Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 46, Number 38, Jasper, Dubois County, 3 June 1904 — Page 6

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Wecklu Courier.

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00 M I'ulillikrr. "m I 1 PUMAMAi

Senator M. 8. Quav n :- -ally gTOWtBg better, ami his condition ia mora favorable than it has he n for week i ii i 1 Excessive heat in Philadelphia, ot the :5th. resulted in five prostration. TTllifiHtiri on the street registered 5)4 degree.

John J. DoBOhue, charged with forgery at Sioux City. la . arrested in Killarney. Ireland, has been held for . xtradition on arraignment in the Bow treet. polite court in London.

ri;iM?r'r WAPTPft I " VNUkr' HOOSlEtt HAPPENINGS L L It 11 le- 1 Lis J 11 Oi MillltigCo were wrecked by fire ob th I

ight of the 27th. and t.Oe'O barrel, of

1HE ISWI IN BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Hour wer J rrtr1 The ggg is M .- 000. Charles H. Schlacks has been apnot med vice-nresidont of the Denver &

Illinois hmldiiiK at the World' h;0 ciramje Kailroad Co. to sin. i

In a tornado at Pleasant drove. Kas. David Fl tllnghftm was- killed and his wife badly injured. The Fellinghan. house was demolished. Heavy rains followed the atortn, and all the stream; are bankful. Seventy Kansas City (Kaa) "Joints' have been closed by the proprietors, fot the reason, they allege, that they can't afford to pay a fine of $100 a month on each joint." under the recen. ordei of Mavor Gilbert.

Passenger train No. 1 on the Vlcksburg. Shreveport & Pacific was wrcck-d betwe.-n Haughton and Sibley. La . oc the 2"th. Two postal clerks, and a nepro brakeman were killed and i number of persons hurt. , ,-i i - 11 A di-yanh to the London C n'ra News from Harbin say? the Japan---losses durbag the lighting at Kin Choi; - Ä äa. .ill I T la

are laid tc tie l-'.UW men Kiiieu. m sad that these figures have beea confirmed by an official dispatch. The plant of the Overland Cottot MUUCo. at Denver. Col. which went Into the hands of a receiver some months ago. has been sold at auctioi. to th" Whiting Machine Work Co.. ol Whinsvil'e, Mass.. for $.

fa.r waa dedicated with considerable

ceremony, on the 27'b. in hiding a pre cation parable, music in plenty and a lot of .p- h-making Mrs. Yates, the wife of the governor Of the l'rairie state, unfurled "Old lilory" over the bull ling, und the proceeding wound up with a reception la tfci spacious parlors. M.s Alice KiKxevelt. the president's eldest daughter. i doing the World's fair at St. l.oii.s. under escort of the Catlai family, whose uest she is. Miss

Iteooevelt chows the ftocta of the physical training she has received, as she easily tire out the most strenuous of her esvorts in seeing the sights The Russian g ueral staff, in view of the news of the capture of KinChou, admit that there is little now

to hinder a Japanese advance on Tort Arthur, and that the actual siege of that plan ha begun in earnest. Mrs Sarin riat: le ker. of Colondo. was iihfMPB iu-sident of the Genera PederatlOB of Women'.- .lui et the election "i. Id .n St. Iouis on the 24th. Mrs Philip W. Moot, of St. Louis-, was elected vice-preeiiient. The Vatican exhibit at the Wo: Id's f:..r .n St. Loots remains unpad ed. a:d therefor.- ni tble, hectuse tue papal represent.!! . e thinks more of i.-itipg old church fnen I n Washington than he (Imo f perforating the doty asligm d o )itu by UM pope. A ton ado vruck about two miles west Of Guthrie. Ok la . on the 23th. doing much damage to property, five farm boasea and many outbuildings bavins been demolished, From the

wind and hail the crops also suffered Vion ln.av-.'lv tht o-rowirti wheat being Mrs.

