Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 48, Number 18, Jasper, Dubois County, 12 January 1906 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER

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JASPER

INDIANA

All of the leading express companies h iv tRrci il. and have Issued orders to ihm effaot, that after January IS they will not atftf au.v business f r of as .. i . -01 al c urtcsy U mer

chant or other patrons Of for any i .. The Omaha ftftb-) Ic-tllng contract which was re.c:ii'y forcibly put throuch the city i otitic i! b bM $ clarcd luv slid by the circu.t eotft Fire at fnwi City. Mo. put the Col-ur.hws Buggy Co. the Kimball rttm (V art.', the Hettinger Bros. M.inufiit t ui ire Co out of business a:. J practically destroyed the Naronal It. mil

An bÜNM of the Moat Important of Con m ce bu Hb; estimated - over $." t ven, at Home and Abroad u,tTt Ben tores, a civil war vetine Past Week. eran and a Kansas pioneer, who has wen fame ly -r t : u; monuments to u,rpT cniiTU POrastnnte Off ' historical NORTH, EASf, WEST, oUU I n. ; 1, n!s ,n Kansas, died at Junction City. ! aped TS yens.

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i om,i i io vi MOI I chaü.ti CarK id M.ssouri. enter-

ta.nca the boneo, ou the Oth iat., with HUM hours of oratory, .u wh.ch he ran the gamut of WMl political topics ander the action that be was ta.k.ug to the Philippine tariff bUL lie adii..: :td. however, that be was mere.) giving a spe. .men of ' Champ Clark democracy." beu the senrtc reconvened following the holiday recess Senator-elect 1C ML LaFolleite. of WlatlssMa. appeared to cilia h:s seat and VM inOfg in. The proposition in the Philippine tar.ff reducing the dntktt on ugar and lot a. co to rer cent- of the Dingle y tar.ff rates 1 being sharply autagon.itd in the house by the cane and beet suar and tne tobacco-growing interests. The post office committee of the house has been instruct! to inquire whether members are at using the franking privilege. Senator Forak r has introduced a bill prcv.diug that cit.zens of Porto Kico aha!; be dtlsena of ;he En. ted Siaieo. I UK 111 vi io in itissia. I: is learned from an authoritative source that lae Russian government has

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Lu.ev.uh. a Manchuria, fur about Ave down the cellar stairs at his home.

claimed to he 135 year old. died at the home for aged an 1 infirm colored persons in Philadelphia She claimed to have ben 10m November 14. 1770. in I -. . r Known as Frogtown. near Valley For, Pa A UtttBd earthquake shock was felt in western Missouri, eastern Kansas II I - uihern Nebraska, on the evening of the 7th Inst., with a motion from B4 rth to s uth. ant! lasting about half

a minute So damage wa done, but j many people w ere badly frightened. The fapaowa at Port Arthur are M j plying their home customs regulations.

and collecting import duties. The battleships Kei.fieky and Kearfarpe rar. aground in the lower harlors of New York, while the squadron rai put tint: to set. and the Alabama, ttrable In chck her headway In time, track ti e KftBtUCky a glancing blow, ''artiauir c her so that ?he had to return lor repairs when she had been pulleJ out of the mud. Th ChtcaffO police believe that Frar.h .T ObOStantlM, who is charged with the murder of Mr. Arthur W Gentry in an aparment bulldin. and who is a fugitive, has a criminal record. He po.ed as the son of wealthy parents who sent him money regularly.

but this is now thought to have been a !

bilaA Ellis E South, genei-1 agent of the Big Four Railroad Co. in Terrc Haute, Ind . was fatally injured by falling

v An amy of revolutionaries has captured Krasnoyarsk, capital of the government of Yenkie.-k. Siberia, murdeted every soldier in the garrison and hanged the governor and chief of police. They seized $6,"oo.0"U contained in the treasury of the city. Three hundred revolutionaries were kl led at Gakhmut. in southern Russia, in a battle with troops which lasted e.ght hours They were . aught between two Are.?. Admiral Rojestvensky is nftrming

