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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
SOLDIERS SENT TO ALASKA
TROOPS TO oUELL STRIKE RIOTS
IN FAIRBANKS.
Riotous Crowds Congreeate on the
Streets and Capture Nonunion
Men as They Arrive.

WashingtOn.-By direction of the
president, Acting Secretary Oliver
Thursday ordered company of in
lantry from FCrt GibbOn, in Alaska,
to Fairbanks, in that territory, to pre-.
serve order during the mining strike
in that section. This action was taken
upon representation from the United
States court in Alaska to the attorney
general that the presence of federal
troops was needed.
Tclegrams from Fairbanks to he at
tOrney general claim that open air mass
meetings are being held by the strik-
ing miners and that threats OF Vio-
lCnCc have been made. The marshal
has been directed by the attorney gen
eral to use all the force at his com
mand to arrest laW-hreakcrs and to
prevent intimidation. The military
is expected to give the marshal moral
support and also to take action should
the disorder prove too great for any
force he may be able to secure.
The distance from Fort Gibbon to
Fairbanks is 100 miles and the troops
viii be carried by sleds over that
route, which is said to be Il very good
one. If there is urgent necessity for
the presence of the soldiers at Fair
banks they can get there in -four or
five days, but under ordinary condi.
tiUnS the trip takes six or seven days.
Fairbanks is in the center Of d mining
country with a population OF 1000 or
5000.
Persons in Washington familiar
with the conditions existing at Fair.
hanks say the trouble is the outcome
Of a strike a year or more ago for
higher wages and shorter hours for the
miners.
Fairbanks. Alaska-United States
Marshal Perry has sworn in 25O spe-
cial deputies for the protection Of life
and property against riCtous mobs of
strikers who are cOngregated On the
streets. These mohs have been at
tempting to capture recent arrivals
here with view to deporting them.
The marShal's force has dispersed the
rioters and guarantees protection to all
men i'll camp. All saloons are closed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
The Marrying Age.

IT has often been said that "a wom-
m is no older than she looks; and
this is really true. Some women are
younger at 30, in appearance and man.
ner, than others are at 80. In this
connection it is proper to consider the
most suitable age for a woman to
marry. This depends upon circum-
stances. for the reasons above given.
A generation ago, when % was not far
from the average marrying age, a
woman may have been considered
vergrng on old maidhood at 80. Now
adays, however, the tendency is to
marry late rather than early in life,
and the sensible woman who at S5
finds herself still unwed by no means
despairs of being led to the altar. AS
a matter OF fact, the majority of men
only consider a woman old when she
is close to the fifties, and even then
they often find attractive qualities in
her which younger women lack Gone
are lut udNN NutH Il HldH ItSdlutu
youth and beauty as essential 10 the
happiness Of married life. He looks
for a matured, steady and practical
mind, usually found in the woman of
IS and 40, and forsets her age. Where
women make the greatest mistake,
however, is in trying to appear
younger than they generally are, thus
placing themselves in false position
and utterly marring whatever other
charms they may possess, says the
New York Weekly. No woman, of
course, likes to advertise her age, and
she owes it TO herself not to add to
the same by unsuitable or dowdy
dress. for instance. On the other
hand, it is ridiculous for her to en-
drayOr to take five or ten years off her
age by dressing in the garb of
younger sister, and striving to cover
telltale wrinkles with powder and
rouge. Men easily see through such
artitiCcs and regard the woman WHO
practices the same with a feeling bor-
dcrinE on contempt.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
FIGHT ON A TUG BOAT
Resulted in the Drowning of Two
Mariners.

New York, Feb. IA Newport CIR.
H. dispatch to the Times says:
The son of Congressman Halver
Steencroon, Of Minnesota, a private in
the marine corps stationed at the
training station, and a companion,
thought to be Private John NJ. Nc
mtosh, of the same corps. were
drowned in Narraganset Bay.
Their drowning followed fight on
board the tug Annie r. Wood, of
Providence, Capt. F. W. Rich.
The police arrested Neil |. Olson,
Dane employed on the dredger Urban.
Olsen, a companion named Charles
Kruger, SteenersOn and Mcintosh had
been drinking together all day. They
decided to go to FIT. Grabie and con-
tributCd the fare on the tug across
the bay.
There was a dispute between Olsen
and StConersOn as to the ability of
the United States to whip Denmark.
StCenersCn either fell or was push
ed into the water from the steps of
the pilot house. Where Mcintosh dis
appeared to or when no one knows.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
GIRLS LOVE USED AS BAIT
MOTHERS PART IN BARGAINING
FOR COL. SMELLS GOLD.
Ardent Epistles, Said to Have eeen
Written by Minister'S Wife.
Read at Trial.

