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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-06-24
CAUGHT IN THE CURRENT.

The subject of steel postal cars for
the protection Of railway postal clerks
is being agitated.
The United States and Great Britain
together handle more letters and pc
riodicals than all the rest of the world
combined.
An iron cable, which is claimed to be
the longest in the world, has been fin-
ished at Lebanon, Pa. 1t is more than
a mile long, and each link weighs SO
pounds.
A supplementary fund is needed to
provide for the care and maintenance
OF the monument to President McKin-
ley, which was built by popular sub
scription.
| The loss of the government through
the sale Of land at $3.50 an acre, under
the timber and stone act, is estimated
by the commissioner of the general land
office at s1Oo.OOo,OoO to $4,000, 600.
In Kansas City recently a three-story
brick house was raised 160 feet up a steep
| BLUM. The house was carried on a strong
framework OF timbers and raised by the
turning of 300 jacks, divided into 30
groups.
| At recent meeting of the medical
faculty of Queens university, Ontario,
proposal was received from a man In
need OF money to mortgage his body to
the institution. The communication was
shelved.
Powerful alcoholic beverages are dis
titled from bananas, the milk of cocoa
nuts, rice and peas. The Japanese dis
till spirit from plums, peaches and the
flower of the motherwort. The Chi
nese make an alcoholic drink from
plums.
The fence about the Fort Belknap In
dian reservation in Montana, which is
40 miles wide and so miles long, has
been finished. 1t probably is the long
est fence in the world, and has taken
years in building. The plan is to pro-
tect the focks of herds of the Gros
Ventures and Assiniboines from intru-
sion, as well as to keep them from stray
ing.
Triplets so years old celebrated
their birthday a few days ago in Hills
dale. parish of Upham, near Moncton
N. B. The three have lived in the same
place all their lives. They are Richard
James and Deborah De Bow. the chill.
dren Of William De Bow. A number oi
relatives and friends waited upon the
triplets and presented to them a purss
Of money The triplets are all in goot
health and appear to have a good chance
Of reaching the century mark.
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AN uNLucKY POKER PLAYER.
He Can't Tell Within $4,000 How
Much Money He Lost Last Year ~
the Game.

He Can't Tell Within $4,000 How
Much Money He Lost Last Year at
the Game.
Chicago, June 22.@"Can you ten
within $4,000 how much money you
lost playing poker last year?" To this
question asked In examination Of the
affairs of the alleged bankrupt grain
and stock brokerage firm of w. n.
Laidley & Co. before a referee yester-
day w. H. Laidley, the president. re-
piled "No."
as this an effort to discover a.
sets?" broke In one Of the attorneys
present.
"Yes, and every cent the Witness
lost at gambling is an asset and can
be recovered by the creditors" replied
Attorney Jacob Ringer, who was con-
Quoting the examination. I'VE don't
have to sue" he added significantly
in reply to a remark that he could re-
cover If he could get judgment.
Drawn out bit by bit, Laidley told
how he started business In Marquette.
Mich, on a capital of 81. 100 which he
had saved from his earnings as tele-
graph operator; how he had moved to
Chicago, increasing his business until
he had a system of on1ces with hvo
private wires. He said he spent "a 900
in furnishing his office in Chicago and
81, 800 in Detroit.
Laidley admitted owing about $780,
600.
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Senator Aldr!ch himself, and because
extreme cruelty" was charged.
Senator Aldrich breaks In his inter-
esting family relations several prece-
dents. In the first place, he has a very
large family, and In the second place
he was not until recently rich or any
thing more than fairly well-to-do. Ten
years ago he seriously considered re-
firing from the senate to devote his
time to earning money for his family
but was persuaded by more powerful
political interests in Rhode Island to
go back for "one term more;" and later
for still another term. The young Aid
riches lived very plainly in a house by
no means large on a street by nc
means swell.
Meanwhile Senator Aldrich's fortunes
have prospered until he is now a finan-
cial power in a state that holds more
multimillionaires than any other In the
union, after Illinois. New York. Mas.
sachusetts and Pennsylvania are
named. The Dorrances are of the ole
Rhode Island aristocracy and no drum.
mer that enters Providence, but knows
of the Dorrance House that perpetuates
their name. The Dorrances rank with
the Dyers. the Goddards, the Hazards
and other great families of the state
Socially, the Aldriches are newer
though now a great power.
Thus Newport begins the season
quite in character. with a divorce suit
20 talk about. along with the recent
disquleting disclosures as to the effect
Of Newport charities" and reckless ex
travagance in spelling the ''peasantry'
Of that once self-respecting city. and
putting Its inhabitants out OF tune
with work. OWEN LANGDoN.
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most any other newspaper man In
America, and all the boys who have
watched with interest his tumultuous
career will hope that he has struck 1t
right this time. OF course. there is the
usual search for the "backer," with a
general agreement that a Tammany
syndicate put up the money. At any
rate the first copy Of the paper under
Mr.. Quinn's management contained a
strong editorial endorsement of Mayor
McClellan's candidacy for the presi-
dency-that was for Murphy-and an
article upon the rival claims of useful
ness of the physical force and parlia-
mentary parties in twisting the British
lions tail for old Erin. That was for
Mr. Quinn himself. for he was raised
under Boyle o'Reilly, and has never
forgotten the '9s.
The Mcclellan candidacy, by the
way, is not taken very seriously in
New York. least of all by the young
mayor. who refuses to permit his head
to be turned by the attention the idea
has attracted outside.
AS a matter of fact, Boss Murphy
cares little more who is president OF
the United States than Croker or Kelly
did before him. But he does care for
two things:
First, he wants to extend the Tam
many machine into Brooklyn, and, Sec
ond, he wants to oblige the great Met
ropolitan Street Railroad company,
which has always been on the closest
terms with Tammany, and which wants
to provide Tammany aldermen with an
excuse for denying franchise favors to
rivals, IL any should be desired. Either
motive seems pitiably small to tangle
up a presidential canvass.
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Ihs DEACON'S
DETECTION 8
By KENNErr HARRIS
tcOpyrishi. i'o4 By Daily Story Pub. Col

