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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
Happening of the Past
Five Days Narrated.
HOMEANDABROAD
News of the Busy World Boiled
Down So that 1t Can be Di-
geSted at Glance.
CONGRESSIONAL.

At few minutes after G o'clock on
the 14th the senate cast its final bal
lot on the subsidy shipping bill, which
was passed by vote of SO to 27. All
the votes for the bill were by republi-
can senators and five republican sena-
tors voted with the democrats in op-
position. Incident to the passage of
the Notifications appropriation bill,
which was accomplished by the house
lively debate was kept up through
out.
The morning hour prevailed in
the house on the 18th until after 5
O'Clock. The net result was the pas
sage of bill to increase to $4,000 a
year the federal appropriation to
each state and territory for the sup
port of agricultural experiment sta
tions, and bill repeating the present
law granting American register to
foreign ships wrecked and repaired
on the American coast, in the discre-
tion of the secretary of the depart
ment of commerce and labor and re-
quiring special act of congress to
grant such register. The senate passed
to the consideration of the joint state
hood bill.
In presenting petitions against
Senator Reed Smoot, signed by
thousands of women of California and
Colorado, Messrs. Perkins and Pat
terson took occasion on the 10Th to
define their positions ON the protests
against the Utah senator. The
pure food bill was discussed.
Three bills were passed in the house
under suspension of the rules-requir-
ing two-thirds vote. The first makes
gambling unlawful in the territories
of the United States, including Ari-
Zona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Indian
Territory and Alaska.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
A Bold Robbery.

Dayton, o., Feb. 21.-On Fifth street
last evening two men drove up to the
diamond store of Aman & Co. One of
them sprang out and, walking to the
window filled with trays of jewels,
struck the window with railroad
coupling pin. The glass yielded and
he grabbed handful of rings from
one tray, and Selling another contain
ing SO diamond rings, started for the
buggy. The man in the rig was watch
ing, and as citizen tried to stop the
thief, fired at him. The bullet went
into candy store, narrowly missing
the proprietor. Then the thieves drove
away.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
Crazy Woman Murders Her Husband

Coshocton, o., Feb. 20.-A horrible
murder was revealed Monday morning
when 10-year-old Donald Singer found
the body Of his uncle, John Long
baugh, on the floor of the bedroom, at
his home on the Longbaugh farm, ten
miles west of here. Longbaugh was
killed with an AK by his wife, Lola,
who is insane. She split his head open
and dragged the body out of the bed
upon the floor and covered it with bed
clothing. The woman had been insane
about a year, and Longbaugh was
warned by the family physician that
she should be sent to an asylum.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
GARFIELD TfSTIFIES.
He Denies that He Promised lmmu.
nifty to the Packers.

Chicago, Feb. Commissioners Of
Corporations Garfield took the stand
Tuesday in the packers case and de-
MED many of the statements made by
the witnesses for the packers during
the hearing of the immunity pleas now
in progress. Edward Morris, Edward
Swift and Arthur Meeker, representa-
tives respectively of the packing firms
of Nelson Morris & Co., Swift e. Co.
and Armour & Co., all testified that
Garfield had told them that his depart
ment had the power to compel infor-
nation If they refused to give it will
ingly.
Mr.. Garfield yesterday on the stand
declared that he had never made such
a statement. He also denied that he
had ever promised immunity to the
packers, saying that the only protec-
tion that had been promised was pro-
lection for the individual figures of
their confidential figures. This he said
had been given them, and although the
average of these confidential figures
had been given in the report of the
commissioners on the beef industry, in
dividuals had been respected and their
names had not been given.
He also denied positively that he
promised that all information would
be regarded as confidential. He also
denied that he had at any time said
anything regarding an oath in connec-
tion with the investigation. Mr.. Gar
field was the first witness for the gov
ernment, the packers having rested
their case shortly before the noon re-
cess of court.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
A Woman Is Charged with Murder

Ashtabula, o., Feb. 17.-Mrs. Lizzie
Olsen, arrested for completely In the
death of Olaf Nielsen at Ashtabula
Harbor Wednesday and released on
bail, has been rearrested and charged
with first degree murder. An insur-
ance policy for $1,000 carried by Neil
sen has been found at Mrs. Olsen's
boarding house In which her name ap-
pears as the beneficiary. The police
say the name has been irregularly in
serted. 1t is said Mrs. Olsen wrote 1t
therein, saying she did it to get the
money.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
Two Trolley Roads are Sold.

