Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 49, Number 20, Jasper, Dubois County, 25 January 1907 — Page 6

WEEKLY COURIER

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JASPER

INDIANA

NEWS OF THE WEEK

AN EPITOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH

A Carefully Digested and Condensed Compilation of Current New Items, Domestic and Foreign.

CONGRESS. By a rising vote of 133 to 9Ü. lit bouse adop' d an amendment to the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, which waa taken from the speaker's table. with senate amendments increasing the salary of the vice-president, the speaker and the members of the cabinet to $12.000 per year, and those of senators and representatives, delegates from territories and the reeident commissioner from Porto Rico to 17.500 per year, the in crease to take effect March 4. 1907. Eulogies on the life and character of the la:e Senator William B Bate, of Tennessee, were delivered in the sen ate as a mark of respect to his memorySenator Carmack. of Tennessee, in a speech in the senate, declared Pres ident Roosevelt's discharge of negro troops was right. The fortifications appropriations bill was passed by the house without amendment, an unusual thing with appropriation bills. Chairman Burton kills all hope that increased appropriation will be given St. LouisCairo division of Mississippi

MISCELLANEOUS. Rear Admiral Davis, commanding the battleships Indiana an,' Missouri and the gunboat Yankton, sent to Kingston. Jamaica, to render aid to the suffering people of that earthquake afflicted city, was requested by Gov Swettenham of Jamaica to with (raw his forces This the admiral did forthwith. Jamaica is an English pos session, and much chagrin is expressed by the English paper at the) action of the governor. An accommodation train on the Rig Four railway was blown to pieces, the wreckage burned, 27 people killed and lo injured, nine miles west of Terre Haute. Ind.. by the explosion of a cartrad of powder The powder explode, l I as the train passed The detonation was heard for 30 miles Eras tries" uf human flesh wev- found several hundred yards from the scene The floods In the Ohio are the most destructive since 1S64 Thousands of people bar been driven from their homes The cruiser Des Moines will ascend the Mississippi as far as Natchez, to be present at the celebration of Mardl Oras February 11 and 12. At Kingston, Jamaica, many bodies were recovered through the aid of vultures, which perch ,n wocss on the ruins, beneath which tbeir prey was buried. A terrible gale swept Ijake Erie, doing miliums of dollars damage. Several lives were lost. At Calgary. Alberta, the police, on breaking Into a house, found Edward Ferdinand dead in bed. the dead b'uly of a newly born intent at his side, while the dead body of Mrs. Ferdi Band lay on the floor near the bed In another bed were two young boys till alive, but so badly frozen that they died while being taken to the hospital. The supposition is that the family was overcome by coal gas. Severe earthquake shocks are reported from Alexandrovsk. the port of Bakhalin and Elizabethpol. Russia. A terrific hurricane laid the greater part of Cooktown, Queensland, in ruins There were no fatalities: Mohammed AH Mlrza was crowned shah of Persia with great jtomp The scene as the shah ascended the great pencock throne was one of magnificence. Mrs. Newton Williams, the daughter of a revolutionary soldier, a dlrert descendant of John Stark, who came r v-r In the Mayflower, died at Ottawa Kas She formerly resided at Hanni bal. Mo. Royalty has Interfered, and the ubles of the Maryborough will not be aired In the courts, hnt a separa tlon will be effected without publicity Standard Oil Co will stop construct Ing pipe lines In the West Secretary Hitchcock's decision Is advanced as ti.e reason Mr t'ortelyou has been confirmed as lecretary of the treasury. I seasonably warm weather has swelled the buds In the Ozark fruit belt, and peach and plum trees are In bloom in northern Arkansas and outhcra Missouri. New hill In the Missouri hnurfc pro

vldes hrssisI public officers and pnlltl csl bosses holding saloon licensee S' IxjuIs federal circuit judge en Bonaparte's request for speedy trial and set oil hearing for January 30 The 1'nl td Mine Worer' conven Hon t Indianapolis. Ind . adopte I n resolution demanding a dephftment of xiiiKir In the president's cabinet