IIMSONVILLE was a ferment of ex-
- citement. This was somewhat un-
usual for Jimsonville. because things
had a way of not happening there.
Uncle Billy Stebbens could remember
the time when the Second Baptist
church steeple blew down and "come
within ten rods o. mashin' Lafe Walk
er's youngest inter the ground" and a
circus visited Freedomburg in ~. and
Freedomburg is less than five miles
from Jimsonville. OF course, there were
elections and occasional dog fights. but
in the main the towns normal condi-
ton was far from frenzied. 1t took the
appearance Of Jack the Kisser to wors
the inhabitants to that pitch.
Belle Jackson was the first victim.
Belle was a particularly plump and
kissable girl and her report of the out
rage to which she had been subjected
occasioned no surprise. She was re-
turning from Wilkenses with a tin pail
OF milk one evening about dark when
a man met her-.'a tall man, dressed in
dark clothes. kind o. middle aged. with
red beard an fair complicated" This
person, without offering any explana-
tons or excuse for his unconventional
behavior. placed his arm around the
young woman's waist and imprinted a
fervent salute upon her ruby lips. She
was afraid to struggle for fear Of spill
ing the milk and before she could re-
cover from her surprise the man had
disappeared.
Miss Caroline Causing. the dress
maker. was kissed a night or two later
II was almost dark when this happen
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A National Bank suspends.

Washington, June 22.-The Medina
national bank, Of Medina, N. T.. has
been closed by direction Of the acting
comptroller Of the currency ON the re-
port of an examination made by Ex-
aminer Schofeld, showing the bank
to be insolvent National Bank Ex-
aminer Robert Lyons has been ap-
pointed receiver. Earl w. Card II
president and Robert W. Clark. cash.
Ter. The failure of this bank, the act
ing comptroller says, is due to exces-
sive loans to the president and cash.
Ter, principally to the former, and to
speculation by them in stocks On
margin and worthless collateral
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ed, which, some OF the women said. ac-
counted for it. In consequence of the
darkness Miss Causing could not give
very good description of her assail-
ant, but she was sure that he was tall.
You didn't have to stoop then?" in
sinuated Mrs. Cal Stevens, to whom the
dressmaker was relating the story of
the rude assault But Cal Stevens wife
always did have a mean tongue.
Rhoda wilkins was the next. She
was going along the same road trav-
ersed by Belle Jackson when the kisser
embraced her with the same dexterity
and in the same ardent manner he had
shown on the two previous occasions.
1t began to grow serious. Mrs. Payne.
who never thought that the kisser
would have the holiness to attack a
married woman. and in this belief ven
tured the dangerous highway, found
out her mistake. She was kissed too,
and three other married women were
obliged to submit to the same indignity
within two weeks. 'Lisha Payne got
out his shotgun and lay in wait the
best part of one night and other ex-
asperated husbands and swains
watched for the osculatory maniac. but
in vain. For time. at least, Jack the
Kisser seemed to have disappeared.
Mrs. Malachi Blevins was one of the
few who had escaped the terrible en-
braces Of the mysterious unknown. She
remarked that she would like to see
the color Of the hair of any two-legged
man who would dare to kiss her. She
did not intend the remark to be taken
literally. In spite OF her immunity
however, Deacon Malachi showed per-
haps as much excitement and indigna-
ton as any man in town.
"Pd Jest like ter ketch a holt of him, "
he said to Mrs. .Plimpsey. I'm a Law
abidin' man an q man o. peace, hu,
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Startling Evidence Is Given
Before the Coroner.
FIRE HOSE WAS CHEAP.
Pilot of the SlOcum Tells About
His Purchase of Supplies.
AN OBSTINATE INSPECTION.
Man Who was Supposed 70 Havs In
spected the Life Pressrvers Refused
to Testify Before the coronsr-Al-
most $50 Corpses Have Been Found.


