Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1909 — Page 4

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SALOON HORSEPLAY IS FATAL

Umbrella Thrown In Fun Pierces Brain and Causes Death. Bessemer, Mich., Nov. s.—August Byarklund will be in court tomorrow to answer for the death of his com■panion, Leander Mattson. Both were miners and were skylarkin* in a saloon. Byarklund playfully made a harpoon of his umbrella and shot ft toward Mattson. The point entered Mattson’s brain above the eye and killed him.

THIS WIDENS EDDY BREACH

New York Christian Scientists Uphold Titular Head of Church. New York, Nov. 5. —Fourteen hundred members of the First Church of Christ Scientist accepted the report of a committee of inquiry on the seven Charges of abuse of power and malversion of doctrine brought against Mrs.

MRS. AUGUSTA E. STETSON.

Augusta E. Stetson, the titular head of the church, by the board of directors of the mother church in Boston and upon which she was forbidden further to teach or tp practice as a healer In the faith. The report acquitted Mrs. Stetson upon each of the counts and censured Virgil O. Strickler, the first reader of the church in New York, for what was termed his unscientific bias. It is declared that In the history of the church founded by Mrs. Eddy this is the first time any action by the direction of the mother church has been reviewed.

DAYLIGHT THIEF GETS $14,195

Cashier In Express Office Is Knocked Senseless—Robber Escapes. Niagara Falls, Ont., Nov. 5 —After felling Cashier William Dobson in the office of the Canadian Express company and leaving him senseless from i blow with an iron pipe, a lone man vaulted a counter and made off with a package containing $14,165 in cash. The robber had a confederate who stood outside and the two disappeared The package contained several consignments of money from the banks here to their branches in Hamilton and Toronto.

JOHNSON DODGES LANGFORD

Boston Negro Willing to Bet SIO,OOO ' He Can Beat Texan. New York, Nov. s.—Jack Johnson’s manager, George Little says he sees no reason why Johnson should fight Sam Langford inasmuch as thechauipion defeated the Boston slugger several years ago. It Is possible Little has never heard that Langford had Johnson all but out in that battle. Langford has decided to post SIO,OOO to meet Johnson's demand for a side bet and says he will fight Johnson anywhere.

MRS. CHAPIN WILL BE TRIED

Double Charge Preferred Against the English Suffragette. London, Nov. s.—Mrs. Chapin, the militant suffragette who made an at tack with acid on a polling place during the Bermondsey by-election last week, was committed for trial by the magistrate at the Old Bailey. She is held on the double charge of having unlawfully meddled with the ballot box and caused grievous harm to the presiding officer.

TIBALDOS IS UNDER ARREST

All the Principals In the Greek Mutiny Are Now In Custody. Athens, Greece, Nov. s.—Lieutenant Tibaldos, the naval officer who led the recent revolt against the government, and a companion, Lieutenant Dlmouli*. were arrested. All of the principals in the mutiny are in custody.

M’CLELLAN APPOINTS WOMEN

New York's Mayor Puts Three on the Board of Education. New York. Nov. 6.—Mayor McClellan appointed three women as member* of the board of education. They were Mrs. Herbert D. Robbins, Miss Olivia Leotentritt, and Mrs. Alfred 8. Post.

Revolutionists Are Gaining Strength.

Washington, Nov. s.~<OfflciaJ reports received at the state department tend to show that Nicaraguan revolutionists are dally gaining strength.

CANAL BOOSTERS TO CAPITAL NEXT

Will Follow Up the Campaign Made Io New Orleans. "00 IT NOW!" IS THE SLOGAN Delegatloiv of at Least 500 Who Are Enthusiastic Over the “Fourteen Feet Through the Valley" Proposition Will Be In Washington Early In December When the Rivers and Han bore Congress Is In Session—lllinois to Be Well Represented.

Chicago, Nov. 5. —"Do it now!” is the slogan that will resound In Washington when 500 champions of the deep waetrway to the gulf, led by Illinoisans, Invade the capital early in December to follow up the campaign which reached its climax at the New Orleans Convention. Plans for marshaling the forces of the water commerce clans In a determined advance upon the legislative stronghold were announced by returning participants In the fifth annual convention of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf association —this action to take place simultaneously with the forthcoming convention of the National Rivers and Harbors congress, which Is expected to be a notable gathering. "We shall send to Washington for the river and harbors congress, which will meet Dec. 8, 9 and 10, the greatest representation that this section ever has sent upon such a mission,” declared T. Edward Wilder, leader of the Association of Commerce forces in New Orleans. “It is planned to send 500 of our lakes-to-the-gulf delegates, but I am convinced that Illinois alone will make nearly that showing at the Washington gathering." “The plan to construct a commercial waterway from the lakes to the gulf is the government’s plan; its engineers have declared it feasible, and now the commercial interests of the country have declared its need,” said Angus 8. Hibbard, a member of the main delegation of the association. “I am certain that the trip convinced the president, the governors and the congressmen who made it that the commercial interests are In no uncer' tain mind upon the need of a fourteenfoot channel to the gulf. “To the coal shipments from Ohio, now stranded upon the sandbars of that river, would fee added shipments of Iron and heavy manufactured products from Chicago and the great lakes."

BACKERS OF WALSH YIELD UP PROPERTY

Petition Is Filed for a Rehearing of His Case. Chicago, Nov. 5. —All of the property pledged by friends of John R. Walsh to insure payment of interest on the $7,000,000 note given by the convicted banker to the Chicago Clearing House association has been turned over to the First Trust and Savings bank. As a result the guarantors are said to be in danger of losing nearly $1,000,000, the approximate value of this property. A petition for a rehearing *f the Walsh case was filed in court. The government is allowed twenty days in which to file an answer.

