Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 47, Number 43, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 July 1905 — Page 2

WEEKLY COUBIEK THE WEEK'S HEWS

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J ASPKR

INDIANA

Col Stephen N. Winslow hiu been conr.e;, I with the. Philadelphia In

quire r for i

Id a New York prison the education J course for convicts will bo broaden d to include lectures on law.

Pur ng the

M mulberry i d in Argeutina

aoout It 0

tare about ll.IV Dec 11 whti a baa now

of suh trees.

An kpltome ot the Most Important Lvents at Home aud Abroad the Past Week. NORTH, EAST, WIST, SOUTH.

Tbirt tivt ea:- .igo W II Newman was a brakeman on a southern milroad at $2 a day. toJ.ij he is president of the great Vandalia system, with a salary of f 1 2 (. a year. According to a recent report of tbe Nitrate association the production of nitrate In Chile la UMM amounted to 1.694. G65 tons, which is 80.230 tons In excess of the production in lik'J The total quantity exported was 1 .630.48$ tons, or 4." 74.' tuns more tiiau in 1903.

At a meeting of the Amalgamated Society of Tailors, In London, a member stated that she knew of a woman who had made a cloth skirt plaited, tabbed, trimmed with bands and buttons for 9d. the said skirt be mg ticketed in the shop window " The bes: English tailr-made " ,

!! ltr rli-piii'-Uts la MM -Japnur.Unr. I itgrl lier With limit of !iilrr-l ullrtl I" laporlonl llMpiK-utiitfa H Over Ikr fflHI Till: V Ml l I'll Ik IAH Ul A Tokio d.spa-ch of the 1st said that Field Marshal Ovama bad be pin an .!...; sue movciut nt a-iaii.&t Hi.lUEgehcn. Th. re is no confirmation at St. Petersl ur of th- report that Faid Marshal Oyama ar.d Gen. L;neitch axe arranging an armistice. Tbi Russians regard the moveiu.n; of the Japanese in Korea as being the most serious now on foot, believing that it indicates their determination to drive a wedge northward and isolate and inv.st Vladivostok before tbe peace negotiations begin. Spies from the army of Gen. Linevitch are being arrested daily by the Japanese, from 30 to 4o being iu cuatody, princ ipally Chinese.

Nothing has been r i lv I in &t. 1 eThe United Kingdom is the largest t . .rniatoew of the rumor

Mngle market of American clover seed, absorbing about one-third of the total exports. Of this quantity the larcest portion is taken in England, but there is a good market for the eeed in ilelfast. from which point the

farmers of northern Irela plied.

that Gen Kuropatkin had been killed

or I aptured. An unconfirmed rumor was current 1j St 1.,. r.-i i.rg. on the 27th, that 70.OOO Rtttsiani had been cut off by Gn. Nogi's army ar.d that Gen. Kuropatkin

are up- , was cither killed or a prisoner, tea. Linevltch reported, ou the same date.

that the Japanese advance continued The t nited Stat.s Uads the world In I tteadU gtL ,hat the Kussians were tbe aggregate amount of insurance rt.:nBg fighting. taken out by dwellers within hei ! T.he "liusMan ommanders in Manborders, the moet heavily insured in- i rhr.ria a-e not elated e ver the prosdi.idual on earth being Rodman Wan- , pects of peace being brought about, as maker, of Philadelphia, who recently they think their army is in a position

secured $!.. vra insurance on to cru.-h the Japanese.

nis life. This, added to the sum ot bis previous policies, means that hlf demise will cost the insurance com pan. es 93.20'.. 000.

lime. Emma Calve, the famous sing er, is one of those people who like to have their tombs ready for them in caae anything should happen Some tour years ago the great singer and actress gave instructions to a well known French sculptor to prepare . design for her monument, and though at first he thought she was in jest and beeitated to begin the work he soon found she was In earnest. He set to work, therefore, and modeled a sketch

Oscar II.. the reigning king of Sweden and Norway, was born January 21. 1829. He is the third son of King Oscar L and Queen Josephine. He sue ceeded to the throne at the death of bis brother, King Carl XV.. September II, 1872. Married June 6. 1867. to Queen Sophia, who was bom July K. 1836. and is the daughter of the late Duke Wilhelm of Nassau. The kine has four sons. Prince Gustaf. Prince Oscar, who renounced his succession to the throne and wedded Ebba Munrk of Fulklla: Prince Carl and Prince Eugene, unmarried.

