Van Wert Daily Bulletin, The (Newspaper) - March 2, 1908, Van Wert, Ohio ESTABLISHED A B 1873 VAN WEBT OHIO MONDAY 2 PRICE AX HOME UB K C South Washington Street Cor Central Are OSCAR W Boom 223 Home Temple Phone CLARK GOOD Attorney and Counsellor at Law Block opposite Court BOOM B J M Bad 8 or Office No 333 North Jefferson Street Office No 1053 Residence Phone No 1009 im c e and promptly ended day and night corner Wasbin on and Malm Office 1983 Residence 1518 A B M Specialty the and fitting of erty 106 Bait Mala pled Barings Sank Boon 10 to 18 a m 1 to 3 p EI and at other br special ment WILL COMPLY WITH LAW'S PROVISIONS Railways Make Arrangement for Nine-Hour Day MEANS INCREASE OF FORCE Time to call a halt on your wash woman when she disappoints yoc time after time You can on EMPIRE LAUNDRY B E CRAIG Proprietor 882 W Jackson St Phone 1061 SPECIAL REDUCTION I Ladies solid gold Elgin or watches Ladies fine purses at 1 3 00 All 54 50 Statuary a All of our bracelets at Ladies gold filled watches and tion These are the very lowest cut rate prices Take advantage of this sale while it lasts Sea Windows Several Thousand Additional ators Will Be Employed on the Various to Be Dis- continued at Many Points of Minor Importance March 2 ments have been made by the ways of the country to comply with the provisions of the nine-hour law The operation of the law will mean the employment by railroad nies of several thousand additional operators and the closing of a large number of small stations on the cipal systems Discontinuance of railway service at many small points which will induce at least temporary inconvenience to the traveling and shipping public in order to reduce operating expenses now seems to be necessary the ating officials of the railways ing that this is the only way that they possibly can meet the situation with they are confronted During the hearing of applications for an extension of the nine-hour law by the interstate commerce sion some astonishing statements were made by the operating officials of important railways A good many lines owing to a reduction in their revenues and to their inability to com- mand the cash necessary to meet their payrolls have been forced ing the past four months almost to the point of asking for receivers In the opinion of railway officials this condition does not seem to have been due to the enforcement of regulative laws or the incapacity of railway management Most of the railway of- attribute the difficulty to the recent unfortunate banking situation Without the slightest as H U Mudge vice president and manager of the Rock Island expressed it we were plunged C J VAN WERT OHIO REAL ESTATE AND LOAH OFFICE MOVED Have moved my office to No 119 i East Main street in the Marsh block over Leeson Stanley shoe store Van Wert Ohio Will continue to loan money at the lowest rates of interest money can be had at in Van Wert Some private money to loan I have some good Heal Estate propositions both in farm and city properties See me for Virginia and Michigan land Call me W m Van Wart Ohio Office Phone 1021 Home Phone 1045 from prosperity to adversity A year i ago our system could not handle the traffic offered us Today we have idle cars Five months ago we j suffered from a congestion of freight i now we suffer from a congestion of j empty cars What is true of the Rock Island is said to be true also of scores of other railroads One way official ventured the statement that in the country there were I idle freight cars and one line which he instanced was declared to be ing empty cars backward and forward I because it had not yard room or sidings to accommodate them DESTROYERS STOVE WOOD AND NATIVE BUILDING LUMBER Delivered to all parts of the city CUSTOM SAWING promptly done Estimates ished on building materials If you have timber to sell let us with yon Office and mill 218 N Wall St Phone WOOD orders to Prices right CHANDLER GO Pennsylvania School of Instructions will bo given on following p m to p m 1 p m m p m to p m p m to p m 1 m m Tuition 11.00 per week payable vance until April 1st rates will be advanced to new beginners lor w further information Phone 1172 or Call at W U Office FLETCHER School At Horns Guards Temple every day evening Beginner's class at o'clock Assembly following Music piano and drum Arrive at Callao Peru After a Pleasant Voyage Callao March American torpedo boat flotilla which left huano on Feb 25 arrived here day The commander of the flotilla Lieutenant H I declared that throughout the voyage 1.500 knots the weather was fine and conditions such that good time to the Peruvian port was possible Lieutenant Cone speaks highly of the hospitality re- at the hands of the Chileans and was particularly pleased with the services rendered by Lieutenant Com- mander Razos of the Chilean navy who acted in the capacity of pilot through the inner passage from Punta Arenas to It is expected that the flotilla will remain here until March 9 sailing on that date for Panama The Panther did not leave with the battleships which sailed Saturday being ordered to remain at the port for a number of sailors who were missing at the time of the fleet's de- parture It is expected that these will be rounded up as measures have been taken to keep a careful watch for the men who failed to report for duty As a matter of fact these ber few and in all the number of de- serters at the various ports at which the fleet