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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-07-27
Pow.Wow Healer Arrested.

Canton, O.-Mrs. Lydia A Mar
shal, of Sugar Creek, Tuscarawas
county, who claims to have inherited
from her father the power of healing
by pow-wow methods, was arrested
in Canton on charge of practicing
medicine without license. She said
her father received his gift from the
book of Moses. 1t is claimed that the
woman has been making as high as
$75 a day among patients in Akron,
New Philadelphia, Canal Dover, Mill
ersburg and other nearby towns.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-07-27
Mailed Improper Matter.

Marietta, O.-Miss Kate c. Lud-
veg was arrested Monday after
noon on a charge of sending improper
letters through the mails. The arrest
has caused much surprise because
Miss Ludweg has always had an ex-
cellent reputation. She will probably
be declared insane, for she has been
of unsound mind for some time. The
family were unaware of her actions
until she was arrested. She wrote
anonymous letters to business men.
and in them attacked the reputation
of Mrs. E. T. Sellon, wife of promi-
nent physician of Stanleyville, near
here.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-07-27
Attacks Guards.

Columbus, O.-While being led
from the death chamber of the
penitentiary to the bath tub Monday,
Butler Styles, the colored murderer OF
Guard Moorehead, made vicious at
tack with his fists on five guards.
Four other guards rushed in and
clubbed him to the floor, cutting three
big gashes in his head. Styles has
been feigning insanity, but after his
wounds were dressed seemed perfect
ly rational for the first time since his
incarceration. He is sentenced to die
in September.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-07-27
Charged with Murder.

Cincinnati, o. = Capt Agnew and
six members of his crew were ar
rested here Monday in connection
with the shooting from an excursion
boat into a crowd on shore at Ironton,
O., Saturday night, Carl Meyenochim
being killed and four others wounded.
The men are charged with murder
All protest that they know nothing of
the persons who did the shooting. The
seven men will be sent to Ironton to
face the charges against them.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-07-27
Gone Out of Business.

Philadelphia, Pa.-At a meeting
of the board of health Tuesday an
nouncement was made that 20 slaugh.
ter houses recently condemned as un-
sanitary had closed permanently. Six.
teen other establishments were i'm.
proved by order of the board and the
owner of one saughtering house who
refused to obey the mandate to i'm
prove his plant was ordered prose.
cuted.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-07-27
Commission Named.

Columbus. Gov. Harris on
Friday announced the following
state railroad commissioners: ]. G
Morris, Youngstown; o. P. Gothlin,
Dayton, and Adjt. Gen. Hughes, Hills
boro. Hughes is a democrat and was
appointed adjutant general by the late
Gov. Pattison. Morris is now serving
as state railway commissioner. Goth
lin is connected with manufacturing
company.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-07-27
Killed by Bursting Steam Pipe.

Youngstown, O.-John Evans
was killed and Grant A. Kay IA
tally hurt Thursday night by the
bursting of pipe in the furnace of
the Brier Hill Iron and Coal Co. When
the pipe broke Evans was on a
"dinky" engine and the flash from the
furnace struck him, knocking him out
of the engine and on the rails. Kay
was burned about the body.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-07-27
After Brewery ofloia[s.

Wooster, O.-The Law and Order
league has sworn out warrants
for the arrest of Howard Happier,
manager, and Harry Howard, presi.
dent of the local brewery company,
for selling liquor at the plant, which
Is In "dry" township.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-07-27
Sold Used Stamps.

New York.-Charged with sell
Ing mortgage tax stamps and
stock transfer stamps that had al.
ready been used, five men were ar
rested Tuesday ON complaint of the
state comptroller, Attorney General
Mayer and District Attorney Jerome.
The authorities charge that the state
government has been defrauded of
over 100000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-07-27
Demand Shorter Work pay. ,

Buffalo, N. Y. - Paper makers
in the 33 mills o the Interna.
tional Paper Co. in the United States
and Canada have given notice that
they will go on strike on August G,
unless their working hours are reduc-
ed to eight hours day, without re.
duction In the scale of wages.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-07-27
Combine Has Dissolved.

