Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 44, Number 31, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 April 1902 — Page 2

II ft Enormous Damage Caused in the Southern States by Overflowing Rivers. LOSSES WILL REACH FOUR MILLIONS.

lhi I tat ! 'mltlf. Uull HniT, lha Bjji Thus Kar lloporttwl llelns All Ns (ixx Tb Work of Oratno lion Mill .Ui On Kaltroad I raBto Nvarlr a laudatio. CsMlanoQga, Tann., March r.. MCiaJ to tin- News from I Iii 1 riinati, Trtiu.. says: Ilarriinua was destroys! by the land on account of oteenin of 1 ho Knu r.v river, Th- iaings 1 snilsnnlH at u qaartef of a million dollars. It la reported that two lies vrrre test and mum more are supxM'd to have Iteen drowned, ll Is sliasntel tiiat trosi 40 to M tonnes at Unk'lule ind llarrimnn writ wssht-d away The tunnel ut .dilution, on the Cincinnati Southern radway, felt in. The piMtf of the VeStel I. '.in bor Co.. wHit destroyed, the Hot an I Tool Co.. was l,aII duirnip-il. tin' pl.utin mill is w re Ui d and the tan nrry suffered heavily. The floating leather, houses and debris knoeU. I down a part of the bridge aad "a-ln'i' it nway. The toes t.. Hurriiiiuu ii tSTrfbls A t.li.t K MT( AT ION. Twrntj-Two I Im Arc Knoni aa Mara Itorn I ml. Nuahville, Tonn.. Mareh m. Reports fr uit the Hooded districts of Tcnnesse cniphasiAe the gravity of the situation. The damage resulting it is believed will reaeh $4.000,1)00, while C2 lives are known to lx lent Several countif certain to have suffered heavily srp yet cut off from communication, and loss in property and life may go hifjhcr than these titfures. The Louisville dl Nashville railroad is ninning a few trains from here to hynnville, IS miles south of Columbia, while the Nashville. ( hattanooga & St. I.oiiiti h:is t,nl succeeded in getting through to Murfreesbort. The et lion visitetl by the flood em braces one of the richest portions ol the Mut and damage to farm lands Is a serious item. It in-dudes counties lying between the mountains on the cast and the Tennessee river and the Alabama line. Stone fences that have stood the storms of 40 years were washed away in many of the well-known riverside farm of Lincoln county and crops destroyed. The bridge of the Nashville a Know die railroad at Law aster, a 300-foot span, said to have eoat $100,000, went down Saturday night, II as predicted at Carthage that the Cumberland aroeM go beyond the ti ! tide f IMS. if aoeh ! the eats the work nf destruction is not yet over. There is nn communication with Linden, in Terry count . r w ith L nclslMirg in Moore, but both sec HottS ore believe I Id be seriously dam ngedL From Agares evnilnblc the foilow in? fatalities are iriven: I'll ..1 . 11 II. him. i. I ..'I,,, ir snPfiV I Philipps, John Cole, wife and thre children: Slick White, wife ami two chil Iren, all colored, and negTO baby Lewtebarg, ' -Anna Roblnaon's tare children and Joe Met lellaii; all colored. Ifnrfreeahoro Walllams (a g ri, colored. Mc Mitmville, ' Mrs. ltlevin and three ehiidrCB, and Henry Madewell. Barrlauin, 8. Unknon n. ftcr a perilous nit;ht in the top of a tree in the Hermitage district, three men were rescued at an early hoar yesterday raoraing. m:KI v ItLMM ioi i.rts. Bph i l.onara In llunn mill llortll CeanttaaAM Ra4 Knafena, Knoxrille, Tenn., March 51. Losa by flood which swept Bmorj volley, latnrday, may ranch nearly a millioB dollars in Uoan und Morgan counties when the full stors is known The flooded section if Karrimaa preaented s desolate appearance t day I he DSjority of the homeless are housed in the gynaeinn f the xun r Iran Temperance university. IM HI. ItlVKIl OH 4 IHHIMI.K. tOainaae llnnr at Jm-kaon. Miaa., and VlelnM) . Täcksen, III ., Man h 30. Hwollen hj the rains of the paat few dnyt Pearl river is on a rampage to-night having risen five feet in the leal II hours The waters of the overflow readied the waterworks, two miles below this city to-night, and swept sway the brick walls of the pumping Station, destroying u Sd-foot circular pit in which the pumping apparatus WH-s located. The waterworks probably can supply no water before Thursday, It is reported many Cattle have tnhed in the llootl. per YOUNG DEGENERATES. attentat to Wreck a faaarnarr trail In itfiriur ii.r Mlewtiaa lensa a I'rriuM Trenton, lie., March ,i I ieorge niiHcn. aged Ifl years, and George Young, aged (0, sons of reapeetaots barenti ot Mils city, mads an uitsuc ees-ful ittl mpt, late Satntdav night, to n ret k anat bound i bicago, Rock Island ft Pacigc paswttgef train No II ahoai five miles east, of here in ravri, re f,-r hiving been net o a freight, train.

