Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 49, Number 46, Jasper, Dubois County, 2 August 1907 — Page 6

WEEKLY COURIER

NEWS OF THE WEEK

AM IPITOME OF THE h OST IM POSTAMT EVENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD.

HÜRTH, EAST. WEST. SOUTH

A Carefully Digested and Condensed Compilation of Current Newts Domestic and Foreign.

Many wife deserter id Tennessee have suddenly awakened to the fact ttat the statute enacted by the legislature Jour months ago it not a dead la True, It slept a while after It enactment, and only recently has revfieg to become a menace to this class of offenders Aladar Stolincki. an aristocratic lieutenant of the Hungarian Hussar regiment, has resigned his commission to become an apprentice to a pork butcher In Budapest. Ouida, the novelist, refuses to receive offerings of money sent her by Italians. She tears up bank notes and throws the pieces into the street. Coney Island, the playground of New York 5 millions, was ffsttSi by a dis

astrous fire and seven blocks :n the

amusement were destroyed. The severe drcuth on Long Island Aas produced a new industry, that of selling water to the farmers whose cisterns and wells have become dry. The farmers are paying 10 cents s barrel for water, which they have to haul themselves. Mrs. Lucinda 5 Morton, wife of Oliver P. Morton. Indiana's war osrrnor. died at her home in Indianapolis She was 82 years old Investigation by the federal government shows that the number of men held in peonage In the South is appalling: renewed efforts will be made to crush evil. Rich New Tork Armenians get letters saying they will share the fate of the murdered Tavshanjian. Police Commissioner Bingham of New York says his department is powerless to proteci the city from the horde of criminals preying upon It. Love letters written by John Warner to Isabella Robina-in before their marriage are brought into the famous cae at Clinton. 111. Wisconsin bankers plan to put a check on shaky" borrowers by regularly auditing affairs of firms Impeschment proceedings in Congres against Federal Judge Peter C. Ptitchard are rumored because of his decision in the North Carolina railway rates case.

Accused of tearing down a United ! American Tobacco company, was mar Sates flag and then trampling upon i tied to Mrs. Manaline Holt In man at It James Grant, a British subject at the home of Mrs William Schuyler ftirrh. was sentenced to serve thirty Stackpole, in Brooklyn, in the presents in Jail and pay a fine of 110. ence of a few friends. The father of Prof. Karl Hau. who i Gustavus H. Thiel, president and Nas been sentenced to death for the j founder of the Thiel detetctlve agency, murder of his wife's mother. Frau ; died is Chicago of apoplexy Mr Thiel Moliter. suffered a stroke of apoplexy j was one of the best known thief catchand lies in a critical condition. 1 er in the country and was secretary

in charge of of the I nlted States secret service

during the civil war. Flogging with a blacksnake and then backs rubbed with salt and pepper is advocated by Judge Neelen of Milwaukee as a care for mashers. Helena. Ida and LIda Conley. sisters, and Wyandotte Indians. began an armed guard ever the graves of their ancestors in Huron cemetery in Kansas City. Kau . recently ordered sold by thi government, and threaten to short the first (erson who may attempt to remove tht bodies The San Francisco Bulletin says that Third Offi. -r Haw f the wrecked steamer Columbia, whose

disaster filed with

the federal inspectors, charged Cap

tain Hansen of the San Pedro with refusing to aid in the rescue of the stricken passenge. . is now charged by survivors who occupied the same boat with him with conduct more r; : than specified by him in his formal report. Fay Magill, bride of Fred Magil!. suspected fn connection with the death of his former wife aft Clinton. III. maybe held by the grand Jury, charge 1 with having written the letters arcribed to the dead woman. Capt. George B. Curry, who was to be inaugurated governor of New Mex-

freight train which collided with Fere Marquette excursion train, ting more than 30 lives, in a forI statement issued through the ipany s legal department, accepts ponsibillty for the wreck, lev. Dr. C. F. Aked. pastor of John Eockefeller s church in New York, s in an address at Chautauqua N that most of England's economic I religious progress comes from : .--a

