Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1909 — Page 2

11l JIBPER COBH! DEMOCRH. F.E.uicKi.Eiminmim. - * - OFFICIAL DEMOCRATIC PAPER OF JASPER COUNTY. Entered as Second-CUaa Matter June I, 1908. at the poet office at Renseelaeer, Indiana, under the Act of March 8, 1179. Long Distance Telephones Office 315. - Residence 811. Advertising rates made known on application. Published Wednesdays and Saturdays Wednesday Issue 4 Pages; Saturday Issue 8 Pages WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1009.

DOWN WITH DIAZ! CRIED DY RIOTERS

Mob and Soldiers Clash In City of Guadalajara. REPORT IS TWO ARE DEAD Americans Are Injured and Their Property Damaged—Opponents of Mexico’s President Attack Orators Who Attempt to Speak In His Favor. Hotel Where Speakers Were Guests Is Demolished and the Men Rush to a Train Under Guard of Troops. Mexico City, July 27. —Over 200 arrests have been made, a number of persons injured and two reported dead as a result of political riots In the city of Guadalajara. A mob broke up a meeting which was being addressed by orators who spoke in behalf of the re-election of

PRESIDENT DIAZ.

President Diaz The rioters shouted, “Down With Diaz; We Want Reyes." They stormed the hotel Garcia, where the Diaz orators were guests. Every window in the structure was smashed, and the bar, office and barber shop looted. The police charged the crowds again arid :. .in but were repulsed. State tro.< is u .'te coded opt and a number of vo' , . < r f'n> d in the air without Sor:< n.em'ers of the mob e:i ’. ;■ I ii in one of the side t' ' " ' - v ere exchanged bet ' t'm soldiers. Six • > ; iid two foot po •••• ’ed. A four-year-v i ve teen killed. <■: Arc Injured. ' • <: r. pro] erty was <■ Americans wound- ■ ' e Pave asked the' An i-,; .hi ( ;: ■ if; • lor protection. The noire.- pt t' ■ .American wounded 1 are said to I • W. 11. Herton and H. i Murphy, tliokyh the dispatches were so garbled as to make their identity uncertain. The speakers who were mobbed were received sullenly when they arrived at the station in Guadalajara, and on their trip to the Del Gado theater, where the meeting was to be held, they were hooted and jeered. At the theater the crowds refused to allow a single orator to speak, drowning their voices with yells and driving them from the stage by hurling paper wads and an occasional stone. When the party emerged from the building, they were stoned and Leon Rojas, a prominent lawyer, was struck in the head and badly Injured. The automobiles, street cars and carriages In which the Diaz supporters rode also were stoned.

Rushed to a Train. Finally the speakers were rushed to a train, escorted by troops. They hurried to Mexico City. The hotel Garcia, which was wreck ed by the mob, is one of the largest hostelrles in the republic. It was leased by an American, and he has put in his claim for damages. Herton, the American who was wounded, was a guest at the hotel, and just before it was stoned, he is said to have stepped to a balcony and fired his revolver In the air in an attempt to disperse the crowd. Murphy, the other American Injured, was cut by a policeman’s saber. Guadalajara is the second city of the republic, and is ranked as the most beautiful. Subscribe for The Democrat.

FUEL COMPANY SURRENDERS

Agrees to Pay $73,000, Forfeit $14,480 and Return Lands. Washington, July 27. Promising new prosecutions If further investigations show that other coal lands have been Illegally acquired, Attorney General Wickersham has discontinued the equity suits recently instituted against the Utah Fuel company to annul title to 800 acres of coal lands In Utah, valued at $40,000. The discontinuance Is made In view of the company’s agreement to pay the government $73,000, reconvey the 800 acres to the United States and forfeit $14,400 paid to the goverpment when the patents w'ere issued on the land. The fuel company Is a subsidiary corporation of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad.

VALMORE WINS YACHT RACE

Amorita Falls to Overcome Time Allowance Granted Rival. Mackinac Island, Mich., July 27. — William Hale Thompson’s trim schooner yacht Valmore. last year’s winner of the Mackinac cub race, has repeated the trick. Valmore at 9:33:03 a. m. crossed the finish line 04:54 behind her big rival, Amorita, which had given the Thompson boat a time allowance of 2:42:32. Valmore, therefore, won by 2:37:38 over Amorita, which however, secured second place by a large margin. The trip was made by the winner in 42:33:03 for the 331 miles. Amorita broke her spinnaker boom, and Valmore an iron band securing the topmast shrouds.

