Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 46, Number 19, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 January 1904 — Page 2
Weekto Courier. nm IN B?IER
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Compiled froui Vinous Source.
fifTveigmth congress.
O F T'tterhack. cashier of the Sigcunicy (Neb. i Sa nus L ink, who attcmpt.d mtclde Ml the 11th fa) shooting dM 01 the l '.ih.
on the t. ro Ruchai vote w
with il
Told
The v ax Je
Orisl that ho
Wta M the l-'ih. or t Kmm r all details of Muff I l,!fM
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tir-..ets ior niiuppiue uuc swa.i i- ! . - , m . . ... ....... I I nUeU throe years instead of two. as at pie.- j tll, (, , ict. I '"
, ff -,.n, br motion H 1
utma Th!
r. .ub- I nment , n tii! Wh. ii e waa
Tim it SIEB M iPPENIXGS
Brewing Co. at Pstereon, N J. 1 burned, on the HU The floors wera I
of a-phalt and et supposed to te fireproof, but were mu-kly cunMimed
by tho nanus; loss 1 1 00,000 Thre flrcm n wire injured, one probably j futally. Then- were no deaths from typhoid j feer at BuM-r. Pa.. M the tStfc. and but one new , was reported It
in Bref bv Dispatches iron. Various Localities.
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fever
The funeral of CongrossraBB W V. Skilcs t dirrel on the 13tb a Shelby, i). A delegation of 1" memlH-rs of 'ne eOfiftMMM vent ' ial tram to at- M tend ut"l Tho committee on public lands It. houi congress, on the 1 -M h. reported favor- j hi Ijr on a MM to set apart eertain latuls in Arizona, to be known na the p. ri- ' ' lied forest park. Bx-3ot BnsoBeU, of Ohio, was re- y"? . portc d i q tho I3ta t le steadily grow- : Uon
big weaker. It was the general Will i at 0 tanftntt, O . that there was absolutely m hope of recovery. Oat. Albert B Cummins was inatigurated governor of Iowa for the second Ilm, on the 14th. at P-s lie B a, la.. Bnpretne Court Inattcs h Dwwaar admini.-toring the rath of office.
Elijah IV Hall, aged It, diod at his j heme in Toledo. O.. on tho L'.th. When
the Wabash railroud was built Mr
Out Pia
lut re rlety a tarilT. of the Mil ap tonuic to cle soon
the Mr
Hail constructed all the bridges h t
tw.
lin
statt.
.1 the funeral, h r k I t espe U i ,, :. met Leint ruction of I ' Lucia rter ut
i . r a4 pti i. i ROM t the ours, en th ih,. p.m.ima
U 1 .-f. by ,i mo10 tat.! lt. Si ' m .rakav and tor ni'Tu leg Islatlv, lalion bill. It. A va::ul t Me hi eourne s.i;.- Of ir the r - .. ;i:iJ ilnarton ot imed
rtwd Itn r the .1 bv r
w lit l "Olli
was . st mated t hero were
patients Mill bedfast. The Chicago livery drivers' atrik ,vas settled, on the 1Mb. the employe lOCVrtag a closed ab0M agreement and arbitration of tho issue as t au advance in waj;" Mrs Uuth Hrown Thompson, daughter of John Urown. of Harper s Ferry fame, dn-.i at hi r BOW at Fasitdena, Ca! , on the l'.th. apod 71 earltrii.- io n Frederick P tirant. on
the Lftth, BftQaBbad command of the day- lazy he i partment of Uta lakes, at Chicago, in whi, h top accordance with the territorial rodls- I w;-. M ft I I . a f . . m -
tricting army act recently pastoa uy ooagri i
Irr aar-
CHARGED Wll ROBBING THE 0EJÖ
Three Alleged Ghouls Have Been Arreted Bv Chicago Police.
SO-CALLED DEATH" TRUST" Proposed Municipal Laboratory to Produce Anti-Tuxin.
taiupatitn lOOtMOtoal It) IBM t't''ngO
ka iiuIik I uri ri
i ii tu Ii i ir .
a ia tffjffB I d to ' mhicli sh
MEN CONFESS TO THE CRIME
II ! ..fU-rt-il I rrum I hut b ( urunrr Juri Im.-.iUulliis le rMUol I Irr V. Ill PI... -- MMll.llil n I BO .Htll.
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LATE NEWS ITEMS.