blown and broken down.

itussell Harding, who resigned In order to devote his whole time to the Missouri Pacific. ROM -Admiral Winlleld S. Schley, re ind. as one tf g party of distiuIClalMHl S. om -it Site Masons, armed In St. lioui. on th - Mkh, Aceomp anying the party aas James 1 RichardOB, pran i cymmnn ler of th - upreiue council. The party is making an official tour in ft private car. Om of the hit. st war roporta hi that the Ku sians. thinkl.ig tiiat th" Japanese had re- rati from feof WftBi Cheng, sent a fOTOO of 18,090 from Rfti Cheng and Liao Yang towards F n - Wang Chen':. Tiny w. re ttTPflftti bj ' i Jananes in the Tut g pass. Thf

R h an casualties were -i , and over

1 0 v Russians surr v. red. LATE NEWS TEMS. A fire In . m Orleans, raud by crossed eleotric wires, did alout $0''.-

000 damage on the !9tb Th.' Looll HRi(e Bftddlery factory at Common and M iga.ine streets, the Simmons Manufae'rini: Co.. an the Meig. Brady and

Lincoln aroOMfl war. establishments ;

were Acotroyed, and half do.en othera damaccl. The tire was in the heart of the wholesale district. Cyrus K. M.C.raly. presldeat of the Seymour national bank at Indiana-.Hdi Ind . was sentenced bf Jodf ABdersoo of the federal court, to six years in the 1'nited States prison at Leavenworth,

Kas. Alfred C Parker, president or

Told in Brief by Dispatches from Various Localities.

Ex -Banker Arraigned. Indianapolis, ind . Ma - John H. Wood, ttmier pr. oident of the First National bauk at Matthews. Ind. arrived lu re from ("1. v eland and was arraiun. 1 before Judge Anderson in the fed. ri court on i harges of em be lenient, misapplication uf funds and making false otri in reiKirts io the controller of the eurrcmy. He plead. -d not guilty and expressed himself as of the belief that he ootid easily dear himself of the charge. His trial as set for June 27. and lnds to the amount,

of f tOjMd furnished for his appearance. It Pays to Read the Book. Shelby vilie. Ind . Max 27 Mrs John Wheeler opened a Bible which had be. a in the family sime her marriav.- with Mr. John Wheeler and BJV IPC Vtüf turned to $ltid in POBM money, th-re beiBf one bill of tB and eight bills of $lo each. The money was placed there on her wedding day by h.-r bfahoi L The bills w. re of the r.-v of March BJ, ls;2. and on the left hand .t- a picture of Abraham LiBiCOlB. ' C. K. Spinner, treasurer. N' w York." was the

DECOR 1101 m

B GETTYSBURG

Thonsands Assemble to Pay Tnbuto to the Nation's Dead. RAIN MARS THE CIREM0NIES

BALTIMORE MAYOR A SUICIDE

No Cauae

For the Act Ascertained.

Can Be

signature attached

indes.

Irund of Ini Ih.Mixnud frroti tuod in PaaeBtlail 'n MsOmi to taeellel ' Gettysburg. Ba. May 31 -Ob historic Cemetery hill, overlooking ground hallowed by the blood of half a hundred thousand brav nam, and in the llCt f a com our. .' of tuousands ho had assembled to pay tribute to the memory of dn r.aticn's d. ad. Tresiilent Koosevelt h-lier-cl a notable ad,ir Om ti.Mirlv the seme thx. on No

vember l'. im.:. 1'resident Lincoln de- i mon. d at :- ssed 'h Inered the ininiorral ftddMftt enuneiat- opinion that the wo-md was ueeeesarily