Physical geographers are asking Whether we are now witnessing th gradual disappearance of a glacial period. It has been known for sonv time that the ice is dwindling in the Arctic, and it has now been shown that the lea is melting faster than It forms iu a part of tbe Atlantic and perhaps in all of It Among the ol I r rations that have led to this conclusion concerning Arctic h e phenomena are the statements of Prof Garwood that the line of perpetual snow in Spitz bergen is now 2 ' feet above the sea Rev. Dr. McCo.mell. of Des Moines la . in his sermon the other Sunday, declared that the decadence of churchgoing waa because attendants especially at Protestant churches wore the most expensive clo'hea they poseased. This had tbe effect of keeping away the poor, plainly attired peop'e In making the usual announcement for future services thlr, long-headed parson said: ' Please note that all people attending services here are requested to wear plain and Inexpensive clothing in order that no one. howev-r humble, may bo emlarrassed."

Joseph Croi'-itlerp, or Crushla. as he was mor- familiarly known, whose death occurred the o'her day in Ml h lean, was a remarkable man In other

respects than age. Hp was tvrn near Ottowa, Ont . July 4. Ittf, and. havtntr almost attained the age of 0J

pears, is believed to have been 'he oldest man in Ml' hlgan. It was hl bf'3Kt that, even in later years, he had haHiy had a day of Bklrnoae, and his faculf.es were unusually pond He was a familinr ticure on the treetand frequently took long walks into neighboring townships There are ,"" ."00,000 acre of arid land in the United States, which is not far from a third of the area of the contiguous portion of the country About 10,900,094 acre have Wn re. claimed at one time and another by private enterprise It Is estimated that 100,000 square miles, or twothirds of the Bßisregate, can be made fit for cultivation. This Is twelve times the area of the state of N w York, and won d be capable of suppor. log at ast 10.000 fl0 of people. All this barren trart u wtt of Minnesota Iowa, M esjurl and Arkansas.

M Nelidoff and Bann Pvosen for Russia and Baron Komura and Mini - r KorflOfO Takahira, for Japan, are t- atively acm unced as the plenipotentiaries to discuss peace terms between Russian and Japan. The i racial announ ement is expected within a few davs. I IUI I III I.O MH1M By a practically unanimous vote the Chicago union ;eara.-ttrs refused to accept the terms offered by the employers and the la:e-t peace ptospei I has gene glimmering. (.i NKHti nkw mas. A London Daily Mail dtspat h from Odessa denied the report of the surrender of the Knlaz Potemkine to Admiral Kmger, stating on the contrary that th Potemkine was joined by the battleship Georgi Pobledonoset, whose offiiers were made prisoners. Judge Georpe Gray. ef Wilmingtm. Del., has accepted the invitation of the arbitration board named to decide the miners' sho'-flrers question in Illinois to become the fifth member of the beard. During the fiscal year just closed 66,646 immigrants were landed at tbe port of Boston, which is a record breaker. A national conference of governors of s'ate. boards of trade, chambers of commerce, labor organizations and other bodies Interested Is to be held in New York September :v.-27, to discuss the immigration question. The mutinous crew of the Ru-sian battleship Kniaz Potemkine on readIne Admiral Krugtr's signal. "Yield or he sunk," surr-ml-red like a par k of Cowards, to mee' a fate, probably, compared with which dea:h fighting would have b-en glorious. Offi la' investigation has developed that the Austro-Hunearian government

encourages the emigration of Its surplus popsrfatioi to the Cnited States, with the understanding that they will r- urn to their native land to spend i .r accumulated earnings. Durinc a violent storm at O'tumwa. la., and vicinity, a numbr of hnuewt. unroof' d. traea uprooted and wire service demoralized. Great damage was tom to growing crops in Wapella C' unty. The new Acacia fraternity, an organization of Master Masons in colleges, held Its first conclave at Ann Arbor, M.li The universities of Michigan. Kan -a-. Nebraska, ''alif.-rma and Inland Stanford were rvpfeatltetf. A dispatch from Batavia inland of Jaa. a Datei colony, -. that the Rus-ian cruiser Terek ha b en disarmed and interned thtr because of : r inability to take on sufficient loal

a ifhin the tin: limit.

