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Arizona republican., 1911-10-23

MUSKOGEE. Okla. oct 22.-There
are rumors of other deaths at Coweta.
These are unconfirmed, but citizens
Of Mosllosee are being armed and
rushed To Coweta. - miles from here.
MCSKOGEE. Okla. oct. 22.-Com-
pany q. of the Oklahoma national
guard. has been ordered To assemble
at once and proceed to Coweta. A
special train was made up to convey
the troops
Arizona republican., 1911-10-23

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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-24

eyes fell on her bright black ones and
with that, glance his castle of bache-
lorhood he had believed would stand
forever tottered.
UP TO this time, facing an untamed
lion with empty hands would have
been no harder for Madis0e than fac
ing woman, especially an unmarried
woman. Though he had often seen
across the fields, the little figure gof
Miss Colvin going about her work, he
had never met her face to face. In the
lew times she had left her mother to
call on his mother he had fed the
house.
I'm lonesome" he said, meditatiye-
~, as he hndled his fire preparatory
TO making his jam. II wonder If she
amt lonesome, too." The thought
that combination of two lonelinesses
might mean happiness flash over
him. A pink flush covered his high
forehead and he dropped the stove-cap
litter on his foot.
1t was several days before Madison
ventured to the blackberry patch in
the afternoon again. No little black
clad figure with smiling eyes was
there and his heart filled with dull
sense OF disappointment. Madison
went home and planted his late pole
beans.
III / wasn't such dull, old, bash
rul TOOL" he said, as he moodily swung
his hoe, I'D think Of some other way
OF getting to see her. Maybe I'd even
60 to her house; but I am fool. a
silly fool"
One wet day early In August Madi-
son found In a far corner Of his
meadow field clump of species Of
milkweed haartnR brilliant red bios
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-24
Hurt by Freak Hammer.

Seattle, Wash.-Miss Hannah Lun>
den decided to tack little curtain
around q box in her kitchen In which
she kept table delicacies. After a
search Of several minutes she OBJ
tained the tacks, and was unable to
find hammer with which to drive
them.
Going to the garret she got heavy
loaded shotgun cartridge, and using it
as a hammer, began to drive the tacks.
iAll went well until she struck the
third tack, when there was a loud ex.
plosion. The shot entered her right
hand, decorating 1t, and splitting the
thumb and finger to the bone.
She was removed to the Seattle
General hospital, where physicians in
charge said that she may lose her
hand as a result Of the accident.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-24
NOTES FROM THE EXPERIMENT
STATIONS.

r. w. Thatcher, Director of the
Washington Experiment Stations.
says:
Corn makes a very profitable for
age crop in most of our northwestern
sections wherever the annual rain
fall is fifteen inches, or more. If the
annual rainfall exceeds 1S inches.
corn can be grown in rotation with
wheat without seriously diminishing
the yield of wheat the succeeding
year. With less than IS inches OF
rainfall the moisture taken by the
corn usually cuts short the supply for
the succeeding wheat crop, little.
With 15 inches or less, alternate sum.
merfallowing would probably have to
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-24
COnfIagratiOns
By INEZ DEACON

Miss Catherine Colvin's blackberry
patch grew close to the line fence
between her small farm and Madi-
son Brinkley's few acres. Madison's
blackberry patch leaned over this
post and rail fence in the opposite
side.
The mother Of Miss Colvin was an
invalid, who never left the house; the
mother of Madison was rheumatic and
also never left the house.
In the natural course of events it
would seem that Catherine and Madi-
son, who did the berry picking for
their respective families, would occa-
sionally have met at their briars But
Madison's mother had always wished
her berries to be gathered in the
morning while the dew was on them.
GATHERINGS mother preferred hers
picked in the afternoon, when the
vines were dry.
In January of the fourth year of
the Colvins living next the Brinkleys
Mrs. Colvin died; in February oc-
CURED the death of Mrs. Brinkley. In
the summer following their bereave-
ments Madison and Catherine gath
cred their fruit at times that suited
them.
One early July afternoon Miss Col
vim, reaching through the fence 10
gather an unusually fine cluster of
berries that hung over on the Brink
ley side Of the fence, put her hand
full in the face and touched the lips
of large, fair man, who was down
on his knees filing a threegallon tin
bucket from some low-growing vines.
Madison looked up quickly and at
sight of woman his round, full face
assumed the pinkness of July sun
set.
"Oh!" gasped Miss Colvin, 'T didn't
know anybody was there!"
Madison arose, going two shades
pinker, "I-I-hope | didn't scare
you," he stammered.
"Oh, no, not at ALL" prevaricated
Miss Colvin, politely. Then, in an eff
fort to put him at his ease she held
out her half-filled bucket. "Ain't the
berries fine this year?"
Madisons glance was directed at
the blackberries, but Miss Colvin was
"a short woman; his embarrassed
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-24
FELINE IS ALLOWED TO LIVE
Cat Survives Poison, Bullet and Gas
and Police Give Up Trying to
Xiii II.