Youngstown, O.-The combine of
ice men in this city has dissolv-
ed. The United Ice Co. has gone
out of business. The change came
about through the agitation of the To-
cal labor congress, which passed a
resolution asking Prosecuting Attor-
ney w. r. Graham to investigate the
various combines. The company's
attorneys advised the dissolution.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-07-27
New Railroad company Incorporates.

Columbus, o. The Cincinnati,
Columbus & Toledo Railroad Co.,
of Cincinnati, was incorporated
Friday with $4,000 capital stock by
r. C. Swing, H. j. Gibson, H. E. Frost,
II. H. Huffman and C. d. Mathews.
The company proposes to construct
and operate a steam road connecting
Cincinnati with Toledo.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-07-27
BOUGHT Another Mine.

Dillonvale, o.-The M. A. Hanna
Co. on Tuesday bought the prop
erty OF the O'Neil Coal Co. at Herrick,
on the w. & l.. E., for $4,000. II
consists Of 300 acres Of land. equip
ment and houses.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-07-27

DR.. Ernst, a Metz physician, has.
been decorated by the pope with the
order of st. Gregory for maintaining:
at a conference for medical men that
the best cure for lupus is visit to-
Lourdes and the use of the Lourdes.
water.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-07-27
Free from the PLAQUE.

Honolulu. - All shipping quar-.
antine restrictions have been
lifted here. the city having been abso-
lutely free from any case of plague
for over a month.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1906-07-27
NEWS OF A WEEK
TERSELY OUTLINED
A SUMMARY OF THE MOST I'M.
PoRTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
TOLD IN CONDENSED FORM

Complete Review of Happenings of
Greatest Interest from All Parts
of the Globe-The Latest Foreign
Information.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
G EASY SPELLING.
Supreme Court Justice Joins With
Other WeIl-Known Men-Carnegie
Gives Fund to Aid Cause.

Associate Justice David ]. Brewer Of
the United States Supreme Court is
deeply interested in the adoption of a
scientific regulation of English spell
ing.
Justice Brewer is a member of the
board of which Brander Mathews, of
New York, is chairman. About $50
have agreed to adopt for customary
use in their W personal correspond
ence the following twelve simplihed
spellings, heretofore recommended n
used by the National Educational So
ciety, namely, program, catolog, deca-
log, prolog, demagog, pedagog, tho, al
tho. thoro, t~horofare, thru and turnout.
In May and June, 1905, many distin-
guished scholars, literary men, and
scientists signed the promise, and now
the committee has been permanently
organized, under the name of the Sim
pliied Spelling Board. Funds ade-
quate for the purpose have beer given
by Andrew Carnegie, the justice
thinks. to the amount of $4,000, the
income of which is to be devoted to the
interests of the organization.
Among the members OF the board
are E. Benjamin Andrews, chancellor
of the University of Nebraska, David
]. Brewer, associate justice of the Su-
preme Court of the United States;
Nicholas Murray Butler, president or
Columbia University; Andrew Carne'
gle. Samuel L. Clemens Mark Twain,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Will
lam Dean Howells. Prof. LoWnsbury
of Yale. Prof. James of Harvard, Ben
iamin r. Smith. editor of the Century
Magazine. w II. Ward, editor OF the
INDEPENDENT. and Andrew D. White.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
ICEBERG IN DELAWARE.
Huge Mountain of Ice TOwed From
Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
The Strenuous Work of a Tugs
Crew-One OF the Strangest and
Perhaps the Most Valuable Prize
Ever Taken by q Ship.

In order that the city of Philadel-
phia might be rescued from an ice fam
inc a powerful ocean-going tug has ac-
complished the almost impossible feat
OF capturing a huge iceberg, and tow
ing it into port. Never in the worlds
history has this wonderful achieve
ment been duplicated, and contrasted
with it the fascinating exploits re-
counted by the marine historian Sin
bad, the sailor, appear commonplace
and trivial.
With its mountain of ice in tow, the
tug passed up the Delaware River
creating CONSERVATION among the float
ing world on the stream, as observers
could not imagine other than that the
floating mountain was being driven up
the bay by some freak of wind and cur
rent, to the great danger of shipping.
Its approach was responsible for some
frenzied telegraphing, which threw the
shipping interests into a panic. Orders
were issued to hold up the sailing of
every vessel due to leave, and mes
sages were dispatched to lower Della
ware station to intercept several out
bound steamers and war; them to seek
anchorage out of the berg's path.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
School Garden Education.

