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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09
St. Louis Worlds Fair
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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09
Life Saving Apparatus was
Found to be Worthless.
THE SLOCUM DISASTER
Could be Easily Duplicated on
Steamer Grand Republic.
THE FIRE HOSE Is ROTTEN.
LIfeboats Were Equipped with Broken
Oars, Life Preservers Were Rotten
and Some Were 27 Years Old-Crew
Never Had a Fire Drill.

New York, Aug. 3.-An inspector
who on Monday made a partial exami-
nation of the excursion steamer Grand
Republic, yesterday told the federal
commission which is investigating the
General Slocum disaster, that the life
saving and fire fighting apparatus on
the Grand Republic is practically
worthless.
This steamer is sister ship to the
General Slocum, which was burned in
the East river several weeks ago with
loss of nearly 1000 lives. She is
owned by the Knickerbocker Steam
ship Co., which also owned the Slo-
cum. Several of the company's officers
are now under indictment by the fed
eral grand jury on a charge of maa-
slaughter and criminal negligence as
a result of alleged failure to provide
adequate fire fighting and life saving
apparatus for the burned steamer.
The inspector who examined the
Grand Republic told the commission
that neither the captain nor the crew
know what to do when fire drill is
ordered; that some of the fire hose
burst when subjected to water pres
sure; that a large percentage Of the
| life preseryers were worthless, some
of them having been manufactured as
long ago as 1877; that the lifeboats
were provided with broken oars, one
was badly rotted and another had a
broken rudder; that one of the life
RATS had no oarlocks and that on
some of the RATS what appeared to be
rivets, upon closer inspection proved
to be only false heads. the parts being
soldered.
This story was told by Inspector
James NJ. Todd, who with Supervising
Inspector Rode and Chairman Muir
ray, of the federal commission, board
ed the Grand Republic Monday after
noon as she was about to start on one
of her regular trips to Coney Island
with passengers. The company had
been notified several times to name q
time and place for reinspection Of the
steamer, but had not complied.
"The master informed us that the
boat would not lay up for inspection
and accordingly we went to work on
the life preservers," said the witness
"The preseryers on the main decl
were in bad condition. You could
break off the corners as you would q
biscuit. Out of 1,0S2 we condemned
372. The mark was so old that We
could not see 1t. The manufacturer
mark was 1877.
1--WE found 134 new preservers, ant
Tested 15 of them at "a pounds weight
and they sank. After being in the
water five minutes they weighed nine
pounds. They should have weighed
only two and one-half pounds"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09
Neqroes Murdered a Family.

Savannah. Ca. Aug. 3.-The wife OF
Paul Reed at Statesboro confessed
yesterday that Will Cats and Paul
Reed, negroes who are in Jail here for
fear of lynching. murdered the Hodges
family near Statesboro last Friday
and burned their house. The motive
was robbery They killed Hodges with
an iron brace after he had caught
them digging up a pile OF money in the
yard. They then killed Mrs. Hodges
and the little girl by striking them on
the head with a lamp. The babies
were killed before the house was fired.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

On a petition filed in Common Pleas
court Thursday afternoon by Acting
City Solicitors Edw. K. Campbell and
John E. West. in which the city asked
that the U. b. & N. railway company
be enJoined from tearing up the west
Columbus avenue brick paving and
laying steel, Probate Judge w. s.
Plum granted a provisional injunction
temporarily restraining the further
tearing up of the street. The city
wants to see on the ground patent brich
the company promised to use in lay
ing track along the avenue between
the Big Four railroad and Main street
before work is allowed to be resumed.
This brick is made 50 that drivers OF
the street will not be inconvenienced
as they are in driving over the track
of the company on the paved section
of Main street.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09
COLORADO SPECIAL.
Chicago, Union Pacific 6 North Western
Line.

This solid through train, only one
night to Denver, leaves Chicago at
Z 100 p. m. reaching Denver next even
ing at o O'Clock. A perfectly appoint
ed tain. Another Colorado train
leaves Chicago daily at II 100 p. m,
arriving at Denver early the second
morning. over the only double track
railway between Chicago and the Mis-
souri, River. The best of everything.
The Chicago Portland special leaves
Chicago daily at IL 100 p. IN. with
through car service to San Francisco.
Los Angeles and Portland. Tickets
and full information can he secured
from your home agent or address A.
F. Cleveland. 234 Superior street,
Cleveland, Ohio. aug 15
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09
$50 California and Return.