TYPHOID IN NAVY POTATOES

Hundreds of Barrels of Tubers Dumped Into the Sea. Provincetown, Mass., July 27.—That the outbreak of typhoid fever among the men of the battleship fleet was due to bad potatoes was the official verdict of a naval physician on the supply ship Celtic. Ice cream and various other things have been under suspicion. Hundreds of barrels of tubers from the Celtic’s storerooms were dumped Into the sea. There are four cases of typhoid on the Wisconsin In addition to the fourteen taken to the naval hospital In Chelsea.

PUNISHED FOR MAKING CUPID’S ARROW MISS

Wins Woman on Her Way to Wed and Commits Bigamy. “ Honolulu, July 27.—R. M. Baker of Chicago, who was arrested here on a charge of bigamy, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years’ hard labor. Baker came here from San Francisco. On board the steamer he met Mrs. Eva B. Wallace, who was en route to the islands to marry a member of a well known Honolulu firm. So ardent was Baker’s love making that the widow forgot her waiting fiance. The pair were married immediately upon arriving in Honolulu. Baker is said to have a wife and child living in Chicago.

BASEBALL RESULTS

National League. W. L. Pc. W. L. Pc. Pitts. ..60 24 714|Phil. ..37 45 451 Chi. ...54 28 659|St. L ..34 47 420 N. Y... 47 33 588[Brook. .31 53 369 Cin. ...44 42 512|805. ...24 60 289 Pittsburg- R. h. E. Cincinnati 6 9 1 Pittsburg . 4 14 4 Gasper and McLean; Camnitz and Brandon, and Gibson. Boston— R. h. E. Boston .... 3 11 3 New York 3 16 3 Mattern and Graham; Ames and Schlei. (Seventeen Innings; darkness.) Philadelphia— R. H. E. Philadelphia 7 11 2 Brooklyn ....'. ” 2 9 2 McQuillen and Dooin; Wilhelm and Bergen. American League.

W. L. Pc., W. l. Pc. Det. ...57 31 648!Chi. ...42 45 483 Phil. ...48 37 565-N. Y... 39 48 448 Bos. ...61 40 560;St. L... 38 50 432 Clev. ..48 38 558;Wash. .25 59 297 Cleveland— R. h. F. Cleveland 2 6 I i New York 1... 1 6 j Berger and Bemisp Hughes and Doyle, and Kleinow and Sweeney. American Association. W. L. Pc.| .-r- .. IV. L. Pc. Mil. ...55 45 550iC01. ...49 51 490 Minn. ..54 46 540]K. C... 45 50 474 L’ville. .52 48 520|T01. . 52 464 St. P... 48 48 500|Ind. ...46 54 460 Indianapolis— R. H. E. Milwaukee 3 7 3 Indianapolis 2 4 1 Dougherty and Moran; Cheney, Kuepper and Glaze, and Wakefield. Louisville— r. h. E. Ixmisville 2 5 0 St. Paul 1 5 J Hogg and Hughes; Karger and Flynn. Columbus— r. h. E. Minneapolis 7 u 2 Columbus 0 7 3 Altrock and Block; Link and Pickett, and Shreck. Toledo— r. jj. g Kansas City 3 9 2 Toledo 1 g 2 Flaherty and Ritter; Owen and Abbott

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NEW TESTIMONY IN SUTTON CASE

Witness Asserts He Was Told to Keep Quiet SAW OFFICER FIND PISTOL Private of Marine Corps States He Came Upcn the Party When Adams Was In Shirt Sleeves and Prepared For a Fight and That ths Man It Is Claimed Committed Cvicir’e Asked Soldier to Hold Coat and Cape. Annapolis, Md., July 27.—The session of the board of inquiry investigating the death of Lieutenant James N. Sutton of the marine corps, who was mysteriously shot two years ago, afforded some surprise in the testimony given by Charles W. Kennedy, now a private in the marine crops, at Norfolk, Va. Kennedy said he had been‘reluctant to mention his part in the affair because Lieutenants Utley and Adams, his superiors, had admonished him on the morning following the shooting “to keep quiet.’’ On his way to relieve a sentry on the morning of the shootJng he had come upon Sutton, Adams, Utley and Lieutenant Osterman. Adams was in bis shirt sleeves ready for a fight Sutton had accosted him (Kennedy) and asked him to hold his blouse, cap and cape. “All right, Adams, if you want to fight. I’ll fight you,” he heard Sutton say, the witness testified. While he was out to attend early drill on the following morning, the wit ness said, he saw Lieutenant Utley go to the edge of the parade grounds and pick up a .38 caliber Colt service revolver, which Utley carried into the barracks with him.

