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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-11-23
here the scenery gets wilder and Wild

mere the scenery gets wilder ana Wild
er, the broad Mississippi winds lazly
along Mt the foot Of Its tall bluffs, with
trees toppling uncomfortably along
their steep sides; close to the car win
dows great walls Of rock rise, oh, so
high In air. The train balances dizzlly
along like a rope-walker over high
rock, where It seems as IL the least
jar would send us down, down, l dare
not think how far.
ride along In n sort Of mist until
we reach st. Paul. What queer
elevated town 1t Is, as IL every house
in 1t had climbed UP and sat on the
hill. l get out in pouring rain, great
ly to the detrlment Of my bonnet. l
stop at one Of the grandest hotels there
the Metropolltan--and say to myself
spitefully:
az will enjoy myself, though starve
the rest OF the year"
Rather dreary magnificence, how
ever, for l get tired the first day wan
derlng up and down the parlors and
long halls. I grow restless the second
day and want to go home. AS to Min
nehaha Falls, what baby falls to
come so far to see! l grow so tired
of the strange faces that by the third
day my brilliant summer debut is get
ting to be unbearable, when n boy
brings up card with Fred Langley's
name engraved ON it. 1 try not to
| make indecent haste down into the par
lor, but somehow my feet will take
| two steps ut time.
Fred is there with an open letter
In Il pink envelope in his hand, which
l see by close scrutiny is my poor old
letter, written year ago, telling him
about my sisters.
The sight of it angers me beyond
expression. I snatch Mt 1t fiercely.
| Fred holds the letter out of my reach
and catches me in his arms instead,
bestowing upon me some Of the old
time kisses, whose unforgotten sweet
ness l had trained myself to believe I
should never feel again.
Did you think me so mean, sordid,
unmanly?" he asked, "as not to an
swer your letter? 1t was lost and
never found until yesterday, and l
came as soon as the train would fetch
me to answer 1t in person"
| l ask no question; l only lay my
weary head down on his shoulder and
cry out my overburdened heart on his
bosom.
| 1t is not until afternoon, when we
are driving In a nice carriage to Min
nehaha Springs, near Minneapolis, the
noise of st. Anthony's Falls on my
ears, that venture to say:
How in the world did you lose that
letter."
well, you see, sister took it from
the postman and put 1t on the high
mantel, where 1t slipped away against
the wall, and she forgot all about 1t,
and, being bit of woman like your
self, she never noticed the edge of II
above the mantel, nor anyone else, un-
til this week two rather oldish lady
teachers came to spend few days
with us, and one of them. while look.
ing for knick-knacks on this shelf, dis
covered and brought to light your let.
ter"
did she have red poppies in her
bonnet and wart on her nose?" in
quired, eagerly.
'Yes, on the whole, I believe she
had"
Heaven bless that old mald,-Wa.
verley.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-11-23

The Irish town of Limerick has a
population of $4,000, and the distance
from one end OF the city to the other
is two miles. Cabs charging n gener-
ous fare have heretofore been the only
means of conveyance. a recent pro-
ject for n street railway line was re,
jected. On the evening of the cor
poration meeting bands paraded the
streets TO emphasize the objection Of
the cabmen and the working commun-
ity In general to the innovation.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-11-23


Thomas Vernon, of Honey Creek
ably the only enlisted soldier Of the
civil war who has never been dis
charged. Mr.. Vernon was one of the
first to enlist in his country's service.
responding to the first call for 10000
men. He was regularly mustered in
with his regiment as n private and
went into Camp Marion with his com
rades.
When the commanding officers
learned that Vernon was supporting
the families of seven soldiers, nearly
all In destitute circumstances he in
structed the provost to send him home.
Vernon returned with instructions to
be ready to return to the field on call.
Through some error Nernon's name.
was dropped from the muster roll, and
all record of him was lost.
Vernon cannot be discharged, for the
reason that there Is no record of his
enlistment During the entire period
of the war he held himself In readi-.
ness for the call TO the front, but none
came, and he was no farther than In
danapolls. Forty-four years have
passed, and Vernon is still soldier in
Uncle Sans service, having been reg
ularly sworn in and never mustered
OUT.
Vernon, now past so years old and
feeble had hoped that at some period
or other the government would order
his release, but is now of the opinion
that he will die in the harness
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-11-23

After examining 10000 school chill.
dren, three German medical experts
have urged the abolition of afternoon
lessons on the ground that they ex.
haust the vitality of the scholars.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-11-23

A man who was askec for news to
day by reporter replied: II don't
know anything In particularly"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-11-23

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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-25
GOING AND COMING.