Sir: '. L Omr.s - Mark 1 wa.r. returned from England on board the nteamship Miaaetonka. Mr. Clemens' astsUMoassa aasaber was 23. but he rai l

that was some one else's Jok. and sworn of

Bot his. The work of piercing the five and a half-mile tunnel through the Tauern mountains, in Tyrol, has just been completed. The work has oecupie I six years, and the last important work in he completion of the Alpine railways. KsrI Han. a hrtlliant young law professor of Vasbingon. D. C. was condemned to death after a five days' trial for the murder of his wife's mother. Frau Molitor. a wealthy

The French newspapers are great! Incensed over the decision of the Geraten authorities to suppress the teaching of French In the common schools of the "lost provinces." Alsace and Lorraiaa. A Lansing Balrd. formerly New Tork broker, accused of misappropriating employer's cash, and three months missing, returns and kills himself. James Wilson, a Cincinnati negro, led of fright following an exciting chase aad his arrest for shooting Charles Bariag. white Wilson was chased by a crowd of men. and the police had to use force to save him from the mob. Charles Warner, insane man. kills a woman clerk ia a Raw York store, fatally injure a friend and is fatally hurt before he is subdued

leo on Anglist 1. received a telegram summoning him east for a conference with the president. All inauguration plans have been chanced. Advices from Seoul say that a mutiny ot the Korean troops Is apprehended. Woman who steals to help her invalid mother blnme social condition for forcing her to become a thief. H. S Tavshanjian. the nig importer, who was assassinated In New Tork, was killed because be nd vised friends to refuse demands of a blackmail gang An order has been Issued by Chief Carman F. F Ronmus. calling a strike o the carmen's union on the entire Hrrk Island system. The order affects MM men. Missouri State Cnlversltv instruct

Board of review raises tax of 500 or with $90 position hesitates before member of Chicago s smart set by ' finally accepting f 5.000 salary offered reading of new yach- and autoa In , him by President Roosevelt. 1 be aotte'.r columns of newspapers. j come treasurer of Porto Rie

Niece of former Texas governor informed on death led that legacy left

her is available Force of the surveyor of custom in St. :..ui to have its pay Increased. Chicago Greek consul trails Bulgarians charged with Illinois murders to Cincinnati.

Ciar sees revolt of Seminom sty regiment during parade, the soldiers demanding the retirement of Gen Reiman. hated since ordering reeiment to shoot down (.fixen of Moscow Baron Grattan wins Detroit pacing feature ta faste jt time of year. Orby. Richard Crokers Kngllsh Derby winner, is beaten at Liverpool. it orgia and Florida lines are to be merged into a new system for the South, extending to the gulf. Various questions of wage settlement are adjusted at a conference held in Chicago between the general managers of Western lines and committees of trainmen Magills believed to be concealed in Chicago hotel under guard of sheriff. Father plans to slip prisoners into

I Clinton at night, i: Is said. I Pilgrims to shrine of St. Anne, in Chicago, reported to have seen in

jured Missouri woman healed by miracle. Troops may be t'sed to eject Indian girls from Kansas City burial ground, where they are guarding the graves of ancestors. Nam York cotton market considerably nervous. Close is steady at net decline of 9 to 21 points. Decline of 1 ceut in Chicago wheat

pr.s fractional losses experienced by corn and oat. Provisions also down Little trading in oats. Vesj ian Warner, commissioner of pensions, alleges that his stepmother is of negro blood, and that hi father was deceived in marrying her. in the

will contest at Clinton. III., over the Warner estate of nearly $2.000.000. Col. William S. Hays, the veteran river editor of the Louisville Courier Journal song writer and poet, died at his borne here of vertigo, caused by a stroke of paralysis suffered in the Iroquois tbenter fire in Chicago. He was To years old Ann prohibition members of the Georgia house, though few in number, by filibustering keep bill from coming to vote and may iefeat it. Believing that women secretaries to heads of bureaus and chiefs of divisions are exposed to too great temptations. Secretary Wilson forbids their employment in that capacity In his department. Lawyers for Fred Magill, accused of wife murder, hope to secure hli freedom by demanding on bis return to Clinton. 111., an Immediate show of -v dence sufficient to hold the pris oner. Politician believe that William J. Bryan had a double motive in shelving government ownership removal of an embarrassing situation for the 1908 campaign and warding off the disastrous blow which would be dealt to his own hopes in case some other candidate be nominated and cereatt ! on that issue in 190$. James B Duke, president of the

DEATH ADDED TO TRAGEDY

MAJOR HUNTINGTON DIES UNCONSCIOUS OF ACTIONS OF HIS SON.

