Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 47, Number 15, Jasper, Dubois County, 23 December 1904 — Page 2

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Weekly Courier. SIM CO. VC AML. fuöhfmr. JASPUR, ""1 ; : INDIANA.

ICÜERENT Tories. THE HEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY EIGHTH CONGRESS.

A-uust Belmont lis. on 'he 15th. ele ted preident of the National Civic Federation to succeed the lato Senator M. A Manna. The Bank of Olin. la.. owned) by m E nder. made an assignment on the 14th. The liabilities are $153.JOO. and the assets $: : - i - The remains of the late Paul Kniper. former president of the Transvaal K public, were laid to rest at Pretoria, South Africa, on the IftJJjt. A Tokio report, on the 14th. say 1hat the Sevastopol, the last Russian

battleship at Port Arthur, has sunk by a Japanese torpedo at tat

d.i. UMifoa loly to t the '!

h. b id tl an!

The

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The Russian battleship Sevastopol, lying in the outer of Port Arhur. has l.ti seriously damag.-d Hf upc-at.d a-M. v .lupan.se torpedo boat. On the l.'.th she was reported down hy the head, her lOrpOdS tube teinn suhm.rg i u- of Iii Japanese

James J. D Itlef retain lis s-at lr Tw elfth 111 M tri

. :. m or I. is term

been

l ill be HO"! to .ongrea from the dietrkl until the The committee on

lections um noi un mir .t.-d. but simply MM to he discharged from further consideration of the ca. which as acquiesced in by the house. The contestant did not fully comply with the law. rifnirri who bnfO arrived at Chefoo. ttm UM KOBf Tvm peninsula, confirm the official Japanese reports of the sinking of various Russian warifelpa at Port Arthur. S.'y-nv per cent, of the govern- . :i- tShibU in the government bntld-

he St. Louis Worbis lair

ins at i; round?

A treaty of

tion

ice between trie go

lent of Paraguay and the revoiuits was signed, on the 1-th, on d the Argentine warship Laplata.

1 be forwarded to the LewH ivbaa Una mt Portia!! d. Or.

LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Ch.

territory b

:or Berry presented in the senthe l"th. a memorial from theo nation asking that Inuiau

-.c 'statt

i a

'.in w as ha--ce! at n the 16th. for the V. Roberston. Jones

murdered h'.s victim in cold tlood oa

IV. riary C.

Will J. I Helena. Ark., murder of A.

Tl

pnate was Informed of the

house's impear hment of Judge Swayne. on the 14th. and a committee was appointed to prepare the details of the proposed trial. Three persons are known to have teen killed and five others seriously Injured, on the 15th. by the collapse o' a suspension br!d?e across the Elk river at Charlesron. W. Va Th" conviction of Harry A Faulkner, former member of the St. Louis hous tf del- ca on h- .hare- of perjury, was iffirmed, on the 13th. by the Missouri supreme court Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwi k returned to Cleveland. O.. on the 14h. In charge of federal officers. Xo attempt was made to give bail, and she will remain in ;a 1 for the present. A Rock Island stock train ran Into a I'nion Pacific freight train, which was standing on the crossing of the tw roads, at Manhattan. Kas., on the nth. and five persons were injured.

g. MoT irl hospital f N b.. and f of thai bv a fel

mcntariiy lotr The snow st struck the Atla was the most urred for M from the NeU J

if m und r the

by a

of h-

a patient at tho h, insane at l.inr of a leading . - as stranded to

tllow patient. Dr. Olaf men were confined in ward, and were moalone. rm and gale which Btk coast, on the ISth, . that has ocreral years. Reports : - and New England incoming steamers tell

of furious gales and many disasters. COlondO republican are preparing to appeal to the 'ate legislature, which has !e. n mal.- safely republican by s'.i : me curt rulings, to seat Got. Peabody over Alva Adams, the democratic governor-elect. Dr. Lyman Abbott, in an address to Harvard students, en the ISth. sound- . d the note of a new religion, confessin? his skepticism in the inspiration f the Bible and orthodox teachings of Christianity. Mystery still shrouds the murder of Miss Rose White the 18-year-oM laughter of Harlan White, whose rantUatod body was found neat Chap-

