Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 43, Number 16, Jasper, Dubois County, 21 December 1900 — Page 2

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l . DU M, !..!. Ii. I.. r. JA:- l l'.K. INDIANA. Tli house MMMiaitt ec to investigate nlkfJTill hamg of Cadet ltoos ut Ml Point i mi to Ugiu it impiiry ut West l'uiui daring Use holiday. 1 li president, on the 10th. tratisii itted to congress extended reports on tin ag rkanRorel poaonreta of Porta Meo, with special refsrenee to the establishment there of an agricultural ex peri it M nt station. Mr. Pogotaa, ths newly-olee tod eonamissioncr from 1V:t. Wco, mailt' bit! appearance at tin' capitol. In Washington, on the 14th, for ths Ural tin ami m cordially weleaa6J by ton and repreeentat i eon, A rich hind owner at Termini, near Palermo, Italy, ba been kidnaped by brigands on his own property. His servants fled in dismay at the eppeerance of the band. Troops hue been sent in pursuit of the brigauds. m The late Robert Arlington, an cc centric gentleman of Leeds. Fnglnnd. who lived in a miserly niunnr in orj i i.i ,.u.ni. l.iii ttntalth to uei ii, w ami . . . ., .. - foreicti missions, has left tin? London Missionary society over 250.000. Edward Lloyd, the well known tenor, pave a farewell concert in London on the 12th. Mr. Llvod s voice showed no diminution of power or quality; but he is tired of public life, and retires to engage. iu tue riiisiiif,' of faucv cattle. Another serious landslide has oc curre.l in Helioland. Thirty houses have been enpulfed, and a eonsidera- I ble part of the nland has bM ulmerped. It ksu Isen impossible to oend relief, and the losses have not yet been determined, The supreme court of Ohio, on the llth, dismissed tbe p-oceadtngi broutrht by former A; 'oruev-i .em-ral Monett, rdtnrgiuC that the S'.mdard Oil Co. was in contempt of our: for having failed to comply with un order, issued in 192, din liiii.' a dissolution of the Stan.iard t)ii trust. The Iowa state agricultural 00000 tion, at Des Moines, adopted resolutions, on tbe i2th, favorinj the creation of a national park at the headWaters of the Mississippi river, and the concentration of the control of government fun st reservations under the department of aerriculture. The vote of New York, as announced by the state board of canvassers, on the 12th. shows the following totals: For president McKinley, republican, 82l,0'J2; iiryan, democrat, .. ; Mai louev, social labor, 12,022: Wool ley, nrohibition. 22. ot ,; D, lis. soi ial demo crat, 12.S69. IfcKinleja plurali'.v. lio,606. The close of the exposition, throwing thousands out of employment, imcreated abnormal criminal conditions in Paris. Crime is rampant at nil hours, especially in the suburb-. 1 he officials of the prefecture of police calculate that 2msi sufferers from t he exposition have joined the criminal army. The report that tin- remains of 1.600 soldiers wore broinrht home from the Philippines by the transport Hancock, is declass'd to be without foundation. The vessel braucht only It corpses, ten beinc those of persons who du-. 1 en route, and one which was transferred to the Hancock from the hospital ship Keiief ut Nagasaki. Wheat is growing so rank in the Arkansas valley wheat belt, embracing territory that produced over forty million bushels last year, tha. th-' farmers are advertising to take stock free for the purpose ol eating it down. Ihe lodicationj at this tint for the crop are IS jM i ccnt. inure f:. orabU' than they vvre at the same time Last year. S " The Washington auxiliary to thf National lied Cross association, on the llth. scut 1,600 to Mr. .lohn Scel, chairman of the relief committee at Galveston. T .. t , be used in prorid" lag shelter for the homeless. Another thousand will be sent BOOB by the auxiliary, which is receiving eontriha tions from all parts of the L nited Htat. s. A young ladhm near Grand Rapids, Loke Wlnnlbegoehlah, lfanM recently shot a moose, SlUMMl entirely white, and considered by the Itnlinns to be aaered. When the fact became known in his tribe, there was great commotion, und lie was tried by a council ol medicine men, and vvill have to underiro a series of punishinen i s of a must rruei ehamettr, whieh may Cause bis ib .it h. The will of the late Senator Cushman K. Davis, who died November 27, was filed for probate at St. Paul, Minn., on the Ifta, bj Mrs. Anna M Darte the widow. The will, which is very concise, and wn made d'iriiiir tin- senator's lasi illness leaves all his estate to b v. s. and names the Ft. Paul Trust Co. u executor. The estate is valued at j.'.,ii(K) in personal and M0000 In reel property. With iamoalng ceremonies, on Qie 12th, the iiatimial capital celebrated the ccntenni.il anniveisaiv of the founding of the seat of the fed. . I powrnnient in o asinnu't on. i n ereiscK combined n biilliai t military pnraile. a review by the president from the east trout of the cupitol aad Orations iu the hall of the house of Pvpresentatives, with a reception at tl. t rcoran art galler at mghi.