touched is a minimum DOINGS IN OHIO News That Will Interest State Depositaries Columbus O March S slate treasurer sent to the committee of house of representa tives a report in compliance with the resolution of Representative well calling on Mr McKinnon to nish the house with an account of the as to depositories amounts in each and the rate of in- terest paid The entire amount Jan 18 was deposited in 147 hanks in 59 of the SS counties in the state Of this amount more than half or was deposited in hanks in the four largest cities Cleveland had the largest share Cln Cincinnati had Columbus and Toledo In Gin the bank having the largest deposit was the Cincinnati Trust company which is said to he George B Cox's bank The largest deposit in a bank in the smaller cities was in the Marine National of Ashtabula Mr home town What the Visitors Found Canal Dover O March ling condition of affairs was brought to light by the investigation of the Tuscarawas county children's home by the board of county visitors which reported to Probate Judge Ream The report says that while the story of the cruelty practiced on Sampson Fowler by Miss Clara Sterling who ran a tack into his tongue was what exaggerated and that the tim was not seriously Injured this did not relieve the case of its ing features The board charges that Miss Sterling had practiced other cruel methods of punishment It was also found that a skin disease said to be itch has existed in the home for about three years there being at present 12 ases As to the food given the children it was found that there was too little variety Mother and Child Cremated Cincinnati O March 50 farmers worked like beavers to save the furniture in the burning residence of Charles Blackburn a farmer in the northern part of Hamilton county Mrs Blackburn and her son burned to death in the dwelling When the firefighters arrived on the scene they found the door locked Supposing the family had gone from home the neighbors in and confined their attention to saving the household goods After the blaze was extinguished the blackened bones were found in an room Dinner to Columbus O March man E L Taylor Jr will be master of the dollar banquet to be given Wednesday night by the eye Republican club in honor of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Longworth Con- gressman Longworth and others will respond to impromptu toasts each selecting his own subject and it is promised that even the daughter of the president may say a few words A reception committee of 100 men and their wives will receive the guests To Build School For Girls Cleveland O March a result of the recent decision of the New York courts in the Andrews will case a free school for girls will be erected at a few miles east of this city A fund of for the establishment and maintenance of the school is available The old Andrews homestead will be the site of the new institution The late Wallace C An- drews the donor was a Standard Oil magnate Governor Frees Life Man Columbus O March Harris has granted an absolute don to Jonah Lonsway who was sent up for life from Hamilton county in for murder in the second degree He killed a fellow employe named Riley in the establishment of the United States Printing company whom he blamed for reporting him for incompetency Lonsway has FURIOUS FIGHT SO Just in THE ETUDE March Number Music Dept New York Store Van Wert Ohio Illinois Central Meeting Chicago March Fish arrived in Chicago to attend the an- meeting of the directors of the Illinois Central Railroad company William Nelson Cromwell ing the interests of Mr Harriman also reached the city and registered at the same hotel as Mr Fish When asked about the suit brought by ry Leman to restrain the voting of the stock which was the subject of the previous injunction suit in Judge Ball's court Mr Fish said that he was in no way interested in it It is not i expected that an election will occur before Tuesday or Wednesday Decrease In Earnings Philadelphia March ly statement of the Pennsylvania Railroad company giving a son of earnings and expenses of the lines east and west of Pittsburg for the month of January shows a large decrease in the gross and net ings and in the expenses as compared with the same month last year The gross earnings of the linos east or Pittsburg directly operated show decrease of there was a falling off of in expenses and the net earnings show a of Between Formidable French Force and Hordes of Tribesmen Paris March received from General commander of the French forces in Morocco report another furious fight with the kara tribesmen the French losing 11 men killed and 36 wounded The French expedition had not penetrated far into the country when it was at- tacked with the greatest fierceness by hordes of tribesmen both mounted and on foot who kept the French troops at bay throughout the day At one time the French cavalry was rounded by tho enemy but the ers succeeded in cutting their way out by a brilliant charge A column of French troops pushed the tage and gave vigorous pursuit for a distance of several miles inflicting severe losses on the enemy Husband's Break Springfield Mo March 2 After visiting a Springfield undertaking and purchasing coffins for his wife and himself and forcing the undertaker with a revolver to write a farewell note for him Thomas R Ray formerly well-to-do but now s met his young wife in a crowded street and fired four