Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 47, Number 47, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 August 1905 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER THE WEEK'S NEWS

TERSELY OUTLINED

HIN i lm I ruhlla-r.

JASPER

I N P I A N .1

8ir.ce newspapers have been printed 0:1 Sunday :n Norway.

at : bai

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ad has beu

the beginning of the war the I v rni! : p.: has encouraged Ihr. The reooM has lieeu over D worth of gold fn Japan and

An Epitome of the Most Importaat Events at Home aud Abroad the Past Week.

NORTH, LAST, WtST, SOUTH.

early as nnic-h !n Formosa.

Lions In captivity are affected by bad weather ju- as human It ings are A i:iiny day will make him I mp and lisileas, while a glimps. of sunsbuM n. .-tores the r si;.; it uuiderfttUj.

who niu.-t d. warned that Kerl!: zed.

UM Brit sh navy utlis.-iriu- .Lsi-ase SC and thjse in this way ara lies should be

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lie of

th. I thai I a..

'IS.

The price has been put an the head Of the American easle in Tl a county. California. Th board of supervisors offers a reward of $1 for the head of each of the great birds on the petition of the sheep men, who bau lost many lambs by eairles.

Par s p

'sses a cnriou;

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without iatere!

n ode', purpose. It is rous tradesmen, who th one another to the ssibi". and when nece another with loans The clique calls it-

ec f

ie Tranquil Fathers

Ooaniu. htiwn ai the room PbUi steadily increasii bt ' of great ance. The valut copra and cocoan

ira. is shown b; md promisea u rcial import the exporta o tor 1902 was $2

the pr.nto China. l far tho

While cotton cloths fo cipal item in our expor raw cotton contributes

largest item in our expor s to Japan, though the cotton fluctuates consid Otnbly from year to year, according tu the level of prices prevailtag in the I niil States. When the price of American cotton becomic approximately high, Japan purchases a large share of her raw cotton from India.

lrri Ortrlnpiurau la (lir Hu

JUfMMMM Mar. I nurlnrr VU Messw in!, i . i .i t tWtpmt llll llit. in ii.a All l 'r Ibr Uurld. Till a H l lilt I til kitt. tan S'oss.l has been relished of the i-oma.ir.ii of th, Third Siberian li. reply to an app a! from the clergy of Orenburg the tvar saidt The Hus--.it. p- ;'. an r- ly or. me. Never wiil 1 i oi . -h.tt fill p a. e or ou uaThe Japanese appear to be having th.:.-- !:.: much their owu way in

A Toko d. spau h of the -tth -ays that when the Japan-s. get their proe- . movement in full swing the uusians will have to retreat in haste, or be irretrievably lost. A report from Osaka. Japan, is to the effect that a large body of Japut - : ors - a-M. k.t.s; .ue Uueisiaa on the Turnen rtvor, The Japanese have landed a battalion and seized the lighthouse on the SiLerian coast near Dakastries (formerly Alexandrovsk), 700 miles north of

Vladivostok, evidentlv with the view

of i rtv- rattag the escape of the Russian gertison on Sakhalin island to the mainland. Lat? advices indicate that the -urn of th- Of rat. or. a in progress iu Manchuria and northern Korea is nothing core serious than reconnaissances, but the Japanese, as usual, appear to have tbe best of 'he argument in every inLinevitch reported to St. Pe;ers! urg. under date of July to, that Ria forces in Manchuria were falling : - i. to Iba ne.rthv.ard. An additional force of Japanese has I :. ru Is. ; Bohha .u .-'.a:, i. and it xs expected that the Russians under

den Lianpunff will be conipei.id to eurr r.Jer.

t haar .

g of a wer .n

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The emigration statistics for Ire an for the year l&ol furnish melancholy readlnc. in that they show how Ire land continues to lose some of the best of her population. Last year tßßU cativ-s of Ireland, a number equivalent to v3 p r 1.000 of the population, left their homes, the vast majority tu Fo to the I nit-d States or Canada. The total if . a slight falling off as compared with several recent years, and is, indeed, the sma'kst ag arregate s:nf

