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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1904-05-12
THE LIBERTY BELL.
Il Will Be Started For the st. Louis
Fair In June.

Philadelphia, May 6-The Liberty
bell will be taken to st. Louis. This
was decided upon Thursday when both
branches of the city council passed a
resolution appointing special com.
mittee of "a to escort the revolution.
ary relic and appropriating $4,000 to
defray the expenses. The start will
be made in June, but before the old
bell is placed in the PENNSYLVANIA
building at the Worlds fair it is the
present intention to have Il pass
through the principal cities of the
states and territories into which the
Louisiana purchase territory was di.
vided.
These are Montana. North and South
Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebras.
ka. Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri. Arkan.
sas. Kansas, Indian territory, Okla.
homa and Louisiana The bell will re-
main at St Louis until the close Of the
exposition, and will be under con.
stant guard Of Philadelphia policemen
President Francis, of the exposition.
will be asked to name a special day
to be known as Liberty Bell day"
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FIVE MINERS ENToMBED.
II Is Feared They Lost Their Lives in
a Burning Mine.

Shamokin, Pa, May Five miners
are entombed and believed to be dead
as a result of fierce fire which Is
burning In the Locust Gap colliery of
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Co. The fire started Thursday
night In the slope, and VIM Massas.
kie, Michael Shannon and John and
Michael Boglan were cut off from es.
cape before they were warned. Res.
cuing parties were at once set to work,
and up to Friday night their efforts 10
bring out the men have been unsuc.
cessful. John Debo, Notwithstanding
the protests OF others. went far into
the workings and has not been heard
from since. and II is believed that he
has succumbed TO smoke and gas The
fire is burning fiercely. Some Of the
officials think the men will be found
smothered to death, while some of the
miners are of the opinion that they
are safe In old abandoned workings.
Shamokin, Pa, May 9.-Rescuing
parties are still at work in the Locust
Gap colliery, where five men are en-.
tombed as result of the fire in one
of the slopes. The miners have been
in the mines since Thursday night,
and all hope of finding them alive has
been abandoned. The fire is burning
as fiercely as ever.
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JAPANESE PEOPLE.
Surprising Economy 10 Observed In
Every Place.

Richmond, Ind, May 9.-Guerney
Binford, Friends missionary in Ja
pan, writing to relatives here, says
about the war situation in Japan:
A remarkable thing is the surprising
economy which is observed in every
place. People are not spending more
money than Is absolutely necessary
Related families who have occupied
two houses are closing one and two
families enter one house. No one Is
putting out money for repairs, etc. To
such an extent is economy practiced
that 1t seems to threaten productive
industry and bring trouble upon labor
ing classes tell them that II is
folish to do so, for while the general
claim Is made that this is done for
economy to save money for the war, in
reality 1t Is extravaganza, because by
the stopping of the regular channels OF
industry the necessary funds and pro.
visions can not be produced II is
said that AT present the emperor is
eating only one dish. a rice bowl, and
that his food is the same as that given
to the soldiers. He is doing this, they
say. TO set an example of economy and
show sympathy with the people
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CUBAN NAVAL STATIONS.
Rodgers and Ackley Have Been Select.
ed as the Commandarts.

Washington. May 7.-Announcement
is made at the navy department of the
selection Of Lieut.. Commander c. c.
Rodgers to be commandant OF the ma
val station at Guantanamo, Cuba, and
to command the Amphratrite station
ship at that place and Of Capt. Seth
NJ. Ackley to be commandant Of the
naval station at Ologapo. Establish
ment Of coal piles at these points and
sounding for fresh water will be the
first work. II is intended that the
scheme Of Improvement prepared for
Olongapo by board Of which RI
Adm. Taylor. chief of the bureau of
navigation, was president, shall be fol
lowed with certain notifications.
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Two Sailing Schooners Have Been
Given Up as Lost With
All OH Board.
FORTY.TW0 BELIEVED DROWNED.
Portions of the Wrecked Vessels We're
Picked Up South of the Columbia
River by Another Ship.
The American Schooner Arthur Nc.
Ardle Was Wrecked on Egg Is.
land, Baharn and
Seven Men Escaped.

