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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24

Pitched Forward on His Face, Dead.
to reach the log, when he pitched for
ward on his face dead.
After getting up on the ridge on
the western side l sent my men with
the corporal and prisoners a little
way up the creek into a wooded ra-
vine, where they would be entirely out
of danger from the bullets. l then
took my position where l could see
The whole line of our division as it
charged up the ridge, and the battle
roar began at about 4 o'clock p. m.
A short time afterward a fine young
soldier of Company G, for whose fa-
Clinton county, Ohio, in 1S4S, came
near to me without either gun or
equipments, and turned to look at the
fight. Before he had stood there
minute "a bullet struck him on the
right thigh, and he died six days aft
erwards. At about p. m. the rattle
Of the rifle fire Stacked, and the shouts
of victory came loud across the valley.
Early in the morning / went to
where the dead we're gathered for
burial, and counted 214 dead Of our
division and 46S of the Confederates
that our men had gathered The cause
of such difference in loss was that
Gen. Hood sent his lines three or four
lines deep in the charge, and six COM
panies of the One Hundred and Fifth
Illinois were armed with the Henry
rifles. Company X used the Spencer
rife. One of the captains / had as
prisoner told me that they learned
Of the gap in our lines on the morn
ing of the goth, and thought they
would come out through it and swing
and gather few Acorns (the badge
of the Fourteenth corps), but when
they came to the gap they saw in
stead the Stars (badge) of the Twen-
tieth corps.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24
Style of Street Letter Box Changed

concealing the time when the next
collection is to be made.
Four things have been taken into
consideration in trying to adopt a de-
sign for a new street letter box. The
first Is that of economy of time for
the collector Instead Of having to
open the box from the side and re-
move the contents by handfuls, the
department wants a box that will
open and discharge its contents into
sack with single operation.
In searching for this the question OF
the artistic appearance Of the box has
by no means been overlooked. If a
new box is to be adopted, the postal
authorities are determined that it
shall combine as much grace and
beauty in its appearance as it is pos
sible to give such utilitarian object.
An indestructible time card and an
automatic indicator that will show the
time at which the next collection is to
be made are the two other points
that have been given consideration.
The first becomes unnecessary If the
automatic indicator works satisfac-
tory, but the experiments thus far
made by the postofiice department
have not developed an automatic de-
vice sufficiently trustworthy, to put In
to use on the street letter boxes.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24
How DesMoines Club Women Get Money

Mrs Berryhill was in dead earnest.
That is the way it all came about.
Before the meeting adjourned the
women were enthusiastic The next
day the women were at work Mrs.
Ernst Brown, president Of the club,
earned" her first dollar selling eggs
produced from pen of five chick
ems, for which her husband, her first
customer, paid 800.
Mrs. Carroll, wife of the governor
Of Iowa, became so enthusiastic that
she was mistaken for a beggar while
soliciting funds on the street. Mrs.
Berryhill sold newspapers. Mrs. L. M.
Mann, whose husband has made his
fortune in real estate, decided to do
shampooing. Mrs. w. F. Mitchell, ex,
president Of the club, has been sell.
ing homemade aprons. Mrs. Georg.
Aulmann began her fund by selling
doughnuts Mrs. Weltz preempted the
kitchen and baked dozens of pies
Mrs. Frank Mckay has been selling
popcorn. In fact, every woman in the
club is doing all kinds Of work, even
down to shining shoes. When the
$4,000 is secured, it is the intention
to hold a celebration.
OF course the women are making
good Clad in sealslin Jackets and
modish hats, they are making a great
hit on the streets. 1t is seldom that
a man refuses to buy when he is Of
fered pair of bedroom slippers or 6
box of homemade candy, even If 1t is
on a crowded thoroughfare.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24

