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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
BIG FAILURE ON 'cHANGE.
Watson & Co., Grain and Stocks,
Forced to Wall.

New York-The failure of Watson
& Co., members of the New York
Stock and Produce exchanges, and of
the Chicago Board of Trade, was an
nounced in those exchanges Thursday.
No cause was assigned for the failure
nor was any estimate of the liabilities
and assets made public.
The firm has had extensive connec-
tions in the west, maintaining offices
in Duluth. Minneapolis, Fargo and
Winnipeg. 1t is said to have carried
on one of the biggest grain broker
age businesses in the country besides
trading actively in railroad stocks,
particularly these of the Great North
ern and Northern Pacific railroads.
The members of the firm are
Louis 7. Watson, Henry P. Watson,
Charles E. Anderson and Herschell v.
Jones. Louis 7. Watson is the only
member of the firm residing in this
city, the others being residents of
Minneapolis.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
FARMERS SHOULD BUY COAL
BIG STOCKS HAVE BEEN SHIPPED
INTO NORTH DAKOTA.
Commissioner Lane Finds Railways
Are Doing Their Part to Avert
Another Fuel Famine.

St. Paul. = Franklin H. Lane Of
he interstate commerce commits
sion, is in st. Paul comforting with
representatives of western railroad
lines in respect to the coal and grain
transportation situation and the pos
sible repetition of the shortage and
car congestion of year ago. The COM
missioner desires to acQuaint himself
in advance with the probable short
ages in coal or cars.
Commissioner Lane Thursday held
a conference with President Louis w.
Hill, w. H. Begg and W. W. Brough-
ton, of the Great Northern railway.
From statements made by the railway
men, the situation in respect to the
coal supply in North Dakota seemed
to be that an extra large amount Of
coal has been transported over the
Great Northern road to the retail coal
dealers of North Dakota towns and
cities, but this large supply has not
been purchased by the farmers.
AS to about 80 per cent. of the re-
tail coal dealers, 1t appears that they
have enlarged th6ir shed capacity and
have stocked up to the limit and will
not at present handle any more coal.
In Montana, Idaho and eastern
Washington the situation is less hope
full.
There is an indication of heavy ship
ments of coal direct from Duluth to
the west.
From the testimony offered by the
Great Northern railway men and from
conclusions reached by Commissioner
Lane, it would seem that the situation
would be relieved greatly if the farm
ers would stock up with coal now,
rather than wait until later in the
season.
The commissioner expects to remain
here about three days and on Friday
will hear representatives of the North.
ern Pacific.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12

Mr.. Fl. J. Henneman, Oakland, Neb.,
writes: "I waited before writing to you
about my sickness, catarrh of the stom-
ach, which had over year ago.
''There were people who told me it
would not stay cured, but l am sure
that am cured, for doEnot feel any
more i'll effects, have goodappetite and
am getting fat. So am, and will say
10 all, am cured FOR good,
81 thank you for your kindness.
"Peruna will be our house medicine
hereafter"
Catarrh of the stomach is also known
in common parlance as dyspepsia, gas
tritis and indigestion. No medicine will
be of any permanent benefit except it
removes the catarrhal condition.
Gained Strength and Flesh.
Miss Julia Butler, R. R. 4, Appleton,
Wis.,, writes she had catarrh of the
stomach, causing loss of sleep and appe-
tite, with frequent severe pains after
eating. She took Pernua, her appetite
returned, she gained strength, flesh and
perfect health.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
PIcKPoCKays FIGHT CONDUCTOR
Lively Encounter with Thieves on a
Rock Island Tsaia.

Omaha, Neb.-Three armed crooks.
who had picked the pockets of a nun.
ber of Rock Island passengers at the
station in Lincoln, and attempted to
continue their game on the train, en-
gagged in a desperate encounter with
Conductor Henry Duval on the Rocky
Mountain limited, near Alvo station,
about one o'clock Friday morning.
After standing off Conductor Duval
with knife, the men leaped from the
moving train, about eight miles west
Of Alvo. and escaped in the darkness.
The Rock Island special agents have
been sent to the vicinity of their es-
cape with good descriptions of the
men.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
FoILEp THE ATTEMPT
To Wreck the Fast Train, But It Cost
Levita His Life.

Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 9.-That anoth-
or attempt was made recently to wreck
a fast train on the Pennsylvania rail-
road was revealed here through the
death of Francesca Levita, who re-
ceived fatal injuries in saving train
load of passengers.
Levita, who was track walker, died
at Irwin, Pa, and it is learned that
four nights ago he found all the spikes
and fish plates at a rail joint removed.
He set about to fix up the rail, as a
fast train was almost due. He was still
at his work and had fixed the tampered
rail- joint so that the train might pass,
when part of the train hit him and
knocked him over high embankment.
Had Levita not stuck to his job the
train with 300 passengers would have
been sent over the embankment.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12

Raleigh, N. "Details of the disas.
trous effect of a lightning stroke at
Buckhorn Falls, in Chatham county,
show that seven men were killed and
ten injured. A heavy storm had forced
so to 70 men to seek shelter in the
cement house of the Buckhorn Falls
power plant. Lightning struck large
tree back of the house and the tree,
splitting. fell over on the building, in
stantly killing two white men and five
negroes and injuring three whites and
seven negroes. all of them residents of
this vicinity.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12

According to the poet we are speed
Ing forever down the ringing grooves
of change, and this is nowhere more
apparent than in the alterations in the
popular taste for the better, every
thing considered. A writer in the
New York Evening Post, in Alluding
to this matter, says that those who
occupy the benches in the public
parks on a summer afternoon to listen
to the band are no longer satisfied
with the Star Spangled Banner" and
a medley from the comic operas, but
must have selections from Wagner
and Gounod, though he indicates that
they may not be averse to a little OF
Richard Straus thrown in, we sup
pose, by way of dessert in the musical
feast. There is a like fastidiousness
in regard to painting, due to the in
fluence of the museum of fine arts and
picture exhibitions. Chromos, even
when they are copies Of celebrated
paintings, have lost their vogue, and
the fashion for fruit and flower pieces
is going out, while marines" repre-
Senting heart-rending shipwrecks,
have been superseded, 1t is somewhat
satirically observed, by Waves with
cotton wool crests and a splash Of
moonlight which discloses nothing be-
cause it is so suggestive" A change
in the taste of literature is also ap-
parent in the demand for short stories
in dialect to replace the old-fashioned
serial novels. Continued works of fic-
tiOn in the monthly magazines still
have their admirers, though the ma
jority of readers no longer like bloody
tales of the frontier type or long
drawn out sensational narratives of
unhappy brides and ghostly visitants.
Instead they prefer story concern
ing the fair settlement worker who
lives among the poor and perhaps
makes a romantic marriage, or ac-
counts of automobile adventures in
which the heroine has many lucky es-
Capes from perils of various kinds.
In sermons, too, the ministers keep
abreast of the times in short dis
courses, treating the topics of the
hour as they bear on moral and reli-
giOus life, and do not model their SER
mons after the fathers, who too often
had sleepy congregations. What was
fine enough in the departed days, that
we hear so much praise about, says
Boston Budget, is not adapted to the
present. With Tennyson, we hold it
well good things should pass, and
with the changes of time We need not
quarrel. They are usually in the direc-
ton of progress.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
Brick Concern in Trouble.

Springfield. Ill.-Creditors of the,
Mcneil Pressed Brick company. of
Jerseyville, ILL.,, with plant valued
at about $4,000. filed petition in
the United States circuit court Thurs.
day alleging that the corporation is
insolvent and asking that 1t be ad.
judged bankrupt. They alIege that
the company allowed an attachment
to. be issued in the circuit court Of
Jersey county In favor of certain
creditors on Aug. TO-, and permitted
the sheriff OF Jersey county to levy on
ali the stock on hand.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
TEN DEAD IN HOTEL FIRE.
Serious Loss of Life in Disaster at
Shelton, Wash.

Tacoma, Wash.-Ten persons are
known to have lost their lives in the
burning of the Webb hotel at Shelton,
20 miles from here. early Thursday
morning. Another person is dying and
yet others may be found in the ruins.
The fire was discovered about 1:40
in the morning. 1t had started in the
hotel annex, probably from a lighted
cigar dropped in the sample room.
The hotel was a three-story structure.
The top floor was occupied by dodgers,
but the exact number is not known.
Within a few minutes of the time
the fire was discovered the hotel was
mass of flames. Screams and cries
for help were coming from almost
every window and dozens of people
risked their own lives to help bring
out the unfortunates. Those in the.
upper stories were cut off from the
stairway and seven or eight jumped
from the windows before help could
reach them from the outside.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
FAMILY FOOD.
Crisp, Toothsome and Requires No
Cooking.