Purglars b'cw- a safe in the Bank of Jefferson at Jefferson. S. D., but were frichtened off before they secured any bocty. Charles Christad jr. a St. Paul (Minn ) capitalist, shot and probably fata y wounded himself in his office in the German-American building in that city whether by accident or with suicidal intent had not been determined. The lanre dry kilnr of the William R;t:er Lumber Co. at Panther, W. Va . lor.ta r.ire .i'm.. . f. .-t (,f dresed ak and noylar Htmber. were totally de-

SON OF FORMER VICE PRESIDENT 18 DEAD. Mr Orrtt-tl In I hr I o lilr rm , Irmf. MSalaUaa Hm iionk t Beeves fcMjee lea BesUUMile New York. Jan. -J. Cabell Breckinridge, 011 the late John C. Rrecklnri Ige. who was vi ; - i.t of the United States :n the administration of ;ames IVi.hatian frotn IV 7 to died, kkmdty. at the home of his ntp in-law. John C. Ten llyck, at Yonkers, N. Y. He uas til eJi of age. Mr Ure.kinridgo came north a few days ago in the hope that a change of climate would improve his health. He declined steadily, however. Mr. Uro. kinr: ;ge was born In Islington. Ky.. and when the civil war broke out enlited as a private in the confederate infantry. He was promottil for gallantry on the Held until be became a brevet major. After the fall of Richmond. Maj Rr' kitiridge went to Arkansas and later to St. Louis, w here he engage In He an app. nted surveyor general of the territory of Washington by President Cleveland in lttS, serving through Mr C. eveland's term. MAY BE A GIGANTIC FRAUD Ihr Norfolk A Hr.l. iu I org. rr l'rolial! Our of Ihr Uoat Ilea i Is Swl ad i New York, Jan 9. The Norfolk A

W-!ern stock foreery, which on Stur lij'wan supplied to be a picie of ordinary crookedness In the financial world, has developed ir.to what probably i one of the most gigantic swindles of the age. The immensity Of the fraud became known despite the most stringent efforts to conceal it. and Wall street stood aghast at the knowledge of a crime that in all probabil.ty has netted Its perpetrator millions of dollars, and that has worked fals paper into the strong boxes of Mtsll knows how many banks and tru.-t con-.ianies that even now do not know that the "securities" on which they advanced money ate ferneries. Instead of there being or.ly a few hundred share of the counterfeit st'ck afloat, it is likely to run Into many thousands, and a systematic search will be begun at one e to discover, if possibls, the extent of the bogus paper. LOSS TO THE EMPIRE STATE I hr Mir Normal ollrar at Vilm ) . V N .. PartinD, llrirord i Its hmmm, a mi.imhi.

BRIEF ACCOUNTS OF HAPPENINGS IN THE STATE. Hoosier Doings That Are of Current Interest Oathered by Correspondents and Told in as Few Line as Possible. BANDITS GET $15.000.

Six 1 Department Store Dynamited and Robbed. Shoals Burglars broke into the gen eral store of John P, Albauuh. and after blowing the safe lied with lä.ooO In money aud bonds. Thev , tacksmen forced an entrance Into the vault . drilled the safe and charged it with nitro Klyierin. The explosion v r 1 ked th" safe Charles Taylor was near the store about midnight, and was captured bv two men and locked up. being relesaM ' aftT daylight Thurslay He wu badly frightened that he was unable 10 give a description of the men, but claims that there were uine in the party Twenty five hundred dollars in cash was s. . tired from the safe and $12. ."w in gov eminent bonds. The robbery was done by experts and they left no clew Th' I mills were the property of Mr Albaugh and his father. Samuel Albaugh. a wealthy farmer. They have offered I reward of fl.ooo for the return of th.1 bonds The bonds stolen were not registered Bloodhounds have been sent for It is believed, however, the roblers escap ! on one f ihe trains tkva.1 Stopped here t efore daylight.

Serious Fire in Hammond. Ibunmond This city experienced

the most destructive fire in Its hisbry Monday aft.rmntn The damage is estimated at from $40.000 to $50,000. fully covered by insur-

! ance. ihe names menaced tne entire

business section of the city, and in ref pons to an appeal from Mayor Bevker. Chief Campion, of Chicago, gave orders to send a company from South Chicaeo. The South Chicago firemen ran their horses miles to n a. h Hammond in time Their sid was most valuable, and they confined the damage done by the blaze to three business buildings. The fire started In the boiler room of a three-story block occupied by federal offices and the South Shore (Jas ft PotUriB company. Ten other tenants in adjoining buildings suffered losses amounting io several thousand dollars.

