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The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
SLEPT FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS.
And, waking, Thought That Only One
 Night Had Passed.

And, waking, Thought That Only One
 Night Had Passed.
 In the village of Grambke, near Ere men. which has become famous as the home of the sleeping woman. Gesine Meyer. who has now awakened from her seventeen years sleep. I had con- versations with herself and her father, Johann Meyer, who is mayor of the vil- iage, and his son. In their quaint dia- fleet they told me that Gesine. who is now forty-three years of age, feli from cart in her seventeenth year, Short ly after this accident she complained of suffering from severe headache. and then fell into death-like sleep, which lasted three months.
 After recovering consciousness she was perfectly well, attended to her usual household duties, and helped in l the harvesting as if nothing had hap pened. For two years all went well; then she again took to sleeping for con- | siderable periods, interspersed by long | intervals of normal habits. At last she | went to sleep on December IT, 1886, and from that date until Sunday last has slept without interruption-a period of seventeen years.
 On Sunday a fire broke out in the
 village, and the alarm bells were rung. Scarcely had their harsh sound pene- trated the room where Gesine lay than she suddenly sat up in bed and called
 her father and brother by name. The surprise and pleasure experienced at | her awakening. which resbld mort a resurrection from death, may be imag- 1 ined. One of the first questions was about her mother. who had died many years ago. On the sad news being brol1-
 en to her she cried bitterly. Seeing her l brother, who seventeen years ago had
 been doing his military service, stand ling by her side in civilian clothes, she asked him why he was not in uniform On his answering that he was now a married man and had long ago compile l ted his military service she appeared tc be surprised.
 She was told that she had been asleep
 for seventeen years. sWhy, I thought I had been asleep only for one night she replied. Gesine had no recollection of anything that has happened during this long lapse of tmie. was intro Iduced into the room where Gesine lay on sofa. With her clear blue eyes she looked with curiosity at the numerous relatives and friends who stood around her, congratulating her on her awak. ening. She recognized themall.
 She was well nourished during hel
 sleep. Her sense of smell was especial. ly well developed, and she knew imme- ldiately if stranger entered the room The sense of hearing and of speech Icompletely disappeared during her un. consciousness Severe thunder storms the noise occasioned in the house con lpassed unnoticed. She was never ill and her digestion was Hninlpaired
 Since awakening Gesine is in great feal
 of again going to sleep. pr. Payne, the
 family physician, who has attended Ge
 sine for many years, foretold her awak
 ening, and it is believed that she awok'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04

DUCKS LEFT THE CHESAPEAKE. In 1888, the year of the great blizzard, the mighty northwest tsorm of March F fairsy blew the water out of the broad shallow estuaries of chesa- peake Bay. and the fierce cold that came with it froze the naked mud of the bottom-the garden soil of the juicy grasses that have made the Chesapeake redhead and the canvasback ducks known to .connoisseurs of the world. When the tides came back they raised bodily this frozen floor of the river, l tearing up tea grass and tape grass by the roots. This ruined the feed over many square miles of the choicest duck pasture in America.
 In the very next year another con- ivulsion of nature, disastrous flood, bore down the Susquehanna river un- ] precedented masses of earth and deb- ris, that covered what feed was left, and about completed the destruction. The year after the blizzard the ducks appeared in normal numbers, but found not what they came for, and the Chesa- peake shooting has never fully recov- cred from these two disasters. The
 wise noes of the ducking waters have figured it out thta after a year or two only young birds were left, and these I did not even know the way to the
 Maryland pastures.
 l It was curious sight. in the early nineties. and later. too, when stray
 bodies of migratory ducks reached the favorite coves, alighted with conf dence and appetite, and after thirty seconds of fruitless diving lit out iron those waters as if they were boiling Country Life in America.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04

United States and residing here. only 2s1 were women.
 Of course. these figures do not in- clude the soldiers who were here, and excluding that element in the popula- ton, we believe that most observers Will admit that the number of Ameri- cans on the island has increased since that date, and also that for year or so the number has been decreasing.
 Perhaps the year 1902 was the year of the largest number of Americans on the island. The population is so rest less and so constantly changing it is difficult to get any accurate estimate San Juan News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
THE soUrH AND THE CANAL.