Vancouver b. c.. May 9.-The seal.
ing schoone' Triumph and Umbrina
OF this port. have been given up as lost
at sea with I'll hands. Capt. Ham. of
the sealing looner Jessie. which has
Just arrived rom a cruise along the
coast from California to Queen Char.
lotte islands picked up south of the
Columbia ri = broken sealing boats
and canoes, a;t of a schooner's rail.
davt and otDci tackle belonging to
the schooner Umbrina When last
spoken the sealer was headed for the
west coast OF Vancouver island to
land her men, who was very ILL., Since
then she has not been heard of and Is
long over due. The Umbrina was
owned by Capt. Peppet, now in East
ern Canada. She carried half white.
half Indian crew, 90 all told, and was
one of the largest of the feet in
Queen Charlotte sound. Capt. Mann
found a schooner's boom with sail at.
tached and from indications known to
him he believes 1t belonged to the Tri-
umph, also long overdue. and not
amongst the fleet now bound for the
Siberian coast The Triumph carried
white crew Of 10 and was the Oldest
and largest of the Victoria sealers.
The owners have abandoned hope.
New York, May 9.--The Ward line
steamer Santiago, which arrived Sun
day from Tampico, Havana and Mas.
sau brought Capt. Sheppard and sew.
en- seamen Of the American schooner
Arthur McArdle, which was wrecked
on Egg island, Bahamas, on April 23.
and became a total loss. The crew
stripped the wreck OF all the available
property possible and took to their
boats, went to a village on nearby
island whence they obtained passage
on a small sailing craft for Nassau.
The McArdle was bound from Phila.
delphia for Havana, with a cargo OF
petroleum.
Other passengers on board the San.
tiago were Sir Gilbert Carter. govern
Or Of the Bahamas; Lady Carter and
daughter. They are in transit to Lon.
Ion
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sMoKELEss POWDER CLOTH.
II May Be Used In the Navy For Am.
nunition Bags.

Washington, May 7.-Exhaustive ex.
periments are to be made at the In.
dian Head proving grounds with
smokeless powder CLOTH highly In.
fiammable cellulose material, with
view to its use in the navy for ammu.
milton bags. Although bags of such
material must be handled with greater
care than those made Of muslin, 1t Is
believed the smokeless powder cloth
is more desirable because 1t will burn
rapidly and thoroughly, thus averting
the danger Of any smoldering particles
being left in the chamber OF the gun.
There has not been any trouble with
the muslin bags on this score except
that particles of the tape with which
the bags are tied have been found In
the bore after the gun was discharged.
Silk bags are used In the English
navy, but the muslin bags are prefera-
BILE to silk because they do not tear or
wrinkle easily.
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THE TWO CONVENTIONS.
Demand For Press seats Far Exceeds
the Capacity.

Washington, May 9.-The demand
for press seats at the two national con.
vention far exceeds the capacity of the
space set apart for the newspapers Of
the country. At the Chicago conven-
ton there will be 290 seats in the
press reservation, and already there
have been received 1900 applications
The demand for seats at the St. Louis
convention also is far in excess of the
capacity of the space reserved for the
press. At the recent meeting here of
the subcommittee having charge of
the seating at Chicago. 1t was decided
that notice shoul be given that appli-
cations not received prior to May 20
shall be given no consideration.
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The Inter- Church Conference on
Marriage and Divorce Sends
Out an Appeal.
CONSISTS OF IA DENOMINATIONS.
1t Is the Beginning Of q National
Campaign Of Education on
the Subject.
Action Looking Toward the Preven-
tion Of Remarriaee BY Ministers
Has Been Taken-The Mem
bers Of the Conference.

Philadelphia, May 9.-The inter
church conference on marriage and
divorce, a body representing officially
IA leading denominations, has issued
through its secretary, Rev. William II.
Roberts. DID,, an appeal to the pub.
lie. calling attention to several aspects
Of the divorce question.
The paper is the beginning of a ma.
tional campaign of education on the
subject to be followed by efforts to Sc
cure the enactment of laws in tho
state legislatures, and ultimately II 10
thought of an amendment to the con.
stitution of the United States.
Already action has been taken by
the conference looking toward the pre-.
vention of the remarriage, by minis.
ters of other communions, of divorce
and whom clergymen of their own
faith have refused to marry.
This movement is the first occasion
of any sort on which the representa-.
tives of great denominations have Off.
the conference include:
Protestant Episcopal church in the
United States; Presbyterian church.
Methodist Episcopal church. Method
list Episcopal church south. Reformed
Church of America, Reformed church
In the United States, United Presbyte.
rian church. Evangelical Lutheran
church, the Baptist church south. the
Congregational churches, the Univer.
salist churches, the Unitarian church.
as. the Reformed Presbyterian church.
the Cumberland church. the Alliance
Df the Reformed churches holding the
service.
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THE CHINESE PAVILION.
Y Notable Function Was the Dedlca.
ton and Opening.

