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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-03
DEAD AND WOUNDED
LITTER RUSSIAN STREETS
In Odessa Alone More Than 5000 are Killed
and Injured in Fights Between the
C0ssacks and the Rioters.
ST. PETERSBURG FREE FROM MOB RULE

Reign OF Terror Overaps Into Austria Where 80
Persons Are Shot Down-Police are Charged
Formenting Trouble in Which Cossacks are
Ked-Offcials Believe That the End is
In Sight.as Trepoff is Restoring Order
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-11-03
THE WEATHER.

Fair and warmer
Friday. showers Friday
night and Saturday.
South winds.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07
The StranSest Financial Transaction
Ever Known in This Country.
A ROMANCE is BACK OF 1T ALL.
Capt. Milo Green. Tilted by the Girl He Loves,
Advances Money, with Her Child as Secu-
rity. When She Gets in Financial Diff
culties-Clain Is Due September
Fl of This Year

Peacham, VT One of the strangest
mortgages ever recorded in this coun-
try is held by Capt. Milo Green, rich
recluse farmer, living near this place.
The amount of the debt is $2,5OO, and
the security given is bright-eyed, sew
en-year-old boy.
The mortgage falls due on September
27 of this year, and if it is not paid
promptly on that day no one who
knows of the case doubts for minute
but that it will be foreclosed. and lit
tlc Claire Leseuer will pass from his
parents to Capt. Green.
That It may not be paid is more than
B possibility.
To tell the story of this remarkable
transaction, and the strange romance
which is back of it, it is necessary to
go back a number of years, and to the
town of st. Johnsbury, where all of the
characters, with the exception of the
boy. lived 90 years ago. At that time
Capt. Green was but beginning to
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07
Pau attention TO Your Shoes

Alice blue canvas oxfords. A fashion
not so pretty, more forced, is that of
black patent feathers with uppers of
colored kid White canvas shoes with
patent leather tips are a better nov
city.
White canvas shoes are easily
cleaned, do not cost great deal, and
are recommended both for utility and
appearance. Colored shoes all are
cooler than black ones, as anyone de-
voted to the russet low shoe knows.
Stockings matching the gown are
fashionable, and are in good taste;
they really are not conspicuous, carry
out the color scheme without calling
attention to contrast. There is less
open-work this season, perhaps, more
embroidery and more variety of shades.
Calfskin is not to the fore now, even
for outing wear, to the degree it has
been, the tan and brown leather hay
ing superseded it, Shoes are not quite
so sharply pointed as the extremists
tried to have them, but the bulldog toe
is utterly routed. Heels arc too high
again, but need not be the ridiculous
Frenchy sort that sometimes sends the
foolish wearer to the hospital. In fact.
many a well dressed woman, no matter
what the fad be, refuses ever to wear
the high narrow heel; there are enough
of these women that always there are
offered the medium shoes in late style
of vamp cut and material.
The slippers of straps and rosettes is
now the mode. The rosette may be of
I chiffon matching the dress, or it may
be of white lace with big gold button
at the center.
Shoes are more fanciful than they
have been in the memory of this gem
GRAFTON; even the canvas ones como
embroidered. But the most marked
feature of shoes for 1905 is that the
old established black has been intruded
upon by tie colored canvas and kid.
ELLEN oSMoNDE
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07

him bravely, even after he was forced
to leave St. Johnsbury and seek work
day labor-at Guildhall. What the
little woman suffered in the first ten
years of her married life she alone
knows. Her beauty changed-but she
still was beautiful Trouble and hard
work could not change everything, and
her eyes were just as flashing and her
hair as black as ever. The husband
still drank hard, but for a time she
thought she had won the victory. He
quit drinking, settled down to work,
and there were three years of compare
tive happiness. Then Claire came, and
the mothers heart, hungering for years
for her lost boy, was satisfied.
The birth of Claire was fatal to his
fathers good resolutions. The day aft
er the child was born Jaques went out
to celebrate. He returned home drunk
and for most of the next two years he
remained drunk. He lost his savings,
his little home, his employment. The
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07