A little boy down in N. c. asked HIS
mother to write an account of how
Grape-Nuts food had helped their fam
fly.
She says Grape-Nuts was first
brought to her attention on visit to-
Charlotte, where she visited the Mayor
of that city who was using the food by
the advice of his physician. She
says:
"They derive so much good from it
that they never pass day without.
using It. While was there used the
Food regularly. ] gained about is.
pounds and felt so we'll that when I re-
turned home began using Grape-Nuts.
in our family regularly.
my little 1S months old baby short
ly after being weaned was very ilE
with dyspepsia and teething. She was;
sick nine weeks and we tried every
thing. She became so emaciated that,
/ 1t was painful to handle her and we
thought we were going to lose her.
One day happy thought urged me to-
try Grape-Nuts soaked in little warm.
milk.
We'll. it worked like charm and
she began taking 1t regularly and i'm
provement set in at once. She is now
getting well and round and fat as fast
as possible on Grape,Nuts.
Sometime ago several of the family
/ were stricken with LaGrippe at the
same time, and during the worst stages
we could not relish anything in the
shape of food but Grape-Nuts and
oranges, everything else naussated us.
we all appreciate what your fs
nous food has done for our family
There's Reason" Read THE ROAD
to Wellville. :. in pkSs.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
strIkers eeeome Fire Ruus.

Antwerp.-The striking dock labor
ers Wednesday night set fire to an
other lumber yard and stacks of lum-
ber covering 1900 square yards were
soon blazing furiously. An entire regi-
ment Of troops was called out at ten
O'Clock to assist the tiremen, but their
efforts were futile, The loss was esti.
mated at 100000. Shortly after mid
night the rioters set fire to two ware
houses. Oficers of the militia declar-
ed the strikers were in "a dangerous
temper as free liquor was being dis.
tributed to them in saloons.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
TWELVE DIE IN WRECK
ROCK ISLAND EXPRESS TRAIN
CRASHES INTO A FREIGHT.
DOZEN OTHERS INJURED
Horrible Accident at Norris, la
Smoking Car of Passenger Is
Teleseoped and Utterly
Demolished.

Waterloo, Ia.-Twelve persons were
killed and 12 others injured in the
wreck of an express train on the Rock
Island railroad at Norris, Ia, Friday.
The express train, which was north
bound, jumped the track while going
at full speed and collided with a
freight train standing on the siding.
The dead: P. B. Oliver, Waterloo,
Ia; Will Goodman, Waterloo, Ia;
John N. Watson. Waterloo, Ia; c. l..
Landphere, Shell Rock, Ia; w. Ray
Johnson, Dixie, Ia; B. r. Christy,
Minneapolis, Mimi; Lepovan Toja,
Hammond. Ia; laborer, name un-
known, Hammond, Ia; w. H. Meyers,
baggageman, Burlington, Ia; three
unknown men.
The injured: ]. A. Newell, Illinois
Central conductor, Waterloo, Ia;
John Shaw, Waterloo, Ia; DR.. c. j..
Keefe, Marble Rock, Ia; j. H. Doug
las, Waterloo, Ia; Thomas Evenson,
Mora, Mimi; o. H. Martin, mail clerk,
West Liberty, Ia; Edward Steppierre,
Minneapolis, Mimi; Trocoin Crismen,
st. Paul, Mimi; H. Mcmahon, fireman,
Cedar Rapids, Ia; Albert Mason, en-
gineer Cedar Rapids, Ia; A. L. Welli-
yer, lineman, Cedar Rapids, Ia; F.
Kinch, engineer. Cedar Rapids, la.
The injured were brought to Wa
terloo and placed in the Presbyterian
hospital.
Victims In Smoker.
Nearly all of the dead and injured
were in the smoking car, which was
Immediately behind the baggage and
mail cars. The smoking car. was
completely demolished.
The northbound express was ten
minutes late at Norris siding, which
is a small station three miles north of
Cedar Falls, Ia, and there a south
bound freight train was awaiting
the express, which came laundering
along at a terrific speed in an effort
to make up time.
Crashed Into Freight Train.
Just as the engine of the express
was about to pass the freight engine
the trucks of the express jumped the
track and the engine crashed with
terrible force into the engine of the
freight, wrecking both engines and
telescoping the baggage and mail
cars and demolishing the smoking car.
The passengers in the two day coaches
following the smoker escaped with
only violent shaking up.
Rescuers were Immediately at hand
to care for the injured and to take the
dead from among the wreckage.
DR.. Keefe's Heroism.
Sitting in the midst of the wreckage
was Dr. Charles J. Keefe, who. al.
though badly injured. little realized
how seriously he was hurt. With
heroic fortitude, while suffering in
tense pain he waved the rescuers
aside and directed them to the assist
ance of those whom he thought were
in a more serious condition than him.
self, for in front of him and behind
him on all sides were men writhing
and groaning in the agony of their
Sufferings.
Physicians and hospital attendants
were hastily taken to Norris on a spe'
cial train made up in this city and
pending their arrival, such medical re,
lief as the little station afforded was
given the injured.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
Why Advertising Pays.