Abyaalnia is to be considered one cat the great markets of the near fu ture. The country has a population ol nearly 4,000,000, and under the proSreseive and eniichtened rule of King Menelik is making rapid strides to ward a high grade of civilization Europeans are called in as heads of government departments, the silver o:.. ary standard is being introduced. pe-an banks is planned, and Europe-an merchants are induced :! Th. Abyssinians have adopted the tele phone, the telegraph and quick firing weapons.

The first commander m chief of th first navy of :V 13 Anvr.can coin sales was Commodore Esek Hopkins. Of Hiioii Inland The continental congress commissioned him com mo dore. Washington formally and oftV eially a l lressed him as admiral. H.s ceimmiss.on dated from December 177, enough to make h'm th father :f the navy. Patl fOMI was ca.nd mn the senior first liuetenant In the fleet under the command of Commolore Hopkins. Command rank did no rome. to him until October 10, 1776

Nannie Gibson, a bsWfoOtOw 11-ycar-id girl, who lives with hr parents in tbe Black BsOWflM Of Nortb Carolina, is to be- given a college education by the S inthern railway, which will aiso provide for her in either ways. Some UflM aao a big slide occurred ou the mountain while she was home Oione. Sh1 ran down the railroad wavinc her red petticoat. A heavy train was stopped by her t.-n ftOt from wber-- the moun ain had caved in. Below wa; an aby . viral thousand fen dtrep, that, meant insiant death to very one on board.

Tbe total exp- use of operating hare ball In the rn'.f 1 S'ates as an orpat: laed spe.rt it in the neighborhood of 97,000, according to th eatiiMta of those best postd. which means tbat approximately SJ.fiem.OOO paid ad missions must be recelved before the team owners ean bn-ak even on their Investment, not e-ountlng Inter-st The fa remains that nearly one-half of the baseball r u !. owners of 'hi United 9tat-a !oo money every year The teams thrt are beaten In the pley lnr, pien in Iba great league, art lucky to escape heavy financial losses

BBJMBBAI, KBXY1 III. US. A broken ax under the smoking car eaiised the wrecklBj of the Califort..a ; al on the San a Ke at Lament, til One man. an Italian, named John Gragire, was klUod, f ur peraens fatally and a s-.ore of others severely inired. ABoat 'he fatally injured waa an. MeVeagh. of Jeiltet. III. Gen. Booth of the Salvation army has r?turne 1 to England from bis trip to Australia, and has starr, d on a 2.000mile motor car tour of the British province-. He is in excellent health. B rttary of State Elihu Root and h:- two sons bav, gone on a trip to Lat-rador, expecting to be absent a me nth. By the death? of R C. Greis and Peter Nielman. the death li t from the itunboat Benningtcn disaster at San Di'co. Cal.. haa been augmented to 64. Cephas Poindexter. the negro nioonshir.ir who killed Deputy United Stae3 Marshal Wade in F'ranklin coun y. Virginia. While r-i?,.ng arrest, was rap'ured 2 miles south of Roanoke. Va.. and lodged in Jail at the latter plare Tr rr. r. 'o i- rains have larioual damaged tbe Chi!. an VbOK erop. Wh.ie boating on Horseshoe lake, south of LtbaoOB, Mo , Perola and Blanche Easterlip and Alta and Ethel I'f.-k.r..-. a '. ot L' I an. r.. wer. drownft Thre oung men who were in -he boat with thm avel themselves. The bodies v.r-:o re overed. Dell Stuart. ex-Mayor of Osceola. Ia . d.e-! mi Id.-r.ly at Portland. Ore.. wbOTl has had undergeme an operation, but a itipj osed to be on the road to rece.v. ry l"p to the ever.ins ef July "0 there ha i l ern HSU eass of y. llow fever and f.7 death-i from tho disease officially reported in New Orleans. The Japanese at Kio'o and K-be fairly outdid themselves in their efforts to do hemor to Secretary of War Taft. Mies Ali e Roo-velt and th" party of Americans accompanying them. Los of Ufa and immrn-e damage to properly followed the bursring of regtrvolrs nerth of BrMfCpOft, Conn , caused by an unprecedented fall of rain, which rea hed a total of seven inches within 12 hours.