raansville. W. Va.. on the 17th. Mrs. Mary Andrews Clark, mother of Senator William A. Clark, of Mon

tana, de l at nr nome in i-os s)aanw( Tal., oa ÜM 18th, after an lllne-s of

up with

ALL OVER THE K ITH

Events in Various Porticna of lndiana Told by Wire. The Inaugut ation. lmiiaiiaito.iv Ind., Doc li U tha clecteü blute oMotfl hi 0' OUt btn'a offl. i aid M wrtnniawiot.ta rol the taumguratl op of Ooi -ei.ct .i Fran! Hai.iv on Januar v It as decided thai the proprnniaM 1 1 Um last inangaraUoo ahouid be carried out with are caanges. The inauguration Vit) iahe place at BOOP in the rotunua 111 IBS state house. Following the Bfoceaaton of slats ottteara.

mtmb.rs of Ihe supreme and appellate, couru and the legislators, the oath of office aili he aiiministcred b Ju go John V Hadlev. who Brill bo the chief jUft.ce ! at that time tiov Hui.ly will lp flvi hl I nan: u rat. oi. a.r.-- at... tie tetirin?; ovornOf vlll make an addraaa. la the e BlBJ there pill b an . ' loo to l!ov Hani ntu! Mrs Hani but t!. :--' w ill be no ball A ucncral ina-iurat; u i mmitte will be app tinted with a r p

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diana. There w ill be mesie ami beautiful decorations at the state house at the time of the inaugurat.on and r.t tlu i p ning r i - ption. Three Men Injured. Indlnnnnolta. Ind.. Da IP- Ananpto

su n of a largf bolter in the Bowsrand Loi Pros' cotton mill, cn the bank of White river arlll raattlt la the deati of three persona. The latally Injured are: John Perkins, engineer; WU.iam A Wptta, C'uru Hoyd. hretnan. The grat force of the explosion OBttSCd the boiler 10 t. ar its If any from the cement fa.-'t BlBgB, fo throttga the rof ami sail IhronffB t:.e air t.n mor. than ab! k. after which it lambd on the home of Mr. and Mrs Herman Young Urs, Young and h hnbo W at breakfast, and on hearing the explosion she ran with her child from th house She had hardly proceeded l"i, feet when with a treat crash the r at steel boiler landed on the BOOM, tearinj it to ktnoling.

DETAILS OF WRECK

OF THE SEVASTOPOL

All Japan Thrilled By Deeds of Daring.

Recent

ADMIRAL TOGO'S REPORT

lit it oiuiiiuiil-tilln la tue HtlMsVl tin- .ln lli-ro TUa 'l tUe iii i tut ! t lha itniMu fUhilritu I I'ort rlliur. Tokio. lec JO. Although accustomed to Benrlnp of acts ot bravery on the jar if th.ir soldu-rs and sailors, the people of Japan have bei-n thrilled by the details of the series of desprnta toi ps !o attacks aginst the ftontlBB latUaahip Bevaaiopol ami oihar craft drien ptttatda Of ÜW harbor of i'ort Arthur ly the lire of the fppppBOi land batteries. Oonmnndar Vaaos and Lieut Nakah.ua are Um POtOBB of UMM attacks, and ili former promises to gain ejual prominence with Commander tllroso (who on March 'I', last was blown to fragments in Vic -Admiral Togos second attampt to botUa i I'ort Arthur) in the war traditions of Japan. Commander JTanoi 'a SoilllB of torpedo boa' - was undergoing repairs whan the at tacks ware planned, but he one . . . ded in putting one of his Vi ssels

into condltl

On th!.-:

