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Connecticut western news., 1909-01-21
NORFOLK

A delegation from here attended a home talent entertainment and dance in East Canaan Friday evening.
 The Arcanum club held one of their popular dances ill Arcanum hall Satur- day evening.
 W. w. Collar spent Saturday in Great Harrington.
 J. S. Pinney spent Sunday at his home in Unionville.
 Mrs. E. A. Fuller, who has been with her mother, Mrs. Hollister, returned to Springfield Saturday. The condition of Mrs. Holhster continues to improve.
 In the Courant, Howard w Garter says: "I read with much interest in the Courant of the proposed plan to re- quire hunters to make report of all game killed by them each season. l have never seen this plan advocated before, but have myself thought of it for several years past and had even proposed intro dueing such a resolusion the present session. I shall be very glad to see the bill presented and will gladly do ali pos sible to support it. As matter of fact the writer has kept such record for his own personal information for the past b or 20 years. There can be no ques- ton as to the great value of the statistics which would be obtained from these game records kept by hunters all over the state and HOW that the hunters li- ccrse llw is i'll effect these reports could be gathered with comparatively little trouble or expense"
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-21
SHEFFIELD

The Womans' Club held an interes- ing meeting. last week, at the home of Mrs. Howes. Mrs. Hubbard read a paper or "The Novel; and Mrs. Howes served dainty refreshments.
 The 10th annual meeting of the Shef- field Association for the Detection of Horse Thieves occurred Saturday in the town clerks office. F. w. Hubbard was elected president, A. M. Hewins, ce-president and John o. Smith, sec retary and treasurer. There have been no losses and there is a snug bank account.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-21
SOUTHFIELD

New seats and cushions are to be pur- chased for the church.
 A. c. Lockwood's new store is an or nament to the village. It has ample room for his dry goods and grocery busi- ness as well as for the postoffice, will contain a telephone booth, lock boxes and many other modern conven- fences. The large plate glass windows provide an excellent lighting for office and store room. A veranda with the round columns adds much to the appear ance of the building. A roomy store house is also being added.
Connecticut western news., 1909-01-21
WooLSoN'S kookINDEx

A vellum cabinet with cover, equipped with 100 blank receipt cards. Every house keeper, and even those who are not house. keepers have receipts. Some are copied on paper, others have been cut out of magazines The Kookindex provides n place for all of them. Each receipt may be written or mounted on card and placed behind it's proper index. There are 2l index cards with suitable headings like Salads, Cake, Ices, Etc. When in use card may be removed from index
 PRICE COMPLETE s.oo. EXTRA CARDS 25e ger 100 The Canaan Printing Go.
 Canaan. Conn.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
PERSONAL

Former Vice-President Fairbanks re-
turned to his home in Indianapolis and
was greeted by many friends.
Theodore Roosevelt has announced
that he will leave New York on the
steamship Hamburg, March 2S, for his
African hunt and visit to European
capitals.
Isaac Stephenson, after a deadlock
lasting several weeks, was elected
United States senator from Wisconsin.
Whenever the opportunity presents
itself, President Taft will play golf on
the links of the Chevy Chase club, near
Washington.
Rear Admiral Sperry has applied for
relief from duty as commander of the
Atlantic fleet and will be succeeded
March by Admiral Schroeder
Miss Belle Hagner, who Tor years
has been Mrs. Roosevelts social sec'
retary, has been transferred to posi-.
tion in the bureau of trade relations
of the state department.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
WHEAT, CORN, OATS REPORT
Department of Agriculture Gives Out
Some Statistics of Interest
to Farmers.

Washington, D. C.-The quantity
Of wheat in farmers hands on March
was 143,692,000 bushels, or ZIG per
cent of last years crop; corn 1,047,-
900 bushels, or 1913 per cent
oats 278,847, 900 bushels, or 346 per
cent, according to the estimate of the
Department of Agriculture just an
nounced.
Wheat figures were against 49,
721, 900 bushels, or 23.5 per cent of
the 1907 crop on hand March /, 1908,
and ten-year average of 158.OOS, 900
bushels, or 24.6 per cent on hand
March /. The corn estimate is COM
pared with 962. .429, 900 bushels, or 37.1
per cent of the 1907 crop on hand
March 1, 1908, and ten-year aver.
age of 90O,663.0 900 bushels, or 80 per
cent as ten-year average. The es-
innate of oats is compared with 267,-
476,000 bushels, or 35.5 per cent of
the 1907 crop on hand March and
a ten-year average of 311,199,O00, or
81 per cent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12

