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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Electricity a. a peadener.

Il would be o foolish man who
should run on ahead of present devel-
Opment in electricity and plant a
stake to mark the limit of its growth.
Before he had swung his maui score
Of times, progress would have passed
him and he would be erecting q sign
post instead of a barrier. Electricity
spurts in this neutrality-suspicious. way
because so many minds are interest
ed in it. The men of brains, whatever
their calling, recognize its potentiali-
ties and work toward them. 1t is
used in commerce and manufactures
quite as much as in science. Domes-
tic life claims it as a powerful and
willing slave, it aids the arts in many
ways, and medicine has found good
in it. DR.. Stephen Leduc, a leading
physician of Paris, has whitfield down
the destructive properties of electro
cudon to beneficent powers. He has
made the death-chair over into an
operating table for the surgeon. He
destroys sensibility all over the body
by sending a mild alternating current
of electricity through the brain. In
this way the patient loses conscious
ness but it is not the old stupOr OF
anesthetics. There is no nausea, Ian
guor or weakness and absolutely no
effect on the heart The patient be-
comes conscious the moment the cur
rent is shut off and with decidedly
invigorated sensation. This will be as
great boon to the doctors as to the
patient, says the Cleveland Leader.
1t vii! or at least should, do away
with the old apologetic remark that
the operation was a success but the
patient didn't rally" as if the mere
technical part of carving a man up
with butcher-like skill was the end Of
the surgeons duty.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11

A Young Chicago woman aspires to
be a smoke inspector. She says the
smoke nuisance is serious, and she
does not see why women should not
be useful in checking it. The pay
does not attract her, but the Oppor-
tunity to do good. If she can pass a
civil service examination, ard there is
no reason to doubt her ability, there
will be no legal obstacle in the way of
her appointment The average wom-
an as smoke inspector would put into
her work degree of devotion and
zeal which a man is incapable of, says
the Chicago Tribune. Where men dis
like smoke, women hate it. 1t dirties
their clothes. 1t smuts their faces.
1t nullities the labor Of the washer
woman. 1t is abhorrent to them in
hundred different ways. An inspec-
tor of any kind who is not full of en-
thusasm for his work, and who goes
on with it merely to draw his month
ly pay, never accomplishes much. 1t
is because women have enthusiasm
that they make the best kind of in
SpectOrs in certain fields of labor.
They are able to see shortcomings to
which the average man is blind.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11

The report of the Carnegie fund for
the advancement of teaching shows
that already 3S9 institutions have ap-
piled for share of the proceeds. anal
that of these So have been placed on
the accepted list, having met the con-
ditions in regard to undenominational-
ism and academic standards. In the
accepted institutions As professors.
have received more than $69, 600 and
the widows of some professors have.
been assisted. One-half the accepted
colleges are in New England New
York and Pennsylvania, and, with one,
exception, the entire list lies in the.
northern belt of states.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
PATH OF THE STORM
PLAINLY VISIBLE FOR THREE
HUNDRED MILES.
TRAIN WHIRLED OVER BY THE WIND
Three Women Inmates of Insane Asy.
Ium Were Killed When Building
Was Demolished.

