
Louise Ziegler, whom she found in the
apartments of her husband, Prince Otto.
But in all the cities the people who know
what weight to give to so-called "offi-
cial' dispatches are sure that the shoot
ing Of the actress by the princess is
lamentably true.
1t is pointed out that Louise Ziegler,
on the night that she was last seen In
company with Prince Otto, was being