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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21
MOTHER BICKERDYKE
MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED TO
THE CIVIL WAR HEROINE.
Her Memory to Be Perpetuated by an
Imposing Piece Uf Statuary at
Galesburg, Illinois-Her
War Record.

Boston.-When the grand review of
the victorious armies OF the north took
place in Washington in 1865, there was
one woman in the ranks, on horseback,
who marched with the soldiers from
Illinois. She was one of the most i'm
pressive figures in the most impressive
parade of soldiers which ever took
place in the United States
The woman was Mrs. Mary A. Bick-
erdyke, better known as Mother Bick
erdyke," who had endeared herself to
the soldiers as did few other women
during the war, through her self-sacri-
fees and her untiring work as nurse
on the battlefields and in the hospitals
of the south.
On that great day in Washington the
tried soldiers of the republic did this
noble woman a signal honor because
they loved her and because they ap-
preciated to the full what she had done
The soldiers of the south respected
Mother Bickerdyke fully as much az
those of the north for she made no
distinctions in her charity and her
philanthropy. And so 1t was that the
woman on horseback in a plain calico
dress and sunbonnet, was cheered
equally that day with the great gen.
erals, the tattered battleflags and the
long columns. That, plain calico dress
and sunbonnet were eagerly purchased
as souvenir the next day for 800.
That gives some idea of what the
soldiers thought of Mother Bickerdyke
in 1865, but she has not been forgotten
by any means. Her boys" in Illinois
are going to commemorate her services
to the country with fitting monument
to be erected at Galesburg, and it will
be one of the choicest memorials in
that state. 1t will be the first public
monument erected in the United States
to a woman for services in behalf of
her country during the civil war, and
no monument is more richly deserved.
The commission for this monument
has been awarded very appropriately
to one of the most celebrated women
sculptors in the land-Mrs. Theo A.
Ruggles Kitson, of Boston, says the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21
FIRE IN A Tenement HOUSE.
SIX PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND
TWENTY INJURED.
lncendlaries Are Thought to Have
Been Responsible for the Fatal
Fire, Which Occurred in
Brooklyn, N. Y.

New York, Oct. 1S.-Six lives were
lost, nearly score of persons were
Injured and the lives of more than
hundred others were endangered in
an early morning tenement house fire
in the Williamsburg section of Brook
lyn Monday. With one exception all
the dead are children, and of eight
who were so badly hurt that they
were removed to hospital, the oldest
is a 14-year-old girl. 1ncendiaries are
thought to have been responsible for
the fatal fire, and this theory is
strengthened by the fact that while
the firemen were at work on the blaze
alarms were turned in for two other
fires in the immediate neighborhood.
Twelve families comprising 100 per-
sons were asleep in the big five-story
double tenement house when the
flames were discovered. When the
alarm was sounded through the house
the men and women, some of the lat
ter with babies in arms, other with
little boys and girls clinging to the
night clothes of their mothers, ran to
the hallway. There they were met
with great clouds of choking smoke
while the flames were rapidly closing
I
in about them.
Before the firemen arrived police
reserves from nearby station had
rescued many persons from the blaz-
ing building. When the firemen came
human lines were formed from the
fire escapes and the screaming
women and children were lowered to
the pavement. The flames burst from
windows all about them, and the
clothes of many of them were burned
from their bodies, their hair was
singed and their bodies burned.
At the same time firemen with seal
ing ladders had reached the roof and
were carrying down to safety the
frenzied women and children who hat
been driven from their blazing rooms
Many persons unable to reach either
roof or fire escape we're taken from
windows through which the flames al
ready were beginning to pour The
five Warkolsky children were fount
huddled in blazing room by fire
man. Their night clothes were burn
ing, their hair burned from theil
heads and their bodies blistered.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21
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loved other representative OF skilled labor
When however of the trade unions activity he
was transformed into entirely different person.
He his rights and and to insist
upon properly the other He no longer
drfwood floating from port port and enduring the
justice and harsh treatment Steadily since he be-
came trades has f-respec and the
respect of others.
with "a local habitation and
and no longer rowing reckless be made the of
every roous disturbance confirmed spndtft before
with no thought morrow he is the majority of
The always had large he enjoys that formerly
ale could command
Temperance spread among until noxcaton is
exception the Order of their lives ashore
and the influence la-abdng sailor dominates every group of
which he
citizens of all the sailors that have
insisted that the members OF the
their citizenship as possible, and
has set the advantages of American citizenship
has thrift and has cultivated the self
respect that the
skilled to-day performed by who formerly
sailors.
ironworkers for instance have them
men who any other class for the structural iron
worker requires peculiar kind of and skill that the sailor
learns ship keeping his head dizzy heights and working
swiftly carefully in perious and cramped positions
Of merchant has greatly improved ir
character work the sailors
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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21

