Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 47, Number 29, Jasper, Dubois County, 31 March 1905 — Page 2

WEEKLY COI-K1E8 THE WEEK'S

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It (8 said that there are no fewei than 11 000 rooms In the Vatican H Rome, and many of ÜMM M r receiva sunlight

Sw.d.n and Xorw ay are the onl? countries where practically OVO grown man MM read ami rite Da rtria come next in this repect.

The Dominion board .if in.migratioe estimates that Mwjppf, immigrants WVH MMM to Canada from Great Britain the continent and the Doited State during IPOf with a view o locating in the i st

An average of M pfMOMWl tOBttaOS re lashed at the whipping post it Delaware. In England la.-t year. MM of some 11.000 criminals who felt the. law's severity, only nine were sen ttcced to be whip: I

An Kpitcme of the Mot Important Lvents at Home and Abroad the Fast Werk. NORTH, EAST, WtSV, SOUTH.

It is stated hat Mr Church an Charles Cb vcland. of Chester. N. 8

have discovered the limp lost ami

much sought for proo ss of ha-dning. j

copper A sample of their hardener copper has been received which seems to be as hr.rd as steel, a pen knife ta Uag to make any impres-ion on it

Skunk farms are revolutionizing th: fur market Th.ry y?nrs ago to ca! a man a skunk meant that he was about as f d I creatnre as walkec the earth. But Miter Skunk is now a diligent article of commerce, anc" the women are wearing him on th ii love'y necks. He is convertible inn all kinds of precious furs.

The will of Catherine McGowan. of f. r d for probate in the orphans court. Ba'tiniore. provides thu Messrs Patrick O Mara, G orge Hi'ibtis. .'oh? Hib' it--. Thomas Hibbits. IVter T.iun and George McGowan shall be askec" to serve as her pallbearer, and that they be paid f3 apiece for so actmi: The will leases several sums to relig lous and chariraMe pur; is

There are so Negri mi li.maires b New York, nor probably In any other city, but there are many grata there who are worth upw ard of $iQo oon The five richest men of the Africar race are James C. Thomas. Will. am H Smith. Jarnos Barefield. Dr. P. W. Raj and L. S. Williams. All these men are above the 1100,90t mark. There are in this ciry a larre number ol Negro women of independent means

Whitb y and Noble counties. Indiana ha.e produced at least 10,040 bushels of onions, which sold at 35 to 5 cent? per bushel at th- railroad. and they are at pr-s-nt selling st C! cents: the acreage in ItOS will lw double the '.i acreage, and 4"0 tc MO bushels is an ordinary vied per acre and vi bush-Is good yield There is much land in this state that it speciallv adapted to raising onions

That law does not make a count? scat in Dakota was demonstrate! when the Walworth county court house was stolen records, build'.ne. and all to be sequestered in the town of S-lby. where it still remains under guard. In the meantime attorneys ol the Walworth county har 1o not know whether to transact tneir business a' Bangor, the lejral seat of MMMMM or at Selby. where the records snd buildings are

The system practiced for ob.c'.nin? rubies in the mining districts in Bur mah is of the most primitive desorip tion. says the Search Lieht. The mir. In:: shafts are simply holes about twe feet square, sunk to a depth vary im.up to fifty or sixty feet. The shorimup of the walls of the shaft is mos; crude, the sides being supported b posts at trie corners and branches ol small trees secured rarefuhy against the sides by MMHM of stout sticks.

Col. William Cornel Greene, wel" Known as a successful mineralogist and president of the Gr-en Consoli dated Copper Co.. is of distinguishes colonial and revolutionary ancestry He was tirn in Wetchester county N Y. in IUI! and at the aof '.O entered busin ss in New Y City. Three years later he went t the far west, and for mr-ny years en paced in mining and cattle raising HO located valuable copper mines am' amasted w-alth. He is the largest landowner in the world, possessing ,700j000 acre, with tOtjMfl rattle.