The battleship I'eresvlet I lylnf IPt im ii is northwest of the TU'.er': Tail panlimla. with her bow tpptai uoitheast half north, and at tilgh U4t Um wati r ranctMi to Um tPfpodkitnBat In bi-r bow, MM Is Hubmerged to baf stern walk, and lies aground without listing. Her central funnel is MVarel) dPMpnd. -The batUoaklp Poltava lies KM metres north of the point of Ti;i r -Tail Iter bow points ftOJri BOIItlMBat bulf east, and at high tld is miIinerged to her after deck. Shdoubtless aground, and Iih's not list " The battleship Ketian lies u'l metres east of the I'oltava, her sti-rn toward that vessel. I r londitloti worse than that f the I'oltuva She is listin live degrees to starboard, and her after ib-ck is constantly tub-in-r::"d. 'The battleship Pobieda lies : nu'tres northeast half east of tinpoint of Tiger's Tall, with bar bow pointing Bortbonai bplf north. Hei after ie-k on the starboard side to be submerged at hinh tide. k. thing si"-ms to show that sue i apron nd. Ttw protactod cruiser Pallada Ii. 100 metres east by north of IBS Poblada. H'-r stern is toward SOOthwest bulf south, and she is listed five Jo. grees to port. At high tide the ondition of her desks is about the same a that of the daeki of the rVmavlel sh i.-. d.mbl less aground. " "Tho armored cmtoar Rayan I 4m nietr.s south-southwest half vast of the harbor entrance, wnh her bow east -northeast half east. She has lit ed 1.' degrees, and appear! to b aground. " 'The above mentioned four haul"

THE OLD MACHINE'S CLOGCED UP.

Sho-.tage Grows. Logansport Inc . Iec IK I age in the funds of Krank O treasurer of this count . who I peared. U growing with in' and may exceed 1160,000. Tl that Ob- Bi hain took v ry IUI with him aai Inn b at an dum no believed that not law IB

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Fire at .T.-ff.rson Barrack?. St. Loui?. en the night of the 13th. destroyed the dormitory occupied by Troo; E and H. Eighth cavalry; loss. ,PP. Three men were slightly hurt. Wireless telegraph m'-:-azs were aent. on the 1'ith. from Kansas t' Mo., to Cleveland. 0., T-." miles, without relay. This is said to be the long ast distance overland ever covered

Charles fff, Sh-.vely. of Rlehrri' '. . Ind.. supreme chancellor of the Knights of Pythla?. haa ruled that Assyrians do not belong to th negro race, an-1 are eligi ie to membership in that order.

who ii

ISth. by tw Rev. Lutl troit. M:.h

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of Ptor and

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Tho nio of the physical property of the I., lis. ana Purchase Ex;o?ttion Co. to the Chicago House Wre. king Co. was approved by th. board of directors on th" l"th. the consideration being

1450.000. A Ion robber held up the bank of fbisholm. Minn., on the 14th. during basireas hours, and secured $2"" HP forced Cashier Greiser into the vault at the muzzle of a revolver, and locked the door. The robber escaped. EscorM to the Grand Central depot by s anjlBfl of police, and cheered by the"banzais "of h. rountrym-n, Prince Sadanura Fushimi of Japan Mat New York, on the 13th. for home. He will T.nceed by way of Chicago. Denver ar. I San Francisco.

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died In Lcs Ancels. t ab. oa tne ivn. Mal. Kuhn. I . A . who was miliitnry attache with the Japanese second army, has hern raaaaigMd to witness the fall of Port Arthur. Mf.s.ow. I: i. v.a- -h- --e.-ne of a revolutionary demonstration, on the I ISth. Probably .,.XK people actually a pated. TENATE-Th MSBtC held only a short session, on the ljth. and adIj'.urned until Wednesday .... HOU8K-

The house of r : fives emphat-

i.ally disapproved the proposition to

nry bl

Gen. Stoessel. th Russian military commander at Port Arthur, according to a dispatch from t'hefoo to the Indon Telegraph, on the lth, ha.i again been wounded, this time by a rifle psb lt The enrresoondent adds that the

Philip Weinseimrr. former president of the New York Building Tra 1 alliance ho has len in the Tombs

since October 15 last, nnder Fentence to SinB Sing for extortion, was released, on the 1 "th. in $lo.n cash ball, pew, ihm appeal. m 1 Cviirht In a trap and helpless to save therr-elve. thre men lost their lives, and f "ir othaca, including Lieut. Willlam C OPW, were terribly BOaMaa, on the l",th. by a rrsh of steam and tmillr.g water in the boiler room of the battle -hip Massa h i -ett ng at Leanit Island navy yard in Phtlpiol Vhia