Every child likes to play in the mud
and dirt, to make sand houses ana
caves, mud pies, and even to plant a
garden, breaking off the twigs OF trees
and pulling weeds, which are carefully
planted and watered, furnishing liver
sion and pleasure for the day. 1t Is
an easy matter to direct the youthful
mind a little further along this line
and interest it in a real miniature gar
den 1t is not an untried theory, but
a fact. abundantly proven in all the
large and many of our small cities.
Philadelphia has what are called
Municipal Gardens:" Boston has a
dozen "School G%ardens;" Chicago,
Detroit, Washington, Cleveland, Los
Angeles, In fact, almost all cities have
successfully worked out either the
school garden or the vacant lot culti-
walton idea, two separate propositions,
it is true, but closely allied. The
school garden idea opens up an easy
and agreeable n to what proves
more of a diversion than a task to the
young. New York has only one such
farm garden, but on its one or two
acres, the children plant and raise both
flowers and vegetables, while in an
extemporized cook-house they prepare
the vegetables for the table and enjoy
the flavor of the fruits of their labor.
Besides this instruction in the culinary
art, a bedroom in miniature furnishes
an opportunity for the girls to learn
how to care for rooms. In Phila-
delphia the relation of the municipal
gardens and the schools is intimate.
But to see this idea worked out, per-
haps. at its best one must study it as
It is in Boston. There, a private organ
ization known as the School Garden
Association, for six years or more has
been developing little centers where
the children delight to plant and cult
vate, furnishing object lessons of the
utility of such work which it is hoped,
may lead to it's addition to the school
curriculum, and with this idea in
mind these school gardens are located
quite generally on land adjacent to
school-houses, some of the regular
school teachers gladly acting the part
OF instructors. The effect upon the
little workers In these plots is in every
way happy and should lead to their
more general use.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
MAMMOTH
A Matching Machine That Does the
Work of One Thousand Setting

The largest incubator in the world,
with a capacity of $4,000 eggs, has
just been completed by w. =. Hall OF
Pembroke, N. Y. 1t is 1912 feet long,
and 4 feet 4 inches wide. Partitions
divide ID into 100 compartments, each
accommodating two trays. The trays
have wire bottoms, and hold 70 eggs
each. To fill this incubator a single
time with common-not thorough
bred-eggs woud require an eXpendi-
ture of $4,000, for eggs of the requis-
ite freshness would cost forty cents a
dozen. As one hen covers fifteen eggs
for Matching, the incubator does the
work of 1000 fowls, or has the capa
city of one hen sitting constantly for
nearly ten years.
The incubator is heated by meana
of a coil of eight steam pipes passing
over the top of The egg chamber on
one side and returning on the other.
These pipes are connected, at one end
Of the structure, TO a water tank and
heater. The water flowing through
the pipes is heated to exactly the
right temperature, a thermostat at
tached to the stove opening and clos
ing the drafts to make this possible.
The only attention required by the
heater is supplying 1t with coal night
and morning. The thermostat Is an
expansion tank, 10 by 18 inches,
which stands over the heater. The
tank is filled with oil, in which is a
float. As the heat of the furnace
warns the water, the water in the
Jacket surrounding the heater ex-
pands, and the float in the oil rises.
This movement closes a throttle at
tached to the foatarm, and shuts the
draft of the heater; another lever at
the same time opens the cold-alr draft
of the furnace. In this way the EN-
p%erature is regulated automatically,
with extremely little variation, the
G being kept at 1902 degrees f.
A second novel feature is that the
heat of the eggs is regulated by rais-
ing or lowering them in the egg cham
Der. which is nearly a foot high in
side. burlap separating it from the
pines. The egg trays rest IN double
frames hinged by galvanized arms
or levers. As the chicks develop, the
trays are lowered on these supports,
the first drop being made in six days,
and others at intervals, until, on the
twenty-first day, the trays are rest
ing on the bottoms of the chambers.
All infertile eggs are tested our on
the seventh day.
Mr.. Hall built small i%ncubators at
| first. but the oil bill for forty OF his
| small %incubators, with 5000 eggs ca
pacity, was $3.50 for a season, while a
large incubator was run three months
at an expense of less than 80 Tor
coal.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
Official Feminine Calls.

