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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13
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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13

Local brokers have received word
from Bellefontsine that representatives
of New York banking house have
agreed to finance the Bellefontaine and
Sidney electric line AMI it is now
thought that the new road is certain
ity.-Ohio State Journal.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13

One thousand miles In an sutomo-
bile in two weeks, visiting all the
historic points of interest around Bos-
ton and at Gettysburg, was the long,
but pleasant. tours of Judge and Mrs.
Caleb Norris, of this city. They NJ
rived home Tuesday night about o
o'clock, SAYS Marion Star.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13
Public Sale.

l will sell at public auction on tn,
Shick farm four and one, half milei
north of Bellefontaine on the North
wood pike on Thursday, Sept Is. h,
following property. ro-wit: 6 heat
horses. 13 cattle, 43 sheep. % hogs
also farm implements Sale TO com
mence at 10 100 a. m.
WARNER p. DOWELL.
Coulter Allen, Auctioneer.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13
BellelontaiLe Republican
Published By
INDEX-REPUBLICAN COMPANY
SEPT. l3. 1904
Presidential Ticket. .

Presidential Ticket.
For President.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
For Vice President.
CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS.
State Ticket.
ElectorS-Noah H swayne. Of
Toledo. and Charles p. Taft.of Cincinnati
Secretary of State-L- c. Layliu. Of Norwalk
Supreme Judge-w. 2. Spear. OF Trumbull.
Clerk Of supreme Court-Lawsou Emerson
Dairy and Food Commissioner-Horace N
Aukeney. Greene County
Member Board of Public works-R- p. Craw-
ford. stark County.
COUNTY TICKET.
Sheriff.. p. Humphreys
Auditor-Winfield :. Jones.
Treasurer. O. Miller.
Commissioned L Makemson-
Infrmary Director-L. NJ. Stevenson
Coroner-Dr. j. p. Harbert-
FOR CONGRESS.
Ralph ID. Cole, Of Findlay.
JUDICIAL
Circuit Judge-Silas E. Hurin.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13
Ferguson Is Avenged.

Washington, Pa, Sept s.-Milovan
Kovacevic was hanged here Thursday
for the murder of Paymaster Samuel
Ferguson, of the Ferguson Construc-
ton Co., on September 25, 1908. Fer
guson was killed by dynamite mine,
which exploded under his buggy as he
drove over the road from New West
Middleton to the Wabash railroad
camp. He carried a satchel contain
ing $4,000, with which he intended to
pay the men at the camp. Kovacevic
and a companion named Pattrovick
we're suspected of the crime. but they
fed and after being traced to En-
gland. Pittsburg detectives followed
them and brought them back to Wash
fngtOn.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13

Thirty head of 9 year old and year
ling cattle will be sold at the Big Four
stock yards in Bellefontaine Saturday,
September II, at one O'Clock.
JOHN JORDAN.
Coulter Allen, auctioneer.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13

Secretary Taft. of the War Depart
ment, will be the speaker of the day at
the Republican campaign opening in
Warren, October 1.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13

Huntsville public schools opened Sep
tember 8 with about 100 pupils enroll
ed. The teachers are Miss Taylor,
Miss McColloch and Mrs. Ortman.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13

The shrinkage of the Democratic
the st. Louis convention.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13

Taft, Foraker and Herrick will bs
the speakers at the opening of the
campaign in Ohio.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13
AVOID THE HEAT AND DUST.

Wnen you go NOftu Dt tfdNehnS va ".
&C., the Coast Line.
The new steel passenger steamers
make four trips per week from Cleve
land, Toledo, Detroit. for Mackinac
Islands. st. Ignsce. Cheboygan, Alpena
and Northern Michigan Resorts.
Through tickets sold to all points
Send &c stamp for illustrated pamphlet.
Address A. A. Schantz g. S. 81 p. T.
Mgr. d. & c. Nav. Co., Detroit,
Mich.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13
DRYDEN'S TROPHY.
For Riflemen was Won by
New Jerseys Team.
OHIOANS WERE SECOND.
The Men of the Marine Corps
Got Third Place.
TROPHY IS WORTH $4,000.