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Compiled fruia Various Sources. FlSTY-iXTH CONtiHtSS. Second Beirlon.l In the WMti . "i tn Wt Charles the K"V - Iho late A l ow no, n i in i .ki'i'i'iiu. i i'.. ..I- III v i IK BUI I . ' H i bin ml or Davis in k I in- mil ii "i "" .- . i m .hi s: . . i'I llll Uni"r I, llle lain i was if Mir i ii ii in IUI. 1(1. 01. al( K.'.UK "'" Session Oil UK' :! I .mm i i'nu so. n us the routine t- isll.i ss ha.l t.. . '. - 1 aaed of In the house, the le,slnlivt. xeeiitiv, and juanui pproorlstlon iuii A.o i'iiis.'il. :.lter H rta.luiK that '!'!;''' thret hours snd tea minutee' deaate. see bill carries No other business W..8 tralisavtetl. In the -enate. on the 11th. the o!e..inarsanne lull puss -U by the house w. -to the commllte on agriculture. An orAsr .iireiting that vacancies on verai committees te tilled by sppotntmenioi tSei.at. I Towne iMlim was ra'.ili..l tie hin anUvl.lv I, ill U.iS t.lKl II 111' ll'l'l II t'l.l iv (OA.) dsuvsrse a speech in opposition tin- measure in the house .i i.-folu-to tinM u.ik uilniiit'il lor th uoiiu in in i ....nm.t, . .... ,lv.. imlilt'iis In llivestlrtste th. death of 's. sr U Booa m fillSd, us th. result 'f haXliiK at the West I'otnt Mllitarv ... un 'the revenue reduction bill was then taken up. In the senate, on the 13th. the Davis amtn.lment to th- Hay -t'auni ef.ue treatj U.is u.lo.t, l hv a V 't. of tio to 1.. A lure ei th.- ses-:i'!i w..s . thr.e-h..urs H.e,M.h by Senator Hanna In favoi of the ship subsidy mil. whieh was nt "itl t. thiouishout with close utteiition by seiiatr ,.n i...,h 1,1,. ef the chamber In tri" houje the .lull ''Vi uu.ÄlÄs continn, I Mr Harthol.lt criticised th uxdm ,,f in,' w..s ami mean e.immit too - ... ,- , , ,),, lav.. I. beer Th. h.e.s. a. l. . I a l-int i-rsolutton for a h..i.la rnvs from Uwimbtr -1, t January 3. Mt, In the senate, on the 14th. no business of importance was transacted durmtr tnbn. I open session, At ;M p. ni. the senate nt Into executive session lor tne further conetderaUon 'f the Hay-Paunce rota treaty, sad ut h.iif-p.cst four octook a.li.urn.il for the day in ins n.'usi swlon was oei u.ieU wnn a i.ninei consideration .f the war revenue run. .am Aithmit disponing- of ni..r.' than half of tinprop. 1 Iii' asure, wie nnix: uuj.'ui n. n PERSONAL AND GENERAL. r-urirlars entered the post othce at Elwood, la. , on the 1 3th, blew the safe and escaped with m stamps. ?. nuill amount of cash and J5 Q worth of negotiable notes. 'l'l.e RsMswssrian consuldr treaenry face for the year ISW-1WW Moted to 856,35 kroner, of which New York eft) htrniefted I3.1M kroner, A beaut il ul tumi:.' woman, who reg istered at the Grand Union hotel, .New York city, as MPautioe Footer, Hartford, tonn.." im; who u oelievad lo I.; re been Pauline Feste, of Crystal t ity. Mo.. . iiiinit ted sorcide in her room on the ex . ning of tin 13th. Tri. m DO Do it is onotBeinUy reported that the itIMirgenta in that part of the island of I'anav at. wci ln' alleiauee at the rate of a thiol sand a da v. The arrests of man.. prominent insurirents