The South may not approve of the way the Panama canal scheme was put through, but it does most heartily ap-
 prove of the canal. It also most hearti-
 ly disapproves of Senator German. The
 New Orleans Times Democrat says of him: Senator German has never been seriously regarded as a statesman in the better sense of that word, but he has al-
 ways been considered a smart politician, and if was astonishing to see him de- stroy his rather neagre chances for the Presidential nomination by misplay at
 an important stage of the game
 Florida is stirred up about the canal
 Her business men are making plain to their representatives at Washington
 their desires in the matter. They want
 the canal built. they want it built as soon as possible and they are saying so with impressive unanimity as well as emphasis. A few days ago the Pensaco- la Board of Trade adopted resolutions urging Florida's senators to vote for
 the ratification of the pending treaty,
 now similar action has been taken by the Board of Trade at Jacksonville, and 1 it is said that commercial organizations in many other parts Of the State are l nrn,,a rincs +o da Iil-av,;co
 It isn't at all likely that the southern senators will go against their States when the vote comes. Politics and other
 things will have to give way before focal interests
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
Flava No qrnuhlen

With eyes that are open just keep on aglopin The end of your tunnel may yet be afar; But daylight's ahead of you, shame on the dread of youl Tomorrow may witness the rise of your
 star. But while you are fighting and, Hopes torch is lighting The path leading whither your dreamings have flown. Remember: Each man should share other folks troubles. But none has right to have cares of his own. The man who will listen with grief drops aglisten While friends i'll him up with taeir bur dens Of woe. Who says, Never mind it-though lost. you will find it'' That man will have friends whereso CT But let that same fellow in tones that are mellow Discourse of his own little woes-he's It's every mans job to share other folks troubles But never to have any cares of his own.
 The Baltimore American.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
CLEAR.

Askem-"How do you know that he is always a friend indeed?" knuitt-"Be cause I've never found him when he wasn't in need. Baltimore American.
 Editor-"This stuff isn't poetry; it's the worst rot I ever saw" Poet-"Oh, come nowi I tried to sell it to a popu- lar song house and they wouldn't take it."-Puck.
 Scribblehard-s'I believe I've written myself out; l don't seem to have an
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
District of New Haven. ss. Probate co1T

District of New Haven. ss. Probate Court. ,,,,,,, December 3l. 1903. ESTATE OF LAURA ". REYNOLDS. late
 ol Orange, in said District, deceased. The Court of Probate for the District of New Haven hath limited and appointed six months from the date hereof for the cred itors of said deceased to bring in their claims aganist said estate. Those who neg feet to exhibit their claims within said time will be debarred
 All persons indebted to said estate are re. qpested to make immediate payment to
 SARAH NJ. TROWBRIDGE. Administratrix, At the office of Clark, Hall S Peck, attor- neys at law. 152 Orange street, New Ha- ven, ConH. il St
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04

The 5,SS2 German immigrants who entered the country through the port of New York in one of the last months of the year brought in $257.254, and only 1Os were illiterate; the 9,559 Italians brought in only $lOS,522 altogether. and 3,7S1 were illiterate, while the 7,556 He brews brought $14S1O2, and f.2S2 were illiterate.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04

of her own caord and not through the sound of the bSlls ringing.
 The reason fer the long sleep is due. some affirm, to some disease of the ner- vous system. 11he case has caused an intense sensatior, and thousands have tried to see the sleeping woman, but ony few have been admitted.-London Mirror.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04

The temperance movement which be- gan in Japan in 1873 with society of foreign residents of Yokohama, has grown until now there are forty-six of these societies united in national tenn perance league. The league represents s,617 members As a result of their agitation a bill has been passed prohib- liting the use of tobacco by children un- til twenty years old.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04
4HE wEEKLx JoURNAL. ssspsd ThnrzdAys. oas Dollar Yea

In 1893 there were about 5000 tele- phones in use in New York city. Now there are over LOGO.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04

The new year begins well. An oyster opened in Wilmington was found to have a gold dollar in it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04