The District Of Columbia Team Fin
lshed In Fourth Place and the Mary
landers Were Fifth In the Race at
Sea Girt.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13
Coulter Allen, auctione

W. L. Orr has moved his household
goods from Huntsville to this city.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13

Mexico has a dynamite trust Bust
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-09-13
Sale of Cattle.

Coulter Allen, AuctIoneer
w. T.. Hoge. Clerk.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
A Mystery Explained.

New York Letter Philadelphia Press
A few days ago Hannah Elias, who
was indirectly associated with the
murder of Andrew H. Green last fall
appeared at various banks down town,
accompanied by a sharp and yet fur
ttve-eyed Japanese. She insisted upon
Withdrawing from these banks her
balances. From one she withdrew $780,
900; from another somewhat in excess
of 100000. and to-day, so far as can
be learned, she withdrew considerably
in excess of 100000. In explanation
she declared that she had been so
prosecuted since the murder of Andrew
H. Green because of the insane and
unfounded jealousy of him on the part
of one Williams, now convicted as an
insane murderer and confined to the
State Hospital for the Criminal In
sane. that she felt obliged to leave
the United States, and purposed going
to the south of France to live in re-
tirement and yet in comfort
She could not be persuaded to take
letters of credit or bills of exchange
or any other convenient form of car
rying money but to the establishment
of the bank officers insisted upon cash.
The negress must have gone to her
secret home with not far from 5000 900
in gold certificates and legal tenders
upon her person.
The action of John H. Platt, the oc-
togenarian, who accuses her of having
blackmailed him out OF nearly 500 900.
| and who seeks attachment upon her
various properties, is undoubtedly an
explanation of the insistence of the
woman upon Withdrawing her balances
in cash.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
PLEA FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Susan b. Anthony and Her Cohorts
Have a Gathering.

Berlin, June 3.-The International
Woman's Suffrage Conference, called
by the International Woman's Suffrage
Committee, with headquarters in the
United States, met here to-day for the
purpose of organizing an international
league for the promotion of woman's
suffrage. Susan B. Anthony presided.
The platform of the league declares
that men and women were born equal
and free, and Independent members of
society, and that the natural relation
ship of the sexes is one of reciprocity
and common effort. elf-determination
in the house and state Is the inalien-
able right of every normal adult per-
son, hence woman as d class and as
an individual does not owe obedience
to the state or to her husband. Every
government taxing women without per-
hitting woman suffrage exercises ty-
ranny, irreconcilable with justice. Su-
frage is the only means for asserting
the personal rights which the Ameri-
can declaration of independence recog-
nized as invfolable, and all modern
constitutions accept the same position.
Constitutional states must, therefore,
grant suffrage, irrespective of sex.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
HONOR To DAVIS
PAID IN SOUTH
HIS BIRTHDAY WAS OBSERVED
IN STATES THAT WERE IN THE
CONFEDERACY.

Larger Cities of the south supple
mented the Legal Holiday OBJ
servnnces With Memorial Exer-
cises at Cemeteries-In Atlanta Ex-
ercises Were Held in the Hall OF
Representatives-Cr of Honor
Were Presented.
Atlanta, June Interesting exer-
cises were held to-day in the hall of
the House of Representatives under the
auspices of Atlanta Camp No. 159. l..
c. ", and of the Atlanta Chapter,
daughters of the Confederacy, in honor
of the birthday of President Jefferson
Davis.
The hall was appropriately decorated
with Confederate flags and pictures.
Judge W. L, Calhoun presided and
Hon. John A. Hynds was orator of the
day. delivering an address of great in
terest and intense patriotism.
At the conclusion of the exercises
crosses of honor were awarded to about
a dozen veterans.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
BRADSTREET ON TRADE.

New York, June establishments to-
morrow will say:
Pending a clearer view of future crop
out-turn, general trade and industry
is quiet to the verge of dullness. Crop
prospects have improved in some Sec
tons, but complaints come from others,
so that the situation as a whole is
still irregular. The volume of May
business both at wholesale and retail
was disappointing, confirmation of this
being found in decreases in bank
clearings and in railway earnings from
a year ago, while failures were more
numerous, though less costly, than in
recently preceding months, while
showing increases on a year ago.
Iron and steel and bituminous coal
and cotton manufacturing are notably
quiet for this season of the year. There
are, however, some signs underlying
confidence in future trade. Among the
industries. iron and steel and bituTn-
inous coal note specially marked de-
preston.
Business failures for the week end
ing June 2 number 1874, against 157 in
the like week in 1903.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