The senate committee on foreisn relations on the l;h continued consideration of the Panama canal treaty. Th; discussion was conti n d to amendments vhieh had been offered, but no vote
a h
tee of ntn;. k
Tho National Bt!iw " of r"'; raco. on the Hth. began a niovem-nt to amend -he conatUntton of the Unitad Bi itea so as to fix the presidential tern ät Ii ymr. and make the president Ineligible for ra-alection. As a result of overproduct'.on. Ohio cnal operator-, nt Coluiabat, O.. on the tStn. rodtired the price of coal at the mines from tfl t i IS canta per ton The prrratltag price for lump coal at the min s was f 1 50 per ton.
Mi
M f th.
J H Edir.i-tnn. vhe-ihairman of the cational committee of tho i : par-v. at Lincoln. Neb., on the 12th i :e.l a call for the committee to meet In Bi Lonia, lVlT'tary Ü, U tix the tinv ar.d place U a national convents D
L-.it. tllltl. I u; p )
The senate, in executive se.-sion, ot. the llth. ratified an extension of the extradium treaty between ,he States and TLe Netherlands An nmendaieat was adopted tnctading bribery in (ha list of extraditable offenses.
be 1 I
Th senate, in exocut've w.-sion. on the Hth confirm.! the following nominations: Maj.-Gen Adca H. Chaff oe. to V llauleiaiBlj janirnl' Brit-Gen. Qeo L QlUaapla, to be major-Keneral : Ow Ale-van. br McKenzie, to lie brigadier gMra and chief of encinecrv Th- moft imior'ant coll Ftrike evet made in the Cripple Creek (Col dmtric became known on the lPh It nC .,n tarn hill. A six foot vein
avrapinc $2" per ton was uncverel. tfimnob whih streaks ran wb.ieh as-
aved as biirh as 15"..o per ioti i - " An tintiT!ual -nt in T'nite.l BtatM rrmrts ontMIWed ar Macon. Ga . rn the llth.' When Judge Emory Speer, of the Northern dtstrici of Georgia, paid an fl n i-nt tribute to the late Gen. John p. Gordon from the bench, and. on motum declared the court adjourn-d unt.l at er the funeral
Charles Allen, who pleaded jrullty to th.- robbery of the Bariagfleid (ID.) inst oflUe, April 3. 18'.'". when 4,000 . m i ii
in s.ampn and flW wnr at the Presidio was the only spettacupre.,.ns of Postmaster Ridely daugh- occaakm.
ter stolen, was sentenc-!. nn tue
PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Capt. lohn K Wright a pioti'-r railroad eontraetor, died at Jonction City. Kas . on the 14th. the r-s-;lt of a stroke of paralysis aired ''.' year He helped to survey tho vagon road that was laid out on tho trail from 1 river. Col . to Salt Lake City, Utah. Swift fc Co.. f Chicago, certified to the asc ratify f the state of Illinois, on the Hth. to an increase Ol apPal stock from 125, ,000 to 1,900,000, On the 14th. in New York city. T. P Sbonts was elected president of the Toledo. St Loeia v- Western railroad Th- s'nat. committee n Pacific islands and Porto Kico made a favorable report, on ÜM 15th. on Senator Blackbum s bill to pay Liliuokalani. form-rly aaaani ' f Hawaii, the sum of 1 100,000, in fall satisfaction of claims to tho form r (Town lands in Hawaii. MaJ te n MacArthur assumed com mand of tho divishm of tho Pacific, at San Francisco, on the 15th. and his various dletetan officers reporte! to
him for duty. A n-view of the tris
14t h. to three years in the Illinois peni
tentiary and fia'd "". CalSTrss bin tree comrnitieo, of the OotdOOf Art League of Calio tnia. on the 12th, forwarded a mammoth DOtitii D Id President H.;sevelt. asking hhn lo aid in gfeeerrlpg the Caharerat nore of bis treea. The p.-titi..n ear-
Mr-v Orion Chi man I died, on the 15th. at Keokuk, la. Hag was the widow of the acting Rovcrnor f Nevada tenib ry during the civil war. II" was a br. ther of Mark Twain. T P Shonts. who was elected pros Melt Of the Toledo. St. lxuis & West rn railmad. on the 14th, arrived at Totedo. O. f.n the 15th. and tnk
rled 1,090.000 names of people .n all chargo of the property. Ho announ. . '.