If what is said of a New York thea Ire is true it ought to be safe to be in. The talk is that with it's thirty-seven exits and a wagon entrance on the stage through which a load of hay can be driven. and the unlocked doors in all parts of the building, the theatre can become like a circus tent with all 9he flaps up at moments notice, and in event of some unusual excitement the audience could find means of egress at any hand. On each floor there are two sets of fire hose comprising four hundred feet, together with two sets of hand extinguishers, pipes and axes. In view of the excellence of the fire equipment and the report that the in- surance rate is one-third lower than the next lowest theatre rate in New York, and that there are only two pieces of wood in the whole building, the fire in- spection authorities pronounced it the safest and most fireproof theatre in New York city.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04

Andrew Carnegie heads the list of public givers for 1903, his donations to various objects amounting to more than s21, 100000. His gifts for the year are classified as follows: To libraries, $5,- 5s5,5OO; to colleges, $1,2s4, 800; fund for pensioning steel workers, $4O0O,OO0; for the Engineers Union Home, s1,OOO,OOO; for miscellaneous purposes, $6S,oOO: He has also given for various purposes abroad ss,Ss7,OOO.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04

The Chicago Tribune, which keeps a record of lynchings, reports that the lynchings reported for 1902 showed de- crease of 29 as compared with those of 1901, but in 1903 they increased again. the list standing at 1O4. as compared with 96 in 1902. Of these lynchings 1s occurred in the North and 92 in the South. Of the victims, S6 were negroes, r whites and 1 chinamap. one~@oman was lyncfed Mississippi and one in Louisiara.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-04

The Providence Journal correctly points out that ordinary persons who undertake to name in order the most valuable four crops raised in this coun- try during the past year will probably, if turning to the statistics for verifica- tion, lose confidence in the sufficiency of their information. Everybody. of course, would include cotton, and probably a majority would put corn first. But few would include hay, and fewer still would place it above wheat. This, however, is the order-corn, cot ton, hay and wheat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-08
HE WAS BEATEN UP
Hardin County Citizen Brings an Ac-
ton For Damages, Claiming George
shaner, ct. al, Assaulted Him at a
School Meeting.

Special to Times Republican.
Eldora, Aug. S.--A case which prom
ises to attract no little attention in
Hardin county Is that of Frank L. VAN
dixie VS.. George Shaner, ct. al, the Pc
tition of plaintiff having recently been
filed in the county clerks office. 1t is
an action for personal daages in the
sum of $4,000. Among other things
plaintiff states that while at q school
meeting in his home district in the
northern part of the county on the 1st
day of April. 1904, he was willfully and
maliciously assaulted by defendants,
they striking. beating and biting him,
he. being cripple. which fact was
well known to each defendant, whereby
he has been greatly injured In his per-
son and health, Inundated and dis
tressed in mind, and suffered great
mental agony, and bodily pain" The
case will come on for hearing at, the
next term OF court.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-08
Base Ball at Garner.
specia, to Times-R enublicar


Garner. Aug. S.--Klemme and Gar
ner played their second game Of the
season on the Garner diamond Friday.
Garner won by a score of to /. At
ter the first inning the Garner team let
up OIL their batting and devoted all
IF their time keeping Kemme from
scoring.
Eleven men faced Kluckhohn the first
inning. and made nine hits for total
of eleven bases.
Tie feature Of the game was the
pitching of Schneider, OF the Garner
team. who struck out eleven men. He
was especially strong at critical times.
At ore time he struck out three MAI
with men on second and third. and at
another time he struck out two ine,
with men on second and third.
Kienme made their one score in the
second on an error.
The score by innings:
Klemnle ..........o 1 OIL
Garner ...........7 o o o o o o o s-7
BatIeries-Garner, Schneider an
FORSYTH; Klemme, Kluckhohn and Mise
sen. Struck out-By Schneider. IL; by
Kluclshohn, 5. Two base hits-Casill
and Baumgartnsr OF Garner. Hits by
Garner. IL: by Klemme, Z. Error by
Garner, 2: by Klenme. 8. Hit by pitch
er-Ey Schneider I. Time of game
1:40. EMBELLISHMENTS Attend
ance--7o0.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-08
A SENSATIONAL SUIT FILED.
Myron 8. Clark Sued for Judgment
Against His Brother for Wifss Sup