In the social life of the national cap
ital, Miss Cannon occupies, by virtue
of her fathers position, a unique posi-
ton. Possibly not all our readers are
aware of the many unwritten laws that
govern the exchange of calls between
ome whose husbands or fathers oc-
cupy prominent positions at Washing
ton. For instance, official etiquette
prescribes that the wife of a newly
elected Senator or Representative
must make the first call upon the wives
of all those Congressman who are her
husbands seniors in service. Miss
Cannon, however, in accordance
with these same unwritten laws, is not
compelled to make a first call" upon
any ladies in Washington, save the
wife of the President and the wife of
the Vice President. All this fuss as to
who shall call first may appear ridicu-
lous to persons who are not brought
in contact with life at our seat of gov
eminent, and possibly Miss Cannon
who is thoroughly democratic may re-
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
Report of Committee.

This Commission promptly reported
that If any benefit was to be derived
10y legislation, Immediate action was
necessary and outlined Il plan which
it believed would have the desired
effect, providing Canada would unite
with this government in curbing the
greed of promoters and spectators.
The report says, in part: AS n step
in that direction we recommend that
legislation be enacted which shall con
tain the following provisions, viz:
The Secretary of Wal to be author
lied to grant permits for the diversion
of 2S,500 cubic feet of water per
second, and NJ more, from the waters
naturally tributary TO Niagara Falls.
y All other diversions of
water which is naturally tributary to
Niagara Falls to be prohibited, eX-
cept such as may be required foI
locks in navigation of canals.
The foregoing prohibition to remain
in force two years, and then To be
come the permanent law of the land,
if, in the meantime the Canadian
government shall have enacted legis-
lation prohibiting the diversion of
water which is naturally tributary to
Niagara Falls in excess of 10000 cubic
feet per second"
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
MADE FORTUNE IN WORMS.
Maine Florist Returns to Sweden
After Breeding Bait.

By far the most popular bait for
all kinds OF fishing in Maine are NV
ing earthworms, which have the odor
of the ground about them and which
seem TO be choice tidbits, not only Tor
trout and landloeked salmon, but also
for pickerel, perch, black pass and, in
deed, every species of food fish that
SwimS in fresh water. AS the Maine
soil is deficient in humus and lacking
in decaying vegetable matter, angle
worms are o plentiful.
More h ten years ago Carl Beers,
a florist of Bangor, went into the bust
ness of rearing earthworms Tor the
purpose of selling them TO the local
fishermen, as well as for shipment TO
Boston. He imported u breed OF dark
purple worms from Belgium, which
were prolific breeders, though
course and strong favored, and later
he secured a box of giant angleworms
from India. In the course of a few
years he was able to supply live
worms by the million to his custom
erS.
Those shipped TO Boston were sold
in job lots of IS cents a pound. To
the home customers he sold worms OF
average size for 10 cents a dozen.
Though his green house was a small
one, and though his trade in flowers
was never extensive, he made money
rapidly from the sale of worms, IN
til last year, when he reired and
went TO his old home in Sweden, a
wealthy a
Sidney Cook, of Presque Isle, the
inventor of several diving appliances
used by men who work in deep wat
ers, was the next man to attract at
tention as a public benefactor in the
bait line. Mr.. Cook says his inven-
ton was made possible through hav-
ing watched the Indians of Canada
when they sought worms for bait.
All earthworms come to the sur
face at night" said he, land feed on
the grasses and rotting leaves near
the entrance to their burrows. While
the worms were busy eating, the In
dams of Canada had a habit of drag
Sing a blanket with its under side
smeared with bird lime along the sur
face of the land, thus picking up the
fat worms together with sticks and
Jumps of earth and small pebbles.
After dredging the land for a time
the Indians carried the blanket to the
camp. picked off the worms, and add
ed another coating of bird lime.
Though | have been praised very
much for my invention, it is not mine
by rights, as | gained the idea from
Indians.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
Two Men FrOst.B Bitten.