"You will be pressed for money
oftener because you have no advertis-
ing bills to pay than because you
have" observes the Buffalo News.
big advertising bills and big bank
balances grow. together, out of the
same publicity campaigns" The mer-.
chant who holds down his expense ac-.
count by cutting out advertising saves.
money just the way the railroads
would if they should stop buying coal
for their locomotives. Without coal
the wheels won't turn; without pub
licity trade comes to a standstill. It
pays to throw silver out of the window
that gold may come in at the door.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
TOLD HIM THE TRUTH.
Dads Indignation Got the Better OF
His Judgment.

An old German farmer, who resided
in one of the rural districts of the
state of Iowa, was the father OF a
half-witted boy, whose lack of intel
lect was the cause of no little anxiety
and solicitude on the part of the pa
ternal parent.
dot poy Shon," he was heard to re-
mark in the course of conversation
with a neighbor of like Teutonic
origin, che iss not ferry bright. aber
/ ton't want you to tell him because
! ton't want him to know it,"
Meanwhile the young hopeful was.
driving through the barnyard with a.
load of hay, which in attempting to-
turn a sharp corner he unfortunately
upset
The old man Immediately became
highly indignant "Shon!" he below
ed in a voice of thunder, 'you ISIS a
plane fool, you always vass fool,
you always will pc fool, you not
know dings."-Judge's Library.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
Good Work at Athletic Meet.

Norfolk, Va.-The features Friday
of the jamestown exposition athletic
meet were the breaking of the junior
record for throwing the 56-pound
weight by P. Mcdonald. of the Irish
American club; the lowering of the
half mile running record three Sec
onds by F. C. Shehan, of Boston, and
the pole vaulting of E. T. Cook, Irish
American Athletic club, who came
within four inches of the worlds rec
ord. The events were closely con-
tested, the Irish-American team win
ming the days honors on points.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12

William Warner of Great Barring
ton, Mass; Albert G. Herpin of Tren-
ton, N. j., and Joseph Root of Erie,
Pa, are to engage in a struggle for
the nonsoporitic championship of the
United States. Warner has not slept
a wink, so he says, for the past 80
years; the Trenton man says he has
not closed his eyes for the IA years
Immediately preceding. Mr.. Root has
a 25-year record as an anti-Rip Van
Wlnkle.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
warship comIno to St. Louis.

Misunderstanding Secretary New
berry has ordered the tug Lebanon to
tow the converted yacht Huntress
from League Island, Pa, to Pensacola,
Fla. There the Huntress will be form
ally turned over to the naval militia
of Missouri, a crew from which will
take the vessel to st. Louis. This will
be the first time that warship has
been permanently stationed as far up
the Mississippi river as st. Louis. Re-
ports to the navy department from
the recruiting parties in the middle
west show the development of re-
markable interest in naval affairs in
that section.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
Failure Follows Trolley Wreck

Mattoon. III. - Following the wreck
last Friday that resulted in the
loss of II lives. the Mattoon City Rail.
way company and the Central Illinois
Traction company, owned by Chicago
stockholders, including Judge Peter S.
Grosscup of the United States circuit
court. Thursday went into the hands
of a receiver, The bill filed says that
the companies are unable to meet
their debts.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12

Madison, Wis.-With every pos
sible indication that she was not guilty
of the crime of murder, for which she
has already served 16 years Of a life
sentence in the state prison, Will
helmina Bache was released from
Waupun prison Friday. Her life SEN
tence for the murder of Michael Sell,
of Shawano county, was commuted by
Gov. Davidson. She went to the peni-
tentiary when she was II years old.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
Saw Chance to Economlze.