Galveston ranks first is a wheat port, having export -d one-third of tht total amount of wheat spotted in the l'nitr! Stats by water ir rail. BM ond in cotton s-e products, third in total bread stuffs, and fouth in Mvt stock The total value of her export to for iKn countries last year amountd to 1 144.W7.ttt, a tain over last year of $4 7'. ; The total numb. of vessels t-nterlng and "tearing th port for lirUl was 1.4S7. OptOOOMttOg a tonnaa- of 3.4.2 ' as against UMI tototte with a tonnage of a.' 4 603 for 19fi3.

t apt. I P S'virtb ff. of -he Tnited fates rollier Nero, which just n-tnirn ed to Norfolk, Va . frim oallng the S.iuth Pacific squadron. MtatjpjM with him a urios.tv probably c -xreeding in va'iie and rarity anything of its kin I ev( r s n in this countty It is a gi ganti' land i it.le. or tor; M, fröre otv i t the ( ;.!;; .ilm crri'ij) of island whidi lie in tot So nit Padte. Th tortoise was presented to '"apt ShWl leff by the governor of one of the islands. It mi azures about two fee: a ms the back, weighs about 7' pounds, and is probably 10t jeart old

lalSSl )rrlopuirlll S) MM Jaimii, r Win l,irllirr VMI Ilm. a. I Ihti trat 1 ulU-U I HNS lUr I ... r I m ii I 1 1 1 1 i , i i Kit 0rr br World. i in 11 i iiik i n t i Whil- it i. generally admitted that p. m profMdUOM are ouly as ft in ht aa'emie tae. H 1 intimated tnai J.i;.ou woold msi-t that Russia abandon us plan of naval rehabilitation lor m -are at leat Japan warns peme. not an armeil truce. Tis M Ii sai-'. to be MsltMMI quiet ak'iif. th lines of th? two arnne.aU; liwhUc the Japanese are restoring t!'.' itHnMd, and traffic ietween Mukd: a:.i Kaiguan has alr-a! beeu resuraed. The bridge across Th Hun h& not y. i jltHn thoroughly rep red. A Suez dispatch says that the whole ot Vie-.dmirl NebogatoC s squadron Las tailed southward.

Tb I. i--. '.r. officials a' Sakhalin are I

e,e'ir. th- Japanese to land there Wtthla a oi. M two. and OOBfett that Ihey haTO MM fone enough to op.os them. Kussian a'.us say that the re'reatir army has reached Sipinghai. 74 miles r.:-th of Tie pass, and has tern poraniy lilted. The Japanese are adiraai i - atoas 'he railway and on both Hanks. The Freneh flnar -iers have resumed consiib rat ioa of the proposed loan to

Russia, w hii h is taken a- an indication that tae prospe r for MMM negotia-1 c m r - a-- inr.ng a more deSnite j OoiTOtpoodi nts with the Russian J

army believe that a reUii.ption of ho? tilttttl on a grand scale by the Russians are improbable inside of three mouth- MttaM the Japanese force the

Bg ting All rejH.rt rumors of wide

turning movements by the JapOMOO. A late dlsiatch from Russian sourc-eo tilmits the strategical weakness of tin. Lineviuh's position, and bints at the possibility of the retreat extending beyond Harbin and the abandonment of northern Man huria and th- Russian maritim- provinces to the Japit. unbss. meanwhile, a movement foi peace is forthoming. It is stated from St. Petersburg that the reason for reconsidering Grand Duke Nil holas' assignment to the supreme omniand in Mtnt-huria was that the outlook at the front dil not warrant the risk of compromising the prestige of a member of the imperial family. All women have Len ordered to Wave Vladivostok. The Tokio correspondent of the

Lr.n lot Daily Telegraph says that the Chinese governor of I.iao Vang and 32 of hi- relatives have onfessed to a'ins as Russian spies sin the outbreak of the war. It is ominously announced, the i dm -i omient adds, that they will e .e.!, .-bed acording to martial '.aw

1. 1 km i ivai n in The mills at Minneapolis. Minn . srbeing worked to their full apaeity to fill rush orders for flour for Japan, wt.fre it is wanted to feed their war pi ison rs. Th Talor compress. 1.500 bales of oottoa, two cotton seed oil mill - and 15 small dwellings at Corinth. Miss., w r dtttfOjrid by fire started by a spark from a switch engine. Me.inal tr-'n in Mo-cow are openly chargd by a lawyer th re with M -ri.tin4 brlhaa from reservists, who w i-be.i to escape military service. BM mUrj of the Navy Morton is oblicel to curtail his itinerary in southern waters in rder tt get back to Washington in time to Join th pi evidential party on its trip to Texaand ob rado Financial collapse Is imminent in Fhanchai. caused by the unlimited i.--M of debased copper curren y where1 y officials have profited to the extent i , 'i taels annually. An attempt was made to assassinate Bamn Von Nolken. chief of police of War-aw A bomb was thrown into bis arrlage while he was responding to a call from the Praga police station where a bomb had leen thrown and seven poliemn wounded Baron Von Nolken was seriously injured. K.eht soldiers were ki!bl by a landslide at Semlin. Huncary. while engaged in rescuing a woman buried by a pr- ,o'is slide. v' .ulta Micro the I Saninole rhief and a union veteran of the civil war - 'lad a' South M Alester. 1 T He was a Baptist minister. Ci rnmander Booth Tin ker has srVfeed from Kngland and will join Rider Hacirard. who is investigating the Salvation army colonies in the I'nited Slates. Si akine at a luncheon given In