Killed at a Crossing. It 1 : a : i a i .:- Inc . I - A Harnett departm t t manager I National Btaettlt ecmpaB) wm Ibi

killed, and Stuart R. Johmou. membei Of the Joseph M Ua R"a Mm Bp wai fatally Injured Sunday -in a grace cruraIng accident. The men WBT8 driving t spirited horse a. r the FVnn.-v ivan'.i railroa.l tra.-ks near the fair ground!

when the vehicle was struck by a paen

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TJ S Results Comin' Slow. Ain't They. Teddy? The President You're Right. Uncle. VTJ Be Olad to Hav. Congress to Work With; This Onss About Played Out

a Ne7

v. sel he promptly steamed to ihe

hold the Inaugural ball in the capitol F(r tra,in. The h'.re was killul and ttt

A maas m et inn In He York city, called to urce the prompt rwUBcntkm of the arbitration treaties r.. atlf liyied by the mate department with several f ihe leading posers, was tseid. I HI the icth.at Camie hall, under the SUSpice of the New York -ecutlv committee t,f the Atrericaa conference on International arbitration.

ftasoneff. who threw the bomb which billed Minister of the Interior von Pl.he. of Rua.'la. on July 28. and Slkonfsky. hin a omplice in the (rime, were, on the 1 Ith, found guilty by the court of appeals, sitting in the law Minna Cull. lint- at s I'alirihi.rf

The former was .entern ed to intpri -on-tnenf for life at hard labor, sad the latter tu 20 years' imDriaoLment

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Following a disagreement of th jury In the fourth trial of ex-Mayor Arn a. of Minneapolis. Minn., and their diarharg. Judge Elliott sustained a motion of Special County Attorney Kenthat all indictments agauist An:es be dismissed.

The Russian A-iafie squadron having been eliminated. Admiral Ti go will bend every energy to the putting of his fleet into condition to meet Bi U-. ---an llal'ic : :a :r n w '.- a it urr:vs in far eastern waters. Th" Humbl oil field. 17 miles north of Houston. Tsx.. is a total wreck, due to subterranean o:i'i as who h have turned the deep wells into veritable vob-anoe-. which hurl stones and

mud a thousand feet in the air Robert H. Patton, chosen to succeM Oliver V.". Stewart a chairman of the national committee of the prohibition party, declines to serve; and the committer having adjourned and scattered, finds itself without a head. O. I. Ashley, vice-president of the Wabash Railroad Co.. and one of the hiRhest authorities on commercial and fi nam ial questions, died at his home in Hw York (ity. on the ICth. aged nearly M years. Thomas V. Iiwson. of Boston, an 1

VMliam C Gre. ne, of New York, rival coppci Virgs, met at the Hotel Touralne. Bom flit, on the tfth, and instead of a scrap thre was only an extended private conference, at which eafh of the gentlemen arrived at a perfect understanding of the other's position. The Japanese column on Field Mar--hal Oyama's rlgh which On R-n-nenhampff recently drove back to the Taitse river, is attain reported to lie moving northeast and strongly holding the Sia.xlagal-Sianchan region. Warren F Tumber. a rural mail carrier at Ikport, N Y and H. W. Aldri'h. n ral arrler of '"on.ord. N. H . both ufflcials of the National Aaoclatlon of Rural Free Dellvler Carriers, have been peremptorily removed from the service for flagrant disobedience of the pr.'dlent's orderj.

buildinc. The committ having the

matter in charge had s-.ubntituted for th" pension building, as provided by the senate resolution, the congressional library, but Mr. Morrell. of Pennsylvania, who calhd the matter up. announced that the opposition to the latter building was so great the committee had concluded to substitute the capitol building. A storm of pro

tests came from both sides of the chamber. The resolution offer. I by Mr. Morrell was fotod down, the result leing to delay action until the next District of Columbia day in January. The house also voted down a resolution making a special irder on January .., the bill to restore to the naval academy three naval cadets who were dismissed for hazing. The bouse, at 4:29 p. m., adjourned until Wednes

day.