Chatham, Mass, Oct. 14.--A terrific
sea, the result of a three days north
easter, drove onto Chatham outer bar
at o'clock last night an unknown
three-masted schooner. which the life
savers were unable to reach and which
at late hour last night they feared
would go to pieces before morning.
The vessel had lights in the cabin
when she struck the bar, but the life
savers were unable to get any re-
sponse to their halls, nor answers to
their signals. The schooner went
ashore at low water.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21
TRIAL OF A LABOR LEADER.
THE PROSECUTING WITNESS is
GUARDED BY DETECTIVES.
WeInseimer's Trial Brings Out the
Fact that Defendant Threatened to
Kill the Man Who Paid Him
$1,000 to Call Off Strike.

New York, Oct. 14.-George j. Essig,
the complaining witness in the extor-
tion charge against Philip Weinseimer,
in the trial before Judge Newburger, is
protected by guard OF county de-
tectives.
That Essig has been threatened
with injury and was bodily assaulted
became known Thursday. Essig said
that shortly after Weinseimers in
dictment in August he received threat
ening letters and that since his testi-
mony against Weinseimer more letters
have been received. About three
weeks ago he was assaulted by three
strange men near his house, beaten
over the head and seriously injured.
The story of a threat alleged to have
been made by Weinseimer to use a
gun If anything happened" was told
Thursday by Essig in the court of gen.
eral sessions where Weinseimer is on
trial. 1t was on q complaint brought
by Essig that Weinseimer was arrest
ed, and 1t was during the cross -exami-
nation of the chief witness for the
prosecution by Weinseimer's counsel
that the story was told. Essig had
told of his alleged dealings with Wein-
seimer, claiming that he paid the de-
fendant $2,700 for calling off strike,
The last payment, he said, was made
in Weinseimer's Office in marked bills
the day the labor leader was arrested
After the transaction had been com.
pleted and while they were going
down the elevator from Weinseimer's
office, Essig said, Weinseimer turned
to him and said: "I've got lot o.
friends, and If anything happens the!
will make the people responsible
sweat for it. can use a gun as wei
as anyone else" Essig said Vein
seimer was very much excited at thu
time and before the elevator hat
reached the lower floor, again turned
to his companion and said: "Yol
know that you are as guilty as l am.
When they stepped from the elevate
detectives were at hand, and at not
from Essig they placed Weinseime
under arrest.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21
A MARROW ESCAPE.
The Duke of connaueht, Brother Of
King Edward, Is Thrown Out of an
Automobile,