DISASTER CAUSED SENSATION

The Swift Succession of Incidents in the Family Has Cast a Gloom Over the City of Versailles.

V. -sallies The death of the ag d American soldier hinwlf and un at tempt at self tfesrruction on the part of his son Henry, who shot hi sisters and brothers in the last hours of his dying father. Imparted additional sadness to the -run-king tragedy in the home of Maj. Henry A Huntington, which has caused a sensation in the American colony and diplomatic circles of France. Maj. Huntington died shortly ater the news was given out of his son Henry' unsuccessful attempt at suicide, but the father was spared the anguish of 4he knowledge both of this Incident and the terrible crime which shattered his household, as he was unconscious to the end. The prostrated wife, his daughter Edith and his son Douglas, whose slight wounds permitted them to pay the last honors to the dying man. were present in the chamber when the end came. According to the police. Henry attempted suicide in his cell with a silk hanierehief. which he tied around his neck and fastened to the bars, seeking to strangle himself slowly by means of a tourniquet- The Jailor, who had been instructed to watch the prisoner closely, detected the act In time to prevent 6erious result, and It was announced that Henry had not succeeded in Injuring himself. The swift sequence of tragic incidents in the Huntington family, which Is one of the best knov.n. has cast a gloom over Versailles. Though plunged In grief at the death of the head of the household, the mother and children have had time to Interpret Henrv" effort at self-destruct Ion as additional evidence of the mental Irresponsibility which, they say. he has manifested for a lone time In cer tain directions. His wife, however, declares that It was the natural result of remorse at the dreadful acts which he committed In a sudden outburst of uncontrollable fury at the Interference of hl brothers when he hurried to the bedside of his dying father. The French judicial authorities feel that searching probes alone will bring out the exact happenings In th- Hunt ington villa which antedate the shooting. On the subject of Just what occurred on the night of the tragedy there is a conflict between the story of the Huntington family and the statement Hen ry's wife sa s he made to her. but both agree that the man was carried away by passion which unbalanced his mind

GUARDSMEN PROTECTED.

Wisconsin Law Proivdes Fmei for Errrjloycrs Hacpenng Militiamen.

Madison. Wis A law passed at th recent session of the legislature, and which has jut gone int oeffect. pro Tides a fine of 125 for employers who se-k fo hinder employe who are members of the National Guard from performing military duty. Another eJar.se provides for the punishment of membe-s of labor unions who object too strenuously to those affiliated with their organization belonging to tb militia Heretofore commanders of com pa ni I have found It difficult at times to get leave for their men to attend the annual camp and on other occasions wh re duty conflicted with business Hep-after an;. one who tri- s to keep a gn;"(' man from his duty will be liable to either a fine or imprisonment or bo'h. It is thought this law will make matters much easier for employes who bekng to th guard.

Cuban Budget $23.309.538. Havana The figures for th- budge of K"7 s wer- announced Th y do not differ materially from those of lat year. The total amount Is S3JStSlt. ti . ..!;- ,. $:..! p.

Alleged Mob Leaders He'd. Pawhuska. Okla Mike White and "Shorty" Green, ali.ged leaders of the mob that lynched the negro. Frank Bailev. at tag-. were held to the fed eral grand jury fi r murder In the first degree.

Shoots Two and Himself. AMmore. 1. T At Waupamitka. I T. T.lgai Ball, a railroad employe, ahm ai.d fatal! ; sounded hl young wife, shot Ms SSM to 'a. Miss Mag tie Dnbson. through the thigh, tfett shot himself through the hart Jealousy Is supposed to be the motive Of the criin Kills Wife and Commits Sinc'de. Tuisa. i T--ln a fit of Jenlous anger J. D. gtackhouse. propri t r of -restaurant, shot and killed his wife then r-mmitt'd suicide.