New Orleans, April 6.-Twenty
lives were instantly blotted out by a
tornado which swept across portions
of three Gulf states, which was dis
tinctly traceable for a distance Of 300
miles and which took about IL hours
in crossing this zone. Fifty persons
were injured.
The tornado moved west 10 east,
crossing the southern cxtremities of
Louisiana and Mississippi and striking
into Alabama for short distance.
Portions Of four towns were devastat-
ed and damage probably exceeding ST.
100000 was done.
In addition to the places in which
the tornado manifested fatal violence
the disturbance did general damage
to property, crops and telegraph wires
throughout its 300-mile course.
The tornado began at Alexandria,
La, killing four persons, probably fa-
tally injuring three and seriously in
juring 13 others.
Soon after daylight it neared the
Mississippi river, killing five persons
at Jackson, La, while at Bayou Sara,
La, at least half dozen others are
reported killed
There was one fatal injury at jack
son.
The tornado next appeared at Car
son, Miss, where great property DAM
age was done, and the last heard Of it
was near Selma, Ala, where the in
habitants saw the funnel-shape cloud
rise into the air as it crossed the
river. One death, that Of an unknown
negro, was reported near Selma.
The dead: Omer Beck, Matthew
Dunn, Ora Dudley, Lydia Harding, Al.
eXandria, La; Mary Lee, Jackson, La;
Mrs. c. J. Collins, Feliciana Parish,
La. Three women, inmates Of the in
sane asylum, names unknown, and
two negroes at Jackson, La. Several
negroes near Bayou Sara, La.
Alexandria, a town Of about 10000
inhabitants, had a fearful experience.
When the tornado struck the electric
lights went out. The cracking Of fall
Ing buildings could be heard above
the noise of the wind, and vivid light
ming flashes showed such sights as an
empty Iron Mountain passenger train
rolling over and over.
Immediately after the wind spent
Its violence a heavy hailstorm added
TO the general discomfort.
Luckily the main portion of AleXan-
dria escaped the worst of the tornado,
which cut path through the northern
part of the town, residence section.
About score of homes were COM
pletely wiped out, so were wrecked,
and altogether 10 buildings were seri-
ously damaged, including several busi-
ness houses.
The Iron Mountain railroad lost its
roundhouse.
A freak of the wind drove a small
section of house into one of the
empty passenger coaches, wedging
these two bodies almost ineXtricably
together.
In the woods about the town the tor
Hado cut down trees and small cabina
in narrow line about nine miles LONG.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
VARYING IDEAS OF HELL.
What Thomas Carlyle Thought Of DIFF
fereht Conceptions.

The word hell is still frequently in
use-(lS56)-among the English peo-
pie; but | could not without difficulty
ascertain what they meant by it. He'll
generally signifies the Infinite terror,
the thing a man is Infinitely afraid of
and shudders and shrinks from.
Struggling with his whole soul TO es-
cape from. There is hell, therefore,
il you will consider which accompa-
Ries man in all stages of his history
and religious or other development.
But the hells of men and peoples
differ notably.
With Christians it is the infinite ter
ror of being found guilty before the
just Judge. With old Romans l con.
lecture it was the terror not of Pluto,
for whom probably they cared little,
but of doing unworthily, doing unvir-
tnosly which was their word for un.
manfully, and now what is it if you
pierce through his cants, his oft re.
peated hearsays, what he calls his
worship and sofOrth. What is it that
the modern English sou! does in very
truth dread infinitely and contemplate
with entire despair? What is his hell e?
After all these reputable oft-repeated
hearsays, what is it?
With hesitation, with establishment
pronounce it to be the terror of mot
succeeding" of not making money
fame, or some other figure in the
worid-chiet1y of not making money
Is not that a somewhat singular hell?
Thomas Carlyle, in Past and Pres.
ent.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
HONEST MEDICINE
Try DR.. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS
FOR STOMACH TROU5EE.
Convincing Evidence Supported by .
Guarantee That Must Convince
The Most Skeptical.

Convincing Evidence Supported by .
Guarantee That Must Convince
The Most SkepticaI.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are Doctors
prescription, used by an eminent prac-
titioner, and for nearly generation
known as a reliable household remedy
throughout the United States. Need
less to say, no advertised medicine cOnld
retain popular favor for so long period
without having great merit and it Sthe
Invaluable curative propertiesof the pills
that have made them a standard remedy
in every civilized country in the world.
Added to this is the absolute guarantee
that the pills contain no harmful drug,
opiate, narcotic or stimulant. A recent
evidence of their efficacy is found IN the
statement of Mrs. N. B. Whitley, OF
Boxley, Ark, who says:
81 had suffered for q good many years
from stomach trouble. For long time
was subject to bad spells of faintness
and lack of breath accompanied by an
indescribable feeling that seemed to
start in my stomach. Whenever was
a little rundown or over-tired, these
spells would come on. They occurred
frequently but did not last very long.
II was confined to my bed for ten
weeks one time and the doctor pro-
nounced my trouble chronic intlamma-
ton Of the stomach and bowels. Since
that time l have been subject to the
fainting spells and at other times to fiut-
tering of the heart and q feeling as
though I was smothering. Ny general
health was very bad and was weak and
trembling.
81 had seen DR.. Williams Pink Pills
mentioned in the newspapers and de-
cided to try them. When 1 began taking
the pills was so rundown in strength
that l could hardly do any homework.
Now could walk ten miles if necessary.
Both my husband and myself think DR..
Williams Pink Pills the best medicine
made and we always recommend the
pills to our friends"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills actually make
new blood and give strength and tone TO
every part of the body. They have
cured serious disorders of the blood and
nerves, such as rheumatism, sciatica,
anamia, nervousness, headaches, partial
paralysis, locomotor ataXia, st. Vitus'
dance and many forms of weakness III
either sex. They are sold by all drug
gists or will be sent, postpaid, on receipt
of price. 80 cents per box, six boxes for
So. so, by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11