Advices from St. Thomas. Danish West Indies, arc that the earthquake at Kingston, Jamaica. practically dt t roved the city, tha; one thousand people were killed, thousands in. Jured. ninety thousand made homeless: that fire consumed the ruins; that the stench from the dead, under th' tropical sun, was awful; that the negroes were looting, und that there was a cry for bread When the condition of affairs became known tn tho Tailed States three supply ships w era loaded by the governnu-ui and started for the scene of distress. Admiral Evans hurried to the stricken city in torpedo destroyer, one of the fastat vessels in the navy, two battleships following, to render aid in restoring order. Jamaica Is an English colony, and when the news of the prompt action of the 1'nlted States reached London government officials of England and King Edward expressed their thauka. The initial step in the international test case between Japan and the I" nited States over the exclusion of Japanese children from the public schools of the city attended by whites has been taken. United States senate may investigate the race question, which also Involves southern representation. The American consul K artl at Antwerp. Belgium, has discovered Important frauds in the exportation to the United States of Infected rags In the guise of jute bagging Instead of appropriation for deep waterway, house recommends 1190. 000 for canal survey Thousands of people have been made homeless by the greatest flood in the Ohio river since 1884. Hied State Fenator Bailey appeared before the lower house of the Texas legislature and denied that he had any Improper dealings with oil men. and declared that the documents in possession of the attorney general Of Texas were not authentic Mexican colony In St Louts regards as dead the revolutionists sentenced to prison terms President Roosevelt has written a letter to Chairman Foss of the naval affairs committee urging that an ap prorrlaion should be made at once for two first class battleships of the maximum size and speed, and with primary batteries all of 12-Inch guns. The president favors battleships of the Dreadnaught type, the crack vessel of the English navy The J1JI Shimpo. a Tokio newspaper, says that In accordance with the pres ent plan, the efficiency of the Japa nese navy by 1915 will be double what it was before the Russo-Japanese war The plant of the South Atlantic Car and Manufacturing Co.. at Savannah. Ga.. was destroyed by fire The lots is about $.100.000. partly cov ered by Insurance. Advices from Kingston. Jamaica, are that the city is gradually sinking into the bay since the earthquake. In some places the bottom of the harbor has receded one hundred feet. The Pacific Mail Steamship Oo.'s liner Coptic sailed from San Francisco for the orient, carrying among her freight 25.0OO sacks of flour for the famine stricken people of China, which is being transported free of charge David P. Dyer. Jr . charged with embezzling $61,600 from the United States sub-treasury at St Ixuiis. was acquitted. A delegation of civil wir veterans, both blue and the gray, called on President Roosevelt and assured him that they were with him In his negro pol icy. Arkansas files suit against six pack ing companies, asking judgment aggre mating $24.000.000. A bill introduced in the Alabama legislature appropriates $5.000 to preserve the white house of the con fed eracy. in Montgomery, Ala., the house ocupled by Jefferson Davis when he was first elected president of the confederacy. At Lodz. Russian Poland, the refusal of a priest to bless the remains of two workmen killed In a street tight lead to a conflict in the church between the congregation and a band of social 1 ' Eight were killed and 13 were wounded. It Is apparent that the German gov rnment has proposed to the United States tariff commissioners now in Berlin to give American meats wore favorable treatment than hitherto, provided that Washington tendered a suit able equivalent Chairman Burton of the rivers and harbors committee of the house is showered with telegrams of protest against his waterway action. London newspapers express gratifl cation for the splendid and prompt help given by Admiral Kvans at King ston. and the Mail asks, regretfully, whv there was not a British warship at hand to render this service. The streets of Kingston, Jamaica, were picketed with American guards. Admiral Kvans. at the request of the Miitlsh authorities, landed a force if mat Ines from the battleships Missouri and Indiana. John H Walwb. former banker In Chicago, has teen lnrictwJ by the federal grand jury on the charge of misappMng the hank s funds. Missouri senate pusses measure providing increased salaries for state leg Islator. At St. Louis Mra Martha Kn'i! burns to death In spite of efforts of blind daughter, and in sight of paralyzed husband Ralph Owen motors from New York to Florida in it hours. Lahm, the American aeronaut, is enthusiastic over Wright's brothers' flying machine Southtin Cotton drovers' association at Blim'nghani Ala , declares Wall street di -culminates In U vor of foreign shippers

ENGLAND HAS REGRETS PRACTICAL LY APOLOGIZES FOR THE KINGSTON INCIDENT.