I'afai mt Wmm iteed wi n. ftfiftV Int. Il'-furr III- tilrror of tlif lsres iu. BMa Baltimore. May 31 Mayor Robert M Me Lane of thU c ty shot and killed aJJOself at his horn Monday nfternon, it. his bedroom at Iu.-. r-sid- i , No. 29 W.-t lr-r ii ine' lis bride of les than two we k was at the time of the tragedy asl "p in an adjoiuine room, and was awakened by tic k.,seharRr rf the rev.dvr. which Mr. McLane evidently flr.'d wh'le standing before the mirror of the dr.ssluK case. The bullet mlOTd the ric.l.t tempb-. and rashing thron, h th'- head, escaped In the rear of the left ear Mrs M. -Iane and thT members of the household ru lied to the "Mayor's assistance, but he did riot reuaii' con-1 iuusi. ess after h" fell to the floor, at.u expired within an hour, a number of phyuiria: who , , imn I ati 1 ram-

iug principles which have rung around j fatal the world lor mo;- ihau a third of a j No ez

the world lor mo

1 1 ntury

A snow storm 'hat 1 5 r. on h 24-h lasted 12 hours, and was general over Montana and the northwest territories The snowfall ran- d fron: one to s4x Inches, and will prove ol great benefit as the ground was dry.

Found Guilty. Borland. Ind . May 27 Robert J. Knox was found guilty of forgery. H was charged with raising a check on 'he hank of Greenbrier. Leadsburg. W. Va . from $15 to $1. .". and through au accomplice attempting to ash it here

the Firs: national bank of Bedford, was The penalty is from two to 11 y.

sen;, need to ne . ars. in the same

Laira Joyce Bell, the (omic

Stock suf- j opera singer, and w ife of Pntby B 11,

fared, but no lives were lost. A. cording 0 ItspatOiaM e -eived in Ihe 24th, the IftpaaOOO are making extcBeive pr panUknM to storm Port Arthur reteraoa of tve war aritb China belog m40ty bOMO for the task. ft heavy artillery is being landed on the Liao Tung peninsula.

A tyrnad s.t rn. U Lim: shore, Kas.,

died at her home in New fork, on the 2:uh, aged 4'.. Mrs. Bell was Urn in England, her parents being named Maskell, and received her musical edu. ation at the Royal Academy of Music, London. Arthur W Pulver, general attorney for th.- Chicago A Nortbweetera Kaiiwav Co.. died -n the Stth. Mr Bu'.v. r

!... 2" h : ::-hir.n the rn:..n caught a BttetO cold while attending

Rn ir-.V

(utr.aiscu ai:u In the early f Real-Admiral

c i gov. V ' tup; v 1

mmander-lB-iron. has re red 0' that e retired lis, tble that

srill succeed

on

Bacific depot and the large uini 1 1 r tio smtc TUiiiiis roofing a larir.- number of b Van Amburg's circus tent wa torn to pieces and scattered. N s r. a hc.l Cii '-F00, on t!

The men havr

h hi

made of It is a

Waa found in the wat. Lakew.xwl. a suburb The young Iii1' 'M 1 ri'h. prteoutably to and firee that time fa au.' so lar a

Kl'T Id ianta. Ga ie. on th

The fruit growers of the Santa Clarn volley, in California. Buffered an almost Incalculable loss from a hdh wind on t!.. 2"'h. More than one-half of the

ripening ch rry crop ie d r from 20. ."cm. to . p

and li ol

A jury :n the Kansas City. Mo

of an for w conne

criminal rourt ai brought In a verdict

ral in th- n of S-a:.- Senn L. Jewell, cm the 21th. who ced with Folirit'.rg ft l.rilie in

n with certain baking powder

legislation in the last Missouri state lei-Mature.

by soo-in wfts despnr ad ! ret .n th" ateamer Si J. P. Mot Wttt. that

Co. In fiIt Is rep riot has o( b!a. Russia.

at t a ! nnei1.