started the movement, win. h M ems to be becoming amrrersak at Jam. Moio. Handurriao, Arevelo and lb Ilo. An Italian, who says he is a brother of tinido Matiare. the victim of the Louisiana lynchers. bOTBod a little wax figure of President vleKinley on tlt, Pt, ps of the American emb T (..uli.it. fin the niL-lif of the P'lh. The Bgtrre was stuck full of pins In order to prolong the Imagined agony, Archbishop Ireland, before the senate committee on military avoirs, on the 13th, deetared that the elimination of the army canteen would be a nii-t-'ke. lie declared it to be the r. - suli of his observation that men denied lifptor in camp would find it in wayi more harmful. The Indianapolis Sentinel of the 14th savs: "Attorney Oeneral layior on behalf of the state of Indiana, will file suit in the supreme court of Mai -ion county this (Friday) morning inkbag the appointment t :i receiver ft r the Order of Chosen Friends, one of the largest fraternal insurance a ciations in the United States, baring gs0P0 mambera. The order lost heavily by the (ialveston cyclone, and is uiiabie to meet its death claims. The Coal trust is perfecting deals that will five it control of all the mines in the Wyoming and Lackawanna valleys, comprising a district from Nantieoke to Car bond ale, Pa. A number of options have atfeadj been secured. The building, foundry and machinery of the Lane A P.. ...ley iron works, Cincinnati, were burned, on the night of the ISth, with a total loss of from $200, to $2o.i I hey were larye manufacturers of saw mills, traction cnirines and many other articles. The mail car on the I ottOO Hell passenger train from Waco to Mem phis was enteren, at miunigni oi use I2tb, and roDbeo oy two nnxnown white men. under masks, near P.astu'tt, Tev., a small staiion ObOUt twenty miles south of TexarkOfta. Mrs. ViiL'iist lleci., of Milwaukee, died in Chicago, On the night of the llth. of injnr.es sustained by reason of the recent boiler explosion on the Northwestern railroad. The death of Mrs. P.eci. is the eighth to Im- charged to the explosion. K pie-entatiie l'.rosius, of Pennsyl vnnia, on the llth. introduced a resolution for a constit Utlonal aiiu'iidmeut designed tO pet tna nent ly 1i the BbV bership of the house of representatives at n.'o, the pre -ent number. I rank II. Hamilton, in jail ut Minneapolis, Minn., ns a result of the killing of Millionaire Day, was hi ralfued hi the uistriet court, on thi 14th, on a ettorge of murder in the first li Tee. His at t ornev s nsked leave to withhold his pb a until the Mth, which w as granted. The tWO-year-Old daughter of Peter I'd. r, ' a I. ion keeper of Flwmid, Ind.. fell into a ti n -gallon kettb- of map, made for lum Ii at that place, on the nth. and was literally cooked iw.. her screnns brought assistance. Desto rcvulied a ew hours Inter. S'tintor 'est, of Missouri, ot, tin14th. Introilueed n 'iill for the establishment, iu connection with th? ! jinrttie nt of justice, of a burenn Of criminal Identification, The Bjeoourt is BT ged by the police superuifendt n I of the United States.

