Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 46, Number 15, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 December 1903 — Page 2
it i i . INF WH IV UIMKF Dstav.- - nuug of tan a liii i AiiriAr hMnpm ami ur ractori in the VV OCKly VawllI iCI ! ' ' tm Ml m Chicago, on the
C. DO AX St, rmkUlktr
9 ASTER, tili
Iii IXSlAlfA.
- . j The I'nited St.v.- - ml-at Petrel came dowa from Maxv Inland navy aid -:ui ,iv .v. til on -.u 17th. and at ooie prv-eded to sea. Rhe wa believed to hae been l ittd for Panama.
The Inited State cruiser Buffalo ailed, on the 17th, from New York, lor Kej West and San Juan, from whih ort she uill proceed a a nnfoy tu the torpedo boat flotilla ordered to the Philippines
Coapil.d from Various ßourcee.
FiFTYEiGMTM CONGKESS.
James Dunlap. a notorious Lank robber Is again at large, through the clement y of the Illinois pardon taaxrd Dun lap was serving time to Juliet for a lank robber) at Monmouth. III. huh occurred two )ea-s ajo
The I'nited States Potters' association in session at Washington. D. C. M the Id. re-elected the following jf0 r President. J seph G Lee. secretary. H. A. Keefer. treasurer. J a me G Uoodw in. all of La; Liverpool. O.
Representative William, of Missis introduced a bill tu congress, on the 15th. providing for the refunding to certain states of cotton taxes paid In 18C5. 1800 and ImJT. and appropriating Sti5.00ö.(M0 for that purpose
l I 4M B--
Srnate Tos aerate si-al the Uth on the i tibai, bill. aseat ..f the tim heilig -c upitrvl h Mr Rillet of !'. .. In an
irtumrtl against I he , ,ntitu
.lo:iallt .( th dtih --Im II- .nmrtl
bat M Heal) chmiali a- the n venue law
:hat was net arst a in h. -rix. .1 t ' m-:
.n orient una In the reuse of rrr.-ent
lose mm valsd Mr Halle. , .; tv .e !
'.he bill as a Bi4'!.r 'f genera! i
l.n f t-evhe rrr m.i 1 to S i
r. I , ta nj I..h1k. At I Tit n i Inch
he K a tit into executive session
nd at tili tljourne,! House The Mass mm la aeaafnn for a little more than
four hur. on the loh .lurlr.it ah'.ih
I läse I here v . a cenrral discussion
lariol tu(Mi Thr pnl,-n ' frUtion
pi n o i- 'r tne Duuit . put no eon
. .L.M."i . i. - The i'hmu
Canal, the Re:ubll of Panama, the tariff
lotwr. . - ls and Jttori- äff-, ling
latnr were denati.1 Th. hus - t Sdjournexl until the th
wnate -The senate t.'inue.l the debate
n ibe I'utwn bill oa iti lith Mr IVrk tea. ot i'allfornia spoke for the measure SS dkl Mr ('maul: f Kartll rxhna Mr Mn'umtMr at North lakota. op Macd it Mr. P.itteron. of iVdorado
mail-' an extended i-eh a..in-( the bl!i iturtns h:ih there were numerous col-
I IMlsa between himself Mr A'.Jrl. h and Mr I :!!.. r W-'h the f,.rm.-r there was
ejuiie ixelr debate on the tariff, in a hi. h
Mr. AUlrieh satd the dutv on nmr was
too high Mouse Rural free delivery. reeirKilj aur ida irul the new It- -puldk of Panama were topics of dtsousakn In the boose, on the l.Vh Mr Rain . f Illinois, said the Panama canal SO i a-i irfl f.iot He h.td n rlt;vlsm t.. make resari.is the rt-v.itnllin of
t'ol Verdeck!er: announced, on the löth. that all troops guard :ng m.n I at Cripple Cret-k. Col., would be immediately withdrawn to the central camps, and the military' fore in the Cripple Creek district wuuld be reduced to 350 men.
Judge J W Kingman died at Cetiar Falls, la on the 1Mb aged ft, He was associate Judge of Wyoming under President Grant, and a veteran of the civil war. Ha was r.-lat. d to the
Webster family, and studied law in faü
Daniel Webster's office.
The new titat fn 1 l&jtly t - . the set;
ho.
Kovemment will be given the IS, wh he sail, yielded unwiMiweri an authority Hv the deUtve vote of 57 iO lv e. on the lth. paused the bill
-.rry : c fi . rTe-.s :. .- :: T ,'.t with Cuba. The Anal vote came at the Ci(W i'f a day whir-h was Marked by a day of debate, while at all Umc animated, was ru-er a-nm.Tdw T4t i-rin-cl;- - upr-e-eht Were made . Mr S; . -for the bill, and Mr Balv. anaiiist it.
After the passage of the bill, the sac agreed to the house revolution pr'Vil
.'T. ''r,-?;.?.,'''. 'Motion from Mr
afT..ir were dls ussed in the house.
the Kth. and also pensior .. Industrial and
acrt. ultura! conditions and labor Th session lasted mre thun four hurs. th
h --,r t. mg In committee of the whole
almost the entire time on the pens appropriation bill, on which no concluf
w..- - : : At i th !."u-
U:h- It W watd the object of the
nie tins v.; t i mation of ai organisation with a capital stoi-k of aetr--a Blillions At a mot tui(t of .m prom un nt ImisI ness nun of Salt Idike City, t'tah, on the ikth. it wa let idt-d to orgaiiio a Cmens" alliance for the purpose of combatting the labor unions and discouraging strikes and lockouts Hepresoutauvf Hay. of Virginia. Introduced a resolution in rongr-. on the 1MI providing that (be speaker apptdut a eoti'tnitt-f of five to make an investigation of alleged postal frauds. W Morgan Sinister, collector of ens toms for the Philippine glands, ar ned iu Washington. D C. on the
lMh on a thti e montLs' leave of ab
sence
Charles MacBride. the sculptor. k
was Audrew Carnegie's art alviser
L on the 1Mb. at Kdmburgh. Scot
land
H00SIERHAPPENIXG8
Told in Brief by Dispatches from
Various fayalrtkm Water War. Indianapolis. Ind.. IHc. Ii Krank H OsSfST, ,,f ,.w York, owner si .'.i !uds of a $;':.ooo issue authorised by the city of Hammond in i:"i to build a water works system, has brought suit in the federal urt for a receiver for tha Lke ON Water company, and also asked an mjuuetion against the city of Hammond to prevent it from cutting tht company 'a connections with the city's mains He charg. s that the city owes the company $).'. 0 for erster rentals and is arranging to cut off the company 'a mains and supply titiaens wiio wa'er from other sources.
The National French Draft Horse aaociation has issued a circular to breeders announcing that it has added Sl.oöO to the $C.:5 offered in regular and special prizes for French draft horses at the World s fair live stock show at St Louis next year.
The second squadron of th S.vond Tnited State cavalry, including troops E. F. G and H. with regimental headquarters and band, left Washington D. C. on the 18th. for New York wheuce they embarked on the army transport Kilpatnck for the Philippines.
It was decided at a m t:ng. in Chi eago. on the 10th. that the n. xt national convention of the prohibition party wonld be held in Kansas City. Mo. June 29. ISM Eight cities competed: Kansas City sec u rod alra'.t twice as many votfs as its nearest competitor.
School children placed a bolt on tht rack in front of a Rockk Island ft Pacific passenger train from the east at a point ten mile east of Colorado Springs. Col . on the 14th. and the locomotive, liaggage car and first coa b were derailed. Three trainmen were taii'y hurt. The navy department was informed, on the 18th. that the gunboat Petrel bad left San Francisco, on the 17th. for Aoapulro. on her way to Panama, where she will ho aligned t, patrol duty with the other vessels of the Pacific squadron commanded by RarAdmiral Glass.
S- -The s. ;..! -n The 17th d-hat.
th- i.:hmian canal question as affected by
tne presidents ret jmttion of tr.tr lndtlndenee of the KetiuMIc of Panama. Th discussion begaui with a speech by M Har on h! reao'ution of Inquiry, vm i. ,-.rs In addition t M:
Hoar't addres. there were spe.- has by
air. tlorman arxl Mr Koraker. Th- com
mittee on Pacific islands and P. rto Ri made a favorable reiort on the bill to a Tr..v- n stwc'.al act by the legislature Hasjil. t-:dir;g f.r the manufaclu
and dtstriwutlon of electric light and
power on the laiax.d of Uahu. At 51
p m the senate weat tn'o eiexutlve ses 'etoa and at 5 p. m adloume.1. HouseThe kouae. on the Kth. pa .-!. witbou division, the Derision appropriation, bill carrylna- Si..Kj Whilt the bill was un der cnnsUler;iUon there was a get.erai dls
( . - - 1' :r.arr. : . . I ., Iverj tai 10
and p-nslona. Sena The relationship of th
t nlted States to the new- Renubiic of
l i: ami continued to be the leading
tr.-me :n tne senate, on the lth. budisC'isslon Wis eo n 0 red to one vena' I aid was r.ot so exciting- as that -f thltth Mr Limlel. of irgwtia. was the -. k-r ..-! U J.! citri the .o ;.t.r;
of Mr Hoar's resolution calling on th-
president for more Information relative to th-- revolution In Fanaxna. Mr K:made a speech In ujirt of rhe bill to g1va aid to the prtMed I-ewi and lark exposition at Portland. Ore.. In and afie - th- pattsce of a larg number of private penaloa Müs. at 5:C p. m . adJumed House The house, on thlth. by resolution, authorised the committee on expenditures In the poet office department to request the i-.s'mast-r-general to furnish that committee the pa Der In conn-, tp.n with the r er.t i't
- M . . . " .
oriies invent lj 'trelv debate
MS, but not until after a
PERSONAL AND GENERAL. W J Cla'!:. a weal'hy mine owner
LATE NES ITEM& Senate After a session of trn and quarter hours, tite senate adjourned.
on the Pth. until January 4. The sit
ing was largely devoted to a sieech
by Mr. Pettus. of Alabama, on the sit
uation in Panama m which the took the position that the recognizing the
Republic of Panama by the I'nited
States had been premature and of
such a character as to render it of
doubtful appearance Senator Gorman
sought, but failed to secure an order
upon the post master general, directing him to send to the senate the full rec
ord of the post office department inquiry His resolution to this effect
J was defeated for the f.me by an ob-
Jiiay House
The house, after I in in s' ion an hour, on the lih adjourned for the
holiday recess. A resolution was I agreed to by whitli the x-master- j general was requested to forward to the house papers in connection with! the post office in ve: nation Mr Williams offerd a resolution, providing ' that the papers come direct 'to the ' house, instead of to a committee, I
which was agreed to without opposition. The !eeds Republican club of PlMad ':hu through its repros ntative. Mr. Vance and Mr Cunningham on the 2th. closed a contract with t'ae ureat Northern hotei. of Chicago, for TO rooms during the session of the re
publican national convention.
F W Meddaugh. for many years
general counsel of the Grand "nink
railroad, died at bis residence . at
Grosse Pointe Farms Mich., on the "ii. alter an illness of a vear. Heirt
laqalry loard. Rising Sun. lud . Use 18 The speciai iirand jury has completed It - teVCSs -atiug into the assass:i.a:ion ,i M..-S K abt tii Gi. , opinion CS , 's a confession from tmt Of the men, ho. u is believed, will be tnaicted. Iev John Henry was a witneus Ls'fore the jury He pn ached the fun r. r-
; niim over the dead siri. and was unex
pectedly mild and conservative In his 1
remarks. In his s rmon he Sllwfed to the "murderers," evidently being ccNh vinced that more than one p-ro!. was implicated.
KIKE LIVES LOST
TWENTY INJURED
Wreck of the St. Louis & Ssn Fran
cisco's North-Bound Meteor.
DERAILED BY AN OPEN SWITCH
The Uead laelwde Ksilnrer, fr'lra-
M an. uadaelwr aad i:reaa H..mrr-Th4- le.-ier I's.trsitrrt Haeaied.
Kwund all Kalrr. RraziJ. In: . Iec IS In order to obtain a watr supply free from iniiler s. ale the Weaver a Clay Coal company a short time ago put down a driven well to a depth of 6H feet. Instead of finding artesian water, as anti, ipated. the lonipany struck a strong vein of salt water A test was made in the us of this water in laing stoneware products. It proved a thorough suecess and displaces the use of severa barrels of salt dsfljr. The company regards the well as a bonanza.
Took Their Time. Indianapolis Ind . Ile ix during
robbery took place in the office of th; Star elevator The robbers worked for an hour and exploded seven charges of dynamite Terrified pnpie of the ' Beigbornood stord at a distant c and
Kansas Cuv Mo 12 In Mon
day - wreck at Gotlfrey Kio of
"Met.or (he St l-ouis Ac San Iran
riseo s last tr.i.n roni 1 he south, nine
peraosi een killed am! tblrt) tvro otb-
ers Injured M th. injured four prob
ablv n i'l ;,nd 11 were . riotislv
hurt I'hc train ran Into a switch and all xcept the sleeper were de-
rLi'c I ntid turned over. n d train was one of the P.- st and fastest in tha nur it v . id sp "t two bsfiMsa end osss
i rar n snio!;r two hau cars and
f rooocr.
Whea the train reached Godfiev it was behind and running at full aoad to make up tune The low ot a freight train that hPd preceded tlM Meteor left the swirch open, atnl the passenger train ISISpeil the tracli and rolled down a slight enibanknieiit All save the sleeper turned o-r. und so fast was the train running that the engine and the torward baggage ear landed nearly tat fed ofT the roadbed before it stopped The sleeper remained up right an I none of the passengers in this car snil injnri'd The baggage cars wero completely wrecked, and the -nioker was badly damaged. Five of those killed wer in the forward end of the smoker, and four of them were killed instantly. A news agent, who was bad ly man ebd. die.! on the relief train that car
n 1 the dead and injured to Fort Seo'.t Elicillee- DOSrSSl of Fort Si etf Cond net or Roy, Of Tojieka and Fire
THE SOUTH IS INTERESTED
The Atlanta Constitution Comes Oat in Favor of Can si. Treaty.
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. -J 1 ' " I ll-lll'l ' l l'll "II, Uli watchrd the operations of the robbe. ! ,nvfan;,v ktllad nri äw. M.s. n
W hi i frt a ! I v l,.i.itMA täi i a
, ' - aaju. k ger John BeU. of Kanena City, waa se
r ' " " awswaewataa-aswf I t f IUf I II - of a burglar proof strong box and
left a few minutes before the r.nhea
mr'W arriv.d Only a sman sum of money was taken.
hnnae f t-nne. Greencastle.lnd.lv, is The murder i an of Uant-v Qc-. .l u v
failure brought on by jaundice wa, the mm lo tne Hindr1ck8 clnuit t(irt immediate rau- I -h f.,.m .a... ' w .
ooa vuuij ' II II ail If e (i( venue. The three ma.n depsttment o the' Seward ar his nreliminarw Ktei
Illino is Steel Co.. at Joliet 111 are ff. .,.m ,k-
ap I" I I - far . var - r i l ii I
now idle, the converter and billet
mills having been ordered, on the oth.
to close About IJSJ were affected. The duration of th shut down was jutt stated.
While croasinit the Iron Moun'ain
railway bridge, north of Frodericks-
tr.n. Mo. on the Hth. Thomas J. Caime. of Moline. 111., fell to the P Sat distance f over 25 feet. He
struck on his head and was instantlv
killed
Gen. John C Black, on the l&th. te-
f Montana, was seized with a cramp I cepted the civil service commission
Indictments to the nnmber of ISO were voted against alleged policy shop keepers of Chicago, on th-- l.'.th. by the grand jury. It was reported that many more indictments would follow The action of the grand jury was the outceime of the crusade by the Citi sens' association.
The funeral of John R Praetor, the let- president of the civil service commission, was held at St John I chw Washington. D r on the r.th. and the remains subsequently were in terred at Reck Creek cemetery President and Mrs Roosevelt, and a laree number of other officials attended the wen ice Testifying I.e.. ... the rran: .un t Kanaan City Kas .,n the isth John Boddington. a contractor, said that the brick companies paid the city cotiiicilmen for awarding he contracts and paid them well, and declared that the counci'.men demanded 51 cents pe- thousand on all bricks uied in pavInir ttri -
A combination w a effivted at Fv snFville. Ind. on the 17th. of threw 1
Independent tobacco factories Hampton Tobacco Co. Newburg. Ind Bowling Gr ii fa- .r Howling Gr.-en K. and T M Uyan Co Martin. Tenn The omfina'.on was capitalized at tl'-. jf' The Howling Green plan, adll b removed to Newburg. lad.
Tie- I'n bad .-täte transport Sher man arrived at fan Francisco. Cal. cm the i.,th. fr m Manila, by way ot lSagasaki and Honolulu, bringing the men of the Thirtieth infantry, two Companies of army engineers and a number of passengers. The troop shir left Honolulu on lcemtier 7. after a day's stop at the island port. Vioia Rands Hazard, thought to bt the oldett woman in Rhode ipjjBBfj died on he 11th. at ber home at Wakefield. R I., at the age of M5 yearn. She eras known s the only descendant ot the sole snrviror of the ship Palatine erhlch was wrreKed at B'.orli 1-land In the eighteenth tmmn. and ah ch bettnir celebrated aa g "phzutvm ship a WMt tiers poem
while on the streets of Joplin. Mo . on
tne l.tD. ani died a few momenta
later Clark was a relative of United
States Senator Clark
Rufus R Connella. president of the
df.int itanks at Indiahoma. S'erllng and Oltifta. Ok la, and sim.lar con-
cerns. wa found guilty, on the 17th of foruery. in the district court ai Guthrie. Okla
It was annotincet, on the 17th. tha
the shortaee tn the accounts of W A
McKowen. the defaulting secretarv of
the ar i ,-f :eg. nt.- of the University
of California, would amount to over
I
Gen Lew Wallace, of Indiana, who
arrived at New York, on the 17th. with
tl sem. denied an reports to the ef
fect that be was to undergo aa operation of any sort. William J Ilryan arrived at Moscow
Rueeia. on the 17th. and went to visit
Count Tcdstoi. Mr Bryan proceeded to St Petersburg, on tbe lth. The Victoria apartment building3. Forty ninth and Calumet avenue. Chicago, one ed the flimsy affairs built during the World s fair, was destroyed
by fire, on the night of the ISth The
building was occupied by 0 families
many of whom had retired, and a panic
followed tho alarm of fire Several of
the occupants had narrow escapes, but all were rescued from the building without serious injury ; the loss was $100.000. The- Dublin , Ireland) Evenfng Her
ald announced, on the Isth that King
Fdward and Queen Alexandra would visit Ireland during the Punchestown racing week, and attend tne races. The bill providing $1.10. ftod to defray the expense of Italy's participation in the 8t Louis exposition was. by IC2 to "9 rotes, approved at Rome, on the 18th. by the chamber of lepnt'.es Gen He-nry Kvd Douglas -Stonewall" Jackson's chief of staff daring the war. died at bis home in ftagerstown. Md . on taV IMh It was said general failing in health, including mental trembles, were the caute of his death He was rt yean old Theodor. Jr and Kerm t Roosevelt arrive.! In Washingtor I; C on the 18th. from their school at Grot on. Ma to sr-nd tueir vacation at ibe
wan ticm..c miss Kooserelt. who is Tleiting In N York, will MtWl for Christmas. Gen. De'arey made a speech to the Boer prisoners at Admadna.-r.r !nTTa. on the tgth. and succeeded in persuading all but -o of them to rlgn the oath of allegiance o Great P-itain Gen Dtlarey spoke for five hours.
er-
ship, and the president will send n his nomination when congress re-con veaea, Januar 4 Part of the business portion of Saptilpa I. T . was destroyed by fire, on the 21st. The principal loss wis sustained by P O Hall Ac Co. general merchandise, whose stock w-a valued at f.'o.ooo Hall ar Co were Indian traders among the Creek Indians 25 years ago. and established the first store in Sapulpa Louis IVnnert was appointed receiver of the National Maioifü r-:ring Co. of Eikhart. Ind on th- L'l at The a-s.-ts w.-r. es'imate.l at $i:;ri and the pal, i:it..s at $i::,..o The receivership waa the seventh Elkhart failure resulting from the Indiana national bank of Elkhart. Speaker Cannon, on the 21st. received a letter from Representative George B McClellan. of N-w York, stating that he had forwarded his resignatkm as a member of congress to Gov Ode II of New York, the res-
fhat he found the body of his wife in their cabin near Fern, one evening last spring, after he had returned from plowing on his farm. Seward has been in jail for five months The evidence against him is purely circumstantial. Willi DiBiin. Lapnrte. Ind , Dec 11 An action for V .""oo. brought by Burling Short, ol this county, has been filed in the St. Joseph circuit court against the United Grain company, which is composed of Chi. ago and Toledo capitalists, who own elevators at different points. Short was caught in a pulley that operated lifting machinery and his left arm was torn from his body. The plaintiff sib p i that the machinery waa r.ot proper If pr otected. PJafd far Warder. Bedford. Ind.. Dec. 18 Joseph Weeks and Cora Weeks, his wife, were taken
before the Lawrence r-in uit court to answer for the murder of Cora Weeks' mother. Mrs Susan Ireland, who waa found dead September 7 with a bullet hole in her head. The ease Is a mysterious one Mr and Mrs Weeks were the only witnesses of the woman's death and they claimed it was sub ide. but the coroner's verdict said murder. la a Sadta Bos . Muncie. Ind, Doe, IV Joe Hayworth, a Muncie boy. who . as been in
numerous escapades, and who escaped a 1 rr time ago from the boys' school at Pliinfleld. has written to his par
ents in this City that he is now-
i n t Ha
ignation to become effective on Its re- ! United Stat.s navy and is stationed at
cepit by Ihe governor
The lumber yards and bu n. - of the Qstaflps E White Co. of Chicago, were placed in the hands of a receiver, on the 21st. by Judge Kohl-aat The liabilities were placed at t2Mi0, while it was stated in the petition that the assets would not exceed $2f00O Both houu of the lmisiana legislature, on the 21t. adopted resolrj. Hon requesting the Unit-d States senators from that state to vote in favor
Of the rafificatkin of the treaty pro
viding ror the bntldine of the Panama
cana:
James m Edge the bank teller who
emberrled alxuit 0iMMi ,,f xho funds
of the First national hank of Fif.-r
on. i. was snt, nod -n the 2it
to seven years Imprisonment in the
New Jersey penitentiary
The last of the iKMlies that were re.
ported missing w.-r.- raossaSH I on the
Zlst. from the ruins of the dormitorr
M Waiden university. f Nashville. Tenn The total loss of Mfp ,y firs was IS.
iflSSVdftl t4 he Spanish newspa
pers a pn.ject in on fit for the mar.
Mage ,,f Km:; Alfonso f Spain to his
cousin h. PalaWSH Maria del filar of Bavaria She Is 13 years of age The secretary of the treasury on the list, received in an envelop rwr.
marked Dubuque, la . a conscience cem-
innution of fr.n Af;er a brief session on the 21f the Uniod States oprrfae cou-t adj.. irnod ustil Januarj 4 next
Panama. On cam v. a his n,.
w aaeawwi s. j II 7 made his way to the south and took -lop on the first boat for Panama i layworth claims to have reformed.
Pteal Wla of nl. Blnomfleld. Ind. Dee IS -While workmen were enraged in sinking a L . I . . .
miau iu me nonn west c-ornT of t h la
county, a six-foot vein of coal was s'a-ui k at a depth of about M feet The coal belongs to what is known a the No. 4 vein, and is said to be of excellent quality, with a good roof
Was Oldest He saber. Valparaiso. Ind . Dec. 18 Judge HIram A Gillett. oldest member of the Porter county bar. dl-d at his heme in this city He was 72 years old and served ten years as jndpe of Lak Por
ter circuit His son. John If. Glllett, is a member of the In liana supreme
court Meewse in narr-.
icrre tiaute. ina .. 1M - ft, lior
sVOrnscal Brown, recently traded by Sf 1-ouls National to Chicago, has been granted a license to wed Miss Sarah Bingham, of this county. Miss Binr-
ham is a i-.pular younc soman living near Coxvllle. Brown s Is.yhoed home.
I Sareed with Kraa... Indi-ir.apolia. Ind . Dec 18 -Mra
Mary Barr, a director and former see-
re ary of the Homestead Ixan Investment company of Indiana, la charged with land frauds In a snli died bv tbe receiver in thK city.
riously injured
Others of the en w and almost every panaenger on tho entire train. exc--pt thooe in the alee per, who eseapsd w ith a si-vere .-1i.i!,- i were injure-, 1. some of tatoai asrloualy. The llrml. JaSSea Kirkiatri k. Moaby, Mo. B UswooSi engineer. Fort Scott. Kas George Hoyt. conductor. Saiulpa. L T John EUnebscher, ne i agenl Kan sas City James H Twymss fcoaoredl, Plem ing. Kas Asa Moredand. l-uexa. Kas. Ion Corbin Bsaatl ( )kla Joseph Cori.in. Beaals, Okla Those I'ntnllt Inju-ed. Sheridan K--nable. HiaaaorstOWSj, Okla. B. F ;arroway JOSOShorO Arfc John Boll, express me ssenger, KsaV
r.as Cltl
H. B Darlinuton. mail clerh sas City 'Ihe riiiin.li Injnrril. Mrs E C call, liobfirt, Olds Henry McKinlev Balder i, Thoa K nt Mountain Vi -w J. W Goill, Ottumwa la Henry MeDnauwll, Lodi, O L Howard Lao, tiklahorna Okla
Joseph ff Donohue. Franklin
Waltei Qoaby, Kana- ity. J. d Bryan, Davenport. la. W H Farmer. Blackwell. Ol.la BawMff foriiin Beasla Okla. Jacob R leannJIsr, Parker, Okla " I Dun. van Snider. Okla J W Adamson. mail clerk. rtanaSS Ci" feiSt 00 SftgdMtp Hart. Tw elv,. others were hurt i i sfhtly Most of the injured wer badly burned as well as being maitii- 1 In the eras'' the baggage car tele scoped Um engtse and landed in a ot in
field, while the smoker and the two chair car- were piled in a n:a-- on top of tht enrine Must of tin- Injared wen- in the chair cars, which took tire soon after tbe accident J A. Hartley, the freight hrakoman, whose failure to flac the pa--, t, r train caused the w reck, has not bt . n found The Corbin broth rs. two of who. i were kil!'-d and one .-riouslv
injur.-d were nS tlisff way hoin tr Oklahoma to spend Christma-;
The I'rwareealir. I'ruilu, iio. ailg Saslnrss lailerrsla uf the Swulh Itewaaa lis HaliHeulloa. AHanta. Ga Ikn 22 -Clark Howell, editor of the Atiama Cousmuiiou. -omes out editorially in IndorM-nieut of the Panama canal poll, y of PrnsManl HiM)sev. lt aud Hje administration and rliidses the attitude of Senator Daniel, of Viritlnla. in opposing the treaty The editorial says the Rspsblh of Panama was riot Inirn loo qnb klv ,on-
I d. rlng the circumstances, nor did Hie a nerton poTSffsswavl raeosntu u aai too soon In c ni iiision it nv-
Suppose we withdraw our i
t ion atnl reject the treaty' What will
be our jKisitiou. then ai dewed b i he
other giernnini- of I 1 1 ft ataan at . . 4
asasawa njaaaa nuu America that hac also roeotfilssd the
MS RofMbllca of Panama? An- we to
do this ridiculous thine, abandon our
treat rights In Pssssaa. give up the
canal there, wiilidraw our guardiaihip of rail transit now going on. and ...i
hunting of terms arltl people who
srnnM bs fools it the) did sol profit
tbeiiiM-u - Ireasewibmaly by our pre-
dii ann nt ?
Senator Hoar can afford to ficlit the
canal s long as Boston is building enormous terminal facilities to handle the is eaii-lKunil freights of the traos-
ontinental railroad- Senator Hale, of
.lauie. can afford to join him -in.e Portland is bsnoasing the i lit repot and
export depot of ihe Canadian Pacific
and the Grand Trunk svsienis Senator
Teller and mher senators ma he indif.
sront, iMscasaa the canal does sot ap-
pcal to any e iflc interest in their
states
Put ouiheru senators ran not es
cap.- the certain rosrlctioa that a o from any one of them adrsrSS to the
r -.'y win he a vote against the ur-
cci i interests and demands of the pro-
gressive. produi ing and bu-iness in'erf -'s of these southern state.- " ON THE ISLAND OF PINES.
Kanfikla. 'ity.
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One Hioialr, .1 ilumltlnn I r,ni s,ili (u Mnwe I'.Btnlillslteal m llase t lien I'm mi no, lerrilor. Colon. Panama. De 22 Information has Ireen re l ived hen tha; ahoul 1"" CtorOOSbiaa trOOSa lia- landed at the Island of Pines north...' -t ot ('ip,Ttburon. which is rituate, at the ern antiwar of tha OnU of Daricn.
The island of Pines is on Panama territory .and is the only island along that BBnad which is wooded, pinked with mountains and also well waiere, thus' oftariai seery fac ility for rsssplng and being used as a base t i I -. rvation It ts (significant in this coniertion tha the I nited States auxiliary cruiser Mayfliiwer left this harl,-.r Sunday bowk! in the direetkin of ihe island of line , to obtain i ontrtnnüon of the reirr The Ualted Stales gnnbosl Bancroft is still on that toa-st. in the vicinity of Nombn- do Dtoa
The I'nited Stato i ruiser Na-h I la has returned to Pales fr.-m BOCSS del Tor-1 Hear-Ail miral Costhlan has transferred his flag to the r iiitrd Stat ti'xiliar i ruiser Prairie COALED AND READY FOR SEA.
the liireil float lleiri.era June anil I'n-hlf- simply ialtlna Ofllcers.
real
San Frami-io Do El The torpedo boat destroyers Paul Jone-s and Preble are lying at the Man- island navy yard
Baled ami ready for sea. awaiting ihe coming of offhers from the east Thu tru rs are now n their way to tlinavy yard, and It is cipe-eted that tha warships will --ail next. Wednesday for Panama A rew from the training ahtp Independence has been placeil on th- Paul tones, and the Prelde also has S full complement Hot li vessels, how -VfSff-, lac k a number of officers RECIPROCITY WITH CUBA. Th- Hm-nlli ltnilfle.1 Treat Wilt Bri-nsir MeWtlVS Xfter 1ISnlithl of wnilas -V.
THREE MISSING HUNTERS. Search for vnn ft nnifu 1st. t.enrae Mrfgrr mol f.sjat Vrlma Una Rrrn ha ajitoiieit. Chicago. De( D Search has lieen abandoned for the three hunters ,who afe atapansad to have heen Vm on the floating Ire fields out in Lake Mb Iran. The men have een missing L'i hours When they left shore they exp.ted to return in three hours The partv conaisted of Swan Hundqulst. Oorge Mes
senger and Gust Nelson. Relmhnr.eri Ufa BoiiHsmna. New York. Dec. 22 Col John r.ivnit. I... 11 1 ... a'.
-. . mi,, urii io vuenec to escape
tria: in connection with the Savannah harbor contract s. HiidaN. and left hin
Oondsraen in the lurch 'or 146,000, j( reported. In a dispatch from Syraiose, K. Y.. to have made gocxl the loss U William B. Kirk. SnwrteS .too rr, a tm9 lr Beaumont. Tex . Dec 22 A strong Oil pnj her has been brought in at Batfon s Prairie. Hardin county, at a depth of IJti feet n upurted IN fett In tha sir.
Washington, Di 23 Tie wire.of the treasury has issued a rtroalat letter of instnii tions to officers s th
fjaVtomsand others interested in bringing into operation the treaty .r tni : procftj with Cuha. approved DsMathOI 11. IWrl, n-J ma le iffnotlTJ by aft ol OBSgrc-ss and the president's j'vciamation of Daennissr IT. IPM The cirtular declares that the treaty become. operative one minute after mldnisht ohshisf Rsahsnd, Lec 22 The
pasM tigers 0f ,n,. uHl Slar ,jne steamer Finland, whith left Antwerp Saturdayfor New York and wem ashore near here, have been landed The Kinland la baking and her cargo at being disihargeii The work is progressing slowly, owing to lack of lighters The oaehone i'ruphrl. Heading. Da, Dec H Kliss HarU, the k?-year-old givebone weather prophet, has made what he declares will be his last predlciou He said "This winter surpasses all others, and I want to warn the people to pa on the lookout."
Tar a I us ou( BaesMasss Melbourne. Victoria. Dc- U ThO barve.-i ernerally H i.irninf, ,., excellsnL It is estimated the total yield of wheat fpr the six stairs will be 76.oo.Mi ,, 1 ;shei:i Tne pr. , ions. MsMll rcicrd was 48,(sOO.OOO 1, -shela.