Fifty-seven naval OAcart, from the grad of captain down, have btM MM -d f .r PfJtlieflMBI 10 cre a'e vacancies aeewaary under the naval personr.el act. The Fall River (Mass i Manufacturer.-' a-s ( ,ation ha refused to gran the demand Of the weavers for a r -toration of wages to the basis which pre vailed prior to the 12'i per MM. cut last July. Chief Justice Melville W Fuller of th- United States supreme court. Harvard 7R, was rc-elec d pltalrtllll of the Harvard Law School as-oeia1 Ion. After next fall the Missouri Pacific railroad in Kansas will operate mo'or cars on the' Topeka Fort Scott unel Lartied W infield branches President R oaOtall utended the tw nty-flfth anniversary reunion of the Harvard lass of 10, an1 had a pood i. nie w.ih the bofa, upwards of IM of whom w re present The tr',-;dn-tial dianlty was laid aside for the time being, ar.d h wa jut Th I lore Rooae velt. a Harvard alumnus

Tl,r M ilWMfett graml Jurv baa handtd down a batch of indicitmats of i rMNU alleged to hare been engased m le.r.- .a cinne'tU)u with public bu&i nes InroftlMJ bribery. Secr.'ary of State John Hay died at hi suu.tner home. Ijikr Sunapee. Newbur N 11 . at 12.2." on the morning of the im lVatli cam suddenly from beat .if. r a da. in w In. h his phys.. ans thought he showed encoursgir.K -mptM Mr. Hay a m bia sixty-seventh year. 'in the annual races on the Thames at New London. Conn . between Yals aud Harvard, the latter easily win the four-cared and freshman races; but when it came US the varsity eightoared race, there was a battle royal over the four-mile courae, up stream, in which every Inch was valiantly 00ft toted. Yale laallj winning by the U ngth of au ar The Hffrhaits' distillery at Terre Haute. lad., suffered a logs of $100.000 1 y the destruction of Its elevator and damage to 'he spirits house by fire In th i wreck of a Santa Fe passenp r train at San Antomo N. M . Conductor A. A Wells, of El Paso. Tex., was kil'ed and five persons Injured The health authorities of Ecuador have declared Panama to lie infected m !i bubonic plague and. hav- declared a quarantine- against vessels from Panana porti Agrarian disorders are spreading rar'.dly throughout Russia. The whole country is profoundly stirred, and the ir. tlligent i lasses seem almost solidly arrayed against the government. All ion lit ions seem r'pe for the long-predicted revolution. A mu iny among the sallorf at Llbaa, Russia, following on the heels of ihe events at Odessa, has produced a profound impression in official circles, and all eye;- ar. turned toward Cronstadt The British steamer Tropic, bound for New York, went ashore 15 miles north of Constltucion, Chili, and will prove a total loss. The Whole-sale Grocery Association of the I'nited Stat s was organized at a meeting held in Milwaukee. A illiam Judson, of Grand Rapids, Mich . was chairman. Eight prisoners, mostly alleged murderers seven negroes and one white man were taken from the jail a Watkinsville, Ga.. by a mob made up of men from m-igbboring counties, and Soot to death. 1 homas Johnson, a negro policeman, of Chicago, after being chased several blocks and threatened with death for protecting non-union men. fired upoa his pursuers, fatally wounding Michael Mejedly The cruiser Charleston, in her trial run off Pn vincetown. Mass., maoe an average speed of tXJ knots an hour, which was ,64 knots above her contract requirement. An Odessa dispatch, on the morning of tbe Mth, via London, said that the battleahiy Knia. Potemkine. in the hands of the mu'ineers, was firing on the town, and Admiral Krug-r's squadron had no: yet arrived from Sevastopol. Four soldiers of the coast artillery, -ationel at Honolulu, have been arrettedJ on the charge of counterfeiting, passing and possessing spurious coin. A Chimse mass meeting waa held in Honolulu, at which the efforts beln made in China to boycott American goods, on account of the operations of the exclusion law, were indorsed. The steamer Cottage City, which recently arrived at Seattle. Wash., from the north, brought word that the town of Mefakahtia, on the southeastern ra! of Alaska, was burning on the night of June 26, when the steamer passed The town of Phillipsburg. Kas., Is reported to have been wrecked by a tornado. A least nine persons are said to have be-n killed. A dispatch from Odessa. Russia, on the night of the ttth, said that the wharves and shipping in the harbor were in flames, fired by the mutinous crew of the battleship Knlaz Potemkin. who kil. I nearly all their officers and threw thfir bodle- overboard. The soialists ashore were pushing the revolt along. Kl'-venmen were V. led In a powder works explosion at Emporium, Pa. (iov. D. K. Johnston of the Chlcka--aw nat.'.n an 1 ex -Gov. Palmer S. Ji's'li y. und r indictment for alleged complicity In warrant frauds, surrendred to the federal officials and have beer, released n b nd. ThM.i-ar.dn f C'l.icagfians have Join d in a petition to President Roosevelt to recegniie the government reettttly sei up by the Norwegian iieople. John D. Rockefeller has sub-crlbed 1,000.0M to he endowment fund for

