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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
MOTHER KILLED
FIVE CHILDREN
AND AFTERWARDS ENDED HER
OWN LIFE.
Shot Them One After Another With
Rifle-oldest Aged IL
Years.

Ell Paso, Texas, June 14.-Five chill.
dren dead by the hand of their moth
er and the mother a suicide is the
record of today received from a ranch
four miles west of 1ucumcari, New
Mexico. Mrs. George Campbell, wife
of a wealthy ranchman at Tucum-
carl, small station on the El Paso
and Northeastern railroad, northeast
OF this city was the author of the
crime. Just before the slaughter OF
the little ones Mrs. Campbell pointed
a Winchester at her husband and or.
dered him to leave the place. To
save his life he fed, little dreaming of
the danger that beset the children.
So soon as her husband was out of
sight, Mrs. Campbell called her chill
dren into her bedroom, locking the
door behind them. The children rang.
ed in age from 3 to IL years.
Beginning with the oldest one the
mother shot the little ones one at
time. Then she turned the weapon
upon herself and fired, causing in.
uSdlH
A neighboring ranchman hearing
the several reports of the Winchester,
broke into the room and discovered
the awful scene. The eldest child was
yet alive and before expiring related
in part the story of the mothers
crime. The child was so weak that
but little could be learned in detail.
When Campbell returned home an
hour later, he was almost dethroned
of his reason by the sight that con.
fronted him. He is now in the care
Of physicians. II is generally presum-
ed that Mrs. Campbell was mentally
deranged, although she had never be-
fore been violent. Her health had
been somewhat impaired for a year
or two and it is believed that she
suddenly lost her mind entirely.
Campbell is SO distracted that he
has not been able to give clear
account of his wife's action. So far
as Is known there had been no domes-
tic wrangle OF any Kind and those who
knew Mrs Campbell give her the rep.
utation of having been OF gentle dis
position.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
DID MRS. GOULD
USE CUSS W0RD7
Alleged That She Said, "The Door
Is Open, Throw Out the Damn
Architect"

Mineola, L. l., June 14.-The jury in
the case of Howard Gould, who is be.
ing sued by Abner ]. Haydel, the
architect, for the recovery of 100000,
the value placed by the plaintiff on
his services in drawing plans for
castle Gould, retired late this after.
noon. A sealed verdict will be rem.
dered tomorrow.
In charging the jury, after refer.
ring to the legal aspect of the con-
tract, Justice Keogh said: "In De-
cember, 1908, Mrs. Gould and Mr.
Haydel met at the Waldorf Astoria
The plaintiff says that Mrs. Gould
asked for unreasonable changes. Dis
cussing, they became warm and then
heated, aud the plaintiff says Mrs.
Gould used Incorporate language, say.
ing: The door is open, throw out the
damn architect
Il am going to leave this small
every day matter to you. But remem-
Der, underneath the contract and all
contracts there are certain proprieties
OF speech that we are supposed to
live up to in our dealings with other
men. The question is, did Mrs. Gould
say this thing to the plaintiff and in
the way he says she did, wounding
and humiliating him. Unless this gen.
tleman was justified by what took
place on that occasion, then he can
recover nothing for any service ren.
dered. Remember that the main point
was Mr. Haydel, heated with indig.
nifty, was humiliated, was the sting
bitter, was the wound deep?"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
SANG TO THE JURORS
After He Had Been Acquitted Of
Murder.

Minneapolis, Mimi, June 14.-Jas
Rivers, a singer In a negro theatrical
company, was aquitted of the murder
of Richard Connor, fellow actor, to-
day. Rivers made request which
was granted, that he be allowed to
sing to the jurors who had acquitted
him. He sang two selections, into
which he seemed to put heart and soul,
and was vociferously applauded by the
crowd in the court room.
A bullet from Rivers revolver killed
Connor in a dressing room of the Bijou
Theater, Feb. II. Rivers declared that
the gun had been accidentally dis
charged during a scuffie. The state al
legged that the murder was case of
murder In cold blood. The jury was
out two hours.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
To Prevent tuberculosis.

Scranton, Pa, June 14.-At the
meeting today of the executive com.
mittee of the Federation of Labor,
held here DIR. Paul Kennedy of New
York appeared before the council as
the representative of the American
society for the prevention of tubercu-
losis and asked still greater action on
the part of the trades unionists in fur
thering the work for improving of
housing conditions and better santa.
tion in workshops. He also asked
participation of the federationists In
a congress and exposition under the
auspices of his association in Novem.
ber next
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
Evangelical Lutheran Synod.