A dozen of more women's colleges,
including Barnard, Wellesley, Vassar
and Bryn Mawr, have formed an inter-
collegiate association of students
whose purpose it is to establish
student government instead of facul-
ty control in all the institutions repre-
sented Barnard is already practicing
this system and students have almost
everything under their own charge eX-
cept instruction. The plan is said to
he a great success, the girls being
more Observant of rules and regula-
tions made by the faculty. And yet
conservative folk will continue to feel
some preference for the old plan of
putting experienced and mature per-
sons in authority over these young
women.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
TO HIS WIFE
KGIey Confessed Having Killed Boy,
Then Took His Own Life.

West Plains, Mo, April S.-Mrs. Vic
tor Riley, wife of Douglass county
farmer who committed suicide near
Sycamore Pond recently, in a confess
sion said that before shooting himself
Riley told her he had shot and killed
Harvey Obert, a youth of Springfield
whose body was found in the pond
two weeks ago. Riley had confessed,
Mrs. Riley said, that after shooting
the boy he carried the body to a pond
tied rocks to his head and feet and
threw the body into the water. The
murder preyed on Riley's mind. He
told his wife and then shot himself
No motive for the murder of Obert is
known.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
HURRYING HOME
With the Corpse of His Daughter
Bishop Fitzgerald Expires.

New York, April 5.-News Of the
death at Hongkong of Bishop James
n. Fitzgerald, CT the Methodist Epis-
copal church, was received by the
Methodist Book Concern in this city.
Pleurisy was the cause of death. The
bishops home was at st. Louis, Mo.
One daughter, Miss Cornelia Fitz-
gerald, died suddenly at Penang, In
dia, March 1. The family had decided
TO come on home with the body for in
terment here, crossing the Pacific in
stead of retracing their pilgrimage
The announcement of Bishop Fitzger-
ald's death has caused much sorrow at
St. Louis
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11

Whales are considerably in evidence
of late. A number have been caught
off the Long Island coast, and now
comes announcement of the finding of
one, of the sperm variety, on the
sandy shore of Florida. In the latter
case the cetacean has produced many
barrels of oil, and the ambergris con-
tained in the carcass will bring a
small fortune to the finders. A few
more experiences like this may lead
TO a marked revival in the whale hunt
ing industry.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11

A Connecticut bank failed a few
days ago, and the bank examiner has
just made the discovery that it did
business in an irregular manner. Per-
haps the examiner fancies that his re-
port will be comforting to the people
who would have taken their money
out if they could have been apprised
of the banks unsoundness before the
collapse came.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Kills Ex-President.

City Of Mexico, April S.-Gen. Man
uel Lizandro Barrillas, ex-president Of
Guatemala, was assassinated on Gale
Zementario as he sat in a Guadalupe
street car He was on his way to sup
per when, as the car stopped, a youth,
a little over II years of age, climbed
aboard and, brushing to the general,
stabbed him tw&e, the first blow sew
ering the iugular vein, the second cut
ting his face. He died instantly: The
assassin was captured. He gave his
name as Jose Estrada and his home as
Ocos, Guatemala.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Small War: One Nearo Dead.

Lynchburg, Va, April 5.-As the re-
suit of miniature race battle here,
almost in the heart of the city, one
negro died, another can not live,
one white man is in the city hospital
with bullet wound in his hip, another
In jail with shot in his leg, and an
Dther white and two other negroes
are locked up on the charge of being
implicated in the trouble. 1t is
thought one Of the blacks struck a
white man, who used his revolver,
three of the four blacks returning his
fro
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
SHOOTS HIS wIFE's PARENTS
And Then Kills HimseIf-TaIk of Di
vorce Causes Tragedy.