DEFIES OOV. HANLY. Sec -st .try of State Storms Refuses to Tender Resignation. iudtausoli. Following a brief ousullaiioii in the rovi-ruora office between Gov Hanly. Setrctary of State Hnnlil K. Storms and the lat let a attorney. Mi Storms ma . his htst pitblk statement since t he demand made ui on aim by the governor for his resignation. Mr Storms iner-ly said hr had refused to resign "Mr, Storms has refused to nsign his office ' said Gov llanly "lie still owts the s'ate ce-

tain moneys It is expected that the govenoe will take acioi) at once. Th' limit of time allowed Mr Storms by the g.uirnor to resign before taking legal .11 lion through the attorney general Is at bnd State Auditor Bigler informed Sicretary Storms that he cannot draw Iiis salary for the quarter just ended. ccording to the auditor Gov Hanly hid instructed him to withhold the secretary's salary warrant, which would have called for $1625. Secretary Storms, with other state officials, made the regular quarterly settlement. Mr. Storms paying into the state treasury $L'N Ml 05.

Boy Fatally Shoots Sisters. Jeffersonville. Shot by her seven-rear-Old brother. DOttaJl liambaugh. 11 years old. is dead and an)ther sister. Nellie. is seriously wounded from the same discharge uf a shotpun. The shooting occurred at the home of the children's father. Henry Hamhaugh. who is a fisherman George Munz laid his t hot gun on the tabic and cautioned the children not to touh, it as it was loaded The boy. Frank Hambaugh. walked around the table and began handling the trigger Suddenly he discharged ,ne of the barrels, and as the two sisters were on 'he other si le of the table immediately opposite the muzzle. Hollah, who a - slightly in advance, caught about two-thirds of the !oai In the face, ihe remainder striking Nellie in the arm and side

Want Mayor Impeached. Terre Haute. Charges by citizens against Mayor Bidaman and a request for his impeachment were

1 presented to the city council. The I mayor Is accused of "corrupt and

willful conduct and misfeasance" aud it is specified that he prevented the enforcement of the liquor laws and that he removed boards of safety Illegally in order to accomplish his purpose. The mayor has Ixen ill for two u 64 k8.

K 1 1 . ". . 1 . L" IN STUDENT Motte Dame In Scene of Tt Result of Holdup Notre Ha me lmls Ro.pi, , bsVbfcs, South America, a stu Notre Dame university, sh.c ' t Instantly killed Claude A. by, uf Durango, Col., when h severs! other students as a pra )hc held up Hoquela, misial, lor another person. Several plant I a mimic holdup of u f Sped ing him to pass a cn.( a here they lay in wait. Roqtl. along, and the sludents. think 1 1 heir viitlin, ordered sj to ! his hands. Instead Roquela n v.dver and fired. The bull. I Bag by near the heart and he let tnlnuits. Hngby was M 1 Roquela. who Is 11 years old. la lug an engineering course ,i , la crushed over the affair, alt!.

supposed the attack on him genuine and acted on the daft

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Lawyers Will Ficht H Importe.- The attorneys for 9 prosecution anil the iofen the sensational disbarment involving Mayor Harrow. Cltj -torney Worden and John bot. of South Bead, have agreed the case shall b, tried Jamiai th, Klkliart circuit court at Qo The attorneys for the ib f. ate 1 cited a number of attorney , la city who wem prominent in Mini the disbarment cases to sgpaai I conditional examination. The 1 has now been venuod to thre. 1 and with an array of fully dozi D attorneys there Ir promise of a bitt r and sensationa, trial.