New York, June 22.-Evidence oe .
startling nature. which doubtless Win
have an important bearing on the re-
suit Of the coroner's inquiry into the
General Slocum disaster, was forth
coming at the inquest Tuesday.
Perhaps the most unexpected Incl
dent was the continued refusal to
answer questions of Henry Lundberg.
q United States steamboat inspector.
who was supposed to have inspected
the life preservers and the hull of the
Inflated steamer. His refusal was
based on the ground that an answer
might tend to incriminate him and he
acted on the advice of his counsel.
The coroner committed Lundberg to
the house of detention, but later &C
cepted $500 bail for his Appearances
at the hearing to-day.
Second Pilot Weaver, Of the SIo-
cum, testified that he had purchased
the fire hose for that boat, and Mr..
Garvan introduced evidence to show
that the price paid was 16 cents Per
foot.
Don't you know that you can't buy
good fire hose for less than . dollar or
q dollar and half q fO0t?"
'T don't know anything about the
price of hose" responded Weaver.
Weaver also declared that there
had been no fire drill on the 6locum
this year.
Daniel O'Neill who, according to his
statement, had never worked ON q
boat until he was hired on the slocum
q short time ago, admitted that he had
| jumped into a rowboat filed with poo-
pie from the Slocum, capsixing T.
Asked II he saved anyone, he BA1d
| there were others doing that and he
| was not not an expert swimmer. HG
| swan ashore himself. however.
Referring to the efforts made tc
| throw water on the fire when ft wa
first discovered, O'Neill told of the
bursting of the hose. He ran and gol
the rubber washing hose, but the
coupling would not At the stand pipe
Scores of bodies were brought NJ
from the bottom around the shores ol
North Brother island yesterday. From
sunrise to sunset the searchers along
the beach and In the boats gathered
in 112, bringing the number Of bodies
recovered up to the appalling total d
94S
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Race Meeting Abandoned.

Chicago, June 22.-The Washing.
ton park race meeting has been aban-
doned. The directors decided yester-
day to call or all stakes scheduled
for the meeting, which was to con-
tinue until July 16. and to close the
track at once. This move followed
the prohibition by the city Of book
making at the track. Attendance di.
minished steadily and the track Of
ficials decided not to make further ef-
forts to finish out the meeting.
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=
ty about the fate
Of the Daily News
is ended by the
announcement Of
its purchase by
Tommy" Quinn,
a g. 90 d = natured
Iri 8 b = American
( o m B o S t o n,
whom everybody
likes. 1t has been
Mr.. Quinn's fate
to lead more for
lorn hopes than al
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Newport and the Divorce Mill.

HE recent divorce
suit OF Mrs. Mary
Dorrance Aldrich
against her hus-
band, the son of
Senator Aldrich,
has made some
thing of a stir
in the state of d.
vorces because the
defendant Is a
brother Of Mrs.
John d. Rockefel-
Ter, Jr., because OF
the prominencs OF
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When writing mention reading this generous
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Don't make any mistake. but remember the
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derbilt He Is here to witness the race
OF two other steam yachts. the Kama
wha and Hauoli. for the Lysistrata cup.
which Mr.. Bennett offers. His own
yacht is the Lysistrata- The Lysistra-
Ia is OF 1000 tons burden. steams 20
miles an hour, cost s625.000 to build
and a small fortune to run. and Is fur
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NE HUNDRED and
nine banks a n d
trust companies
were named in the
papers drawn for
Mr.. John r. Platt
in this suit. Thisled
in some quarters
to the story that
I b Q adventures
had accounts in so
many places. This
was untrue; in the
haste of drawing
nm thn .oDare o-l
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A Trlcentenary CELEBRATION.