H00SIER HAPPENINGS Latest News of Interest from Various

Towns In Indiana

TO MAKE WAR ON RUM. Anderson M. C. U. Engages Noted Evangelist. Anderson largely as a result of the saloons keeping open on Sunday this city is to have a tenierance cru sade The members of the executive committee of the Men's Christian liilon. w hich has some Vi'OO SsSSSSfSj met tonight and decided to engage Dr. . W Tracy, of Kentucky, to conduct I meetings In this city, beginning Sunday. August 4. The meeting will be held in a large

EFFORTS TO REVIVE A FAIR. Plan Patterned Afttr Organization of the State Board. Danville Men of the town and SShStf ate agitating the advisability of a county fair, to be hHd hen-, and tin-re is an effort SQ sc uro a tract of land containing 110 acres, at the east ern edge of the town, now owned by the county, to be converted to county fair uaea. The tract 1 cut practically in two by the lntcrurban traction line. '' acres lying on tie north side and 50 on the south. The land was

TRUE DEMOCRAT

STANDS STRICTLY FOR EQUAL i TY BEFORE THE LAW.

tent, which will be erected in the bus- originally purchased by the eoSBBxJgIness portion of the city. Negotiations sioners for an orphans home, but the for a location are now In progress. ' home project was abandoned, and the The committee aUo decided to have land since then has been leased and a chorus of 40 voices in attendance at the proceeds turned into the county

the meetings. This feature will be under the direction of Pnf. Neely. of this city, who will begin training the singers at once. Dr. Tracy is the evangelist who has been meeting with such marked success in the south Ha has labored all

fund The plan proposed is for the commissioners to appoint one man from each township, to whom shall be turned seat this land. thSSt 12 men to constitute a board similar to the state fair board, sell the LV acres south of

through the south, and more recently the traction line, the money to be in Kentucky and Alabama. His lec- used for the Improvement of the 60tures will be illustrated with nioWng acre tract for fair purposes. The land pictures i would still remain the property of the The brotherhood, under the auspices county, and the management would be of which the meetings will be held, is under control of the county at all coniiosed of members of all the times. The plan is meeting with en-

churches of the city. Its members include some of the men most prominent in the social and business life of the city.

couragement Years ago the Hendricks county fair was one of the evnts of the season in this section of the state, and the old grounds are still in good shape at the western edge ot town Kfforts

have been made to revive the old fair, In- but without success, and it is now J projtosed to procure new grounds and

start afresh Lebanon. Joseph Stevens, a farmer. who was found unconscious in a road Auto ,n Battle itn BuHbetween Lebanon and Frankfort six' I-"renceburg.-F. H. C. Seeley weeks ago ha reramH rn ..ni.,,-- antl liar'' of three women

and has been taken to a hospital for

MIND A BLANK FOR WEEKS.

Firmer Who Was Mysteriously jured Recovers Consciousness.

treatment

For six weeks his death was expected hourly and the physicians stated that he could not recover. Stevens refrained consciousness, but can not tejl how he was injured It was suppesed he was thrown out of

who are traveling in an automobile

from Chicago to Jamestown. Va . met with an accident here Mr Seeley attempted to pass a herd of cattle, when a Durham bull attacked the machine I'nable to steer the machine out of the wa,y on account of the otsvr cattle, Mr Seeley threw

the buggy m which he was riding. He n ful1 IK)Wer d attacked the en

says that the last thing he remembers was that he let a stranger get into the buggy with him to ride. He is of the opinion that the stranger struck him over the head with some sort of

weapon, the object being robbery, and

raged bull. He struck the animal on

the head The attack was renewed and the automobile struck the bull four times before the battle was ended by the machine knocking the beast over a ten-foot embankment

that before the man could accomplish The macn,ne whirled down ths

his purpose became frightened and left, leaving him 1 ing in the road.

Pastor Ask "Tainted" Cash. Evansville ' Tainted money looks good to me; In fact, a tainted dollar will buv as much and do SS much good as any other dollar." These were the words of Rer. E. G. S. 1 BurdHte. pastor of the Twelfth Ave nue Baptist church, who is now engaged in soliciting funds with which to build a new church. Mr Hurdette has been pastor of the church for U years, and in that time BS recelvsd practically nothing in salary. He Is a carpenter and has kept the church in repair with his

hill and turned over on to the bull.

killing it. The occupants escaped from the wreck with only slight cuts and bruises. The automobile was badly damaged.