Yale university, and a me mber of gradaatea have pledged another million. Luther Welsh, of Kansas CttJ . Mo, moo ttreteJMMl himself two inches to make hinisedf eligible' for adtttaaioa to the naval academv at Annapolis, has successfully passed the mental examiration. Grant C Qlllette, the erstwhile cattle kir.t- of KuMBI, who disappeared several years ago. leaving numerous heavy ' I iiti i- ri.se or.solnte. has brought joyto them by returning from Mexico, where he ha.s been very successful In mining ventures and settling up all old scoret. A Wa-hir.gton fishing company has reeelead an order for 2,0oi tons of smoked dog salmon for the Japanese army. The R.Kk Island and Frisco railroad companies will. Jointly, .net. at Kansas City, a' -he etst of $1,ihmi, Ii, the largest storage warehouse of the kind In 'h world A general utrike. accompanid by disorde r and bloodshed, has broken out in Odessa, Kus-da. Several collisions 1 wet the military and strikers have occurred In one instance a compati) of Ci --acks was repu'.s d by a mob of 4'0 v orknicn.

SORROW FELT IT

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THE PEACE ENVOYS NAMED Ni;VS FROM INDIANA,

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The D;ath of Secretary Hay Lamented by All Who Knew Him. HIS LOSS IS NOT OURS ALONE