Six perrons were killed and a dozen

o-: : propra, d i . hhTi.ng lur.r.g

a terrtflc tbsadetalof at Coaey i-iand and Graves.nd Beach. N. Y. Lightning truck at several points in New York city A a mark of special di 'inetion and as indicative of the good feeling in Japan teiwards Amfrians. the biatork chr Mthomai gardens in Tokio, held alrno--- saere( In Japan, were thrown opn for fh bsupoctioa. of Secretary Tafi and party during their recent visit to th Nlpf.c a capital. Eighteen persons were Injured, some fatally, by a trolby car colli.-ion headon. a quartir of a mile east of Mattoon, 111. Dr, BdAwrd Rule, aged fl years, formrly of Minneapolis, fell from a IfCsV ley tar at Kansas City, Mo., and was lr.tantly killed President Roosevelt spent a couple of hour-, n 'he :yh. in an laaflaettoi of th" Sea Breeze home, established on Coney Island. N Y . by th New York association for the improvement of the rendition of th poor, and was much impressed wh tbe werk being done there

In a head i a r. i tweev two tnWle) irs M the Iach line, between Wilmington and Wl r rbtlvUS, N. C. J. K Itodgers a nioti rnian was fatally injured and nbout :wu: paaM-n-gra cut and brui.l Near Wreford. Ka . a cloudburst caused Lion's creek to rise more (ban feet, Off flowing its banks aud doing mtith damage to farm lauds aud the railroad. Thirteen Cliin.se. who were Miiuggi.d across the Mixtcan border, were discovered iu a Santa Ke box car at El Pao, Tex pu.sisioned for a 'rip to : , ., v rhi;. wci. ti.acei

ur..: r h mi i l'.i. broki out on board the White ftar steamship Teutonic, lying at her pier in New York, and did damage ta ihc anicun; of $"..o.m or more before it wa . x:itigulshed. The Norwegian storthing unanimously adopted the proposal for a refet. lui m 00 the question of dissolution of the union with Sweden, and fixed ;;.-!:.- -jUiiu.-mi ii of the gUttUOfl to the BOOflle. A thon ugh examination has deveU

Cped :ha- the hull of th gunboat Bennington is Intact. A court of inquiry has been detailed to investigate the cause of tbe disaster. It ha I). :i dh-eovered that, under an act of e .tigress, passed after the Main, .iisa.- . r. the bodies of the victims of (be B nningion explosion at San D il. can be sent to their hi m s a- gov. mottest axpeoae. Such of the r. la'.vt - desire can have the bodies shipped to :liem. for which purpose they will be disinterred. Elgbl Otiten joint smash, rs who put a Mil 08 at I r.d t-try. Ka- out Of bu-l-Deea, have been arrested on a charge of unlawful Wlllbljr an I d. .-t ruction of property. Tb.y will be tried at Abilene. George Thomas, acting eblef of the bureau Of cttjr property, and William Maher. acting chief of the bureau of highways, appointees of Mayor Wearer of Philadelphia, have resigned because they failed to pa.-s the civil aerMie examination. Ambas-ador Whitelaw Heid and Mr. Reid gave a dii.ner at Dorcheetef house, their London home, to Senator and Mrs. Lodge and AsaUKUSl Sec retary Lo qnU Quite a number of foreign diplomats and members of the British BObiUty were among the guests. While Hon. William J. Bryan was making an address at the Montana Lake iWis.i Cnautauqua. a crowded

