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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
CONCRETE rELeoRAPA poLEsa
Test Of Some Made from This Mate-
rial Proves Satisfactory.

Next to railroad ties telegraph and
telephone poles use up vast quantities,
of trees, and 1t is hoped that concrete
poles will be found cheaper in both
initial cost and endurance.
Concrete telegraph poles may be
made Of various forms, sizes and rein
forcement. Those above mentioned
taper from eight inches square at the
bottom to six inches at the top, the
corners are chamfered two inches, and
they are reinforced by two dozen.
one-quarter inch wires running the
full length of the pole. All necessary
holes, for braces, cross-arms, anG
steps, are made in the molding.
Strange to say, remarks Popular
Mechanics, concrete poles show great.
elasticity as well as strength, the for
mer depending upon the steel rein.
forcement. Another style of pole, tap
ering from ten inches to FIVE inches.-
and reinforced by triangular pieces
one inch wide at each of the three,
corners, was subjected to the follow
ing test: 1t was connected by cable,
to cedar pole 25 feet distant, and at:
height of 81 feet from the ground.
Midway from the cable was suspended
a gradually increasing weight. When.
each pole had been DETECTED 81 inches
and the load had reached 975 pounds,
the concrete pole began to crack from
the ground to the cable; but as sooRJ
as the load was taken off, it straight'.
ened up. 1t seems to be as good ass
ever, for it has been in use for heavy
guy wires ever since, which is moro
than a year. This style of pole, 3S
feet long, can be made in quantity at
seven dollars, which is cheaper than
wood, provided no contract is paid t0
o contractor
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Anniversary of Signing of Peace.

Portsmouth, N. H. - The week
which opened Sunday is being OBJ
served as peace week" in honor of
the second anniversary of the signing
of the treaty of Portsmouth, which of
ficially terminated the war between
Russia and Japan, September 8, 1905.
The principal observance will be on
next Thursday when, at o'clock in
the afternoon, solemn even song will
be sung in Christ Episcopal church,
the edifice in which clergy of the Epis-
copal and Greek Catholic churches
united in a service of thanksgiving fol-
lowing the signing of the treaty two
years ago. At this service a peace
tablet" which has been presented to
the church will be unveiled.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
TWO FATAL RAILROAD WRECKS
TWO PERSONS KILLED AND SIX
INJURED IN ONE.
Spreading Rails Caused the Second
Accident and Five Persons Were
Killed and II Injured.

Schenectady, N. 1.-TWO per-
sons were killed and six seriously
injured, three of whom may die, and a
score less seriously hurt, in a rear
end collision between two cars at the
Albany line of the Schenectady Rail-
way Co. Monday night.
The accident occurred on sharp
grade in the outskirts OF the city. The
brakes of the the car ahead set sud-
denly and the car behind crashed into
it, sending 1t down the hill.
There were two other collisions be-
fore cars could be gotten under con-
troll. Both cars were packed with per-
sons returning from Albany.
Charleston, w. Va.-A Chesapeake
and Ohio local train was derailed a
mile below Kanawha Falls Monday
night. Five persons were killed and
IL injured. The dead:
William Campbell, Vanetta, w. Va.
Walter Saunders, Wendall, w. Va.
Silas Vught, Gauley, w. Va.
Allen Leving, expressman, Hinton,
w. Va.
Unknown white man.
Robert Allen, colored suffered a
broken leg. Injuries to the others are
so slight that they will continue on
their journey.
Spreading of the rails is supposed
to have caused the accidents The
track was torn up for several hundred
yards. Trains were delayed for sew
eral hours.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
100000 Fire Loss.

New York. = Fire originating in
a mysterious explosion Sunday, de-
stroyed the interior of the five-story
factory of Herman Jacobs & Sons. The
firm manufactures leggings and gait
ers, and a member of the firm stated
that there was stock of goods in the
building worth at least 100000. In
addition to this all the machinery in
the building was destroyed. The ex-
plosion is a mystery, as no chemicals
were kept in the building The Jacobs
firm has recently had much trouble
with strikers, necessitating the en-
ployment of a number of private
guards and the detail of several po-
licemen who We're kept near the build
ing
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Notorious Criminal Arrested.