Clinton, III. - The pitiful, mis-
erable story of a woman's sordid
desire for money was revealed in all
OF its revolving phases in the famous
Smell will case Wednesday. 1t was
the story of wife-alleged to be i
ministers wiie-who bartered her soul
lor gold and sold into bondage her Is
year old daughter
Mute witnesses of an alleged con.
tract made between Mrs. Lura Hamil-
ton, wife Of Rev. r. A. Hamilton, and
the tUttering old millionaire, Col.
Thomas Smell, in the shape of letters
declared to have been written by Mrs.
Hamilton, were introduced and ad-
mitttd as evidence in Judge Cochran
court. The letters were unsigned. but
they were introduced as Mrs. Hami
tons by the attorneys, who declared
there will be no trouble in proving
their authenticity.
Pet must love you. | will see to it
that she is your little sweetheart.
Send me money and she shall be yours
and do anything you want" wrote the
woman, and from all evidence the 50
year-old lover ran after both mother
and daughter and supplied them with
money to buy houses and lots and
finery, with which to bedeck them.
selves.
Il love you. You are my own sweet
heart. | have loved you since was a
girl Of 20 years. What a fool | was
not TO tell you then. | have suffered
agonies for 25 years for love of you"
wrote this woman of AZ years.
Whether Rev. Mr. Hamilton knew
the contents of the letters alleged to
have been written by his wife is
mootcd question. 1t appears from let
ters which have been introduced in
the case that he was fully aware of it.
The writer said:
my husband says that l can go any
where with you. He loves you. He
will trust me to your care. ! can take
a trip to Chicago with you, and ! am
crazy to go. My husband has given
his fun permission.
CLINTON, III. - CnaflcS Cllne, as
Gistant postmaster of Clinton since
1891, refused to give the names of
school girls with whom millionaire
Col. Thomas Smell corresponded, in
the will case Thursday.
lie admitted that he knew the
names of most Of the girls, ranging
in age from 12 to 18 years, for whom
the eccentric old man rented private
boxes in the Clinton post office that
they might send to and receive letters
from Col. Smell, but said most of them
were from the best Clinton families
and had now grown to womanhood.
The witness told how the aged mil
lionaire wrote love notes daily to
numbers of schoolgirls, in which he
inclosed from S. to $50 in bills. He
would govern the amounts returned
to the writer's according to the num-.
ber of terms of endearment and sug
geEtiVG declarations.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

New Orleans.-Seventy-two men,
representatives of all the classes of
labor employed on the New Orleans
river front, and who compose union
known as the Dock and Cotton coun-
Gil, we're indicted by the United States
grand jury Friday on the charge Of
cOnspiring to restrain trade in viola
ton of the Sherman antitrust law.
The indictments followed the refusal
of the Dock and Cotton council to per-
nit the Coal Wheelers' union to coal
the steamer Habil, which cleared here
several days ago for Puerto Cortez.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Cervera,s Rescuer Dies.

Boston.--George H. Norman Of
RroOkline and Newport, prominent in
society and as polo player, who dis.
tinguishcd himself especially when, as
an officer on the gunboat Gloucester
during the Spanish-Amcrican war, he
took Admiral Cervera Of the Spanish
fleet off the burning flagship Infanta
Maria Teresa. died Thursday night at
the Corey Hill hospital. in Brookline.
Mr.. Norman went to the hospital two
weeks ago to undergo an operation
He was operated upon twice, after
which pneumonia developed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
.TDRNAD0ESIN SOUTH.
TYLER. TEX. DEVASTATED BY
TERRIFIC WINDsToRM.
SEVERAL PERSONS DEAD
Towns of MossVille. $3.50 and Service,
In Mississippi. Are Blown
Away and Many
Killed.