st. Louis, May 7.-One of the most
notable functions that has taken place
1t the Worlds fair. informal in nature
)ut gorgeous in appointments, was the
dedication and opening of the Chinese
pavilion Friday. Not only was 1t elab.
prately attractive, but IL was marked
Sith significant expressions from the
nigh Chinese officials present. tending
o Indicate that the relations between
china and the United States have been
lrawn into closer alliance through
he Louisiana purchase exposition. Of.
icials of the Worlds fair responded
with the assurances that the United
states deeply appreciated the hearty
participation In the exposition by the
Chinese government and toasts were
drunk to the health Of the president OF
the United States and the emperor of
China and the empress dowager.
China was one of the first nations to
respond to the invitation OF the Unit.
ID States government and from the
beginning the work Of preparation had
been rushed with all speed to compile.
ton Many Chinese dignitaries were
present at the dedication. but interest
centered especially on Prince Pu Lun
and Sir Cheng Tung Liang Cheng.
Prince Pu Lun wore the first peacock
feather ever worn by any Chinese Wis.
itor in st. Louis or in the United
States since the days Of Ii Hung
Chang. The costumes worn by the
different lipnitarips were yorpaouS
consisting OF silks of the finest tex.
lures and many colors with elaborate
trimmings.
The great gongs imported from the
royal palace in Pekin were rung for
the first time at the opening OF the Ger.
sembed in the interior of the main
reception salon, quaint Oriental lights
the interior, revealing the
choicest treasures of carved and in
laid furniture, specimens of Oriental
pottery and rare fabrics. At one side
of the salon, opposite the entrance. is
a raised reception dais above which
rests a small ivory idol. The pillars
at both sides are fantastically shaped
into huge gilded dragons and from the
ceiling hangs lamps beautifully
wrought from glass.
The main pavilion is one-story
structure and is patterned after one
Of Prince Pu Lun's summer palaces
lust outside the entrance is a goldfish |
pond, a duplicate of the one at Prince |
Pu Lun's summer home
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CAUGHT IN HIS CHICKEN YARD.
Wholesale Produce Dealer Shot and
Killed An Ex-Convict.

Columbus, o., May 9.-E. A. Nc
Gala. wholesale produce dealer, Sun
day morning shot and killed James
Brady. an ex-convict. whom McCalla
caught in his chicken yard. McCalla
had an electric alarm connected with
the chicken house. and was awakened
by the bell when Brady entered the
place, McCalla and his son went aft.
er the intruder who was shot when
he attempted to escape. McCalla and
his son were arrested but released
when the coroner returned a verdic,
Of justifable homicide.
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THE lOWA'S GUNS.
Remarkable Records Were Mad. at
Target Practice.

Washington, May 7.-Remarkable
records were made by the Iowas guns
in the annual record target practice
Just completed at Pensacola. The To-
was 12-inch guns made AZ shots and
"a hits. The best Finch gun made L.
shots and II hits. The hits per gun
per minute for the l2-inch guns were
o75. This equals the record made by
the British ship Ocean in 1892 when
she broke the worlds record, and in
the case of the Iowa the record is all
the more creditable because her guns
are OF an old type. The Iowa's 8.inch
guns made 800 hits per gun per min.
ute, the best gun making eight hits
out of nine shots.
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MISSING MILLIONAIRE.
The Body Of z. /. Wentz Was DIscov.
cred Near Kelly View.

Richmond, Va, May "a special
Sunday night from Big Stone Gap,
Wise county, Va, says: The body of
Il. l.. Wentz. who so mysteriously dis.
appeared October IA. 1903, was found
Sunday afternoon near Kelly View,
within a mile of the place where he
was last seen alive. The body, which
was lying on the ground in plain view.
was in a state of preservation sufi.
cient for identification.
Young Wentz was the son of a Phil
adelphia millionaire, and was In
charge of his fathers mines in Wise
county. Since his disappearance more
than $4,000 has been offered for any
news of him.
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A HUGE VESSEL.
II viii Have . Capacity Of $4,000 Tons
and VIII Be us Feet lonu.