boat lai.ding broke down and several hundr.d pn:-- ns pot a ducking. Ni one was seriously hurt. Joserii Moyer. a Detroit (Mich.) pawnbroker, was fa'ally beaten by thieves, who stole f;oo q money atiJ f 1. worth of diamonds. The boycott of American goodl in China, as a r -ult of the Chines - protest against th e lusion law. is said to be developing rapidly. In a collision of passenger trains at Hall Road a'ion, Liverpool. England. 2:; persons were killed and many injured. Four men were billed by the wrecking of an enet-boufld freight train on the Northern Pacific between Myerf and Big Horn. Mont. The health authorities of New Orleans are hopeful that they will be able to control the fever outbre-ak sc as to prevent anything like a wide bp.-eid m:.- The city is gating thorough deOAthsfl. It has bttfl definitely arranged that the peace plenipotentiaries will be received by President Roofevelt on board the Mayflower at Oyster Bay on August 5, and after luiiehon the Japanese will board the Dolphin, 'he- Russians ie-maininc on tbe Mayflower and proI ced to Portsmouth. N. H.. convoyed by the cruiser Galveston. Chief Evan: in r Isaa. V.r.drpoo: . ia a report Juet made, chargea th Mutual Reserve Life Insurance Co.. of New York, with eor.c alments of judgments aga.t.sr the e- in j. any amounting M $182. 7CT. exgggeratioa of its surplus Ly otr $::.o,wmi. and a fixed policy of de

lay in .settling claims. The Equltal le Life Assurance society's inrorue fo. the first six months cf 19i3 shows an in re-ase of $2. 3M S'.o ovr the corresponding period of las: year. Coal, railroad and dock properties, .nserva'ively estimated to be worth $'''. "o tnbrac ing seven eorpora tions in Ohio and West Yirginia have been eombined under on managenuc; to be known a 'he Sunday Crek company. Prot Hor.ry C Davis, a member of the philosophy faculty at Yale, has been chosen profensor of philosophy and bibilieal liierature in Washburn college. Topeko, Kas. Thn bond for $!'.."..: " of State Treasurer Thomas T Kelly of Kansas was approved by the unanimous vote of the state executive COVflCil. This end.- the flL'l.t

Judge Mar. hall, of the Hlaeourl supreme GOflri, bWMd a v.r.t. returnable at the October term, prohibiting officers of St. Lori. OOttBty from arr -ting and trying St. Louis pOticeDsOn for trespass In breaking into :i.. Delmgf .-a tra k im le.sure

ine bl Pet ere burg Vledomostl ibflr If rri-leises 'he visit if Secretary Tafi and Miss Roosevelt to Japan, and complains that 'if mejmiet for the trip was tailless; eho-en. adding th,v efforts to ppe . tbe visit devoid of poUtical meaning are -( hlldül.e. M John SinelU r. charged WtH the murder of bit wife and Child, In Chieago makes the nov 1 pb a of "epileptic sonanambulism " d-i taring 'bat he com mitted the i-,.nen his sleep Th- Chi.. -v., f'ity Railway Co. b&S filed a liill in the Cnlted States clrc.lt court for an Jr.junctWm to restrain the ciiy of ChlCggjO from inu rf ring Will u:y of the company's lines. MiM Fanme Hoehf Ider. aged 18. of CkkgflJB ar.d Wiliiam Heald. aged nine years, son of the proprietor of the resort, were drowned at Cold Springs, Miel , on the Black river, by tL tapB..iiK of a row-Loat.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Secretary Wilson Will Reorganize the Crop Statistics Bureau.

JUST LIKE THE RUSSIANS 07WEB iiu-.mah.

Could Not Let an Opportunity for Loot escape Them.