Tyler. TeX.-TyIer was swept by the
most disastrous tornado in its history
Friday morning about four O'Clock
Coming up from the southwest. the
storm swept over the main residence
section of the city. leaving d trail OF
death and devastation.
Tho known dead in Tyler number
four, c. A. Francis, agent of the Dal
las News, wife aud child about one
year ole, and negro named Noses
Lee, so years of age
= Francis was about 2S years of age
and occupied a high place in the IS.
teem of his fcllowtowusmen His
dead body was found 100 yards from
his wrecked home, and the body of
his child was found in the street,
Mrs. Francis was in the wrcckage of
the building,
Six Seriously Injured.
Six persons were seriously injured
They werC Irwin Franklin. Mrs. Frank
lin and their four children One of
the children is expected TO die. They
were caught in the wrpckage of
their homes Twelve buildings were
wrecked and in the confusion which
exists it is difficult to compile an ac,
curate list OF the casualties
Wires are down in all directions
from Tyler and, while reports from
farmers who are fastening in to as
certain the extent of tho damage are
TO the effect that farmhouses all
around Tyler were blown down it is
impossible to ascertain the loss of life
or to approximate the extent Of the
disaster. 1t is known. however, that
the tornado swept everything clean
for distance Of five mics
Mississippi Towns Destroyed.
Meridian, Miss. - Three small
Mississippi towns we're practically
demolished by tornado Friday.
Reports of the number killed range
from six TO ten, with the smaller
number probably correct
MoSsville, Service and $3.50 are the
towns destroyed. They are all in
Jones county and all are very small,
being merely a handful OF scattered
dwellings. i. S. Morrison, resident
Of MossViIle, who came here after the
storm. said he was outdoors during
the blow and was compelled to grasp
wire fence to keep from being blown
away lie said the dead ut Mossville
are Alec Windham and wife, negroes
Near the town, he said, four white
persons had been killed, man and
wife and their two children, whose
names he did not learn Near Service
one child Of Ike Holloway is reported
dead and also an unknown negro.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
BABY CRIED AND SCRATCHED
All the Time--CoVered with Tortur-
ing Eczema-Doctor Said Sores
Would Last for Years--Fer-
feet Cure by Cuticura.

MY baby niece was suffering from
that terrible torture, eczema. 1t was
all over her body but the worst was
on her face and hands. She cried and
scratched all the time and could not
sleep night or day from the scratch
ing. l had her under the doctors
care for year and a half and he
seemed to do her no good. ! took her
to the best doctor in the city and he
said that she would have the sores
until she was six years old. But if
had depended on the doctor my baby
would have lost her mind and died
from the want Of aid. But | used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
and she was cured in three months.
Alice L. Dowell, 4769 Easton Ave, St.
Louis, Mo-, May and 20, 1907"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
SUFFERING IS
WIDESPREAD
SICK ONES COULD NOT ESCAPE
WHEN THE RISING WATERS
FLOODED THE HOMES.
MILES OF TERRITORY
is SUBMERGED
Live Stock Perished in Considerable
Numbers and Many Reports of Per
sons Having Narrow Escapes in ar
Endeavor to Save Property Received

Pittsburg. Feb. 17.--After reaching
307 feet at noon Sunday and remain
ing at that stage for three hours, the
high water in the rivers is now slowly
receding. The danger mark in this
city is % feet. Tine damage and suf
fering caused by the annual flood is
widespread. As far as is known there
has been no loss of human life, and
this is attributed TO the early warn
ings of the local United States wealth
er bureau
Live stock has perished in consider
able numbers, and there are many re-
ports of persons having narrow es-
capes in an CndeavOr to save their
property. Miles of territory in Great.
er Pittsburg and vicinity is sub
merged, and it will be some time be-
fore the water will be back in the
channels of the rivers and numerous
small streams.
Thousands of business houses in
the downtown portion of Pittsburg
ae attempting to clear the cellars of
lhSlI DullullSS OF water.
Every few feet along the sidewalk
are men pumping The water, and hun.
drCdS of these little streams can be
seen spouting into the streets. Elec.
trio light plants in these buildings and
ether valuable machinery is practical
ly a total loss.
The actual monetary damage can not
be ascGrtainCd At this time, but from
all accounts it viii run up to several
million dollars. The suffering caused
by the high water is intense. Thou
sands of persons are living in the UP
per floors of their homes using slliifs
as a means Of transportation. The
lower portions of their homes are fill
ed with water.
In many instances the household
goods were not removed, owing to a
lack of time, and chairs, tables, pianos
and bric-a-brac are floating about the
rooms.
To add 10 the suffering of the vic
Tins he weather grew cola Sunday ana
snow fell The gas connections at the
houses have been disarranged and in
their present condition life is made
miserable for the unfortupates.
Charitable institutions, making use
of many skiffs and ratts, have been
husily engaged throughout all Satur-
day night and Sunday serving hot cof-
fee and food to the families, most of
whom are poor
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

NEW AMERICAN SKI RECORD.
John E. Venson Jumps 116 Feet al
Close of Duluth Tourney.