An international league for the ex-
termination Of rats has been formed in
Denmark. In Berlin the municipal au-
thorities are Offering penny for every
rats tail delivered.
An English newspaper comments on
the difference between the Russian gen
erals Great Car. forgive" and the
English generals Il regret to report. "
In announcing disaster.
A dramatic paper gives the names and
addresses of 118 cireuses and other road
shows which have gone into winter
quarters Of these is made their homes
In Pennsylvania, Ia in Maryland, II IN
Missouri and 10 in Indiana, these being
the most popular states as winter quar-
tiers
As shown by the inventories of forts,
ships. supplies and guns and powder.
1t was not lack of ammunition that
caused the fall of Port Arthur. Gen.
stoessel himself ascribed the surrender
to the japanese 11-ineh guns. After.
their arrival further resistance simply
meant slaughter.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-25

brains out" Again the farmer obeyed.
Suddenly coming upon dozen ditch
men directly in his path, all hope Of
escape seemed 20 be cut off. It was
then that the remarkable GOODNESS of
the mar and presence of mind as
serted themselves. Hurriedly jumping
from the wagon he cowed the crowd in
front with his revolver, calmly IN
hitehed one of the horses and before
ANYBODY knew lis intentions he had
Jumped on the animals back and, with
half a dozen shots, dashed on a mad
gallop to a stretch of wooded land
three miles away. Reaching the
thicket he dismounted, turned the
horse loose and escaped from his pur-
suers. 1t was then that the plans OF
Morrison to aid in the escape were
useful, fer Ely found the home Of Jack
Taylor, one of the gang, gave the pass
word, and was sheltered until he had
time to burglarize the residence OF
William Schwartz, a farmer, and u1ti-
mately found his way to Kansas City.
Ely's Confession.
In the investigation of recent years
the robbery of Ayers was looked into.
and information given by Jack Page
resulted in the apprehension of Ely.
He was brought to Williams county
from his residence in the west, and
when the evidence prepared by the
state fire marshal was shown him he
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-25

Every Friday, as regularly as that day
came each week, he visited the little
bank in the village. drew out from
81, 500 to 5000 with which to trans
act business the week following.
Morrison was Ayers best friend, to
all appearances. One night, Morrison
casually asked the cattleman why he
never carried revolver for protection.
Whats the use?D Ayers asked.
Nobody knows / have money in my
pockets but my friends. and I trust
every one of them
Within week Morrison, fearing to
do the Job himself, imported Jim Ely,
a Kansas City crook, who was to hold
up Ayers and murder him if necessary
to get the money. lily baked on the
killing. Z have a brother who will do
that; he will be here soon" he told
Morrison, and in two days c. Waldo
Ely dropped in at West Unity, met
Morrison in the latter's barn and the
details of the crime were planned
Morrison's scouts watched Ayers,
learned that he drew about $4,000 from
the bank, and Swallowed his every
movement until the time came to
strike
Meanwhile Morrison remained at
home. conscious of the fact that half
the swag was to be given him, that
the division was to be made in his
barn, where the plans for the robbery
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-25
BAND OF OHIO FIPEBUGS
BROUGHT TO JUSTICE
HAVE TERRORIZED PORTION OF THE
STATE FOR LAST THIRTY YEARS.
MANY PROMINENT MEN ARE INVOLVED
State Officials Were Baffled Until They Sc
cured the Confession OF Eighfy-Year-Old
Jack Page, After Which Indict-
rnents Followed Rapidly.
History Of This Remarkable Band Of Tncendiaries
and Their Methods of Observation-Disclosures Marked
Every Move-A Desire for Revenge on the Pert
of Page Finally Caused Their Exposure.