From Kobe Consul John H. Snod-
grass writes that paper famine is
feared in Japan, where the large part
of the raw material is supplied from
bamboos, which has led to the follow
ing step being taken:
So real is the danger that the gov
ernment has decided to adopt RENE
dial measures. The authorities have
requested the paper mills department
of the Mitsu Bishi Kaisha to take over
an area of bamboo woods in the Tora-
ku district of Formosa, covering more
than 5000 cho (7,35O acres), with a
view to the conversion of the timber
into paper.
1t is believed that, with the introduc-
ton of proper methods, the woods are
capable of yielding as many as TO-
100000 bamboos a year. 1t has not
been decided whether the Kaisha shall
establish a paper mill in Formosa or
send the article in partly manufac-
tured state to Japan, but in either case
it is believed that the development of
this new source of the raw material
for paper will be of considerable i'm
portance to the empire, and will, per-
haps, overcome the necessity of look
ing to foreign countries in the future
for its supply of raw material.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
THE BUCKEYE RECORD
A eRlsT OF NEWS FROM VARIOUS
CITIES IN OHIO.
Short Chronicles OF a Day'a Happen
lngs as Told by Telegraph
for Our Readers.
CONVICTED or MANSLAUGHTER
Guy Rasor Found Guilty OF the Charge
Of Staying His Fiancee,
Ora Lee.

Medina, o.-Consoled only by the
slight hope that the formal no.
tice of application for new trial
made by his attorneys will be acted
upon and granted, Guy Rasor stands
convicted of manslaughter. He Is
charged with Staying his fiancee, Ora
Lee, on the night of October last In
a secluded spot ialong the Custard
Hook road. near Wadsworth.
After % hours of deliberation and
argument in the small jury room, the
IL men sworn in as jurors announced
that their verdict in the case of the
state of Ohio against Guy Rasor for
the murder of Ora Lee was that they
had found him guilty of manslaughter.
On behalf of his client, Judge Kohler
Immediately gave formal notice to
Trial Judge Hayden that application
would be made for new trial. I'm
less this notice is carried into effect
within the next three days, Guy Rasor
will be forced to appear in court and
receive sentence on the charge on
which he was convicted.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
VICTORY FOR RAILROADS
MISSOURI LOW RATES KNOCKED
OUT BY FEDERAL COURT.
A DECISION BY MCPHERSON
Passenger and Freight Rates De-
cIared fiscatory-Earnings Of
Roads Are Little or Nothing.

Kansas City, Mo.-A notable de-
cision In favor of the railroads was
handed down yesterday by Judge
Mcpherson of the United States dis
trict court in the two-cent fare and
maximum freight rate cases, involv-
ing 1S Missouri lines. The railroads
contended that the rates fixed by the
statutes of the state were not
remunerative but confiscatory and
that the enforcement of the statutes
be enjoined. The state brought pro-
ceedings to have them enforced.
1.-THE question" said Judge Mcpherson
in his decision, " Is whether the traffic
wholly within the state of Missouri, gen.
orally referred to in the evidence as local
traffic, can be carried under the freight
rate statute OF 1907 and the passenger
fare statute of 1907 at such profit as will
give reasonable return after paying eX-
penses upon the investment, or whether
such traffic is carried at loss or less
than such reasonable profit. =. The
court has reached the conclusion that
upon this question the statutory rates
fixed by either and both statutes are not
remunerative
Deficit or Small Earnings.
''These computations show as to the
commodities covered by the freight rate
statute OIL l9Oi, tnat with TWO roads, the
st. Louis and Hannibal and the Burlng-
ton, allowing nothing for extra cost, there
is a deficit, and with all other companies
less than per cent. But with the extra
cost added, the deficit for the two compa-
nies is much greater, and the other COM
panies show a deficit.
THE passenger earnings under the two
cent fare law of 1907, allowing nothing for
extra cost over interstate business, give
no return whatever to the Rock Island, ST
Louis and Hannibal, Kansas City, Clinton
and Springfield and the Great Western
| The other companies will have the follow
| ing: The st. Louis and San Francisco
| between 3 and 4 per cent; the Santa Fe,
| between and 5 per cent; the Kansas City
Southern. a small fraction over 2 per cent;
| the Missouri Kansas and Texas, between
| and per cent; the Burlington, between
and per cent. All this Is arrived at
| by allowing no extra cost of service. But
to add the extra cost for freight and pas
| senger, there arc no earnings over ex-
| penses. This is confiscation under the
constitution.
| Judge Mcpherson also says in the de-
| cision: When the statutes in question
were enacted, 1t was believed by many
| that by reducing the fare there would be
| much more travel For a month or so
| this proved to be true. But with the
novelty gone, the testimony shows that
the increase has been less than 3 per
cent. and more nearly 1 per cent"
He says further as to the abolition
of passes that the evidence shows the
passenger revenue is increased by
reason thereof less than l per cent.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
FIRST USED BY CHILDREN.
older Members Of Family Slow 20
Adopt the Table Napkin.

