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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-05-08

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-05-08

Ten Fer Gent Discount
On May water bills paid before tho
10th OF the month. 6-t-bt
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-05-08

Yon are welcome to stop at zinA's
aud hear the phonograph.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
Electricity Known Of Old.

A writer in the Elektrotechnische
Anzeiger cites many incidents to show
that electricity was not unknown to the
ancients, and that George Eber's sug-
gestion in novel that the Egyptians
made use of lightning conductors was
well founded. Instruments much like
the modern heliograph were also used,
the writer says, by priests, as a means
of communication between temples
There can be no doubt he says, as to
the temple having been protected by
lightning rods. The Biblical descrip-
tion shows that the roof was provided
with metallic points held aloft by col.
umns and that these ending in chains
terminated in great water tanks. He
adds: "All of which is vouched for in
the first book of Kings and the second
book of Chronicles
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
PACIFIC SLOPE is SHAKEN
California and Oregon Experiences
Severe Earth Shocks-Financial
Damage Not Great.

San Francisco.-The earthquake
shock felt in northern California and
southern Oregon Thursday is reported
from a number of places to be more
severe than any felt in several years
previously. The vibrations contiAued
from 10 to Is seconds, according to OBJ
servers in different towns.
Windows were shattered, chimneys
Frustrated. dishes broken and small
pieces of furniture moved, but so far
as known the financial damage was
nominal.
Humboldt county seems to have
been the center of the seismic dis
turbance, but telegraph and telephone
communication is interrupted and
only meager reports have been re-
ceived. 1t does not appear. however,
that the shock was of great violence.
Among the cities and towns where
the quake was felt are Redding, Red
Bluff, Chico, McCloud. Weaverville,
Dunsmuir and Crescent City, in Cali
fornia, and Grants Pass and Marsh
field, oregon. 1t was not felt in San
Francisco, nor was it recorded at the
local weather bureau.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
BIRTHS HELP OUT MISSIONS
At $40 Apiece Babies Aid the Cause of
Methodism, and No Rebate
for TripIets.

Pittsburg, Pa.-At the fortieth an
nual meeting of the Women's For
eign Missionary society of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church it was discov-
cred that the women of this body,
which extends from coast to coast,
have been in the habit of assessing
$40 on each member of the organiza-
tion for each baby she may have.
This came out when two Philadel-
phia women tried to get job lot
price on triplets which they presented
their husbands within the past year,
but Mrs. Lucie F. Harrison, in charge
of the children's work, refused to
Give any rebate or any per cent off
for cash on either twins or triplets, {"
and the Philadelphia mothers paid
their $30-and little proudly, too.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
RENEW GAMBLERS WARFARE
Two Bombs Explode in chicaso's
Downtown District Causing Semi
Panic Among Hotels, Etc.

Chicago-Bomb "3S" and "34,"
marking the renewal of the Chicago
gamblers internal warfare, were ex-
ploded Sunday night within 80 min
utes of each other. The first bomb
was exploded in the rear of the EN-
pire building at 260 State street,
which houses the Empire Whist club,
operated by the Smith-Perry-Colby
gambling syndicate. The second
bomb was exploded in the rear of the
building at 10 Madison street in
which Ed. Wagner and Fatty" Woods
shelter their interests.
The two heavy explosions coming
almost simultaneously, shook the
great buildings in the loop district to
their foundations and created panic
all over the downtown district which
has not been equaled in recent years.
From hotels, theaters and buildings
people poured into the street, the
crowd continually growing denser,
reaching the point where the loss of
lives was imminent.
The dar,age to the State street
building was slight, only windows be-
ing broken, the wrecking of the in
terror amounting to little. Estimates
of the damage were placed at $1,000.
The damage to the building on Mad
ison street was placed at $4,000.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05

Hendaye, the French frontier town
which has been forwarding much of
the Spanish crisis news, and has been
the scene of embarrassing demonstra.
tons by Spanish refugees against
their own country's government, is the
Andaye of Wellington's passage of the
Bidassoa. Gen. Hay crossed the chan
mel and half mile of sands at low
tide from the Spanish bank on the
morning of October 8, 1918, and cap
tured Hendaye. To-day the traveller
by the Sud express crosses the I'm
ternationar' railway bridge between
Irun and Hendaye without realizing
exactly when he passes the frontier.
But the little river is an effective
boundary still. One day early this
year a correspondent found himself
in the main square of Irun asking for
the railway station, and only one of
seven or eight prosperous-lookin lrun
citizens had French enough to under
stand or answer the question-within
a few hundred yards of France!
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
FIVE DEAD IN INDIAN FEUD
Braves Demand for Girl Slave Starts
War in Which Family Is Ex-
Terminated.