country of specialists. and the GRIM
inal but intelligent Teuton makes a
speciality of his business, to which he
applies the latest scientific methods.
The extent to which the art of bur-
glary has been developed is evidenced
by the fact that ingenious house
breaking tools are manufactured, such
as portable ladders, portable phos-
phorus and electric lamps, ratchet
drills, sheet iron shutters, adjustable
. jimmies," pick locks and various
kinds of skeleton keys. Some Of these
are, of course, legitimate and necessary
tools, not necessarily or mainly used
for felonious purposes.
Any given house once entered, the
scientific German can open the strong
est cast iron safes by means OF an
oxy-hydrogen blowpipe. which pro-
duces heat so intense as to melt any
metal against which IT is directed
The following plan Is also practiced:
A recent chemical discovery had pro-
duced a preparation known as Their
mite; II a portion Of this ia placed
on the top Of a safe a heat il gen
Grated so powerful that the tough
est steel cannot Withstand II. and
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
New Orleans Decked Graves.

New Orleans, June 3.-Memorial Day
was celebrated by a parade and cere-
monies, participated in by Confederate
Veterans, Ladies Memorial organiza-
tions, military and school children. Col
A. J. Lewis was the orator of the day
The change to June became official
in Louisiana to-day, Gov. Blanchard
signing the bill making jefferson Davis
birthday a half holiday in the state
Various historic tombs and monu-
ments were covered with flowers, in
Guiding the humble grave of Dan Kee-
gan, the fifer who played the last re-
veille and who died recently.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
Never Worth "A Million,

rs it true that you are still worth
several millions?"
Il was never worth $1,OOO.O 900 in my
life"
Then the loss of 100000 in eight
years must have made inroads into
your capital?"
Yes; it has dug a big hole in my
pile. I've been a fool But it's never too
late to mend. I'm in hopes that as soon
as the publicity wears off Til be forgot
ten, and be allowed to end my days in
peace
when did you first meet this ne
gress?" was asked.
Il met her about twenty years ago,
when she was a little girl of 16 or II.
You know 1 am an old volunteer fire
man. | was the last president of the
New York volunteer firemen, that were
legislated out of active service
about 1865. 1 had ben out to Califor-
mia once with the volunteer firemen,
and they gave me the time of my life
in Frisco. Well, when some of those
same firemen came East. about twenty
years ago. felt in duty bound to show
them the town. After showing them
| everything lively among the whites,
early one morning they said they
would like to see the black belt. So
took them to a house in Twenty-sev-
enth street, kept by a mulatto wom-
an. It was at that house that l first
met Hannah Elias. visited her several
times soon after that, but within a
short time / lost sight of her. She
had left that boarding house.
Accidentally Found Her.
at never saw or heard of this octo-
room again until about nine years ago,
when, being troubled with rheumatism,
| read an advertisement in the paper
that a certain person in Third avenue
could cure one of rheumatism by mas
sage. l didn't stop to tTink whether
the operator was male or female at
the time I read the advertisement. but
| went to the address given, and was
surprised to find that the advertiser
was none other than the pretty little
octoroon girl. now grown into full wom-
anhood.
"She reiterated to me then what she
had often before told me-that she was
not a negress, but that she was of
Spanish extraction, and told how glad
she was to be able to get out of that
mulatto boarding house, where she had
always been mistaken for a negress.
"She treated me for rheumatism for
several months, and | did get better.
One day she expressed the desire to
give up the massage business and start
boarding house, and as she had rem
dered me valuable service in Kidding me
of my rheumatism, l volunteered TO
start her in the boarding house bust
ness. l don't remember how much
gave her to start the boarding house,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