I TU GOVERNMENT BUILDING.

Sairr,lalna trehilrcl Taylor VtSrOS an Idea of What Ihr liurraaral ra.tr Halldla w ill Be. St I i ii in, March ' James Knot Twvb'r. saps is Ising srehitect of th I ntted States treasnry deportonesiti t ii is the designer od the goeeitv jent building af the vTotMs fair, r ted city, I'ridav. to ascertain the precise location ol his hnHalag in the exposition scheme, Incidental lv he K'ave a detailed description Of the building, as revised, under the ex pet led Increase of 1X00,000 spproprln tion by congrtm it has been known fron the first l.i oul of ilie grounds that the governn cut building would dose the transverse exposition avenue, and Srould crown the hill at the eastern md of the site. The precise location if the building on this hill was not I tixed. The building will now be moved tH feet to the north. so as to allow : I pace behind it for the passage of ! the Intramural railway. This change . a ill low er the floor line of the BtTOC i re, to that it will now stand 35 feel above the level on which the main I exhibit buildings rest. ! " I he government building is to cost 1430,000," said Mr. Taylor. "We have Bon an appropriation of 1850,000 ( tnd v e expect an additional appro- j priatioa of 1200,000, The building is ; t.i be TOfl feet by 175 feet, with a pa- ; rllioB for the u-u exhibit 140 fed square. The structural portion of the building will be of steel. The roof trusses win appear in the form f a barrel vault, with sti-r' trusses pf f.-ct span. The general style I f the building will be the psemlolaasic, somewhat less festive than tin- other expoeition buildings. "In plan, the building will be rec- i tsngular. with bridge pavilions at ither end. The central pavilion will form a portico 15 feet wide and I feel long. From this portico a beautiful view of the exposition may be obtained. An Ionic COlOMlUdt will I decorate the front of the building, j and above this feature there will be j an attic IS feet high, richly ornamen ted with statues. The height of the structure from the bottom of the RTVlonaie m lue in i ui i in- ainc aw i be feet. "The center of the building will be surrounded by a dome W feet in diameter, similar in design to the domo of the Pantheon at Home. The top of the qtiadriga, which will surround this dome will be 175 feet above the ground." Before leaving for Washington Mr rnylof announced at the department of works that his Fidi ommisaloa building would be ready for letting it hm t be month. MISSOURI AT CHARLESTON. Spreial Reduced Hataa for Mlaaoarll.onlalnna Turehaae BafWatCHM ln on Th n raila . April 21. St. Loads, April 1. Th nintnissioners and the Purchase Exposition I o, prransrenients for S joint at the South Carolina i lllasowrl Louialana have made c, lebiätloa exposition, dav to be Charleston, S. (J.. of a known as Mlaaoari-LouislanS Purchase Exposition day. on Thursday, Ajirii -,'4. Everybody Ii invited to at tend, particularly every lltssonrlMs, who is urged to take a respite of a fan days and make this delightful journey to the south lead, The South Carolina exposition is reported to be the finest ever held in the south, and Missouri's exhibits there hove attracted admiration from all visitors, The elty of I harleeton is alone worthy of the journey, as it is one of the oldest cities of this country, surrounded by historic fort-, notably Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie. It has the finest harbor in the world and the Atlantic ocean washes its shore-.. In the pril BeaaOO it will be embowered in rosea and mag nolins. Arrangement, hav n made for an open individual round trip rate between St. LOttU and I harleMoli for this occasion by the lines nut of St. Louis. A choice of tonte-, i given with tickets good to return in ten Jays. The rate, $1'. . !", is said to be the lowest ever given from St. Louis to Charleston, being shout one-third of the regular fare. Lines wist and north of St. Loots will make correBttondineiv low rates, There are no conditions other than that the person going shall leave Bt, l.ouis by I trains of the ltd of April. Trains (leave at such hour as to aeeommo- . date those arriv ing fl om the west and I north. Missouris ns are urged lo take this delightful Journey, both for their n pleasure and the honor of the tat I Further Information will be efceer fullv supplied by Kollert M. ost, secretary Missouri eommlaaloa, Arr. le hotel, I harleston. S. ('.. or at the office Of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co, Laclede building, st. l.ouis. Mo. Bieslllf I'leaaed with CnnO. Santiago de Cuba, April I. The Vmericiin steam yacht Keaecrha, with II. if, Hogers, vice-president ol the ttandsrd OU Co.; T. B. Heed, ex speaker Of the house- of represent a lives, and Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain, on board, arrived here Sunlav. The party visited the points of historical interest near Santiago. Mr. Seed expressed himself a-t greatly pleased with Cuba, and said the island contained more natural wealth than any country he had ever seen, the Kanawha left, yesterday after 0n for Nassau.