Westfield, N IA cat which has
survived efforts to drown, poison and
shoot it passed safely through a gas
explosion which blew the whiskers off
of and almost cost the life of PATROL
man John Roscrans, and startled one
district of Elizabethtown out of the
best part of an evenings rest.
The cat had been brought to the
police station by two boys, who said
they had attempted in vain to oblige
their mother by getting rid of the
animal. Roscrans thrust it into a
small tank in the rear of the police
station and then turned on the gas.
The contrivance had been used for
months to smother cats and dogs that
had become a nuisance in the COM
munity. After the cat had been ten
minutes In the tank Roscrans shifted
at the tiny peephole by the knob. He
smelt no gas, and supposed, he said.
the supply pipe was stopped up.
Lighting his lantern. he opened the
door of the tank and set the lantern
inside to see what was the matter.
The explosion burst the tank, blew
the cat into Roscrans' face and set
fire to his clothing, hair and whiskers.
Several comrades ran out and res
cued him, and doctor attended him
and added plasters to his countenance.
The cat today is walking around and
about the police station as well as
ever
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-24
DREAM SAVES A LIFE
HANGING OF SON is AvERTED BY
FATHERS VISION.
Nightmare Brings Proof Of Innocence
After Suspect Had Been Convicted
of murder and Death Sentence Is
Suspended on Parents Plea.

Des Moines, Ia.-George Weems,
aged S6, originally sentenced to be
hanged will soon step forth from the
Iowa State prison at Fort Madison a
free man, after sixteen years servi-
tude. He was convicted of the MUIR
der of L. B. Ridpath, conductor on
the Chicago Great Western railroad,
who was on his way to his train when
shot in the neck and killed.
Weems maintained his innocence.
He had been with John Grout and
Hammill earlier In the evening", but
left them to visit with Miss Kitty
Leary. While In her company he said
he heard shot fired in the street.
He rushed out and saw the conductor
staggering in the street, helped him
to the curb and fed. When arrested
next day 1t was discovered that the
woman by whom he could prove an
alibi had left the city.
On the night of the murder the
father of George Weems, who lives at
Adel, twenty miles from Des Moines,
had bad dream, He left his bed and
walked into the country. He was
stopped by several friends, to whom
he ioid his dream.
1t was to the effect that he had
seen his son George with two other
persons about to be buried, though
his son was alive The father cried
out for some one to help him, and a
man whom he did not know said: 'T
will save your boy from the grave"
The man jumped into the grave and
lifted out the son alive.
The next day Mr.. Weems was called
to the assistance of his son, accused
of murder. After the death sentence.
Weems' father went to the private Of
fee of Governor Drake to plead elem,
ency for his son. He had never seen
the governor, but when he entered
the room he cried: Governor, know
you; you are the man in my dream
who helped lift my boy out of the
grave" Then the father recounted
his dream. whereupon the governor
said:
In real life will I help you lift
your boy out of the grave
He signed the order committing the
death sentence to life Imprisonment.
The woman who was with Weems
on the fatal night was found, and was
finally prevailed upon to tell her story
in confidence to Senator A. B. Cum
Minis, then governor of Iowa. AS a
result the sentence of life was CON-
muted, and in few days George
Weems will leave the penitentiary a
free man.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-24
Fate Of q speeder.