The secretary of war has cal ico list ructions to M ij. 0oS, Mac. Mil nr. at Manila, to begin the work of returning the volunteer troops from the Philippines iu order to permit of their discharge hi thll country bj the ;oth ol June nexL This action has been la1 en in anticipation of the authorization by coii!-ret.s of the enlist ment of regular regiments to replace the recalled troops. Ihe statement of the treasury balances In the in Mill fund, exclusive ol ihe $l.".0,()iM).(XHI gold reserve ill the division of redemption. Issued n the !4th, showed: Available cash b i lance, 6136,1 19,4 13 ; gold, 100,16666t. An earth. piake shock, lasting nearly a ininutc. was expeiicnccd in Joplln, Mo., on the Hth. at ftiB a. m. The motion St from north to south, ami of a quivering nature. No damage is reported. Failure! for the week ended on the 14th, as reported bv R. (i. Dun $: Co., were 340 In the United statt, ngaianf lift last year, and 66 in Canada. agaiust 26 lust year. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Tn the senate, on the ISth, no business of Importance wa.s transacted in the open lession, almost the entire legislative day being spent in executive sessii.n in further consideration of the Bay-Pnuncefote treaty, Senator Teller eontinuinghis argument against the instrumci.t In the house the war revenue reduction bill was passed without the concurrence of the minority, who refrained from voting. The pension appropriation bill, earrylag 1145,14530, was passed in exactly 13 minutes. 1'wo nee-roes were hanged to n tree nnd riddled with bullets, by a frenzied mob nt Roekport, tndM on the 16th. Pud Lowlands, before he was strung up, confessed to the murder of HoUhl Simons, a white barber, and Implicated i.s accessories Jim Henderson and another colored man. Henderson was banged, but when the mob went for the third victim, the hitter's employer

convinced them of his innocence by , proving an alibi. Thll fact throws grave doubt upon the gull! t' lienderson. who strongly affirmed his in- ( nod nee to the last . The Germtn training frigate Gneise- j nan foundered off Malaga, 51 miles northeast ef Ulbraltar, on the pith. The reaoel WM overtaken by n violent s' .in. and went to the bottom, the masts only remaining above water, j From shore the cadets could be seen clinging to th. rigging ami calling for help, but rapidly tell oil' and disap peared bene ith the vavc. The captain ami. it is efktvod, it" of the people on board were drowned. According to the Berlin Lokal Anreigi r ."' Cape Colony Doers, now in Amsterdam with their families, have been grantee' permission to settle in (.erni.in Southwest Africa, the German government having assented to the purchase of lands by them in Damaratand and Greut rtaarnqnlnlendi lie Poets will leave Amsterdam donna rv Just as negotiations were about to be opened at Pckin, the P.ritish rainin,, under Instructions from his government, demanded the modification Of point in the joint note, which will cause much delay, as all the ministe:must, as a result, communicate anew with their governments. Andrew Carnegie is considering he gift of a sum BOjnctent to emiow t B. hool for librarians at Winona. Ind., snd it is said he looks ou the plan with lnvor. In the senate, on the 17th. Murine an open session of one hour, only the purest routine business was transacted. Mr. Chandler (K, H i created a little (lurry b an endeavor to again get up tie resolution: relating to the Montana senatorial case. I In- effort as futile. MOSl of the Session W.lS passed behind closed doors upon the Da 'Pnnttcefote treaty ... In the house scleral bills dividing ami creating judicial districts were passed under suspension of the rules. One hundred and two priate pension bills were passed. A bill was unanimously puss"d plaeii : Itcpre santal Ire Chariot A. BouteUe, of Maine, on the r, tired list us a captain in the ua y. The fir-t political party under the American regime in the Philippines is in progress of formation. Its principleh.ne been eniltodied In a plat form Whieh wiil shortly Ik- int.de pubi;,., , jH nnderstoo that the declara

tions of the platform giro the fullest recognition o American sovereignty and als. favor a considerable degree of native autonomy concerning internal and local affairs. 'Ihe RockpOrl (Ind.) mob which lynched two colored men. on the 16th, for th1' alleged minder of a white barber named Simon, followed the third in ; 10 suspected of complicity in the triam, to Uooneville, Ind., where he had been taken for snfe-keepiug, on the 17th. and. after lKitteriiiLr a hole in tin- -idc of the jail, took their vielim to the jail yard and hung him also. Justice iii'iivi R, Beekman, of the Ni w 'ork supreme court, died in front of his residence in New 'lOk city on the 17th. He had just left his house to go io court, it is thought that death WOS due to heart discOSC caused by oierwotk. Mr. Packman w - . " e 1 1 - old. He was bom in New Vork, und lived (here nil his Ufa, it Is apprehended at the state de partmei.t thai th reported Intention of tircat Rntwitt to press, a! tin moment, for a settlement of ti Inims oi her citii ii":;ilist Till ke will have a disastrous edi ct upon cur own negotiations in t,e interests m' the American mis- on .. I l.e taking ol ie tiinony in the case "I Ü ear I P...,. I he West Point endet . who died recently from Injurien which In pan nta Hege were Inflicted ut Hie West Point military academy, Bs btgtin, on the 17th. by the bond of Inquiry appointed by the secretary ol war.