Two men suffered from bad frost
bites, but this was due to their own
carelessness in Drawing the arctic tenn
pe%rature in the berg's vicinity without
proper clothing. Their experience was
a warning to the rest of the crew, and
when the tug with the prize passed the
Breakwater every man aboard was
muffled as if for a Peary relief expedi-
ton.
The length Of the iceberg was 500
feet, and it is estimated that it will
yield fully 100000 tons, which isnearly
sufficient to make up the shortage in
ice crop due to the mild winter. The
work of cutting up the mountain of ice
will have to be pushed because of the
rapidity with which it will melt under
the spring sunshine.
The monster berg was captured off
the Grand Banks of Newfoundland.
It was made fast at great risk by the
daring men on the tug, who, in small
boats tied staunch ropes around the
mountain of ice, and then let out a
long tow-line from the tug and, with
graphing hooks, secured a fastening
which held firm after several attempts
had resulted in failure. The crew or
the tug will share in the money the
prize will yield, As icebergs are brok-
en- off portions of glaciers, the ice
yielded will be of good quality.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
MISS HELEN CANNON.
one of the First Ladies of Official
Society at National Capital.
She Often Graclously Presides at
War Councils of the Nations
Chiefs.-DemOcratlc in Manner and
a Famous Housekeeper.

The distinction of being the best
posted woman in America on politics
and %statecraft, is generally accorded
to Miss Helen Cannon, daughter of
the Speaker of the U. S. House of Re-
personalities. Speaker Cannon who
is genial and democratic in manner,
is a man of many close friendships, but
no one is so close to him as his only
unmarried daughter who has presided
over his household since the death of
his wife, many years ago.
Miss Cannon emphatically disproves
the theory that a woman cannot keep
a secret. AS the confidante of the
official, who, next to the President, is
the most powerful man in the United
States. she probably learns more of
what is going on behind the scenes
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12

The only change l have made is
to go out with a light giving forth a
violet color and allowing it to shine
for a few minutes upon the land to
be visited with the smeared blanket.
Most lights brighten earthworms and
drive them underground, which is the
reason why they feed in the dark, but
a light that carries a blue or a violet
blue shade seems to soothe the crea-
lures and makes them careless Of
danger.
"Or perhaps the worms are hypno-
tized by the strange glare and cannot
get away. That is the way a dash
lamp acts upon deer at night, and |
think a deer should know as much as
an angleworm."
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
Maritime interests Excited.

For several hours maritime inter-
ests were intensely excited by the I'M
heard-of presence of an iceberg in the
bag. Later, when the true story of the
wonderful feat was flashed over the
wire, it seemed SO utterly incredible
that the excitement, if anything, vas
increased. 1t was not until II of the
fastest tugs in the harbor had steamed
down the bay and wired v~erification of
the story that the panic was allayed.
Only the providential cooperation of
the winds and tides, and the most ia
vorable weather conditions enabled
the tug to accomplish the feat. In spite
of the almost inconceivable risks at
tendant upon the berg's capture, not a
member of the tugs crew was injured.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
IN ROCKEFELLER'S CLASS.

Chief Quanah Parker, of the Co
manches, has all the great mans hor-
ror of the camera. While waiting for
a train at Stanton, Okla, a young
man began making photographs of
him. The Indian grew angry, opened
his pocket knife, and threw it at
the camera man. As this did not de
ter the latter, Parker went indoors,
took a revolver from his valise, and
started on the warpath. The police
had to disarm him.
j. Pierpont Morgan, John D. Rock
e%feller, Fl. H. Rogers. and others
doubtless have sent messages of APP
proval TO the big Comanche.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-05-12
Lack of Interest.

1t Is certainly to be regretted that
the American people have so long
neglected the most beautiful fall Of
water in the world, and have allowed
any part of it to be converted to pri-
waite gain or corporate greed.
Even now, in the face of all that
has been said and written on the
subject, there seems to be an attitude
of half-heartcdness ON the part OF
the people to act, which is well illus
trated by the fact that Senator L'Hom-
medieu, Of the New York State legis-
lature, has asked the Senate to kill his
bill restricting the taking of water
from Niagara River above the falls for
power purposes and says in defense
of his action, II cannot find any senti-
ment in favor of protecting Niagara
Falls, and I'm tired of being attacked
on the subject of my bills relating to
this subject"