Gunner-Bigwood, the millionaire,
started of for banquet, and was ar
rested for speeding.
Guyer-Then he wasn't wined and
toasted.
Gunner-No; instead he was Aned
and roasted.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1911-02-24

BY I. P. whitney. former Dairymen, Wash
ington Experiment Station.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09
SOCIETY LEADER
BROWNS HERSELF
Attack Of Typhoid Fever Had
Unbalanced Mind,

Alton, ILL.,, Aug. S.-After piling up
articles under the covers of her bed
in the form of dummy so as to de-
ceive the nurse and make her think
she was still in bed Mrs. Hattie Park
er Lewis, wife of Charles Lewis, prest
dent of the Illinois Glass company, the
largest concern of its kind in America,
drowned herself in neighbor's cist
ern.
Mrs. Lewis was one of the society
leaders of Alton. She had been sick
for several years and an attack of ty-
phoid fever unbalanced her mind. Be-
cause her relatives were fearful OF
what she might do strict watch was
kept over her.
Last night the nurse woke up three
times between midnight and o'clock
this morning. At midnight she
talked with Mrs. Lewis. Some time
later she woke and thought by the
raised outline under the bed clothes
Mrs. Lewis still was In the next room.
On investigation this morning she
was missing and later her body was
found In the cistern.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09
SUICIDE MYSTERY UNSOLVE
Letter Left by Lieutenant BrilIhsrt
Gives No Explanation.

York, Pa, Aug. S.-With the mys-
terry as to the cause of his suicide lm.
solved, Lieutenant Charles 9. Brill.
hart, the young naval officer who was
found dead in the Astor House, New
York, last Thursday, was buried yes
terday. Two thousand curiosity seek
ers assembled at the cemetery and for
q time the services were interrupted
Mrs. Rose Brilliant, the widow, was
among the mourners and she was the
center of attraction. Mrs. Brilliant
had brought with her to York the let
ter written by the lieutenant shortly
before his DEATH This she read to
the relatives here. and there was not
a line that indicated that he contem'
plated suicide 1t was written in en-
dearing phrases. Mrs. Brilliant left
Immediately after the funeral for
Washington. Contrary to expectation
there was no escort from the navy de-
partment at the funeral.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09
Saturday.

The thermometer registered IS de.
grees, or 16 above freezing, at Denver.
Arbitration treaties with Great Brit
ain and France were signed in Wash.
ington.
Lieutenant Charles f. Brilliant, U.
S. N, shot himself dead In the Hotel
Astor in New York.
Edward Murphy, former United
States senator from New York, died
in Long Branch, N J.
A New Orleans dispatch stated that
cotton prices rose sharply on general
buying which started in Liverpool and
spread to American markets.
A dispatch from Jackson, Miss, stat
ed that Ex-Governor Nardaman won
the Democratic nomination for United
States senator by about 10000 majorl
ty over Senator Percy and C. H. Alex
ander.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
kinasIey's stammerIna.

Charles Kingsley loved talking, had
an enormous deal TO say on every con-
celvable subject and longed to say 1t.
But his stammer was always checking
him. He gurgled and gasped and
made faces and would sometimes
break off in conversation or meal,
rush out into the open air and liber-
ate his suppressed emotions by rapid
exercise or physical exertion. Yet, as
has often been observed In similar
cases, when he had to preach the
stammer subsided, and, though there
was some facial contortion, the flow
of the discourse was never interrupt
ed. He said to his friend Tom
Hughes: Il could be as great a talker
as any man in England but for my
stammerlng When am speaking for
God in the pulpit or paying by bed
sides | never stammer. My stammer
is blessed thing for me. 1t keeps me
from talking in company and from
going out as much as ! should do but
for tic. w. Il. Russell in Winches-
Yer Guardian.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09
Tuesday.

DIR. Simon Flexner told conference
of physicians in Albany no cure had
been found for infantile paralysis.
The bodies of two Brooklyn girls
and a New York youth Were recovered
from Greene lake, near Catskill, N
Y.
It was rumored that the men who
mutinied on Saturday aboard the
Spanish warship Numancia had been
shot.
Lincoln Beachey, after returning to
New York from his fight to Phila.
delphia, performed thrilling feats at
the Nassau Boulevard aerodrome.
Rioting continued in the Brooklyn
car strike, 25 persons being hurt and
about so arrested; the police Strong
arm" squad put many mobs to flight
The body OF Mrs Charles Mowrey a
vaudeville actress, was found with her
throat cut in a Kansas City (Mo)
rooming house; Charles Mowrey her
husband. was held by the police.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09
Four Killed at Railroad Crossing.