but. or of Um vi i'inc I'nited Staten vaval officers in Havana. Gen. An- ! tirade ( n-sr of he interior of the i Cnl an RopaMIe, l Hired that Amer- ! ian generosity, loyalty and honor had ' made of Cuba a nation of grateful

n i n ilO Hoch of Kansas Mpt that when the !attehip Kansa is lautrh"! In July, she will b christene with a bottlt ' f Kansas crude d'. A lerae nimlir of the Kq -table Life Assuran sK iefy poliry holders aro dfJMtttlltoi WH the mutualiation l M

The plant and sio k of the VirginiaCaio ma Chemical Co a1 Ka-i Rome. Ga . was entirely destroyed by fire I $. -. insurant e about half Memorial service- ere held in IVn ver. Col . on the JJth inst tn honor of the late Senator I 0 W.dcott. who died at MiKiU- Carlo Mar. h I John W Springer delisr-d the memorial address, and there were other proiu:u n: eak rMrs Cassie L. Chadwick announces that her autobiography is in prepsra lion and will soon be given to the public.. For the w.ek ended Mar. h Jo th re wer.- jhi-i-i aliens landed In New Nork. with 2:: "m more expc ted during the n-uii.g vek. Frank Rogers, who disappeared frm hia home iu Ktanston. Ill . fnir MMM ico at the same time that his aunt. Miss Floretue Ely. dropied out tf -:ht. has returned home. He says he has not been with his aunt,. Mr- (': 1. Chad it k admitted. un.br oath, in the bankruptcy court at Cleveland. an indcb e.lnes of about 7SO,0Oj a larce slice of whith was for eommi-ions to those from whom sne obtained money. The ua department is informed tba' the pro-e t- d cruisei St. luuis. un-de.-construi'ion at Phütdelphia. will be ia..m he,i Saturday. May Stanley Fran. is. alias Arthur S Fosttr. a pronmter f many tompanies. h i- le-n MrMMMi sn.l held in $1".'0 bn.'.s. in Philadelphia, on a barge of usinu the mails to defraud. The remains of Jane iMttWMJ Stan- ' d after impressive funeral services, cn ihfl 24th m-t . wer-1 placed in the MMOpkajgM N-tde thi s' of her husband and sm in the Stanford mausoleum at Palo Alto. Ca I . in the presence of fully 10JPM persons. Political friend ar..! foe alike held t lovo feast at Convent io" hall. Kansas City, on the nicht of the jth m.-t and paid warm tribute to MaJ. Wiliian Warner Mi-s. uri's choice of a publican I'nited Slates seaator to succeed Fran, is Marion Cockrell. Public Printer Palmer was fined $ hv lnd-e s.Mt in Washington, for

for the erection d a library buiiding on the grounds of Pomona college, at

riaremont. Cal. A. C. Merryman. h- a. ton A Merry man Lumb nctte. Wis., died at Eui 74 years. H.s estate is

eral millions. In the recent w-sk on the Great Northern near Ka'ka. Idaho, many thou-ands of ordinary letters, west bound, a large quantity of second class matt-r and ah of the registered mail was de-Toyed by Sre and water. Don Manuel de Asp nu MoalMM ambasador to the I'nited States, died In Washington after a lingering Illness accravated by a severe cold conirarted on inauguration day. Gen. Charles Tracy, former representative in congress, died at his homt in Altai y N V . after an illness ol MMM months' duration. He was i leading democratic opponent of fre silver. rapt. Connaughton of the steamsbif. Tacoma. captured by Japanese gunboats while carrying supplies to Vladivostok, cables to Seattle, Wash, that he has MM paroled at Yokohama an I that the crew will be sent home. Judge Scott. In the district court a' SI. er. Ian Wy. rendered a decisior adverse to Co! Wm. F. Cody iBuffa'.c Bill on his petition for divorce. Ar a i 'tieal w ill lie taken unless a new tria

DESIRES PEftCE

NOT ARMED TRUCE

One of the Conditions Japan is Liko ly to Insist Upon.