After weeks of waiting and longing
for the sport, rods. reels, gaff. creel--
everything was in readiness for a.
weeks trout fishing.
The young wife. smiling joyously..
hurried into the room. extending to-
wards her husband some sticky, speck-,
led papers.
For goodness sake" he exclaimed.
what on earth are you doing with
those old fly papers?" ~
II saved them for you last summer.
DEAR" she answered. You know yoS
said you always had to buy flies when
you went fishing"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
Flames Broke Out at Press Time

Charlotte, N. c., Sept. 9.-Fire In the
four-story plant OF tire Observer Co.
threatened the destruction of the en-
tire building, incluSling linotype ma
chimes, Hoe press and complete out
fit. Editors and printers sending the
forms to press for the early edition
were compelled to fee from the bum"
ing building.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12

The awful prophecy is made that
Chicago in the future will be a city OF
women, as the strenuous life is killing
on the men. This fact may somewhat
dampen the andor of the young men
of the east to follow the historic ad-
vice of going west.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
a British Protest.

Antwerp, Sept. 9.-Mr. Hertzleet. the
British consul general here. has formal
~ protested against the inadequate pro-
lection given British ships during the
strike movement. Foreigners suspected
of being fomentors of disorders are be-
ing expelled from Belgium.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
Metz rIoer New Greek Chief.

Washington.-The president Wed.
nesday authorized the secretary of the
interior to appoint Sub-Chief Metz
Tiger. of the Creek Indians, TO- sue.
ceed Gen. Pleasant Porter as chief OF
the tribe. .@a
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12

Over in England they have discov.
cred that more than 100000 PEN
nies are continuously locked up in the
penny-in-the-slot machines. That
shows where the pennies go to. Nov
where do the dollars 60 to?
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
AMERICAN TARS
Attacked BY an Angry Mob Of
Japanese.

Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 9.-While the
United States cruiser Chattanooga was
at Hakodate, on her way here from
Vladivostok, four of her men had a
thrilling experience and narrow es-
cape from serious injury at the hands
of a Japanese mob. In dispute over
prices one of the American sailors
struck a Japanese shopkeeper A mob
was quickly formed, who started after
the assailant and his three companions,
two of whom were forced to swim to a
sampan. The police rescued the others.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
Mckinley Monument Unveiled.

Buffalo. N. YIN heavy down.
pour Of rain and before vast multi.
tuGe. the Mckinley monument on
Niagara square was dedicated Thurs
day afternoon and formally turned
over to the state Of New York
through Gov. Charles E.. Hughes.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12

"Yakkiguma" is the name the Jap
Anese apply to their "Jingoes," the
persons who are always looking for
trouble with other nations. The word
should be taken over into English. 1t
means "thoughtless ones"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12

Woman certainly has got man
scared in Great Britain. She is COM
ing to the front in every line and he
does not see any way to stop her. Man
hates awfully to have to take his place
as the weaker sex.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
Snow Avalanche RurIes Fifty

Santiago. Chili.-Fifty persons are
said to have been buried alive, by a
vast avalanche Of snow that obliter-
ated the Chilian custom house at Jun
cal. This station is on the Argentine
frontier, high up in the Andes.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
Steamer Ran Aaround.

pHtsburg, Pa, Sept 9.-The excur-
sion steamer Island Queen. plying Be
tween Pittsburg and Coney Island. ran
aground in the middle Of the Ohio river
a. Horsetail Rife, with 500 passengers
aboard, all of whom reached the shore
in safety. "
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
Indictment Served on senator.

Boise, Idaho. - An indictment
returned last April by the fed
eral grand jury against Senator VIII.
liam E. Borah and other prominent
men, charging conspiracy to defraud
the United States government, was
served on the defendants Wednesday.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-09-12
Epidemic Grows.

Vienna, Sept. 9.-There are no signs
Of abatement In the smallpox cpl
demic. During the last few days 1885,.
600 persons have been vaccinated Pub.
lie meetings and professions have been
forbidden. ...n