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The Murderer of Sheriff Reick Lynched By a Natrona County Mob at Casper, Wyo. THE AFFAIR QUICKLY ACUÜMPLISHED llnmlr.-.la uf s,, , ,, and t nllle Men. Wh I l.ieWeü lulu aaper. Itiurala to Ulaenaa the Ictlou of Hie tuuranir Court, Keiualaril lu w Urw the l- iiehlnit. Casper. Wyo., .March tt, Charles Woodward, the sondsroned murderer uf Sheriff V. C Kicker of this . .unity, was hanged in his night clothes at one- o'clock yeaterdaj morning bj M sneaked and armed men. on the seal fold erected for bis legal execution. The men overpowered ShcritV Tunbs, secured the keys and led the 0OUdetuned murderer from his cell with us little ceremony ns possible. Al one o'clock there came u loud rap at the sheriffs dour, and 14 de tennlned men demanded the keys the jail, on refusing the demand Sheriff Tubbs was immediate! Si Lced und bound and the keys secured. liter this there was ao resiataaes to the Ivnehcrs. I bey tOOD. secured ...( ' the nriaoner and led hire to tht fold erected in the jail vard. OB which Woodward was to have been banged yesterday but for the intervention (.f a respite granted by the supreme court. A rope was qtlicklj fastened to a bean and a noose placed about Woodward's Uvek While this was t,eIng done. Woodward talked rapidly, lli-. words were partly incoherent, but this wus gathered from tus talk: "Boys, let me kneel and pmj I want to pray for all of you and send a message to my blessed tittle wife. 1 love her dearly and want you to tell her that. I pray that yon "dl have the papers print it. T pray for you. t'harles Kieker, and for all of yon. I never had a grudge against Sheriff Kicker, never in Go dS world. 1 never meant to shoot bun. For Gods sake don't choke me to death. ( Ih and then OOd leaped off before the trap could prung. One of the lynchers pinned to the dead man'- lothing a card bearing tin- following worda: "Process of the law is a little slow, so this i the road you will have to go. Murderers and thieves beware people's verdict." Barl yesterday morning Bherid Tubbs took the body down and removed it to the city hall, where the rope was cut from the neck. It was then turned ver t the coroner. V mill M nril'a Crime. The crime for which harles Woodward paid the penalty with his life was committed on the evening of January at Woodward's ranch, near Garfield peak in the Rattleenske I ....,,.. , ". ,n!l.. iv,.wt of (':inii' when he cruelly shot to death and mutilated the body of Sheriff William C. Bicker, of Natrona count Iward with his wife. Berths and brother Clarence, was arre-ied. last November, on tin- charge of stealing clothing and provisions from a ranch. It was alleged that Wood ward-- ranch was the bsNldqunrters of a band of cattle and horse thieves, t the preliminary trial. Bertha Woodward was released from ctuv tody. The brothers wen held to the district court, but were unable te furnish bon la. n the night of De eembcr 30, 1901, they sawed off the bars of their cells j,nd a window, and got sway, At the stock yards ,Mt of town Charles Woodward secured a pistol which had been placed there by a friend. Near Casper he stole a horse and rode to his ranch, reaihing there On the evening of January 1902, in.-tead of Unding friends ready to ssa ist him. he found Abe rig K'n ker and two deputies at the house, who were looking for him. He went to tin- bam, intending to abandon his home and steal one of the ofllcem animala, it was about seven o'clock in the evening and was quite dark. He mounted one of the khefifTs horses and was ready to ride away, when the sheriff came out of the house and. approaching the barn, or deied him to surrender. Woodward Instantly sH.t the sheriff through the hodj and the officer fell to the ground, mortally wounded. Wood ward then, it is said, went to the dy ing man and struck him in the face with his six-shooter. He tool, $' out of the officer's pockets and rode off. j lie was captured by a pOSSO, neverni weeks afterward, near Hillings,! Mont., and brought back to a -per. Hs admitted the killing, and was convicted and sentenced to bang. Last Taeadnj the supreme court granted a stay of execution which WOUM have given Woodward at least three months more of lif A rnro llanaed. Selma. Ala.. March It, Will Harris. colored, who assaulted and murdered a y oung negro girl, w.i- bunged here yeaterday. t-'nnnd Ilia l-'lreman llrad. Minneapolis, Minn.. March N When Kagtaeer Fred Grey jumped from the cab of his engine that had pulled the Burlington limited into the Union station yesterday morning, he noticed timt his fireman, Prad Bn Backer, was lying motionless on the floor The top of his head was crushed in. He had evidently been killed by some bridge girder While looking out of Ids window. The boiler projecting back into the cab had prevented the engineer ft "m aceisg abut had happened.