Pensions for lndianians Indianapolis. Pensions have ' Issued to the following Indi.i -ans: Georg H. Honk. $19', I vey Huckamstaler, $10; Albert G ay, HI; .lames linden. $.'4; C M Rat $'.; Daniel Pierce. $10; Cyrus t,cers 51; J. D. Cameron. IU; An,. Miller, f 10; Griffin Ijillin. $14; Georg W. Parnhart. $14; Radford Col- DM $14; D. B. Davis. $8; John Musser. $10; Goori-'e M. Meek, $00; minor of J ;. Brown. $li; minor of E. R. WrlgJlt, 1A

the opinion formed of h;m in connec- at roved by fire; loss, $100,000.

tioa with the Dogsjtf Bank incident He now asserts, n extenuation cf his defeat in the Sea of Japan, that the British fleet was concentrated at We.-llai-V.'ai. with orders to destroy him in case Admiral Togo failed. The governor general of Moscow does

Ralph Yoorhees. of Clinton. N. J has Just given a second $100,000 to Carroll CoHoge, Waukesha. Wis., to be used for the erection of additional buildings. John Peabody, who lives Just over the Orange mountains from Montclair. N J . was arrested by secret serviie

Oct think a repetition of the uprising officers on .1 charge of annoying Presitbt re possible, as the leaders have been dent Roosevelt with letters attacking either killed or made prl.-oners and the him for his position on the Panama B tores of arrn-s and ammurit.on con- canal and other political questions. He

fiscated Numerotts artests of extremiats continue in St. Petersburg. The situation in the Baltic provinces k st.i; critical, and the military are adopting most energetic measures. The Greek church Christmas was g' rally observed in St. Petersburg with religions services and the dispensing of proverbial Russian hospitality. All ; sscT-ion was for the time laid aside, and the day passed w.thout any untoward incident

01 i Ram n 1.11s. Harvey Chaml)cri?in. May Kane J' üa Hang anil Beatrice James were seri :-; Injure 1 at Terre Houte. Ind ty a freight train demolishing a carriage in which the) were sttempting to ens.; the Big Four track. Tr.e Hntews of New York city, on January L'2. will parade upwards of 100.- " -::? on , a.-t se'e in com1 morat of "Bloody Sunday" in St

Petersburg a year ago. The H jtel Andwur and the block in Whih It was located, at Elyria. O . was dettroyed by fire; loss. tiUJMA, Miss Y zgerald. a waitress, was severely Ltirr.M trying to seture l.er savings, t' ' Elliott D-nf rth. a well-known iniexratic politician of New York, died at fell h. me in New York city, acd 5. fOU Aloysos iagar, conflr.ed in the cour.tv h -j ital it Sar Francisco, a the resuit i.t a self-inflicted gunshot wound It 1 ; ' -e; to having robbed the An.' 1 ic tn Ex ie-s Co at Sioux City, la . of $1.000 alout 17 yars ago. Daless the Chinese bofOOM on American ptudWCM is soon lifted the Centennial Milling Co and the Hammond M.r.ir.e OA, of Seattle. Wa-h. with a total on put of 4.400 barrels per day. Will he compelled to shut down. On January 4 an explosion set fire to a mine st Akite. on the main Island of Jspsn. and 101 persons were burned to death

was- released on promising to cea-e his annoyance. In a shooting affray on the public road near AklidgS, Gi . V.'iliiam Drew and Newton Threlkeld. prominent and wealthy farmers, were fatally woundul Herbert, the Ll-year-old son of Drew took a prominent part in the fracas. It being alleged that be fired th? shotthat laid Threlkeld out. The pre.-inent and Mrs Roosevelt have ar.notin.ed thit the marriag" o MISS Alice Roosevelt and Representative Nicholas Longworth, of Cincinnati will take place at the Whits House February 17. at noon.

Law rem e K. an Winnie, a you:": San Ftan scan, who was recently sued for $jr.MMi damages for alienating the afftctionj of the wife of Charles N Wntson. a ranchman, committed suicide by shooting in Golden Gate park. E-Gov, Bailey, of Kansas, has 'urned into the state treasury llJMt of money decided by the state suprem

court to have been improperly used for household purposes out of the executive mansion maintenance fund. J. C. Fatrington. head of an atkfged fraudulent matrimonial agemy in Mil OflSaiA wa; arrested in New York city, preparatory to being returned to Ne Orleans He was indicted there for ad-vert;-ir.R the matrimonial offer of an alleged rwh creole w idow and roping in sin kers at $." eac h. Dr. J. C. Howes. Of Omaha Neb . who was srr?red at St Joseph. Mo, for s t ling improper letters throtigh the mails to hU young wife- Ins sixth-at Maysville, Mo. attempted suicide with morphine. He will 1 t Charles A. Edwards, of New Yo'k aged about 60 years, was found dying in bed with a bullet in bis brain and no weapon anywhere around, at the home Of his brother in-law. Charles A. Hiller, in New Haven. Conn , where te had gone to attend a birthday patty in honor of his sister. Mrs. Samuel Harris. He died without 'hi owing any light on lh. tragedy.