San Francisco.-The story of re-
markable feud between Indians and
half-breeds in the mountains of
Humboldt county was revealed in the
arrest of James Donnelly. half
breed klamath Indian, for murder.
The feud started ten years ago.
after the accidental drowning of the
little son of Jimmie James, an In
dian. The boy had been playing with
two Indian girls, see-sawing on limb
of tree overhangiIg creek. but
slipped into the water. The father
of the boy demanded that one of the
girls should be given to him as a
slave to recompense him for the
death of the boy. but the demand was
refused and the feud started
A few days afterward Jimmie James
was found dead near Mad river. shot
through the back. Then the James
faction killed crippled Indian.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
DOES NOT REDUCE DEFICIT
New Tariff Law Falls to Meet Predic-
tions of Its Authors, According
to Treasury Statement.

Washington.-The new tariff Law
is not reducing the treasury
deficit, as predicted by its authors. 1t
is shown by statement that the
deficit for the fiscal year up to Octo-
ber 20 was more than $32,000,000.
For the same period last year the
deficit was only $7,OOO,OO0 greater. or
$39,997, 900. The new tariff has pro-
duced $23.376,O00 more than the Ding
ley law in the same months last year..
and had the government kept within
its expenditures of the former year
the result would have been a deficit
of only $16,O00,000. But the report
shows that the expenses were in
creased more than $16,000.00O above
that of the same period last year.
most of it in the war and navy depart
ments.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
WOMAN KILLS HER HUSBAND
She Bess to Be Hurried to Jail Fear
ing Violence from Hands of
Mans Relatives.

Pana, Ill-Frank Stanley was shot
and instantly killed by his wife
after the two had struggled des
perately for the possession of the
shotgun with which the woman slew
her husband.
Mrs. Stanley was the first to tell OF
the shooting, when she gave herself
up to officers. She begged to be
rushed to Jail at once, as she feared
violence at the hands of her husbands
relatives. She pleads self-defense as
the cause of the shooting and declares
that Stanley had been drinking and
handled her roughly in a quarrel over
domestic matters.
Under bedclothes, where it's cradle
had been overturned in the fight for
the shotgun, was found the child of
the Stanley couple. The baby, less
than year old, was sleeping peace
fully within few feet of it's dead fa-
ther.
In view of her story and the knowl-
edge of friends of the domestic trou-
bles of the Stanleys, it is probable
that Mrs. Stanley will be released on
bonds.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
FOUR MURDERED FOR MONEY
Burning House at Buefeld, w. Va,
Discloses Quadrupe Killing
Heroic Work of Boy.

Bluefield, w. Va. - The charred
bodies of three members of the
family of George Hood, an aged
white man, were found in the ruins of
the Hood home at Harper and the
body of George Hood was removed
while the flames were at their height.
The house was destroyed by fire the
night before for the purpose, the po-
lice believe, of covering up a quad
ruple murder Robbery is believed to
have been the motive of the crime.
The burned building was a two
story frame structure, the upper floor
being occupied by the Hoods, while in
the rooms below was restaurant con-
Quoted by negro. The theory is that
the house was fired after the inmates
had been murdered, though there is
not the slightest clew as to the per-
petrators.
A younger Hood was attending
services at church near the home
and it was from the church the flames
were first seen. Hood rushed from
the church, fought his way into the
home, which was already roaring
furnace, and forced his way up the
steps until he stumbled over the
corpse of his father He managed to
drag the body down stairs and out in
to the yard, but when he attempted
to go for his sister, brother and little
child, found every entrance closed by
the furious flames.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
"WENT THAW ONE BETTER"
Woman Seeking Divorce Charges Hus-.
band with inhuman Treatment
Burns Her with Lighted Cigar.