Omaha, Neb. = James Clark, ar
rested on suspicion of safe blow
ing, has been identified as Marion
H. Hudspeth, said to be one of the
most notorious criminals in the Uni
ted States. Hudspeth Is years ago
was a member of the Sly and Wilson
gang of highwaymen. Dick and
Charles Wilson. Sly and Hudspeth
robbed Missouri Pacific train near
Omaha of $4,000. Later they were
charged with holding up another
Missouri Pacific train near st. Louis
for $4,000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Spanking viii Result in Death.

Cheboygan, Mich. = Mrs. Fred
Williams living at Bear Point, on
Crooked Lake, near this city, was Sc
verely injured and her 7-year-old son
was probably fatally hurt when dyna-
mite cap in the boys hip pocket ex-
ploded while the mother was spanking
him for minor offense. The little
boy had been out in the field. Mrs.
Williams used shingle as the instru-
ment of punishment. The first blow
from the shingle exploded the cap in
the boys pocket, and the explosion
tore large hole in his hip, from
which he is believed to be dying. The
mother lost two fingers and received a
number of other cuts about her face
and body.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Held by Quicksand.

Peoria, Ill. = Quicksand in the
Illinois river last night caused the
drowning OF Charles McEntee, Keel
ing Wilson and William Stinger, of La
con, Ill. The bodies were found up
right in the river Monday and all
three held firmly by the quicksand,
which reached above the knees. 1t is
thought that the mems boat was over
turned and that the men were ex-
hausted by the quicksand in their at
tempt to wade to shore. The water
was barely over their heads when
they were found.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
KILLED BY A BURGLAR.
}. J. Phillips, Prominent Citizen Of
Cleveland, Shot Down in
His Home.

Cleveland, o. j. ]. Phillips, of
the Cleveland and Pittsburg Coal Co.,
vas murdered by burglar Monday
morning. Mr.. Phillips was shot at
his home on Mount Union, near
Rockefeller's Forest Hill residence in
East Cleveland.
A burglar got into the house, evil
IDENTIFY through the kitchen door. Mr..
Phillips heard noise and went down
stairs to investigate. He struck a
match when he reached the dining
room. No sooner had he lighted the
match than he was shot by the burg
lar
The bullet struck Mr.. Phillips in
the back of the neck. With a scream
he fell to the floor and the burglar
rushed out of the house and made his
escape. Mrs Phillips and her daugh-
ter were in the house at the time.
Mr.. Phillips was not killed instantly
by the bullet and DIR. Richardson, DIR.
Rhodes and DR.. Hammond were sum-
moned to the house. The doctors
worked over the injured man in an eff
fort to save his life, but without avail,
as Mr.. Phillips died at o'clock in the
morning.
Mr.. Phillips was 4s years of age and
was one of the best known business
men in the city.
The investigation of the shot and
the search for the burglar was started
at once by the marshal and his two
policemen, who comprise the entire
police force of the village of East
Cleveland. All day long they hunted
for traces of the robbers, but late in
the evening the marshal gave up the
hunt and declared it to be his opinion
that Mr. Phillips shot himself with
suicidal intent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06

John X. Stowell, aged So years, for
merly mayor Of Milwaukee. died at his
residence in that city.
Winfield T. Durbin former governor
of Indiana, in q statement said that he
had been offered $4,000 by Kentucki-
ans to give up Gov. Taylor when he
was fugitive in Indiana on account
of the Goebel murder.
Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin
was shut off from discussing politics
before the Allegheny county teachers
institute In Pittsburg. He delivered
the prescribed part of his speech to
1,500 persons in the open air.
An epidemic of cholera in the lower
Yangtse ports of China is causing 200
deaths daily, according to advices
from Shanghai.
Joshua Kay, an aged inmate of the
Soldiers and Sailors home at Erie,
Pa, committed suicide by jumping
from fast express train at Fishers
Ferry, near Sunbury, Pa. He was q
sufferer from cancer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
THE GERM OF "UNsUccEss."
Doubt of Self Is at the Root Of AID
Failures.