Pittsburg, Pa, June 14.-The forty
second biennial convention of the gem
eral synod of the Evangelical Lutheran
church of America opened their ten
days session today at Bethany Luth-
eran church, East End. Delegates to
the number of 275, representing 13
statea were in attendance. Among the
delegates was Judge Peter s. Grosscup
OF Chicago. Rev. John Wiedley Of
Pittsburg welcomed the delegates. The
opening address was delivered by Rev.
Harlan X, Fenner of Louisville. KY.
His subject waiI the Spiritual Utility
OF the Lutheran Church"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
AN EX-CONVICT
Will Be the United States Marshal of
Arizona.

Washington, d. c., June 14.-Benja.
min F. Daniels, ex-rough rider and
one-time convict, will be United
States Marshal of Arizona, after all.
His appointment to the place in ques-
ton was announced today.
A year or two ago President Roose-
welt gave him the place and his enc
mics produced his early record of in
discretion against him. 1t seems that
Daniels was convicted under an alias,
and he denied his identity to the
president. 1t was for that reason, not
because in his youth he had erred
hat the president at that time with
irew his appointment, which he has
now renewed.
Daniels is man of herculean
strength and undisputed courage. He
s said to be just the man for the
place.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
JURY FAILED TO
FIND A VERDICT
IN THE CASE OF Ohio AGAINST
WILLIAM STULl.
He Was Accused Of Stealing Articles
Worth About $5-Suit Over Life
Insurance Policy.

The jury in the case of Ohio VS.. VIM.
Stull, which had been out 80 hours, was
discharged late yesterday afternoon, as
an agreement could not be reached.
The defendant was accused of break
irg into the residence of r. p. Cassidy
at Minerva and stealing articles valued
at about S..
SUIT OVER POLICY.
Claiming w. Richards, as receiver Of
the Aetna Fire Association Of Cincin-
natl, has filed suit against William
Teplansky, through Attorneys Atlee
Pomerene and p. A. Reece, to collect
judgment for $151.46, with interest from
Dec. 10, 1904. The plaintiff states that
w. Teplansky & Co, about Aug "a
1894, accepted from the association its
contract for insurance for 81 900 and
held the same until Aug. "a, 1895, and
now, it is alleged, defendant declines to
pay.
THOSE AWFUL NOISES.
David Jackson is plaintiff against
Charles r. Daley in a petition in
equity through Attorneys Sterling &
Braucher. Plaintiff states in the COM
plant that he is the owner of lot in
Canal Dover, on which is a dwelling
occupied by his family. Plaintiff alleges
that the defendant uses the barn in a
manner which is great nuisance, in
that it is used for stations and mares.
Plaintiff says they are keeping up a
constant noise by snorting, neighing
and making loud, hideous noises all
the time, and will continue to do so
unless defendants are restrained by or
der of the court" A restraining order
and damages in the sum of 81 500 were
asked. The injunction was issued on
bonds of $500.
SUIT ON NOTE.
eli Wallace, through Attorneys Diehl
and Brown, have filed suit against Jes-
sic Wallace and Rosa Wallace, asking
judgment for $500, with interest from
April /, 1904.
OPEN IN EVENING.
The county treasurer's Office will be
open Saturday evening for the conven-
ience of those having business.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
SHELL EXPLODED
Injurins Eighteen Persons on a British
BattIeship.

Gibraltar, June 15.-Four officers
and fourteen men of the British bat
tleship Magnificent were seriously in
jured by the exploding OF a six-inch
shell at gun practice off Tetuan yester-
Gay. Details of the accident are con-
ticting. From the best accounts it is
understood that the shell exploded in
a gun turret and that the officers and
men in the turret were frightfully
burned and cut by the pieces of explod-
ed metal. 1t is believed that in some
cases the injuries received will prove
fatal
The authorities here will only ad-
NIT that the explosion occurred and re-
fuse to give out any information of a
definite character.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
KILLED A WOMAN
Mersel Defied Posse Until One Side Of
Face Was Shot Away.