shots at her The woman sank to the walk shot in the face and through the left arm Relieving that he had killed her Ray turned the weapon toward own heart but the remaining failed to explode He then rendered to the police REPUBLICANS Candidates and Delegates Ai ready on the Ground CONVENTION OPENS TUESDAY Platform Will Declare For a Revision of the Tariff at a Special Session of Harris Charles Taft and Herrick the Big of Candidates Columbus O March 2 All the candidates and many of the delegates to the Ohio Republican convention which meets here Tuesday afternoon are already on the ground The convention will name candidates for governor secretary of state state treasurer auditor of state dairy and food commissioner attorney general commissioners of public works judges of the supreme court clerk of the supreme four to the Republican national convention The temporary organisation of the convention will James A Garfield temporary chairman R M Syitzer temporary secretary Malcolm temporary assistant Richard Gilson sergeant-at-arms The state convention will declare for revision of the tariff if present plans are carried out The platform is not yet entirely formulated and it is of course entirely possible that many changes will be made in it before adoption by the convention The present understanding is however that the will be for a re- vision of ths tariff along protective lines at a special meeting of the next congress The policies of President Roosevelt will be upheld and Taft will be indorsed The four to the Republican national convention will be Myron T Herrick Cleveland MYRON T HERRICK One of the Big Four Charles P Taft Cincinnati A I Vorys Lancaster and Governor An- drew L Harris of Eaton It is understood that there will be no slate prepared for the tion and that the fight for all of the offices will be open The leading candidates for the offices are as For nor Andrew L Harris will be by acclamation as will in all probability the present secretary of state Carmi A Thompson For lieutenant governor there is a long string of candidates They Frank Kerr Steubenville Samuel H West Bellefontaine Francis W Freeman son Cambridge B F Wirt town Dow Aikin Bellefontaine W S Kerr Mansfield Attorney general U G Denman Toledo Smith W Bennett Bucyrus Warren Thomas Charles G Canton Stats auditor E M Fullington Marysville S A Stiliwell Lebanon State treasurer Charles C Green Columbus J C Rosser Sidney Col- onel Gillette Newark E C worth Athens Charles Ash toria and possibly Herman C Baehr of Cleveland although he has de- clared that he is not a candidate commissioner S D land Willoughby J W Zeller lay J M Snyder Martins Ferry T B Pearson M F An- drews Cincinnati J E Carr ton H G Williams Athens S K Mardis Toronto C W Bennett Piqua E B Cox C T Hudson Board of public works two nees B W Baldwin Conneaut Wil liam Jr Defiance Frank Cullough W H bidle Justice of the supremo court two nominees John A Shauck Dayton James L Price Lima Judge man Clerk of the supreme court T J Edwards Lima T S I G Canton For dairy and food commissioner Uenick W Dunlap will have no opposition Democratic Conventions Columbus O March primary election for selection of delegates has ordered by Stark county Democratic commit tec Stark county s the home of two Democratic dates for governor Pomerene and John f Wolty Portage county Democrats have indorsed Welty for At Hamilton the Butler county Democratic convention in- Bryan for president lamer 1C Campbell for United States tor of Mayor Tom Johnson lave control of the situation 11 Alien county Johnson is backing candidacy of Mr SWEPT BY FIRE Eighteen Blocks In Tampa Florida Are Destroyed Tampa Fla March entire extreme northern section of this city was destroyed by fire which broke out in a boarding house and raged un- interruptedly for four hours The area burned covered 55 acres or 1S city blocks and 30S buildings were destroyed with a total loss estimated at and one woman is dead from excitement The burned section Included four large and one smaller cigar factory and numerous ants saloons boarding houses and over 200 dwellings occupied by makers The factories burned were M Stachelberg Company loss 000 M Perez Company loss 000 Gonzalez Fisher Company loss Ehberg Gunst Company branch of Stachelberg loss Fernandez Brother loss Buildings other than factories de- were the hotels and cafes of Perez Castro and Maximo Caras six saloons 12 restaurants and 10 boarding houses Conditions In Industrial World New York March good im- pression has been made in the indus trial world by the placing of orders for steel rails by the railroad nies and by the report that the rolling activity of the United States Steel corporation had risen from the 23 per cent of capacity touched on the depths of the depression to some 51 per cent of capacity The copper ket shows improved tone Railroad earnings show no pronounced ment and operations in general are reported to be on conservative lines The sluggish investment demand for bonds is conspicuous and offers little encouragement for early success in the placing of new capital issues are relied upon to furnish re- sources for important projects of ex- tension under way Will Release Vessel Pekin March is announced that the Chinese government will render the Japanese steamer Tsu Mam which was seized on Feb 7 by the Chinese customs cruiser outside of while unloading a ment of rifles and ammunition the rifles