Chicago, April G.-Adam c. Rhein, sc
years old 1925 Lowe avenue, shot and
fatally wounded his father-in-law,
William Rommel, and his mother-in-
law, Mrs. Minnie Rommel, and then
killed himself by firing a bullet into
his brain
Rhein and his wife quarreled and
it was reported to him that she had
commenced divorce proceedings.
At the hospital to which Rommel
ana his wife were taken it was said
that both will die. Rhein fired twice
at his wife, but missed her.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Domestic Servants in Union.

Domestic servants at Wellington,
New Zealand, have formed a union
and demand that their work on Mon
days, Tuesdays Fridays and Saturdays
shall cease at 7:30 in the evening, on
Thursdays and Sundays at two in the
afternoon. and on Wednesdays at 10
p. M, all domestics to be home by 10
o'clock except on Thursdays when
they may stay out until midnight.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Dislikcd the Word "Death."

"Decease" is now a regular form OF
word for death. But it began as a gem
tie euphemism, "decessus" (departure(
seeming much less harsh to the Ro-
mans than "mors." All languages
abound in euphemisms of the kind.
which go back to a sTperstitious re-
luctance to mention death plainly,
that gradually passed into a kindly
desire to soften the idea. Passed
away departed" gone" expire
(breathe OUT, mo more" Demise"
and even the late" are expressions of
this nature. Most striking of all is the
Roman euphemism for he is dead
"viXit,' he has lived
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
FIVE CHILDREN
And the Parents Perish In the Noun.
tain Forest Fires.

Asheville, \. c., April 4--The fami
ly of Marius Singerfelt, a crippled
mountaineer, who lived near Burke
mont, was burned to death in a forest
fire which destroyed the home soon
after he had met, it is thought, a SINH
lar fate when out in the mountains
Forest fires had been raging night and
day in the south mountains. Singer.
felt's wife went across the mountains
to a lumber camp and reported the dis.
appearance of her husband. AS the
fires were drawing near the Singer.
felt home, Mrs. Singerfelt was advised
to take her children and flee but be.
lieving that her husband would return
by the following morning, she decided
to wait another day. In the night,
when they slept, the home was burned
and the mother and her five children
perished.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
FALLING WALLS KILL six.
Metropolitan Power House May Be De
stroyed BY Fire.

New York, April S.-Fire which
broke out in the Metropolitan power
house, at 145th street and Seventh av-
enue, threatens the destruction Of the
plant.
Seven fremen of Engine Company
No. 80 were killed under falling walls
in Seventh avenue, including Capt.
John Ryan.
The property loss to the Metropoli
tan Co. is at least $1,000,00O. The en-
tire trolley system of upper Harlem is
paralyzed and may be tied up for some
time, as the burned building was the
source of the power for these lines.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
A Triple TRAGEDY.

Wililamsport, Pa, April 4.-What is
believed to be double murder and
suicide took place at Westport, Clin.
ton county, where Mrs. John Conner
and her two children were found dead
of strychnine poisoning. Mrs. Conner
had been in poor health for several
months and frequently expressed a
fear that she might die and leave her
babes without her care.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Lived Lona Enouahk

Kansas City, Mo-, April 81 Meyer
l.. Wilson, aged % years, son of H. l..
Wilson, prominent business man,
shot himself in the head as he stood
ON the corner of Eleventh and Walnut
streets, in full view of several specta-
tors. When the latter reached him a
moment later Wilson was dead. Viii
son left a card reading: I've lived
long enough" His parents said he was
Respondent, owing to i'll health.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Panic Follows In Quake's Wake.