HE IS LOOKING FOR GOOD MEN

Ihr r.-rrmr. litt lutriillii u( Hraluulnit. Ilm V III l nlliiuv Iu llulltl I i III llt-nrliu-iM of ilii- l.uir r it nit- at. 0.-t. r Hay X Y . Auk L BetfOtflff Wilson will reotgafllM thoroughly the rop statlatici butobm of the deport neat of Agriculture. Alrtadj he i seeking ni.u of character, .-taneting and euii'-at.. :-. to conduct iln work of

f ? $

Lveats In Various Portions of fjdiAna Told by Wire.

IECHRTAUY WILSON the bur-, au n. n in w t;.m th. fattti-rs and growers of the eenintry will have Isupllclt COUfl deuce, and who will place the ri porta of the bureau on a standard of ex . ll.'iHi never her tofOffO achieved.

vne man no nas ioun.i. citnousu ne , ri(.h Iu nt..,r ,.Vibnce pertaining to the

Goes not at tn.s time- wn to imoin as'reui b. ib r expU.i,,n on tbe stuu

I ldc-- id il.. Him nrr In lili-h ibr gileft fweoawew at run v ri Ii ii r lllii i ii rrd. San Fiai..iMO. Auk 1. IIc.s from Japan lnar out the report circulated by the retuit-.iiiK Kusiau iiil tticiiur of I'ort Arthur that (en. Stöpsel aud oftlier. Mirr.udeied (tie fix tress In order to loot .the lame treasures, estimated at 30,0(Ki,OuO ro!les t$C. ,o.o. These reorts are WJ cred. tu i by stories from J.ipau of the lavi-h expenditure of the Rot Man i.fflecrsand many private .obli. rs whin prleoaors. There ar.- n arly Tu. of ihi-.- prison. ts, and racesUy a privat, seddur Who attempted to esvae had several hoodred lollsWi in paper. Many otlbers mut bare small fortuns in their possession. JiidKinK by th.- way they buy luxuries They order ehflnpagoo, vodka and claret by the case, and buy 1 1 Lt rally of all choice forelRn i ise gootb and of all dein- i.-i. s and fruits. Some have ordered pianos and other gflgttj Instrummts with which to while away the t.dium. The story poes that this money came from ih Port Arthur treasure, half eif Whirl was sent out in destroyers and r.-a. h-1 H i - a. but the remaind r of wl.iihwiis l b-d anions th" g:irrion, only 2.OO0.IMMI rubles beinK found when the Japanese tcok po-s ssitn. THE BENNINGTON INQUIRY

Its Kraalnaa Bfgvn mt m.m Dim. ; al., I ii ill-r Hit- l'ri-lilriie til t'uai uaoilurr l i-u i n , llrilri-d. San Iief.'), Cat . Auk 1 The board

Of inquiry appointed bp Admiral Good I

Asset Iiiciraslng. Terra Haute, lud , Jul) 2 lu , rt of ihe Vlflo ualioi.at bunk baVd I'uo. ii, round llmire, uu th. , ligations. Tbe total nssetaof thiucluditiK doubtful paper gre pla tt H.0C1.0M bj Hank KjDUaine i FYs Vhe liabilities are ii. Cot der ble pap r iHÜsdue by Noveiiib. i I .m ,t Is hoped the fftf.Wf Will be liinri. tl g doubled by that time. Eventual friends of the bunk say. credn.u i be paid in full. The ho calle d h of Cuablec Coit.uian. now placed as $14y.iJ0. at.. I wiirthliAS pap. i i absorb tlie $l.'.n.i capital stoc( .,. ttO.000 surplus.