parts of the Üalted States
Retre5entative Lilley. of Connertlcut. on tb L'.th introdmed a idll in congress authoririnc ih presilnt to
pii-er Into netotiations with COWB tries vbl b export Irre Btoek. with a view to arranxinK reeipro ity treaties In favor of live s'ock and lressed meat products of the t ' u it oil State". Millers at Atchison, Ka. , received inaimanleatlona, on the 12th, from .laptaese merc hants a king for pri e on flour, and saylnc that flour in ltr qttantiti may be wanted by Japan Fi.n. The millers answer, d. refusing to -h .i flour unless they w. re paid ill United Hate money, and miOjBf. the in iriu e compati -i uranted them war Instir incj. --. '" Senator Illlvor. on tho 15th ir.troIttCed a b'!i In the senate pn idinK for th- penitwllgg f nit peraotaa who bnd N days or mire military or naval servier in the civil war. snd for widows of such sobliera or asilors who wore marrb'd pnr to June fl, 1IM The pensions are to be 1:' a uiontli. to take eff'ct at the date of appliesUou aftor tU oavnce of the bJ.
that there wwld te no chansi- in the offlciais of the road at the gfaaenl time.
Cor. Odtdl of New York called s
special election, on the 15th. to lie held in the Twelfth congressional district on February 2H, to fill th- va
cancy eeaeed ay Ihe latlginthai if
(leorgo II. Mef'bdlan. now mayor of New York city. The Santa Fe fast mail we-t bound, stnick a broken rail, on the 15th. and left th- track near Williamsflebi. 111. The enRine. five mail cars and OBS coach went into a liteh. None of the baiaaatgan was Injured Ten ballots w ro taken, on the I'.fh. by tho Iowa ouBgiessional delegnlloa in an effort to lettle fka OOttteat over the federal Jndxeshlp for the northern ditri-t of that -tat- No a;:eement was reach. The inlers antioiin d by tho war department Creating the Atlant!. divtulon, with headquarters at (lovoriior a Island. N Y . wer-, on the 15th. consummated, and .Maj (Jen Cordu asBBawd aiMnasaad, The setTftary of the treasury, on the 15th, received an envektaai rmtmartrtd San Francisco, containing a oenecienco contribution of lua
Francis A. White, of Frereft Y'nh . who. in 11 70, assisted in promoting the New York Consolidated Mining Stock exchange, and who was well known in w all street 25 years ago, died in San Prnncjseo, on the lTth. at the age of 8e years. Ho 1 ft a very largo estate. Kear-Admiral Si.ssboe, comman!aut of tho Ijnagno Island navy yarJ iPhit adelphia). has been designated by the navy department to represent the navy and preside aver the section of the World's fair at St Louis de'.oted to tho oceanography Or. B. G Dysart, a mfmler of the If iSBOUli state board of health, and ex-surceon of CockreU's brigade of the confederate army. '.:ed of pneumonia, at Paris. Mo . on tho 10th, after an illness of only hours Pr Pollock F. Hyatt, who waa
United States consul at Santiago de Cuba fr fire years prior to the Otltbreak Of tho Span:-h-Amtrican war, I 'h tiled at Williamsport, Pa . on the 17th, ag- d Of yeara. Tho prisoners in the Columbus -O i ' : ponltentlnry, on the 17th. snt a Moral tribute to be placed on the coffin of the late QoT. Boshnell The prisoners considered Gor. BnshneU their ; friend. The Hon Sir H-nry K- pp. ' ral of the fleet, died in London, on l7tu. He was liorn in ISo. A-lmiral V Keppel lived under fie iovei tgn. j pn and fougl't in every quarter of the ,- gl'dio. j the James l uiair. former genernl eonn u scl of the St. Louis exposition. !: 1 at - - :. Eustis, Fla., on tho 16lh. The tiody Inst was embalmed and shipped to St. Lou- loa is. accompanied by Mrs. Blair and son. ha The Dime Savings bank of Ports- ' ' mouth. Vs.. eloeed its diN.rs. on the fa'1 icth. Tho alleged defalcation f a" Cashier John Htwning was said to i hee have been the enase f the faüur ' of I By tho premature sxpl ohm f a shot he in the Empire coal mine. flve mile
from Peoria, 111., n the l.th. F A. s-tr. at was killed, and Earl Street, his brother, received serious injuries. William A. Harris, former I'nited States .-, ns tor from Kansas, was appointed, on the l'lth. a m'-mber of the executive committee of the Kansas City. Mexico & Orient railroad. Representative John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi, who had been tick in Washington. I) C . r"Covere-d, and t ).; s at in the house of repre
&er.tatives. on the lsth.