Curiously enough, the table napkin,
now deemed almost indispensable, was
first used only by children. and was
adopted by elder members of the
family only about the middle of the
fifteenth century. In etiquette books
of an earlier date than this, among
other sage pieces of advice for chill
dren, are instructions about wiping
their fingers and lips with their nap
kins.
It seems that the tablecloth was
long enough to reach the floor, and
served the grown people in place OF
napkins. When they did begin to
use napkins, they placed them first on
the shoulder, then on the left arm, and
finally tied them about the neck. A
French writer, who evidently was con-
servative and did not welcome the
napkin kindly, records with scorn:
''The napkin is placed under the
chin and fastened in the back, as If
one was going to be shaved. A person
told me that he wore his that way
that he might not soil his beautiful
frills."
1t was difficult matter to tie the
two corners in the back, and 1t is said
that thence originated our expression
for straitened circumstances: Hard to
make both ends meet" This custom
led to the habit shown by walters
of carrying a napkin across the left
arm.
Napkins became popular in France
sooner than in England. At one time
1t was customary at great French din
ners to change the napkins at every
course, to perfume them with rose
water, and to have them folded a
different way for every guest.
About 1850 Pierre David published
'Maistre d'hostel," which teaches
how to wait on patrons properly, and
how to fold all kinds of table napkins
in all kinds of fancy shapes.
The shapes were: Square; twisted;
folded in bands; in the forms OF
double and twisted shells; single shell;
double melon; single melon, cock, hen
and chickens; pigeon in a basket;
partridge; pheasant; two capons in
pie; hare; two rabbits; sucking pig;
dog with a collar; pike; carp; tur
bot; miter; turkey; tortoise; the holy
cross; and the Lorraine cross. THE
Sunday Magazine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
STRUCK BY PASSENGER TRAIN
Two Young Women, on Their Way to
Church, Hurled SO Feet and
Instantly Killed.

Dayton, o. = Struck by a west.
bound Pennsylvania passenger train
when they attempted to cross the
track in buggy just east of
Xenia, o.. Miss Mary Fleckenstein,
aged 81 years, a deaf mute, and Miss
Theresa Glossinger, aged II years.
were instantly killed.
Their bodies were buried so feet
down the track by the locomotive,
which was running go miles an hour.
The young women were on their way
to church. They knew there was no
regular train due, but the one by
which they were killed was special
bearing the Blaine club of Cincinnati
from Washington to Cincinnati.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
BRIEF REVIEW OF
A WEEKS EVENTS
MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD
IN CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUT WORLD
Information Gathered from All Quar-
ters Of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the Perusal Of
the Busy Man.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

While the house Is wrestling with
the tariff bill, it is believed the senate
may take up other important matters.
The senate confirmed, without OPP
position, the cabinet appointments of
President Taft. All of the members
except Secretaries MacVeagh and
Dickinson have taken the oath of Of
fee.
Consideration of President Taft's
cabinet nominations began in the
United States senate. The house has
adjourned until March 15.
President Taft in selecting his cabi-
net took into consideration the geo.
graphical qualifications of its mem
bers, the north, east, south and west
all being represented,
In a report to the house special
committee declares the secret service
department exists without permanent
authority Of law
AS a token of their esteem, the mem
bers of the senate presented to Vice.
President Fairbanks a valuable silver
service. In addition, the Democratic
members gave him loving cup.
Senator Beveridge in speech in
the senate likened Theodore Roosevelt
to Washington and Lincoln.
The Ohio house of representatives
has adopted a resolution providing for
the submission to the people of an
amendment to the constitution estab-
fishing the principle of initiative and
referendum in state Legislation.
A bill was passed by the house
awarding gold medals to Orville
Wright and Wilbur Wright in appreci-
alton of their achievements in aerial
navigation.
The ship subsidy bill, which was
passed by the senate, was killed in
the house by vote of IT'S to 172.
Senator Nelson of Minnesota pre-
sented to the senate the so-called ere
dentials of Senator Stephenson OF
Minnesota as Wisconsins senator.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
Larae Verdict Awarded.