armory

. mihtia. besides un's circus tent wa literally Md Che-Ftoo, on the n: rn-

;h. that a battle had been en the Japanese and Ru Miripo. north of Dalny The result of the battle that the Russians, under defeat. I the Japar.es at confirmed. The Russians in .- isto a defile oo&m in !- insi which declOMUad them. lo-t one captain and 1 10 p.panese loss Is reported to the Hotted fttatea r the extradition of m Justice, has been signed V Russell. United States lire, and Beoot Be Ia Baler of foreign relations, r- ote. a commi-sion mertcotaa, Waafa., and pon of ident of th" American steel hlcagO, committed suicide himself in the head lb.' teen Lilluokalani of Hawaii y sailed from San FrancisMth, tor Honolulu on th an &. Co. arnounred. on the he transfers of gold Inclpaynent of t!.e !e "'" "'0 1: y to the Panama Canal have been completed, irtod that an anti-Jewish urred ar Choism. B - 11Three 'housand workmen

Troops event aall y

iicen makins an inawmwlf value of result of which it is tt th bird is - pr V ful abundan- ipeclflft leoeral .onference,

the renublican state convention in

Springfi.ld. The ailment developed into pneumonia The ornithologists of the department

of ftgricultore hati vest itiation of tin the boh white, a- I now announced th ably the most BUM on the farm- ' Th. Metbp

in session at l.o- Ai .- :. s. Cal . vc 1 by ft practically osaoiaaoba rate, to amend the cbvrch ooaetitntiOB so as to provided for the eiectlofl of Mikopi of other than if tbe white race. Capf. Toni Garns 00, who piloted the torticdo b a' de-iroyer Lawrence from Wt. Louie to N Orleans, has returned. He reported that the deetroyec broke every ri r record for sp-ed made by a steamer on the Mississippi. The comptroller of the currency has he -a notifi'd by Bank Kxamin-r S'urtevant tha' he has closed the Elk City national bank Of Hlk City. Okla The capi'al 1 1 ., ft Of OM i'ank arae J2".oio. p r destroyad the plant and enaro licvife of the Alabama Cordage Co. at

Montgomery, Aia.. on the sota, e..tan-:r.-j a loss of ft"" .060, whi.h is pracUi ally covered by insurance Twelve persons were plunned into the Arkan -xs river aT Salida. C d on

th" ::"th. by the breaking of ft toot

indeterminate seotence Knox ia koourg as the king of forgers in jMilice circles and. it is aaid. has served two former terms. He is a college uradua?a and very prominently connected. Strangled Herself. Richmond. Ind.. May 17. Tying a silk ribbon around her neck and fastening it to a door knob Mrs. Anna Steward was able to strangle herself even while her husband was hastening from a field at her request. She carried BOOM water to her husband, who was out on the

farm at work. She a.-kd him to come i to the house and a short time later h. did so. and was horrified to find her dead body hanging to a doorknob.

cause for the art can be ascer

tain..! ; the members; of Mr Mdne'

twei.i.., iin..-t w escorted to fi-m.lv Sin.e -h- f-re o las- 1-ebruary

the cem-terv on tho battlclield by ft j he has In-eu icept taMIOttftly at work lodvguard of .;-'verai bundred ef I admtoiatering the attaits of the eity, -rans of the civil OUT. The president lb.si.b-s end avoriog to dln-vt the reand his spec ial escort were preceded by haWlttailOO and rabttildblg of the several organizations, including a burned di.-trlct. Tbl, togetbc with acaadron of United State cavalry, too I orltleieata by his political opponents, Th rd United State, artillery and the gfU thought by man., lo have caused a Marine band of rVftil iBgJ n. v.nich had temporary ahernti -t qf mind THREATEN TO KILL PRISONER the BMFesidnt.: !artv followed n -

carriages. The rg? of the processici o: -,-t- d of civil , rganiza; ions and 1 'ti- . :is in carriages ,'kv. fenny packer resided at the COT monies v l.ich were held in the rostrum .n ihe . meter:. After the Memorial day .-.rvi.'.s of the G. A. R. had IteUft concluded, and