Two I iv were lost and a large

Albany N. Y . Jan. 4 -Fire broke cut sonde)' r.iuht in the north buildbsg of the State normal college on Willett street, n rth of Madison avenue, and at 10:39 bad entirely destroyed the north buiMing It spread to the residence of Pioatdeat William J. Milne, and threatened to spread still further under the sweep of a stiff at .rth west w ind. The other buildings were saved w ith the utmost difficulty. One fireman wa-- :. i-ly injured )y falling debris. The loss, it is believed, will reach or exceed $20,000, aeaint whi'h there Is an insurance of $8 i.OOO, permitted by a special act of the legislature An immense stained glass memorial window, given to the colkegS by ths students and alumni. vva3 destroyed

Laporte Lid on Tight. iinorte. Every saloon in town has lieen closed. It is the first time in years that the lid has been clamped down tight on New Year's. Although the election of Mayor Harrow gave promise of a wide open town, the appointment of F. R. Liddell as deputy prosecutor changed matters He announced he would enforce the liquor and gambling laws. The slot machines and roulette wheels vanished, but the saloons opened as usual. Mr. Hidden telephoned all saloon keepers that he ha1 three cases against eaci saloon keeper as a result of work aiiG they had better close up. Th I tb? promptly did.

Lid Put on Whiting. Whiting -Mayor J Warwick of Whitinr. stirred by the revelations in this city that followed

t he closing up of Hammond, has

clamped down the Hd hard, to the Incus., satisfaction of the church people and temperance workers and the intens,, disgust of the sporting e!e ment. Never iu its 2 years' history has Whiting had such an experience The tow n had be, n run wide open.

Child Fatally Shot. Warsaw. Jessie Hast, eight j old, whose home Is in Warsaw, probably fatally shot when her tt brother Dillon accidentally pull- 1 trigger of a 22 caliber rifle wh.. h had found in the home of their a Mrs. Mary Ackerman. in Chicago. 1 bullet struck the child In tbe lot Hp and pierced the tonu.

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Rich Business Woman Weds.

Sh Ibyville - Mrs. Flora Davis, , jK)rted. kn v n as the most successful busl-

CIFRKS RESICNFP 1 an in in-un the

possessor of $n.oo whi'h she his made through her own efforts, was married to Harry Carson, a broker of this city. When but 12 years of ag. she Opened a miliinery store, and ontlntied in s hool by coing a half day and attending her store in the after-

Printers Vote Fer Capita Tax. Indianapolis. Indianapolis Typo graphical union : . .... d for the ten per cent. per capita tax for the support of the present strike ) v a unanimous vote at tbe special meeting called to consider the proposition. Members of the local union are heartily in favor of this project and ve that It will be generally sup

Defeated Candidate Sues. Linton. Thomas G Robertson. Banted candidate for mayor of 1 ton. has begun suit against den C Riley asking the 0MH1 declare Robertson the legai m.. on the ground that one ward ca-' votes after six o'clock on election 1 without Wklea Riley would have b defeated.

Evade Closing Order. T"irf Haute - liocal saloons conconstrued the new order to close -day to mean to use Improvised bai . adjoining regular barrooms, and U were accessible from the usual Bun side entrances The police n a I effort to stop the general violation of the order.

MlMSSBSi PelSe letfe Ol.Jrrl to WorUltiK I'roiu srrn lo Tnra ty Honrs a Ma .

Nev ada Mo Im .' - Eleven c lerks I

In the Missouri Pacific offlie of the Kaasaa City and Jopliu division, have lesier.e lcai'se they were obliged to werk every day from II to 20 hours under Superintendent Stapp. with no

overtime.