Cleveland. o. = Attorneys Harry
Payer and Thomas Dunlap won
one of the largest verdicts of this
term of court when jury in Judge
Vickery's court awarded Mrs. Martha
Latto and her three children of Col
linwood $4,000 for the death of
Alonzo Latto. The parent, pipe-6t-
ter. was killed in a boiler explosion
in the Lake Shore shops November
70, 1906. Eight men were killed. DR..
Nicola Cerri, Italian consul. got a YER
dict OF $4,000 for the death of Anil
care Palmeri, laborer.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
GENERAL NEWS.

On his first Sunday as chief eXecu-
tive President Taft walked to the Uni
tartan church. At Oyster Bay, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, whom he succeeded,
did the same thing.
In sermon to his congregation,
Rev. John Haynes Holmes of New
York said Theodore Roosevelt was not
a statesman, but the smartest politi-
clan of the time, and as such did great
good.
A man believed to be Walter F..
Schultz of Chicago was found dead in
Alexandria, Va, across the river from
Washington. 1t is believed he was
murdered.
Archibald G. Bllair of Detroit refused
to surrender for the use of the Roose-
welt hunting party cabin he had re-
served on the steamship Hamburg.
An attempt to wreck the pay train
of the Burlington road in Des Moines,
Ia, failed. 1t is believed robbers made
the attempt.
Elton Baldwin, who murdered his
mother at Saugatuck, Mich, was sent
to the penitentiary for life three days
after the crime.
The German press praises former
President Roosevelt for his efforts
toward friendship between the nations.
Arguments to the jury in the Car
mack Cooper murder case at Nashville,
Tenn, were begun by counsel.
The California senate adopted q
resolution calling on congress to pass
a law excluding Asiatics from the
United States.
e. w. Backus of Minneapolis has
purchased machinery and will start a
big papermaking plant at Interna
tional Falls, MINI.
The sale of all the properties Of the
Southern Steel Company at auction
was decided upon at a meeting of the
creditors of that company in Birming
ham, Ala.
Four men were killed by an explo
sion in the Diamond mine at Butte
Nor
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
IRREGULARITIES Found.

Columbus, O.-Irregularities amount
ing to $7,663.36 were found in
Champaign county by Examiner G. l..
Tatman, whose report on that county
has been made public by the state ac-
counting bureau. OF this sum $6,00S
was illegal fees and unclaimed money,
the latter being $453, which was not
turned into the treasury. The balance,
s1,654, was authorized payments. The
officials have paid back 1898, leaving
a balance of about $4,000 due the coun-
ty. Probate Judge Thomas B. owen
took $1,217, Clerk M. r. Talbot $545
and Surveyor C. s. Pratt $500, which
are entered as illegal fees.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
Democrat Is Railroad Commissioner

Columbus, O.-John. C. Sullivan
sprung a clever coup on ]. C.
Morris, with whom he was contending
for his seat as member of the state
railway commission. Learning that
Morris was out of the city, Sullivan
walked into the board meeting and
took his seat President o. H.
Hughes. Democrat. accepted his Gre
dentials and with the acquiescence of
o. P. Gothlin, Republican, the other
member. recognized him as a mem
Der. Morris will now be compelled to
become the plaintiff, bearing the
costs of the litigation, while Sullivan
will be defended by the attorney gen.
eral, completely reversing the situa-
tion.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
Rolling Mill Shut Down.

GAINESVILLE. O.-The American Roll
Ing Mill Co.'S sheet mill here has
been closed down for an indefinite
period. throwing 200 men out of en-
ployment. The cause for the shut
down is given by the local manage
ment as a general depression in the
sheet steel market. brought about by
uncertainty as to the tariff revision, to-
gether with cutting of prices by the
United States Steel Corporation.
which makes it an imposslbility 10
operate the plant at profit at tho
present time.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
Fatal Saloon Row.

Columbus, O.-Frank Zibo. barton.
der in Nemeth's saloon on South
Parsons avenue, shot and killed John
Sabo and mortally wounded George
Sabo, his brother, as the result of a
row which developed when the two
Hungarians were put out of the saloon.
Zibo escaped.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
Both Parties Refused a Divorce.

Springfield, O.-Judge A. H. Kun
kle has refused both parties a
decree of divorce in the case original
ly brought by Mrs. Elgie Leedle
against George d. Leedle, a wealthy
florist and prominent in Baptist
church in Ohio. Mr.. Leedle had filed
a cross petition asking for the decree.
Domestic quarrels and utter incom-
patibility were the grounds on which
both asked for a decree.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
Locomotive Boiler ExpIodes.