the pupils of the public schools had ( rn.ted Statef. consul-general at Tanstrewn flowers over th" grac of the gier, the situation as it affects thci thousands of dead, dm i.'g which ceie- J American and British eltlaon captured n.cny the Marine band played a solemn by bandits ha grown more w rlons dirg. Rev. D Kdward Everett Hale, I A me-:l,. has b-en re. .-. ved at Tan1 haplain of th-' BnltOd State.- sena' ri from RgisOttll thn a, ning the lives ptooooncod tbe invocation Thepre-i- t,f Perdiearia and Varley, plan the

Rni.mdi nnii 111 aaeeeftatee Mk ImBmi ii-iioiil " gsiiiit (or RtlMBi Washington. May 31 According to sdvices received at the state department Monday from Mr Cummers,

May Be Delayed. Washington. I C May 2 the supreme court shall get . af the stat of Indiana agnins dalia railroad May tl the dei gOt lv announced until I il has adjourned until that da: will, if it follows custom, a large number of decisions at. jc urn until the first of Sept er Vandalia case waa grgut '

. t

Va:

dent wa

ny packer As Preside. it f a Aovrgpoor if 1 nod Uirougbout the great ,iss.-ml ed an enth-i-ia.-str.ndir.;: the ra 10,000 pexiple in n hear the add

n; rod

d hv Gov. Pen-

governm. B1 of hforocco pays the ransom under conditions named by tht

t rose to speak ; bandits The state m. ftttd COO tin- ' made no new BBOVC 1 e he addressed is mi-- to Amcrii lie M US iUC.itd- to : !.'.. Mi. Ml ill'.. ption. notwith- j Admiral Chadwick the crowd of Tani;..r on the fi 'rv remaineii Mr GBBite.rs me. lb, I

de i'.irtment has l th" lll'"'t, but an naval officer 'ti arrived, at lg ihtp Brooklyn. and the navy de

mo

Decline to Pay. v. raoo, lad . m

Th

at this time

county offli'i rs the sum of 14,100, alk ft to b- hu- tu. m und.r t!.- a t of t last b ci lafire to mal up shi na. in their salarie s. The Taxpayers" leas appeared by attorney and contest!

appropriation, and the council, with the wi)Pn ln. ;f

?xeepuon ol one mem oer, reraeeo to vote for it. Verdict for $1.000. Wabash. Ind.. May 27 The Ions-lrawn-out damage suit of Mrs Ida Krantz, of Waltz township, this county , iL'ainst Sannit I i-'-aniz. a prominent

her In

aff

,l'Il-

Th"

Th St. Petersburg 1 t the l et it Pari -icn U cording to a private ilgpg Yang, t J n Knroki arc an attai k on the Itussia

the Lino Vans roi lieved wiiat will 1 battle is Brogreaal

on ' gl of

( irrapn- tBai, ac -i.-natc h from Liao army has begun talon position on and that it is bee to be a decisive

Af er l.e r hours. th jt M' 1 male! . c li gftaa Sarah returned a ve ! led hefor

out three and a half in the trial of James ge with the murder of hafer at Bedford. Ind., let of not guilty. It waa and that the court hnu.-e

bell would not lie ruflg whn the ver

dict wa? refun miht "e fo brought Inl '. about On the 2d b t ens torn to ft Mown to hits (

ag that a mob Donald was om in a round-

1 rs. boat, only Injured. 1 f. 111 t of 1 i

OWboaf Fred Wilsoft

flin'lers. ''ti mn were I tind tl others Injured by is explosion of the IwiaC 1 be 13 p- n Bgtl aboard the ven escaped unhurt of the will probably die The ncptoalog was so creat that n-.n.W.ti-o, nn.l aural.-. .iw ,1