They aassti that they worked all niuhf on January 4. and until six o'clock the next morning, so that the monthly rep ris might be fc.rsarded to General Superintendent De Bernard). The men are satisfied with their salaries, but not with their hours, and resigned to Letter their condition. FIFTEEN PERSONS PERISH

Mills Cseat Down. Mum ie. Operations have ceased at several of the strawlH.ard mills of the gas belt, which are controlled by the United Hoxboard and Paper company Among the plants affected by the order are those located at Yorktown. Itaton. Anderson. Kokomo and Tif

noon. Her taste being good and her On. O. When the mills will resume

dealings characterized by the greatest promptitude and fairness, her business soon grew. Several years ago she purchasel the largest business blcr k in tbe city, and has since managed the Irrcest business of the city.

op rations is not known.

A numerously-signed petition head

ed bv Orevec Cleveland, has l.een pre- amount of property damaged as the re

sult of a hurricane striking Albany

Bested to Gov. Higglns of New aork.

praying for executive clemency in liehalf of Albert T. Patrick, lonvlcted and awaiting electrocution, for the murder of William Marsh Re "Raeoriab'e doubt' is '.ie ground taken.

K . vn petty officers and members of UVin foreman. Joseph P Woolman

ir.t rrevv or tne 1 nite,i Slate gunboat fttaningtOI have ixen awarded medals of honor and a grat ilty of $ino each in reoirnit'.on of extr lordlnary heroism displayed st the time of the lamentable exp'.o -c.n 00 In.ard tint vessel In the harbor of San Hieo. Cal , July 21 last

Ga. A num'oer of persons were injured by flying debris. The I'nited States prand Jury st Helena, Mor.t., indicted, among cithers.

for illegally fencia; public lands, its

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Helena Mr. Woolman, It U needless to say. retired from the grand jury. I ; persons sere poisoned at the new Y. M C A. cafe at Sioux City, la., by partaking of breakf ist food Impregnated with wast Is supposed to have been arsenic.

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New York. Jan 9 At least fifteen persons are beiieved to have been killed In a land i which tore off the edge of a street of rfawerstraW for two llcks late last night and carried with It a dozen hoajpg to a pit 1h feet beneath The louses were wooden, and all caught fire immediately after the land gave way. The work of extln-gui-hlng the flan ks w;s made impossible, for the reason that the landslide broke th" water mains and shut off the surply of water. In I'.Mtnhllftli Tra Hon n,la rlrs. Ws-hington. Jan. 9- Mr. S; i)hens, of Texas, has lntrodued a bill authorizing the president, in conjunction with the state Of Texas, to determine and establish the boundary lines between the territories of New Mexico and Oklahoma and the state of Texas. Col. Wanaslaa VA arnrr s Kortnas. Chicago. Jan. 9. Under the will left by his father, who died Dec-ember 21, st the age of 86, Col. Vespasian Warner, of Illinois, commissioner of pensions. Inherits a fourth interest iu an estate worth alnmt $2.000,000. fseeHts iiorriair Ces. I.swton. Okla. Jan. 9 After a long nd desperate fight over crops, in wh'. b a knife tn d other Instruments wets freely WMi, bntWSJSs Cicero Roach, a fat in r near Cloud Chief, and a renter whose name has not been learned, loth were horriblv cut and may die

Murder in Terre Haute. Terre Haut e. William Morton, a Begra fend carrier, shot Tony Howell, a negro plasterer, after midnight Saturday and the victim is dead.

Files Mortgage for S2.750.00O. 1 hat Morton an- to bis Mttncfct. A mortgage for $2.7.".o,iao house and demanded a dollar which has been filed by the Batted Box !a'l ,hat Howell owed him and board ft Paper company. whlck j ,n' n, '"'Pa" shooting as scm,l as ths owns the Wes' Side Syawlaiard box , ,!,'or was "Ined.

mill, along w ith numerous oth r plants in Indiana and adjoining states. 1 The mortgage is In favor of the Trust Company of America, an eastern corporation, and is filed in this county in

Pumping Station Burns. Peiu. -As the result of irre gas pressure the pumping st of tfeg Ijogaiisport and Wabash ley Gas company, near 0OB' which Is used to pump gas to city, was destroyed by fire. Thwas built several years ago at a of $.',. M Ml

Defenc.ants Win. Indianapolis - The fifth trial the suit of Receiver Metren

01 tne inuiana naiihing com, 1 ' arainst John C. New and John 'Wright to annul the sale to '.he lat! company uf stock of the First Katloi , bank of Indianapolis has resulted In verdict for the defendants.

order to (over the company's property here at Yorktown and at Eaton. The mortgage will protect a scries of mortgage feondi which will be exchanged for outstanding bonds. The new issue will also la used in cancelling local indebtedness and liens.