numbering several thousand It was originally charged that an at- tempt was made to bring war supplies into China for revolutionists The statement is made by officials in the Chinese government that a con- is on foot to import rifles and ammunition therefor and the government believes the on the Tsu Maru were ed for rebels on the Tonking border Expedition Completes Work Calcutta March British ex- under Major General Sir James Willcocks which has been en- gaged in the Bazar valley in ing the a powerful tribe of has come to an end The troops have vacated the Bazar valley and are expected to reach Peshawar soon More than 300 high tribesmen petitioned the British government to spare the promising to punish the offenders in the recent raids because of which the ment sent out its punitive expedition The tribesmen already have suffered severely for in a remarkably short campaign fhey have been scattered and broken Bannerman Suffers Relapse London March Henry the prime minister suffered a relapse as a result of re- people and transacting ness The attending physicians con- sider that the weakness of the heart is the most serious factor in the pre- mier illness He will go to the con- as soon as lie is strong enough and it is unlikely that he will re- appear in parliament this season Vandalism Charged New London March 2 liam Leonard H Mosely and Joseph Epison three young farmers were arrested at their homes near Salem cemetery seven miles southwest of here charged with having overturned more than 100 gravestones in the cemetery and with breaking into a nearby schoolhouse and burning the books They were released on bond pending preliminary hearing New Cure For Appendicitis New York March Charles Harvey Archibald of this city lias dis- covered that appendicitis yields application of the X-ray He declares he has many cases in his vate and announces publicly discovery and offers to prove his before any clinic of medical experts in the country TEMPERANCE BILLS E ASSEMBLY Two in the Senate and a Third In the House ACTION LIKELY THIS WEEK House Opponents of the Taxation Amendment Will Endeavor to cure a Reconsideration Broken Legislative Week on Account of the Republican Convention Columbus O March by the way the committees of the house are piling up the calendar the tion of adjournment is not being given much consideration Under precedents adjournment should come about the first of April but there are some members who say they woud not be surprised if the eral assembly remained here until after Democratic convention in May The general assembly will meet at 5 o'clock this afternoon and adjourn over Tuesday and Wednesday day sessions will be held Thursday and Friday and a morning session Saturday to make up the lost time If the senate returns the Cayman lution providing for submission of the taxation amendment as requested 1 the house it is probable the session of the house this evening will be something more than technical The Gaynian resolution received only one more vote than was necessary to adopt it and the opponents of the taxation amendment hope to be able if can secure a reconsideration to defeat it There is a big fight in prospect in the senate over temperance measures If the temperance committee of the senate which is now controlled by a majority unfriendly to temperance measures refuses to report out the amending the Jones law so as to prevent tne pocketing of saloons in residence districts in cities the ate will be asked to take the from the committee Similar action may be taken also with reference to the closing saloons on day A temperance measure has been placed on the house dar by a favorable report on the Woods amendment to the search and seizure law The Woods as it stands now prohibits express and road companies shipping liquor into dry territory and e o d shipments are held to have been at the place of delivery or where payment is made Clubs and societies dispensing liquor to their members are also in the same class with saloons Tho Paine municipal code now on the house calendar will probably be Lhc subject of extended debate when it comes up for ation This provides for a return to the federal plan in cities and lages the boards of public service and safely being displaced each by a gle director these with the mayor to constitute board of control It also provides a civil service scheme for cities HAMILTON THIS AND THAT Jacob Miller CS a farmer ted suicide at O by hanging himself in a barn In a battle with guns near Evelyn Ky John Hamilton James ind Richard Spicor were killed People in Hancock county Va arc greatly excited over the reported finding of gold in paying quantities near the Pennsylvania line Attorney of ton O officially announced that he would be a candidate for cratic gubernatorial nomination A general strike of machinists on the Denver Rio Grande Western railroad is threatened as a result oJ the company's abrogation of its ract with the union Guiseppe Alio slayer of Father Leo pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder when arraigned at Denver Judge sot hie rial for March 9 Former Counsel of the New York Life Found In Bed Albany X Y March Andrew Hamilton formerly counsel to the New York Life and other insurance companies and in charge for many years of insurance litigation and matters in all parts of this country and Canada was found dead in bed at his home in this city He was about the city Saturday