Columbus, O., Feb. 21.-The Central
Market railway, the only Columbus in
dependent street car line controlled by
the Appleyard syndicate, was sold
Tuesday for $150000 to the Elkins-
Widener syndicate, of Philadelphia, at
the Franklin county court house. The,
Columbus, Grove City 6 Southwestern.
railway was also sold to the same in
terests. There was but one bid, $685..
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
A Traction Line Ia Sold

Springfield, o., Feb. 20.-J. e. Locke,
of Boston, representing the reorgani-
cation committee of bondholders,
which are in reality the Morgan
Dolan-Schoepf syndicate, bought the
Columbus, London & Springfield trac-
tion line at Harmony yesterday at the
upset price of $25O,0O0. Locke was the
only bidder.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
Trolley Road Sold for $500. 600.

Springfield, o., Feb. 20.-The Day.
ton, Springfield G Urbana interurban
line, part of the Appleyard roads, was
purchased Monday for 100000 at re-
ceivers sale by A. e. Locke, of Boston,
representing Randall Morgan, of Phil
adelphia, of the Widener- -Elkins syn
dicate, and Kelsey Schoepf, of Cincin-
natl, head of the Schoepf syndicate,
paying 100000 for 1t.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

H. Stantz, proprietor of the Pacific
hotel at Pomona, Cal, was shot in the
neck and mortally wounded by his
wife.
F. r. Avery, treasurer of the Avery
Manufacturing Co., of Peoria, ILL.,, COM
mitted suicide at East st. Louis by
drowning.
The first double hanging in Cambria
county took place at Ebensburg, Pa,
when Jacob Hauser and Stephen Eel
lows were executed.
Poisons and adulterants will be a
feature of the government exhibit at
the national dairy and food show
which has opened at Chicago.
III. A. Taylor, assistant secretary of
the treasury, has resigned and j. H.
Edwards, of Ohio, will be appointed
his successor.
John Mueller and Robert Newcomb,
who had each murdered three people,
were executed in the county Jail at
Chicago.
Daniel Covely and Julian Barle,
miners, were killed by the explosion
of dynamite at Locust Spring colliery
at Mt. Carmel. Pa.
The strike of ship stokers which be-
gan at Fiume, Hungary, some time ago
for an increase of wages has now be-
come general in the shipyards there
Over 1000 men are out.
Lieut.. Schmidt, leader of the naval
mutiny at Odessa, whose trial was to
have taken place next week, is said
to have become insane after refusing
food or drink for three days.
The president has offered the ap-
pointment to the position of governor
of Alaska to ID. Fl. Jarvis, formerly OF
the revenue cutter service, but now
engaged in business in Alaska.
Failures for the week ended Febru-
ary II numbered 241 in the United
States, against 25S last year, and 33
in Canada, compared with SO a year
ago.
The firm of H. L. Evans & Co., bro
kers at Wilmington Del, has made an
assignment. The liabilities are sup
posed to be between 100000 to $780,
900: assets are about $150.000.
The Connell powder mill, near
ShamolSin, Pa, blew up killing Henry
Fetter, an employe, of Treverton, and
seriously burning Superintendent
Kidd.
Two children were cremated and a
third child probably fatally burned in
a fire which destroyed the farm house
of Joseph Rods. three miles from
Summit City, Mich.
Seven school children were severe
1y injured, three of them perhaps
fatally, when Pere Marquette freight
train crashed into wagon in which
13 children We're being driven from
the Potter district school to Grand
Blanc village, Mich.
The fast mail train for the south
west on the Iron Mountain railway
was wrecked at Carondelet, a suburb
of st. Louis. Twelve men were in
jured.
A court-martial at Sebastopol has
sentenced AZ of the mutineers of the
Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkin to
imprisonment, one of them to Is years.
Twenty-Five men were acquitted.
A S550,000 home for sailors is to be
erected in New York City by the Sea
mems Church Institute of New York, u
which Is the new name of the Church
Missionary society of New York which
for 60 years has been taking care of
eeamen.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
Murdered His Wife.

