Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 47, Number 50, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 August 1905 — Page 2

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The British sfsstlOll Journal asserts that men neck are knajjef than they vis d to be

A Maine newspaper inadvertently got the headline ".News About l'betere" over the 1 local nx ntioti" or personals about the prominent ettia n.

The larir st Iante 'ibrary in the world is that of Isinida IeoncH, in Vdlne, Itsljr. It coniprtaea mare thin MM publication iu .11 languages relating to the pet.

An Epitome ol the Most important tvcaii at Home aad Abroad life Past Week.

NORTH, LAST, WEST, SOUTH.

! rnmark it ia the Law that a!l drunken persons shall be t.ik. u to their homes in carriages provided at the expense of the publican who -old them the las' pfe M The british army council has decided to discontinue tlM p r;;iu nt of providing recrui's with artiflcial teeth. Tbe soldiers would not par for their teeth as agreed, out of their pay of 25 cents a 4ay. nd when t.'ie military authorities tried to make them they deserted, teeth and all.

There are in all tki members in the Imperial family of Japan. inclusive of 11 married and four widowed princess ) es. who are RMBBbi rl Of the family by marriage, not by birth. Of the res: there are 11 married and 16 unmarried rrinces. inclusive of the Mikado i and tl unmarried princesses.

The South African sold mines have recovered from the effects of the Boot war as shown by the output for July The total production for that moat)

Is stated to be 425.01m) ounces. valti'J at J.31.25o. as compared wi;h that ' of June of $.757.060. Previous to ;h? war the highest record of the Hand '

fl IS'1

was $8.604,00

The word "foci" as use d in dispivdv as from New Orleans regarltng yellow fever means centers of the disease. It Is the p'ural of the Latin word focus." There may bo one or more cases in i locus. Of late the d. .--patches have given only rh- number of cu-- and not the number of foci. The few et foci reported the better the indications

art

use

under control.

Th three thousand cotivicts con fined in New York state prisons will no lunger eat from dishes of tin. Wat sanitary, as well as humanitarian :a aons. Superintendent of Prisons Collins hat substituted for the tin plate cup and basin, which for years const! tuted the dining outfit of all state prisons, dishes of glazed white putter? of the heavy, almost unbreakable kind, am: .ar to ch-ap hotels and boa'dins houses.

An electric railway is to be constructed between Mexico City an!

p." .a I" :' y " m.l of s; ant at 1

electric railways are projected in Ja pan. Brazil la about to reconstruct its navy at a cost of $71 ."". ar. 1 three baf'eships. three cruisers, anl several other smaller vessels are to be purchased. There is a crowing d

rr.ar. ! fT -'icar in s. i'h-rn Mor c j rhf se orportunities for Americans to J io business in foreign countries arc reported by virions American consuls.

sis theory is forwarded to the sae department in a consular report by Conpal (",f neral Gumther at Frankfort Mr Guenther furnishes from German papers a report to the effect that Dr. Quinton. of Pari, recently communtawed to the Academy of Medicine :hc a on the effects of lea water upon tuberculosis. The experiments were conducted with sea aster, which was so diluted with pnr water as to contain ieven parts of salt n l.ooy parts of liquid.

Postmaster-Gem-ral Cortelyou has been working on a proV.-m. with the lb!e ai'Mnce of Mr H.'chrock. and It is now announced that a new form f m -ney order has ren devised, which, if it does not defy forgery, artfi saake forgeries and alterations extremely difficult. Before Mr Ooftet fou left on his vacation he approval :he new form and work on the preparation of plates will be begun immediately. Twice before since the postal money order system was estab'isbed in 164 haa the style of the order been changed.