The Judgment against former Stats S- nn'nr Will am P. Sullivan, of Missouri, by which he was fined $b for alleed solicitation of a H,5o bribe in the legislation over the pure-frd

law. was, on the Huh. affirmed by the Kan -as City court of appeals. William J. Rryan, Jr.. son of the former BrnStdOBtlBl candidate, is in trouble at the LittCOtfl (Nab.) ecademy. and has been suspended from the chemistry department because he refused to apologic for some misdoing. The Russian emperor's fee day. on the llth. passed without any untoward demonstrations in St. Petersburg, but was marked by a continuation of the Moscow disorders, tbOttgb th-y were not serious. dinners from all of the coffongrowlng states went of the Hbwfaarippl river met in Dallas, Tex., on the Ifta, and Organized Uia National dinners' Association of the I'nited S'ates.

King Alfonso of Spain has signed a decree authorizing Senor OJeda. the Spanish minister at Washington, to sign an arbitration treaty with the I nlted States. The Pnlted S'ates supreme court, on the ifith. d ided the boundary rase t. tween the states of Missouri and Ve-bra-cka in favor of the stata of Nebraska

wa uerocdlshed.

Would Abolish Death Penalty. Marion. Ir.d . DtC II Una I CJondB repreaantaUvB to the next general as- : i from Grant county, w. l intne am a bill 10 abollah the death penalty a- a punishment for crime in In iara He was depot itatl attorney for th Forty -eichth Jndlctal clstrlct for font years, and as .-u h asslstcd in presen t-

lng a numlxr niunier c a.-e. I made a stUdf f the death pSttBlt) a convinced that It should h-ab li t.

Astronomers to Go to Sj ain. Indianapolis, lud . De 19 An exrecition in charge of Um oatrofl men n Indiana univeraity will le sent t Spain to observe the total s lir aottpBO which oceon n.i AujiUM 10 next it will be IB charee of J hn A. Mill r. pfofatSOr ol Dterhantci and astroaomy of Indtaat

unl r.- t . nun vv ,x ,unaii aststant professor of MtfUBCBBJ . also of thestat alva rsity Dredging Salemonie River. Portlaad, Ind.. Doc 19 Blghl and a-half miles of the Salemonie river ha- bei n drodfad, lavlng five nii'es e; to be finished. The cannel of the rlvr ha- bl ti rodoced from 40 tnil s ti the lennth namo! A one point Oranna townal Ip the snrvay crosses th r:er five time s In ftPfOl L Fatally Kicked by a Hose. Danvill Ind., Da II Eugene Kilcy,

irse and 1 Is not

: iian m th

antli i rendexvoiia, and. finding that the other

nolllia nail gone, oeeu aim uieii netrmlflOlOB to j'iln in Um atta. ks. Then h Itsamed through the snowstorm alone, ami sue .'. 1 In loc ating the BTBOtOpol, to which he was abb- to get lose enough to bear the Russians talking. li i e ("red a torpsdo, and then went closer and fired a second torpedo, when a shell from the Sevastopol struck him In the ab.lomer.. Mitling his bod? in two Port lost of Commander Yc70e's reBialM were saved and brought back bo the Reel They w ill probably 0OBM to Japan for public interment, as was done wj-h portions of the remains of Commander HlfOM Lieut Nakahara ureal it Um rescue of a disabled torpedo boat whic h had been under the command of Lieut. Nakaborl, who. with five others, was killed, and submitted to a deadly f.re. Nakabarna i at was hit repeatedly, but be stH i BUdl i in rescuing a majori' of th.- craw if the Nakahari'a ijat.