Will Liy Bare Failure. Kn btiiond. Ind.. July M Ju icn yn. of the Wayoe drcuil court, colled the itraud jury in session and read Iiimi tions in which he ordered a sear, h invest IgaUou of ihe wrecking of Comaaerclol bank at Hageratowo, lounty jiuIk' fox deelored that thi pevsilors had been ib liberai. 1 r ' i l and he Up pruned upon tbe grand to ascenaiit if poaalble wbelbei J. I a Itowman, the defaulting eaal i committed suicide, was ui! .1 al . -tod in his speculations by others. Held to the Grand Jury Terre Haute, Ind. July 2 C ""onzmaii. formerly QgeHer Ol failed VigO County national boi waived preliminary bearing bei I United Btatea Comnlaaloner A. i H iin on Thursday, and wa- held " iwait gctfcM Of th'- federal grand which meets iu November h,alabed boadavfor 110,000, Doorman barit.-d wi-b embexallng $1. i u e auk's ftinds.

r.i name The o her three be hopes

to secure in a short time. Two of them will le south rn men. and to;h will be experts in cotton and tobacco s'ati.-tlcs. This, in brief, is one of the ideas which Secretary Wilson elm dilated to President Roosevelt. In p s; ot.- to ir. itati. t. 'win- x-

Pentecost Encrn m tit Martinsville. In.!.. July fj Thi

beiat Boonlngton, in San Diego har- tional Pentecost encampment will op. n

bor. on July 21. convened on board th in 'his e-ity August 4 Th. teats a iiagship Chuago. It to uadoratood tbat I pitched la inareat Drove pari, oat the sessions will be secret The boat. I ! 'hem with sufficient capacity :

onslsta of Commodore Holland N Stevenson, retired, presiding oflp et

Capt. K K Moore of the Chicagi

'.. t Tl. i S Phi Ips Lieut

4 W people. The aftetKiane-o of people is anticipated dally The a ill be IfKhtiv with eb ctriclty.

te: led Bo Mary Wllae ft Viaited the , Mcody, of the Chicago, is judge

cate, whose duty it Is to see thi

board of inquiry will require several days, possil ly a wick.

FIRE IN PACKING PLANT

p;-ei(lent a Sagamore Hill

fj - f m . , . I '

rrior u. mi conierence wnn tae pres- M ar pn ,r.,,, tu the ,,,,.

leier. r. ;ry . -M-n was not i--m-municative It was known that h- had tome to Oyster Bay to discuss with the president th situation in the department of agriculture a developed by the inve::pat. ons now in progress -in the bureaus of statistics and of plant industry, but he declined to go into any details until he had talkM with the president. In addi'ion to the inquiry which is being made into the all g) ; irregularities which have developed.

th. secretary, on his own account. Is

Worms Destroy Tree OofeUfltbua. lud July 21 Alan creen tree was rOOipll tety deotl

It is probable that the work of the lw" " u l,rm wri

inline its aiip.'aran." ::i uns . . The braachee of trees all over i arp alive wltl the- ins i ts. wblcl he killed l poisonous fluid but I

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un . d

rUellH l-in r I iiie-nl nml lle-rl lird of twin r.-ti-u i nie I'liim nt uiiih I. Jn.-ili. Mil, Iliirm-el

St. Josi ph. Mo.. Aug.

started In the beef sheds of Swift

making a rigid investigation of other Co.'e packing plant at South St. Joseph,

bureaus of the department, his dtertu nation being absolutely to purge if of any taint of corruption In his work, Secretary Wilson has the approval of the president, whose dinetn has been to eliminate every form of graft in the department. At the conclusion of his confer' nee. Secretary Wilson talked frankly abOOl se;mf pha.-es c f the work in his tl.-part-nitnt. He was asked whether the-re was any likelihood of his early r linqaiabmenl of his portfolio as secretary of agriculture He replied, after lilustratir.g his position with a story: "I have not been asked to go and I am not in!ei.e'tng to r.-U'n 1 am going to stick to my post and continue to build up that great department. You will tee-ell that when I went there I found practically ftOthiOgbttl a few roll tep dosha and a halt dzn ha!f-tar d aclenttsta. Blaoe that time we have buill up an improved branch of the government. The agricultural department to-day is a great department, and I may say i.s as souad a- a nut We are trying every day In make it better. S.tre I took charge of it. 271 people have been let 041 1 of its service for va-

