Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1917-03-23
NEWPORT

Died Sunday in Newport after
q long illness, incident to old
age, Mrs. Lottie Dennick aged
20 years, months and 3 days.
She was born in Pontiac, Mich
igan, August Is, 1912. She
graduated from the Rockford
Female Seminary in 1867 and
taught school in her native state
and in Indiana and in Missouri.
She was married to j. F. Den
nick in 1872, came West in 1878
and to Corvallis in 1876 where
she lived up to the time of the
death of her husband in 1879.
Since that time she has lived a
widow with her children. In
1893 she came to Yaquina Bay
and took up a homestead four
miles south OF Waldport where
she lived for five or six years,
and from there she moved to
Newport where she lived up to
the time of her death. Her hus-
band was a soldier in the Civil
War and for a time he was Sec
ond Lieutenant OF his Company.
Mrs. Dennick was a member of
the w. c. 7. U. and very active
worker in the cause of temper
ance. She was also a member
OF the w. r. c. of Newport and
took great interest in the pat
riotic work of that order, she a
believer in women suffrage and
did all she could to enfranchise
women. She believed it was
wrong. for women to pay taxes
and have no voice in making the
law. She believed the moral
law should apply to men the
same as the women. She lived
TO see the fruition of her hopes
realized and to know she took
a humble part in bringing il
about. She was a writer OF
much ability and wrote many
interesting articles Tor the pa
pers and magazines. Her re-
rnains were taken to Corvallis
Tuesday where a brief service
will be held after which the
body will be laid to rest in the
Crystal Lake Cemetery beside
that of her husband. She is
survived by two sons and three
sisters, Mrs. Anna Brown, who
lives at Mokato, Kansas; Mrs.
Lucy Taylor, who lives at Kenno
New Mexico and Mrs. Sada Her.
bert who lives at Ashland, Ore
gon, George B. Dennick, who
lives at Pacific Grove, California
and Logan Dennick with whom
she lived at the time of her
death.
The body of John Rydzeski
was buried here today under
the auspices Of the Catholic
Church of which deceased was
a member, Father Forget offici-
ating. The young man was
working for Joe Kosydar who
lives near the Lower Farm on
Siletz Reservation. He mao
ploughed all day Friday, too',
his supper rs usual. went III
stairs to bed about nine O'Clock
MIR. k sleeping in an adjoining
room to the young man thought
he said some strange things
Mrs. Kosydar slept downstairs
About half past nine the young
man got up, went down stairs
making considerable noise. This
awoke Mrs. X and she went
to see what was going on. The
young man was wild. He
sprang and struck Mrs. X
two or three times on her chest
and said if you don't get out
the way | will kill you. lie had
u hallucination that someone
was following just behind to dc
him bodily harm. This seemed
to be the case at the time he
ran out of the door and around
the house and then started to.
wards Euchre Creek. In track
Ing him the next day il looked
as though he had jumped six OF
eight feet while running. lie
ran in a zig-2ag way until be
got to the creek. He had passed
over two wire fences and then
Jumped down the bank about
fifteen feet into the creek and
went down the creek about one
hundred yards. The water IN
places was four or five feet
deep. When found by Mr.. Now
cry, Crawford and others he was
not dead. lie was found by the
groans he was making. He was
lying on his back in water about
one foot deep but he was so far
gone when found that he could
not be revived. Sheriff Geer was
on the ground investigated the
case and thought the young man