n HE bureau Of animal industry OF
i the agricultural department ex-
presses the hope that many state leg
islatures will take up the question Of
providing for the production Of the
government hog cholera serum. The
federal experts are convinced OF the
efficacy of this serum. They believe
that if the proper effort is put forth
by states hog cholera will be eradi-
caetd.
State officials who display interest
In the subject are asked to send rep
resentatives to the bureaus expert
ment farm, at Ames, Ia, where the
methods of producing the serum are
explained. 1t is also the policy Of the
bureau to furnish a limited amount of
the serum and a few immune hogs to
the states that are just starting in the
work. Within the last year practical
demonstrations of what may be ac-
complished through the use of this
new serum have been successfully
carried out in Maryland, Virginia, llli-
nois, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Ken
lucky and Tennessee.
Most of these demonstrations con-
sisted of treating a part of the dis
eased herd and leaving the remainder
untreated. At Kansas City, however,
a more thorough test was made, the
results of which were very interesting
and demonstrated conclusiyely the
efficiency Of the serum as a preventive
for hog cholera.
The test was made in the stock
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24

While the result Of DR. Stiles in
Yestigauon into the alleged relation
between The lint of cotton mills and
the condition among southern mill
workers is what practical mill men in
the north expected, It is nevertheless
gratifying to have the assurance Of a
recognized expert that there is no
basis whatever for the claim advanced
in the south that the condition was
due to lint rather than to the hook
worm, says the Manchester Union. DR..
Stiles caused an investigation to be
made in many New England mills and
Of the results he says: "As the New
England mills are using southern cot
ton, and as the mill hands are breath
ing in the same kind of lint as are the
southern hands, these observations
give proof of the error of the popular
idea that the condition or the latter
mill hands is due to the breathing in
of lint" He says further that such
an array of data is now on hand not
in harmony with the lint theory that
when all facts are published it is be.
lieved public opinion win of necessity
undergo a change. Hook-worm dis,
ease is due entirely TO soil pol
luton
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24
IN TRAGEDY OF GOLD
Death and Mystery Watch Over
the Sharon Millions.
SO Far There Have Been -Four Muir
ders, Three Suicides and Two
Dlsappearanees In the CAL
lfornla Case.

San Francisco.-Frederlek Fermor-
Hesketh, lieutenant Ninth Lancers,
British army, on seven days leave,
stood on the pier at Queenstown, Ire
land. The next day he was lost to
the world. Thus another tragedy is
linked with the name of Sharon, or,
as they phrase It on the Pacific coast,
with the long-dead argonaut's money
bags. Stretching wide the list there
are disclosed four murders, three sui
cides and two disappearanees. Lieu
tenant Hesketh, in the latter classih-
cation, was Sharons grandson.
William Sharon was one OF the Goid
Hills pioneers. He stepped Out oil
cowhide boots into patent leathers;
from a mountain shack to a city man
sion, from the Crown Point and Belch-
er mines in Nevada. He became
senator from that state The wealth
he left behind made a pyramid ot
millions, and likewise a pyramid oil
trouble.
William c. Ralston, who often had
shared the output OF his battered coi-
fee pot with Sharon in his roughshod
days, started the list. When the tinan,
cial pinch caught Sharons bank and
frightened San Francisco didn't know
whether its money was good, bad or
Indifferent. Ralston accused Sharon
and then took his own life.
Ralston's son, Samuel, went to 81
IBERIA, where he believed there was
another El Dorado He failed to find
it, returned and killed himself. Two
of his friends were murdered, another
died in a duel.
Getting back to Sharon, the Forty
miner Some time after the death OF
Mrs. Sharon Senator Sharon was sued
by a woman known as Sarah Althea
Hill She entered into the contest for
Sharon's money with emery and zeal.
Her counsel was David S. Terry.
Terry was elected chief justice OF
The California supreme court, and had
served just long enough to become
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24

NT ASHINGToN.-one decided step
w toward making the national capi-
tai the most beautiful city In the
world intellectually was taken re-
Gently when the designs for three
great buildings for the federal govern
ment were selected. Fify-nine archi-
tects from all over the country com
peted, The buildings win cost nearly
SS,000,0O0, and are to be erected on
Pennsylvania avenue, facing the White
House grounds. They will house the
department of state, the department
Of justice and the department Of com
merce and labor.
The spaces that these great struc-
lures viii occupy were selected nearly
a century and a quarter ago. Major
LEnfant, a French engineer, laid out
the plan of Washington in 1898. It is
said he so arranged the streets that it
would be impossible, in case Of riot
or insurrection, for barricades to be
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24

