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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
ANNUAL REPORT OF
CANAL COMMISSION
FROM DIGGING DIRT coNsTRuc.
TioN HAS PROGRESSED TO
CONCRETE WORK ON LOCKS.
AN ESTIMATE OF FINAL COST
Col. Geothals, Chairman of the Com
mission, Tells Story of Tricks in
Diverting Rivers and Kill
ing Yellow Fever.

Washington, d. C.-From digging
dirt the isthmian canal construction
has progressed to concrete work on
locks and the building of dams. This
Is the progress reported in the annual
report of the canal commission, just
made public. This report contains
revised estimate of the final cost of
the canal, which is fixed at $375,201,-
600. The original estimate in 1902
was $144, ,233,35S. The report explains
that so per cent average advance in
the cost of materials and increased
wages is responsible for the discrep-
ancy. The engineering and construc-
tion work alone is now figured at $297,-
10000. The balance being made up
of purchase price, the cost of santa
tion and of civil government.
Col. G. w. Goethals, chairman of the
commission, does not say, as he we'll
might, that no one, not even the ex-
perts, really knew anything about this
canal problem in 1902 when the orig
inal estimate was made. The cost es-
innate has grown with experience and
with the many changes in construction
of the increased cost price the Amer
leans have purchased immunity from
yellow fever and the plague for them
selves and other dwellers in the zone.
| This report shows the death rate of
the past year to be 11.97 per 1000, as
against 1882 last year.
In cold, technical terms Col Goet-
halls tells the story of the years work,
a thrilling one. if you go behind the
returns. Swollen, rebellious rivers
were juggled, diverted and even har-
messed at the will of the hatchet faced,
nervous, steady eyed Americans.
Those engineers shift the route of the
Panama railway to suit their con.
venience as they go along in matter
of fact fashion, much as building
contractor shifts his little tramway
Plans have been adopted, Col. Goet.
halls mentions incidentally, to recon
struct the Panama railway on a new
line during the coming year. Earth
slides, the great dumps left by the
French, tremble and rumble above the
prism of the big ditch. These slides
are really glaciers of dirt, moving
slowly but steadily and with accel
Grated movement when a freshet o.
water seepage or rising of the Chagre:
river softens them up. This is an
other incidental problem which the
army engineers handle from day tt
day as matter of course.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
The Father Fired.

reply, but continued on his way. The
man in the doorway raised his gun
and fred. The stranger fell dead.
"The father summoned his family
and the few remaining servants of the
plantation. An investigation was held
and the tragic truth was revealed.
"The father. of course, was incon-
solable. He returned to his house
while the servants carried the lifeless
form of his boy to the home that had
been awaiting his coming.
"The next day the invited guests be-
gan to arrive. The father had given
orders that the tragedy should not be
mentioned until he himself told 1t.
Il do not recall what explanation
was made to the guests as to the abb
sence of him whom they were to
honor, But after the repast they were
told, and then they filed past the dead.
THE body was wrapped in the flag
for which the brave young man had
fought The community was used to
funerals. Every private burial ground
has grave made by the unhappy war.
But no funeral like this had ever TAX.
en- place in the vicinity, and doubt II
1t ever had counterpart in any state,
north or south. | hope not"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
ADDS OHIO GAS TO SUPPLY
East Ohio Company Contracts for Out.
put of Wells Driven Near
Canal Dover.

CaZal Dover, O.-The East Ohio
Gas Co. has contracted for the nat
ural gas output of the Sugar Creek
Oil & Gas Co.. with wells located about
six miles west of here. This company
has wells producing over 30,0OO.0OO Gu.
bic feet a day and more wells are be-
ing sunk.
Work will be started soon on line
to connect the mains of the East Ohio
Gas Co. here. with the new gas field.
and with the added capacity thus
available the company expects not to
experience the shortage 1t has had in
the past during the winter months.
when the consumption is the greatest.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
LETTERS THREATEN GIRL OF 10
Black Hand Notes Sent In Canton
Bring Arrest of Palmist Who
ForesaW Them.