Philadelphia.-Extr asser-
tions of inhuman treatment, at
the hands of her husband. fred
eric Collins, Jr., widely-knownJ club
man, who lives at Mount Airy, are
made by Mrs. Madeline Collins in heE
suit for divorce.
According to Mrs. Collins her hus-
band is an admirer of Harry X. Thaw.
and she says he went Thaw one bet
ter" in his treatment of her. Not
only does she charge him with beat
ing her, but she declares he burned
her with cigars in fits of anger: one
time, after pouring ice water over
her, he forced her head under a
spigot and turned on the scalding
hot water.
AS result of this treatment Mrs.
Collins declares, her health has been
ruined and she is now suffering from
tuberculosis. She left Mr. Collins last.
summer and is now living with
friends. Collins is still at his home
with his children by former wives.
He had two, according to Mrs. Col
Inns
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
GUILTY OF CONTEMPT
HIGH COURT WILL SENTENCE SIX
MEN INVOLVED IN LYNcHiNG.
Head Tribune Has Discretion to Either
Fine or Imprison the Men or to
infllct Both Penalties.

Washington, d. C.-The unusual
proceeding of an arraignment for SEN
tence at the bar of the supreme court
of the United States will be witnessed
November 15, in accordance with an
announcement just made in the cases
of Joseph H. Shipp of Chattanooga,
Tenn. and five codefendants charged
with contempt. The court denied mo-
tions for a rehearing of the cases.
The cases originated in the courts de-
Gliding in March, 1906, to consider the
appeal of negro named Ed Johnson
from a verdict of the Tennessee
courts, holding him guilty and SEN
fencing him to be hanged on charge
of criminal assault. The night after
the determination of the supreme
court to review the proceedings in the
case was wired to Chattanooga. where
Johnson was confined in Jail, a num-
ber of people stormed the Jail, took
him out and lynched him.
The court was incensed over the
lynching and at it's instance, the at
torney general instituted proceedings
against Shipp, who was the sheriff,
anu luS JdllSE anu 90 OInelS, SuppooSu
to have been implicated in the lynch
ing, charging them with contempt of
the supreme court. Only six were
found guilty. These were Sheriff
Shipp, his deputy, jeremiah Gibson,
who was the jailer; Luther Williams,
Nick Nolan, Henry Paggett and Will
liam Mayes, residents of Chattanooga.
The finding was announced in May
just before the close of the last term
of court, but all the defendants en-
tered motions for a rehearing which
had the effect of postponing action
until the present term. The court has
the discretion to either fine or i'm
prison the men or to infiict both pen
alties.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
LURTOA LEADS FOR JUSTICE
MOST PROBABLE SUCCESSOR TO
LATE RUFUS w. PECKHAM.
Is an Old Associate and Intimate
Friend of President
Taft.

Washington.-The vacancy on the
bench of the supreme court of the
United States, caused by the
death of Associate Judge Rufus W.
Peckham of New York, is the subject
of most of the gossip in Washington
just now.
1t is popularity speaking, the most
important matter which will confront
resident Taft upon his return to the
national capital. Well-informed
prophets here name Horace H.
Lurton of Nashville, judge OF
the United States circuit court
in the Sixth circuit, as most
probably Justice Peckham's success
sor, with Solicitor General Lloyd w.
Bowers of the department of justice
as the probability for the next vacan-
cy in the court. Mr.. Bowers is
thought by many to stand very good
chance of getting this one.
Judge Lurton sat on the same judi
cial bench with Mr.. Taft, and was
the latter's choice for the vacancy
that was later filled by the appoint
ment of William H. Moody of Massa-
chusetts. Mr.. Taft was secretary of
war when he made the recommends
tion of Mr.. Lurton to President Roose-
welt, and was, it is said, very much
disappointed when his old associate
and intimate friend was not appoint
ed. Mr.. Lurton is now about 62
years old and would have ten years to
serve before retirement.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
Bank Wrecker Found Guilty.

Pttsburg, PA federal jury hear
ing the evidence in the trial of David
j. Richardson, former cashier of the
now defunct Cosmopolitan National
bank, has brought in a verdict os
guilty on "a out of 26 counts in the
indictment. Richardson was charged
under blanket indictment with misap-
plication of bank funds. the making of
false reports to the controller Of cur
rency and the making of false en-
tries in the bank books. Ten years
on each of the "a counts is the maxi
mum sentence which can be imposed.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
WOMAN FLIES WITH WRIGHT
Feet Into Air by Government
Aeroplane.