Send two cent stamp for itinerary of
special personally conducted tours to
California. leaving Chicago August Is
and %. via the Chicago. Union Pacific
& Northwestern Line, account Trien-
nisl Conclave knights Templar at San
Francisco. $50 round trip from Chi
csgo. Correspondingly low rates from
all points. A. F Cleveland, 234 Super
ior street, Cleveland, Ohio. aug 20
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

Hamilton. Ohio. Aug 4.-Rev. John
L. Aten. 65 years old, widely known
United Presbyterian minister, died
early today at Madison, Ind, where he
had gone TO visit his daughter, Mrs.
Rapp. He contracted typhoid fever in
Madison.
Rev. Mr.. Aten was well known in
this city having preached in the Unit
ed Presbyterian church a number of
times
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09
Bishop Presldes at a Saloon Opening

New York, Aug. 3.-Bishop Henry C.
Potter delivered the principal address
Tuesday at the opening of ''The Sub
way Tavern" a model saloon which
was established by a number of lead
ers in the reform movement in the
city. The purpose of the enterprise
is to serve pure liquor and food at low
prices under the best possible moral
conditions. Bishop Potter said the
keynote had been struck by this at
tack on the liquor situation. He said
he believed in the old village tavern
as a meeting place where an evening
could be spent without the necessity
of intoxication.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09
BeIIecenter Bulletins.

Bellecenter. August 5.-The nup-
tials of Rev. J. Walter Light and
Mics Ora Martin will be celebrated at
New Concord, Ohio, Tuesday. Aug. %.
Hiram Brooks, of near Ridgeway,
was kicked in the face and breast by
a horse. Should he recover one eye
will be destroyed.
In tile factory here Irwin Smiths
hand became entangled in the ma.
chinery and mis- thumb was crushed off.
Albert Pugh. of New Richland,
while throwing the trip of a hay fork
was thrown backward from the NOV
on the standard of a wagon. He was
terribly injured.
Rev. f. G.. Bailey, pastor of the
q. p church, has accepted a call
from the Second U. p. church al
Davtcn. He has been here four year
and leaves the congregation in 1
pro osperous condition.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

Harvest Home Day attracted some
two thousand to Silver Lake Park
Thursday. OF this number 1, $50 went
to the resort over the u. b 81 n trac-
tion lines. The features of the day
were ball game played oy two picked
mines, a concert by Reymer's city
band. the daring cycle dives made by
J. NJ. Ritchie, dive of over forty
feet made by his wife, afternoon and
evening dances, and the balloon sscen-
sion and parachute leap made by Clyde
Asper, which act Is told of in another
column in this issue. Mrs. Ritchie
in diving struck her head at the bot
tom of the lake and did not come to
the surface of the water for some time
The length of time elspsing from the
time she struck the water until she ap-
peared occasioned no little excitement
among the spectators.
The management of the resort took
much pains in looking after the desires
of all. and the day proved an enjoyable
outing for the visitors.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09
A Collision of Trolley Cars.

Canton, o., Aug. 5.-A passenger
and construction car on the Akron &
Canton electric line collided in a dense
fog at Navarro yesterday. William
Rodrick, of Navarro, a passenger, was
severely injured. Conductor Penfield
and Motorman Davis received cuts
and bruises
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09
Gen. Miles, Wife Dies.

West Point, n. Y. Aug. 3.-Mrs.
Nelson A Miles died here Monday
night, OF heart disease. She and Gen.
Miles had been visiting their son,
Sherman, who is a student at the mill
tary academy. Gen. Miles was not
present at the time of his wife's death,
he having gone out of town Monday.
Mrs. Miles was 62 years old. She
made a number of calls Monday and
apparently was in her usual health.
Mrs. Miles was the daughter OF
Charles Sherman and a niece of the
late Senator Sherman, of Ohio, and
Con. William T. Sherman
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

Miss Cora Moss. aged about thirty
five years. the divorced wife of Thomas
Stanley. of this city. died Friday morn.
ing at seven at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Moss. of Law
renee street Death was due to lung
trouble. Besides being survived by
mother and father she is also survived
by two children and brother Benja-
min- Miss Moss was a member of
the Grace A. NJ. E. church.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

"The Republican platform speaks
gladly of the past and promises an OPP
timistic future. The Democratic plat
form is one of peevish pessimism, with
nothing to spur endesvor. inspire hope
or encourage loyalty"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

During the 19045 school year the
seventh grade room at the East school
building will be used for chemical
laboratory and accordingly all seventh
grade pupils of the city will attend
the Central school
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

The Ladies Aid Society of the Bap.
tist church will hold a market Satur-
day at 0 O'Clock in the w. w. Fisher
room ON north Main. There will be
an abundance of good things on sale.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

When the schools open next month
there may be such an overflow that
the School Board will find it necessary
to rent quarters somewhere to accom-
modate this overflow.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

Asper is man of magnificent phys
ique and had 1t not been that he was
tired out when the parachute struck
the tree he would have been able
to pull himself up into the trapeze
and remain there until ladder could
have been brought to his assistance.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

The New York Herald refers to
''Grover Cleveland's mastery states
manship." Still the country is not
hankering for repetition of the states
manship which tried to make Ameri-
can worKmen live at free soup houses
on the street corners instead of in their
prosperous homes
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

Charles NJ. Davis. the Gallon jewel
er, is seriously i'll at his home on West
Atwood street, having been stricken
with severe ailment of the stomach
upon his return home in company with
Mrs Davis from Put-In-Bay wednes-
day evening.
Mr.. Davis is brother of J. G. Davis
of this city.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09
The Legislators Reunion.