Canton, O.-Letters threatening the
life of Miss Gertrude Yussen, 10 years
old, daughter of William Yussen,
have brought the arrest of Frank Com
pany, French palmist. Miss Yussen
is in an hysterical state as result OF
the threats. Recently the girl visited
the fortune teller and he told her she
would receive Black Hand letters in
which threats upon her life would be
made. Two letters, signed "Black
Hand" and demanding that $500 be
placed in certain park, have been re-
ceived by the girls father.
IF you do not give us the money
we will kill your beautiful daughter
Gertrude at once" one of the letters
read. BE sure and not show this let
ter to anyone or we will make matters
worse"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
OIL TRUST HANDED HARD JOLT
Federal Court at ST. Paul Declares the
Standard an Illegal Combination
and Ordered Dissolved.

st. Paul, Minn.-The Standard Oil
Co. has been declared an illegal COM
bination by the federal court and Or
dered dissolved within 80 days. On the
heels of the sweeping decision by the
United States circuit court of the East
ern district of Missouri comes the an
nouncement from the Standard Oil
headquarters in New York City that
the case will at once be appealed to
the United States supreme court.
The opinion declaring that the
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey
should be dissolved, which was filed
simultaneously in st. Louis and ST
Paul, was written by Judge Walter H.
Sanborn and was concurred in by
Judges Vandeventer, Hook and
Adams, composing the United States
circuit court for the Eastern district
of Missouri, sitting as the United
States circuit of appeals The decree
enjoins the seven individual de,
PENDANTS, the Standard Oil Co. and its
subsidiary corporations, from continu-
ing or carrying into effect the illegal
combination they have formed and
from entering into any like combfna
tion of conspiracy, the effect of which
will be to restrain interstate com
merce in petroleum or its products
or to prolong the unlawful monopoly
of such commerce obtained by the de
| PENDANTS stated in the decree, and
they are forbidden from engaging OIL
continuing in interstate commerce un
til they discontinue their illegal com
bination.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
SAY THEY ARE THIEVES
MAN AND WOMAN BREAK INTO
coNNEAuT, o., CHURCH..
Confess to the Police in Cleveland that
They Robbed the Poor Box Of
House of Worship of So.

Cleveland, O.-Lieut. McElhaney,
together with Patrolman Mock and
Watson of the plain clothes squad,
cleared up burglary and had the con-
fessed culprits behind the bars before
the police at Conneaut knew the
burglary had been committed. AS a
result of their efforts a man giving the
name of John Muff and a woman COM
panion giving the name of Anne Kro-
busek were taken from the home of
sister of the woman and locked up at
the fifth precinct station on the
charge of burglary and larceny.
According to the confession that the
police say they obtained, the couple
broke into the Christian church at
Conneaut and robbed the poor box of
So. After the burglary the couple
came to Cleveland and stopped at the
home of the woman's sister. A row
started and the police were called.
Mock and Watson, after questioning
the pair, decided to take them to the
station. There Lieut.. McElhaney iden-
titled Muff as an old offender, the po-
lice say, and proceeded to question
him.
The man and woman finally broke
down and confessed, the police say. to
the burglary. McBlhaney then called
the chief of the Conneaut police on
the telephone and asked him about the
burglary.
Il haven't heard of it," replied the
chief, "but hold the couple until I can
investigate"
McElhaney waited. Half an hour
later he was called to the phone by
the chief of Conneaut.
"Put the charge against those peo-
ple," said the latter. Il find that the
lock to the front door of the church
has been chiseled off and the poor
box robbed"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
Man with the conundrum.