81
SPECIAL to Times Republican.
Eldora, Aug. S.-Rather q sensational
petition has been filed by Louise Clark.
OF Ackley, VS.. Myron B. Clark and the
case will co1oe> on Tor hearing at the
next termrM court In this county. The
petit:en alleges that she was seduced
by one G. D. Clark. and that In April.
1896, the said C. D. Clark for the pur-
pose OF preventing ON action heing
commenced against him under the code
ordinarily entitled the bastardy act.
married the petitioner, at which time
the said Clark was possessed OF con-
siderable property. That subsequently
the said c. D. Clark refused and neg
lected to support the petitioner or her
child, and petitioner In 1900 commence
ed action for support and the court
made an order rendering judgment
In favor OF plaintiff. and that no part
Of the Judgment has ever been paid;
that the same now amounts to $665.s4,
and the petitioner alleges further that
the said G. D. Clark concealed the pro-
perry and made the same over TO his
mother, Sarah Clark who died, leaving
q will In which all Of the business
known as the Eldora Bus & Baggage
line, was will to another son. Myron
B. Clark. Petitioner further alleges
that this was scheme upon the. part
OF C. D. Clark to defraud the plaintiff
and she now asks Judgment for the
whole amount as now due from Nfyron
3. Clark
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-08
Mrs. Henry Coffeen Asks State
to Compel Her Husband
to Provide For Her
AUTHORITIES GARNlsHED WAGES
Mrs. Murray of Collins Does Not De-
sire to Support Her Husband Lon
ger, and Asks Court to Free Her and
Restore Her Maiden Name-school
Teacher Burned to Death.
Special to Tlmes-Republican.

Nevada, Aug. s.-Charged with
abandoning his wife and child and de-
nying them needed support, the state
Of Iowa is seeking to relieve Mrs. Hen
ry Coffeen. of Ames, and compel her
husband, an employee of the Iowa Tele-
phone Company, to support them. The
woman is in delicate health, while Cof-
feen is a big stout, able bodied fellow
and making good wages. The woman
was Suffering for food and medicine
ana the authorities took the matter IN
hand and garnishied his wages to the
amount of $25. They have now brought
an action in the district court to COM
pei him to support them.
Rose NJ Vasey- Murray of Collins,
is not asking the state for help In her
matrimonial tangle, however, and has
filed suit in the district court, asking
for divorce from her spouse. She
states in her petition that shortly after
their marriage he began to abuse her
to the extent that she could not live
WITH MIN ailu Icei tLdt uet iiAC "t'S NV
in danger. He also failed to support
and provide her with the necessary ar
ticles to make marriage success. Not
only that but she has been compelled
Ito work as domestic to support her
iseif and assist in his support, until she
has undermined her health. She now
thinks that as long as she has lived
apart from under his protecting wing
since last November she would be per-
fectly safe In venturing out on life's
sea again under her maiden name and
she asks the court to grant her an abb
solute divorce and restore to her the
right to use the name Of her childhood,
Rose May Vasey.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-08

last week and Immediately Sheriff
Doner started for Des Moines, getting
the requisirion papers there and going
directly from that city to Phoenix.
McCoombs and Mrs. Sperry We're ar
rested at Clifton a small town near
Phoenix, and were held by the officers
there to await Doner's arrival.
Mrs. Spe,ry is almost Frustrated and
looks as if years of suffering had pass
ed over her since she left Abba few
months ago. Neither she nor Nc
Coombs will talk of their strange ac-
tons They are now in Jail to await
preliminary hearing.
Mrs. McCoombs was ON her husbands
bond during some work he had charge
Of as contractor and the owners of the
unfinished buildings have filed suits
against her. 1t is understood she will
try to recover against her husband
who, 1t is claimed. forged her name
to several papers before leaving Abba
last May with Mrs. Sperry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-08
no Hurrying for
the Last Car When
at the Worlds Fail
Guests at the Inside Inn Take Their
Time-Always ION tho Inside"