o. From a small shed nearby he
watched the flames deyour the small
structure. Taken in because he was
young and precocious, he vas entrusted
with small jobs, where the risk OF de-
lection was not great. and where he
would be given opportunity to become
proficient in the art, and ultimately de-
velop into q talented flrebug. One
night, without orders from his superb
ors, he touched off the church, and his
subsequent apprehension and confes-
sion almost ensnared the remainder Of
the gang. But. SO high in the commu-
nifty did the ringleaders stand, the ad-
missions of the youth were pronounced
falsehoods, and nobody but the officers
placed faith in them. Not until within
the last year, when the boys confes
sion was substantiated, did it become
public that his arrest was one of the
first of an organization Of men who al
lowed the commission of no crime,
however enormous, to stand between
them and the money they coveted.
The traveller unaequainted with the
happenings vi past Yeas 4H0atQ SEE III
tie in the scared country nowadays to
attract his attention. The fire-destroyed
buildings have been replaced with new
structures and, under the protection Of
the state fire marshal, protection has
been given sufficiently to allow i'm
provements. But the time was when
every man, woman and child stood in
mortal fear of the gang. One man
could hardly speak confdentially to his
neighbor for fear that he would thus
address member of the organization
and SO jeopardize, not only his prop
erty, but the lives of himself and fam
lily. So high in social standing were
the criminals that their identity was
unknown, except in the inner circle
Once building was fired, he who ap-
piled the flames was covered with the
garb Of good citizenship, and even the
sbravest feared to point at him the I'm
ger of suspicion, for such meant speedy
revenge A remark BY one boasting
farmer resulted in the burning Of his
barn the same night.
Task Of State Officers.
To hunt down such a lot Of beings
was the task Of state officers. The un-
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-25
READS THE BOOK.
"The Road to Wellville', Pointed thu
Way.

Down at Hot Springs, Ark, the WIS.,
itors have all sorts of complaints, but
it is a subject OF remark that the great
majority of then have some trouble
with stomach and bowels. This may
be partly attributed to the heavy med
icines.
Naturally, under the conditions, the
question Of food is very prominent.
young man states that he lad stg-
fered for nine years from stomach and
bowel trouble, had two operations
which did not cure, and was at last
threatened with appendicitis.
he went to Hot Springs for rheum-
atism, and his stomach trouble got
worse. One day at breakfast the wait
er, knowing his condition, suggested
he try Grape-Nuts and cream, which
he did, and found the food agreed with
him perfectly
After the second day he began TO
sleep peacefully at night, different than
he had for years. The perfect diges-
ton Of the food quieted his nervous
system and made sleep possible.
He says: The next morning i was
estonished to ind my condition of con-
stipation had disappeared. 4 could not
believe it true after suffering for SO
many years: then I took more inter-
est in the food, read the little book
The Road to Melville, and started
following the simple directions.
I have met with such results that
in the last five weeks have gained
eight pounds IN spite OF hot baths
which take away the flesh from any
one.
q friend of mine has been entirely
cured Of bad case Of Indigestion and
stomach trouble by using Grape-Nuts
Food and cream alone for breakfast.
There is one thing In particular
| have noticed great change in my
mental condition. Formerly + could
hardly remember anything, and now
the mind seems unusually acute and
retentive. can rnemorize practically
anything desire" Name given By
Postum Co. Battle Creek. Mich.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-25
EUROPEAN ODDITIES.

On burglar arrested in Paris the po.
lice found beautifully executed pictura
In water colors Of the house he had
robbed.
The Liverpool police have stopped
the practice common thereof can.
vassing for the sale of collins at houses
where a death has taken place.
It was mentioned In London poliet
court the other day that burglars In 4
ieweIry store tested watches, In ordef
to tell good from cheap ones. by throw
Ing them on the floor.
a turner's workshop. with large mo-
i've wheel and dog trained to turn Il, Is
advertised to be let IN the city OF L1sge,
where one-dog and two-dog tilted carts
and wagons are common.
Married eight years, a German named
Drew has seven sons, all Of whom he
has pledged to the German army. The
kaiser has written him letter strong
" commencing his patriotism.
A London court has decided that any
body may call himself retired gen.
tIeman.,' without being accused Of false
pretenses. The decision was in the casa
of a vegetable dealer who had borrowed
so cents as a retired gentleman.
The vicar of Burgess Hill. England.
announces that when confetti is thrown
on the occasion of weddings at his
church an addition Of s125 will be mada
to the usual wedding fee. to pay for
the trouble of cleaning the paper away
Afiock of thousand wild geese alight.
ed at Macy Beeskerek, in Hungary, and
could fly no further. It is supposed that
the birds suddenly passed from a rdoist
Into a very cold layer OF atmosphere,
and their feathers became coated Wits
Ice.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-25