Ponta Del Gada, Island of st. Mi
chaels, A2ore Islands, April 4.-Vio.
lent earth shocks prevailed throughout
this island during the night. The
worst disturbance occurred at Villa
Franca, where the panic-stricken peo.
pie fed to the outskirts of the town.
The wealthier inhabitants are leaving
Villa Franca, the ancient capital of ST.
Michaels, which was twice previously
destroyed by volcanic eruptions, being
practically swallowed up by eruption
of mud in 1922.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
crazed With Pain, Boy Kills Himself

Big Rapids, Mich, April 6.-While
Otis Stone and companion were
hunting, young Stone was accidentally
shot in the foot. The charge tore
away nearly his whole foot His CON-
panion tried to stop the flow of blood,
and then hastened for assistance.
While he was gone the agony Of the
injured boy was so great that in a
frenzy Of pain he blew out his brains
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Bank Cashier Found Dead

Wichita, Kan, April 4.--Dr. w. H.
Dwight cashier of the State Bank of
Goddard, Kan, was found dead a mile
east of Goddard, and it is believed he
committed suicide. His death resulted
from pistol shot, and the weapon
was found near the body.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11

No wonder John D. Rockefeller
doesn't know the telephone number
of his brother Frank since the latter
is letting mining sharks hand him
things instead of being on the win.
Mug side of such deals himself.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Women Journalists.

I am always careful not to recon.
mend any girl starting life to embark
on journalistic career unless she is
capable OF great physical endurance
and has indomitable perseverance;
both are Indispensable She must also
possess great moral courage, for that
too, will be tried.-Young Woman.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Eriendship For America.

New Orleans, La, April S.-sTokyo Is
to have Roosevelt square," and in
the center of it will be bronze monu
ment commemorating the feeling u
friendship which the japanese feel fol
the American people.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Immigrants Fiqht BOYS.

New York, April Gin a battle be-
tween 500 men and boys and 12 citi-
zens Of Armenia, nearly a score OF
boys were injured and one received q
fractured skull. Police reserves ar
rested five of the immigrants.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
UNCLE SAM IS ASKED.
TO EXPLAIN INTERFERENCE IN
LATlN-AMERIcAN WAR
YSTOPPING PORT BOABARDMENl
U. S. Marines Placed Hotchkiss Guns
In Positions So As To Sweep
Seaward Approach.

Washington, April 4.-Mr. Corea, tn,
state department and inquired as I,
what authority Philip |. Brown, secre
tary of the American legation to Qua
temala, had for his interference witt
the bombardment of AmaTSlala, Hon
duras, by the Nicaraguan forces.
Such interference on his part is ;
radical step, and all Central American
republics are much interested in thu
outcome. State department official:
have refused to disclose what Mr.
Browns instructions have been.
President Bonilla, of Honduras, i!
still surrounded at Amapala, so far a:
the state department knows, but the
bombardment of the town by Nicara
guam gunboats has ceased, according
to dispatches received from Philip |
Brown, secretary to the American lie
cation to Guatemala and Honduras.
The United States cruiser Chicago
and the gunbOat Princeton are bOtl
known to be lying near the island OF
which Amapala is situated, and tht
presence of these two American war
ships is supposed to be largely respon
sible for the halt in the bombardment
Puerto CorteZ, Honduras, March IS
via New Orleans, La, April 4-The in
tentions of the United States in land
ms hn
and the evident latitude granted then
in protecting foreign life and proper
ty, is exciting much comment here. Il
has been remarked as especially sig
nificant that the American landing
parties, not only here, but at Ceiba
and TrujillO, have in each instance
placed Hotchkiss gun, which they
took ashore with them, SO as to SWEEP
the seaward approach.
The foreigners believe that this
means the United States will not per
nit the ports to be 'bombarded. In
asnluch as 80 per cent. of the houses
here and at Ceiba belong to foreigners
cannon shot fired into either place
would do most damage to foreign
owned property. 1t is believed that in
case Of these two ports, Nicaraguan
gunboats will be kept off by the Hotch.
kiss guns, while at Trujillo, despite
the fact that it is a Honduran port,
the Honduran gunboat will not be al.
lowed to lombard in any attempt to
recapture the port from the Nicara.
guans. Both countries are treated i'm.
partially in this respect.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Shot Rv An Ohioan.

Tekamah, Neb., April 6.-Bruco
Bundy, a farmer, near here, and a
former resident of Ohio, shot and "a.
tally wounded a neighbor, H. f. AUS
tin, in quarrel. They were engaged
in a fist fight when Bundy drew his
revolver ana fired five shots.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-04-11
Two Women Drowned.

Ell Paso, Tex, April S.-Two women
were drowned by the breaking of i
reservoir dam at San Ramon, San Ja-
liseo. A baby in the arms of one of
the women was cast on the bank Of
the arroyo by the water and saved.