Senate Th" rot offlee Inq-v.ry res-
ation an l the Panama anal question
divided the attentiin of the senate. m the 1Sh. The first half of '! '
was given up to the inquiry. Messrs. Hale and (b.rman being the speakers.
Mr Hale made a plea fr the reference
of all postal invest igathms resolutions
to the eoniniitt.-e on jH.st off.- --s. and
Mr. Gorman repeated his a-ssuranes that he would be satisfied with that
disposal of the question. The iis us-
.-ion of the Panama anai pi-s'ion was
confine! to the continuation of Mr Tel
ler's argument that the COVTBf of the
Halted statw in the receal revolt of Panama was contrary to international law and sound mrals. The senate, at 1 .27 p. nr. went into exeutive session, and a' 1:50 p. m. adjourned House The hmse devoted a brief sos--ion to District of Columbia boslesan While in committee f the Whole oB one bill, the pst office seanlal was dis-:--. 1. Mr. Bartleif, of r,-org i Intf dneteg a letter fr.m m. w. Lonta, who felt aggrieved at ertain stateSBSats in the Bristow reKrt. Mr. Cowherd, of Mi.-s-ourl piint-d iut that l.-n.- u irregularly appointed JttSt in time to let a contra t that st the government tinM'M nior- than was nHessary. At 1;28 p. m the house adjourned Hon, James K Jnes. hairman of the denaocnUe aattonnl eonanUttee, on he isth. innounced tiie pernnnel of the committes n arrangeaaents for th domo ratio national committer, irid caiie! a Bweting of that ooaunittee for
1- 1 ruary Best, at 1" o'clock
at tne ouinern notei. wt, LOS II itexnnder Rotaad Milne, r M a., collector of ustoms for many years at Victoria. B C. died there, on the lMh. He was a recosnsissd authority on matteri p-rtaining to sealina. and waa Ie. ., rat 1 with theord.rof S Michael and St. George by the late Queen Victors Seven people, all olored ere killed instantly. OB 'he lMh. hy ;he BBpfcaBkBl of a boiler in a saw mill owl.-, v S. E. Sullivan. In James City, near New hern N C Th mill wm d mob ished, ard sll the nuuhinery practically daaftnyai. - " Gov Pardee ,f Califernia. on ths lth. issued a warrant for the requisition of .lames H Coffee, who waa e.nvlrted f murder In Arkansas, hvt esaped from Jail, and h! BBf the past
'even years been living in Kern county,
Bad in. iilrn, .. St Paul. lad . Jan II A si ..I. e vigitid tin t. '!:: f Ja lisle and Argua CaaineU.. IfWl Waldron. The :i Biea were
tr
!"f 01:
l.:s ir..- .. r ha.! hurt.. title snd Csntnell ic:m'u to the firmer's homt . but side the door when a u leph was received ar.n n ir.g tl mother of Cantnell Lad fa open fire and had b-en hi Mr Carlifl. s mother died ater from her injur es snd
juois t bester ore placed under srr :.,e The lirsi to he captured wi of the Ulhaata sa born and Randolg from the mam r It is charged tt body of a dj ir.e Tfjl tj a JfcfTi'rF
i robI rou PQ porhouis per ly. arI v.ra H -il T. d ths E. J. ar BI di-wnoni
ar.
-im I Haf. rv :. ersl areoks a e miles r.'inh o thoroocl i ;t
liur-li rpil. Isd Jar II -F
Oni ,m lr,.lf.
tit n
and I r org put a stop county by
1.1 in oklnkoma. Mbany . Ittd Jar. 1 William
ral members of
Caere A at they had i s few dsya a few days
whre they hat a farm report has been turren returned to thi ounty seen tn their jk',ah ma : ago. They left this con
after the whit1, aps attacked their hoi and no effort was ever mode to pin 'hem. Hard War. Law r-r. eburg lr. : J.ir. Art! Swaniro. a young farn.fr wb was
AU ted by the grand of disturbing a relii arrested. plaied gu 125 a:.-: reeta by Judi go entered the Be chare en Sunday w-ks sgo. in an Int carry im: a jug of har Mr- rc!er reprima fiart of the orr.eots lap. ruining a f.r
. r.