in the WiddeH hotel brought out admis-
sions from Page. Then he confessed to
some of his actions and asked Saunders
advice
Tell the whole truth, you can't afford
to lie, now, jack" said Saunders, and
Page, seeing an opportunity to make
good the threat of vengeance upon his
former pals, disclosed SO much that a
conference with the fire marshal was
arranged.
A man, conscious Of the fact that mis-
criminal operations are even partially
known to those in authority and wish
ing to bring upon his partners in crime
the punishment he had already suffered,
is easy picking for detectives. Thus it
was that Page. the stole, revealed the
inner workings Of the gang which had
terroriZed the community for years.
Names were mentioned, and when the
disclosures were substantiated by fur
ther investigation, the grand juries OF
Williams and Fulton counties were kept
busy for months, indicting men connect
ed with the conspiracy.
Number of Fires Unknown.
Nobody knows how many fires were
caused by the torches Of these criminals.
The number is more than hundred, but
more accurate count than that has not
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-25

friends Rho wished him only pros
perity. Homer Morrison, also young
and wallto-do, was his neighbor
Whatever induced these two boys to
leave tie PurItanic path laid out for
them BIZ Christian parents cannot be
explained, except in their greed for
gold. But the desire to defraud came
and rs years elapsed before it was
satlated. Gathering as clansmen ap-
parentlE honest and respectable farm
ers, the gang pursued its course. stop
ping at nothing, making insurance
companies its prey, and bouncing upon
them evsry time an occasion presented
itself
Working as honored men by day,
they became the vilest desperadoes by
night. s dual existence it was, with
church vforship an outward sign of the
plety IN their bosoms. Nothing es-
capped. Schoolhouses were fred with
inspuRisy. just as willingly as were
farmhouses; stores and barns made
the objects ct their incendiarism, for
one class OF timber made as pretty q
flame as another.
Made Arson a Business.
A. far as known, only one OF the
band made arson a business, just to
see things bu91. This was Freddy
Bowman, q genuine pyromaniac. whose
lust for adventure induced him to set
fire to the Methodist church il stryker,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-25
CAUGHT IN THE CURRENT.


It is estimated that Denver viii be
called upon to entertain between 10000
and 80, 900 people on the occasion OF the
seventh International convention OF tbs
Epworth League, which is to be held
July SO, 1905.
The charge for wireless messages to
ships in the Atlantic from any postal
telegraph office in the British isles will
be six and one-haf pence word, and q
minimum charge of six shillings and
six pence. kilograms can be addressed
like this: Zones, Lucania. Atlantic. .
Jealous of what he thought undue
favor to another enlploye, Hugo Heck
elsmulIer, an oiler in the works of the
United Railways of San Francisco, be-
gan putting sand in the machinery jour-
nal boxes of the power house machin-
cry. He was caught when he had done
damage to the amount of $4,000.
After emigrating to New York and
waiting in vain for her son Morris and
his friend Benjamin Harrison to for
ward s35 worth Of her property. as ar
ranged, Mrs Bessie Driver, a Jewess,
returned to London to prosecute them
for theft. She succeeded in having her
son sent to prison for six months
The steel bridge over the Peeos river,
Texas. is a marvel of mechanical skill
and extreme simplicity of construction.
It is considerably more than 300 feet In
height and is 2,180 feet long. yet 1t Is
supported by stone pillars SO small that
1t seems incredible to a beholder that
they can sustain the enormous weight
OF passing trains, which invariably stop
on the bridge to allow passengers to
view the structure and the bleak, desc
late surroundings.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-25