Sandusky, o., Aug. 5.-About 100
members, officers and employees of the
general assembly arrived here Thurs
day. The statesmen were properly
welcomed and escorted to the Cedar
Point boat and taken across the bay.
A smoker was held last evening and
the banquet will take place tonight.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09
Account 3sth Annual GAR. Encampment

Account 18th Annual O-A.R- tncampment
Tickets viii be on sale August L. 10 and IL,
1904. inclusive. Good to return leaving Boston
not later than midnight Of August %. 1904, with
proviso thar upon deposit Of ticket with Joint
Agent prior 10 noon Of August %. fo0fand pay
ucnt Of fee Of Sc per ticket a. time Of deposit
an extension Of return limit may be secured to
leave Boston to and fncIudiug Sept. 30, 1904
For fun information and particulars 70
rates. tickets, limits call on agents big -Four
Route, or address the undersigned
WARREN J. LYNCH,
all Gen7 Pass-&TktAgt-
Cincinnati, Ohio.
W. Z Sloan. Agent. BeilefontAine. o.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

Clarence Bray, colored, jailed some
days ago on the charge of stealing a
pair of trousers from the merchant
tailoring establishment of John G.
Rienhart. was before Probate Judge
Plum Friday. He admitted the theft,
was fined SO and costs and ordered tc
go to work 20 earn money to pay up.
If he does not do so he will be pick.
ed up and sent to the work house.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

According to the Gallon Inquire T
the Flickinger bankruptcy case will
not be heard before September.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

Doctor (after feeling pulse, looking at
tongue. etc.)-There is nothing consti-
tutionally wrong with you, madam. and
should advise you to marry again.
Youthful Widow-Are you single,
doctor?
Doctor am, but doctors never pre-
scribe for themselves. you know.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

The City Board of Review Friday
completed a 40 days session during
which time 1t found about S127, 0OO
of property, the majority in chattels.
that taxpayers should have returned
to the assessors. The amount added
is nearly u per cent of what was
found by the assessors.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

Born. August .. to. Mr.. and Mrs
Charles English, a son.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

F. t. Ring, who some time ago trad
ed his pacing horse Rowdy to Mid
dletown man for brown pacing horse,
has traded this horse to Attorney W.
II. Hopes, of Marysville, for bay
pacing mare. which animal has paced
mile in :25. The horse is the dam
of Mohawk and was sired by Civilian.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-08-09

o. C.-St- Marys Divisic
In effect May l, 1904.
NORTH BOUND.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-10
NATIVES BREAK
INTO REVOLT
Members of the COnstabulary
in a LuzOn Town Loot Com
miSsary and Then Escape
TWO PRIESTS FIRED ON
Fugitive Ringleaders Start an
Uprising Against the Amer
leans and Loyal Filipinos

MANILA, Feb. 9.-Seventeen mem
bers of the constabulary stationed at
Vigan, one of the leading business cen
ters of Luzon, have deserted, taking
with them fifty rifles, 5000 rounds OF
ammunition and 500 obtained by
looting the commissary department.
The number of fugitives has since been
augmented by party of eighty escap-
ing from the same quarter. Governor
Wright promptly requested military
assistance and Colonel Thomas imme-
diately dispatched a squadron of cav
airy scouts in pursuit. Colonel Scott
leaves to-day with a body Of constabu-
larry.
Later advices indicate that the re-
volt of the constabulary at Nigan has
developed into a small uprising against
the Americans and loyal Fiipinos
Two American priests, Father Nc
Closky and Father Girk, have been
fired on, but no casualties are reported.
The telegraph wires leading to the
disturbed district have been cut.
Ricarte. one of the former Filipino
leaders, is believed TO be at the head
OF this movement
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-10
STOPS LANDING
OF AMMUNITION
Gunboat Fires on Lighters
That Attempt to Convey Sup
plies From Steamer toJiminez
SHORE GUNS RETURN FIRE
Attacking Ship Is Crippled
and Steams Away in the
Wake of the Merchantmen