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A Nlßht of Horror on Lake Michigan That Troved Fatal to Three ol the Victims. WERE LEAVIN6 SQUAW ISLAND LIGHT. Tht I'art), Maklnic for III. Mainland, ' Bvaftatan i sq.i,u. ivium Over turur.l ItMSW Hii.il A WseSf 'la "OS gSS iii.m roealt 1 gsssi Heave rjanjssetsaee lu iit ley WatSft Milwaukee, Pee. ,7. teatlae special from Manitowoc. Wis., yeaterday said: Ihe steamer .Manhattan arrived here to-day, with W. 11. Shields and William McCsuley, lighthouse keepers on Sipiaw island, und the bodies, of Mrs. Shields und her niece. Mrs. Mary Daria, They were picked up Saturday afternoon in the lake, where .l ey wero found lashed to nr. overturned yawl. They had been thus exposed since Friday, whOfl they were capsr'd by a squall while I ailing from the island to the mainland, landen Morden. ,.f Montague, Mich., was also an occupant of the boat when it capsied, and was drowned before he could be lashed to t he o art anted craft. The two rescued were badly froen, and it is thought they ttmjf have to iclTcr uinpuiation of their lower limb-. They were taken to the Holj Family hospital here, where the following story of their terrible experience was told by Mr. Hiields: "Upon reviving orders to close the lighthouse, for the season, we prcpared to leave the island togethoi with our iieiper, Liicien Morden, i" Montague, Mich.. -Mrs. Shields and Mis. Mary Davis, my wife's niece. We left the Island on Friday for the mainland, seven miles distant, bound for Harbor Spring, When out onlj a short time a heavy wind struck the -ail of our boat, eapahsiag it. and throwing us all into the lake. We all succeeded, after much hard -vork. in reaching the boat, McCaulej and myself, after much labor, finally siiceded in lashing both the v men to the boat am! then our . Ives. Molden, the helper, had, in the meantime, become delirious, and refused to be lashed or attempt t.. save himself.and soon after fed off ihe boat ami was lost. My wife and her niece. Mil auley and myself, lathed and cline-inLr to the boat. WOfO tossed about and suffered terribly from the cold and -i St, which washed over us. "About seven hours after the accident happened, nr. wife succumbed, being unable to loni'er endure the terrible conditions which the eXpoSUTO to wiinb and MOO caused. Mrs. I lav is, alter holding up for several hours after my wife's death, also sin umbed, ind only Mel auley sad myoeff remained alive, with the two dead women lashed by our sides, loatiag around the lake with no human being in siuht." JEALOUSY LEADS TJ CRIME 4 Ill-en r.Ie, I Suitor llempl lo Kill Ihe .Irl lie aH lie Liuves. ChleagOi Dec. Pi.- Bight JTearS 01 patient woointr reiichi .1 :i climax y esterlay, when A. M. Pell, an artist, confessed, in a letter to the police, that ni the night before he had tried to kill the object of l.is vain adoration. lie made the effort to murder, he iv rote, to prevent her from iriv inir h"r I love to another man. Miss Annie Stow esand, 1641 Whipple street, is the girl whom Artist pell ; oartOd tn vain. VYhen he first saw her she was shopping in a Stale street store, snd Was then only 1" years . : ige. l'-l I was struck by tue girl s '. auty, and he resolved to become