Discuss Mileage Books, iadxtnapoii- i a meeting held In the office of Gov. Hanly the nroposed reforms in the mileage luck system of the Central Pas seuger association were discussed Repräsentatives of the various railroads In the central territory wer greet It, as was Gov. Warner of Mb hi gan. ind personal representatives of Gov. Deneen of Illinois and Herrick of Ohio. The executive committee of the commercial travelers' association took part in the discussion.

Son of Banket. LfdayntM Harry It Cunningham, the jronag man who made an attempt to end his life by taking some corrosiv,. poteog at the Hotel Hlnes here, is tone oiher than the son of James A. Cunningham, of the bank in firm of flamilton ft CunBinghaaa, at llonpMson hi.

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Closes Evansville Saloons. Hvansvillc. - The Hd )as gone Evansville The new mayor. J

It-., line sleeted Ol a reform tic ket, with a pledge to c lean up the city morr.lly, gave Instructions to Ch'ef if Police Hrennocke in his inaugural speech to close all saloons at 11 o'clo k

Instantly Killed. Terre Haute Frank Hall, aged 19 years, sli it and Instantly kt l Claude Brown, aged 23. Hall BSS4 Bmwn on a vacant lot bes. Je BfOwn's borne as the latter was ecuIng home to dinner The two n quarreled and Brown struck Ball latte.- drew a revolver and fired.

Corn Crop Is Tro Big. Mt Vernon. On sccount of the fgsMCttp of labor the farmers throughout Posey county report their inability to gather this year's Immense corn crop, and the probability is that many thousand huihels of corn will remain in the fields during the winter, to bee, mi food of hogs and cattle. Thus far this se.ison $00,000 bushels of corn has been marketed at one small station at Fpton. and an additional loo 000 bushel -has been marketed a' Veborn's twite.

Judge Freeman Assaulted. Richmond - Judge Perry J. FYeema:i w as assault d by Louis 8yn ons and severely beaten about the face. Judge Freeman had tried to effect a reconciliation Ik t ween S m n und hie wife, when Sytr.ons started tro'.ble.

Pumping Station Burns. Peru. As the result of irregular ' pressure ihe pumping station of tl Ixgansport and Wabash Valley f company near Converse, which used to pump g:is to this city, was d atroyed by fire. The plant was bul several years ago at a t ost of $"1

Waited for 2ft Veais. Ijifayette -After wailing 2.', for his wife to return to the she forsook bee a tse of a family rd. Lewis Riser, a prosperous er of Westpoint, this 'county

grown tired and discouraged and filed suit for divorce, alleging abandonment.

years home

Bookwalter Swoin In. Inmanapolls. Charles A. waiter (rep 1 pucceedod John man O.em 1 as msyor. Mr alter s term is fo- .our vearj.

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Happeninga in Brief. Terre Haute Benjamin Perkins, aged 90. was run down and killed by .1 carriage on a street corner. Princeton - William Bement is under arri'st on the charge of luting Charles Fowler to a lonely InJBbef yard iu Huniinghurg. hitting him with a car coupling pin and then robbing him of $1 124. Evansville. A rumor has I c- 0 current here for several days to Ifta ' feet that a new afternoon paper will appear here in a short time. Wabasl Horace G. Murphy of Mum ie. Ind . and Etreta Chase, dam-liters of the late Gov. Ira J. Chas marrier in Wabash Evai ; ville Philip Kels. 1 a fai mer. was struck by sn Evansville Princeton trac tion ar and will die of a fr.a tured skull Mount Ye. 1:0:1 " nth Ian a has bet 1 asdgned a farmers' institute this which will le held 011 Pggtsdgl T"'-c!ay. FeLi -.TV lnnl II