The Duke of connaueht, Brother OF
King Edward, ls Thrown Out of an
Automobile.
Edinburgh, Oct. 14.-The Duke of
Connaught, brother of King Edward,
while driving in motor car from Ed
inburgh to Gosford House, the seat of
the Earl of Wemyss, had narrow es-
cape from death and suffered painful
injuries, from which he was for a
time unconscious.
The automobile in which the duke
was riding with his aide-d -de-camp,
Maj. Murray, in passing street car
collided with a cart The overhanging
portion of the cart struck the rear seat
of the automobile and literally carried
away that section of the vehicle. The
duke was thrown out with great force.
AS soon as the automobile could be
stopped Maj. Murray went to the aid
Of the duke, whom he found unconsci-
Gus and bleeding from wounds about
the head. second automobile, carry
ing members of the dukes suite, came
UP and the duke was taken back to
Edinburgh in it. By the time the au-
tomobile reached Edinburgh the duke
had recovered and was able to walk
into the hotel. After two stitches
were taken in his ear and his hurts
had been examined by physicians 1t
was announced that the duke would
suffer no serious consequences.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21
A DUEL IN THE STREET.
Two Men Killed and an Equal Num-
ber Injured in Fight at Memphis.

TWO Men Killed and an Equal num-
ber Injured in Fight at Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn, Oct. 1S.-In bat
tie bn Mosby street yesterday be-
tween three police officers and ne
gro fugitive two men were killed and
;wo were injured. The dead:
two were injured.
The officers went to arrest John
Pop, who was regarded as danger
GUS fugitive from justice. The negro,
armed with a rifle, retreated west on
Mosby street and upon being pursued
by the officers opened fire. The first
shot struck Jameson in the abdomen.
The other officers then began fusil-
lade with the result that Pop was
killed. The negro, however, made
every shot tell, Patrolman Moncreith
and Capt. Perry both receiving
wounds from his deadly fire. jamie
son was removed to hospital, where
he died shortly after the shooting.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21
TIE DIVORCE QUESTION.
House of Bishops Adopts Amendment
Forbiddlng Episcopal Clergy to Re-
marry Divorced Persons,

House of Bishops Adopts Amendment
Forbidding Episcopal Clergy to Re-
marry Divorced Persons.
Boston, Oct. 1S.-The house OF
bishops, one of the legislative bodies
of the Episcopal general convention,
on Monday adopted an amendment to
the canon on marriage and divorce,
forbidding the remarriage of any di-
vorced person. The amendment was
substantially the same as that which
was rejected by the house of deputies
on Friday last.
The action of the bishops was not
unexpected, as the sentiment of the
body was well known. In fact, SINH
lar amendment was passed at the
San Francisco convention three years
ago, but failed, as was the case this
year, to secure the support of the
other house. A conference of COM
mittees representing the bishops and
the deputies will be held to consider
the disagreement, but leading clergy
men do not anticipate that the depu-
ties will recede from their vote of last
week.
Several additional amendments
were presented in the house OF
bishops, one of which provides that q
divorced person shall not be admitted
to the sacraments. There is a pro-
viso, however, that the sacraments
shall not be refused a penitent person
in imminent danger of death, nor to
any person who shall solemnly aver
that he or she was the innocent party
in divorce for the cause of adultery.
Another amendment sets forth the
procedure to be followed in case
clergyman is in doubt concerning the
marriage of any person and lays the
case before the bishop. These two
amendments will be taken up to-day
Another amendment, which was
adopted, compels all clergymen to OBJ
serve closely the state law on mar
riages and provides for the presence
of at least two witnesses.
In the house of deputies proposed
canon providing a court of review, to
which appeals may be taken from the
decisions of diocesan courts, was re-
ported and it's essential features
adOpted.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21
Kite Ewing Contests.

st. Louis. Oct. 1S.-With is entries.
representing America, England and
Japan, the first kite flying contests of
the kind ever held began Monday in
the stadium and other clear spaces at
the worlds fair. Fourteen kite flyers
participated in the contest and two
of the competitors kept their kites in
the air for the required two hours. j..
B. Wardwell, of Stamford, Conn, and
Silas G. Coyne. OF Chicago, were the
men who met the conditions of the
contest. Quite a number of forms OF
kites never before seen in this part OF
the world were shown.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21
A DOUBLE MURDER.
crazed by Drink, Laborer Kills His
Wife and a Policeman.