College Park, Md. = With her
skirts tied tightly about her an
kles, to keep them FROM fluttering in
the breeze, Mrs. Van Deman, wife of
Capt. Ralph c. Van Deman, Twenty
first infantry, United States army, oc-
cupied the passengers seat beside
Wilbur Wright when he ascended in
the government aeroplane here. For
four minutes she experienced the SEN
sation of soaring in the air, sometimes
as high as 60 feet above the ground.
This was the first time a woman had
made an ascension in a heavier-than-
air machine in the United States.
Obi" exclaimed Mrs. Van Deman.
when she returned to the ground.
Now I know what makes the birds
sing"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
REVOLT IN THE GREAT NAVY
REBELS SEIZE ARSENAL AND
DEFY THE GOVERNMENT.
Outbreak Brings the Military Trouble
to a Crisis and Threatens
King George.

Athens-The whole military crisis
in Greece was brought to head by
the actual revolt of the Tibaldos fac
tion in the Greek navy.
The situation is acute and whether
or not the next event will be the long
expected abdication of King George
seems to hinge ON the happenings OF
the immediate future. The gover1~
ment is meeting the situation with
unexpected firmness.
Tibaldos seized the government ar
senal at Salamis Friday and is now
entrenched there with force of about
300 naval officers, the men, who with
drew from the city on Wednesday,
leaving 24-hour ultimatum for the
governments consideration
The struggle over the arsenal was
perfunctory, the guard putting up
but a feeble defense. 1t is recognized
everywhere, however, as an overt act
against the throne, and 1t was imme-
diately met at the palace by n proc
lamation of Tibaldos as traitor and
an order for his arrest.
Troops have been thrown around
the ministry of marine, and business
is practically suspended in the cap
ital. y
The question of the hour is What
will the fleet do?" The warships are
anchored off Keratsini on the farther
side of the island of Salamis, and the
premier is waiting anXiously to see
whether its officers and men will de-
clare for TibaldOs or apainst him
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
z KILLED IN Mine
TERRIFIC BLAST IN COAL SHAFT
FATAL TO DOZEN MINERS.
THREE GAIN SURFACE SAFELY
There Were Fifteen Men in Main Tun-
mel at Time Of Explosion-Those
Who Lost Their Lives Were Suf-
located by Gases.

Johnstown, Pa.-Twelv men, all
foreigners, met their death in a ter
rifle explosion in the coal mine of the
Cambria Steel Company near here.
They were making their way out of
the shaft after completing their days
work. At the time Of the explosion
there were is men in the main tun-
mel and but three are alive to tell the
story of the disaster
Almost before the echoes of the sub
terranean blast had subsided rescuing
parties rushed to the mouth of the
shaft, but could not render assistance,
as the tunnel was filled with poison
Gus gas, which belched upward in
thick, dust-laden clouds, while falling
slate and rock thundered down into
the depths.
While the rescuers were eagerly
waiting for an opportunity to begin
clearing out the shaft to reach the
men imprisoned three heads appeared
above the surface. Three exhausted,
wounded and well-nigh unconscious
miners had succeeded in climbing up
the long fire ladders to safety above,
although they were almost suffocated
by the fumes, and gashed, torn and
terribly bruised by the storm of slate
and small stones, that poured into the
mine after the explosion.
AS soon as practicable, large force
of men, working in shifts, set to work
to clear out the shaft. They worked
for hours with demoniacal energy in
the hope that the miners imprisoned
below might still be alive. After the
last barrier of rocks had been pene-
trated, however, they found the IL
men lying huddled in death, which
had been caused by suffocation, as
none of the group had been seriously
injured by the explosion itself.
Their escape had been cut off by
tons of fallen rocks, which had closed
up the air passages and tunnel and
their death must have been a matter
of only few minutes.
The explosion, which is supposed to
have been caused by dynamite, was
felt for miles around, and many win
dows were smashed in the village
near the shaft. None OF the bodies
have been identified.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
CUBAN OFFICIALS FIGHT DUEL
Meet on Field of Honor
Neither Was Injured.