GAINESVILLE, o.. Feb. 21.-At Mantua,
Guernsey county, Tuesday, James
Green murdered his wife by cutting
her throat from ear to ear with a razor
and then attempted to commit suicide.
Green and his wife lived at Otsego,
this county. Monday night they went
to Mantua to visit relatives.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
Ask cummlna to Prove II.

Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 21.-A resolu-
tion was introduced in the senate
Tuesday demanding that Gov. Cum
Minis be forced to prove the truth of
his statement that the railroads of
Iowa were using money to defeat the
primary bill.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
Was Killed by Gas.

Canton, o., Feb. 21.-Frank Cass.
OF Akron, was victim of gas fumes.
He was here at work and lodged in a.
boarding house, In his room was n
small stove burning natural gas. No
pipe was attached. Tuesday morning.
the gas burning high, gas flames filled,
the room and Cass died In bed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
A Well KNOWN Potter plea.

East Liverpool. o., Feb. 21.-Alfred
Steele, aged G5, one Of the best known
operative potters of this city, died last
night at Harmony, Pa, where he was
visiting his son, Rev. Alexander
Steele, pastor of the Harmony Metho
dist church.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
A Magistrate Is fined s1a5.

Ashtabula, o., Feb. 21.-Squire Ran
doiph' justice of the peace In Leon,
this county, was yesterday fined $125
and costs in common pleas court for
selling intoxicants contrary to law. He
pleaded guilty to selling concoction,
known as "DeWitt's Bitters."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
Strike Didn't Last Iann

Cleveland, Feb. 21.-The strike OF
the linomen Of the Cuyahoga Tele
phone Co. is ended. The men were.
granted, Tuesday morning, an advance.
In wages from $3.50 to $2.S5 day. AN
the men returned to work. r
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
Drowned Her Children and Herself

Fall River, Mass, Feb. 21.-The
open door of state room which had
been occupied by a woman and three
children on the trip of the steamer
Plymouth from New York to this city
early Tuesday led to the discovery
that Mrs. John Waters, of Brooklyn,
N. Y, had taken the lives of her three
little ones and then her own.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
Child Burned to Death.

Dennison, o., Feb. 21.-The 3-year-
old child of James Whalen, of New
port, was burned to crisp yesterday.
Its clothes caught fire from an open
crate. 1t suffered terrible agony for 20
minutes.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23
Frank Heroic pIea.

Williamspor.., "a, Feb. 21.-Frank
l.. Herdic, noted horseman and pool
seller of national reputation, died at
his home here last night
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-02-23

Haywood, president and secretary re-
spectively of the Western Federation
of Miners, and G. A. Pettibone, form
er member of the executive board OF
that organization, arrested on war
rants charging completely in the muir
der of ex-Gov. Frank Steunenberg, of
Idaho, were taken from their cells in
Jail at Denver by 12 armed deputy
sheriffs and placed in special train
that quickly left over the Union Pa
cific railroad for Boise, Idaho.
Justice White delivered the opinion
Of the supreme court of the United
States in the cases of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad Co.
VS.. the inter state commerce commits
sion, and the interstate commerce
commission vs.. the Chesapeake &
Ohio Railroad Co., affirming the de-
cision of the United States circuit
court for the Western district of Vir-
ginia. The cases involved the ques-
tion of discrimination in freight rates
on coal by the Chesapeake & Ohio
In favor of the New York, New Haven
G Hartford road as against other
shippers. The decision was against
the railroad company.
Edward I. Peck, of Saginaw, Mich,
either fell or jumped from the sixth
floor of the new Seelbach hotel at Lou
isville, KY, and was instantly killed.
News has reached Washington that
on February 10 an attempt was made
to assassinate the president of Colon
bia. Eight shots were fired at him,
five of which struck his carriage, but
he escaped uninjured.
Bonds and mortgages representing
more than $4,000 in cash have been
found hidden in house at New York
City lately occupied by Miss Maria
Corsa who died of starvation last
week, leaving an estate valued at
nearly $1,00e,00o.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-09-14
DoNkEYs TURN UP TOES.
Don't Know Enough to Get in QUE
of the Rain.