The germ of unsuccess is persistent,
cankerous doubt Of self. 1t may enter
a mans soul suddenly on the heels of
an unforeseen disaster, or gain an,
ever-increasing hold on him through a.
score of years. 1t may devastate him,
like fever, or slowly sap his spirits
strength like an insidious creeping,
malady. In the end the result is the
same; he is overthrown, done for, un.
less the one effective antidote is taken
The germ of the disease is everywhere.
An abrupt change for the apparently
worse in mans circumstances-a
shal1ing-up of the hitherto comfortable
conditions of his life, and perfect
cloud of dust arises, which he, poliing
around in the debris, is poisoned by.
What business has he going over these,
past conditions? His business is with,
the vital present, which teens with,
possibilities for him whose heart is in.
cased in the triple armor-strength Of
hope, strength Of will, strength of en-
thusiasm. He who is thus tricked out
is immune, be he never so old or physi-
cally frail. Unsuccess for such a one,
can never be more than the foe that
gives zest to the battle. And who
would wish to go down to the grave.
without ever having conquered un--
toward conditions and turned them at
the last to his advantage? Who would
wish never to have fought at alla'
There is scant honor in such a life,
and no trailing clouds of glory" at it's,
close.-Tke Circle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Thinks He's the Mayor.

Baltimore, Md. = Possessed with
the hallucination that he is mayor of
the city. Isaiah Lampson, a negro,
broke open the door of Mayor Ma
hools Office at the city hall Monday
and carried away some so or go let
ters addressed to the mayor, which
were lying on the desk. Lampson
took the letters to his own home and
was seated at a table opening them
when the police came upon him. One
of the letters contained a draft for
$500.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Ball Player Broke His Neck.

Savannah, Ga - Joseph L. Bris.
key, right fielder for the Savan-
nah team, in the South Atlantic league,
broke his neck at Tybee Island Sun
day afternoon by diving into shallow
water. Other bathers saw him as he
lay dying on the bottom, but he had
announced he was going to make a
long stay under water, and they
thought nothing of the matter until
some minutes had passed. Then they
drew him up to find him dead.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
CITY oflolaIs Arrested.

Fremont, Neb. = City Attorney
G. e. Abbott, Chief of Police Pc
terson and Street Commissioner
Fletcher were arrested Monday upon
warrants sworn out by Union Pacific
officials for using violence ON laborers
who were laying track in the city
streets. While the police kept back
the laborers with a revolver the city
attorney and the street commissioner
tore up the track Just laid.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Natives In Revolt.

Brussels. Passengers by the
Congo mail steamer which arrived
Sunday reported a serious revolt
among the Free State natives, who
everywhere have refused to do work
which is demanded in lieu of taxes. In
the Aruwimini district a white officer
was attacked and wounded.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Better Collateral.

The diamond reef in Pike county,,
Ark. may be the real thing" but thet
tomato crop in little Delaware lookst
like better collateral. Three millionI
dollars in tomatoes makes brave,
show.-New York Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Killed at a crossinn.

Magenta, Italy.-The Marquis Pal
lavicini and lawyer named Nal
mano were killed in an automobile
accident Sunday. Their chauffeur not
noticing that the gate at a grade
crossing was closed, ran his car
through the gate and on the tracks
just as a freight train bore down. The
machine was wrecked and Nalmauo
was killed outright.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Injured In a Collision.

New York. = Mrs. Cleo G. Colt,
wife of Olcott G. Colt, formerly
of Hartford, Conn.,, was probably IA
tally injured Monday in collision be-
tween runabout wagon in which the
Colts were riding. and q trolley car on
sixth avenue. MIR. Colt was badly
bruised. The motorman and conduc-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
sixty are stiII Misslna.

Quebec, Canada. = The body of
Hoproe Beaudry. who was killed by
the collapse of the Quebec bridge, was
recovered Monday. There are still GO
men Missing
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
TWO injured In a Wreck.

Detroit, Mich.-Grand Trunk train
No. 8, west bound, which left Chicago
at IL o'clock Sunday morning, collided
with freight train about Id miles out
OF this city. near Birmingham. Twf
persons were injured.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
Peculiar Love MAKING.