acquainted With her. The man's attentions were not disagreeable to the girl, ami soon the two bees in friends. For years thereafter Pell met the pirl each evening as she left her work und walked home with her. During this time tie often told bei of his love, and he proposed marriage, but she refused him. Pell was nearly fifty years old. ami the jgtr frankly told him that sh. would not marry .1 man of his ige, Let t vv inter the lover was appointed ns an art isi on the decorating stuff bu the Puis exposition, and left for Paris in the spring, He remained sway intii seven weeks sgo, On Ms retain p.ii began a search for Miss StoweISud, and us soon as he met her be Igain proposed marriage. Again he Vilm refused. So persistent had Ins atlei tlona become that the gfarl now rein ii to egaia sec Idas, Friday ai -iit Pell called ut her Louse, and when she came to the door l.e dragged her out on the porch mid Strack her on tbe temple with a reiiil'cr butt. She fell senseless, and pel' dimppeari d. k'esterdaj morning a letter, pre itumabt) written bj PeB, waa received Ly the police of the WoSl '.like street station. In 'he litter the man rehearsed his love for the girl, told 1 l.is disappoint men! been not sh- would not marry him. PARLIAMENT DISMISSED. 'im llrlllnh I'nrlinmrnl DMestseOSl With 'Ihn 11 i.-. I Btil Ihe M I.I. Mr ni ganeeotl, London. Dec la, Parliament was d mfawed until tht middle of i'i oruaiy. with the reading of the shortest of the queeu'f speeches. It was us follow: "My lords and tientleinen I thank von for the liberal pti .vision POU h.iv made for the taponsi incurn d by I he Opvtatioss of my .mules in SoUth Africa and China."

NEVS FROM INDIANA.

Latest Happenings Within the Borders of Our Own State. Main re, I lo Death. Mount Liberty, lud., Dee, Ifw Drsfp ut tin locks of a frightened horse a boy named Hall was l.attcred to de. ith here. Two old. i companions, named Pittman and t openliav el, in a spirit of boyish raekleeanros tied young Hall on the horse's back, telling him Ibey would teach him to become a circus rider They then struck the horse und the animal ran away. The rider clung to his back for some distance, but in his lerror he lost his hold, fell under l lie horse's hoofs, und was kicked and batterer' be v ond reo ig nit ion. Tin Stale Bra asm, Tom Haute, Ind., Dec. 14. At the closing day's session of the Indiana grange the following resolutions were adopted: FavorlnK the atiollshmer t of the school truant oiiiceiB and requiring township trustees to perform the duty; fewer i'.IsUrtet schools In the rami communities snd h hinh school in sack township to prepare stuuents for collese; abolishment of the Kol.y race truck and also of th, superior .curt of l.ak. OOUBtjr, In which Rob ll lituaied; un ud.litlonal tiKrieultural tiull at Purdue university; more stringent purs feed laws; better name und trespass laws und two cents a mile railroad tan i.io'R Ten Bottom, Laporte, Ind., Dec. 14. A jury in tin- Porter county superior court Swarded ten dollars' damages to Dr. Claude H- Thompson, of Athens, O., in his $10.000 suit against Maurice l.ovvenst ine, u business man of Val paraiso, Thompson alleged that Lowenstine alienated the affections of Thompson's wife, from