' :,.,r.:;S'y.;,'.,tTw. STRUCK BY FREIGHT TRAIN

nke it a point to ke-ep only first clas mn and women The- purpose of the Inves-iga ions now in progr ss i to parte tbe !-partnunr of all -e-lfishness and corruption, and that end wili be accomplished. It is my purpose, and It is the- purpose of the- prtsJdoat." HIS OPINION OF OIL KING

completely doatfoyed the rioultry de

partment, which is said to be the larg-e-st in thi- wi rid The i,ef sh.-.i- are also entirely ceinsumed. The fire spread rapidly from the beef sheds to the ou!try department and a WO DUd a'arm was immediately tovaoi tab FiVO fir" companies were SOOO oa the ground ar.d made a hard fight to get the fianie-s under control. The loss is estimated a; .2Vv00. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL llr. I'riiiiLlln InrUe-. of ll..liti. to hm iri-ei at hintooii. fumalaer. fur riieifeeuraiililuu l eirta. Ringsum, Jamaica. Aug ! The inveetigation before a magistrate eif the ease against Hr. Franklin Clarke, of Boston, who is chargeel with wrongfully obtaining a photograph of the fortifications at Port Royal, resulted in Dr. Clark being committed to trial before th circuit eourt. A Hriiish non-commissioned offleer, who assisted him in gaining entrant to the fortn o, will be court-mart ialled.

Farm Rrs' lenee Burned. Castjomn. Ind. July H The r l ti e e.f Ha' n.i ti Mr it ear

I place, was aeeblentally burned, togetl Fire, which flltll nearly all the household gooi

LefWW, tf.OM Joaopl Sigman. als., uffereil the b ss of houre-hold ferts Partial Insurance Is reported.

Aeed Twins Celebrate. .SVw Albany Ind. July H Mr? I ! Carpenter, eif this (ity, and her v br. ither. S ? Morrill. f Fulton. cetebraied their alaetietb birthdaj anniversary here. They are brother and sister ofJust ice Morrill, l'nlte I Slates m t ator from Vermont. Bnd F::e in Cr.: me!. Nohlesvllle- Ind.. July 2s ('arme' b-d tbe moat disastrous fire in the his" ry of the town, entailing a Iom f ! Tbe-livery st aide of .In k-Mi Jeff ri. -blacksmith abof of Jooepl Korobal r and tbe shee store of M. L. Martin wre totally destroyed.

I lire 1- mien, Itlillnti in HiiuuTt KllterO VI n CffMSlua Wrl uf I're-i-pnrl, III.

1 In- ll.-li.rinep" I'r.im M lai unala llre-lnr.- Ii e.e-1, e-f i-1 1 r l.r.eile-at I rl.nliinl uf t lie- u-." Pprinsrfleld. 111.. Aug. 1. "John D. Ro keteller Is the great.-. I criminal of the age. ' Thus did fiov. Robert M La Toilette of Wisconsin d UOUICO the rie hesj nian In the world in an addrr d i v-i. d

at tho state fair grounds, before the Illinois Rapt let Chautauqua The bMiara'ion was gfHObli with cb" rs. PoUee lb Hmsl n laindr. Quincy. III.. Aug. l.-U0lt. Michael 11 Barry, id the Qabacy paHoe force, OOmmmitted -ulelde by shooting. Ihimrs'lf -roubles are said 1, have be n tbe- ewoM I be I Inlnli l.r.nela. Vashinton. Aug. 1. Tn r.-ary Of the Inie-rier has d-s ipnated Conimiseb ner Rlcharda, of the general land nfflee; lohn Irn, of Ctah, ami Irvini;

Howbert. eif Colorado, to supervise the d 1.-penal Of the lands of the Cintkh e.-erva'.on in I'tah. DrwaaeO Dead 1 omre. St. LOUta, Aug. 1 Peter Daniel, 70 years old. for years a bookkeeper In the water . ommlssloner's office at the City ball, dropped to the floor unconrf IOM and died. Just after leceirlrg the kl k for his month s salary.