Duluth. Minn. - Following a days
pOStpOncment on account Of soft
weather, the fourth annual tourna
ment of the National Ski Association
of America was wound UP here Thurs
day afternoon on Chester Creek Hill.
The large crowd that had gathered
with the expectation of seeing Il new
American record established, was get
ting ready 10 return home disappOint
ed, when John Wannobo, a director of
the local club, hung up a special prize
for the rider that could beat 40 feet
A number Of them tried it, but all fell
short. Then John E. NensOn came
tearing down the mammoth slide, shot
through the air and landed Il6 feet
away from the scaffold.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
FOR BRYAN TO THE FINISH.
Wisconsin Democratic Convention So
nstructs It's Delegates.

Milwaukec.-Thc Wisconsin Gelega-
ton to the national Democratic con-
vention at Denver, Col, at the closing
session of the state convention Fri
day, was instructed to vote as IA unit
for William j. Bryan as the Demo
cratic nominee for president, first, last
and all the time.
The platform containing the instruc-
riOns Was unanimously adopted by the
convention by rising vote.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Change of Mind.

The tattooing craze was the rage
among the smart set at the time of the
South African war, it is now the rage
in the slums among the humber
classes, especially girls, who pay
threepence for the operation.
A tattooer said that this business
thrives on love. A girl came into his
studio the other day and had Il love
Jim Curley" tattooed on her arm.
About half-past five the next morn
ing the girl knocked at his door and
on being demonstrated with said: Il
don't care if yer charges me five shil-
Inns. Ere, kiver this up" she eX-
claimed, barring the tattooed arm.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
cHILEANs GREET THE FLEET.
American Battleships Reviewed in
Bay of Valparaiso.

Valparaiso, Chle,-The great Amer
lean fleet of 1G battleshlps. under the
command of Rear Admiral Evans,
passed Valparaiso Friday afternoon
and continued on its voyage month.
ward for Callao, Peru, the next stop
ping place.
All Valparaiso and thousands Of per-
sons from other cities IN Chile wit
messed the passing Of the fleet Pres
idCnt Montt and the other high officials
of the republic went out from shore
To greet the battlcshirs, and almost
the entire Chilean navy exchanged
sautcS with them as they swung
around CuraumlIa Point and into
Valparaiso bay in single file, headed
by the Chilean cruiser ChaCabuco and
five Chilean torpedo boat destroyers
The day was perfect and the spectacle
of the fleet stretched in II great semi
circle as seen from the high hills
around the bay was magnificent.
President MOntt and other Chilean
officials embarked on the training ship
Gen. RaQuedano and took a position
well ont in the harbor. Around the
BaQucdano the vessels swung at
speed of four knots, firing the presi-
dental salute as they passed in re-
view. 1t was one hour from the time
the head of the feet entered the bay
until the last vessel had passed the
presidents ship and turned toward the
open sea. Then the BaquedanO lifted
anchor and escorted the hect well out
of the bay and on its way to the horth.
1t was a view Sucn as has never
before been seen in Valparaiso bay,
and one that will long be remembered
by the people Of Chile who came miles
TO see il,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
An AII-RounG Man.

William V. McManus, the new pres
ident of the Letter Carriers associa-
ton of New York, had been discussing
the ideal letter carrier
With a laugh he ended:
Yes, the ideal letter carrier needs
to be as all-round, as many-sided, as
divinelY gifted. as the man q Cincin-
natl suburbanite advertised for last
month.
THE advertisement ran:
'Wanted-A man able to teach
Spanish, water color painting, and the
violin, and to look after the bull"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
MakInn Lords pax Act odlous.