whom he se.i.red a divorce at Lima. ()., last April. t haaa le Hemes, Rising Sun, lud, Dae, 14, The postal authorities are revising the spelling thf names of towns I h rough this section of the state. Ihe "h" has been dropped in the names if all towns ending wiih 'burgh." a nd the old way of spelling "DlilsborOUgh" has been changed to "Dilk-boro." Sörth handing has been shortened to North and Aberdeen to Beseem, Narp leO. Columbia c it v. Ind.. Dec. 1 1, H. v McFarlsnd, assistanl ticket auditor of the Chicago t Northwestern railway. iml MlM M. . Casey, also of Chicago, aine to tin- city from the Gutcher anitartum at Larwill. a village ciL'Iit miles West of this place, and were married by Pastor Fischer, of the Liaptisl church. 1 i.iua for Kesias, rVebeeh, Ind.. Dec. 14. - Bbl riff st.wart. of this county, has inen scouring the vicinity of Wabash in quest of the would-be murderer of Patrolman Dean, of Logansport. I.itt'e credence is given to the story from Auburn and Fort Wayne that Kuhns is hiding at his brother's lmrne near Albion. Helpe Prtsenee, Terrs Haute, Ind., Dec. 14. The accidental death of Andrew Adams, a juror, by asphy xiation, has brought 1 sudden end to the trial of Jacob rt. accused of criminal assault. Admis spent one day in the jury box, ttd when he went to bed at night Blew out the gns. Cteere4tea s ii it. IndisnapOlis, Iml.. Dec. 14 Frank Reggin, Ol Attica, fell nt Washington and Illinois streets in this city, suffering with heart trouble. When physicians revived him. after an hour's work, he said his condition was due to excessive eigarette smoking. I i.m leleil. Shonls. Ind.. Dee. 14. Penjauiin Pleasants, charged with the murder of Milton Richardson, in colored crap game, near LoogOOtee, aus convicted of manslaughter in the Martin circuit court and committed under the Indeterminate-sentence net. Bisters 1 elekrale, Lafayette, Ind.. Dec. 14.- The Fran-ei-.'an Bisters, who established a community in this city 2.1 years ago. celebrated the silver jubilee. A large number of Catholic prelates were present from various slates. i o.i I. . i i I, lelcae ses, Tipton. Ind.. Dee. 1 I. William Christy, who shot bc Strnley some time BgO, and failed tO appear in court, leaving his bondsmen In default, has been apprehended at Huntington, Ark. i ni i a niu Killed, Wabash. Ind , Dee. II. Homer Hotiser, .ilo-.I . while employed at an nil well near Berne wa Instantly Killed by the flying pieces of the hull wheel of a drilling rig that went to pieces. un, i gnrnleh lies, adisnapolis, Ind.. Dee, It. Hy n decision rendered in the appellate court a company dealing in natural gas must provide for a customer who haa paid in advance for his supply. Turn i pteeee, Pauli. Ind.. Dec. 14. Ileiirv Moore, Of this county, while trying to thuw frosen dy namlte, caused an explosion which iit' rally tore him lo pieces, causing instnnt death. ii tili' Iteoerd, Rochester, Ind.. Dm-, it. - Israel Johnson, of this county, owns a horse that will soon be ;i! yenrs old. and th, re will be a family reunion iu honor of tin- anniversary. Il.irne il Ii, n i Hsp, Auburn, tnd Dae, tt Chsrles Mitchell, a mschinist, was found dead iu tin- engine-room at the Baglt iron works, his body burned to a crisp.