Mrainrial I'nntf.
waK 1 1 I I I: . - dtsaater
mo'Iern will ret tion tl Arthnr :- r
Mu. I 'ini mo. Ind.
il Tr.nl. Jan. 18.
m., M. bele, the 7"-year old man
1 Cal
tu fa j ir M.n 1 llao B4
..mlmi ir. haaai i and not Karsa bit on na Pönal exeeutiv
rided that the guaran'ee offered by the Missouri i ity w not istisfartory. The convent n will be held In Indlanapolit tun
l'.tllt r I lain lo I ' The police claim to have received confessions frcn all thne mn The other two arrested are Charlrs Oottaray, said :v luftte re;- I 2 and Thomas McCarthy, alleged to have len given H7.se The fourth man. still at large, is a stranger, who was given tl.' He .s -a i ': e a -.r . ::. :u :r :a
It is said that ?.' a taken fr Trask. of Ottawa.
: hit u Ms.
Thhag. Jan tl A municipal Sabrat..r for tho manufacture of toxin, uioler the IBJjaaif IsllWI .f iblU ihemist. may t the outcome of th
eayaapaigai wiu it has ikm-h knatltui the Chicago Medical society again high pro e exac ted by the manners' combine, or so-called trust." At a cnfer nee of the offi. r . arayaalantloa, laVladteg Presideai rt Preble and S.cretar .U Walls, tu,, feasibility of !.. was discussed in detail. The res a .bi ..- u to ref r th rua r fm action to s meMing. Wsdna i ing, with the reionimendat i. n tit; plan be adopted, as tho pertttaaei lution of the BTidilani If the Bp of th. so iety Ih obtained nx.in will he askd to lattrodu as name r-ating the lal.ora-..: making t he nH ossary appropriate Its foundation and ma!nt tiano
srbrrary lOi percent, advance ia price of one of the essentials if inolern treatment of diphtheria is held by the phy.-i. l ins to show that prorisli t. for the ronafnnl supply of the article devolves on the municipality as a :u-xs uro for the preservation of th. p iblk health. The higli price now pla. d on the serum by the "death trust, " it ii de lareci, means that t liousands of children may jx rish in the tirs- diphtheria epidemic which appears in th city. It was estimated by the medic a. society officials that a Municipal Intern lory could be eeltbllahed witii an ap-
. 'or The
BO propriation of 130,000, and BS, '- . '.he iH'rat!ng ext nses the first y is Secretary Walls f the Chicago .t al aocietj said: "The- sec time
in tm: I tilt I Uli: ! Hi 11 t: . t.
Will I
throughout the atrainst the i... he pri.e ,f ant lie a natural di MB firms in M Fell to th- pn f
ar-
is to be
OFFICIAL CALL ISSUED.
Tbf atioiinl I O-nim-r n 1 1,- out, i. I I leal I Meet In M. I inn. Jul B Bot.
tude of
Jnr Will rtl SX lltni "The jury probably Will ' work this week.-' said Coroaer
.r n-
e cbsrse mg. was as fined
veral
im at
h lei to fx Oe Uajne Oi , certain, however: there v I . , , . shifting from on mm to an ! ply to allow someone to gel Fo:r additional churches v
added to the ban for riolat nance.
We haxs
a I ft ore a
'er he it. . - tt.
Washim--t.n. Jan P.). The foUoring "ffi' al all was issued. Monday, t r the iss mbling of t!..' Demo rati- na- ii aveatioa al Bt iuis, July ;, next: WuAlBgtoa, Jan 1J. Tho iH?m a . ic national committee, having met in ; the ity of Washington on the 1-th -lay of lanwary, 1104, has sppo i Weinesday, the Uth day of July. S0, M the time, and hosen St. Louis Mo, ! as the ptece for holding the I leaMM - .'ic j antleaa oarentlon. Each state is entitled to representation therein equal to double the ntimLor of its senator- and represent a-: ..s fn the c oggreaa of tho United States, ar:l eac h tirraory. Alaska. Indian ter ri'or and the Histriet of Cotur.ibia hall have six Ieetrates au daaaot ratlc i tilieaa of the United j States who can unite with us in thi j effort for a pure and economical nstitntionnl irovernment are cor. '.ally
invi'ed to join u- in sendu-.g deb-.a-e o the convention. JA. ME K J'Ni: Chairman. C. A WALSH. Bet n -ary CAUSED BY RUNAWAY CARS. ri. r..- Mrn Klllr.l and I .. InJnreS In t Wrr-k Jnt 0itilr nf l'.-..rU, III.