The neighbor stepped across his
yard and watched the man raking the
dead leaves.
Hello" said the neighbor. Say,
heard mighty good conundrrm last
night"
The other man continued raking the
leaves.
''lt was this" said the neighbor.
What is the difference between a
man who flirts with a girl on the ele-
waited railroad and a Chinaman who
rolls up his cue and sits ''wn on it?"
What kind of looking girl was
she?" asked the man who was ralxing
leaves.
81 don't know. That isn't the point"
81 think that has a good deal to do
with it"
No. The question is: What is the
difference between man who is fiirt.
ing with a girl on the elevated rail-
road and Chinaman who"
Yes, but the question is
You bet if / saw any of them fiirt-
ing I'd give them poke that they
wouldn't forget. Why didn't you slam
| him one?"
81 didn't see him, just"
Who told you about it?"
Nobody. It's just puzzle. you
know. about this man and the China
mantle question is"
"The chink wasn't flirting, was he;
Why didn't you tell the CONDUCTOR"
'It didn't really happen, you know
It's simply "a"
"Oh, rats!" And the other man re
sumed raking, while the neighbol
stood and scowled at him, and theI
turned and started down street nut
tering:
"If he hadn't been so blamed thick
headed I'd have told him that the an
swer is that one is making is on the
l., and the other takes his Els OIL
his O."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
SADDEST CIVIL WAR STORY
Father Makes Elaborate Preparations
to Receive Son, Then Kills
Him BY Mistake.

"The saddest war story that ever oc-
Cured has never been fully told so far
as l know" said man who followed
Lee to the surrender at Appomattox.
Il believe that Mrs. Chestnut in her
Diary of Dixie made brief mention
of the incident.
Il had forgotten it until | read the
book Then it came back to me as l
heard it from one who was at the
funeral. The man who told it died 20
years ago.
THE old soldier had enlisted in Geo.
sia, from his home where his father
remained undisturbed during the
struggle. The young man had fought
through the war without a scratch,
save slight wound which had left
him slightly deaf. This affliction he
had never referred to in any of his let
ters.
after the surrender he commune
Gated with his father, saying he would
reach home on or about certain
date. Travel then was uncertain and
it was not positive as to when he
would arrive.
His father prepared to receive him.
Believing that his son would come as
promised, he arranged spread such
| as the conditions of his surroundings
at that time would permit. He had
brought out his best plate that had
been secreted for a long time, and
with gold which had been exhumed he
bought such delicacies and substan-
tials as the southern market at that
time offered.
"As many of the old-time neignbors
as were living in the vicinity were in
vited to the Homecoming of the re-
turning soldier. The ex-confederate
arrived on the old plantation the light
before the earliest date he had lnen-
toned in his last letter. 1t was late
and his father and the family had re-
tired.
that seemed to be awake was dog.
AS the soldier entered the gate of the
grounds the dog began barking.
1.-The sound aroused the owner of
the manor. The country was overrun
at the time with stragglers, some of
whom had not hesitated to commit
burglary.
THE father of the returning boy
arose. He stood in his doorway with
his shotgun and challenged the ap
preaching stranger, as he supposed.
THE young man being deaf made nc
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
EDUCATIONAL BUILDING SHUT
Alliance, o., High School Has No See
sions Because Structure Is De-
clared Unsafe.

Alliance, O.-Following the recent
inspection by the mayor and building
inspectors, the high school building
here has been ordered closed as un.
safe. The commission will report to
the board of education making de-
mand that some steps be taken for
the protection of pupils in the building.
Several hundred pupils regularly at.
tend school in the building, which was
at one time Alliance college. 1t is a
large brick structure of the old style.
The walls are crumbling and spread
ing. Many parents have taken their
children from school and say they will
not send them again except to safe
place.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
That Pano of PITY.

Though on my head Misfortune's hand be
laid
An EVIL Chance be dogging at my
heels.
Though Fate have shown she is a scurvy
jade
am not one who in Despondence
kneels,
Nay! 1 can take the blows then dealt to
me
And could face the world with fear
less eyes
Did not know the next thing there
would be
The folks who come to me to sympa-
thize!
The ones who pity! They who come to
tell
How bad they feel because the light
ming struck,
And show you. too, how easily and well
You might have lodged the whole mess
of Bad Luck!
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
Death Of Col. Cole.