Glen Carbon, H., June 14-Gustaye
Mergel, who yesterday, killed Mrs.
Josephine Heller, at her home and
whom a posse failed to capture last
night, was surrounded in a school.
house two miles south Of here this aft
ernoon by second posse. He de
fed the pursuers for several hours
shooting when called upon to surren'
der. Finally one of the posse shot
at him through the window and load
of buckshot tore away one side Of the
murderer's face, destroying one of his
eyes. He was taken to Glen Carbon
dying.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
is A VICTIM OF .5
CROOKED LAWYERS
DECLARES WOMAN ARRESTED
FOR PENSION FRAUDS.
Well Known Tobacco Manufactured
Drops Dead-Politicar Rumor
Started at Ravenna.

Marion, o., June 14.-Mrs. Mary P.
Mcmillan, of Declff, who was arrest.
ed on warrant charging her with de-
frauding the United States pension de.
partment of pension money amount
ing to nearly $1,000, declares she is
victim of dishones: pension attor.
neys, according to Congressman Nous
ey, who is her attorney.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
Visit Started Political Rumor.

Ravenna, o.. June 1.-THE pres
ence here today of Hon. Harvey c.
CARRIER of Greenville and Charles P.
Salen of Cleveland, with Judge David
l.. Rockwell of Ravenna, at once start
ed a story that they came to confer
with Rockwell on his rumored can
didacy for lieutenant governor. Rock
well positively denies there was any
politics in the visit.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
BY FIRE
A Little Pennsylvania Village Was
Almost Destroyed.

Kittaning, Pa, June 14.-Word was
brought at midnight from Worthing-
ton, a little hamlet eight miles back
in the hills that the village had been
almost entirely destroyed by fire
which broke out about sunset in the
store of Walker & Campbell and
spread to the cluster of houses and
shops which comprised the town.
Among the buildings destroyed were
ten dwellings, a drug store, tailo.
shop, and three general stores as well
as the village postoffice. One man
was perhaps fatally hurt by bucket
falling on him while working on the
bucket brigade.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
KING OSCAR
issues Manifesto on the Troubles of
Sweden and Norway.

Stockholm, June liking Oscar last
night issued a manifesto to the people
in response to the many kilograms of
sympathy and devotion that he has re-
seived concerning the action of Norway
in declaring dissolved its union with
this country. In the manifesto the
king says that the revolution of the
Norway people has inflicted deep and
incurable wound upon his heart, and
that the manifold proofs of the true af-
lection from Swedish people are an in
describable consolation to him in his
hour of trial
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
Strike Not Settled.

Halifax, N. S., June 14.-A commit
tee representing the 1900 miners who
are on strike at Spring Hill con-
ferred with the management today
but no adjustment of the differences
was reached. Both sides are standing
firm and the struggle promises to be-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
Died of Heart Disease.

Hamilton, O.; June 14--John Auer,
formerly one of the best known to-
bacco manufacturers in the Miami val
ley and associated with the late Paul
j. Sorg, suddenly expired in Middle
town, of heart disease, 62 years old.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
Remarkable Shooting.

San Francisco, Cal, June Ire.
markable shooting which is believed
will break the army record was done
today by the 9th company coast artil-
Iery at Fort Miley, one Of the San
Francisco harbor defenses. At a
range Of 5000 yards, five shots in
succession scored hits on moving tar
gets.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
The Bill Posters,

Findlay, o., June 1.-THE state
convention of the Ohio Bill Posters
and Distributors association adjourn.
ed today after selecting Cincinnati
as the place for their next convention.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
New Dance Recommended.

Columbus, June 14-The National
Association of Dancing Masters today
recommended the gavotte promenade
as a new dance.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
President Chosen.

Akron, June 14.-The Ohio Associa
tion Of Fire Insurance Agents tonight
elected Francis Cook of this city pres
ident.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16
Former Postmaster Arrested.

Cincinnati, June 14.-Walter J.
Riley, ex-postmaster at Kent, was ar
rested here today charged with en-
bezzling $123,S5 while in Office.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-16