DHA1H IN A COAL MINE.

rw. ui-rur Mass laai if a i i,ia.ioa af Ua lu Ilie NelMMi Miua al Hull Tciiii. ( hattanoogn, rnn.. iii i. n sxploalon of gas, generated b coal an t. oenrred la the Sfelsea nnj nf the Paj ton t oal and it"" I '-, et Uaytun, renn , yesterday, Pourtenm dead bodies have been reeosclcd, two miner arc fatalij injured und ten Blissing. Beeentj live una were in the mine, ti.is exists in the Nelson mine und the men are required to ua safety lamps. It is the rale of the company for the miiiers to place their fuaea read) to be lighted for blasts ust before QUlttlnS work each dn.Vi and a aa there are workiieu known us men'' who go through the mint tire lifter all the miners ale mit and set olT these blasts. The miners piit work .it 4:30 clock yesterday afternoon. It takes them about forty-five minutes to get out of the mine. Two "tiretuen," who are supposed to have caused the explosion, are Mark Hunter and John Harney. They shot the blasts at about 1:15 o'clock, before all the ml nets could get out of the mine. is supposed that one of the fuse-, was defective and resulted in what Is known as a "blown blast." The (lames shot out from the bleat ignited the gas. which in turn ignited 1 he BCcumulation of drv coal dual la the ; nunc, me explosion waten rouoweo i j was teffiflc, The tiaines shot out of the mouth of the mine and the shock I I Completely wrecked the shed at the i mine entrance. Three men wer' killed 1 j while standing outside the mine and I tWO were serious!) und one fatally Injured, This mine has been the SCCBS of two serious explosions la the past, lu 1880 four men were killed and eight. seriously injured b an explosion of gas. December so, i'j.i, !lM explosion of mine dust occurred in which ''S lives were lost. This was canned by u miner carrying an open lamp contrary to regulations. In May. 1901, an explosion of I 'miliar nature occurred in the Shalliday mine, operated by the same companv, ill which '-'1 lives were lost. The force of the explosion in the Nelson mine, yesterday, was terrible. Bodice were literally mangled and torn to pieces. The company states that there were hut 71 men at work in the mine yaaterday. Most of them were out of the mine when the explosion DC curred. HIRED TO DO MURDER. Ihr Mayer of i barlea (araaaa says He Wii 1'ald tu II the Job for tniilbrr, Binghamton, N. V.. April I. -William 1 arter. a hall breed Indian, who is under arre-t for the murder of Charles Carman at Port ( race, five days ago. made confession under oath yesterday, la which he admits the crime and sllcgCS that he shot Carman at the instigation of Dr, c. J, Tiffany, who. he says, paid him to kill Carman, in an affidavit Carter says Dr. Tiffany promised bint $-' tc kill Carman, with more "twenty fives" when the murder eras commit ted. He MiyS Tiffany gave him imo.ey to buy a revolver. Continuing, ( arter say s: "ir. Tiffany told me jut how to hoot Carman. Me showed me just the spot on the side of the I" ; ' to shoot to be certain i k'd! htm, MLas1 Wednesday night I .vent te Dr Tiffany's barn and staid there until 8:55, when I went to the back of ( arman's barn, where 1 remained until Mr. Carman came out with ins lantern. After he had gone Inside tha barn, I went to the door and waited until Mr. Carman came ont, when I fired one shot at him. He along Ml lantern at me and Iben some wood. 1 was scared, and Stood for a minute looking at him. He yelled, and then I ran." The authorities, by comparing his Statement with the known facts and the statements of Mr. Carman, claim to Bnd very manv points of eorrobor at ion. Dr. Tiffany, who wni arreated a- an accessory before the f act , denies ( a rler's allegation-- m inn point, and declares that he had n foreknowledge of the shooting of Carman. NOT LEGALLY ACCOUNTABLE. Too Vimni I n hp i'rlrtl for MnrttVn Sorrw fur lacaeee ration, ion ol f l rlnu . Toledo, .. pril I. L'liiiiei Boaena bee Iter, the 13-year-old boj who con i sard to having murdered hll playmate, Arthur Shantemi, Saturday veiling last, will not be tried for murder, as it is learned that he is under the age of legal accountability, which is II year- Tie bo broke down yeaterdaj for th'- tirst time since his arrest, and Ctied for some little time. He said, however, that he did not feel bad because he bad killed Shanleau, bui because of his Ines rcemt Ion win roiiow Chlneee Msetnoten mm Washington, April i. Senator Mitchell, who was authorised by the innate committee on la t orocenn te canab to confer with the republican steering committee of the senate, yestetday reported to the canal commie ion that he had been in conference) wi:h the members of the steering committee and that be had been led to believe (hat unless there is a change of plans the Nicaragua iana bill will lie placed on the senate cal rndur as the unfinished business after the disposal of tha Chinese evtujbiofj bill.