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Policemen Chir?ed with Accepting Hush Money from Female Pa uri Workers and Robbers. ONE ARREST AND SIX SUSPENSIONS. A I im lice lie 111 ml. lisle m I le n, M "Sit, cmHiih" BSMsnaStl Out 11 p. rs of linraea I lull let lo ., rw Heina I. 1,1. 1 11 1 11 Which On,. iij ee Mtoall) iiu.il. St. Louis, Dec. Is. St. Louil bsg been rudely awakened to the I... thai not only is there a vast SflUOUUl of robbery of citicus aud strsntreri ro iug 011 in the vicinity of tbe 1 1 II ion station, without an sdequate itoliee effort for it s suppression, but thai Hie police OfnOerS OS tha beats where lite crimes uie committed nre aetu.iiiy fattening off the proceeds of the robberies by exacting a rake-otl from the women who, for the most part, curry 1111 the nefarious business. The i.lolieDemocral savs; nejseaee the Tolls. "tine officer of the Central ihi district was arrcsti'd, yesterduv, one suspended ami Bee others rest uihler charges, two rather slight, made in confessions f negro panel-workers.of accepting bribes 10 protect criminals from nrreat, In the confeasloi - ..f t he vv o 1 "ii, iu pai t bot I . b ., relopments, the assertion wai that in the past tivc years . money had been Stolen under p t ion on certain blocks in the , of union station to pnj for th estate embraced in tin m. nil 1 The confessions and accoiniisu) i velopmente add conflrmatioti t story toid on the witoess sti court of criminal correction days ago lo the effect that t!i ii. s. the defendant ai-o, wan ; 1 for a dlsl urbance of the peace 1 iug from u quarrel over ;i 1 iron, a bribe , , f $ paid t" p MI tieer for protection for bi ii j tr,.,.v, v.i 10 hud commit tod .1 I lie I olll ess The Marie .ee 1 ecoii feshioiis in 1 king und Jeanii W scs. a ml folio Well tin on bond after warrant lor re a victim of $sn. chance renn lo their being sweated, and following that a trap was set, one of 'I is mentioned in the confessions Ii caught accepting flo as part nl . briltc, based ou a -ä per cent. .', '. of the robbery for which the women had lieeti arrested. The ot': er arrested in the caoe ;i Dennis Ryan, The others tnehtloned in thi ponfembm were Richard K ' nedy, .lohn J. Noonan, Louis lnp. .! seph Kohrs, .lohn Law ton und Albert Kucliucr, all of the Central district. Of these. Kuehner erns iiuseiMled when he reported at POii-catl at 11 o'clock last eight, Kennedy ami Lang reported ill. and Noonan reported that his child had died during tha day. No action was, therefore, taken ill these cuses. Thev will be suspended at their homes this mom I tip by their sergeants. The whole ense poeS before the grand jury todsy, and tbe police hoard to-morrow,' l our Indictment. At It66 p. in. Monday the g '. jury found indictment ngainsl Police men Ryan, Kennedy, nooiun ami l.i.ng charging them with nccepting bribea, .None were found ago I Law ton. Kohrs and Kuehner. The Chronicle sin s: ri vj ,. j i,, , sate. I lie worst part is to come it 'i avowed that the detective force, rather, a part of it, j notoriously "open to yifts" from eonfldeiiee men, snd from a most reliable source it learned tint certain confidence in' 11 have promised to "talk" a- --.on IIS Chief Cunipbill summonses t hem to appear before him. Tbe gra id will hear dl of the start lin i testimony whieh is snitl to Ik fori be lining, FUTILE ATTEMPT AT RESCUE. These U-n 1 1 m il eil to Hociic Sol Tim pic I ion, ln-rin Ihm nt I. nl, I. Ok to. Wichita, Kas.. Hcc Ii, Hu f liiudit. on the Hanta IV train near Im porta, three men tried to reaciie Temple from Rheriff Putts of Knid, Okln. Temple, some nionth ago, held up Sheriff Putts, who had him '" charge for larceny, bound him : went off with i he sheriffs team. II was arrested last week in Ksnsan City, a mi w as on his WSJ to Knm when supposed cronies attacked rlutls '' cure the release of Temple. Sh Simons of I his ount wathe t rein, Ha eeeisted Putts, t hree desperadi were uri' They escaped from the train next station. Temple did nu' iu escaping. board nl th n r MILITARY. The French minister of marine recently made a tour of the barber ,f Toulon In a submarine vessel. The last equina census in RnssiS ' stated lo l'.nve shown SOntlderi ' mora than in.noo.nnn horses H '" oar purposes. The proposition for tht COB! Hon of a Boating machine shop :' ' ti. e use of the squadrons in si purls of the world Ii receiving est at teil i ou.