Dayton, O.-The boiler of loco.
motive exploded nine miles north
of this city on the c., H. & d. railroad,
instantly killing the fireman, e. G..
Trip. The engine was pulling south
bound train No. 434. Trips home Is
in Lexington, KY, but he has been
rooming for several weeks at Elmwood
Place, near Cincinnati. The engineer
was painfully scalded.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
Man Found Slain.

Chicago. Ill.-Hugh Hopkins, 81
years old, son of ]. j. Hopkins, super
intendent of stations of the South
Side Elevated railroad. was found
slain in doorway at 37O3 Wentworth
avenue.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
Catfish.

Miss Watson-Did Mr.. Sark say to
you as 1 entered the drawing-room last
night, Clara: rs that the beautiful
Miss Watson?"
Clara-Yes, dear, with the accent on
the that"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12

Seneca, S. C. = Deputy Sheriff
w. r. Corbett and his brother,
Charles, were killed at the house of
]. b. Palmer, near Walhalla. II Ia
said that Corbett had warrant for
The arrest of one of Palmer's sons.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
A Friqht.
Widow

Where is my new Merry Widow
hat?" she asked.
"Oh, threw it at cat last night"
Threw 1t at a cat?"
''Yes, wanted to frighten the cat!"
-Yonkers Statesman.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
HAVOC WROUGHT BY TORNADO
jured as the Result of Violent
Storm in Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark.-Four persons
are reported dead and a number
injured as the result of a violent
storm which swept through western,
eastern and southern Arkansas yes
terday afternoon and last night.
Three are reported to have been
killed at Brinkley, and dispatches at
midnight were to the effect that the
town was in flames and its complete
destruction seemed inevitable. Wires
are down throughout the state and
only meager reports have reached Lit
tie Rock thus far.
Passenger Train Lost.
A Cotton Belt passenger train due
in Little Rock at $50 o'clock last
night is lost near Barcum, where a
tornado struck and is reported to
have been swept off the track. An
other report is to the effect that the
train was struck by lightning. Rail-
road officers in Little Rock have been
endeavoring to find the train for
hours.
At midnight special train bearing
physicians and nurses and fire fight
ing apparatus was started from For
est City for Brinkley.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12
THE MARKETS.
Financial.

Financial.
New York. Mar. 9.-Money-On call
easy at TX az per cent. Prime mercan-
tile paper 3h "a per cent. Sterling ex-
change $4.Ss.25 for demand
Government bonds steady.
Grain, Provisions and Live Stock.
F1our-Minnesota patents $3.50 $500.
Wheat-No. red s1.2OA elevator.
Corn-No. 2 white 74c.
oats-Mixed 57hQ5shc.
Hay-Quiet.
Cattle-Steers $5.35@6.50.
Sheep-Steady at $3.50@6.00. lambs $3.50
@7.95.
Hogs-state $500.
Cleveland. Mar. 9.-Flour-AIinnesota
spring patents $s2oQ700.
Wheat-No. 2 red $1.21.
Corn-No. yellow $3.50.
Oats-No. 2 white 57hc.
Butter-Best creamery SOh oslo.
Cheese-York state 15Q15hc.
Eggs-Strictly fresh 22c.
Potatoes-Best grades 80 Q95c.
Hay-No. timothy $3.50.
Cattle-Best steers s590Q6.25, calves
$S.50p875.
Sheep Choice wethers $5.75, lambs
$3.50
Hogs-Heavy Yorkers s6,S5, pigs s6.4O.
Toledo, Mar 9.-wheat-cash sl2O.
Corn-Cash CSC.
Oats-Cash 56&c.
Cloverseed--Cash S5.27h.
Buffalo, Mar. 9.-Cattle--Ex Export cattle
$780, fair to good $5.50@6.OO
Hogs-Yorkers $6.00Gp65O, pigs s6.75
Sheep-Wethers $50 @6.0O. lambs S675
Q7.SO.
Pittsburg Mar. 0. - Cattle - Choice
steers $6.5O06.75. good $6.O0Q625.
Hogs-Heayy Workers $500 g70o pigs
$6.00Q620.
sheep Prime wethers s5.s59oOO.
lambs s6.O0Qs.0O.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-03-12

Buffalo, Mar, 9.-Cattle--Export cattle
$500. fair to good $5.506p6OO,
Hogs-Yorkers $6.00@6.50 pigs s6,75.
Sheep-Wethers So. SO G6,0O. lambs S675
Q7.8O