D ANGOR, ME.-One of the finest
u packs of bloodhounds in this part
Of the country is kept at the Maine
State prison in Thomaston for the
moral effect on prisoners who contem.
plate escape. The pack is a mixture
Of an imported English strain and
carefully bred southern stock One of
the pack, when but a young puppy,
was presented to Marguerite owen, a
Belfast girl, and the two have been
inseparable companions for the last
.hree years. The dogs name is Hilda.
She is of a most sensitive and sym
pathetic nature and feels a cross word
much more than some dogs would
kick. She romps with the children,
her favorite diversion being hide-and-
seek. She knows the children by
name, and when she is 'it," she al
ways finds the one she is told to
seek.
Hilda has a bedroom all to herself,
fitted up with a little iron cot with
real bedclothes like one of the fam
.ly. The room is lighted with cleo
tricity, and each night her mistress
goes upstairs and Hilda crawls into
bed, lays her head on the pillow and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24

A Fleet of aeroplanes for the United
"a States army is now apparently an
assured fact as the result OF action by
the house Of representatives in appro-
priating $125,OOO for this purpose
There is the possibility that the SEN
ate may strike out the item, but even
then it would have splendid chance
of remaining in the bill in conference,
for It was adopted almost unanimous
ly by the house.
This means the signal corps can
have the 20 aeroplanes for which Brig
Cen James Allen, chief signal officer
of the army, asked in his annual re-
mort, and still have $4,000 left for
equipment, stations, etc.
Brigadier General Allen has planned
to have about six of these stations,
eouipped with an aeroplane each, in
various places throughout the coun-
try, chiefly on the seacoast. He has
estimated that each station, with its
machine, will cost for the first year
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24

NEW YORK.-In the face of acci.
LV dent the unresourceful New York
er flies to two sources of safety and
relief Of the police and the fire de-
partments He has no confidence in
himself. The result of walking in the
same groove with his many brothers
day in and day out for so many years
has left him with no incentive to do
the work of rescue. The fire alarm
box is so handy and the cop" is so
accessible, what would be the use?"
he asks himself. For this reason no
firemen in any section of the country
are called upon to do such a variety
Of things as those in the larger cities
Perhaps one of the most humorous
calls for the fire department in New
York came when an epileptic, about
to throw a fit" had held bottle Of
medicine to his mouth, which he ex-
planned to the court afterward, would
have prevented the attack Some self
appointed guardian, imagining the bot
tie contained poison, dashed it to the
pavement and called for the fremen.
Great crowds gathered about the spot
where the man lay and the firemen
and policemen of the district added to
the throng. The firemen we're dis
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24

built, as they were in Paris In the
days of the Terror. On his plan ne
designated various places where the
great public buildings of the future
should be put. For nearly half hun
dred years Major L'Enfant was re
garded as an impractical dreamer, al
though his street plan was adhered TO-
i was only after the civil war that
people began to realize In a small
way that his vision of the future
greatness Of the nations capital was
likely 10 come true some day. But
even up to ten years or 80 ago his
plans slumbered in the archives oi
the government. Then they were tax
en- out and studied in the light OF mod
ern development, and II was found
shey could not be improved upon. and
that II they were carried out in every
detail Washington would surpass eY'
cry other city in the world in beauty
The completion Of these ancient
plans OF this French engineer is sun
far away, for It will take many years
and much money to accomplish them
in all their details. But the three mas
siye buildings whose location was des-
ignated so long ago will be the most
important step toward their fuliill-
ment that has been taken since the
capitol was erected.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24