RUSSIA MUST GIVE A PLEDGE

the RtMd 'o .of Marii. Cal.. a-i-d iuetl at sev

Ml BIM U.ir.- nr.l.l. l or I, riu .1 -r. iiikI Mul il 11 .. W OH tii.lt l.i i nur Hitlu I Irr. Pans. Marth 27. It is stated in diplomatic quarters here that among the conditions of peace which Japan nuht ask would be that Russia give a pledge to build no more warships for a tt rni of years A diplomatic official said that such a condition would be the nost eff.ctne means of as-ur liii: Japan again.-t Russia's carrying out her cherished projet i of naval rearmaMMU for the renewal uf hostilities under better condition than those at preatat existing. O'tsM lit-.-U HumU'i PlanaIt Is well known that Russia contemplates a huge plan of naval re habilitation. Admiral Ikiubasoff, the head of the technical board of the admiralty; Capt. Clado. formerly chiel tactical offic-er under Vice-Admiral Rc . t, n-ky, and other Russian naval authorities, recently have taken the position that peace was desirable until a naval reconst ruction could be completed This appears to have stimulated Japan's diplomats to consider means of avoiding a peace that would be equivalent to no more than a truce, durina whi. h RMMMj would have time to fori:, an effective weapon, and therefore th Intimation is now given that limitation of Russian naval armament may ti.mir. as a means of securing prolomptd 1 H e in the orient. ! I'imr l'itrlrr 0lj .nteni-Ctin-erning the recent preliminary a; . mi 1. - toward- i a e. tt is now gecepted in the aigbeal diplomatic quarters that thfto preliminary negoM at.oL- did not cn-ur there, alih.-'ib Pari- may have lecn the channel through which the results were tranmitted to St. Petersburg and Tokio However, it is noticeable that there has not been the slight -: reference iu French newspapers to the peace MMVO ment having tak- n taneible form here or elsewhere, except in ontiniod aiademic discussion of the peace propaganda and a few vague St. Petersburg dispat hes showing that iieai e is tn ;1ip air.

In retaliation for the failure of th Hay-Bond treaty the Newfoundland government has ordered customs collectors throughout the island to refuse American fishing vessels license-, tc pro ure lait In colonial waters. Tw enty -four Chine e were discovered in a l.oxar in the Southern Paifle yards at Yuma. Ariz . and were arre-ted. They had Veen smuggled over the Mex'. an border at El Pa-o Tex . and were going to I- aMPttOa Mr- Elizabeth Cass Goddard. one of the most prominent wom'n of Colorado, ha- beta duly cornmis-iored as a deputy sheriff d El Pa county, in the interest of ' h" HflMMM M ttf Ru-sia has just con' hided an internal loan of at the emission price of and bearing interest at five per tent Th governm t.t savines bank take- one-fourth of the is-'l-Alonzo J Whitman, of Dan-vilie. N. Y.. a former member of th- Minnesota legislature. acjuttud of a cbarse of grand larceny at Buffalo. N The Japanese warship Ka-h.na was successfully launched at NeweatUa up.n Tyne England. Mme. Arakawa. wit' of th Japanese consul general at London, pressed th reb-a.-ing buttn. Th board of directors of the Jamestown iVa. Exposition Co.. will narr." an advisory board of ! prominent ttUttaa, headed by ax-Presideat drover Cleveland. The two hi mi -es of th" Pennsylvania legislature held a Jolat special session to listen to uioc.es on the late Senator Matthew S Quay. J. W. Shumate, a dry goods merchant of Ooitoa, Cal . i sho' and kilbd in nis store by bum a State Audtr Wells of Kansas will refuse ti register the itae oil refinery lionds until c rdered to do so by the suprme court. This will fore an immediate tejit of the legality of tbe bonds. Th" p BM report on the BNMfeMl i Ma-' i disaster gives the following: Po-lbs -e. otered. to. identifled. 14; n.issln-. 4.". Thot-c known to hr.ve cai"d fro,. the building, many I adly tailored, i umber ?'t. Conrad Schwartz hang" I at COtro, Tex., for the murder of William Fat'.' a 'bgrair-h operator at York-town.