Brookline. Mass. Oct. 1S.-Crazed,
the police say, by drink, Harry
Bowles, a laborer, last night shot and
killed his wife at their home at 1O5
Boylston street, and few moments
later killed Policeman Joseph Mac
Murray, who attempted his arrest.
Mrs, Bowles lived but few moments
after the shooting.
After shooting his wife, Bowles bar
ricaded the doors and windows OF his
home and Policeman MacMurray had
broken in a panel of the front door
when he was killed, Later squad o
officers forced an entrance into the
house and after a struggle secured the
murderer, who had hidden under a
bed,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21
A ROW AND A RuMPUs.
Railroad Builders Forced Firemen
Who Threw Water on Them to Re-
treat--A Hot Time at MohakW, N. Y.

Railroad Builders Forced Firemen
Who Threw Water on Them to Re-
treat--A Hot Time at Mohakw, N. Y.
Little Falls, N. Y, Oct. 1S.-There
was a riot at Mohawk yesterday
afternoon, when a force of $50 men
employed by the Oneonta & Richfield
Springs Railroad Co. attempted TO
make a connection of that company's
tracks with those of the Utica & Mo
hawk Valley Railroad Co., permission
for which had been refused by the viii
lage officers. Previous to beginning
the work Receiver Jennings, of the
road, served on the village officers an
order restraining them from interfer-
ing. The village officers called out
the fire department, which sought to
drive the workmen away by throwing
streams of water on them. The work
men turned on the firemen, routed
them and cut the hose. Stones and
other missiles were thrown, windows
were broken and many persons were
injured. A company of state militia
was ordered out to assist the sheriff
in preserving the peace. Meanwhile
the work of connecting the tracks is
Dr0ceoding
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21
BOGUS DRUGS.

Startling Developments are Promised
in Connection with the Manufacture
of Imitation Goods.
New York, Oct. 18.-In asking for
the release on suspended sentence
of Clarence R. Lyon, drug clerk who
had pleaded guilty to selling bogus
article, representing 1t to be genuine,
George Battle, counsel for the com
plainants, said that Lyons had given
information which probably would re-
suit in startling disclosures in con-
nection with the alleged drug frauds
in this city. Mr.. Battle said that
Lyons already had given information
about the persons responsible for
nearly all the limitations OF well
known drug articles in the country.
"If he keeps his word, as l believe
he WILL" said he, zone of the most
startling announcement affecting
drug stores in this city and country
will be made in few days. The peo-
pie concerned are some of the biggest.
most respected and responsible in the
business"
LYONS then was released.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21
Fire on a Receiving Ship.

New York. Oct. 1S.-Fire was de-
tected early Monday on the United
States receiving ship Hancock at the
New York navy yard. 1t is not known
how long the fire in the Hancock had
been burning when discovered, but
judging from the progress it had
made 1t must have been some time
By shifting large quantities of coal
from the bunkers the flremen got to
the seat of trouble But 1t was not
until after noon that the fire was
completely put out, The Hancock iS
the most important receiving ship in
the navy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21
Chicago to Have the Biggest Hotel.

Chicago, Oct. 14.-Chicago is to
have the largest hotel in the world. 1t
will cost $1O,O0O,O00, be % stories high
and dwarf in size and magnificence
any structure of the kind ever erected.
The owners will be syndicate of Chi
cago and eastern capitalists headed
by Otto Young. The hotel will occupy
property measuring 400 feet in length
by III feet in depth in Michigan ave-
nue., two blocks south of the Auditori-
um. Steel construction Will be used
in building the new hotel, which will
be the highest building in Chicago in
point of stories, with the exception of
the Masonic Temple.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21
SLOW BUT SURE.
Progress in the Leading Branches OF
Manufacture Is Reported.