Resigns to Take New Chair. Columbia City. -Prof George H. Tapy, who has been superintendent of the public schools of this county for the last 12 yean., and who last month was reelected for another term of four years, has been SSSSSS for the chair of English by the faculty of YVInona academy at Winona I'rof Tapy will In a few days resign his position here. He will begin his duties at Winona In September. I'rof. Julius C. Sanders, principal of the

own hand He has alu

jobs at his trade, and this, with the I hlh Rohnl al ,hlB )lare- but m ho al fees he has received from his mar- i Pres'nt ,B tasSSt St Chicago unl

ersity. win ne a canaioate to sue i

riages. has been sufficient to keep his family in comfort. His congregation is of poor people. Rev. Mr. Burdette hopes to erect a new church that will cost In the neighborhood of $15.000. and he says he will take money from anybody who offers it.

Prof Tapy.

Warrant Out for Streeter. South Bend. A warrant for

the

Opposition to All Taxes That Tsnd to Foster Monopoly Is Cardinal Prm cipl of the Disciple of Jefferson. The dictionaries and Mr. Hryan d tin', a Democrat as one who adheres to h government by the people. Hut that Is only a nominal definition one which explains only the meaning of the term defined without Indicant, anything more of the nature of th. thins: signified by it than is Implied by the term Itself to everybody wh understand its meaning It Is BOSlvi lent to saying that a lteinocrat Is a Democrat. What ts needed nt thi time is ft a nominal but a real definition of tin. word one which will explain the nature of the thing defined by refereni . to it origin and history in SMBSSflao with American politics Such a det) nltlon would necessarily relate back to the principle Bet forth by TlMNSM Jefferson and James Madison in 17'' and 1719, when those men founded Ü Democratic party of the United Statethose principles being embodied Iii certain resolutions, and In a report made by James Madison to the Vir glnla legislature, insisting upon a strict construction of the language of the federal constitution respecting tinIowers granted to the general gov ornment and those reserved to the states. A Democrat, then. Is a strict-con structlontst That is hi chief characteristic. He believes in the doctrino of state rights, or local self govern ment that is. home rule as opposed to centralization and imperialism. He believes in equality before the law. and therefore opposes the creation of vested rights or prerogatives and private monopolies by legislation. He be lleves in taxation for revenue only, and therefore opposes any and all taxes that foster monopoly, aa our tariff laws do at this time. He believe In the right of trial by Jury as that right is guarded by the Const! tution; and Is therefore opposed togovernment by Injunction He believes in majority rule in every locality, but that a majority of the people in the whole country have the right to rule the minority only so long as It rules in conformity with the com pact expressed in the Constitution; whereby it is agreed that a majority of the representatives of the people in one branch of congress, and a ma Jorlty of senators representing sovereign states in the other branch, shall make general laws subject to a qualified veto by the president, and to numerous restrictions Imposed by the terms of the constitutional compact A Democrat also associates himself with the political BSft which, from Its birth in 1798, has always stood pledged to carrv out its policies in accordance with these genera! principles He oppose those who seek to evade or nullify constitutional provisions by stretching and twisting such provisions in applying them to current legislation or current judicial proceedings, lie is plainly distinguishable from an Ochlocrat, on the one hand, and from an imperialist on the other For ochlocracy is a form Of government in which the multitude rule directly; whereas, in a democracy like ours, they govern through their representatives. And Imperialism even uch as the Imperial democracy of Athens denies to its subjects the right of representation in Its legislative body and taxes them with out their consent; whereas our democracy, both in its origin and in its continuing purpose, repudiates that sys-

Storm Hits Elkhart. Elkhart !n a terrific electrical windstorm the Elkhart Bridge St Iron Company building was leveled It cost $.000 and carried $5.000 Insurance. The Pierce Specialty company, recently of Chicago, sustained damages of SI. 000. General damage was done by destruction of trees throughout the city. Telephone service was paraly zed Th- .loss Mac lin residence was destroyed by light ning at a loss of $1.000.

arrest of Capt. George Wellington ! teni Streeter on a charge of assault with P'-rhaps 99 per cent, of the people intent to kill has been issued. It will ; of ,his country honestly adhere to the

theory or government by the people and may. In that sense, be called I democrats. Put many of them believs In ochlocracy, and manv others be-

not be an easy task to serve the warrant. Streeter boast of causing inr trouble to the Chicago officers than any man In that city, and has threat-

ened to kill any officer coming on board hi boat Recently he compelled five officers to leave the craft at the muzzle of a big revolver.