Hsjga tip on the roof of the An-nla. New York, the tallest apart an nt hotel la the orld. is one of the most protluctive chicken farms in the country, considering Its size. Only a few days ago Too ch'cks of all - ,: and br(is were shipped in body to the broader and more congenia'. surround Inga of Long Branch. N .1 . and theyoung proprietor of the roof farm Master W. E. l Stol w. vh d th

wagrns drive away with their ani-1 seated burdens and beared a sich of I relUf at the thought of the burden of j care Ntbftd from h's -noulders.

Some time ago seven Ruasian prisoners who had made their escape from B.berla were picked up in an open boat la the middle of the Pacific. They were taken to San Fran' SCO and the Californian gave them clothes and loo.l ar.d founil them employment. Within a comparatively short time ch f rhc sw v n fe'l into the cluf hei of the American niin . and tfffsj con ticed of c rlmos ranging from house breaking to highway robnery with iolenre It was proved that one Lad been guilty of Imost erery crime VOJa the exception ol mansiaugbter.

air.i lrirl..Miiruti la (be II Jipanrir War. Inarlkrr Willi ISSStM ' llilrrt-at Ct I rum l' iBpurlaul On ! prill uj a All U'r

Ihr Wiirld. Tin: ST ASS iv ine: PAH Kii"Three Rasaaaa ofllcrs who have rea 1 d tat ma.i ..iral from Sakhalia report that the Russian force in the Interior of the island occupies an almost xxnpiegnahic por tion atal is receiving th. Mlpport i f the n : !i - The Lor. ln Daily Ttl-'graph's Tokio correspondent says thai the oecepsUKMI of Kauu hatka by Japan will be shortly aenonarirt The garrisou th.re couaistl oi' a .-.njjle Russian battalion. a l.i row ri aa vot i. The efflcial rport (roaa Nov ürieacs on the progress of iLt pj I w fever epidemic tor the 48 hours ended at 6 p. m . :h -h..w..l . N ca.- . 93; total to dale. 365. Deaths. 8, total to date, IM Capaa uudvr treatment, ML Five cew cases of yellow fever were reporWel from Haaaoa City, la., makI tr-al Of I 1 h-re; It new eases oa K:v.: Mi plan tat loa, 9L Mary's parish; fcur a: Misis.-ipi City. Miss., and one new eaae a; Bavrpy plaaUUcsm, in Jefferaon parish La. From la t reports received the conelufion s that yellow fever is pretty Ihotottgltly dlasem lasted throushout

bou'hfrn LiMi:rtiat:a. making the outlook indeed pjlaosa with the period of frost to far off. Widespread Infection is reported la the Lctviile settlement, at the mouth cf Bayoa La Pxarcae. Th inhabitants : Bp Stlf fishermen aad oystermen. fear new cases of yellow fever art peportesl from Miaafaalppt tv.y. ma- ! asAar treatment there. i.im.ihi i;w. IIKUS. Jih- AI-va:. . r I' '.'..- tar issued a ukae i "mn. anding ea h family to prtfrr.t a baby at the laptismal font every yar, and that none shail marry withcut the written voiuent of Apostle John Alexander I Mavi t Dunne of Chicago was arrested in Evanston. 111., for violation of h !: ' ordinance with his automobile and paid a fl) fine without a murmur. Joseph P'.umb hran. XL D., missionary physician at I'ramia, Persia. ba uin! there of typhoid fever. Dr. Co hran built the flrt hospital in Persia, and was at once time the only civi..f j hyakiaq In a community of hail a mi. !u n people. Th- .!oro tr.i.-s of Z.i.i.' ar.ca made great demonstrations in honor of Secretary Taft and party. Th-re was a pr uces-:tn, a drill by Moros and tathe