Mi Ute of CdSSdMeSMSe KffrlxrS from relu . Krom KurrUu Ollleer. DtplMBUttS H i U Mill to All WttlU I Ulf. Washington. July 3. The high esiccm in vh i ll lacresary Hay was uul.tisally held at home and abroad ia n..iiitcsted by the messages which have oil m raeaivesl by the pMrarnMSi and Mrs Hay teOS his death. They have OOiaf tiom sovereigns, from foreign oftcera, (ran ottiiiais ..f Use isflrwHH sen.ee and f n m mm in public and private life throughout this count ry. A treat majority of the telegrams from the la.-t named have been addressed direct to Mrs. Hay. Acting Secretary Peirce and Ohie! Cierk likhae remained at the state dejiartment Sunday to receive the tfleiirims and cablegrams coming to the luvet luneat and to reoilve any instructions which niiiht BOOM from the pi. -i-l nt. Mr PeirO was advis.d that :he funeral s.rvicis in Cleveland will be held at 11 O'clock Wednesday morning. As a mark of respect to the me mory of the late secretary, an American Mag bearing a badge of mourning has been raped 0Vr the entrance to the building occupied by the bureau of American r public. Mr Takahira. the Japanese minister. In a communication to the state de partm.nt conveying bis expressions of grif a' the death of Secretary Hay, informed the ectlag se cretary that the flag ovef the ie-uatlon hr- would be placed at half-mast as a token of respect. Baron Speck Ton st-rnburg. th Orman ambassador, who came to Vahincton from Peer Park. M l . w'aere he hM had a t-niporary residence, telegraphed President Rooev. It. on behalf of his govern tr.ent ar.d for him-e'f. mesof cond 'I. nceg and expre n- . - : ! athy. Similar expressions have been received from the -represer. at:-s i f all the different governments having lesat:i ns in Washington i'iuini:vr slOC1 1XATIOI Fnrmnl I'mrlnmnllnn Oitimincl I n- IN Sita of perrlRri llnr. 0t.r Ray. N Y . July 3. President Roosevelt ha-; it pared the formal proclamation r.-inounclng the death of John Hay, sec;e:ary of sta;e. and it w.ll be pRuaalgated t-day in Washington. The proeSeunatloa will be forrardad by tnail to all ambassadors and Isteni Ot the Tnit'd Btatst In for- . IfB QOaatrlea, and also will be transsaitted (8h all to the diplomatic represcntutives at Washingten of foreign nation. The Mlfw ns la the full text of the announcement. A l'rM-hinullt.n tUr I'lrOArnt ol t Ik- In'.' eit Mmri. "John May. ssetttf of state of th T'nited States, died on July 1. His death, a ervahlaf sorrow to his friends, is to the people of this country a national bereav men, and in add;-ion It is a reiious loss to mankind, for to him it was given to stand as a leader in the effort to better world conditions by striving to advance the CNM of interrational peace and justice "H.1 entered the public service as the ted and Intlma'e companion of A' raham Lincoln, and for well nigh forty err b" served his coun'ry with loyal devötf n and hich ability m many positions of honor and trust, and finally ho c rowned his lifn work by servin as secretary of he state wiMi such farr.'jlitedntss of 'he firur - an 1 such loyalty to lofty ideas as to confer las'ing 1 eneflta not only upon cur own coun'ry. but upein all the- nations of the- world. As a suitable lapuailul of national mourning, I direct that the rilplomaMc representatives of the Fnlfed States n ail foreign countries display the flags over their emba-sies and legal OBI at half-maM for teg days; that for a like period the flag of r h Cvttad S:a'es bdisplayed at half-mast at all forts and Military posts, and at all naval stations and Od all vcskcIh of the Tnited Staff s. "I farther order that on the elay of the funeral the executive departments of the city of Washington b clottd, and that on all public buildings throughout the Halted Sta:es the national flag be dl : i I at hilf-mast "Done at the e-ity of Washington, this Id day of July A. I). IMS, and Of the Independence of th1 Fnitod Sta'f of America, the one hundr. dand tw-en'y-ninth "THFODORF ROOiSVSLT, "By the president. "HERBERT, I). PIERCE, "Acting Secrcary of State." ?ffreary Lo b practically has completed arrangements for President ReoeavaR'a trip te Cleveland to tdtead the funeral of Mr. Hay. Wonilnorkrri' Mrtfc ! h n m: Chicago. July .l.-Two thousand woodworkers, emplnynl by various firms throughout f'hicairo. will go on strike this morning bttf m of fie refu al ef the pmployer. to grant th men an Increase of two cents an hjur In wnires Th' strike will Involve fully MQ0 ctber men in affiliated trad- a Mr MeKInl.-' 1 nipnlhy. Canton. O.. July I -Mrs. Ma Mc Kinley sent the following message of ondolence to Mrs. Hay at Newbury: ' v,,y have my prayers and hear: felt sympathy in your gnat loss."

I'rralttenl Homrirll oHIi-IhII AaHf Hie f. ISM S I "'. of Mtaaata mikI .Ihmii. 0)-t. r Pay. N Y , July 3 - Official annouii"! tin nt Is made by President RcKisev.lt of the i. units of the Itusslaa and Japanese tnvojs to the Wasli.nton peace conference. The character and ability of the tu. n s letted by both belligerents Is an curliest of the des. ie of th. . r rispec:ie govt rnmeuis to conelude. if poaalble, the tragedy being enacted In the far east. The plenipotentiaries arc: Kussiaii Arnim sudor Muravh ff. fornerty minister of justice and now ambassador to Italy, and Baron Ronan, re. .!.: ."ppoiii'ed a ambasador ' the I'n.t.vl S utes to succeed Conti' Cassini. Japanese Huion Komura. niini-ter of foreiitn affairs, and KO0OTQ TaKalnra. minister to the Ctilted States. By direction of the pranjdeat, Secretary Loft made the formal announcement : The president's announcement praetirally concludes the preliminary nefOtUttSOM for peai ev Minor details yet remain to be arranged, but the confereenc now sin-ms : be assured While no absolu'o date for the meting of the envoys lias been fixiri. it has been determined that the first session will be held in Washington about the tirt of August. st kadi ro I urn i' mm ii Ihr Cr f Ihr lirorul r.ilo-.in-i-li llepeiil of I heir Vellon. Odoanm, July S. The crew of the r.eori Poboedannaati sent A" men ashore Sunday morning as hostage and have asked the emperor s forgiveness for having mutinied, plead tig that 'hey have not damaged the ship. There Is stili no news here of :bs whereabouts of :he Kmaz Potemkine. mi: com mkim: ii BD cwir. The Mullnet-r I'nkr Ihr IhlBI to Iii II , ci inn I it C on.l Odessa. July t, Tie Knlaz Pofmkhkt saibd. Saturday, apparently in the direction of the Roumanian coast, and nothing ha- situe been h ard of her. With her departure the sbua'ion for the moment has taken a more favorable turn nelmreil Ort ktit-njl. London. July .? L'oyd's air nt at Knstenji, Roontanl; in a dltnatch dated 9:2o o'clock Sunday night, said fhn Kr.iaz Potemkine- and torpedo boat No. 267 were authored off that port, and that another steam - r was .t. h t!.-.g apparently watching. rreullitr Veil. .Ii u I rhiiatiipiil, Sebastopol. via St. Petersburg JutH l- Imrne ilatelv aft r the Black s. a squadron arrived here Saturday a c u .- cil of a'mirals and captains was held on board the flagship Rotlsiav. Vic eAdmlral Kruger presiding. The council resolved to ungear th- maihinery and authorise the officers and nun to go ashore. The Katerina II. is n re aud has be n disarmed. THE STATE PORTFOLIO