So Far as This Government Is Concerned the Matter Will Be AI lowed to Drop.

1,000 ARE JAMAICA

KILLED IN EARTHQUAKE

Washington Mr. Fame Howard, charge daffaira at the British cinbaaay, culled ou Acting Secretary of State Bacon and presented a letter from Karl Gray, principal secretary of state for Great Britain, regarding the request of Gov. Swettenham of Jamaica that Hear Admiral Davis leave the Uland with the battleships Indiana and Missouri, and the torpedo boat destroyer Yankton. The admiral had gone to Jamaica to render aid to the people of Kingston after the city had been destroyed by an earthquake. In hia messaee Karl Gray says he Is causing an official inquiry to be made to determine the authenticity of the letter purporting to have been writ

ten bv Gov. Swettenham to Hear 1

Admiral Davis. "If the press advices prove to he correct, he said. "Great Britain will deeply regret that any British official should have written such a letter to the gallant admiral who had rendered such valuable assistance to British subjects at a time of great suffering and distress." Secretary Hacon assured Mr. Howard that President Roosevelt and the officials of the state department are much gratified to receive these messages from the British government, and especially so in view of the fact that Cireat Britain has not even waited to receive official advices concerning the unfortunate event. The message from London is interpreted here as meaning that the British government and people disavow the action of the governor of Jamaica in requesting Admiral Davis to embark his men. At the state department it was stated that so far as this government was concerned the matter would be allowed to drop.

90,000 Homeless People Misery on All Sides Is Indescribable Dead Are Buried Underneath the Smouldering Ruins.

.Latest reJamaica say

St. Thomas. D. W. I. Latest

ports received here from

It is estimated that 1,000 persons have been killed by the earthquake and fire and that 90,000 persons are homeless. The damage to Kingston alone Is placed at fully $10,000,000.

Later advices received from Jamaica declare that all people have been warned to keep away from Kingston. The stench Is described as awful. Money is useless. The banks have been burned, but the vaults are supposed to be safe. The misery on all sides Is indescribable. Rich and poor alike are homeleas. Provisions of all kinds are urgently needed. It is Impossible to say where any body can be found.

PROMPT TO ACT. Navy Department Responds to tha Cry for Bread.

Washington. D C Official newt of the disaster at Kingston, Jamaica, reached Washington slowly; in fact, the first report did not come to hand until well along in the afternoon, when a dispatch was received at the state department dated: "Jamaica, 3:31 p. m , Jan. 1ft," and signed "American Consul," stating that Kingston had been dest roved, and hundreds of lives lost, and that food was badly wanted. Tha dispatch was regarded as warranting the taking of Instant measures of relief. Indeed the navy department has been in advance in this matter, for through Capt. Beehler, the officer in charge of the naval station at Key West, wireless communication was early established between the navy department and Admiral Evans, commanding the Atlantic fleet at Ouantar. mo, Cuba, and when Seo

STREET SCENE IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA.

The Americans say that in compari

son, conditions here are much worse than those resulting from the San Francisco disaster The hospitals are running over, doctors and nurses are working without sleep. Iady Swettenham and her sister are serving as cooks in the hospitals. The men

from the American warships gave valuable assistance before their departure. It was an abrupt and pain

ful conclusion which forced itself upon j Rear Admiral Davis and his mission of nat-rey.

TOOK IT ALL BACK.

Stirri-ig Times in Senate When Tillman Pictures It as Minstrel Show.

Washington A spectacular speech by Senator Tillman was trie chief feature of an exciting day in the senate. The South Carolina senator's effort was a reply to a recent criticism of himself by Senator Spooner. He began with the satirical picture of the senate as a minstrel show, which, Mr. Tillman said, was his first and laut attempt to be "funny," an attempt which at Its conclusion brought a stlnring denunciation from Senator Carmack. In restntment of allusions to him. Tnis was preceded by a serious reply by Senator Spooner on the attitude taken by Mr. Tillman on the race problem, all finally resulting In a session of nearly two hours behind closed doors. The secret session was followed by a brief open one, in which Mr. Tillman made a profound apolosry to Mr. ( armack. to all senators whom he had brought Into his "firs' essay in the Lne of humor," and finally to the entire senate. "I very much regret that I undertook to be funny, and I will never do so any more." Mr. Tillman then withdrew all he nad said In his "funny essay." and said it would not appear in the record.