A German baron thought the best
way to win his lady love was tor
threaten to tell that she had murdered
her mother. There are all kinds of
ideas of how to make love in this
world.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06

Trade Should All Be Americas.
The west coast countries of South
America are nearly 1000 miles closer
to the manufacturing districts of the.
United States than they are to the
manufacturing districts of Europe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-09-06
THE MARKETS.

New York, Sept ., 1907
Flour-Firm, but quiet.
Wheat-No. 2 red 9SAc.
Corn-No. 2 at 68kc.
Oats-Clipped white 69@65c.
Hay-Steady.
Cattle-Nohting doing. veals $500"
| @9.00.
Sheep = Wethers $350@5.OO, lambs
$735@S.25.
Hogs-state $6.s5@71O.
Cleveland, Sept 2.-Flour-Mlnne.
sofa patent $510@550.
Wheat-No. 2 red S91Ac. !,
Corn-No. yellow 66c.
Oats-No. 8 white soc,
Butter-Best creamery 2S1ac.
Eggs-Strictly fresh 19c.
Cheese-York state 14@15c.
Potatoes-Best grades 90@95c.
h Hay-New No. 1 timothy $3.50.
Cattle = Choice steers $5.5006.00p
calves $7.5O@S.O0.
Sheep = Best wethers $5.O0Q5.25-
spring lambs $675@700
Hogs-Yorkers $6.70.
Toledo, Sept. 2. = wheat-cash
Corn-Cash 64Ac.
Oats-Cash SIC.
Cloverseed-Cash$ 1910.
East Buffalo, Sept. Cattle-Mar-
ket steady.
Hogs Workers se.7o@s.75. pigs
sheep-wether s5.5O@575. spring
lambs $S.O0@S.10.
Pittsburg, Sept l. = Caffeine
changed
Hogs-Heavy hogs $6.80@6s5. me,
diums s6.75.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-04-20
TROUBLE OVER THE POLE.

Some people never are satisfied un- less they are making trouble of so kind, when if they would only let things alone there need not be any trouble. As long as we let the north pole stay where it is it won't bother anybody. It is behaving itself all right, and nobody is worrying about it. But along comes Walter Wellman and announces that he is absolutely sure of the success of his plan oi getting to the pole by balloon. He has just come over to New York from from Europe, and is getting ready to make his start in July next. Mean time he is talking, just as he has been tasking on the other side of the water,.spd along comesth threat oi trouble. MT. Wellman not only says he is sure of reaching the pole, but says he will simply find an open body of water. But while Wellman is do
 ing all this talking, they are doing some talking over in Canada, and they are doing it through official channels. The question of who owns the north pole? has been seriously brought up, and there is an evident disposition tc claim everything Wellman or any other man may find there. The claim is made in the Canadian parlia. ment that the Dominion of Great Britain owns everything to the north within the longitudinal lines of the Dominion, and that no matter who discovers anything or what flag is
 first planted anywhere within these limits of longitude the ownership cannot be changed. Taking this claim as basis, the United States is owner of all islands, discovered or un- discovered, and of everything else north of Alaska, and between the degrees of longitude TO and 13e clear to the pole. This reasoning gives every country abutting on the Arctic region share in the north pole. This theory, however, prom ises all sorts of complications. But probably it is just as well not to worry about it until somebody actually finds something.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-04-20
AN IDEAL GOVERNMENT.

As The Miner believes in giving every person and interest ''fair deal and is averse to criticism of public officials without good and sufficient cause, it reprints the follow ing extraordinary statement credited to Gov. W. B. Hoggatt in the Seattle Post Intelligencer of the 10th inst, reserving such comment as it may have to offer for subsequent issue:
 Gov. Hoggatt, of Alaska, who has been in Seattle for the past three days, leaves for Juneau this evening on the Jefferson. He has been busy ever since his arrival Sunday shaking hands with the crowd of Northerners now in the city. His recent utter ances, in which he expressed the be- lief that the territorial government movement for Alaska was dead issue, have caused some discussion among the Alaska men and citizens of Seattle who are interested in the North. When asked what he consid- cred the ideal form of government for Alaska, Gov. Hoggatt said:
 ''I believe Alaska is at the present time operated under the most nearly ideal plan available. We receive much financial help from the national government, and when there is crime committed, the government goes much farther to apprehend the offender than we, as full fledged territory could ever do. However, I am glad to say that Alaska is fast becoming a very orderly place. We have very little crime now, and the gambling element is becoming distinctly in disfavor. In Nome many of the gambling houses have been closed down, and this policy is to be followed in other settlements.
 "One of the chief objects in the minds of some who are crying for territorial government is to secure in this way reduction of the liquor license. At present this license ranges from $500 to $l, 900, and it is going to remain at that as long as l can keep it there."
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-04-20