The e'.evtnth annua! Winoca Bil-le cor.f- ret I iu se-tinn at Winona lake. The pope has decided. Irrevocably, tb.' Mrs. ParMiurst's marriage to Prince Roeptftlloij ar. net be recogrii.'d by the fhurch. her former marr.üBe to Col. Parkhurst. under a disponsat'.on in tftsparftata culturs having Leen regular and binding Milwaukee wa- s !ectr t.y the crand aeri of the Fraternal Order of Eagles PM th r.x; meeting. H D. Davis, of ('w and. O. was h(;-en pr-;d-n Kar.-1 Ity'a drfU team wen the f"50 tar.r. r. Fort Y rth was second. F.f . en workmen w:e carrhd down by a falling wail in the ruins of the burnd Avenue theatr in Pi'taburg, Pa., and all et- mere or Dss injured, Br. of hem fatally, however. s r.or Qeeaaaa, Catbaa salattter to the Uattesl States, furni-his some :n're?tir.g financial isatletlea as showing a eoeeltSoa of affairs in th island that If surprising to the most optimi.-tie. At a Jewish synagogue corner stone laying ia Pittsburg. Pa. the spectators en wded on the platform erected for tb rabbis and those immediately conrecoil with the ce remedies, and it gave way. preclpitatirs; about 5o into a cl!ar. Nearly all were cut or bruised, but none fatally hurt. Lord CtfBOSs of K d ilstone has ref pr.eil a viceroy of India on account cf the friction with Lord Kitchener. Th" 'arl of Mir.'.o has n ani.o mced as his successor. Hon. David Yark. the oldest legislator in the world, died at his home in Fr-!-ri ton. New Hrun-wick. age-d 101 yetrs and 0 months. He wa-t a m meer of fh; Canadian senate, a life office. Ten parteae wer kükd and a largi number injured, at But'e. Mont., by swi"hine car?. eB tbi Great Northan erahii.K into a irnwded troll y rar at a tn s.-ina.

Henry D. Davis, of Cleveland, 0.. wa ed grand worthy president of the fra'. rr.al order of Ragles, by mcclaBaation. a: Dnvr. Col. Jori. the anarrhlst. who was arrested Ir, th Austrian Tyrol, while preparing for an attempt on the life of Francis Jesefb, tarbaf the latteri Tisit to Bötzen. har.gd himself in prison. Thi- strike of th telesrapiurs on the Gra: NOftlH rr. iu-m has been called persons were killed and ten Injured )y a fast train running into a trolley car at s crossing in Winton Place, a Nssara of Ciadaaatl. Judge E. W. CunninKbam. sjf the Kansas supreme rourt. died at a sanitarium in Bi 'Ulder, Col , of a complication cf diseases.

F.x PaasH Sfelllir fr returntrg te afiisa . v. b i 1 i era a board, went oer an oMbaasHMssl ul one man was aUM ai d inaily all tha r.-t lajwred, if vt ita died later Knuifior Nu hol has pro. lain. tt tht grant w the aaaasaa peaple of a gosudarii'.vennala douiua i lower hoiisl ef the pjMsssvbl)i to pa f mat J by i iet .l repttMntatnes t. -u wb.ii of Bessssk rradtrec''s PJfefts that tbi on bind cereal yields in the 1'n.vd S'at-s for lvo5 will probably exceed all ial years both ia quantity and quality. Kerir.it Kooei' Iba SSeoaf BOP of the pr BletBt, ha- gone to Daedsfood S D., on a visit to Capt Stth Hull. k, superv l.--r of the Hi.o U 1L.N Foied reserve. C. L Melvin, the "joint'' dynami'er, was found guilty, at Io a. Ka . of atiaHrVnsss aaattactioa of property and senteiu ed to six nu uths iu jail and

costs. Hon. David U. Fran. is. of St. Laots, I was attCtel pYeeldeal Of tba Trans-Mis-lil:pi Cnintcrclal ingresr at the I convent ion in Portland. Ore. Webb Jay. of Oeeelaad. o.. a probably fatally lajared at KtaJlworta j park. Duffalo. N. Y . during an auto:oob:Ie 'f- I his machine i ra.-hin.s

through a feme and dosya lä fex-t into a rond of water. Charges have been filed in the department of jusiWf, in Washing1' n.