THE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE l hair man T, ,n- Inno BfttCWa Ihr leriiniirl ami all a M-Fllnu I .r I hrnart Bi al SI. I
Wa-hingo
personnel of
Hon Xanw - K. demrn-ratie naannotinced ths ee .n arrar.ge-
ill Krliirn o. I.rrman,. ,c hmnl. Ind.. Jan i v It eniced at Ear! bar., college that Dr. p Oerber, who fi: tbe chair of
guapes. hs p s gn-d and ' r ri- it v H - r- Mcr.a-
ee for m . at
ex-off.clo: Wm K Bi ex-officio; J M Gcifl I J Campa'i. M i fa New York: J. O. Jhn R Hrlsaa. 0 Tennessee: John E t
ia tan i an
Samuel i I f Varon re to win Burns. 10 r Justice r. ds
c I nilia na nolla. Ind . Jan Ig. Thm city. ( y. will get the prohl'.r. r.'ion The na- ' irr.mitte un-l and de-
CLEARED OF MURDER CHARGE hat'e l.ar.tnrr. Ir, ixr.l of I hnk' las III Ali- Ob aSSaftlBVi I r. - I b la.lur llurrxukih. Belleville. Ill . Jan. 19 Judge Bur-rouh--. in ! e , r ui -eirt nt n-lle-vlUe, took the Charle.H Gardner ru ird- r
fendant. He declared that the state had failed to m? e out a crt-e atrainst Ganlr.er. who was thnurgad with choking his wife to death at their borne in East St. Louis.
Hti ral II air Peru. Ind Jan is Kepr entstire Frederick ItBStdis a'inounred thst he has setured omplete rural free delivery ervic' for Miami county. This means the eetablishmnt of II r.w routes, all of which will be ooened br March L
Wnt Iranlo.n l.iinr l IsiHMI at. Washington, Jar- II M Bister Allen, st Seoul. Corea. hxs made s request to the state department that the legation guard be increased. The minister's request has been refeired to the navy department, which is considering JSkfH i - Bg mow .marines from Carite to Chemulpo. Mrerltrr p,iatrt. Indianapolis. Ind , Jan. 19 ! ral Judge Anderson Monday afternoon appointe! a receiver for the National Manufacturing Co. of Elkhart Tha creditors ssr the concern owes ll' 00.
Peoria. 111. Jan 19. At I2:M p ra , Monday a cut of ars on 'he I i va Central broke away from a switch engine, an!, rushing down hill at a fSBf ful rate of poed, collided with a work train at the tMttom. Just OOtaido he ntty llBBltl, and Instantly killingAllen E. Hire, car repairer. Poor. a. Pater Johnson, car insp. t.r. Peoria Albert O. Sw art. ar repairer. Peoria. John Meil. nf Monmnit':. and E H. Truman, of Monmouth. I CtlOB mea, stistained fra turesof the ki.il and ars in a sri iis .n!ition. S-- ral ir were liadly wrecked and all trath Is blo ked. RUNNING AUTOMOBILES. Fnrtnrr lr-rl llalla Hiiiplo e KioinltiK a ti iil.on'.M l- l.lnc In III on i it I m. III. Bleomington. Ml . Jan It i BO striking street railway en.ploycs v ho rednsed to work since January 1 because the company would not L-rant their demands for an increase in nay ormally Inaugurated their competitlTe automobile system Monday Situ 'he strike was first declared the men hat. b n operating a crude sy-'"tn b o ks and bobsleds The novelty of th a atonsobilea is anticipated to lie a - ronn factor in securing patronage, even from those who are not strike nipathi - -is. Twelve machines will be in service. arrying passenger, to all parts of Bloominpmn and Normal fof five c ents the same as the electric cp.rDAMAGt BY CLOUDBURST. -lracllnii nl lrihibl- lama of I. iff. i i M.ur.t at gleeaa f.oii, in. lowsn I tries, Bloernfonteln. Orange River Cobmy, Jan 19 A cloudburst .unday. detroyed three hotels and many houses here snd it la believed nsulted in 1 of life The number of de-id. however, has not been ascertained Hundred of persons have been rendep d homeiese and destitute bv the dteaetajr,