The northbonnd train on the Black
River branch of the New York Cen
trail struck wagon containing five
people on crossing about seven
miles from Utica. Four deaths result
ed and three of them were instantan-
eous. Those who were instantly killed
were Mrs. Philip Nausbaum, 50 years
old; her son Julius, eight years old,
her daughter Edith, 10 years old. Miss
Goldy Goldstein of Rochester, who was
In the wagon, was so badly injured
that she died soon after being brought
to a Utica hospital Jacob Nausbaum,
16 years old, another son, had a brok'
ell leg. The horses attached to the rig
were killed,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09
SMALLPOX AT EAST 0LEAN
Brickyard Workman Didn't Know He
Had the Disease.

A we'll developed case Of smallpox
has been located at East Olean, NJ Y.
A man named Hoog, employed at a
local brickyard, was taken i'll a week
ago with sick headache and was
treated with home medicines. 1t de-
veloped later that his ailment was
smallpox of virulent type.
The house in which Hoog lives, a
two-family fiat. has been quarantined
and the board of health will take ac-
tive measures to confne the disease
to its present limits.
The sick man, however, has min
gled freely with his fellow workers
and the neighbors had visited back
and forth at will before the nature
of the maldy had been determined. 1t
is believed that vaccination will be
enforced upon a large scale. No APP
prehension Is felt concerning the
spread of the disease.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09
Pampered Pups.

The dog doctor was making out bill
for the months expenses OF Japa-
nese spaniel The items were room
rent, board, medical attendance and
electric light.
Electric light?" exclaimed his Sec
retary. "What on earth does a dog
need with electric light?"
"IIe doesn't need 1t at ALL" said tho
doctor, but his owner has ordered 1t.
and he has been supplied with two
eight-candle power lights every even
Ing he has been in the hospital. He is
one of those spoiled pups who were
put to bed in n light room In their in
fancy, and now he cannot sleep in the
dark. We always have two or three
of that kind ON hand. They occupy a
special ward where the lights burn all
night long."-New York Sun.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09

Pepys' Diary gives an un1attering
picture of the Lisbon court In his day.
On Oct. II, 1861, he talked with Cap
tain Lambert, fresh from Portugal"
who told him it was "a very poor,
dirty place-I mean the city and court
Of Lisbon; that there are no
glass windows, nor will they have any;
that the king has his meat
sent up by dozen of lazy guards and
In pipkins sometimes to his own table
and sometimes nothing but fruits and
now and then half hen. And now
that the infanta is become our queen
she is come to have a whole hen or
goose to her table, which Is not Ordi-
nary" Some few months later, when
some Portugal ladys" had come to
London, Pepys found them mot hand
some and their farthingales strange
dress. find nothing in them
that is pleasing, and l see they have
learnt to kiss and look freely up and
down already and | do believe will
soon forget the recluse practice Of
their own country"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09
Thursday.

A slight change for the worse was
reported in the condition of John W.
Gates.
The congressional committee invest
igating the Remsen pure food board
almost abandoned it's inquiry because
of row over hearsay evidence.
Resolutions were introduced into
the Texas legislature for the closing
of saloons from p. m. until G a. m.
a ten-mile law and a quart law.
The German minister in Teheran
joined in the movement begun by the
Russian minister there to render inn
possible the task of w. Morgan Shus-
ter as treasurer general of Persia.
In freight wreck on the Erie rail
road at Concord Tuesday morning,
Flagman John Shea of Meadyille, was
so badly injured he died soon after
entering the hospital at Cory, Pa.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09
Monday.

Henry l.. Stimson, SECRETARY of war,
left Santiga de Cuba for Havana.
Robert Bacon, American ambassa-
dor to France, sailed from Liverpool
for New York on the Campania.
A battle was reported between
Peruvian and Colombian troops, in
which the latter were defeated with
great loss.
As reprisals because a few men
struck work 10000 metal workers in
Leipsic and Thuringa, Germany, were
locked out.
Captain Felix, directors of the Mill
tary Aviation school, made a record at
Etampes, France, by ascending II $3.50
feet In 6S minutes.
Counsel for DR.. Wiley at Washing.
ton examined the department of agri.
culture solicitor in an effort to show
friction over pure food prosecutions.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09
Opportunity.