Havana.-The dispute between
Secretary of State Justo Garcia
Velez and Secretary of Sanitation Ma
thias Duque. whose designations from
the cabinet have been accepted by
President Gomez, eliminated in duel
with pistols.
The men exchanged four shots. but
neither was injured. 7
Paris-Henri Bernstein, the drt-
matist, and Francis Chevassu. q
dramatic critic. fought duel with
pistols at Prince park. Neither was in
jured. M. Chevassu fired and missed,
while Bernstein did not discharge his
weapon.
The duel grew out OF the publica-
tion of an article written by Bern
stein in which he attacked the critic.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
ON Of sassafras for Insect bites.

1t is not generally known how valu-
able a preventive against the bites of
mosquitoes, fieas, gnats, midges, etc
oil of sassafras is. The fact has re-
Gently been recorded again by A. T..
Girdler. If in a susceptible person the
oil is applied at once to the place that
has been bitten 1t almost invariably
prevents the poisoning altogether. If ap-
piled to the inflamed spot day or two
after the bite 1t an once stops the ir-
ritation.
To those who live in the country
and whose life is made burden by
undue susceptibility to insect bites
and to those who have not yet return
ed from holiday making in regions
infested by biting insects, oil of sas-
safras should be great boon and 1t
is harmless as an external application.
London Globe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
AGREE ON FIGHT TERMS
Jeffries and johnson Sign Agreement
for Heavyweight Championship
of the World.

New York.-James j. Jeffries, re.
tired champion of the world, and
Jack Johnson, the big negro who now
holds the title, met in the banquet
hall of the Hotel Albany and ar
ranged terms for battle of As rounds
before the club which offers the best
terms. There is to be side bet of
$4,000. The winner is to take rs per
cent. of the purse.
The fight is to take place not later
than July 8, 1910, and each man is to
post not less than 100000, one-half of
which is to go as side bet.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
LONG LIFE OF INDIAN QUEEN
Jeanie, the Ruler Of Chehalis, Was 1872
Years Old at the Time Of
Her Death.

There has Just died at the home OF
her grandniece, Mrs. William Vianen
of New Westminster (herself 76 years
of age) the last of the royal line of
the Chehalis Indians, in times long
past q strong nation occupying the
country contiguous to Harrison Lake,
a Montreal Herald's Victoria (B. CO.
correspondent says. Queen Jeanie was
reputedly 1872 years old at the time of
her death and until quite recently in
full possession of all her faculties.
She was young woman 81 years OF
age and the mother Of five when
Simon Fraser made his historical ex-
petition in the course of which he dis.
covered the great river to which he
gave his name, and Queen Jeanie told
with pride of giving the strange white
man hospitabe entertainment, in
recognition of which the Scottish en-
plorer presented her with several pret
ty trinkets, which have ever since
been preserved as family heirlooms.
Queen Jeanie had for years been Nv
ing in lowly hut on the Indian reser-
walton at the west end of New West
minister city, forgotten by the busy
world and almost forgotten by the
scattered remnants of the nation over
which in its unity she once ruled. For
the last year or more she has been
speechless and utterly helpless, wait
ing for the summons to the happy
hunting grounds. Her grandniece,
herself 76, 30 years ago married one
of the PROVINCES earliest pioneers.
William Vianan, better known as
Dutch BILL" the first white fisher
man on the Fraser river. His death
occurred about three years ago. No
such case of Indian longevity as that
of Queen Jeanie has been known in
this part of the world.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
Greek Rebellion over.

Athens, Greece.-Tibaldos minia.
ture rebellion has been suppressed,
according to an announcement made
by the government. Danger of the re-
volt breaking out in new places will
exist SO long as the mutinous lieuten.
ant at large.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
Dynamite Wrecks Garage.

Kansas City, Mo-A garage in
course of construction was partially
wrecked by an explosion of dynamite,
and windows in the adjoining build
ings were broken. No one was in
jured. The contractors say the ex-
plosion was a result of recent labor
troubles. Two men were arrested
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1909-11-05
Nine Die In Fire.

st. Johnsbury, Whine lives are
known to have been lost in fire that
practically destroyed the Citizens
Savings Bank block here Saturday.
Two persons were killed by falling
from the upper windows of the burn
ing building. while seven others were
buried in the ruins. Four injured
were taken to the hospital. two of
whom are not expected to survive
their injuries.