Coal Mine Merger Planned.
Columbus, June 14.-A merger of
coal mine properties in the Hooking
valley is planned.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
lowed you and waits for the ball abou,

lowed you and waits for the ball abou,
five feet to your rear.
You again turn your efforts toward
second, only to see the second base
man swimming toward you. With
much splashing you try to evade this
latest conner, but you are put out and
retired amid the yells Of the onlook-
ers.. The game is full of fun. Some
times an ardent baseman will lean too
far over to one side in his efforts to
get the. ball. This will cause the raft
to tilt until the player loses his bal
ance, and in his efforts to regain the
center Of the n aft it will shoot from
under him, and he will land smack on
the surface of the water.
The game is full of unexpected fan
cy stunts. The spectators laugh even
more than they do at the ludicrous
happenings in indoor baseball, for the
rolling and tumbling in the water
makes the mishaps twice as funny.
1t is most important to have one
keen-eyed watcher constantly looking
out for all the players who are in the
water, so that there shall be no dan
ger of accident.-New York World
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26

II made the thousands, the millions
made themselves" the late Jay Gould
once declared; and, although the
statement may perhaps SAVIOR of ex-
aggeration, it is probable that many
another man of millions would . in
dorse J. D. Blairs statement, II made
my second million easier than my first
thousand.'
At what an astounding rate for
tune may grow when once it has
passed the million rubicon, which so
few of us may hope to reach, is proved
by the following statement of J. D.
Rockefeller's wealth at different
stages of his romantic career. In 1865
his capital, all told, was bare $4,000;
five years later it had grown to $780,
900; in five years more it touched
$1,000,000; another ten years made it
$50000,000; five more years doubled
it; in 1899 his fortune had reached the
stupendous sum of $250,000,000; and
to-day, just forty years after the first
thousand was saved, it is said to ex-
ceed $500,000,O0O::
Thus, in fifteen years (1S75 to 1S90)
Mr.. Rockefeller increased his fortune
a hundredfold; and in the next fifteen,
though he has only multiplied it by
five, he has added $400,000,000 to it,
representing an average addition of
five and third millions every year.
To illustrate how possible such an
increase is, and how millions can
make millions, let us take one year:
that Of 1890-in Mr.. Rockefeller's race
for riches. At the beginning Of that
raar he stated on oath that he was
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
BRUSH YOUR STRAW HAT!
That Is the Way to Keep 1t Protected
From the Marina Effects Of Rain.

That Is the Way to Keep 1t Protected
From the Marring Effects Of Rain.
Eyes, I know" said the hat man.
people never think of brushing their
straw hats, the straw doesn't seem
to be a hat made to be brushed, the
dust doesn't show on it so much, and
so they brush all their other hats and
let their straw hats go.
"But if they would brush their
straw hats as they do the others they
would keep fresh and good looking
much longer; this not so much on
account of the brushing itself as be-
cause of the protection that brushing
it, keeping it clean, gives it from the
effects of moisture.
"What puts a straw hat out of bust
ness, in appearance, is rain. Let drops
of rain fall on a dusty hat and every
drop spreads and fixes the dust on
which it falls and makes the hat
dingy. The same rain falling .on a
clean hat would have far less effect
on it's appearance.
Brush your straw hat, and the rib
bon too, just as you would any other.
and you will have the satisfaction of
keeping it in fair condition, hat fit
to wear the season through
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26

you count it as fair. Indeed, it is a
triumph of skill to turn and swing
with the ball and send it flying past
the catcher.
Suppose you have driven a good ball
out near third base. You pile over
board with a dive toward first. AS
you rise to the surface you see the
third baseman and the pitcher furious
ly swimming after the ball.
To your excited eyes it seems as if
first base were a mile away. AS you
near the base you see the pitcher seize
the ball and turn in the water to throw
it. But it is no easy matter to throw
a ball while treading water, and the
I chances are that the throw is a bad
one, and you are safe.
You now turn your attention toward
second. TO steal it seems easy, and
so, as soon as the pitcher delivers the
ball, you start. But if all goes we'll
with the other team, when you have
gone about third of the distance you
notice that the second baseman has
the ball. Giving up hope of gaining
second, you turn to regain first, only
to note that the first baseman has fol-
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26