OUT

Wit

b isines house of

Ity, i. .a :rora Jac ihe most Tho fire

any a

1 the Jew

the riot. receiver of the First national

bank of Cape May. N J. recently r! aed, 'ys that the bank will probably resume bda go M A T"'. k corraspondent of the Iondon Telnranli say.- he learns that the Jap-ar,e-.-troofM are now within 12 miles Of Poti Arthur, and that the Russians filtered heavier casualties than the Japanese, who have taken guns and other material and a few prisoners He predicts a further surprise, a Japan H now Increasing her efforts in all directions. a oonunitteo, a44 ty Mayor Holme-, of TftBOO Ciiv. Miss , reported that r..o families lor-t their homes in

the fire, and that one-half of thai number were destitute. The committee declined to make an appeal for outside aid. bnJ announced that any contributions would be n-ceived and i 'ibutrd. T. S. Ingraham. first assistant grand

chief nginer of the International Brotherhood of LOOOOJOtive Knincera. dropped dead at his desk at the convention in Lc Angeles, Cal.. on the 28h from apoplexy. The village of New Liberty. Pope county. Ill . on the Ohio river, is reported to have hern fairoyf by a tornado. Not a building was left standing. No ItVCS, however, were lost. Miss faltet Ran rvolt, W : dnagn tor of the -.ri lent, arrived In St

Jyouls. on the Mttt, gi in of Miss (root It formal al Irt reside 111 ft M isr Ali' fri. od marie an c

1 World1! Talr to

where ahe -; the f'ntlin After an en at th- Catlin 1 aad a party of B hg :t to the the ilium ration

until five gtroj

0 ciOc il a total

in t f 2(

n, f.e-

A divfAteh ;'ror-i CgO-POO, ' ti th--27th, said hat Ifa'J Japans- had captured Kin-CLou .m the 2.t!i drivir, : out the Uu.siat.s, who r-'irei' in good irder to the outiicr? helos. which -.v. re - lib- 'i ic ntly carried by storm b the Jgpanggg alter a itgltborn raggab aft e.

bridce. on which a crowd had gathered BCBlbor of the Cerman Baptist chorcb,

to witness th.- c-iemony of c asting i ind a le ading farmer. end-i in a verüb floaers upon the water in memory of for the plaintiff of il ' Mr- F; the GOtttttry'a naval heroes, and the ' who is barely gg, sued for $B'.e.. allegwife of Rev Warren Thomjison waa J ing that her father-in-law had alienated

drowned. Some of the others were unconscious when r .- ued. and wen- revived with difficulty. Mayor Rotwtl ftf. ICelJBae, Of Balti

more. Md . shot and killed kinaaeif, en the ::oth. in his bedroom at his y -dence, No. 2'. West Preston street. His bride of less than two weekr. was a- the time of thj tragedy asleep In an adjoining room, and was awakened by the discharge of the revolver, wb.ch Mr. Mc Line evidently fired while standing before the mirror of the di. '-:ng rafc On the fcSi h a cloudburst in the vicinity of Knid. Okla.. did much dnmggO A portion of the I nv. r, Knid St Gulf trae k between there and r.uthrie was washed away. All streams were -wollen and country roads were rendered impassable.

Three bands of Shamba Tunisians raided the Trlpolitan oasis of Sinau'n. May 27, killing a number Of the inhabitants. Trlpolitans. pursued the raider, and overtook them a' I)cr. In the ggfattng which follow, d '.eu Shamhas were killed, On the ."."th John Seyfried. a wellktiown saloonkeeper of St Jo.- ph, Mo. was murdered by thugs at his place of business, lie was alive when found by his wife, but died soon afterward, without having regaim-d conpclousnesa. A bam! of .ro apfteb Indian-, under guard of a gotnebaionl of Unitotl states OldleT, arrived in St Louis on the -Mc-h. and were taken immediately to the World's fair grounds. Bight of the Fcpmws were carrying papooses King Kdwai'l rOOflVUd ('apt Mahan, V. i N (rUttrod), in itrivate audience nn the riot h Th" king expr--ed his tleep appreciation of the captain's contribiitions to the naval history of the world Th coroner has began his investigate n into the explosion on the tow-boat Ind Wilson, near LoUiOVflle, Ky . by which ten men lost their lives and many were injured. The late Senator Quay's estate is limited 'o be worth about (900,(MA,