Time-Always ION tho inside"
Guests at the Inside Inn, at the
worlds fair, know nothing OF the trou-
bles and inconvenience of those who
have to break away from interesting
surroundings to catch cars and trains
wherewith to reach their homes or ho-
tells. Residing. as they do. right inside
the grounds, they can enjoy the illum-
nations. and all the various alluring
entertainments on The Pike to the full
est extent, and then when 1t is time
for bed, can stroll quietly home to the
Inside Inn. enjoy quiet, refreshing
nights sleep and be right on the spot
for further entertainment the next
morning.
The comfort and convenience of
thus eliminating the tiresome journeys
to and fro which have always been a
detrimental feature of other worlds
fairs. cannot be overestimated: while
to those who study economy. the saw
ing of car fares and admission fees Is
very welcome Item.
The rates are sufficiently elastic to
suit every pocketbook, ranging from
$50 to $3.50 per day on the European
plan, and from $500 to $500 day
American plan, these rates including
daily admission in all cases.
An interesting booklet, giving full
details for reservations, etc. will be
mailed to any one who addresses the
Inside Inn, Administration Bldg,
World Fair Grounds, st. Louis.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-08
Developments Reveal His Ac-
lions From Time of Finding
Wife's Body Until Death
BOTH HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE
His First Attempt Proved Futile, But
The Second Trial Was More Effec-
tive--6ody Found by Picnickers Near
Waveland Park, Des Moines, satur.
day.

Des Moines. Aug. SD Dough-
erty. the paramour of Cynthia
Ford, who was found dead last
Friday. was found dead just west of
Waveland park yesterday. Decompo-
sition had started, and there was un-
mistalsable evidence of his having end
ed his own life by poisoning Friday
evening. few hours after the woman
had been found dead.
There is every evidence to believe
| that the two had agreed to die together
and drank from the same fatal potion.
The woman, successful in her under
taking, was found dead in bed Friday
afternoon. The man, unsuccessful at
first, but determined, died by his own
hand on the evening of the same day.
The chloroform left the woman dead,
but the man was only sick. Weaken
ing, perhaps, for the time being he
covered her body tenderly and fled. for
maybe he thought there was still a
chance to be q man. 1t must have
been passing thought tho, for a few
hours later he drank the poison which
finished his half of the double trag-
edy.
Developments of yesterday reveal the
movements Of Dougherty accurately
from the minute he found that his first
attempt at suicide was to be unsuc-
cessful, to the hour OF his death.
Awakening he discovered hts claim
ed wife dead at his side, a fate which
Il combination Of circumstances show
was not to have been accepted singly.
Their lives were to have ended stimuli
taneously. Together they had been
consumed by sin, mentally and ply
sically. Each had assisted in the 9TH
ar's destruction. A few months before
neither had been an ordinary person
md a spark of their old responsibility
may have given them momentary
realization of what they had become
and why.
The resolve may have been no more
than q fash. but when the man saw
that the woman was dead, he realized
that he was not ready to die. and draw
ing a sheet over her he fled, locking the
ioor of the room as he left. He went
10 the home of a friend, and asked her
% spend the day with Cynthia" hop
attention that he was ashamed to give
her.
He then went to a pawnbroker's place
and pawned his watch for $15 and a
few minutes later took street car for
Valley Junction. There he scrubbed q
short note to his brother. Jack Dough-
erty, a young man 10 years of age, who
works as a farm hand for J. S. Ash
worth, a mile or more north Of Valley
Junction.
His Last Missive.
Dear Jack" he wrote.
"Mabeis dead. enclose the check
for my watch which have pawned.
The interest will be $3.50 at the end OF
the, month. Ed"
He called Miss Ford Mabel, for such
was she known in Valley Junction,
where he had first seen her.
After mailing the letter he bought
As cents worth of postage stamps AMI
mailed them to Valley Junction man,
whom he owed this amount. Finishing
these duties, he went to the Ashforth
farm, walking. Even then he was SUI
feling from the effects of the poison