A Noted Knight

Owes His i olonel T P. Moody, a prominent Knight Templar, Is well know n La even City In the l niteil States weat of Huffal o, N V , us a Jeweler's Aueti. neer. In ti e city of Chicago as a prominent lodge man. being a member of the K. T ', aad al" of the Masom. The cut lb ru t olonel Moody in the costume Of the Oriental Consistory Masons, ttad degree. lu a recent letter from "uno Michigan avenue, Chicago, 111, Mr. Moody mi the follow ing: "For over twenty five years I suffered from catarrh, and for over ten years I suffered from catarrh of the stomach terribly. ti I hare taken all kinds of medicines and have been treated by all kinds of doctors, as thousands of my acquaintances are aware in different parts of the United States, where I have traveled, but my relief was only temporary, until a Uttie over a year ago I started to take Peruna, and at the present time I am better than I have been for twenty years. The soreness has left my stomach entirely and I am free from indigestion and dyspepsia and will say to all who are troubled with catarrh or stomach trouble of any kind, don't put it off and suffer, but begin to take Peruna right away, and keep It up until you arc cured, as you surely will be If you persevere. "My wife, .ns many in the southwest can My, was troubled With a bad cough aad bronchial trouble, and doctors nil over the country gave her up to die, as they could do nothing more for her. She began taking Peruna with the result that she is better now than she has been in years, and her cough has almost left her entirely. The soreness has left her lungs and she is as well as she ever was in her life, with thanks, as she says, to Parana, Yours very truly. T, P. Moody. Catarrh in its various forms is rapidly becoming a general curse. An undoubted remedy has been discovered by Dr. Hartman. This remedy has been thoroughly tested during the past forty years. Prominent men have COine to know of its virtues, and are making public Utterances on the subject. To save the country we must save the people. To save the people w e must protect them from disease. The disease that is at once the most prevalent ami stubborn of cure is catarrh. I f one were to make a list of the different names that have been applied to catarrh in different locations and organs, the result would be astonishing. We have of ten published a part ial list of these names, and the surprise

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