against Associate Justice Tm k r of the

Arizona territorial court, by citizens of Qlobe, whiih. it i said, involve bis

judicial and personal condui t. I Tempi Houstcn, youngest son of the famous (Idi Sam Houston, dud at his j homo in v Oi dward. CKla.. ag d 4" years, lie leaves a wife and four children. While l a hin- in the Allegh ny riv.r at Godfrey, Pa . two of a lamping

I any. Rev. i.liani Bilaimer, of Youngwood. and Miss Verna Morrison, oT Mount Pleasant, wae drownnl. Hon. Henry St. George Tucker, dean of the school of law and diplomacy of leorgo Washington university, at Norfolk. Vs., wa- unanimously elected president of the UieaUiail Exposition Co.. rloe Fitzhugh Le. deease, When the peace plenipi i uties at Portsmouth, N. H.. adjourned, on the lth inst., until the -".'d. there was every indication that the meeting on the latter date would be simply one of adieus unless, in the meantime, instructions were receive! from Tokio and St. ('':-! ::- that would br ak the .m.asse rea.-hed in the aegotiations. John Wacamaker addre-sed the convention of the Negro Business league in New Ycrk i :ty. telling his hearers that the.r PaeGee liad no depend1 ne on color. Booker T. Washington was re-elected president. Capt Carl F. Hartmann. signal corp.;, V S. A., court-martialed at Vancouver barraiks for alleged conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, has been aeejeittaek By the plunging of a negro excursion train throuph an open draw a: Bruce s station. Vs.. cm the Atlantic Coast 1 UH between tf and 30 negroes lost their lives and a number were injured. Homesteaders on the Uintah Indian reservation lands in 1'tah will have s hard ime of It, as thy wilj have tc

i make terras w.th Mormons for water

the latter having secured all in sight. Chi- f W Ikie of the United States secret service announces the app arance uf a new counterfeit $5 silver certlfla It I of s.erifs 18M, Lyons regis'er and Kfit.fr:.- traMmr. and it poorly executed. The International Typographical unioD. a i --sinn in Toronto. Ont., adopted the report of the eight-houf committee, which indorses the cam paign cow being carried on for the eight-hour day. A strike of cotton operatives in Mancbester, Knuland. for a five p r COBt increai- in wages, has l-n averted by a compromise after a ler.gthy onfrt r. -v V HL Sf'n. of Braidwcod. 111., was eleited roycl chief of the order of Bcob th Clans at the Royal clan conv tion in New York, an l John Hill, of St. Louis, was elected royal treasurer. Th- Hr.-h for Ign office authorizes the ilpleaiial that it la taking no part whatever in the peace negotiations at Portmeuth. Advir-i- had not ben a-ktd. and ton was likely to be given until itqui kt d A Ru.'ian Imperial ukase has been Issued restoring to the Armenians their school and church property in the Caui ease. FiTi-st flu in the meiun'air.s ra r'hof Jcd-.. C'ah. have. dstroyd an enormous amount of timber. Mr Hod la Vlls, a widow, shot and killed William Bunh. to whom f-h- was engaii d to be married, in the home of the former, at Hutchinson, Kas., and then commi'te d suicide. No cause is known for the tragedy. a raaaot fa cantat la Berlia that the lelatiens between Germany and Great Dritain have been strained, almost to the bteakitg point, ly the alleged effoits ef the emperor to form a European coalition against Great Britain. The cruiser Chicago and the gunI oat Hennington wire in collision off Angel ldan'l, San Francises harbor, as tba sequel to ft series of n ir-haps ! 1lowlng the towing of the B nningtcn from San PUsr; Both vessels were considerably damaged. S" r r.ry ,, t'l President Ixei aud his wife have cnmplted th' r namth's ouMr.it in Yellowstone park and have returned eat Fniperor William of Germany has oi.fr i re-.l :he f)rdir f the Red Kag, of the fourth grade, upon Wald mar von Naetlts, editor of the Ixjuisville (Ky.) Anzeiger, and the Order of the Crown, of the fourth class, upon Dr. Junn, of Washington. D. C. A grand dinner, followed by a brilliant py rotechnic display, was given In Quebec in honor of Prince Louis of Battenberg and the efflcers of his squad ron.