Winnipeg, Man-Police officials are
making out and serving hundreds of
summonses for alleged breaches of the
Lords day act. The police are pro-
ceeding under instruction of the po-
lice commission, their action being a
counter-movement opposed to action
by members of the Lords Day alli-
ance. Each Sunday police have
pounced upon undertakers at funerals,
newspaper men taking notes of Sun
day sermons, and editors Another
man was taking bath when the po.
lice arrested him.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

A couple in New Jersey have given
social theorists. legislators and moral.
lists hint as to the war against d
Vnrce. They wished to be separated
but finding that $40 the limit of what
they were willing to pay for expenses.
would not he enough. declared they
would stay married. and went away
together. presumably to live happy
ever after The idea Of making di.
vorce costly luxury. instead of en-.
cnuraging its present trend as q chcan
necessity. might do much toward curb.
ing the flood of martial unrest.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Fire in BROOKLYN Courthouse.

New York.-Damage amounting to
probably $4,000 was done, oil paint
ings Of judges who have presided in
Brooklyn in the last half century were
watersoaked and valuable records
narrowly escaped destruction late Fri
day. when lire swept through the
upper part of the Kings county court,
house in Brooklyn.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

Columbus, O. - Gov. Harris Fri
day signed the Rathhurn bill pro-
hibiting the drinking of intoXicants
on trains, except in compartments or
cars where the same arc sold, and 1t
takes effect at once. Violation of the
law is made a misdemcanor punish.
able bV fine
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20


Not long ago the United States cen
sus bureau issued Il report which
should have provoked instant and
widespread discussion. OF all the
publications giving the results of the
twelfth census there is hardly any Of
such Importance to tn American peO.
pie. For in language the most OK
plicit, and supported by statistics
gathered with the scrpulouS care that
mas characterl2cd all the enumcratIonS
of the latest census, it reveals the OK
lstenc" of conditions making strongly
against the continued prosperity Of the
United States and it's continued prog
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

Adrian, Mo.-An explosion of a
boiler in the basement of the public
school here Friday tore away the floor
of the primary department and pre-
cipitated a teacher and 60 pupils into
the basement, burning and scalding
many of them in a frightful manner.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

Charlotte, S. c., Feb. 17-WhiIe one
masked rcbbcr held up the cashier in
true wild western style, his two COM
ranions looted the vault of the bank
at Granite Falls, N. c., and secured all
the cash in the institution, $4,000
forced the cashier to enter the vault,
and. after locking him iE, made good
IL cir
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Driven to Suicide bv a Dream.

Minneapolis, Minn.-Haunted by a
dream in which he was accused of
crime, Christopher Fagen, a coachman,
committed suicide shortly before noon
Wednesday in his room in the barn
40 Tenth street south, where he was
employed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Mrs. Mcdonald Acquitted.

Chicago.-Mrs. Dora Mcdonald,
widow of Michael Mcdonald, king of
Chicago gamblers, was declared Tues
day afternoon not guilty of the murder
of Webster Guerin, the artist who was
killed in his studio in the Omaha build.
ing, February q, 1907.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Stole 100000 Gem.

Rcrlin, Feb. IA pearl necklace
and pin Of extraordinary beauty, val-
ucd al $4,000. have been stolen from
the Countess Won WarteNslebcn. The
countess is the wife Of Gen. Alexander
Won Wmwensleben, OF the cavalry, who
is a Walm friend of the emperor. The
necklace Is composed Of exceptionally
large pearls, The string measuring five
feet in length.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Uncle Sam Sues Express Company

incinnati-Violation of the postal
laws by carrying first-class mail mat
ter was charged against the American
Express company in suit filed in the
United States district court here
Thursday by District Attorney Nc
PhersOn,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
Alleued EmnezzIer Gives un.

Cleveland, O.--Frank Vlna, treasur.
er FOR various Bohemian fraternal or.
CARNATIONS, who fed the city several
weeks ago. when he was said to be
many thousands OF dollars short in his
accounts, returned here Wednesday
and surrendered 10 the police.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20
PAYING Teller Arrested.

Minneapolis, Minn.-Adolph Stem.
WITT, paying teller of the National
Bank of Commerce of this city, was
arrested Friday following the alleged
discovery of shortage in his ac-
counts amounting to $3,450
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-02-20

New York.-ln4ictments alleging
perjury We're returned Thursday
against former governor Of New Jer-
&cy, Foster N. Voorhees,, and Frank
II. Combas, following a grand jury in
quity into the acts of these two men
while they We're officials of the Bank
ers' Life Insurance Company.