When the boy was in bed Milo turned
upon Mrs. Leseuer. "Well," he said,
what are you going TO do?"
The Mortgage Given.
Il cannot leave kim-he is my hus-
band" she said.
you cannot live this way" he satA.
81 have paid the woman and the nurse
for a month, and the grocery bill, but
you must have more money"
HE will soon be able to work." she
began.
mot for months-perhaps longer"
"Then l must work." she said, des-
perately.
"You shall not. 1t will kill you.
will advance you money"
I'VE cannot accept it from you. We
have nothing to give as security"
Eyes, you have" said Milo Green.
There is the boy. I'll advance you
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07

ter will not listen to anyone who
speaks of Capt. Green's hardness.
1t is peculiar, also, that the lawyer
down in Peacham, who drew Capt.
Green's will. chuckles whenever the
subject of the mortgage is mentioned
Jaques Leseuer, over in the lumber
yard is working desperately and few
erishly. ut will kill my Wife" he
says. II must ray it."
The Mother Only Smiles.
And, stranger than anything else, a
few days ago Marie Leseuer was sew
ing on little blue jacket for Claire,
and she said to a neighbor:
Don't let jacques hear of it, but
I'm making this so Claire can go over
to Peacnam for a visit this fall"
"Then the old skinhint is going to
foreclose the mortgage?" asked the in
dignant neighbor
"You mustn't call him a skinhint.
He's been kind to rs, aud, whether the
mortgage is paiu or not I'm going to
let him have Claire for time. think
1t will do them both good"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07

mother worked desperately, taking in
washing and ironing, doing anything to
support herself and child. But the
on her beauty.
Then the drunkard husband fell sick,
and affairs came to a crisis.
Green to the Rescue.
How Milo Green ever heard of the
plight of the girl who Tilted him no
one knows, but one morning he ap-
peared in Guildhall and inquired the
way to the home of the Leseuers. The
mother, worn out by nights vigil at
the bedside of her sick husband and
the care of her child, answered the
knock on the door, and saw her old
sweetheart standing there. With a
word of sympathetic greeting he enter
ed and spoke with her plainly. He
urged her to leave the man who had
treated her so badly, but she refused.
He pleaded that she owed it to herself
and her child, but she still refused, and
he departed.
An hour later he returned with a
woman, bearing food and wine and del
icacies. He assumed control sent the
mother to bed, sent the woman to care
for the sick man upstairs and then sat
down to rock the baby to sleep.
Loved the Child.
Never before in his life had Milo
Green held child in his arms. 1t
was reputed among the little boys and
girls of his neighbors that he ate chill
dren, after boiling them alive, and. in
substantiation of this charge there are
several small boys who declare he
growled at them when he caught them
in his apple trees.
Yet, with the infant in his arms, the
man appeared happy, and the child
which had been fretful and peevish
seemed to find something to trust in
the hard, stern face above it, and fell
asleep with its arms clasped around
the mans neck.
Three hours later, when the mother
awolle, refreshed, the house was clean,
ed, nourishing meal ready for her
the woman had gone to employ nurse
for the sick man, and Milo Green was
sitting before the fire with the boy
sound asleep clutched in his arms
and he seemed happy Marie said he
was almost smiling as he watched the
boy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07