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sliunill. TOOO'g RRPONT. T ii r ihe Bsaifcttatlsa ' the Haslnn I eSi I 1'url rtlnir. Tokio. Dee, Lf - Telegraphing uinb r date of Potember It, yioo-Admiral Togo says: "There Is no room left to doubt that the enemy's ships In the harbor of Port Arthur are totally unfit for service i have reason to believe that the battleablp levaalopol has been disabled by our attacks, but no definite

data on which to pass final Judgment

ships and cruisers have been abandoned, and ni boats are seen n-t tin m. " TO BUILD A NEW NAVY

nMia i -iii Be Pupnetam peeii; gUINMNNMNMI l or I hill I'll riii-. noui". Dec. 2l- A UnwIlP nawtt i owIbbIoP. ihe hlef of vhich is Maj. Hen. Abrynk. of the royal naval artillery, is visiting Italian ship rard studying the b-st types of ships to be found here, and the spee.iiest method-, of ronstrmtion. The members of the commission ansert lhat Rt'ssla Intend" rebuilding her entire navy, beginning wi'h .10 hnttloablpa .nd rulsers and 2x topedoboais. the total cost being . stima'ed at $:imi.ooo,mhi. It seems to he the purpo-e of thf t I'eienbnig government to build in Oormany ships for the Haiti- scpiailron. and in Italy th remainder of the leaf, so as to have th ni ready for the Uedlterranan sea. As It is no expec ted that, the ships will be -ompleted before the conclusion of the war in the far -;ist. there will be no Infringement of Italy's BOB trality in Ihe ma:tT. SHAW'S NARROW ESCAPE. Oiil for n l'rimill -W orktna Frail, r. He Mluht ll(e llren geelaaali gfaet Washington. Dec 2". S. retary of

C hut

was I- kked b distaai Ri .

teil

Chair Factory Burned. Indianapolis. Ind.. Dec. lit.- I'ire of doubtf.,; . rigin at theta tor Of UMGep tra. Chair c ompany r - a lo- ; e-tl-Mtea at lbO01 fr,u, n The plant was liiitti d. while mu.-h of the finished goM.s a:.'! all cd the ma.hlnc r c; ir-; -U. The plant BBBployad IIOPMB The iMUSs s itlven as $411. 'i". Man nnd Money Oone. Torre Kaute, ind . Doe, i Th p lice nae been asked to find Thomas I; Hey. tre-.surr of a miners' ledge at Clinton, ami whose absence .aims fear of the loss Of UAH lodes fund

has yet been obtained, and invest Ira- lbs Treasury Shaw had a narrow I

cape from death or s rioui injury Monday BBOfntpg as he v.as crossing the It reel in frnt of the department. Ca No 15, of ihe Capiud Traction 00 Struth the secretary, but, luckiiy. tbt fender worked promptly und pjeked him up. rfa was c arrb d H iBBl a"'1 .-'aped uninjured.

i ii i ii imrt PiseweeeaP ranibrl.lgn. IfjMNk, !). 20 A cablegram waH received at the Harvard 00b Ick dbsc rvatory. Monday, from President Kreut, an BStrOJMJOMr PI the Ki I observatory, stating thai a faint comet wax discovered OB Saturday night v Prof. Gmoobtal at the Ntra oboarrato.T HeM i n Bi Nnehed Mrn. St. ',0111s Dec-. :. Three m.'i.,-rd nen entered th se'.win of Allen rl tienhart, one block from the CaT Street police station, and held up and robbed James Glndicks, the bartender, of f'.M.

tions arc be ing conduc ted In all available quarters. It is certain that at bast six Russian torpe lo boat destroyers remain intac t In tne harbor. "A staff otficer of the naval brigade ttBded rt Port Arthur reports aa follow (no. rluhl ln linn Ihr CrniU. Washington. Doe. 2o I.tike E. Wright. nptOTPOf of the Philippines, can l- appointed I'nlfe.l State-s district judg'. western district of TennesBee. if he so desires, to succeed K. S. Hammond, who died recently In New York. 1 enr Beaswaeta ixr bsoti Ft Johns, N. F.. Dec. 2n. Several oboOMTI belonguiK on thlr Island, anu whi h were driven off by the gale of December 17. are still unreported. Their crews total 60 men. R Is feared the haYe been lost