MIS4M (till I l HIT. K.. c iOMmm Kipsslea Worett Hwt Co. l ..rl lr .lupunrir. Gunshu Pa.-s Man h J7 -Everywhere along the front ihre is complef and ominious quiet. No collisions were reported Sunday. A nurse arnvini: ftom Mukden states that the reports by Chinese of ill-treatment of Russian si' k and wounded after the e.acuation of Mukden are entirely unfounded. The Japanese treated all who fell in'.c their hands in the most kindly manner, and gave the ntir.-e- permission to return to the Russian army. saymK there were no women of .hat avocation with the advan.ed column They provided the nurses with credentials. Indicated the mads by which they might travel, and warned thm that they miKht le under fire west of the railway. Several doc tors, sisters and at-tt.!.-r.:-n-mainxl with the wi.iiid.--l Mukden.

THE ROGERS-ELY MYSTERY Frank Ely Roger' Father Teilt a Plain, Simple Story.

Mtat I It I Stl liar 11... In S i iuk iiii.. u Mess 1 1 i . n 1 1. 1 Iu tl.il.. i I'lir. Imae. Chicago, March M, The first apparently a.Uquate MfllliatlfWI of the iiiy-tenoiis disappearance of the boy, l'iatin KU I!, to- and hi- aunt. Miss Floreaot Ely. four years ano. at Evansttm mis made last uight to a press reprttoatattvt by James C. Rogers, fatht r of the bo. Though simpb- and -iraigiuforw aid, the truth of tbe mysi. rv. a . ording to Mr Rogers, it Mraagar than ih- many fanciful storiei that have been written about the case, w hi. h. in Ciii. ago. lias mi ted a- much interest as the celebrated Chart- Itosi . us i in Philadelphia. lo ply in,; to questions as to the boy't return. Mr. Hogers said: "At the time of the di-app-aiant e, my stin Frank, like many boys of his MP was tlre.l with a desire to run away from home and see life for himself His aunt, a Buffer": from melancholia, was about to be place.! by us in a sanitarium, a pro. e ding to which sh- -trongly object..! As a r--ult of the-e cir. unistaiii -.-, the two left home together, and went to Ituffalo. There

! th' separated. Miss Ely entering a

large -tore. aparently to do sme (hopptOjJ and U'aing Frank on the outside She had pr'Vioisly given him a small sum of money. From that

I time until now Frank has not seen j Miss Ely. and neither he nor we know br whereabouts. Frank, following out his idea- of seeing life, made a living as tOM he j could, and has finally returned home after many vicissitudes. This is th" xJ planation of the mystery as learned by I me from my son and is apparently the '. wh ile truth. ' TO MEET THE COMPETITION.

1 In- I hi. -nun .V Vilm In Inniimir I ii I e r u rli:i IHlQl In ni i. Ir w tin i i. vtste Hess. ChicraCO, March :S -Beginning April l, th CUeafjO & Alton railt id i will inauirurate a service to meet MMM petition of -'. trie Uaot bttwtoa t'hiraco and St. Ixuis Sec ial trains ' re nsi-ting of a small steam locomotive am! combination coa- h and smoking ' car. seating loo passengers, will be run every hour between Pontiac and ! Plooniingtot. H miles, and Pontiac

and Dwight. 1 miles To facilitate th:- service platforms have been erected, and stops will be made at every public road crossing The service will lie extended to other parts of the Alton line tffcea the double track MKtth of !io online' on and Springrie'd ha- b en completed. COUNTRYS CLDEST NEGRO. C rn i . r.-nl i-n f . ..lore. I. mi la mule i.r lllln.it oliller' IwM In I in in II.- IPO.