The Yukon Valley News wants to know if Andrew F. Burleigh's dig at the Guggenheims isn't grain cheeky? It really looks that way. The News very pertinently and truth fully remarks that several so-called Alaska railroad concerns have done little but lobby congress for franhises and aid; it might have added that most persistent and transparent of them all has been the so-called Bur leigh syndicate, in demanding some- thing for nothing from congress with out guaranty of any kind that it would ever construct mile of road from anywhere to anywhere else. Unless the Gugenhe inns do it, the Alaska Central is the only line that gives any assurance .of being completed from salt water to the Yukon within what might be considered a reasonable length of time. The News further pertinently says that if the Gugen- helms propose to invest their capital in genuine railroad work their de- mand for protection against people who would operate on the govern ment's credit is not unreasonable.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-04-20

That's the kind of man Ballinger
 is. The new commissioner of the general land office refuses to con- verse with callers, even senators and representatives, in whispers, but makes them talk out loud so that everybody within earshot can hear what is going on. Western senators and representatives are especially displeased with this new dispensation of things conversatioal in the land office. Those of them who go there to confer with him usually have business that they do net want every body to know about, at lesat until they have secured what they want, but Judge Ballinger is proceeding upon the hypothesis that public bus
 mess is every body's business, and so he insists upon all classes of visitors speaking in tones that plainly convey the meaning of their words to all parts of the room he occupies. To some senators and representatives who have objected to his tactics, the new land: commissioner has politely suggested that they write him fully on the subject of their mission, and that he will reply by mail. But, curiously enough, even this method is not satisfactory to many of them. They don't want to have their bus mess publicly known, and are averse to putting themselves on record by writing letters.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-04-20

In view of the fact that China has been begging money to buy food for starving millions, and that this country has been sending large sums over there in response to the appeal, the sta tement that the Flowery King dom has just placed an order for two million rifles reads little queer. If China wants to kill off her people, why not let the famine have full sway? If she wants to kill off the people of other nations, why should other nations send money to keep the Chinese alive?
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-04-20
IS ALASKA SATISFIED?
[Post-Intelligencer.

Gov. Hoggatt, of Alaska, probably did not speak as temperately as usual if he said it would take $1,0O0, 900 a year to support territorial form of government in Alaska. Why should it require $1,O0O, 900 to conduct Alaska's government? Gov. Hog gatt's statement that ''ont of every twenty ounce of gold taken out of the ground in Alaska, one would have to go to the support of the government" if. Alaska should be given the same kind of government other territories have enjoyed from the time of the foundation of the republic is open to criticism on the score of probable ex- travagance; indeed, the governor seems to have been jusst little in- clined to overestimate the dangers and difficulties in the way of terri torial government for Alaska.
 Really, there is no reason why Alaska should not be able to conduct territorial government as cheaply, or cheaper than other territories have in the history of the republic. It costs less to go from Nome to Juneau than it cost to go from parts of the Northwestern territory to the then capital in the earlier days of the nation. Transportation facilities enjoyed by Alaska are superior in many ways to the facilities enjoyed by other territories when they were given a certain amount of home rule. Whether Gov. Hoggat is correct in his statement that "the territorial government issue, so far as Alaska is concerned" is dead, will probably depend upon what the people oi Alaska think about the matter. Ii they are willing to allow the question to die. of course it will drop out o1 the public mind; but if they continue to agitate the issue, as they probably will, Alaska may, in very short
 while, become territory.