There Is a story of sculptor who
once showed n visitor his studio, which
was full of gods, some of them very
curious The face of one was entirely
concealed by the hair, and there were
wings on each foot. The visitor asked
this statues name.
Opportunity" was the reply.
"And why is his face hidden"
Because men seldom know him
when he comes to them"
"Why has he wings on his feetT
Because he is soon gone and once
gone can never be overtaken," was the
reply.
We all know the story of the man
who sold the old farm which he had
barely been able to get n living from
during his entire life and his amaze
ment and chagrln when the new own
er discovered gold upon the land tho
first week of his ownership. A great
many of us are in that very condition
with regard to our opportunities If we
did but know it.-Washington Star.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09
Friday.

L. v Gomez, Mexican secretary Of
the interior, resigned at the request of
President de LaBarra.
Antoine Simon, president of Hayti,
left Port au Prince on board a Haytian
cruiser, leaving the revolutionists in
undisputed control of the republic.
Joseph Clary, imprisoned by a cave
in in White Oak mine, near Joplin,
Mo, since Saturday, was reached by
rescuers and taken from the mine
alive and well.
An American and an English news
paper man were expelled from Aga.
dir; the commander of the German
cruiser at Agadir offered to intercede
on behalf of the Englishman, but the
latter declined.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09
KILLED SWEETHEART.
Young Farmer Stays Girl Who
Refused to Marry Him.

Then Puts Bullet Into Himself, Which
Caused His Death-Murderer swore
Young Woman Should Never Marry
Anyone But Him - Other News Of
General Interest.
Because Inez Marshall, the girl he
loved, would not become his bride,
John Ornst, "a years old. shot and
killed her last night at his home in
West Brighton, near Rochester and
then killed himself.
Ornst lived with his mother on a
small farm about two miles from the
city. On Saturday he brought his
mother to the city, leaving her with
relatives, and then took the girl out
to the farm, where the tragedy oc-
Cured.
Ornst had several times asked the
girl to marry him and had said she
never should marry any one else.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09
STOLE A FRAME HOUSE
Was Carried Away by Thieves anc
the Sleuths Get Busy.

Cleveland, Aug S.-Some one sto!e
and carried away two-story frame
house belonging to the city. The build
ing stood on the West Thirty-eighth
street Fairgrounds.
The discovery was made yesterday
by Assistant Park Superintendent
Starkey that the thief or thieves had
left a hole in the ground above which
the dwelling stood. The foundations,
too, were not molested. The police are
trying to learn who took the building.
Several weeks ago the city bought
several lots and frame dwelling in
West Thirty-eighth street, near Fulton
road.
The building was in good condition
and the city officials decided to let
the building stand as a storage place
for the playground equipment.
When the city officials started to
inspect the building they found t.
missing.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09
CURIOUS ANIMAL
Dainty Young Woman Waves G Para.
sol and Runaway Horse Stops
to Have a Look.

Alton, ILL.,, Aug. S.-When dainty
young woman, her slender figure
clad in a white dress and wearing
white shoes, stopped in the middle of
Market street yesterday afternoon and
waved a white parasol in front of a
runaway horse, spectators expected to
see her dashed to death.
The horse. attached to a light spring
wagon, which had started from the
Adams Express office while It's driver
was inside, reared back. Then Miss
Myra Bray dropped her parasol, grab
bed the bridal strap and held the
horse until men came running to her
aid.
With a nod of acknowledgment to
the cheers which followed her, Miss
Bray, who is only 16 years cid, de.
parted.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1911-08-09
PENNSYLVANIA CROPS
Suffered More From Fly In Wheat
Than From the Drought.

Suffered More From Fly In Wheat
Than From the Drought.
The report was given out recently
vt the department of agriculture
that the wheat crop of Pennsylvania
was safely harvested, though but lit
tie thrashing has as vet been done.
The ravages of the Hesslan fly will
reduce the normal yield at least 40 per
cent. Immense damage has been done
in the Lebanon valley and in certain
other portions of the state by the
Hessian fly, entire fields being devas-
tated by them.
Oats are not yet harvested, but bid
fair for an average crop.
Hay is more than half harvested,
and 1t probably 90 per cent below the
average. The crop, however, though
smaller, is of splendid quality and was
harvested in good condition.
Corn is making rapid growth and
promises per cent above the average
crop.