us more or less about capes, but we
confess we personally have not come
across very many. We see plenty of
thin redingotes, numbers of boleros
and short coats, but so far the capes
have been few and far between, even
among elderly ladies. They seem to
have vanished with the bonnet-per-
haps both will come to life again.
There are pretty cape-like wraps
worn, and maybe these are what are
meant by the arbiters, but surely they
differ much from the old ones we re-
member as coming under this name.
But, come to think of it, they are
somewhat after the fashions pictured
in the old journals, sort of bertha-man-
tie affairs; and we notice with the sus-
pender dresses, instead of manntsh
straps, soft folds edged with a rufIle,
forming not only a suppositious sup
port for the skirt, but also a graceful
quaint wrap.
There are exquisite little lace and
linen coats, the former suitable for
various costumes, and therefore not an
extravagant investment. Our illustra-
tions give two models, one a bolero
and the other pretty surplice effect.
Such a wrap as either of these trans
forms plain gown into a dressy, sum-
merry costume, and adds the last toucn
to light, sheer frock. The hat worn
with these should be on the lingerie
order, or may be an all-black hat Of
lace of gauzy material And, by the
way, the all-black hat, after period of
retirement, is returning to public fa-
vor. We noticed very pretty cos
tune recently, worn by a brunette of
the clear-pallor type; a short white
linen suit, black patent leather shoes,
smallish black ship hat with no color
about it. 1t looks cool and simple.
Which reminds us to make declara-
tion that the best dressed person of a
hot day is the one that looks cool and
comfortable, who is minus fuss and
feathers. Bear this in mind when max
ing ready the midsummer finery. The
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07

girl in all-white, provided it be specl1-
less, is a refreshing object on torrid
day, and many one will gladden. our
eyes this summer. 1t surely is what is
called white season.
The other evening a stately vision
came our way, tall young woman all
in pure white. The gown on near view
proved a soft null, trimmed with fine
insertion and lace, the redingote of
white silk. One might think soft white
silk not the proper coat material, that
it not only would soil too easily but
would draw and pull out of shape. This
particular one fitted very well the
seams as true as though of firm stuff.
1t was effective, and not impracticabie,
gown and wrap both would undergo
washing. The hat was a lace lingerie,
not too disjointed; picturesque with
out leaning to the grotesque.
AS rule a woman feels more at
ease if she have some little throw to
wear on the street, and as rule she
looks better. In the past the ostrich
boa fulfilled this purpose, but it cost
so much it was not in reach of many.
NOW we nave DOdS Lldue Ol Julie anu
net, which are very frilly and pretty.
and reasonable in price. The shops
offer an infinite variety; fiat ones of
no great depth or length; deeper ones
with long ends, and mere scarfs. One
attractive model is short, an end tucks
in close at the neck, while the other
extends little distance to one side,
and at he fastening is worn a bunch
of flowers matching the trimming ON
the hat.
These boas, made of close-set frill
of valenciennes lace, are extremely
pretty and generally becoming. The
rich scarf is TO be had in lovely shades,
and shows up we'll on a light gown. IL
one has lace scarf heirloom it would
be we'll to resurrect it this summer, for
there is as much latitude in wraps as
there is in the styles of skirts.
Shawl-shaped fichus are very grace
full and are edged with fringe. These
on the lingerie order, of soft null del
icately embroidered are especially
charming A scarf of double width
tulle, two or three yards long, makes
a pretty accessory to the afternoon or
evening dress, and does not cost very
! much.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07

1t is a shoe which always looks dressy.
If one can afford but single pair for
best" we advise patent leather by all
means. Hose matching the costume
may be worn with these, and if the
latter are made with the straps now
fashionable the light stockings will
give probably as good effect as though
light shoes had been indulged in.
The colored shoes come in canvas as
we'll as kid, and we heartily approve
of them. They look so cool, give The
right touch TO a summer toilet. They
come in various shades, and with a
dgess OF Alice blue linen one may have
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07