PRESIDENT HASN'T

TRIBUTE FROM IT1LUNS T s"":

ABANDONED HOPE

Will Not Relax Efforts to Picvent a Rupture ol Peace Confetence.

Sailors of the Umbna Fay Tribute to Bennington's Dead. ll.-nuill il Mrinlli ei. . . I I intra Ik luuir HI I'olnl liiuin Mini m I llai I'rinnni in i ll.

HOPE HANGS ON SLIM THREAD wsoeaa PvMe oi JapassoMM sVaw eaasetiM ! Vtwewew la '.rjr Hu I il. I lir.nl ii l hii-ii Ibe PtoatpatwwtsatisMi v p r i . Oyster Bay. Aug. 21 President L. oeaVCJI aaa not abandoned hope of a ttceeaafal iaaae of the WaaalafteBi pu.i' lonferenee. Neither ha he relaxed his efforts to prevail a rupture between :tu conferees) whin they reOoatreae at Portsmouth. lit Ufa c ii im- it n pi ills. Evei.ts of importance have SOCCl V 4 es h o lo r rapidij here. On au iail.v morning train Barou Kaia ko, a contidential representative in this country, of tin- Japan:!-, gov-rntnc-r.t, arrived in Ojrater Ba qaite Baaxpeetedljr. n-iias a general invitatlou to visit the prett dent at any time, and wa received aa soon as Be had arrived at Sagamore Hill. That he was the b ar r Of important information is known, but the nature of Ins me-.age i.N not disclosed. He remained with the etesldeat tbfOO' Qiiaricrs of an hour. At 'he ooavclttSfaMI of the conference, the baron decllaed even to discuss his satoaloa, although he politely expressed regret at hi inability to enlighten his interrocaiors. unit n NrMaal Opflw Surrounded by a half dozen newspaper men. he talked with appun tit frankness, but his words were not luminous for information. He laprSBSl I the opinion, which he was ca:ful to note was simply his own, that Jajyan had made every concession in the conference that a victorious powr could be tx'ccted to make, and that the Japanese people would risent any serious recession by th emoys from the position they had taken. Not the slightest indication of th character of the corroOPOBdeeco wa pennitted to become public. The president, a'tir.u :.- an intermc'liary bOtOJOf two warring governments, feels that secrecy is even more lr.eumlr.t upon him than as though the matter related wholly to him personally, or to the I'uite-d States.

San Dago, CaV. Aug. 21--Tribute to du- pJMetOf? of the victiins of ihe- lJenii agtt D i.i aSief ab given by the offl-L.:.-sad i In no n of the Italian cruicr L'nil i iu. High ffliei. nu hiding the enp' an; . all the petty officers und bait i headrej PtUopt, went to Fort IbneeeralBi win re they were Joined by Col. MiC.ellan and Capt. ICOtl and proe . did to the Military ceni' iei y on Point Leina. Tbl re they placed on the 1 1 i - i p il , umlcr v. Inch lie nearly tifty bodies of the BennlnMoi.'s Miilors, thu largest and handaoueat floral wreath t er seen in southern California. Six ailor 1 ore :t io the common grave. It was tiv.- feel lOBg by three and a half wide, and nOPtated of white roses, Dsaideahalr Ptrp and white carnations, tied with r.bbons of heavy silk five yards long and eii;ht inches wide, on which were the words: "Boyal Italian N..y BtPlBashlp rmbria, to the vlcUflM of the U S. S. lU nnington." The sailors gro'ii,. ,: ,,,,, m ill., giav- wtnlo the captain of thc I'mbria briefly exreaped the sympathy of the Italian navy, and syolM of the heroism of the dead and wound' d. A MISSOURI TOWN EXCITED