Col. Henry A. Cole, leader of the
famous Coles Rangers in the Civil
war. died recently at his home in Bal
timore. Md. Col. Henry A. Cole, whose
brilliant career in the United States
army during the Civil war gave to that
gallant body of Maryland horsemen
the name of Coles Cavalry" by
which 1t is better known In poetry,
prose and hlstory.was rs years Of
age, having been born at Frederick
City. Md, July rs. 1884. e
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
pla in Hot Drifts for Minors.

Cherry, Ill.-Spurred on by the con.
yiction that scores of live men
still are Gagged in the black hole of the
st. Paul mine, parties of rescuers are
digging feverishly in drifts so hot as
to be almost unbearable. Tapping has
been heard in the subterranean pas
sages. The records so far show that of
the $40 men left in the mine 19S are
still missing, while 92 bodies have been
found and 20 men rescued alive.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26

Whitman will
his drectonthe
efficiently smashed
going
sonay responsible
must not be understood
not openly that he is He is not going
but 1t believed
laws enforced 1t looks Whitman
that he would close the
Whitman
This
He just raed them
that considerable
with their cooked for the that will be
district attorney when Whitman hold.
This embodiment disturbing the York Al
old
muscuary himself a
Whitman
worked probably
pEactng attorney and he did pretty well at all of them
another with
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
Bones Explain Disappearance.

Steubenville, GA skeleton found
In the woods of Wayne township
by hunters was identified by the
clothes and teeth as the remains
of Alex Mccullough, a stock dealer of
Knox township. who had been miss-
ing since January.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
Editor of Lumber Paper Dead.

Chicago. Ill.-James Elliott Defe-
baugh, 55, editor and proprietor of
The American Lumberman. is dead.
Mr. Defebaugh was one of the leaders
of lumbermen in their fight for what
they held to be an adequate rate Of
duty during the recent tariff revision.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
Near Rssr Mem Have to Pay.

Newark, o.-State Auditor Fulling-
ton has instructed the Licking county
auditor to place the names of 50 near
beer saloon proprietors on the tax
duplicate for the Aiken liquor tax.
with 20 per cent penalty attached.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
ADMIRAL PRAISES AIRSHIPs

Rear Admiral Colby M. Chester. u. s. NJ, who
was one of the commissioners that recently passed
on the claims of Commander Peary in the north
pole controversy. believes that the airship Is
destined to become one of the most powerful war
machines the world has ever known.
Admiral Chester declares this country should
have a large feet of aeroplanes which should
be used largely aerial scouts. He says the
aeropane should be the eye of the navy, that 1t
should be In the air what the submarine is in the
water.
Carrying explosives of great power, Admiral
Chester believes these swiftly soaring machines
could dash over hostile feet of battleships and
cruisers and blow them to pieces
Because of their small size and light weight
easily be carried on the warships in time of war
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26

The jury will think what to do,
win argue of angles and tangents and
sines
And quarrel of latitude-longitude lines.
A century after to-day
The heirs of the jury will say
That owing to evidence newly brought
out
The squabble is deeper than ever in
doubt.
The city built at the pole
Will veX every citizens soul
Two centuries hence by the wrangle and
bawl
Over whether twas ever discovered at
all
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
Dies on Way to Sec Doctor.

Findlay, O.-While she was on her
way to visit doctor, Mrs. Albion p.
Babbit, go, dropped dead as she was
alighting from street car. The fam
lily lately removed here from Column
bus.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
Killed for Girls Favor.

Mobile. Aia.-As result OF gen.
eral fight started by girl refusing
to dance with young man at an affair
given at Barnewall. Ala. two persons
are dea6 and four injured.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
conformlna to 1radltlons,

How. now!" we say. gayly, to our
vegetarian friend. Here yol are go.
ing home with dressed turkey under
your arm. Isn't this sacrificing prin.
ciples to some extent?"
Its merely papier-mache turkey"
he informs us. We must keep up the
old Thanksgiving customs. as we dc
the Santa Claus legend at Christmas
times" 1850.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26

which himself
Briefly o
in
will
admission councils railroad died him
formidable lived.
of
the Atlantic seaboard Louis
will be brought
Hawley
is Ito San Francis n a few
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
SHE BECOMES COED AT 7e