Latest Happenings Within the Bor ders ol Our Own Stute. Pooisellers Attested inilianao!is ,,d , June H 'arrvIng out HM tequest of Gov llauy that he rtif..rc; the lai aKaiust pool selling at the slate fair grounds. Sheriff IM ward Sum bb-r und II depmici Monday evening arreatad tifkl txioKniaker, herif loarMar waited until the iHads srare hi uig sold for the t race of the day , und then orderet! In deputies to make the arn-sts Ka. h deputy was anslKii'd io a Maud, and wii.o th. order caaae from the sbeiitr they proflantli placed i be stea under arrest The prisoners were armlgned before Justice It.-njiimin White, of Broad Hippie, who held court iu the) administration building The men were charged with keeping fool st.u t and bonds iu th- sum of $:,o each w. r

fnrnJaked by Secretary Holt of tlie I raeinfc association. Samuel Pierson and I William Hlair for the appearance of the men before tojttlra White at the

administration building at iwo o'ekvk in th afternoon of July lo to answer to the charges.

leevwta! Tefl nurinim n rBM .tnlloii of lle.oiii I cm Vrrrrtori r Mnir. Omaha. Neb., July Sec retary Taft and party, en route to the Philippine klasdte, arrived In this city at ; li Sjndaj morning over the Northwest rn read, and after transferring to the I nion Pacific tracks lift for the west at s in, See -etary Taft, when sen on his rar, Fpoke with regret in regard to the death Of Secretary Hay Wtwa asked: Are you to became th premier of the administra'ion? " Serre'ary Taft repliecl: "Xo. I do not expect to beer, me secre-ary ,f state. I teleRraphed the president for Instructions when we earned of the secretary's death and he vdered ns to aroeaad. That does not ook as if I am to be stervtary of state. BECAUSE OF LACK OF FUNDS i in- ataaNse 1 lata ChtosMre Mrtawva . 1 1 r . 1 1 1 , ,i with ice mUai iieSnur Himrf la lSWSi Thtcaen. July .1. Tlecause of a lack Bf funds and confronted with secessions from the ranks of the strikers, the tamsters' Joint council has entlad a special meeting of that body for Monday night to de-cide whether the utrike whl h has- ben In progress for marly three months, shall be continued, and If so. to devise me ans of raisin money to pay strike benefits. FLOOO AT GUANAJUATO. IMEX. l.rent In. of I If.- Ii l lmiil Kepf.rt--ti hi BstaaaJeMtSi Heatoava MIllllIU llMTtl. Mexico City, July .1 Repor's nre current here that from 100 peren- upward, with one report claiming area 1,000, have Inen drown-1 in a gnat flood at (luanajuato. a mining city, now- the Imporiaut seat of actlvi y by - renal large American aud British companies. Mnil-tteluliliiK lime. Washington, July t, Preparalont are being made by the post odBoa dej.artmcnt for the weighing of mails, (in tl,e r-sult of ihise weljcbings the govanvsnreii ail enter into eontrneta with the r.-ulroails for the transjHrrtation of mail inattcr. ! t I tin. lie ! nil,., I Rpringfleld, 111 . July Hf,n jj llrainenl. sh-rlff of Sangamon county, and a real estate dealer of this eJty lias filed a voluntary petition in bankrupuy. He seheduled his liabilitifB aa 121,440 and his assets $ioq.