Annapolis, N. s., June 22.-The
celebration OF the 3o0th anniversary
of the landing of Sieur De Monts
June 81, 1604) in this country, where
he founded the first European colony
in British North America and the sec
ond on the continent, was begun here
Yesterday
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A NJ + s GORDON
BENNETT. pro-
prietor of the New
Y ork II erald,
globe-trotter, auto
mobilist, yachts
man. man of the
world, is in New
York. the skipper
OF the largest
steam yacht in the
world. with one
exception, the VAL
liant of w. X. VAN
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nAMurnS Rpns

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW and Real Estate
II Agents Once in the Hamilton Building.
east Of the Logan House, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Particular stteutfou given TO collections and
settlement Of estates VIII practice In State
pspusas- Courts All business promptly at
pus O.
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For Sale.

Above farms are vel ImprOved- hne rich
soil on pike roads near railroads towns
school and church y cash. write for farm list
and further Information VIM Fleming,
Greensbu burg. Ind
Laundry. In n town Of 200 population.
worth twice the money Il Will take to buy it,
best OF reasons for selling. l. r Fleming,
6reensbuFg, Ind Jan. 20, 1904
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AuctiOneer

H.sP. Runyon IS having great success In
crying sales and Is prepared TO answer all
call on shsrt notice
Rates given on application.
Address me At Dezraf or leave orders At
RHPunLIcAH Omce. Bsllefontsfns.
February s. ssG at q. p. kUhsOH
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WEST & WEST,

a TTORNEY- Collections given
u prompt attention Partition and settle
uenf Of estates a speciality Practice In the
State and O. $. Courts Office on Main street,
directly opposite front entrance Of the Court
House. Bellefontaine Ohio
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J. d. MCLAUGHLIN. Er-probate Judge.

A TTORNEY-A VIII give prompt
"A attention to general law practice. loans.
collections conveyancing and settlement OF
estates Probate business speciality
Once Room l and ?. Bellef0ntaine Ma
tional Bank Building
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DIP. sAIIIE n. CONNER,

OsTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Register
~ ed Graduate. Dr. A T. still School of
Osfeoparhy KirksvfIle- No. Office Chalfant
Block Residence 210 East Columbus Ave
6f5ce Telephone 572. Residence Telephone 513-
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,aowENsTINE 8 HusToN.

A TTORNEYS and OounselOrs at Law, Belle
u fOnrarLe. Ohio Particular attention
xfren 70 coll .tions and settlement Of estates
0nce In the Watson Building. Entrance or
Nzin street
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JOHN c. HOVER,

A TTORNEY-A Special attention
n given 10 tosettlemeut Of estates. collections
and loans VIII practice In state and u >
Bellefoutaine. Ohio.
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Dr.. J. n. WILSON.

HOMEOPArHIST- SPECIAL attention given
LII 10 diseases OF the Nose and Throat once
On South Main street. Bellefontatne. o.
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M CIV HHFFSHp.

DHYSICIAN and Surgeon No 116 East Co
Il lumbus Ave Treatment of the Eyes and
citing glasses for defective vision. q speciality.
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DR.. OSCAR RALsToN.-

PHYSICIAN and Surgeon Ofiee, ls3 East
Il Columbus street Residence. sO7 North
Mad River street. Phone SS-three rings FOR
Once and two for residence
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The eyes of the birds that fly by night
are generally almost double the size oi
those Of day birds.
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E w OR X. A
more a m a z n g
story of folly and
r e { T | b u tion,
coupled with mis-
understanding long
endured, but final
ly ended by a de-
nouement that re-
stores faith in hu-
man nature, was
unfolded even
in New York. than
that of Millionaire
Platt and the oc-
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School Examiners Meetings

Logan County Board of School Ex-
nerswin hold meetings for the examina
en- of teachers on the 6rst Saturday of
each month except January and July, in Ed
acAffenal Hall, Bell1ontaine, o. morning
session to 10, afternoon to 4.
The O. T. r C. work for the year will be
based upon Hinsdale's Art OF Study, Ciark's
How to Teach Reading. and Hodges Nature
study Applicants for examination in the
higher branches are required to give one
months notice
The county examinations of pupils under
the Patterson Law will be held on the third
Saturday Of April and the second Saturday Of
May.
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PHYSICIAN AND sURGEON-Oface 1sc
II Court Street Hubbard Block: residence
us East Chillicothe- General practice OF
nedfc1ne-
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The BLADE,
Toledo, Ohio

The REPUBLIcAS and the Blade will be
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DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK =?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. |

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful