Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 46, Number 18, Jasper, Dubois County, 15 January 1904 — Page 2

Weeklu Courier. d DUAM:. fubllihrr. JASPEÄ. i l 1 l INDIANA.

The hon of representative, on the &Ui. unanimously adopted resolutions sympathizing wiih Chicago in the thexit'T disaster. . The secretary of the treasury, on fht Ith. received an nvclope. postmarked Chu-aRo. containing a a MM MM t on tributnui d SM , - 'Chicago day" at the St. Louis exposition will be fjbtober I, 19H, ami Mayor Harrison ha tuen directed to iiutify the taPfttltlga authorities to that cfb i I The funeral of eitht Victim of th( Iroquois theater tire was hohl, on thf 6th. at Han. Mud Courts. KboOia am! business houses were closed. All ol the deceased wire rela'eJ. The senate committee on military j affairs, on the ?th. authorized S. ator Forakor to rOBOtl favorably tin nomination of iov. Tatt of tho Philip pines to he secretary of war. George J. Fuller. ag! Iii one of the greatest drivers of trotting horses in the country, ami who at one time had charge of the stables of the czar ol j Rn In, died, on the 7th. at Nashvillo, 1 Tenn.

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NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Various Sources.

FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.

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Representative Dalzell, of P nnsylaina. Introduced a bill iu congress, ou the Mh. providing for the coiisolldation of third and fourth cla.su mail matter! to be admitted at the rate of one ( lit at h for two ounces. The body of the eight ycai old boy killed In the Hock Island wreck at Willard. Kas . was Identified, on the

Mh. us Walter Rted. of ehilllcothe, Mo lb was the seventeenth vtcttev Pomer clerk of UM courts, at Potts villo. Pi . John T Sclu.. ner. was. on lie Mh. found guilty of the embezzleMOt Of HN" 1 :n fOM coli cted on liquor license. A trolley car Jumped the track at the approach of a trestle at Sherman

and Haskell avenues. In Kansas City. Ka- . on the night of the Sth, and, runtan. on r Um ties onto the trestle, lop pled over ami fell to the ground, ten feet below, seriously injuring five per son I Three more deaths from typhoid fev.-r occurred at Mutier. Pa. on the Sth. raising the total ti M One new case was reported. LATE NEWS ITEMS.

41 LOVER THE STATE. Events in Various Portions of Indiana Told by Wire.

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Accused of ambetfltaf ft 1.2on fron. Smith. Carey & Co., stock yards com M It lOTIQT dealers. Manly Clifford, a cattle raiser of Monroe. Ia. was ar r. -'od iu Iowa, on the 7th, and taker) to Chicago.

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The senate, on the 7th. in executive IWlPH, confirmed the following nonii nations: John C. Mack. Illinois, civil, service commission- r: Lawn nee 0 Murray. Illinois, assistant seer, tary ol ; commerce and labor.

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In the executive session of the senate, en the .".th. the nomination of den Wood, to be major-general, came up ir the regular order, but was passed or the laggeattoa of the abeenea of sev-1 eral of the m :..v..r it.'cr- stcd.

Several hundred Japanese trackmen nd miners employed by the Union I'acirlc railroad and coal companies ii Wyoming are arranging to obey an order from the mikado to return to theh native land and enter the Japanest army.

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Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia, or the Oth. notified theatrical manai.er that hereafter they would be permitted to sell only as many tickets a.' there are seats In the theater. .V standing room admission would be allowed. Gov L. W C Garvin was inaugurated, on the r.th. for his second term a.' governor of Rhode Island In his inaugural address he urged an appropria

tion for the suitable representation ol Rhode Island at the Louisiana Purchase exposition. Repn-sen'ativn Adams of Pennsylvania, introduced a bill in congress, on the r.th. providing for the striking ol a medal in memory of Benjamin Franklin to commemorate the two hundredtt anniversary of his birth, which oecuri January 17, 1SH6.

considered In th- house, n th- Ith, w.m i Mil Introduced by the detasnte from Hawaii t-i ratify an act -f th. Hawaiian -'i' or, h'-nzint; tn- msnufsctUM md distribution of electric licht .mil power on th-- Ila;.-I -f Oe.hu, territ.-ry of Hawaii. Owing t. objection made to the Mil In th- f'-rin pr- ritil. it w.t recommitted ! ih.- committee --n territoriee Th.' re-use. at 2.14 p, m . adjourned. Senate Mr. Morgan upl.-d th.- time of the ite, on th- Tili In a r-i-y to

, . '"' "." m,,nt "tore at Waterloo. Ia.

. ... .til. ...i tfl'M K.U1 .lU.unru III' (H U" tud- of tin ajevefnaeo la connection with the Panwwalan republic, Ha ii.troduced num'T'-u newnrap'-r estraots to l.ir out his contention that th-- r.volu-

General Fuperlntender.t Grtiber of the Rock aland gave out an official statement, on the loth, regarding the Rock Island wreck at WUlanl. Kas.. in which 17 liv. - were loot, on the -"-th. said th blame Uet between c-n-

tn doctor Nnitlfl and Engineer Henjarain,

hith of the trainmen! having disobayed their ord ri In a general order issued on the leth. by L4eut-Gen. Bteanen l. Lee,

:j the oommnnder nf the Tenneaeea doa partment, United Confederate Vot-

crans. t.eri i assumed the offlee f cotnmandor in chief of the Cnited Confederatc Vel rat..-.' MOClttlon, made vacant by the death of Gen. John 11. Gordon. Charlea Xratz. under oMradit.on. passed throcsb B3 Pneo, T. . on the 10th, from Quadalaiara, M x.. en route for St. Louis. William Desanood, chief of detectiros of Sr l)uis. and Sheriff Diekmann were w ith him. Krai.: looked haggard, but Chief Desmond aald Krar.- took a cht - rful vkw of his ftiture. ir John m Korst, formerly a nro fesso.- la Ardian M ich. I c-.Iee. and at on-- time chancellor of Heidelburg (Germany) university, died u' Adrian, Mich . on the lOtb. He was SO years of naje. H is writings and Origin researches had brought him into pormlnence in Internationa acientifie circles Uank Examiner C rummer, who had

been Investigating th.' affairs of the P.ank of Highland. Kas. reported to the county attorney, on the Mb, that the alleged forg- ries and other unlawful peculations ..f J K Marcel!, the cashier, which had already le. n reported to him. aggregated 1309,00$, L. C. Willing, proprietor of a de part-

was ar-

raitod, on the 1-uh. when about to tonh a match to his stock of goodi

I IIUUll .Ulli. Ibelbjreille, lad,, Jan ll The Jury ia reiunud a verdict of manslaughter Igatast Ola II Powers, which means a einen, e of from two to ears o tuOei g Pow.is procured a warrant for William Wells and returned to assist he eoaetabU in making the arreL Weill - ami- to Fai: land on au iuteruran car and when nu t ! the cons-aide

md I'nwcr.s started to ran. Power

dioi iwi.-e and W ells uas allied. I'owam is years old and has a wile and 0 children. W IN was barely of age :nd owed Powers a !ar bill. Powafl llalmed that Wells had obiained dnuk

ander ial.se preu ii-, s i.ri-ui Brldee. Gosport, lud . Jan II Hidden away

n a fold of the lulls whiih contract bd valley of W hite ricr about a BlM Ulow Qoaport, ihei.- has just ecu completed a bridge that has the list inc; ion of Uing the kmgeal --pan siructure in Indiana. Th bridge s the joint property ol (Jwtn and Monroe coon ties, Is in one span of S20 feel, and is longer by 1 - feat than any other highway .-pan in the state There is Mother span of tOO feel la Owen iMiuiy. n.'.ir Freedom, and there i- a span of 300 feat near Aurora, in Dear1

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OHIO CHANGES tOVEDIORS Gov. Nash Retires and Gov. Herncg Takes the Oath.

Further Evidence of Criminal Negligence Brought Out at Inquest.

IndtsMui Hei atanli T.rre Hai -,- . nd, Jan. 11 At the thirty-fourth annir-ary of the opes ing of the Indiana normal w h ol President Parsons talktd about tin s s work. He was one of the handful ot ttndenta press at as ike opiiit.g day. There hae bet i. -I atodents in the school and to-day more than one-ball

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Mt.ih.r tin,! lf.- Win- i in. Iii Iu Defalk I mil iiiiit lliirm-.l iu Biesna aVfesM Wie t r.. Chi ago. Jan If lly the d.-aih Monday afternoon of Herman ii. in. the Dumber of dead in the Iroquois theater Ore is Lroughi up to ."-71 It was exp-ctcd that the city council MoiuUy mght would deftnitelj ia

termra the -.act nature of the alterations which will be demand-d in all Chicago play houses before ÜMJ are allowed to o i ten thur doors to the pobllC The amended building ordinance covering playhouses recommended by he council was so lonjg an 1 th- prare of etbef business so great that it was decided to make the matter the subject for a special meeting of the oamaeiL which v.;ll be held next Thurs

day evening Win- u Uli Mi Oh. r Ismt, James M Strong the fiw Witness of the aft moon, teatlned that he. with his mother and wife, bought standing mean tickets to the performance and were la the first bahony When the fire started he left the balcony, followed by his wife and mother, and

went to a door w hich proved to bt an j - - - - , . , ..I

I he I n n uii ii rl Inn I i rrnuinlr rr.-.lrd lly , l.riiml Mlll'-ny ad 1 It le I'uri.lr . Columbus. O . Jan. 12. The inaucnntion of Onl Myron T Herri k wa linesseit by an unusual number o Monte, tnclndini; many strangern Shortly before ajessj Go .Vash and t h joint legislative committee, wiih Trooj A. of Cleveland, of which the n m covamor was formerly a memU-r. esftrted Cid lb nr. i k to the state apltd Lure he took the oath of office.

Wtm IN T HKRRIOK After iKing congratulated by ex-Go? .Vash and the chief just ire, (;v. Herrick delivered his Inaiutural address t a lar.

At the conclusion of the address Gov

exit, but w a.s hx k.il He threw hims, If Herri, k. ac onipanie.1 by ex-Gov Nash

say s t n.-re i has1 one U he Dormal. i

bur-; itire. -prir.

not a town

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study th adaptability for eerIs of crops of the black loam r ! -rn and southern parts ot The department desirea full on as to the character of the examined, and W, 8. Blatch-

(St, aril be called upon

to rolle, i f."..w insurance upon it He

tb.ii was assisted by ofticrs and ritlr.-ns not onlv conf--sse, hlfl g'iüt but told J 'h- t nlt.-d Stat.-s. .Mr .M--ririii s.il-l - .. ....

ui ivo ues Planen oy mm a year ago Ordert nested -ti th' i"th nnnoono 1 th.- reeomption of work in all the importnnt depnrtmenta of the loUet till.) plant of the Illinois St.-. Co The mills were closed for four weeks, and

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W. J. Allen, for many yean In charge of the offices of Senator W. A. Clark's Cnited Verde mine at Jerome, Ariz., but who recently resigned, committed suicide, on the 8th. in a fit of despondency, by shooting himself through the head.

Herr Zletsch, editor of a socialist pa per at Chariot ten berg, Germany, waf sentenced to three months' imprisonment, on the 5th. for insulting Emp' i": William by saying his only funt i of state was to receive (10,001 for eacfc time he signed a law.

The Inauguration of John U Baten, of Boston, for a second term as governor of Massachusetts, took place at the statehouse, in Boston, on the 7th before a Joint convention of both branches of the b-irislature and a large gathering of state and city officials. John A. D-nson. who was arp In New York city by Cnited Stir secret service officers, charged with defrauding the government out of thou snnds of acres of land, was released, on th- Ith. in the Cnited ptaf- s circuit court on furnishing $10.000 cash bail. After deliberating It antaatas, OB tbt 7th. a jury. In N w York cry, found former OoBgresnBaaa Kdmund If Tiriggs guilty of accepting money bl procure a contract between n pfivah

company ami IOC government while serving as a member of txittgresa, The jury reeom mended mercy ,

that If th.- I niteti States should withdraw fr.-m th- latnmns Colombia would qul k.y Urlo out the f- w r- v.-iutiurusts and th- ir supporters, Mr. M-.rgan conclude-! his remarks t 3:55 o'clock. When the s-nate wnit lot', executiva session, and at i.'-t i. m. adjourned Houw Th- bouse : In asloii bul 13 minutes, on th.- 7th.

-ir ii- m.-nuiiy obtained unanlm.-iis ion-i rf,ni(r w. r.. ma I., ami th o i.ne h. ur iw a.v,.i...i ,,n ih.MIPnsi' repairs werf made

sth t- Mm consideration -f a bttl amend- 3,000 men wer recalled to work

ing tne act iipproprl.tting '.'i f.,r the eradlcatb-n of fool and mouth di-w-ase anr-nic ci-'tle so u t' nutk- 136 of that amount available meet tie- ernrcel v c;ni.-il by hf Mexican boll we. vll. The Wll was fa-rah !y r -irt- -I S-nat Alleged rnst oftlro fraud wr. under dt.-M-ufsiuti in the senate, --n th s-h. th- sill. 1. 1 Ih int? .... r-.l in ...

peecb I'V Mr Slmm-in, -f North Cal Senat

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vesticatlonbv tiTi: Latein, "e.cX B,on; " fh 'he table the Air. Pbatt, of Connecticut denied th.it thslmotfon to reconsider the nomination republicans were try Ing to cover up any'of v I Iturhsstiss to i min.r m wrong doing In the post oftlrf dei-artment, 1 n'unanan to be minister to and said they simply lo re . nt.-r.d- "Mama. TJie vote was 38 to dividV-

sscertlin whaTwas tonP:tit U "h 'he exception

L4etrt.Oea. John Browa Gordon d!d

st his winter home near Miami. Ha . at Id:bl on th algbl f th-' At tho recuesf of Cov T- rrell of Georgia. n Gordons body will lie la Ftate In the Atlanta (Ga.t canltol.

The senate. In executive

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Jefferson viile. Ind.. Jan. 11 Cyrus Berry, a roarlet who was piiinleiinielj assaulted in the r- formatc.ry by Hammond Gehrs, n f el low nfltoaST. is dead, having never repaired c.nyeiou6t:- M aftr he was struck. B rry 'a- wl ii.t cinden from the chain factory t hf-n

(b-hrs slipped up fn-m behind and dealt his victim a Mow on the head with a heavy piece of pip, . crushing the skull. Itrmnn-I I ulim lulirl. Indianapolis. Ind . Jan. 11 At a lar meeting here John Mitchell urged the necessity of purchasing only union .abeled goods and stated that he represented a union of WO.aM nienilers. There was not a stronger union in existence than the miners' union and !here was not another union whose

members were so t.erxis'ent in de-

n ending union-ma ;. ..

!l against the door, but could n. frce

ic it open, and then r. a. hi -i up and broke j the transom with his first. Being unit able to open the door, he pulled h:-last self up through the transom, dropping upon the outside of the door, where h i i found a men with a lot of tools, pre- f I stnnably a carpenter The two men'

i u .eu ui ureas qown ire .pmr irom tae O :v-.de. but (OOld MM a.! then

pulled himself up into the traUMom a second time. Intending, if --:!:. to pull his mother ami wife out In the same manner as he had e, ai d While

I he was half way through th trati-.ru ! flames filled all that part of the the

ater, his mother and wife were but in front of ..a.- - badly scorched that for several days his life was despnred of.

and the state officials, took their place in the innain:ural parade, whith moved through th- princ pil streets. There sere fully 10.000 m-n in line The na-

rade was witnessed by th. -ands of -citizens and Mnapara, At night there was a ptiblic reeeptioa ;enlert-d by th governor. EVENTFUL CAREER CLOSED. Ili-nth mi Mr-.. Mr l'ri-tnii Kn. neefj Bo vv es, WMew i Ui.j.- .- ii . Ilinirii. i . v . St !.ouis. Jan U Mrs Marv Preston Kennerly Itowen. '.' years old widow of MaJ -üen J-.hn S Ilowen oi QatOOafederaie army, di.-d of heart dia ase. Siimlay naWaooti, at the home d

It Is upon Stronc's teetleaoay that h.r s ster. Mr Kiia M Ste:ison. that sta'i a"orney will largely rely j 'D h death of Mrs. Bow en a reif an attempt is made . set re indict- j mar ha! le career is ended, for she fol

lowed her husband and brothers throui.'h the civil war. acting as a nurse in hospitals and on battlefields, she aaaae of fighting Uaeaga and did 1 ' or, . . -e fa.:h in the ultim ite vieUary of the iasafikiaif until the last -hot was fired and the eoaf'- b rate troops returned to their homes Then -he return 1 to her birthplace. 8t Louis, to live the remainder of her lift in quiet and comfort.

The funeral of Gen. Jam-s Ixrntr street was held, on the c, h. at QeJaei ville. Ga., and the rites of th" CMhottl chtirth were conlucted over the remains by Bishop. Kelly of Savannah Site gal trains brought hun-treds ol prorniiicnt cltiens from all parts, of thf atate to pay their tributes to the dead Fire ajutted the northwet wing of he Iowa atate capitol. at Des Moines oi. the 4th. causing an approximate s of half a million dollars. The chamber of the house of represents Uvea was a charred mass of debt in, and can not be repaired n time for the approaching session of the legislature M e am Police Commissioner Me.Adoo. of New York city, notified the police in pectors, on the 8th. that he had re reived Information that gamblinhouses and poolrooms wre pj opened n Manhattan lnroiieh H. allowed them 48 hours to close eve: gambltag house and poolroom In th' borough

The Ji-uiri w.'ts part i;'.,-,il ;,, ly

sra. ourrow i-'-iuv.-r r. 1 yi, tr!-. on th republl' ji side, ami M : i irm.ick. Tillman sn-t T.-rlcr. on th- -i- m'H-r.,tlc side. At i : the senate went Im . live sHbin and at 5 40 p. m il)nurnJ until the nth H-m The ii'.us.-. -'n the tb. BBSdS aval!. .Ii - th-- sum --f t?" 009 to l- uo.-l to tn-- t th.- seasrsency caused hy th-- rnvages -f the -1 1 . -n boil wvii a-Ti oltter I assets and rtlasssn affecting cott'-n. Th.- sum l-t t. t..i .i s.-r-'-l from the hair-mllll-ui e-ILir aniT'-urfiit.-.! List

..,r to radlest th-.- foot anl mouth -11-esaaa among -..t;v Pension bills to th numtx r uf nr. w.-rn p:i(.,i The house adjourned until the 11th.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL, Post mast, r General Payne on the 7th. appointed former Representative Kuk'en-- V I.ud. of California, as Cnlt. a States delegate hi tho international postal cong.-eHH. to mi - t in

nome. Italy, next spring. Parl e Qodewia, from isr.T to i8S3 editor Of the . w v,,rk Evening Poet, "f shich he again became editor a few yoars l;.r-r, anl w- !l known as editor and author of terem books, died, on the Tth. in New York city. John a. Qltoee, city Imataraf of Hnverhiil. Mass.. was arr. -te.I. on the Tth. charg.-d with larceny of 4?..OoO of tho city's funds. Congress was asKod on 'he sth. by the s'nte department, for authority to allow ltenr Admiral H. H McCalla. of the nnvy. to accept the Cnina war modal awarded him by King Kdr ard

of Croat ilritaln in rocopniflon of his 1 MfTtotM in connection with the relief' of tho Pehta legations tlurinc the

Boxer uprising Congress, on the sth. punad the bill making available the sum of 1250,004 to meet the emergency growing out of tho ravages of the Mexicar boll weevil. President RoosevHt YtO". born choiot to deliver the principal oration at ths semi-centennial Jubilee of the I'nlverslty of Wisconsin, at Madison, next June

Tho will of Capt. Frederic,- paint, left an estate. ..tlmafe at 110,000,000, In trust No public bentjeatl were made. The widow and four children and an adopted daughter rocolved one sixth of the estate The widow wat given an option of a M,0M snnunlty In lieu of oue-siath of the estate.

of S-nator M.Cr.arv. of Kentucky, who

voted with the republicans. Uy this action Mr. Iluchanan now has full power to act for this government in all diplomatic exchanges between La Cnit.-d States and the new republic

When the doors were re-ojened the senate was officially notified of th death of Representative Skilest. of Ohio After apjxtinting a ommitte to attend the funeral, the senate a a further mark of respect, adjourned . ... House When the house met a bill authorizing the construction of a britlce acntss the St. FYamis river at Marked Tree. Ark . was passed. Reflations of rasssset to the memory of th- late Mr SI. lies, of Ohio, were adopted, and as a further mark of respe. t the hou.e adjourned. The strike (if MO miners at the Springfield company's inn., s at Ta;. lor111e. Ill , was settled, on the 11th, the company giving Amin w FifhtT, the aagineer to whom Um miners objected beoanae of his illagad aaiatejaMtena, another place and sulestltuting William tpaey In his plate. The men returned to work. An unovual event in Cnited State fourts OejOttrred at IfaOOO, Ga. 00 the

11th. when Judge Knury Speer, of tho Northern district of Georgia, paid an eloquent tribute to the late C.eu. John Bi Gordon f'om the bench, and. on motion, declared the court adjourned until after the funeral. William J. Itryan was the guest of honor, on the 11th. at a banquet in Warner hall, at New Haven, Conn . at whic h alwMit l.Vi democrats were pres

ent Bov. Oarvln of Rhode Island and Congressman DeArmond. f Missouri, aera anion the guests from other states.

uev. aosiepn naif. 9A veers old. who j had held many charges in Presbyteriao ; churches In Illinois. Ml km m ri on,i

Itwa. died at Davenixirt. Ia . on the 11th. He was graduated from Prince-

itn CM. J.) universltv in IS.!.. Ho

retired from the ministry In HW2 Cornell unhersity, t itara. N. T., i el. lrrated. on the 11th. Ihe ninetyatTaatb anniversary of tho birth of its founder, Fzra Cornell J. Slot Kassett delivered the annual address, his topic being "The Situation in the Kar liest"

Du in hui- ii lt. Hammond. Ind.. Jan. 11 The first daman.- suits airainst the Iroquois Theater company, of Chicago, from this place, have been filed In the Cook county Hrcult court by the Stioson Bros., attorneys, for their clients, who are relatives of Paul and George Winter. Hammond boys, who perished in the holocaust. The Ftiits are for 1". " each. end iked o. Lafayette, lad., Jan. 11 StruggM.-g fiercely to prevent her despondent husband committing suicide Mr- Marshall Cunkwiler. wife of a farmer living one mile east of Battle Ground, had one land shot off and was otherwise s riously injured b a wiapon with whieh a few moments later her husband inflicted a fatal wound on himself.

Klre I'r-ilri-llnn. Terre Haute. Ind . Jan 11-Mavor 3tecg has ordered the t;rand oera louse, the v m C. A. and the Roller

Polo Coliseum managen to install ad-

litional tire protection. Ar: a-!. -'us urtain. more fire . t ... and other nances are required at tbc o-ra ionse. fire esiapes at the Y M C. A. imi more doon at the Oolisenm. I PtKed let Imirimm. ladlaaapoua, ind . Jan. n Theaawy elected members of the d-mocrah-itate ic-ntral committee met and reflected William H. O Brien. ui Laweneeburg. chainnan. Thomas Tag:art was made treasurer. The totaaalt-

ee unanimously indorsed Mr TaL-art for chairman of the national demo-

ratlc committee. K tried hi- Basinet. Spencer, Ind.. Jan II - Joseph L. Wllley. a youth of Lafayette township of (iwen county, while hunting tried to climb a f i.e.- with his gun In hia hand. It was accidentally discharged, the load taking effect it, the hesd of his brother Jacob, killing him instantly. gS l.inlile. Laporte. Ir.ri . Jan 11 Judge Richter, )f the I,apr,r:e . ir. ult ourt. made as Important ruling by holding that an cs

press company cannot be held for damajres for allowing a consignee to examine a package directed to him. where nstructlons prohibiting MMb an agdggs 'nation have not been given. On thr .i-h,. BSSrd. Indlanspolis. Ind.. Jen 11 Kimer B Rohy. Miperintendent of schMN of Howard county, has been appointed a mem-

lr of the state board of education by' Gov Durbln to aucceeo George Mor- j ley. of Warsaw, r- -

ments In connection with the fire He aid that not only his own familv. but

hundreds of other people could have got through this door and ben sav- 1 had it not been locked. Wh- u ho looked through the transom a second ! time, he declared, th entire Baeaagg) was jammed with people. Mil till Iii- I on III I., ,. People. George M Busenl-erry. head u-iher of the theater, was the next witness. He testified that he mad a r.. :n-l of the theater Jus prior to the commence- j nient of the fie and found 7. people standing A few more wen standing I In the aisles, and these he reqiu ed to moe beak, as 'he aisles m-iv. tie

kept dear. He was d.n in 'he foyer j " when the panic smarted, ar. 1 mm Ii Ue- ' wnitgT n. Jan

CONFERRED WITH SEC Y HAY. .en. Um 9 SS IIa M I In at nuli-rvnc uih leesreenei Mei at i he I atler'a Hume.

ly. he said, threw open two doon fog I

the front exlu and then ran into the auditorium to assist some women who had been knocked dow n He did ail he could to save people and wa-. a...rdIng to his statement, the last person to leave the main floor f ; . . r With linin aail lnilli.. k. When questioned as to the fire prv lection in the house, Mr Iusenhrry declared that a number of fire extinguishers were placed ia d.ffer. nt parts of the theater, and near the front bsr there was a hose, apparently about i-J fet long He had never received any instructions as to what should be done

Id case of fire, and had never Is i-d any to the ushers under him He testified that there were three doors lead- I hag from the serond talconv into thei

lobby, and that one of thme was lotked,

he having fastened it with a key It j

was not pcssi-ible. he said, for anybody to open that door without the set on d

oaiconies iobiing me'al gates. OM in the passage lea-img to the Meoad balcony. Both were 1-xkcd with a aab and padlcKk. It was his duty to loch then gates at the ..nimenrenier-t a?

a performance and to unfasten them nt the lose of the second act. in aaaNa u see i ... Ued. Mr Mr Duseni-erry testified that all these exi'.s axesss th..s-o on the nrh aide of the house were unlocked, but admitted that 'here were fully a halfdoren attaches of the theater who had keys to the doors. He was aske. by ".roner Traeger if It was not possible for some efher aaambyyaa to lok the door and then forget to unbwk iheni. He refused to answer at firs', hut finally admitted that It might be possible, but not at ail prohabbBy WbBte agreement, the rases In which Will J Davis. Harry powers and Building Commissioner Williams are charged with manslaughter in connection with the Iroquois theater fire will

be continued this morning until January 21.

12. Gea K-yes.

the (': ii. ian minister here, had an

J hour's conference with the se r- tary

of state at the letter's home. Monday, respecting the Panama situation. He announced, at the conclusion of the loterview. that he probably would leave for New York at ome, noi xpeting to return. Se retary Hay has not come to any conclusion about sending the correspondence to congress, as requested by Gen Reye He endeavored to show Gea Reyes the futility of ColomUia'ä efforts to regain Panama, but as regards the matter as still open to further efforts toward a peaceful adjustmen. AN UNIQUE PRESENTATION. I .-reier PHwSMa Vonnir I'rrirnli I'.nn.r I'rlmle (hnffee U 1 1 h

l ieutenant l.rnrrnl' lruia. Washington. Jan. 12 The first pair rf lieutenant-general's shouldei st rapt whith Gen. Chaffee arfü wear were presented to him by Lieut-Gen Young with Ihe following nute, dated January ' Private TottBg. CJB K. Tw:f h I'ennylvania volunteer infantry. prej-nta big Wampllmeate to Private Chaffee. Tri-.;. K Sixth Cnited States cavalry, and asks him to accept this pair of lieutenant-general's shuldrstrais." WHITTAKER WRIGHT S TRIAL The l'nre-'ii urn piini I'r-im.itrr MaSBWd im Trial In the MM. If KIllK'a lleftr-ll. I, in, . ,n.

I.nrni- Mi.l. hit Mrlie. Echo. Ore Jan 12 The rabbit drive on Ix)er Untier creek Monday was the

largest ,n the history of the northwest. It Is estimated that Myggg rabbits were killed, and 7X persons, men, women end thlldren. part it i pa red Two persona were seriously Injured Ihe Mnet .Ke eat a laBtlHttll Itaca. N Y.. Jan 12 Cornell unlTerslty ..del rated Monday the ninetyseventh anniversary' of the blrh ot ite founder. Ezra Cornell. J Slot Fasrett delivered the annual address, hit topic being "The Situation In the Fa.- East"

London. Jan 12 The trial ot Whital.er Wright, the company promotor, on tbe charge of making and circulating false statements of accounts while direcor of the London & Glos rorporation. commented. Monday, la the King I Itench division of th.- high court of justice, before JbbUcq H.gham and a special Jury. Tne OOtJII wee crowded.

I i. b .1 I'lreil at !.. 1 Prr." Denver Col . Jan 12 Mrs. R L An hony. a newspaper woman, well knows In many parts of the country under the name of "Polly Pry." was shot at twice at her home In this city by an unidentified man Sunday r.kht The bullets went wide. I .... . .l .,, f M ....... 1 , i ne Mb Lexington. Ky. Jan. 12. At a coaventioa of moonshiners on Raid Knob, lo th- Cumberland mounts'. is. n the line between Letcher and Pike coun

ties. Sunday, two men were killed one dangeroualr wounded