PRESIDENT'S ACTION STANDS.

Will Investigate Facts, but Power of the Chief Executive to Dismiss Trocps Not Questioned.

Washington The republican and democratic senators got together on a compromise resolution cn the basis of ordering an Investigation of the facts of the Brownsville affair without bringing Into question the authority of the president to dismsis the negro t props. The resolution was submitte d to and approved hy the president at a conference.

NEVER TOUCHED HIM.

Attempt to Assassinate a Russian Chief of Police.

Mohilev, Russia Chief of Police Rodionoff was attacked by two assailants. Dne of the men emptied an automatic revolver at Rodionoff. missed him. but mortally wounded his coachman, while the second threw a bomb, which exploded. The chief of police was not hurt. One assailant committed suicide and the other one was captured

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East Street. Looking Toward the Water Front. This Section Waa Completely Devastated bv the Earthquake and Fire.

Sir James Fergusson, vice chairman of the Royal Mail Steamship Co., la among the k'lled. The dead are being burled under smoldering ruins. The mercantile community suffered most severely, warehouses falling upon them. Many professional men are dead or injured. The negroes are looting Ghastly scenes are being witnessed. All the ships have been destroyed, and all the buildings in and around Kingston are in ruins. Very few of them are safe to live in. The governor and his party are safe. It Is reported thai an extinct volcano tn the parish of Portland is showing signs of activity, but this has not been verified. No news has yet been received from other parts of the Island 01 Jamaica. ommunicatlon being very difflculL

rotary Root later Indicated the desirability of sending warships at once to the distressed island. It turned out that Admiral Evans had anticipated the direction, and had started on a torpedo boat destroyer, the swiftest veaael in the American fleet, for Kingaton, ordering two of the slower battleshlpa to follow as soon aa they could. Acted First. Authority Later. The appeal for food supplies directed attention to the fact that under ordinary conditions none of the government supplies could be used for outside relief save by special authority of congress. That fact, however, did not prevent Secretary Metcalf from ordering two supply ships with full cargoes of food at once to Jamaica, leaving for tomorrow the question as to how the supplies are to be given to the needy inhabitants. There are stores of food st Sun

j Juan, P R., and M.ivana that mihf be

used for emergencies, leaving the department to draw later on the large stocks at New York.

MYRTLE BANK HOTEL.

North Dakota Is Buried Under Snow. St. Paul, Minn. North Dakota Is covered with snow of an unprecedented depth Whole communities are isolated and every railroad In the state is at the mercy of the elements Not a train from North Dakota has arrived here for three days, and the officials have no definite !. 1 when traffic will be resumed. The blizzard was the worst Hag north west h.Ti l.rown in half a century In the mountain districts monstrous snow slides lave coverexi the trttfi .0 10 ft-et deep.

One of the Principal Buildings at Kingston, Jamaica, Completely Destroyed by the Earthquake and Ensuing Fire.

WHAT LONDON HEARS. Iondnn. Eng A message has been received from Sir Alfred Jones which confirms the worst fears This message Is addressed to Elder. DtBtf ster Ar DO , and is as follows: "Kingston was overwhelmed by an earthquake Monday afternoon at 3:30. AN the houses within a radltis of 10 miles have I en damaged, and almost verr house n the city Is destroyed. Tire broke oui after the earthquake, and cmtl ted the woi I: of destruction The public officers and hop pitals art Id rules ,

A City of 60,000 People. The city is one of low lying buildings, clustered along the shores of one of the finest and most securely land locked harbors in the West Indien The population, which numbers .'iO.OOO, Is largely made up of natlv blncks. Mnny steamers carrying tourists to Jamaica were en route to the island when the earthquake occurred, but It so happens that, according to schedules, none of the ships from Now York or Boston was In Kingston har bor Monday afternoon.

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