JAILED FOR MISUSING MAILS

Officials of American Civil Service Institute Are Prisoners. Washington, July 27.—Charged with using th£ malls Jo defraud. J. A. McNulty, president, and H. Van Vleet, secretary and treasurer of the American Civil Service institute, incorporated, are prisoners. Recent advertisements have appeared for district superintendents in large cities, subscriptions to (500 of the concern’s stock being required of applicants. Come to The Democrat office for fine job printing.

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UNCLE SAM AFTER PANAMA

Wants Reparation For Physical Damages to United States Citizens. Washington. July 27. —Panama’s attitude in failing to take proper notice of the maltreatment of American citizens within her borders has irritated the United States government to the point of insisting upon the prompt settlement of these cases. Charles Rand, petty officer in tho navy, was killed, and Joseph Ciesllk, a sailor, both of the cruiser Buffalo was Injured as the result of a fight with the Panama police. Several American officers of the cruiser Columbia, in uniform, were arrested in Colon without sufficient cause, it is alleged. They were roughly handled and clubbed and then thrown Into iaii.

SUICIDE TELLS OF MURDER

Robert M. Fanning Kills Wife and Then Himself. New Bedford, Mass., July 27. —After showing a letter in which he said he had murdered his wife, Robert M. Fanning, of Westport, shot and killed himse’f in the police station here early, today. The police later found the horribly muliiated body of his wife. Fanning's father is said to be a wealthy manufacturer of Providence, R. I.

TOWN WRECKED BY STORM

Report That Fifteen Were Killed—Survivors Said to Be Starving. Houston. Tex., July 27.—That fifteen persons were killed, the town of Bastrop Bay, Tex., wrecked and that the few survivors are barely subsisting on a scant supply of seafood, was the report brought here by Captain Patrick Benson. Captain Benson declares bls party buried eight bodies.

FORTY THOUSAND ON STRIKE

Workers In Paper, Woolen and Cotton Industries Are Involved. Stockholm, July 27. —Forty thousand workers in the paper, woolen, cotton and allied Industries are on strike. The movement, it is stated, will be extended to the iron workers, a circular having been issued to the trades unions throughout the country calling for a general strike on Aug. 4.

Father Gives Life to Save Son.

Cincinnati. O„ July 27.—Sacrificing his own life to save thatxof his ten-year-old son, George Gast, a well known citizen of Dayton, Ky., was killed tn that suburb by a passing train. The son was probably fatally injured. The Democrat and tne Indianapolis Dally News, each a full year for enly (3.80.

CLAIMS 2,000 MOORS PERISHED IN BATTLE

Spain Sending New General In Morocco-Soldiers Tortured. Alhucemas, Morocco, July 27. Twelve thousand Moors are reported to have left this region to join the tribesmen in front of Melilla, where trenches are being built along the heights.’ Reports of a Spanish defeat and the loss of three guns are being circulated among the tribesmen. Oran. Algeria, July 27.—Native advices say that the Riff tribes consider the campaign now going on a complete defeat for the Spanish forces, whom they have forced back to Melilla. It is reported that one of the tribes captured 100 Spaniards whom they tortured. Madrid. July 27. —General Sanchez, military governor of Grenada, has been named to replace General Marina in command at Melilla. It. is estimated that the number of Moors killed in recent battles around Melilla is 2,000. « ,

TRIBESMEN TROUBLE ITALY

Clash In Somaliland Results In Death of Forty-Five Natives. Rome, July 27.—Advices received from the governo? of Benadlr, Italian Somaliland, state that the Mohallin tribe, seeking vengeance for the capture of their chief, on July 17, attacked an Italian detachment of native Ascaris. The enemy was repulsed, forty-five being killed and twenty wounded. The Italian loss was five killed.

Little Girl Lacerated by Leopard.

Rockwell City, la., July 27,—Myrtle Strauber, three "years old, was lacerated severely by a leopard at the fair here. She was allowed to get too close to the cage end the beast clawed her.

Twelve Killed In French Mine.

Clermont-Ferrand, France, July 27. An explosion of fire damp occurred tn one of the mines near here, causing the death of twelve men.

The Weather.

Following is the official weather forecast: Illinois and Indiana —Showers today and tomorrow. ; Lower Michigan—Unsettled today and tomorrow, with showers probable. Wisconsin and lowa—Showers today and tomorrow.

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