Mayor Fitzgerald has received from
the Boston Home and Social associa.
ton a draft of a proposed curfew ordi
nance, which provides, among other
things, that an engineer at city hall
shall blow a whistle each evening at
$3.50 o'clock TO warn children under IA
years Of age to hasten to their homes.
The proposed ordinance provides that
all children under IA years shall not
loiter or remain upon any street high
way, park, square, thoroughiare or al
ley in the business section Of the city
after nine o'clock at night says the
Boston Globe. A fine Of five dollars is
provided for violations.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24
Firemen Often Fooled by Freak Calls

gusted, the police were disguised and
eventually the epilepuc was disgusted
because he was arrested for causing
disturbance.
A few nights later a drunk sent In
an alarm TO the police department IN
a certain district stating he had been
held up and robbed, He leaned
against a fire alarm box while he
called the police and soon the tire'
men were galloping to the scene This
"plucked bird" was fined for sending
in a false alarm.
Last year one of the innovations In
the rescue work of New York tiremen
which includes anything from taking
cats from trees to rescuing people In
42-story buildings, was the rescue oil
an aviator whose machine had be-
come entangled in maze OF wires IN
Brooklyn.
A little girl, eager to get a Took
into a fine garden, thrust her head be-
tween two pickets and once there she
was unable to release herself. The
firemen and police wero called, but
finally a doctor came forward with a
little vasaline, applied it on the
childs head and the rescue was ef'
fected.
Recently a fireman was injured by a
fall from a tree while rescuing a cat
that had escaped a CANNES fury,
There are scores Of such happenings
every day in great cities and among
the heaviest bills fire departments
must pay are those caused by re-
snonding TO false alarms.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24
Uncle Sam to Have Aeroplane Fleet

10000. If it is decided to use the
money in this way the machines at
these stations could be used with the
other IA that could be purchased
within the appropriation at the ten an
nual joint camps of instruction during
the summer months, so that the regu-
lars and militia might learn to operate
them.
Representative James r. Mann of
Illinois declared that this country was
the father of the aeroplana, but when
we had provided the most powerful
and most economical machine Of mod
ern times for warfare we stopped To-
day other nations are prohting by our
ingenuity. We are discussing the
aeroplane now just as our forefathers
may have discussed the steam engine
years ago.
England has several dirigible air
ships and aeroplanes for her army
and navy. Germany has IA dirigibles
and several aeroplanes and detach-
ment of airship troops. France has
seven dirigibles, 80. aeroplanes and six
companies of airship troops. Russia
has six dirigibles and three aero
planes. Italy has recently appropriate
ed S2,O00,O0O for dirigible airships,
aeroplanes and bases from which they
will operate"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24
Need of Hog Cholera Serum Reported

yards at Kansas City, on the request
of the Kansas City Live Stock ex-
change and Of individuals interested
in the subject Thirty-fye young
shoats were purchased from farm
where hog cholera had not existed.
These pigs were carried TO the Kan
sas City stockyards, being in charge
of a committee appointed by the ex-
change, were treated and the experts
say that no more convincing truth OF
the efficacy Of this serum could be
obtained than is afforded by this ex'
pertinent
Twenty-Five were injected with anti
hog-cholera serum prepared by the bu-
reau. Four were injected with viru-
lent hog cholera blood. Nine were
not treated in any manner. All were
placed in a pen together. AS was ex'
pected the four pigs inoculated with
the vlrulent blood contracted hog
cholera within a short time and all
died. The nine checks" contracted
hog cholera from those which were
inoculated with hog cholera blood and
they also died The 22 pigs treated
with the serum remained well, with
the exception of one or two, which
were slightly affected during one or
two days. 1t is not certain, however.
that the trouble with the immune
hogs was hog cholera, as none died.
The agricultural department feels
that the subject is of such importance
as to warrant state legislatures giving
it immediate attention. Hog cholera,
it is pointed out, has caused a loss to
the farmers of the country of mil
lions of dollars annually. Now that
the government has discovered a Sc
rum through the use Of which this
dread disease may be prevented state
authorities should not delay in pro-
viding for the general use Of this
serum.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24

A FTER witnessing many experiments
"A with new designs and automatic
time registers, American cities are
soon to have an entirely new style Of
street letter box. It's exact shape and
principle of operation is not yet an
nounced by the postofflce department,
but experiments have gone so far
that an early decision is expected
upon the precise type of box that is to
be used.
The unsightly green box that graces
the top of the iron post at the street
corner now has long been an unsatis-
factory receptacle for street mail, the
authorities say. Compared with the
post boxes of foreign cities, it is Who'll
ly inartistic. Considered in the light
of an economical device, it is fail
ure, for it wastes the time of the mail
collector in getting the maiy out OF
it. and 1t often tries the patience Of
the patron of the mails by effectually
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24
PEACH TREE CREEK BATTLE
seraeant Newberry Tells Interesting
story Of Fight He Witnessed
From RaVlne.