were made, and that Ely was to be
planted" there until he found a good
opportunity to escape.
Yet Morrison and the cattle buyer
had been life long friends, ard Ayers
IL he was to choose any one man more
friendly to him than another, would
/ have selected Morrison. But Morrison
| saw his chance and his wicked mind
could not be restrained by mere bonds
Of friendship.
The night of the assault dismal
rain and cutting wind, almost binding
all who CHANGED to be out, kept nearly
everybody in the village indoors.
| Ayers had played his usual game Of
cards and was on his way home. Nor
| rison's men spotted him, signal1ed
Ely. who was lying in ambush, and
when Ayers came to the designated
/ spot he found two big guns thrust in
front of his face.
Ely was behind them, well masked.
/ aYour dough, please" was all the &C.
! complished stick-up man said.
Ayers reached for an o1d-fashioned
/ Colt revolver that he had, by mere
chance, put into his pocket before
leaving home. Afterwards he said
that Morrison's admonition made him
suspicious
AS he pulled the gun there were two
sharp reports as streaks of flame
poured from the barrels of the guns
Ely held. Ayers fell with a groan.
The noise Of the shooting attracted
people of the town, and in a moment
or two several were hurrying to the
scene.
Flight Of the Murderer.
Ayers had fallen IN such manner
| that his wallet. filed with bills, could
not be reached and Ely was obliged
to scud away in the darkness, leaving
the PROSTATE body of Ayers to be found
by the villagers. fastening to Nor
rison's barn he found that arsonist be-
/ side himself with rage.
why did you shoot? Why didn't
/ you belt him over the head ?" he asked
| Ely.
shut up, you fool. I had to shoot
or he would have got me- - Ely replied,
eoolly; and what's worse. didn t
have time to get the money.
Morrison, cowardly even in crime,
wanted to leave Ely to his own fate.
The Kansas City crook. however, was
too old at the business You got me
into it, now get me out, or there'H be
somebody else beside me sent up for
this little job" was his admonition,
and it was up to Morrison to furnish
the assistance.
With the help of a farm hand who
afterwards confessed, Morrison rail-
roaded Ely several miles away, where
he was to remain for week or two.
but a posse of indignant citizens
/ pressed too closely on his trail and
immediate escape was necessary. Flee
/ ing before the officers and farmers,
Ely's escape, as subsequently described
by himself, was one so hazardous that
he does not to-day know how the
| shower of bullets sent after him failed
to end his life. With the horses push
ing him to his utmost he came upon
> farmer. driving peacefully along the
| road. Stop or I'll shoot" he yelled.
The farmer pulled up. Paying no at
ten to the men following, a quarter of
q mile behind. he stood behind the
agriculturist and ordered him to drive
like h. Or I'LL blow your bloody
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-02-25

Toledo. -Northwestern Ohio, with its
oretty farms and prosperous 1andoWn-
ers, is nearing the end Of reign Of
terror Of 30 years, during which time q
gang Of incendaries, hungry for sud-
den wealth, have desecrated its beauty
with flaming torches, and committed
almost every crime on the calendar,
from the smallest burglary 60 attempt
ed murder.
Criminal history tells no story Of
events SO blood-curdling as those
which have shocked the residents OF
this section In the last quarter century.
The widest dime-novel dreamer could
hardly imagine so terrible a melodrama
as has been acted by this conspiracy
of mercenary frebugs. Revelations
made in the past few weeks, by COMES
sion. ard Investigation by state of1i-
GERS. are so startling as to be almost
unbelievable Against one man have
been returned u indictments, against
another there are ten and lucky indeed
ID the member OF the organization who
escaped with only single true bill,
for the work Of the state has been thor
ough and the laws firm hand has been
laid with unrelenting yigor on those
known to be connected with the organ
izalion.
Only Beginning.
With the 10 or more indictments.
however, 1T Is believed that only a
good beginning has been made. Deep
under the surface, it IS known that
more disclosures, still more startling.
are to come. Those men effected by
investigation now completed, fully con-
scious that their long terms in prison
will effectually prevent them from par
tieipation in more work, have shown
disposition to tell at least some of
the secrets, and, with the aid of these
admissions, Williams and Fulton coun-
ties, where the more exciting events
have TRANSFERRED, are determined to
punish all the guilty. and remove the
stain of dishonor which has been made
upon them by their hardness in ferret
ing out the criminals
Thirty years ago, Jack Page, one of
the most daring and notorious Of the
flrebugs, was a young man, possessed
Of valuable farm and surrounded by