Berlin, May Tt is announced here
that the Hamburg-American Steamship
Co has ordered to be built vessel of
$4,000 tons II will be 715 feet long
and will have capacity for 1900 cabin
and 1888 steerage passengers besides
the usual saloons. Its freight capacity
will be $4,000 tons. This new marine
monster will have restaurant and
tickets will be made to read with
Food" or Without Food"
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MAlADY AMONG HORSES.
The Department OF Agriculture 10 In.
Vestigating the Disease

Washington, May 6.-The investiga.
tion by the department Of agriculture
OF the horse malady has broken out in
Iowa, has shown that the disease was
brought to this country by horses i'm.
ported from France. The malady,
known as the colt, is parasitical. The
department is considering the question
OF shutting out importations of horses
from France
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MARROW ESCAPE.
Three Persons Rescued From q Burn.
Ing Building BY Police.

Cincinnati, May 9.--F'ire in the
building at 131 and 1873 East Fourth
street, occupied by the Pounsford Sta.
tionery Co., at $3.50 o'clock Monday
morning, caused heavy property loss
and was attended by an unusual
amount Of excitement. Il Is thought
the fire was Of incendiary origin. The
family of Joseph vahling, sleeping on
the third floor, had a narrow escape
from suffcation and had to be carried
from the burning building by the po-
lice. Mr.. vahling was in a semi-con-
scious condition. His son Edward and
a little daughter, aged 9, did not fare
so badly.
The loss to the Pounsford Stationery
and Book Co. and to Samuel Bros,
merchant tailors' furnishings, and the
John Holland Gold Pen Co., all of
which were located on the ground floor
and basement stories will aggregate
S25.OO0.
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DR.. GILES 8. MITCHELL DEAD.
The WeIl-known Physician and Sur.
geon Expired Suddenly.

Martinsville, Ind. May 6.--Dr. Giles
s. Mitchell, of Cincinnati, died sud
denly Thursday at the home of his
mother in this city. He was So years
old. DR.. Mitchell was professor of
gynaecoogy at the Cincinnati college
of medicine and surgery. surgeon at
St Marys and the Presbyterian hos.
pitals and ex-president Of the Cincin.
natl academy Of medicine. He was
president of the Cincinnati Obstetrical
society and member OF the American
Medical association and represented
latter as delegate at several interna-
tional meetings.
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TO PREVENT TUBERCULOSIS.
pisinfectants to Be Used In sprinkIing
Streets Of New York.

New York, May 9.-'Tests are being
made Of various chlorides and other
chemicals in connection with project
now under discussion by the health
department to check the spread OF
tuberculosis here. II is planned,
should the tests prove successful, to
use disinfectants in the water with
which the streets are sprinkled. It Is
believed that tuberculosis as well as
many other diseases are spread chiefly
in the dust of the streets.
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GOVERNMENT FOOD EXHIBITS.
Complaints Made That Whole Sections
Have Been Stolen.

st. Louis, May 7.-Complaints that
whole sections of government food ex.
hibits in the agricultural building at
the Worlds fair have been stolen.
caused Superintendent Bruner Friday
to issue a warning that the food should
not be eaten. as a majority of the
things so appetizingly prepared have
been poisoned for preservation. Al
the Chinese building ivory inlaid in a
wall was removed and the depression
filled with plaster of paris.
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RESULT OF AN OPERATION.
Gen. g. W. Shurtlen Died at His Home
In Oberlin, o.

Oberin. o.. May 7.--Gen. G. w
Shurtleff, one Of the most prominent
grand army men Of the country, died
at his home here Friday night as the
result of an operation undergone at
Baltimore six weeks ago. He was 73
years old. For the past 33 years he
has been Identified with Oberln col.
lege in various official capacities, be.
ing a trustee when he died He is sur.
vived by his wife and two daughters,
Mrs. S. II. Price. OF Glencoe, L. l., and
Miss Shurtleff, OF Oberlin.
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First Heat Victims.