On July 10 the Fourth corps ana
Fourteenth corps and the First ana
Second divisions OF the Twentieth
corps crossed Peach Tree creek to the
eastern side and formed lines, whlle
the Third division Of the Twentieth
corps remained In camp some SIX
miles or more from the battlefield. on
the morning Of the goth was ordered
to take IS men and a corporal ana iol'
low the line of march OF the division
and the batteries and ammunition
wagons, and gather up ana Drins
forward all who might fall out OF
ranks.
It was a very hot day, and as tho
line of march was through woods the
shade was some protection. We had
advanced several miles, and the bat,
teries and ammunition teams could
follow the divisions line of march no
farther because of distractions and
had TO move off to the left, and dld
not join the division until the battle
was over and the victory won.
concluded my orders required me
to follow the line Of march OF the d.
vision, and | did so. We had gather
ed about 60 who had fallen out on ac'
count OF the heat, and came to the
creek about II n. m. We crossed
and the valley beyond was from 200
10 400 yards wide and was covered
with growing corn. We found spring
and a shady place, and halted for din
ner, writes Joseph b. Newburg, ser
geant Company l., Seventy-ninth Ohio,
now residing in Montana, In the Ma
tional Tribune. After eating / went
up on a hill near the right flank OF
:he Fourth corps, and, looking down
the valley, caught sight of our head
quarters flag. l gathered my men,
and We got there as quickly as we
could. 1t was now about 3 p. m-
and there was a rapid skirmish on
the ridge on the east side and our
division in line of battle at its base
| sent the men that l had gathered
to their commands, and then, as bull
let's we're flying around us, / was or
dered to take a few prisoners that
had been captured back across the
creek and out of range. l got my
men, and with the prisoners started
toward a big cottonwood log that lay
across the channel of the creek. AS |
neared the log a soldier passed me
with his gun and all of his equip
ments. He had but few steps to go
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-02-24

familiar with the judicial routine
when he and Senator David c. Brod-
erick, entertaining conflicting opin-
ions, adopted the hair-trigger method
of settlement at the prescribed fifteen
PAGES. Broderick waited for the sec
ond. Terry split it and fired. Brod-
erick fell dead.
Terry pleaded the cause of his ro-
bust client before Justice Stephen J.
Field. Sharon died, but Sarah Althea
Hills suit lived on. Terry one day
surprised his friends by marrying his
client
Justice Field ordered the cancella-
ton of the marriage contract on the
ground of forgery. Justice Field
stepped off train. Terry and his
wife coincidently stepped from train
at the same time. Terry stepped be-
hind Field and slapped his face with
the back of the hand A marshal shot
Terry dead.
Charles Livingston, who was pro-
tege of Sharon's, became manager Of
the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Livingston had boarded at one time
with a certain Sarah Mitchell, when
the fight to get at the Sharon millions
was at It's height Miss Mitchell came
to the front with a package of mys-
terious letters. She demanded $4,000
for them. but she didn't get it, There
was talk Of a conspiracy Living
ston's name was mentioned unpleas-
antly in that connection. One morn
ing he was found dead in his room in
the Palace hotel with pistol shot in
his heart.
Sharon's two daughters grew to
womanhood surrounded by luxury.
One daughter fell in love with SEN
ator Newlands of Nevada and became
his wife. The other, Florence Mily
Sharon, was married to Sir Thomas
George Fermor-Hesketh. Lady Hes
keith had two sons, both soldiers The
lieutenant of Lanciers who disap-
peared was the younger.
The Palace hotel and hundreds of
other pieces of Sharon property were
burned in the fire which followed the
earthquake on the Pacific coast.