MONTE CHRISTI, Republic of Santo
Domingo, Saturday, Feb. 6.-The Clyde
Line steamer New York, from New
York January 80, arrived here this
morning, followed by the Dominican
gunboat Presidente. Lighters were sent
alongside the New York to bring ashore
some ammunition which formed part Of
her cargo. When the lighters had near
ly reached the steamer the gunboat
fired on them and the revolutionists on
shore replied with cannon and Mausers.
The New York, being in danger, there
upon left Monte Christi for Puerto
Plata. The firing continued for half an
hour. after which the gunboat sailed
for Puerto Plata. She was hit twice by
rounds and apparently by hundreds of
bullets. for she stopped and lowered
boats. evidently to plug up the holes
made in her hull. The failure to land
the ammunition is a serious blow to
General Jiminez, for whom it was in
tended. and may cause him to lose the
ground he had already gained. An at
tack on Santiago de los Caballeros has
been fixed for Saturday. The German
steamer Altenburg was here on Mon
day. The revolutionists did not per-
NIT her to discharge cargo at this port.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-10
Miss Eva Moak, a Normal School
Graduate, Suffers From Gun
shot Wound in Shoulder
and Arm in a Hay Now
VICTIM OF THE ATTACK
TELLS STRANGE STORY
Officers Believe Woman Is
Withholding Facts andYOung
Man Who Made Threats q
Short Time Ago Is Suspected

CHICO. Feb. 9.-Miss Eva Moak.
Uate of the Chico Normal School, was
seriously wounded to-day by being
twice shot by an unknown person at
her home about five miles southeast of
Chico. One of the bullets grazed the
top Of her head and another passed
through her left shoulder blade and the
upper part of the left arm. According
10 Miss Moak, she had gone into a hay
NOV Of the barn to feed a horse and
while standing on the top of a bale
Of hay a gun seemed to go off at her
4eet. A moment later another shot was
fired. the bullet wounding her in the
shoulder. She then jumped from the
hay into a shed part of the barn, and
while running toward the door another
shot was fired. While trying to open
the door a fourth shot grazed the top
Of her head. She ran into the house
and fainted Immediately upon entering
the room.
Officers from Chico spent all the aft
ernOon in investigation, with the re-
suit that they feel that the injured
young woman has not told all she
knows Of the affair. 1t is a fact that
about a year ago a young man, who
had become infatuated with her. made
threats Of sufficient gravity 20 warrant
the officers in suspecting him of doing
the shooting.
Miss Moak will probably recover
though the wound in the shoulder may
be more serious than a hasty eXamina-
tion would indicate.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-10
Sultan and His Ministers
Secretly Rejoice Over a Posi-
BILE Opportunity for Rehabil-
itation of Rule in Macedonia
ATTACK TO BE MADE
ON THE BULGARIANS
Struggle in the Orient Ex-
pected to Divert Attention
of the Powers and Open
the Way for an Invasion
Special Dispatch to The Call.

sCONS ONSTANTINOPLE, Feb. 9.-Grati-
ication, profound but more or less
carefully concealed, prevails in the pal
ace and among members of the Gov
ernment at the alarming turn Of af-
fairs in Eastern Asia The Turks think
they have everything to gain and moth
ing to lose by the war. They hope that
the serious struggle possibly involving
the great powers would pave the way
fer the Turkish campaign against Bull
garia and the rehabilitation of Turkish
rule in Macedonia.
The Sultan and his, advisers hate the
nations which have so Inundated the
pride and weakened the authority Of
the Ottoman empire in Europe and are
looking for a chance to retrieve their
position and incidentally to chastise
Bulgaria.
SOFIA, Feb. Sin high official quar-
ters it is believed that Turkey is has
tening preparations to attack Bulgaria
the moment the international situation
seems favorable. No doubt is enter
tained that the Turks-will strike when
Russia is we'll involved in the Far East
war.
The opinion is known to prevail in
Constantinople that the Russo-Japan-
ese conflict would so preoccupy Eu-
rope that no considerable opposition
would arise to q reassertion of Turk
ish power in Macedonia and even be-
yond its borders in the direction of
Sofia and Belgrade. Meanwhile insur-
gents are resuming hostilities in Mace
donia and planning q general campaign
when the weather moderates. Their
leaders declare that the Macedonian
misery already is indescribable and
they conceive no developments they
need fear.
The San Francisco call., 1904-02-10
DOCTOR LEAVES MONEY
FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES
late DF. John J. Baty of san Jose
BeQUeaths Fund 10 Santa
Clara College.

SAN JOSE. Fen. 9.-The viii Of DR..
John J. Baty. which was filed to-day.
beQueaths $4,000 70 the president OF
santa Clara College in trust for re-
ligious and benevolent objects; $4,000
is 10 he expended for the propagation
q the faith and the remainder is dis
tributed among Orphanages and
QUeathed 10 nephews and nieces in
France. and $4,000 goes 10 children Of
his deceased niece. Mrs. Eliza HOff-
man Of San Francisco. Henri Hoff-
man Sr. and Henri Hoffman Jr. Of
san Francisco are named as executors
without bonds.