ently in normal health and his death was entirely unexpected although he has been Tailing to some extent over since the death of Mrs Hamilton last July An autopsy disclosed an acute dilation of the heart which must have instantaneous death Panic Among Brewers London March has the promise of legislation worked such with trade as has the licensing with the brewing interests Stocks n all the breweries including the companies went down to amazingly low still they could not be sold at any The age in the nominal value of brewing properties is estimated at 000 The Flocks in the leading com- panies have fallen as 50 per cent some more than that in two days Naturally there is a panic among the brewers Haywood on Roosevelt Philadelphia March D Haywood secretary of the Western Federation of Miners was the pal speaker here at a Socialistic labor meeting held under the auspices of the ence In paying his respects to dent Roosevelt he To say the least he is peculiar When we were shackled in prison he stabbed us in the back with his I sny that this was not the net of a brave man Another Flood Threatens March warm rain has been falling here and at the waters of the Allegheny and streams are ing and many small creeks are ready beyond their banks It is ex- the danger line of 22 feet will be reached here this afternoon and another disastrous rood is feared un- less there Is an change In tho temperature And ARBITRARY Are the Provisions of Fulton De- clare Interstate Commission Washington March to a letter of inquiry to the interstate commerce committee of the the interstate commerce has w ritten a taking a posiliob in opposition to Senator Fulton's prohibiting railroad companies from advancing rates in the face of a test made by a shipper until the mission shall have passed upon reasonableness of the increase give to the protest of a single shipp the effect of preventing the of any rate until the of that was affirmatively d by the sai the latter would establish a hard and fast rule of doubtful fairness the railroads and questionable tage to the public Under existing conditions we are of the opinion that it would be unwise to adopt the trary limitation which this poses whatever may be found able or necessary in this regard in the future The commission also an objection to the in a ity of increased burdens upon commission Sleet Knocks Down Wires Chicago March destruction of telegraph and phone property was averted by a row margin Sleet that covered wires and poles 25 to 50 miles north west and south of Chicago and 100 to 150 miles east was melted by a few de- grees rise in temperature the nick of time ging heavily had already begun snap to pieces or topple to the ground long lines of glistening poles Thr worst damage was east of this city and west of Fort Wayne Ind Trunk systems on the Lake Shore and Michigan Central railways suffered In one instance a stretch of nearly a mile of poles bearing dozens of important circuits to New York and other eastern cities went clown in a tangled mass of wreckage FOOD FOR FLAMES New York Car Barns and Seven dred Cars Consumed New York March fires that brought out all the fire apparatus in the upper section of the city burned down the car barns of the New York City Railway company in Harlem and the paint factory of George W Grote Company only a distant There were 740 surface cars in the destruction of the barns and the loss to the company is mated at The loss on the paint factory is given as It was the railway people's second fire within a year the former blaze having destroyed the Madison avenue car barns During the ress of the fire the police ordered scores of families living opposite the barns to leave the tenements Surprise For Admiral Evans Washington March a quiet way naval officers in Washington are endeavoring to arrange a most able surprise for Admiral Evans when the battleship fleet under his com- riand sails through the Golden Gate completing the Pacific cruise It is proposed to greet the rear admiral with a commission as vice admiral of tho American navy Of course the success of this undertaking depends upon congress but the president has done his part in making a proper to that body for the re- establishment of that naval grade and it is not doubted that congress can be induced to act upon the Denounced Assassin's Deed Denver Colo March 2 The pits of the city the sions of horror heard throughout the week over the killing of Rev Father Leo Heinrichs by the anarchist seppe Alio in St Elizabeth's church All the ministers referred to the der as a most dastardly crime In his connection several preachers took advantage of the opportunity to criticise the trend of newspapers ward sensationalism Father and Children Perish Buffalo X Y March Schultze 55 and three of his children Nellie 13 Joseph 11 and May S were burned to death in a fire in their home in Depew ten miles from here Mrs Schultze and her four children were rescued A married son Walter who lived next door life twice in rescuing his mother and the younger children in Scotland 2 Scotland and parts of and Wales have ex- days of the most wintry in many years There have been and blizzards and railway and telegraph communication arc interrupted in many places In parts nf the snowdrifts are 10 to 15 Death Follows Operation Chicago March rich chke of the department of mathematics of Chicago died following an operation for the removal of a tumor 1 t 11