Ml -ol I'Si I IN VI. VVOHI. iald I l rawwy n Inrrip l)-lrr For RsMBsaatr "! ilriiii-nt. St. I'etcrsburg. Aug. 22 The Ruasian government's final communications to M. Witte, outlining the course that he shall pursue at the reopening cf the pea--e conf. rence at Portsmouth, are still in PPOCeai of being puf into cipher prior to being forwarded to America. With the receipt of St. Petersburg's last message, th- brief breathing spell will have end'-d. St. Te'ersburg leaves a final word wl'h her representative- at Portsmouth. lnei-r. lO -in- OT gSttlWMBlWhen the nature of th'se communications become cenerally known. It will be seen that in a sincere deire to effect a satisfactory sei'b rner.t. the government has gone as far as IfjSj aptfippp ly vital state intcrMs will permit It can further be said that for this letaopj th- gov.?rnnint la firmly cet.v.n' d that in ease of failure of tfie neRotiations. ttfe responsibility will not rest with Russia, which has conc-de! muc h already. Viilhlni; o t ii m 1 1 KtetWBi While it ia Impossible to learn the actu.il cr nun's of the Kovernment's communic ation to M. Witt-, it can be declared that the requirements of the. state make concessions on the questions of indemnity and Sakhalin, as th M question were originally presented by the Japanese-. Impossible. It is certain that in the matter of concession. the four points now in dispute have been considered ar.d studbd here is the light of cone. sionn, Russia already has granted on the other eight trtie ic.v C.rnll teielf- In l'r-lil-nt. The foregoing bj a brief but acr urae outline of the platform up in which M. Witte will meet the Japanese plenipotentiaries. Baron de Rosen's report regarding bis interview with I'psulent Roosevelt have been received here, and their perusal by the srovernment has only Increased the feelinRS of gratitude and appreciation for President Roosevelt's COBtJeeed efforts Baron de Bosen s communications to the emperor are such as do not require a special answer. A HapMTfal r--iinB. A hopeful fe:-'.lng is DOticeabla here ihet peace Is still possible, and It Is believed by some that Russia's answer will give material evidence of such a sfaeere dere to reach a aettleaieBi that Japan will practically be forod to accept it or apiMar taPOffe 'he warld lh utttily unrea-orable ar.d insatiable. PJetMS C lleililiin.il Hi n.l. Camden. N. .T . Au-t 22. -Heber C. RoblBSOB, H years of ane. tied suddenly of heart disease'. Mr Kol, n, on was a pioneer talegrapP operator and elec tric ian nf Phil idedpbla. At the outbrisk of the civil war pe was a mmbei of the staff ef PiealdlBI L.nio.'n's private operators, and, n tin- seeond battle of Bull Run, he sent the first telejjrsph trie-sane from a balloon. He served throughout the war, and upon bit retu u to Philadelphia was made nanaRcr of the Western I'nion Teiagraph Co In that city, a positioo ha beld for many years.

Ilira-e- CWSCf ! V.-ll.m FtTH Have lit i rluiirel SI . pi-uiir . l ii . On uf VVI.Ieli Una It e- u 1 1 il IuChII. Gregory, Mo.. Aug. 22. Three cases of yellow fever have p ratOPed here. All are Italians. One victim has died an; the two other cases are said to be vi ry low. ihe three infi ted Italians, with four Others Of the same nationality, were brought up the river to Gregory recently from Qreearllla, Miss., and employed