;spefh to Ih ' il'u- . m of ' :. !' :.:. .- : packer to the death e,f Sena" or Quay, the pre.ideni -aid "Gov. P.r.nypaeker alluded to the ! fact that 'o-day IVrnsylvania m ur: s its senior senator. The -egim. nt arhJcb Senator vjuay a- instrumenta' in i rr.i'inc took part in his battle of ' Cettysburir the bafle in which Gov. ! Pennypac ker -h irel SoaatOT (lui-' . was not with it. H had gOM with another regiment. n"l it Is ippropriate

recall the fact tha. hoe of 1 nat aff.r e

expired. Just le-fore Fredericksburg. Si natur iju c -1: I 10 n c -pt ihe discharge, and eontiBBOd as a volunteer with that army that to-.ght Frederickaburg and w,n h Willi of :nnir on that bloody lay

It wa "xh-c t 1 I bat lb F Ware, ronanaiscioner of

would follow the pr t 1 at ith an dress, but as th" rata eHhiuad to its was .! rn -d a 'vi. all" by Cimr sloner Ware not to speak Benedi then was pror.ounied by Rev D CI

only a f-w hours alt r the

n.

In his dispatch to the Ftate depart-

i.o 11:. Mr. CmntOM tbr had been Ao the relacsc of the t o, , a th-

to be

issist

in any mov against the 1 Miuadron

miral J

a d n c i rung nirtoward eHectlBg : ra, and it M ill l,e any change comob te Bgoadda Chadwick and o and are r' id eBMOt which may bandit c hief Th under Rear-Ad-from llorta Satreach Tat

Eagi n" ns-.ops.

Soon Comforted. Logansport. Ind.. May 27 - Br James K. Pryor. of Royal Ceuhtr, was award-c-d a dlvoTi I from his wife on the ground

ehat she was a morphine eater, and would not cook his meals. His failu-e in his first trial of matrimony did oof 0 fttto OOtor him. however, for the next Bjaatnlng he sec ure! a marri..e llconafl gOd wedded Miss Mattie K Terrell, also 3f Royal Cmt. r City Not Liable. Fort Wayne. Ind. May 27 ludee li.aton ruled in a suit for damages pendiBg atait.-t the city for gQIgllUlOg the pollution of the drinkin: wate r that the city was not liable. The court held that a city exercising a municipal function untfer OUN ger.e ral and merely permissive Statut" ilms not incur liability for the faulty action of the efty aye nta. No Sign of Oil. Spi.-elatici. Ind . May 27 -The p4eeiand Oil c ompany has complete! its firs w.-'.l. having Kone 1 :u. feet down and 109 fe et In Trenton rock A heavy snot failed to rai-e a siirn of oil. Planing Mill Burned. Greenfield. Ind . May 27. The large planing mill of J. I) Conklin & Son. in the heart of the business district eif this city, burned causing a loss of fli.'al, with St.5o0 insuraii" Took Poison. S'vmour. Ind.. May 27. Clayton Fleetwood, of Kurt, son of Ira F c.t wood, committed suicide by taking ra p.dson Me hail be. n drinking heavily for some time and state d that go wai.'.d to re t oat of the way. He wa 21 y.-ars old and leaves a wif- ami one child.

KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION A ol. ill 1 llti- i 'in l--.m- it He wait gttwttoaj i llo-k II. aTaoarville Tern . Ma. :".l Four met

M5 in 1 -u

T 1 1 iri.iv v.

is Thtu.inii Kee ne Llatee tea rnlrl.ill.- V(ilr. Il ltr r-1 .1 1 Wä r.

lii". ll'fc Loonwitk rtea'l terc

near Warwick, on the KMMtlette k .le llico brareh of the A.- Nashville railroad The log Bin he-ll an-i son John

Topeka Ka- May St. Topoko waa j 0j,n Henley Henry M : toter, all tea decorated in h '.. ia-. a-ir- M i.l.i- ia ,in - C.i nty. Tenn. Th'

honor f her semi-e etit' pn al and j. , there were great crowds here Seere- ; ri,

In Ashes. Falrmount. Ind . May 27 The pinning mill of the J, L Swain Lunib. r 1 OB - pany. In thb city, was destroyed by fire.

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tary of War Taft was the orator of the day He arrived In the city from the eaet ftt one o'clock, aad after riding at the head of a parade in a carriage with Gov. Bailey was driv. n to the Auditorium. There S-e retary Taft waa ereeted by a crowd of 6,000 people, and delivered a patriotic addresa. Wratlii-r Mar BtaOQe I erf raiiBlfci. Chicago. May feg -In spite of a chilly wind which swept ftcroeg Lake Michigan and made the weather decidedly uncomfortable the ceremonies io which Chicago honor, d its dead heroes of the civil war were carried out faithfully. Tl.- Stoning hours were scet apart for the decoration of graves by the posts of veterans, aided by the ir wives and daughters This has followed by the annual parade of the soldiers of 'CI. Hin u ife a m Hfaaeelfi Caanan. OotlB , May 1 lernten

I)eman. aged -1. . nc gad klUfti fail

wife Monday, m l t , nd a; tempt-d to commit ui id- by ng, but will probably survive. fjaoetdfa H"i-iiri Bee nee Pneblo. Cd , May 11 -What la believed to be a world's : .1 made Monday at a race mat,:,.- of the Pueblo Hriving e -tb v. 1 n llarriskn, a fgrllll colt, owned by J Sandkuhl, paced a ep-irter of n mi! in ".' sex--nd

The the he st. ea fa rat They blaMs garbaa Curt"-'

Hal Munb y and Grorgc r - ei were blown out, and of botfa were lacerated by .,, , lit iv;i- due to i are- ' men at work in a rock cut been ordarad to lay some it wa while they were- tam-h-jles that tbe xplosion Of-

MISS M GEE ACTS AS QUEEN iiirMrr Bcaggeftrwtli PeaMH llaagjoo taaawll ti lveetd M Na" I 1 II I 11 r II I V III. Joplin. Mc May ::t -Monday night TM the gegtaglBg of a gala week in Joplin Contrary to expectations. Miss Maude Me iee. epiei n of the carnival ol Kin Jac k and Ilex Plumbum, recover, d rafflctently from her assault by Mr I U W yland. and took part in the grand apt nin parade. The i.arai c ec lipsed anything in ita

line ever : en in southwe-sf Missouri.

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Muhl nltm 1rl.nn e.lrti. Memphis. Tenr. May 'M Bertha Belle (Iranger. gged U, rtnd Mary .lane Williams, aged 5. a t" struck by i-i-'ht-

Th Plant will probably be re I niu'r anu '""n",,:"un' 1 Saturday The llttl glrl. wer-mjoy. 1 ing a p. u.c .

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rt-rk.. I i n il'n ret. 1. I T.. May :ll A cbeidburat oilcee. M miles south of here, in nearly one-quarier of ft h Frl o tjack being washed Fri-o Meteor, north bound, ted by 'he rgabott The entwo cars w.-re badly wrec ked.

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nt gtalaeei ey . el. ,', 1 :i -The town 20 mii 1 e-a-t of in ra, af

- .1 'ire Minei'y i- mi'' 1'" were ehecked tnei-e waa a los The otiyin of the iitci is uu

ry,