May Lose Rural Delivery. Jeffersonvllle. Fear is beinsr expressed that Charlestown town ' vhi'i one nf llip I re (Hit in thia nmr.

ty, will lose Its rural free deliv.rv service as a result of the failure to Improve the roads, which in ninny

places are almost Impassable The j farmers are preparing to call a masa j

meeting, not only in mis towasblp i

lieve in imperial d- niocracy. In party nomenclature, however, only thos who believe in representative democratic government, and adhere to tat trict construction of the Constitution are Democrats.

An Up to Date President. Dt Daniel B. Turney. the probable candidate of the Prohibitionists for the presidency, scored President Roosevelt In his seech before the general conference of the Free Meth odfst church at Its late meeting. "A president who carries a cigar

but in others as well, and atfei,.pt to' e,te ,n h,B niouth and a six-sliooter

May Buy Lighting Plant. Harleton. Petitions are being circulated here asking the town council to take legal steps to get a municipal electric lieht nlant Xwn

a .. sv si

years ago the old council purchased a ,Ä"P ,no steps necessary to improve n,s pocsei aoes not sei a gooa i

nipie io ine youm 01 in1 ns'inn, snid Dr Turney; "and that lette- to Mr Harriman. which he himself hand ed out. let us try to fori1, t "As Samson wist not when his strength was departed, so our strenu ous president seems in Ignorance of hnving lost his popularity, but it has gone forever. "IxmhI applause and cries of 'That so' greeted the utterance." Our Methodist brethren must not get too particular these day, for what vo.mI hi i.e.'ti a 'jueer porformanc for Lincoln, or Cleveland, or McKinley seems quite In keeping with our up-toikite and more strenuous chief magistrate

Job lot of worthless oil lamps and ran prevailing conditions

the town Into debt and now that they " again have money in the treasury. 8'Bna J Mixed' Clo,f C"' thev wsnt to spend It T"rre Haute -Thn.ugh a mis , understanding of signals. William Has Seven Adopted Children. Taggart, a West Terro Haute miner. Clay City Rev. David Ober- ! was dumped from the top of the tipp) holtzer. of the Serenth Day Ad- i of the lower vein mine as if he were ventlst church, near this city, though j A load ftf foal. He saved himself he has a family of several children of' from a fall to the bottom of the shaft, his own. has seven adopted sons and i IM feet down, by r Mnging desperately daughters, orphan children taken In to the latch at the bottom of the selfthelr Infancy, fed. clothed, disciplined dumping cage Taggart was severely and brought up to honorable manhood ' bruised and part of his right ear was

and womanhood.

torn off

Brewers Sue a Woman. Terrs Haute It Is believed that the suit brought by the Terre Haute Brewing company against Mrs Elizabeth Reed discloses the first In Stance in which the company entered Info partnership with a woman saloonkeeper In the complaint a bill of

Pine Lahe Chautauqua Ends. Laporte The annual Chautauqua at Pine lake came to a close, the farewell address being given by Dr. Merritt E. Driver, formerly of Marlon, now pastor of the People's church in Chicago. The sessions of

fne last clas have been largely at

particulars sets out that she owes for tended, and it is stated that the chau rent as rHI as for beer to the amount tnuqua will hg a permanent feature of of $4J( The brewery pe.iple allege the years to come. It was conducted that they owned the prirty and had 'his year under the direction of advanced the money for her saloon Messrs. Shaw and Fulweller. aided y II. . rise, on which tin y ark thht she an executive committee romitosed of L pay s Iure amounting to , ihr leading citizens of the city.

Harmful Partisanship. We are to have a new orator In the UsttSi States senate His name Is Thomas P. Osth He la totally blind, but Is said to be the most eloquent man in the I'nlted States, and has been nominated for a seat In the enate br the Democrats of Oklahoma Hut President Roos-velt and Cht Republican leaders arc trying to Indent some scheme to keep Mr. Oofo ao'l hlf state out of the tinl a.