Run on a Bank. Terre Haute Ind . June 17. Follow ing th- announcement of th ahortaga Of Cashier Cotinian a run was start, d ou the Vigo ccmnty bank. A crowd f depoisitors that filled the bank so in

rather, d. and the line extended to the sidewalk. All demands for donoalUi

were promptly met. The withdrawsle cominu.d uutil the regular cioaing hour, 3:30 o'clock No estimate of ihe amount withdrawn has be-n made, but It Is understood to be small. T'ie largest Individual depoaltor cheeked out was HV000 Oiher hanklnf in--i-tutions I i - to the assistance of tha Vigu county bank and funds w.re transferred during the day to meet a-:y possible contingency Private individuals with heavy deposits in , 0th r banks withdrew their njOBay and plaead it at the illajpoaal of Preald nt Hud nut. Wants Fair Play. Inilianapoiis. It.d Jun- .7 -In !ta lefense against the listing of uoo.o0 for taxes in Vtgi an.l Marlon OOunUef the Vandalia ltailroad company declares that tn- officers of the state and countb's singled out the Vandalia f r iers--eution and prose, uf ion and failed t attack other railroad companies having property in Vigo and Man n counties. It is the contention of 'he Vandalia that there are either companies that had as much money on hand and not reported to the aaeewt as Um Vandalia is charged with failing to rejKirt. Hard on the Farmers. Rushville Ind . June 21 The wheat and do vet harvest Is now on in Rush eounty There are 37.4R:i acres of wheat in this county, and while the acreage ia smaller than usual, the loss will be offne! by th" henry ytaM and fm quality. Corn will be lata Farmers report a Scarcity f hands and many ar offering two dcdlars a day The fact that i lover and wheat have ripened earlier than usual makes it doubly hard n the farmers, who are eompellcd to arork early and late, as the corn, too, must be looked after

Eogs Shipped in Ice. Llgonier. Ind June Th Lake) Shor has Instituted the reform of shipping live hogs on ice. and the took shippers are greatly pleased with the change. The ordinary stock cara are ic-d by placins cakes of Ice over Ike aVsora Of Ike cars. and the hogs are loaded amidst the Ice. making it COOl ami quite comfortable for th- sw ine on their last ride. Left Funeral Instructions. Cnynga. Ind June 27 The finding if a letter of intruciions for th letalis of her funeral leads the reiath s of Miss Madeline Ashley, who waa Ulled by a skyrocket here a wee k aco, to believe that she bad a piemonltl n that death was coming in such a way that she would not he able to tell wnit she wi.-hed Plead Gu tty ty Telephone. Peersbi:rg. Ind . June ft, Lawrence Ashby count v superintendent of aehoole, and H A. Lohkay superintends nt of the Winslow Coal company, both residents of Window Beende! guilty over the teleph nie to shooMng fish in the Patokn river, and ea li wai fined 93 by Justice John M. White

Sentenced for Attempted Murder. Evansvllle. Ind June 27 William Miller has been sentenced to the state reformatory at Jeffersonville for from two to fourteen years for assault and battery with Intent to kill Several weeks ago Miller shot and seriously wounded Patrolman Henry Hornbrook while resisting arrest. Veteran Killed by the Cars. rlphl. Ind June f Christian Mc Nulty. 73 years old. who was a soldier In tko 5 ivil war. and who was diaf. waa run down by a Wabash passeng-r train and instantly killed. He had no relatives Purin the civil war he served in the Ninth Indiana infantry.

Dr Tinner's Latent Test. Attica. Ind., June 27. - To prove that railio-activify which he says exists in the .-arth near here, will aaatatl life. lr Tanner, who otx M fasted for 40 days nnd be nm- famous, h d-: kd to be publicly buried alive for 30 consecutive (iuv - The da h i ' - ' been set Killed by Falling Derrick. Clinton. Ind June J? Tkeodora Sparke. single, age 23 years, was killed In n gravel pit four miles north of here. A portion of the derrh k fel on llfl bead, taming instant duaiU.

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