Freeport. Ill , Aug 1 Chicago, Milwaukee efe St Paul freight train, northbound st 1 in k a buggy we t of Freeport, killing thrfe women. Mrs William J. LaiLolle was thrown into a e reek ar.J killed. Her '.aught. r. Uraee liiUille, landnl on the pilot of the loeomot.ve, and died in a loopital at Free'port w ithout regaining roaoelOOaaoM Mis Qlodya Brine was burt.i laeau .iistar.ee ir.d killed. THE CHOLERA! N INDIA It I'rf mill tiiif.nu In. Itefiiue-ra I 1. .in Uie- I etiiil lie -si 1 l L . n Oiatrseste in Irsdla.

Madras. British India. Aug. I sonous epid.nile of Obolera prevails an ting the riftiK'es freun the fatiime--strie ken dlst.-ii ts who have- bi gg crowding, Into the i ity for weeks pat Numbers of victims hav. b.-. n found dead or dying on tbe streets. Tbe death rale is 83.7 per l.oOO

Is n Fugitive. Harlincton. Ind July :s Hcfv Haas booUMopar of the People'i Par 1 Inc company, of this place. Is a fugft but no steps have b.en taken as yet le- dine; to Bvouecutloa BtagalaatioTi showed that the bank fin ds had bet depleted $T..WT Fine Bed of K.nolin Voood. JeffM-sonvil1e Ind Jul; fj A !nr bed of kaolin has be e-n found mi K V ' farm, near Hunker Hill ju' OVtf the line in WaehtUgtOU county Testi d -velop that it is admirably adapted f ' th manufacture of eocaoetlc tile No More Annouicmrts. Bhrood, Ind . July 2S Thmlnieferw of this city have concloded that DOb lishinit announiements of special services i too mue-h like theatrical alr tlse-rnents. and hereafter thfse aOtlreg Will be omitted by the press

Recovers Lott Voice. Marlon Ind . July H Frank Prower, formerly a minister anel a toacbf r. loot his voice five years ago and could only whisper Equally ns sue.'elenly his veiice returned, ami he is now able te. talk in an ordinary too.

togaMoe Weiriir. rait in igojg, Sedalia. Mo.. Aug. 1. A number of business nun met and tool the preliminary steps teiwards holding; a four months Wejirld s fair In Se .ialla in 1920, in celebration of the nn bun-dre-dih arguiversary tf Missouri s admisalon to the I'nion, i In 1 111 Mine- I BSWfU, Terre Haute. Ind, Aug. 1. The Gr r.fleld mlnen. west of Terre Haute, hast been e losed by the state mine Innpector. because of condition menacing the life of the Hi m.nets employed.

Fire on a Farm. Cs-uon. Ind . July fj Fir" do tr. ) 1 1 the machine houses on the farm of Josiab Ferguson, bnrnltn; the I. nil. lings two COn shredders, a niimbi 1 of fanning tsnplCBieUtl and a quantity of baled hay. Leoss $2 ,

Bass for Cedar Lake. Wlnaniac. Ind . Julv 2 - The fjgtted State fish eommisison hat mtabllabed n fish hatchery at Cedar lake The 01 closure Is 4ii200 feet, ami will hold :.0 -MM . ,.trm ., rir. ::. . - !.-

Obdui ate. 0h cxmsider your focbUOa,M pleaded the rtjonted lover. i eaaaot Uvo without you." "Self-preservation Is the first law ol Nature." she replleel "leant live with you." Philadelphia Press. Disappearing Vessels. Yeaat It Is said that 2.x" vesse k ..f all descriptions disappe ar eery yesr Crlmsonbeak )f course, this iloee not re fer to scheieiners.' or the numUr would be materially Increased. -OVonk-ers Btateeman.