amass the wealth which is now his;
at that time Jaques Leseuer had but
just crossed the American border from
Quebec and was beginning to thrive in
the lumber business; at that time Ma
RE Mercier, daughter of poor French
Canadian parents, was one of the beau
ties of the district around st. Johns
bury, and among her admirers were
Milo Green and Leseuer.
Green had lived hard life. Born up
in the northern hills of Vermont, of
poor parents, he had had to fight for
little education, and had succeeded. He
was a reserved, cold, silent man-as
forbiddng and cold to most people as
his native hills in winter, but to Marie
Mercier all the warmth that was in
his nature was turned.
Wealth was beginning to come to
him then, and the little, black-haired,
black-eyed girl perhaps was tlattered at
the silent, unasking alteration of the
man who was so hard to Others She
could turn him, with a smile, or draw
him from his Office or his work with
n nod, and she knew it. In those Le-
suer was a strong, handsome, young
man, given to drinking and gayeties.
Green Tilted by the Girl.
There never was any promise, so far
as men knew, from Marie Mercier to
Green, but every one supposed she
would marry him for his money-if not
fol- himself; and some thought perhaps
she would love him because he was so
opposite. There was surprise, there
fore. when she was married to Jaques
Leseuer.
If his heart was broken Green failed
to show it. He was little more silent,
a little harder, littlo colder, and he
got rich little faster-that was all,
For five years he continued to live in
st. Johnsbury; then he sold his grow
ing business to combine, and, with
out word of explanation, retired to a
farm he had bought near Peacham, in
the hills. He put his money into mort
cages, stocks and bonds, and simply
dropped back to live the life of rich
recluse.
Misfortunes in Abundance.
Things went badly with the Leseuers
from the first. A boy was born-Emil
and three years later he died. Then
business went rapidly to the bad, Le-
seueI drank heavily. His wife stood by
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07

OW that the short skirt
rules, we must look well to
our footgear. No woman is
well dressed that neglects
her shoes. Women in this
matter are not so careful as
men. Go down town any
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07

$4,000 in cash for a mortgage on the
boy"
The mother wept awhile, and then
sobbed her assent. Two weeks later,
when Jaques was able to sit up in bed,
the mortgage was given, and both hus-
band and wife signed it.
Swears He'll Foreclose.
Milo Green put the document in his
pocket and rose to go. The wife was
sobbing. AS he started towards the
door Milo turned suddenly and blazed
out at his sick rival:
Before the Almighty" he declared,
''if you don't brace up and be a man
and support this woman and child I'll
foreclose the mortgage the minute it
falls due. l did this in the hope of
making a man of you. l wish you'd
debut, if she wants you to live, I'll
give you a chance. If you drink and
fail to pay that mortgage I'll take the
boy"
From that day on Jaques was sober.
AS he slowly regained his health he
sought work and found 1t in lumber
yard, and he and his wife settled down
to save money to raise the mortgage on
their boy. Every six months they paid
the interest, and the little fortune in
the bank grew larger.
They do not know it yet but every
cent of interest money that has been
paid is in bank at St Johnsbury to
the order of one Claire Leseuer.
The struggle has been hard one,
but the couple is certain that, by extra
work and extra saving, they can al
most accumulate enough to settle the
debt by September. The father is wor-
rying over the prospect, and working
harder and harder to get money enough
to settle the debt but, strange as II
may seem, the mother is not worrying
bit.
Minister Takes a Hand.
A few weeks ago the minister heard
of the strange mortgage that Capt
Green held on the little boy up at
Guildhall, and he drove over to remon.
strate with the captain about such un-
natural traffic.
What Capt Green said to the minis
ter is not entirely known. But it is 8
strange thing that the next day, or
meeting a neighbor, Capt. Green re
marked that the preacher was pretty
decent sort of a fellow, and the minis
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07
A Fatal Accident.

Chicago, July S.-Lee Reynolds, of
Whiting, Ind, was instantly killed
and Mrs. Rose Manning and Mrs.
Charles Brown, of Chicago, were Sc
verely injured in an accident Sunday
on the scenic railway at White City,
an amusement park, The accident is
believed to have been caused by a
piece of brick that had become lodged
on one of the rails. When the car in
which Reynolds and the women were
riding struck the obstruction, the car
was derailed and the occupants were
thrown out. Reynolds rose and
stepped back in the path of another
car and Was instantly killed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07
Train Eel Into a River.

Mexico City July A bridge on
the Mexican Central railway between
Irapuato and Silao fell as a south
bound passenger train was passing
early Sunday morning. The baggage
car and the third class coach fell into
the river. Seven passengers were
killed and 81 injured
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07

morning and casually observe the line
of valenciennes lace, are extremely
the shabby, stubbed, unpublished ones
nine times out of ten are worn by a
woman.
Patent leather should not be worn all
the time, for it is bad for the feet but
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07
Arrested for A!Ieaed Arson.