3UDGET OF STATE NEWS

til IKK KS II Mi BITS OF INFORMATION FROM MANY POIN. tesvy Sboitag in Cass County-. Mumie Hhk Made bMPTOVMOtStt Costing Nearly f.OOO.000 in the Last Ten Yenra. Evansville in Luck. Brans vi lie -Through Hie f I'nited States Senator Ja' A. llemcnwa) Mint lte in Whittle, of the First opdlM' churct) ibis city will rece ive r MMsdlMMM no tion of tbe government relics from Lh Smithsouiau Institution. Wast lag g D C . to be added to the mus. inn ot curioa recently received from the St I. (air Thecotisimim.nti-sai.lt.il.. last of a series collec ted by tin- fgott i : in nt many years ago it ooatl ; ( historic liiipleiiH-iiis. OMMtBted mats, fishes and various Invertebrates, ares.. ro be, n it ter and btodwork It will also im lüde a MlltetkM I i i dential medals pun hased fOM treasury department. ll.u bet Kills Himself Milton.-Edward C NoC, a ,.t br, b'Z years old. blew off th top of his head with a shotgun ti. been brx)ding over his pMW ttaltk sj MW0PJ0 very lieaposdtttl w in n Uli . told him he iuld not recover. Hi rarly, went to his shop placed tin ile of a shotgun against his ton: imlled (he tngi;ir with bis fool lbleaves a widow and GOOfChlldNI N B was well known and respected in tt. community.

Woman Heir to Whole iMPOVtO. Attorney Daniel Ni I has found the lease osecuted the Krandpareiits of Mr- .lai r jf this city, which will Mtal a the claim ol ihe LapOftt VOtlte t ract f lsi a res on w In. Ii is .. . th- city of Orwigsburir. Pa wit.. I roperty valuation of $l.'"i.in b ase had Uen x uted for t PtTl HÜ years and had lett: lost Mrswill take legal steps to claim the land

j r- EXreCTKO vi MKNAUI. the, Irr BagHS'SSd Ml Inn Willi In iii- .- W safe se two. i'. '. r-b :ru Mar h 27. According to covrrnment mall advices brought to the mainland from Sakhalin and teV L-raph'-d from Kharbarovsk. the Japanese were expected to land at Korsakovsk within a fortnight, floport l-ing free from i in April The Russians are not in a position to resist, the whole force on the island beimr less than 2.()o soldiers and jiriscn guards Then are c.iroo convicts in the nnal camps, the remainder of the populat ion. consisting of .1,hi natives and ' '"'o time-expirnl convicts, with woir.en and children, who have settled on the island The prospect that the convicts may lie landed on the mainland, in the vicinity of Vladivostok, by th" Japanese, is considered.

Um i hmiir of Plll.in. Pt P ter-buru. Man h 27 .en l.inevltch. in a dispatch ilat-. March H repot b no hange in the po-itiou of the armies. An imperial orcfer relieves i;n.(jrip eni erg from the command of the second Man hurian army. but permits him to remain as aide-de-camp to the -m peror. .1 m - Mr.nirlii ili.- llnllriiat. Tokio. March 27 The railway betwen Mukden and Kniyuan has teen MOtOMJi and traffli M0MMO4 The railway bridge across the Hun river has not yet been thoroughly repaired ant! traffi is still interrupted there. ffktSMl I'urnlr. Seattle. Wash . Mar h 2V ('apt Connaughton of the steamer Tacoma, captured by Japanese gunboats, cable the N uthwi'sti rn Steamship Co. that h- has t e n released on parole at Yokohama, and that the crew will be released shoitly and s nt home W I.e. o In M 1 1 1 Ion ii I re ll-nrl. Marinettr. Wis . March 26. A. C. M. rryman. of the Hamilton A Merryman UnaMM Od., Ile.i Friday nt Eureka. Pal. Ills c-tatp 14 valued at several millions Mr Merryman was 74 yars old.

