The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-12-20
SPECIALS.

her home in this village Friday after
noon at $3.50 O'Clock. Complications
resulting from stomach trouble were
the cause of death Deceased leaves a
husband. one daughter, Mrs. Jennie
Shawan. wife OF J. W. Shs~an. super
intendent of the Columbus public
schools, and one son, George Kin
singer, Of this village. .|i
The late Mrs. Koch was a member
of the Church OF God. having become
affiliated with that denomination
when at the age of sixteen years. De-
ceased was also q member of the Re-
bekah and Eastern Star lodges. She
was married forty-seven ysars ago
and was one of Logan county's Oldest
and most respected residents. Friends
in every part OF Logan county knew
and loved Mrs. Koch and the news of
her death viii come to them as a
great shock. frf..
Tifin, Ohio. Dec. 1.-THE annual
session of the Northwestern Ohio Med
ical Association which concluded here
today elected among its officers DR.. W.
s. Phillips. of Bellecenter. as treasur-
er. Fremont is next meeting place.
Washington, d. c., Dec. 1s.-Repre-
sentative-elect Ralph d. Cole. of Find.
lay, who is to succeed Representative
wsrnock in the Eighth Ohio district,
has come to Washington to get the lay
of the lznd and learn the ways of the
statesmen. as he expressed it. This
morning he was introduced to the
President at the White House through
Senator Foraker and Representative
Beidler. Afterwards he met many of
the members Of both the House and
Senate, and this evening was the guest
Of Senator Dick.
Cole had an experience as soon as he
reached the city which impressed him
with the fact that even members of
Congress are sometimes mistaken for
more ordinary people In Washington.
AS he walked out of the depot to the
street q porter OF one of tue hotels saw
him coming. gripsack in hand. "Ho-
tel. sir. only dollar a dsy1" he said.
"Good accommodations and right
across the street - Cole shook his
hesd and hurried op- The porter eyed
him critically and then, hurrying up
to his side, whispered in his ear: III
You don't tell the other guests I'll
make 1t seventy five cents " The offer
was appreciated for its generosity,
but not accepted.
Xenia, December 1s.-Eda Shepard,
Is, beautiful. black-haired. black -ey ed
and piquant. Who says her home Is in
West Liberty. is under arrest in this
city on charge OF grand larceny for
the theft Saturday evening of gold,
silver and paper money amounting to
about $500. certificate of deposit for
sS5i.14 on the Citizens National
Bank, Of this city, and a promissory
note for $500 from Miss Mary Swisher,
aged over 40 years, who lives with
her brother. Michael Swisher, a we'll
to-do farmer, about one mile north of
Xenis, and at whose home the girl had
been working.
The girl wept as she told her story
in the little cell at police headquar-
ters- Shs said her mother was a
widow, aud she had two brothers, one
in West Liberty and one in DAYTON.
Her mother had broken up housekeep-
ing last spring. but was about to start
housekeeping again, and. with view
to this, she wanted to help her out.
and took the money. She saw Mics
Swisher go to the drawer often, and
knew that she kept money there. and
at last found key that would fit the
drawer. -hr
Lima, Ohio. Dec. 1s.-Three differ
ent interurban corporations are racing
to see which can complete a connect
ing link which will make a trsns-state
line from Lake Erie to thu Ohio river.
The Western OHIO is endeavoring to
finance and complete it's link between
here and Findlay. which, now that
the Toledo, Bo Wing Green and South
ern has been leased by riendly inter
ests. would complete their line from
Toledo to Cincinnati
The Toledo, Cincinnati, Springfield
& Columbus. which has part of its
roadbed completed between Lima and
Bellefontaine, and which has been re-
Gently financed second time by Tole-
do and Eastern capitalists, with F. @.
Shinness as president, is again actively
at work, and would parallel the C, q.
& D., running via BelIefontaine,
MarysviIle, through Columbus and into
Cincinnati. rfa
Another company in the field, headed
by Joseph B. Mayer and Buffalo cap
italists. owners OF the Lima Electric
Railway company, has secured right
of way north from this city and al
most to Toledo.
Anderson. Ind, December 1S.-There is
talk here of the Big Four buying the
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