Octogenartan IN Constant Dread OF
ExpOsure-Seeks to Recover $685.
3SJ.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
New York. June Apparently over
Joyed at the thought of release from
the yoke which, he claims, Hannah
Elias placed upon his neck nine years
ago, John r. Platt talked freely to-
day of his suit to recover $685., 1856 from
the negress. obtained from him, he de-
clares, by blackmail.
Mr.. Platt to-day obtained through
counsel a civil order for the woman's
arrest. the applca ton being made be-
fore Justice Dugro in the Supreme
Court.
The order of arrest was placed in the
hands of a deputy sheriff who went to
the Elias woman's home and was re-
fused admittance by her lawyer. The
lawyer said that his client was too III
to see any one.
Mr.. Platt. who is "a years old and
decrept, was once a wealthy glass
manufacturer. He says he gave this
Philadelphia born mulatto woman
nearly $T50,000 beginning voluntarily
with small sums, because she cured
MIN OF the rheumatism. Then she liked
him. and his purse strings relaxed
considerably. But IL was not until he
stood In mortal dread OF the world at
large, and hts daughters in particular.
that his thousands found their way
10 the woman. whose thirst for gold
was Unsuitable.
Reseabied Andrew n. Green.
Because Of a resemblance to this
mar, one OF the most prominent and
most respected eitizens OF New York.
andrew II. Green. the father OF
Greater New York." was murdered.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

but it is not enumerated in the list
of amounts which l am seeking to re-
cover. because she did not blackmail
me out of that first start. 1 volun-
teered to give her the first start as q
boarding house keeper. She did, as
swore in my complaint, represent to me
when I met her again eight years ago,
that she was still single and virtuous."
From then on" continued Mr.. Platt,
1.-The woman's avarice manifested it
self, and by constantly threatening me
with revealing our relations to her
husband, Mathew Davis, whom she
represented as a negro Of violent tenn
per, she extorted the following sums
from me-"
Here is a tabulated statement of the
moneys Platt says he paid the ne
gress in eight and a half wears:
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
In Cradle of Secession.

Charleston, S. c., June 3.-All of the
banks and some business houses in
this city observed the birthday of
President Davis as a holiday. At Hi
bernian Hall tonight seventy more
crosses were conferred upon Confed-
crate veterans by Daughters of the
Confederacy, and prizes of $40 and s.
in gold were presented respectively to
two pupils of the public schools for
the first and second best essays on
THE Confederate NaVY"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
Ceremonies Mt Nashville.

Nashville, Tenn, June 3.-The state
offices and banks were closed to-day
grafton Day. Fifteen hundred Confed-
crate soldiers are inferred in Confeder-
ate circle at Olivet, and these graves
were decorated during the day by the
Daughters Of the Confederacy. Appro-
pirate exercises preceded the strewine
of flowers.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

Non POisonous.)

For extermtnat ting reaches and water
bugs: We guarantee this powder will
exterminate reaches and water-bugs or
money refunded. Can be purchased
from US in cans for rs and so cents. 1t
is IN use in this city with great salts
faction. Removes the last vestige OF
reaches or water-bugs. Lippman Drug
Company -ad.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
Gulf, Colorado and santa Fe.

Galveston, Tex, June AT a meet
ing of the board of directors of the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad
Company held to-day the present gem
eral manager, Col. w. G. Nixon, was
elected second vice president and a di-
rector to succeed L. ]. Polk, resigned.
The Offices of second vice president
and general manager were merged into
one. as they were formerly, and Col.
Nixon will hold both positions.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
At Confederate CAPITAL.

Richmond, Va, June 3.-Jefferson
Davis birthday was observed here to-
day as public holiday At Lee Camp
Confederate Veterans Hall tonight
the Daughters of the Confederacy pre-
sented crosses of honor to surviving
members of the Confederate army and
awarded a prize of $40 in gold to the
Richmond High School pupil who wrote
the best essay on the President of the
Confederate States.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
sylvania knights of Pythias.

Sylvania, Ga, June 3.-Sylvania
Lodge No. IA, Knights of Pythias,
elected the following officers last night
for the ensuing term: Chancellor COM
mander, w. 1. Cooper; vice chancel-
lor, w. B. Dent; prelate, w. P. Will
liams; M. of W., ]. w. Ar
nett; NJ. at A, Newman Silver; inner
guard, t. E. Smith; outer guard, w.
S, Moore.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
Cotton stntistics.

Liverpool, June 4-Following are the
weekly cotton statistics:
Total sales of all kinds, 10000 bales
total sales. American. 5000; English
spinners' takings, $1,000; total exports
1000; total imports. all kinds, $4,000;
imports, American, $4,000: stock of all
kinds, 1000; stock. American. 45S,000;
quantity afloat, all kinds, SS000 guam
tity afioat. American. 10000; total sales
on speculation, 400; totals sales TO ex-
porters, 2.2OO
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
Celebrated in Augusta.

Augusta, June 3.-Davis Day was
ce celebrated in Augusta with due rever-
ence. The veterans paraded on Broad
street, saluted the monument and then
repaired to Walker Hall, where an ora
ton was delivered by DR.. J. William
jones of Richmond, Va.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
WIN Move to AtInntn.

Americas, Ca. June 3.-The general
offices and headquarters of the Ameri-
Gus OIL Company, It Is reported. are
to be removed to Atlanta and CONSOLE
dated there with other interests con-
pany. Quite. large clerical force is
employed here. The company's large
plant here will be operated as usual.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
Science and burglary.

From the Westminster Review.
1t appears that Germans of known
bad character are allowed to escape
on condition of leaving the country.
England is practically the only refuge
open to them, so they flock here, and
among them the expert German bur-
glar visits US in ever increasing num-
bers. 1t is said that Germany is the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

hole is burned in any desired portion
OF the receptacle. Doubtless these are
the men who are now crowding into
England in such numbers under the
designation of German workmen; at
the same time those who have been
already convicted in Germany, often
adopt an English name, so as to con-
ceal their identity as far as possible.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

Memphis, Tenn, June 3.-The graves
of Confederate dead were decorated
this afternoon, T. Roane Warning de-
livering an grafton. The banks and
business houses were closed in honor
of the day.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04
Knoxville Honored Davis.

Knoxville. Tenn, June 3.-Confed-
crate memorial day was celebrated
here to-day by the decoration of graves
in the local Confederate Cemetery. An
address was delivered by Hon. H. A.
Chambers of Chattanooga.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-06-04

Mr.. Plat is of medium hight and
build, with plenty of gray hair and
a gray beard somewhat resembling
that worn by Andrew Fl. Green. Mr..
Platt's story of his relations with the
Elias woman proves beyond all doubt
that the crazy negro. Williams,
thought that he was shooting at Mr..
Platt when he murdered Mr.. Green.
Mr.. Green often visited a nephew next
door to the Elias woman's house, at
236 Central Park, west, and the ne
gro, Williams, confused the two men,
the one who visited his relatives and
the one who visited the negress, on
account of their resemblance. Mr..
Plat said that Hannah Elias told him
that she had often seen Mr.. Green
enter the adjoining house.
When seen at his office, at IA
Church street, this morning, Mr.. Platt
was asked:
What was it that impelled you at
this late day to start proceedings to
recover your money, knowing that it
would bring about just that exposure
TO avoid which you have paid out
nearly 100000 in the last eight years."
why He Faced Exposure.
1T was useless to attempt TO keep
up the pace any longer" he replied
The woman's demands began to grow
more and more exorbitant. She kept
on threatening to expose me to my
family. Up to within a few weeks
ago she had never actually gone to any
member Of my family, but then, be-
cause I did not respond with as much
as she thought 1 ought to she sent
| some one to see my brother, Isaac S.
| Platt of 10 East Sixty-second street,
who is president of the Buckeye Mower
| and Reaper Company, at l65 Greenwich
street. This emissary of the Elias
woman told my brother that I had not
| been paying up fast enough nor in suf-
! ficiently large amounts, and that il I
didn't do better she would find means
to let my married daughters know all
! about my relations with her.
u, therefore, talked the whole thing
| over with my brother and my brother
| in-law. We came to the conclusion
that the woman was determined to ruin
rot only my reputation in the end but
| in the meantime to squeeze all the
money possible out of me. We, there
| fore, concluded that as long as ex-
posture was inevitable, it might just as
well come before she had reduced me
to poverty for l have no doubt that,
| even If 1 had actually given her my
| last dollar, she never would have be-
lieved it, and would not have felt salts
fed until she had me up for supple
IHellLaIy proceedings W ne sure HduH |
any more
i've given Mr.. Warren of Warren,
Warren & O'Beirne, carte blanche to
do what he thinks best"
1T has been said that you are so
wealthy that the 100000 you gave her
has not embarrassed you," It was sug-
gested.
Il have something left yet" said Mr..
Platt, with a chuckle, but I'd like
| to get back some of the houses and lots
she blackmailed out of me-"