The war department has lea1nea
through experience that the American
donkey has not sense enough to live
in the Philippines.
Some time ago, more In the nature
Of an experiment than for any other.
reason, the bureau of insular affairs
sent a dozen American donkeys, COM
monty known as "burros," to Manila
for use among the Spanish-speaking.
people. The natives did not take
kindly to the new species, however,
but rather looked at them from afar-
of.
Seven died. Such was the news re-
ceived at the bureau recently. When
the torrential rains set in the little
animals were caught out in the opens
and not knowing how to shelter them
selves like the native beast of bur-
den, seven docile, dumb beasts turned
up their toes.
''They ought to de-" said a war
department official who has a deep.
interest in everything pertaining to-,
the Philippines; "they ought to die
If they don't know enough to get in
out Of the RAIN"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-09-14

Why shouldn't city manners b. good
enough for country people? so1np read,
er may be inclined to ask. That is not
an easy question to answer in a way
that would be conclusive to all, re.
marks the Boston Globe. But why
press it? Why insist On taking city
manners with us where they are not
wanted when we 60 OF to enjoy our.
selves? Why cucumber ourselves with
city things, city fashions in clothes
as well as in manners, city conven.
tons and snobbery, city wealth and os.
tentation, city luxuries and dissipa.
tons? If God made the country and
man made the town it follows that to
take the town to the country must be
a proclamation. He who seeks in his
vacation the relaxation and the natural
joys Of the simple life will find every.
one and everything in hearty accord
with his spirit, and he will have the
least trouble and the most fun
wherever he may go. =.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-09-14
Nove,ty of the Season.

Among the seasons novelties is an
insane horse. The surprise IL that
this particular animal hasn't locked
tail. One colld understand the agony
of mind a horse without tail must
suffer in the heat, with green flies
biting him to death, bat this animal
goes crazy at night, when the SIN and
flies have gone. He insists on stand.
ing on his head in tn; fifty vegetable
gardens and reversing the natural or
der of existence, much after tile style
of human beings who are as mad as
March hares. AS match for this in
sane horse, says the Boston Herald,
there is the cat that enjoys daily
salt water BATH Having once fallen
into the waves, it now seeks tue beach
and swims about in the water as
though born a catfish. These animals
are abnormal; they belong to~*he sea
serpent class.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-09-14
South African Dreamers,

Alfred Belts bequest of $6,000,000
for the building of railroads, tele-
graph and telephone lines in Africa is
hailed everywhere as being as good a
legacy as he could have left the CONT
nent where he accumulated his vast
fortune. These things carry light into
the dark places of the earth, and, in
spite of the wars, explorations and ex-
ploitations of recent years, Africa Is
still the Ozark Continent" It Is no.
ticeable that the great African million
aires like Cecil Rhodes and Alfred
Belt believed in the future of Africa.
They did not regard it simply as a
place to make money in, get away
from and forget To the last Rhodes
and Belt and others like them have
talked and dreamed of the coming
Africa, worked for it while alive and
remembered it in their Wills. They
believed themselves to be not merely
extractors of millions from African
soil, but raise and sustain in their
successors a belief in and willing
ness to work for the Africa Of the flu
ture. The South African millionaires
have come in for considerable
amount of criticism, ridicule and
abuse, some of which, it must be con-
fessed, was not wholly undeserved.
But, says the New York Press, to be-
lieve in the future of a continent and
to work for that future is no small
thing. When the march of time and
events shall have scattered into OBJ
livion the millions of Rhodes and Belt,
their names will still have claim to
remembrance because they dreamed
dream. Belt and Rhodes, the shrewd
business men, the pilers-up of vast
fortunes, are dead and will soon be
forgotten; but Belt and Rhodes, the
dreamers, wills live through many long
years because they saw the vision of
an Africa redeemed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-09-14
The Central American Soldier.