Quimy 111 , March 2s Cyrus Greenleaf, colored, an inmate of the state soldiers home, claims the distimtlon of 1-eing vhe old-st man in the I'nite-d States H- says hn was Ixirn In North Carolina In 177'. where he was held as a rlav until ÜMCiVfl war. whn bj Joined the northern army At th' lose of th- war he went to T.-i .v.. -fx, where nad- his living picking rotton until In MMffcl 'he Illinois otdloro' 1 not Xuthor.ti's at the home received his story with some allowance, but the reords show that when he was admitted. In 18:o. his age was placed at 111 years, rfctcb would now make his age 12.1 years. TORNADO SEASON BEGUN. I i t- I title Tneen .if I ..iil.liiir, Ml n ii . UMS) ll-l pn el r.rml n mi II Ira. St Paul. Minn . Mart h H, A report reached this city Monday night that the little town of Louisburg. in the extreme western isirtion of the state, had bona practically aipod out by a tornado and that seven person- had b-en seriously injured. It was a'so -tate.l tliat from two to seven were kilbd. but up ti a late hour it had been bOpOOOt Mo, owing to la. k Of telegraph faclliItea, to ratify th.- latter MaaraoMk LoahriWfP is a town of about 1m inhabitants in Lot Qui Parle county, and has neither telephone nor feler a p i connection with the outside world. Report! fmm n"arby towns, howevr. state that tbre stor- buildings were utterly demolished, and that every r - .bine in th' town was more or less damaged. I.irnmlii nl I '. Iil.i r n il.i. Im. Wiihlta. Has.. March 28. At Eldorado a tornado strut k the business portion of the city late Monday afternoon, unnxiftng several business h'uises. wrec king a bot I and a school house Mrs Ida Madison wa- seriously injured by her house falling and catching her in the ruins, lose. $:'.o,oo0. Met I Viler Vinn. Bt. I.o, ii- Man h 2V Patrick Cogrove fell dead In the kiti hen at his BOMt. '!"27 Ibddle. soon aftr rem ning from mass. His wife had -topped a few rni nut -s to gossip, and when she enter d her home found Mr CosgrOM d ad. I nrnrulr l.l.r. llnue Oricnn. I)titnsne. Pt.. March 28. Andrew Cam Liie. in the nam- of at laughter, Mnruaret. will give to th' new Carne in tn.. litrarx one of the five larrust pipe .rgans built In this country TbO Instrument will cost $12.."io.

Struck by Intcrurban Tin; Zionsville. As Peter Crust a: ; a companion named I- nl ! i rossing the- lndiai.aii.iis a western interurban tra ks .i a buggy a BOftb-hoond car stru. . buggy, hurling lioth mcnout t'r ; struck by tbe car and so badly Injured that he will die. Fbtnini: wit slightly sc ratchi d Cruise is V old and lives a f w miles south ol ville. Bees Were Hungry. Shelbyville Daniel Callahan. !fi lives mar here, is the ..wi.e: several hiws llf bes Hi I. Callahan went to his barn rat -he heard a buzzing sound and fottnd one of the hives was attacking shot I cornmeal It is though' tht Ml WOtther aroiisi I the 1 .t .1 Un i ing nothing else for them to feed :. they attacked the ori.nnal

Plenty of Maj le Syrup. ti i,-n n.. .n.l - V..ii marile fclr ;:

coming into the Richmond Ma In great quantities. Tbe ; ranges from f 1 to $1 tk a MlUnO. Icpet Ing on the quality. Though the rni this spring was comparatively tbotl flow of sap was reat r that. 0MM the farmers say that Hie MBtllt sirup Is better than for several real Shot by His Owe Gun. Clinton. James Stelllo. an Italian, of F'ontanet was ac. Ii ly shot and instanly killed Me was hunting in the woods near Ins booa and as he starti.l to vllmb overt lei his shotgun was disc haru'd thtCOtttt striking htm In the breast Hi single man. aued years, m Brad in Font ar. t a few daBuilding Boom. (ireensbure A building boom is a fact in this ity Tb- I " " F will eret a PlJN0 boJIdlni HiK Four railway w ill exi i f improvements, the city will tat I in a sewerage system and ft houses and dwellings w ill be r. cted II ing the coming season. Sues for $10.000 Daataftt Lawrenceburg -W P Ss Co distillers, have been IM lii unci damages by the admil tor of the esitteof the Itte Willan: Ii hlns. who was MOMtd to deatlJ ing into a tub filled with hot slop employed by the defendants. High Railroad Bri.lc Clinton The Southern Iti'l: ' ' undertaking quie an "- ! ' ' feat, 15 miles northw:-t o4 '"u oily. A bridge will be NIM Jenkins ford, lis feet above tl. and l,fM feet long. Pleaded Guilty. rtjQOtTl fTTTT CljrMtf ; 1 Berne w as gnottod charged wlti ing wheat from Will Fallow a lam -r-He pleaded guilty, and was pltcc ' at In-catur. In default ol f-;' I''1 Reappointed. Indlanapolls.-Gov Hanly la reap pointed ex UMP : v B "8 a member of the board of I rotte! I lae .oldicr home at UaCPPI ' Mr and Mrs George F. Punvllle. who have 27 children and live nar H: ton, 8. D . promise to pay Prtal Koosevelt a visit. The most wond.r ful thing tbout the children ii that they art all triplets The man who doet no more than be la paid to do Is usually the n.ar. w! ia complaining about not getting wdiai he ia worth. A coat of paint. If appUed"to the akin of a human being, will causa death in tbout firs bourt.