Mrs. A. d. Wnship of Racine, Wis. who IL
rs years old, is Studying hard every day at the
Ohio State university, in Columbus, and by her
diligence puts many youths and young women
to shame, She recently entered the college as
freshman.
Mrs. Winship had been coming to Columbus
two summers, taking brief course in the summer
school, largely a review of the common branches
This year, however, she decided to take a
college course.
Il am not going to leave the college till am
so years old" she said 81 feel as young girl,
and why should l not complete my education?
In my girlhood we did not have the advantage
that girls have now, though had some education
even in those days. But learning Is more ad.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
FEAR JERoME'S SUCCESSOR

Charles Seymour Whitman, who has been
elected district attorney of New York to succeed
William T. Jerome, promises to be as great ter
ror to evildoers-to real evdoers, whether they
be friends or foes-as was ever district attorney,
police commissioner, magistrate or other officer
of the law in New York
AS city magistrate and member of the court
or general sessions, Whitman has had splendid
career In that Office he sat for eight years to
the eminent satisfaction of everybody who cared
to look into his conduct and to speculate on his
future, for Judge Whitman is essentially man
of the future, and few who know him hesitate in
saying that he will take full advantage of the
developments that have made him virtually the
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
HAWLEY is NEW HARTMAN

Edwin Hawley has succeeded to the throne
of e. H. Hartman the ruler of the railroads OF
the United States. Within the last few days there
has been change of alignment of the greatest
financial powers in Wall street and they havo
proffered to Hawley the backing of their millions,
which were the of the Hartman power,
and which, likewise, makes Hawey the dominant
figure in the American railroad world. This shift
of the balance of money power to the support of
Hawley marks the most important of several
changes in the railroad situation that have been
brought about by the passing of Hartman.
Another change of scarcely less interest dur.
ing the last few days has been the appearance of
a welldefned plan to eliminate Hartman infiu.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26


rudiments
the world
place. ABB
am going 70 psychology and literature"
is o
in a Racine is
is
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
one Kind of Modern Woman.
r Mrs. Ezra Tinrod hasn't swept,
baked or busted this week, being busy

on a paper on The Value of System
In the Household" to be read before
her club.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26
: T'ElE. omRIR
9 W. MILsuR D NEsBlr. .

Twelve eminent scientists will decide
The claims of Cook and Peary regarding
The discovery of the north pole.)
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-26


miles direction giving warning
the
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-09-29
Our Guarantee

lar bottle Then after you have used tho
entire contents Of the bottle if you can
honestly say that it has not done you any
good, return the bottle to the druggist and
he will refund your money without ques-
tion or delay. We will then pay the drug
that our guarantee is good. This offer ap-
plies to the large bottle only and to but one
In family. The large bottle contains 2H
times as much as the fifty cent bottle.
Kodol is prepared at the laborator-
les of E. G. Dewitt & Co., Chicago.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1909-09-29

STATE GE SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Ci Lexington.
In the Court Of Common Pleas.
The Home National Bank Of Lcxing-
ton, S. c., plaintiff,
against
Jessie Y. Kleckley, ct. al, defendants.
In obedience to the decree Of the
Hon. Robert Aidrich, Judge presiding
at Lexington, S. c., Of date June -:
1909, in the above entitled case, Will
sell at public outcry, before the court
house door. at Lexington, S. c., Oh the
first Monday in October next, to the
highest bidder, the following described
tracts Of real estate:
.'All that piece, parcel or tract OF
land, situate, lying and being IN Hol.
low Creek Township in the county OF
Lexington and State aforesaid, contain
ing fifty-fve acres, more or less, bound
ed by lands of Luther Kleckley, estate
lands of Walter A. Nunnamaker, j. A.
Calk. DR.. Jimmie Harman and perhaps
Others"
Terms: Cash, purchaser to pay tor
f FRANK W. sHEALY,
c.. c.. G.. ?. & G. S.
September IA, 1909,
Graham g. Sturkie, Attorneys fol-
Plaintiff.
Ffrd & Dreher, Attorneys for De-
PENDANTS.