! at track work by the btirling'on railI way. Sunday one of the men was takcn il! taddd nly and was reported dying, Wkefl phpakdaaa were called they re POTted the prtint suffering from g"t. -I uine yellow fe ver. He was isolated ! promptly but died within a few h urs. Twn pjti re ef the Italians were found to have becopia lafectad with ties die

l ise. ill" were eiao It-o.a'e :. a- w. rt the four othr ItaSans brought flora Missis-ippi. Excitement is lnten-e .nd mm h indignation is expressed that the Italians were permitted to ;i p through the quarantine lines. Gregory is a In PS bei I amp on the Mississippi river, 15 mile, from Kokuk, Ia

WAS FELT IN SEVEN STATES i.i DteSlaet Miwli uf i:nrlliiink i i llnniiuli tu HiH-k lilt; PstMtagr,

St. f irelj. Aug. 22 The earthquake whiih sin e K 1-:i; -hortly alter 11 o'clock .Monday night was general in the Mississippi valley. In some plans the tremor of the earth wa severe enough to cause people to leave their homes atid run lata the streets, but nowherej was any damage reported. m Reports show that shocks were f It in at I'.ast s.Mn -:.i:e- Missouri, Illinois. Tennessee. Indiana, Iowa. Mis--issipie and K- mucky. The earthquake was n.o.-t severe at Cairo. HI., h'Ti- people deserted their homes. Tw distinct shocks, separated bj an interval of two or three minutes, were felt all over the city. The vibrations we - of short duration, lasting Caiy two or three seconds, but their eff.t penetrating and far-reach ing. Beds were shaken and sleeping person! perakiud. while dishes ratt'-d aad caaedellerl Went on a war dame. The disturl ai i -e- ni'd to lie nxm plainly felt in that part of th- etty Peat of Kings highway. HENRY J. KEUSACK HANGED

Hi- Wnn ( mull i.-.l of M rile-rtn k Ills l-'iil In-r-lii-t.n . Insu Hmliliei.l. In st. l.i.uU.

St. Ixniis. 4el 22 H.nry J. Heusack, found guilty by tin courts of Killing his father in-law. August Raphael March 1; ;'". paid the' de-aih penalty at the city Jail. Ten minutes afer HaeMaok had ben proiiouneeel .iad. a man. aged and poorly dressed, hurried into the office of the sheriff, aaklai for SherllT Clark. "What do you want?' Chief Deputy Eislebc-n asked. "1 want to take the place of Ibu Fack," the man docUUred. Hi explained that he was tired of life, ami there wtn no reaaoa why he should not be hanged. Hll name, he raid. Is Chris Becker, aged CI, 20i South Seeonci .-tree t. II was sent to city hospital for observation. While making no statement on 'iie gallows Heusack we-nt to his death nrotesting bis Innocence. Tri-lmr teuer I ..r M'irnr i ii ... i GalnesvlH."1 Mo., Aug 22. C. C. Waikcr was ronvicted ( t Uta murde r of (luv T Harrison, and Beajsaacpl to ton yean in the penitentiary. Walk' r shot Harrlsoa la a ajaarrel, and he plenjed self-defense There were no witneggca to the affray. We.uiit sjasttei iih. s,n,.,. Bu te, Mont., Aug. 22. Louis Thsyer, aged 22, will spend one year in the penitentiary be caused he forged a h'k for to revure money to enable feiet .rlei.d the wedding of his biother.

Edltora Arquitted of Libel LuKunsiKirt. -Mrs. Inc. Sri,,,. P. l.oiithalii, Jidin . i and A. M. KocsIiiik, editui Ihre dally papers he re-, ha. acquitted of charge i of crinnn., in I'eiu l he plaintiff betB Ml I Cronin of Valparaiso i n. were the re-uult of articles pul in which it a made to aiip. ,i Miss OroaUs, in man's attire, had up and robbed a fellow st it, i Hi ,, paraaao college, A act bar ehari lated (PI mucin nt reprinted : Lorain, o., sources, in akich stated that Miss CrOBle ha I herself a sa ritlce to preeui h.. thoiitiiH there from proaecutluu l er Waliser, then under union ., murder Vice President Fa Charles Henry, George McCullu h ,. Otkeg prominent pjppj Ukterssti I diana newspaper proper) ies .m- .. an) s in similar suits.