Hear, o athletes! Have you tried
water baseball? No; not water polo
or water football, but the good old
national game, played on lake or bay
or swimming pool, or a quiet bit of a
river where there is not much current.
If you haven't tried it get in line
and begin at once with the new game
OF the season. One need not be a
great ball player nor a star swimmer
to play the game. All it requires is a
rudimentary knowledge of baseball and
fair swimming ability. The outfit con-
sists of tennis ball, yard or less
of broomstick and four rafts-one
large and three small
The batsman and the catcher stand
on the big raft. On a small raft ten
yards away stands the pitcher. He
may deliver the ball in any style he
chooses SO that it crosses the plate
In striking everything goes-bunt, bin
gle, swat or foul tip. There are five
men on a side. The moment bat and
ball come in contact the batsman must
start for first base.
1t doesn't matter how the ball is hit,
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26

confident that the deliberations would
end in settlement, he proceeded to
buy every coal share he and his
agents could secure.
Mr.. Morgan's foresight was justi.
fed; the strike was settled. prices
took big leap upward, and the great
fnancier was able to sell at profit
variously estimated at from 100000.
600 to $15,000,00O
It is said that Mr.. Morgan has clear
ed from $1,000,OOO to $5,OOO,0O0 by
each of his great reorganization
schemes. Once he made a profit OF
$3,000,000 by the purchase of bonds
from the Cleveland administration,
and, as sample Of smaller pickings
that have come SO plentifully his way,
when the New York Central railroad
found it necessary, in 1895, to issue
$4,000 shares of new stock, Mr. Nor.
gan sold the entire block in Europe
and made a personal commission O,
$50O,0OO
In 1890 W. K. Vanderbilt is said ts
have netted $25,000,0OO by operations
in railway stocks alone. In the same
year it is stated on good authority
that Russell Sage made a profit oi
$15,000,O00; James Stillman, Thomas
w. Lawson and James Hill netteG
over $10,000,O0O each, and William c.
Whitney and several others added
over $5,000,000 each to their fortunes
During last year it is reported that a
dozen American millionaires increas:
ed their already enormous capitals by
over $300,000,O00 in sums ranging
from 5000, ,000 to STE, 100000. 2. ..5}
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
FOR MONUMENT TO ADAM.
Pet Project Of Mark Twain that Came
to Nauqht.

Pet Project of Mark Twain that Came
to Naught.
Mark Twain and the late Rev.
Thomas K. Beecher of Elmira, New
York, were great chums. For years
Mark made his summer home at Ell
they were like pair of boys just out
of-school.
One day Mark said: tom, I've just
been reading this interesting book
Genesis, and I'm impressed with the
thought that we moderns are not Civ
history, a square deal. Here we go
erecting statues and monuments to
generals and poets and statesmen, and
actually forget all about our first an
cestor. It's not right. Why shouldn t
there be statue of Adam somewhere,
erected by his grateful descendants?
"There certainly ought to be, Mark, -
replied Mr.. Beecher, "but nobody
knows what Adam looked like"
WELL" drawled Mark, 'he'd prob
ably look as much like his statue as
the average victim does. I vote we
see to it that Adam gets his rights -
The two set to work raising a fund
for statue to Adam. A citizen of Ell.
mira still living subscribed five thou
sand dollars; but that. was as far as
the project got, for other interests
pushed it aside and it is now only an
amusing recollection. - The Sunday
Magazine.
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
Men Who Make Millions a Year
u. u: s4:s a
@ Z:

the owner of $31,000,000 in Standard
Oil stock. Before December came
that stock had appreciated 400 points,
and thus. as any boy can calculate,
his holding in the Standard Oil Com
pany alone had added $124,O00,000 to
on his part.
At the same time Mr.. Rockefeller
had been operating heavily in stocks
Of half dozen railways, and in CO.
operation with J. Pierpont Morgan
and James J. Hill had formed colos-
sal railway combination, with the re-
suit that these transactions put $1O,-
100000 more into his exchequer. From
these sources alone the American
Croesus added to his fortune nearly
$150,000,0O0 in a single year, a larger
sum than he had accumulated in the
80 years ending in 1895.
That man who, like Pierpont Nor
gan, practically controls properties
capitalized at over $6,500,000,000 or
81 ,000,000,000 more than the aggre-
gate revenue Of the forty three princi-
pal nations of the world-should be
in a position to make money, goes
without saying. It is interesting, how
ever, to see how and at what rate he
can add to his millions.
Five years ago, when the great coal
strike was on, and in the absence of
any prospect of a settlement, Mark
Hanna called on Mr.: Morgan and told
him.the strike would have to be set
tied at once Mr.. Morgan accordingly
called a meeting Of the mine owners
to receive kr. Hanna S proposals; and,
The Cook County herald., 1905-08-26
Proof Positive.

Proof Positive.
**I was not drunk last night"
"You were"
"What makes you think so?"
81 saw you trying to set your watch
by the fare register on trolley carl"
Cleveland Leader