WEALTHY MAN IS A SUICIDE

Gustave Bischoff Takes His Own Life In Chicago. Chicago, Nov. s.—Gustave Bischoff, fifty-seven years old, wealthy representative of several large insurance companies and a prominent clubman, killed himself by shooting. The motive for the suicide is the most puzzling circumstance of the death of the reputed wealthy man. It is declared by his wife that his financial affairs are in perfect order and could not have been the motive for the act.

JOHN M. SMYTH PASSES AWAY

Chicagoans Shocked at Death of the Well Known Merchant. Chicago, Nov. s.—The death of John M. Smyth, pioneer merchant, came as a shock to scores of prominent Chicagoans who had known him in business and social affairs. His business of household furnishings is of wide proportions. He made a specialty of a credit business, and tens of thousands of names are upon his books. A big mail order business grew out of the original house.

USED FORGED PRESCRIPTIONS

Prisoner Says Law Ought Not to Deprive Him of Needed Drugs. Middletown, N. Y., Nov. s.—John R. Smith of Princeton, 111., is a prisoner charged with forgery in having signed the names of physicians to prescriptions he had filled. Smith argued in court that the law ought not to deprive him of drugs required to relieve pain caused by a malady from which he suffers chronically.

TAFT SEES ATLANTIC AGAIN

White Doves Turned Lcoee In Banquet Hall at Savannah. Charleston, 8. C., Nov. s.—President Taft is back on the Atlantic seaboard. At Macon, Ga., the president encountered a real Georgia breakfast and devoured it. There he also fondled a Georgia colonel’s mint julep, hut did not drink it. In Savannah, he sidestepped a glass of the famous Chatham artillery punch. At this banquet a dozen white doves were turned loose in the room as symbols of a reunited country. During a speech before a body of law students the president said he hoped they would regard the law as a profession and not as a means of livelihood.

Gigantic Mince Pie For Taft.

New York, Nov. 5. —By order of the pie Salesmen’s union the largest mince pie ever baked will be prepared and shipped to President Taft as a Thanksgiving offering. Its dimensions are being kept secret

MORE BOYS THAN GIRLS ARE BORN IN AMERICA

Married Persons Outlive the Old Maids and Bachelors. Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. 5. —Professor Walter F._ Willcox, the Cornell statistician, states that $140,000,000 is being spent in the United States every year to safeguard the health of thd public. He declared that 104 to 106 males are born to every 100 females and that married persons have a lower death rate than the unmarried.

AVOIDS POLAR CONTROVERSY

State Department Refuses to Intercede With Danish Scientists. Washington, Nov. 5. —The state department has declined to be drawn into the polar controversy. It has refused to aid the National Geographical society in Its attempt to induce the University of Copenhagen to permit Dr. F. A. Cook to submit tils recoi’Qr here before forwarding them to Denmark. It Is stated a committee of the society will proceed to Copenhagen to sit with the Danish scientists when Dr. Cook’s data is analyzed. PEARY’S WORDS $1.20 EACH He Is to Get More For His Writings Than Colonel Roosevelt. New York, Nov. 5. Commander Robert E. Peary’s story of his trip to the north pole is to appear in a magazine which will pay a rate 20 per cent higher than Colonel Roosevelt is getting for his African hunting stories. This would make Teary’s articles bring him $1,20 a word.

WHITLA KIDNAPING AGAIN

Report That $50,000 Ha* Been Raised to Free Helen Boyle. Pittsburg, Nov. 5. —There has been filed for Helen Boyle, sent to prison for twenty-five years for aiding in the kidnaping of Willie Whitla, an appeal for a new trial outside of Mercer county. It is said a purse of $50,000 has been raised for Mrs. Boyle. It is understood the Whitla interests, which include those of Frank Buhl, a steel millionaire, will spend $1,000,000 to keep Helen Boyle in prison. There were hints during the trial of the Boyles that for family reasons the Whitlas were forced to prosecute vigorously.

ELOPER HATFIELD PUNISHED

Kentucky Feudist Refers to War Record In Appeal to Court. Lob Angeles, Nov. 5.—J. W. Hatfield, survivor of the Hatfield-McCoy feud, has been sentenced to five years in prison for eloping with fourteen years old Pearl Eastman. Ih court he said; "My father was killed from ambush and my mother has no support but me. -Lserved in the Spanish war as a rough rider and was at San Juan hill. I ask a light sentence so that I may become a good citizen again, support my mother and marry this girl when I come out.”

SIX CENTS FOR LOST WIFE

Off Eaay For Saying, “O, You Peachie. Let’* Get Married.” Dover, Del., Nov. 5. Suing his former business partner, Walter Shelton for SIO,OOO for alienation of his wife’s affections, Frank J. Collins was awarded six cents. Collins charged that he saw Shelton caress Mrs. Collins and say, “0 you peachie, let’s get married." It was shown that Collins had becbm# dissolute and that Shelton aided his partner’s wife financially.

WOMAN BALLOONIST LANDS

Julia Hoerner, In Twenty-Four Hour* Travels 230 Mlles. St. Louis, Nov. 5. —The balloon Melba Isl, Captain John Berry, pilot, and Miss Julia Hoerner aboard, landed at Lexington Depot, Tenn., z3o mil-33 -outheast of St. Louis. The balloon was in the air twentyour hours.

Brigadier General Coppinger Dead.

Washington, Nov. s.—Brigadier Central John Coppinger, U. 8. A., retired, a dead.

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