Marietta, o., May 1.-Two heat pros.
trations is Fridays record. Arthur
Harris, while painting a roof, was
overcome and fell 16 feet to the
ground. William Holth, employed at
the Marietta chair factory, tainted
away. Both men are in serious con.
ditiOn
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A SIX HOURS FIGHT.
Nearly 200 Tibetans Were Killed BY
the British Force.

British Camp, Karo Pass, Thibet.
Friday, May GA stiff fight to-day to
drive the Tibetans from their posi-.
tions two miles below the pass lasted
for six hours. The Tibetans, number.
Ing $500, held the positions with great
tenacity and lost nearly 200 before
they were expelled. The British
losses were Capt. Bethune and three
men killed and 81 men wounded.
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DEATH OF GEN. eRoEssEcK.
He Served In the Philippines, Spanish.
American and Civil Wars.

st. Louis. May Brig. Gen. Steph.
en- w. Groesbeck, U. s. A., retired.
died Sunday of pneumonia at the
home OF his brother.in-law here. The
origin Of an illness of several months
was traced to exposure in Cuba dur.
ing the Spanish-American war. Gen.
Groesbeck served with distinction as
a union volunteer in the civil war and
was prominent as regular army Off.
Ger In Cuba and in the Philippine is
lands during the Spanish.American
war.
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DURING A DEMONSTRATION.
Twenty-one People Killed and 40 In.
jured in Toxic, Japan,

Toxic, May 9.-During a popular
demonstration Sunday night in honor
of victories achieved by the Japanese
forces, q people We're killed and 40
injured. The killed and injured were
mostly boys who were caught against
a closed gate at an angle in the old
palace walls by the throng and crush.
ed or drowned in en- old moat.
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Janausehek's Farewell.

Saratoga, N. Y, May 9.-Mme Fran.
cesca Janauschek. the celebrated ira.
gedienne, who for four years has made
this place her home, left for the Actor
Fund home at West New Brighton,
Staten Island, N. Y, where she will
probably stay the remainder of her
days.
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hianch-Young slicker lmust have
Z lot OF clothes. have seen him on
three different occasions recently,
WIN three different drsss suits on.
Aae-He rents them, perhaps.
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TRAVELLING Man Held.

Bowling Green. O.. May 6.--E. D.
Mottison. . Marion (o.) travelling man.
was arrested here and taken to Marion
to answer the chsrge Of embexzlement.
II ID claimed that he obtained two dia.
monds from Cleveland lady. disposed
OF them. and Appropriated the money.
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viii Attend Worlds Fair.

Dayton, O., May 9.-The National
Cash Register Co, employing about
$500 people. will close Its factory for
one week In the summer. to allow the
employees to attend the worlds fair. A
committee Of the factory workers has
made arrangements for the trip.
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A COLLEGE Game,

Marysville, o.. May THE Kenton
high school ball team defeated Marys.
vile high school here Friday afternoon
by score of 2l to 20. Batteries
Kenton. Biddle and Lanber; Marys.
Vile. Southard and Smith. Struck out,
by Biddle 3. by Southard 3.
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Vetoed the Godfrey BjlI.

Columbus. o., May Gov. Herrick
has vetoed the Godfrey bill to give C.
G. Fauver, former student at the
state university. $4,000 for the loss OF
a hand In an ensilage machine. The
boy had frequently been warned Of his
danger.
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surelary Insurance Improbable.

Chicago. May 9.-The activity of
burglars has made burglary insurance
In Chicago Improbable. A new rate
schedule will be adopted. Represen.
tatives OF the companies acknowledge
that in the last ten years the Chicago
agencies handling burglary insurance
have sustained loss of 10000.
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Salt Lake, Utah, May 7.-Senator
Reed Smoot returned from Washing
ton and went at once to his home in
Provo. In an interview Senator Smoot
expressed entire confidence that he
would be allowed to retain his seat In
the senate.
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Bank Refuses the Bonds.

Columbus Grove, o., May loving
to the bonded condition of the village
OF Columbus Grove. the Western Ger.
man bank, of Cincinnati, which bid in
the $4,000 worth Of paving bonds for
the Improvement of Sycamore street,
has refused to take them.
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Business Failures.

New York, May 7.--Business fail
ures in the United States for the week
ending with May s number 176, as
against 1888 last week, 175 in the like
week in 1908. 179 in 1902. In Canada
failures for the week number 18, as
against "a last week.