New York, Oct 15.-R. G. Dun &
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
Progress is slow but sure in the
leading branches of manufacture, con-
tracts being more readily placed for
distant delivery, while the percentage
of idle machinery steadily decreases.
Satisfactory news from leading iron
and steel centers tends to strengthen
confidence elsewhere, as the consump-
ton of iron has been found a good
barometer of business conditions. job
bing and wholesale trade in fall and
winter wearing apparel expands grad
ually, and such spring lines as are
opened meet with a fairly satisfactory
reception, considering the recent in
disposition to provide for future re-
quirements.
Building operations have expanded,
at some cities establishing a note
worthy record for September, and the
permits recently issued promise well
for the future. Labor is fairly well
employed, according to the latest Of
fetal trades union reports, although
the Fall River struggle has lasted
longer than expected. Latest returns
of foreign commerce compare very
favorably with the corresponding time
last year, and railway earnings in the
first week of October were 6.9 per
cent larger than in 1908.
All divisions of Sle iron and steel in
dustry are making progress, tardy or
ders coming forward in greater num-
| ber.
Failures this week were 20S in the
United States, against 20S last year,
and in Canada "a compared with 2S
year ago.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21
Redmond Tells of Success in America.

Dublin. Oct. 14.-When John Il. Red
mond, newly arrived from his Ameri-
can tour, reached Dublin last night he
was escorted to the rooms of the Uni
ted Irish league by torch bearers and
enthusiastic crowds. Addressing a
meeting of the league. Mr.. Redmond
emphasized the unexpected success
that had attended his visit to America.
Ho said he believed there was nothing
the Irish party could not ask from
America so long as they avoided dis
sension and pursued sensible policy
In pressing towards the great goal OF
independence.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1904-10-21

Boston Globe. Her design has been ac-
cepted. and she has begun work on the
modelling of the full-siZe monument.
The design, like the woman it is in
tended to commemorate, is strong and
simple. A wounded soldier on the bat
tlefield has been tenderly lifted into
a half-sitting posture by the army
nurse, while she holds cooling drink
to his parched lips. The figure of the
soldier is admirably done, and there is
fine feeling in the figure of Mother
Bickerdyke-the plain, tender woman
whose mission X was to relieve suffer-
ing soldiers wherever she found them.
Her hair is dcne up simply. Her
dress is that of the army nurse, but
face and figure OF the woman positively
ennobles her. 1t is truly that of the
mother bending over her wounded boy
and ministering to his immediate
wants.
This life-size group, which is to be
cast in bronze, will rest on granite
pedestal without ornament, and only
the words MARY A. Bickerdyke-
Mother" inscribed on the sides Th
simple lines of this pedestal and It.
shape lend much emphasis to the group
on top.
Mother Bickerdyke's biography.
strange enough. is missing from the
encyclopedias, while those of many
women less famous are given. Mary
| A. BicHerdyke was born near Mt Yer
non. Knox county. o., July 10. 1917.
| Her mother died when she was only
| II months old. One of her grandfathers
fought in the revolutionary war. She
married young.
After some years of married life her
husband died and left her with sew
eral little children. When the war
broke out she was one of the most ac-
tive of the women in Galesburg, H., to
work for the soldiers at the front, and
when at one time a trainload of sup
plies for the army were sent from
Galesburg to Cairo, she accompanied
them as a delegate.
Her active army life began as a nurse
after the battle of Belmont and from
there she followed Grant and latel
Sherman through all the campaigns o.
the western armies, administering tC
friend and foe alike on the battlefields
Then when the last battle was Tough
and all the soldiers marched in re
view at Washington, she was one o
the most noted figures in the grea
parade.
After the rebellion she went back t
her home and lived with herrson, Prof
Bickerdyke, at Russell, Kan. But sh
never lost her interest in the old sol
diers, and she devoted much of tn
time in the latter years to attendin
, to their wants in various "homes.
and in aiding them to secure pensions
,, Big Slaughter Of Elephants.
About 10000 elephants are annual
killed In Africa by ivory hunters.