These barefooted soldiers are an
tagonists not to- be despised. Nearly
worthless in attack, they are neverthe--
less tenacious in holding a positionr
trait that comes from their Spanish
descent probably. In the Cuban cam
paign Gen. Garcia is said to ha We said
in reply to the remark of an American
officer: 'The Spaniards never at
tack" This may have been true in
the main, but the defense of the
trenches at Cauey showed that the
Spaniards would hold position with
as much courage and tenacity as any
other troops. The Central and the
South Americans have not generally
showed much steadiness in war, but
there have been occasions when their
conduct has been conspicuous for
gallantry, and all the virtues which
go to make up the stalwart soldier
N. o. T;mes-Democrat.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-09-14
HE AFFECTS A COMPROMISE.
800 lAzz27&TZERKlBf p T 70 y EeA

Barney" said Mrs. Barney Flynn,
as the policeman settled himself for
a smoke.
"Prisent," returned Policeman
Flynn, absent-mindedly saluting.
"Ha-ave We minute to sp-are?" =,
II ha-ave tin iv thim," answered
Policeman Flynn.
"'Twill be enough said Mrs.
Flynn. II visit yed run mkt door
an artist Mrs. Dugan."
"F'r why?" asked Policeman Flynn,
looking at her in establishment. did
she give ye the cold shtare whin We
pa-assed her be tn corner, or did she
tell tn neigh-bors We was wearin' a
hat Nv la-ast years crop?"
"Ha-ave a little sinse about We, Bar
ney," returned Mrs. Flynn, indignant
ly. ''She do be pilin' ashes feminist
tn f1nce, where they blows over an
rooms the work. Nv days washin'.
I ha-ave tn clo'es hung out to dhry,
an whin take thin in me best white
pitticoat luks Ikea polky-dot dhress. -
''Why don't We wear it FIR wan?"
demanded Policeman Flynn, peril
nently. "Tw'u'd be money saved"
Barney, are We a fool?" asked Mrs.
Flynn, warmly. "Will We artist that
woman or will We not?" ....
Its tn first time I liver knew We
c'u'dn't hold up ye-er own ind with
amy wan" replied Policeman Flynn,
evasively. "Ifthey was foor to wan,
'tw'u'd be dif'rint; but with wan to
wan I niver knew We to back down."
: Back down, is it!'' cried Mrs,
Flynn. "Sure, We betther not sa-ay
that more than wanst Back down!
Oh, me! Oh, my! G'wan over an
ask Mrs. Dugan if I backed down.
l give her as good as she give me
livery time. Dye think l ha-ave no
tongue in me head to let tn likes iv
her come over me?"
II know We ha-ave," said Policeman
Flynn, with feeling. But, accordin'
to ye-er own shtory, it's an akel
thing"
"'Tis not, if ye're man." as
serted Mrs: Flynn: IF ye're not, thin
bechune her an me, with me havin'
little tn best iv it; but her ma-an
do be dhriver an not a po-lisman.
FIR why are We on tn foorce? FIR
tn protection Nv thin as needs it. If
yell not shtand up fr me, I might
4s we'll be marri'd to hod-caryer."
'Mrs. Flynn" said the patro1man,
impressively, there's wan thing I'd
like f'r to tell We. IT'S me that niver
shir-rked me july. I've been feminist
the worst that liver come down tn
plank r-road. I've TUX three min
to the station to wanst, an I've KEEP
prdher iliction. day in tn ha-ardest
district in tn city. I've TUX tn con
min an tn strong-arm min an the
worst characters that liver was put
behind the ba-ars, but niver whit up
feminist woman in a clo'es-line fight,
an I niver will while I ha-ave me
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-09-14
Poets in Parliament.

The candidacy of the comic plav.
wright, Tristan Bernard, for a seat
in the French chamber recalls Tho
facts that within a decade only one
poet OF repute-Maurice Barres-has
been member of a parliamentary
body, and that Lamartine was the on1v
eminent poet who was also a~ereat NJ
lttical orator., The. younger Dumas
was once asked why he did not trv for
seat in the chamber of deputies. to
advocate his ideas Of divorce. He re-
piled that he might fare like the editor
Emile de Girardin, who one dav WIS
violently attacked in an assembly. lie
rushed on the tribunal with fnrioua
mien and everybody was eager to hear
his answer. He glared for a moment
at his tribunal and then exclaimed in
stentorfan tones: II shall aswer vo6
tomorrow in. my journal. g
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