Camden, N. j., July 4.-John w.
Priestly, wealthy retired mill owner
of Philadelphia was yesterday COM
mitted to prison without bail by Re-
corder Stackhouse. accused of arson,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1905-07-07

UGH light nothings they are,
these CONNECTIONS" which
pretend to ward off breezes,
but they add not a little to
the attractiveness of the
summer girl.
Tho foe ion uritorG fell
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-11
MINOT MILLING CO.'S SAFE
is BLOWN UP DURING NIGHT

Sometime during the night,
presumably about midnight. the
safe at the Minot Milling Co.'s
office was wrecked with nitro
glycerine, run into the cracks OF
the door by the means OF wax.
The door was blown completely
from its hinges up against the
window several feet away smash
ing the window The bold rob-
bers secured but a little money
in the safe and perhaps a few pa
pers. They entered the mill
through the back door.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior. Land Once at Mi.
not N. d. Oct. II, 1906.
Notice is hereby, given that the following
to make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof Will be made before the Re-
gister and Receiver Of the United States Land
Once at Minot, North pakota, on Dec. 1, 1905.
81 Of nwA, and Lots and 4. sec l, T 1888. r. "a.
He naraes the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
Of said land viz:
John Troutmiller Herman Troutmiller, Louis
Larson, Fred. j. Whitman, all OF Minot. N. D.
r. C. SANBoRN, Register.
johnson Nestos Attorneys. 1OI1-11.15
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department OF the Interior, Land Once at
Minot N. D.. Oct. II, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the following.
named settler has filed notice of his intention
to make final proof in support OF his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the Regis
Office at Minot. North Dakota, on Dec. 5, 1905,
viz: William McDermid. H. E. No 1926, for the
So nwA, swA neh4 and nwA se1a, section 12
twp. 154, rye 81.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon aud cultivation
of said land viz:
ford and Ed. Waldref, all of Hecker, North
Dakota. R. C SANBoRN, Register
James johnson, Attorney. 1oll.ll.15
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-11

Manager Bacon notified his
patrons and all those fond CT
good, clean melodrama, that a
grand opportunity will be offer
ed them Of satisfying their
pleasure, when the "Convict's
Daughter" will play at the
Jacobson. Tuesday evening Oct.
II, O5.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-11

FARM FOR Salon easy payments 5000
down, balance long time, N. w. ID Of
n. w. u and S. 4 Of N. w. ID and
s. w. d N. p. Sec. l3 township 155
range IS, Ward county N. OAK, being
100 acres about miles west of Minot.
Address, owner, A. c. JEROME, 425
Forest Ave-, Minneapolis, MINI. lO-11
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-11

Jase Hunt, the blacksmith. does scien
tifc horse shoing. All faults corrected
and work guaranteed. Try him. Op-
posite Scofeld's livery barn. Minot. I
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-11

Butter milk is sold at the Mi
not creamery at five cents a
gallon. tt
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-11

Dr.. Huber, d dentist, Phone 213, Minot
ND.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-01-24
A SCARED CROWD.
The Floor OF the State Library Gives
Way While a Large Crowd Is At
tending a Legislative Committee
Meeting No One Hurt.
Especial to The Messenger,

iSpGIIGI 10 Inc A~ESSHNSGT.p
Raleigh, n. c., January ia de-
cided sensation occurred this after
noon in the state library. The hear
ing Of the Richmond county prohibit
ton bill was before a committee. The
room was packed with perhaps 800
people. Suddenly there was a crash,
heard all the way to the basement.
The floor sank about three inches at
the centre. The room was emptied
like a flash, legislators and listeners
tumbling down the steps. No sign of
break appears The supreme court
room is Immediately underneath. One
of the beams, if not two, gave way.
This trouble has before occurred in
the same building and four years ago
steel supports had to be put under its
east wing in the office of the superfn-
tendent of public instruction and the
attorney general to support the weight
of the newspaper rooms of the state
library.
Governor Glenn appoints L. B.. Bris-
toll as assistant inspector of small
arms practice with the rank of lieu
tenant colonel,