Cutu Off Oiil's Tresses. lactlaaapolla Miss lllvia iaasbter or an Irvlagton was attacked by a veil d man w ho out her hair close to bland threw the tr sss in he i fare llurk had left for his Bjroeei J followed later. As she was pa the rear of line u's drug rb re n a mau i Laed her. and before I aware of his design be cut In r hal to her heacl Searc h was n. . stronge r, but he had di.sapp ai . thinks he wore a fals- bear 1 N has be'c n se eured t- the per Cigarette Law i:i Final Te Iiiclianapolis. The Indiiina cigarette law will PO t ' tin- state MTpfeaae conri by 1 Lewis, of Madison, couvnted Madison county c ircuit oort of ; buioked a e lgarett" l.es case has reache! the supreme The defendu!;; contends sun n. nt tea docs not interfere with th lie. and that extension of the polic e iower to stop ihe practlc aaaettttttkketali Want to Go to Congress Laportc. Cyrus Cliae, I ' ;da. Is announcel ns a dem aneP'late for congressman i Twelfth Ineliana distri t I ef Leprae a aad Jndg Poerei ben eoanty, are also naun '. a dates. J. M. Kobmson. wh-i - i . district for a number of tern aliased reeoaeigottoe, He was by the tidal wave of I 1 : . ed by New ton Gilbert a re

Lafontaine to Be Di v Wal iflsli. Th Wabash einr misssionors have refused t., the liquor lice-nse appücati George Jone. of laafunfaine. tlo of Liberty township. In wlmh talne is situated, having soim Died a blanket remonstrance un new law. This cuts l.afoip Its last salcKn and th. I is . sure to be "dry" for leasi (wo Ketlll Cause D.nii.i, i'nion City A wind, rainstorm did thousands , lars worth of damage here. 1

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Mean te Trac-tion line, itleyioa s i rai other hertldleap wen down Th damage to lobaooo Is eKtimafcel at $."

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Hidden Gold Found. Lafayette- While eagaged i bt down an old balldli South Fourth street Wlllian a bob tree tor, iSixoeared an old eader tat feaar eontebslag gold the. value of kfiM, The c ill of large denomination S i were 2'( pieces, bearing date Knglish I lltaae lorc date Spanish coin 'TSO.

Whirled Around a Pull. Mlahawaka. Henry Watt. I' old. superintendent of th'waka paper mills, whib' ing the installation of m rhlnery, was caught by s bell body rem! red ereaed a park at "iOi revolutions a minute was instantane'ous He was i known pape r maker i.nd m i e hanic.

PreaeJ;er Hanged in Ftl; Indianapolis Rev. W -haw. w ho miird n d !i and rcuntly was paiomed. m .. In effigy by his old neighbeers w! anneMincenienl was asaaataal b preach In the church where he Wife quarreled

Bzpeaees High Kokomo - It will raajafri 99S.82 to defray tne .v; I of Howard oooaty for the i year pwifi. aoordlai to the . sloners' estimate In addition Io sum. It Is eethpetod that 11 be require 1 PPT gravel rvmd repe Sow Kills Big Eagle Tefre Haute - A sow defend im 'rr Utter killed an eagle measuring t from tip to tip of the wlnirs on tie -1 of Jorli:u Moore. In Sullivan OOODl

The Auto Face. Richard Ll C.allienne. the poel ll critic, is evidently no devote" automobile. Hear him: "Oosapai facB of coachmen and the f. chauffeurs and you will understat I mean. Notice the kindly buio.ui of the man who deals with hors Is, so to say. something hun about horses), and notice the hal even cruel face pf the man phi the mschlne. The spirit of the n i seema to have passed Into him and arrogant, the pride of powi speeH."