Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 18, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 January 1908 — Page 2

Weekly Courier

BEN ED. DOANE Pubihrr j.spi:k. IM UN NEWS OF THE WEEK TKE LATEST NEWS WORLD BRIEFLY OF THE TOLD. NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH Foreign Lands Throughout tho Nation and Particularly From tne Great Southwest. CONGRESSIONAL. i. o htll HU i.mnnr Clav HUrouuwuu - - ! onins the secretary of tho troasurj i -mm 130 000 000 Ol non-uuuio"-- . I nrtm. Inuring United amies uutus .', t. in tho Unltd States notes in r ulation in such form as he may ..." r-. niL-nlv Ind :u csi-edioni. auumu. n nrnvidlnc I0r emergen- ,' ...rr.ncv to b issued by banks in l. Miuunts equal to the par vaiua u. . ' ... v, ,i.r,itn.i with the treasl MIS IL uw uv-" .,1 n ,if tho United States. It proviues il t Uniteu &uues uuuu. . . . ..i uie imnrt? of any state, count or municipality of not less tnan v....l.W " . , A I i,oiuilatlon niav be accepted for 'uroose Vn m loyers liability bill was Iniueed by Representative sterling oi tu to I un s. ine measuiw . . . ... whiPh tho oresr - law was declared unconstitutional l the supreme court of the United lr . tes. The house committee on military d ided to report favorably the joint r !u?ion. already adopted by the sen-a-e extending to Jan. 21. 1910. the I.:;!- allowed the militia organizations i.f :h several states and territories to c utorm their organization, armament a:. l discipline to those of the regular a; my. Until this conformation Is efff trd. there can be no participation b the delinquent states In the lnc . .ised federal appropriation for mllit. , improvemeL The house committee on mllitaiy c t.sidered the army pay increase bill. V :? reached no definite conclusion othci than the general one that there sit il ! be an Increase. V resolution authorizing the presld nt to expend S1.373.G43 in the acq;, roment of consular lands and build1 in China. Japan and Korea, was cf.-TPd In the house by Mr. Perkins ol N'W York, the money to be apIt. j.riated from the residue of the I: r indemnity fund, paid to the 1 Lited States by China. Senator Gore of Oklahoma introduted a joint resolution providing that no person shall be eligible to be elected president 0f the United States for twn terms In succession. Sonator "Lodge introduced a joint reflation, reducing China's indemnity bond, incurred as a result of the Boxer trouble of 1900, from $24.440.778 to $ll.Cör..492. with Interest at 4 per cent, payment of the difference being remlttfd as an act of friendship to China. MISCELLANEOUS. Sixteen children were trampled to death and forty others, several of whom can not live, were injured in a mad rush for better seats at an en tertainment given in the public hall at Barnslev. England. A central naval recruiting station Is to be reopened at Now Orleans, Tha at Memphis. Tenn.. and the reediting office at Little Rock, Ark., arr to be closed. For the twentv-seventh time Oscar L Imrllng, a civil engineer and inverlor of Amityville, L. I., has be-crrii-a father. Twenty of his children are living. He Is G4 years old, nr. 1 has twice wedded. Hia first wife vva Hannah Smith of Flushing, L. I., wli-.ni he wedded in 1SG4. She bore htn. fifteen children and died in 1S84. Tr of these children are living. TIu- Count Laszlo Jeno Maria Hen rik ( zpchenyi and Miss Gladys Moore Y.indr-rbllt appeared at the city clerk's office in Now York and obtained a license to marry. The application blauk thev presented was filled out in advance. Failing In hlB effort to effect a reconciliation with his wife, Mrs. Kathleen Martin, who had Just obtained a decree of separation from him. Arthur J Martin, 20 years old, son of a wealthy commission merchant, shot and dangerously wounded her in his rooms in the St George hotel, Brooklyn Turning the revolver on himself, he fired a bullet into his brain, dying almost instantly. In a difficulty In Denton county. Texas. Jim Jons, a white farmer, shot and killed Charles Smith and Everett Reed, fatally wounded Mort Moore and slightly wounded anothor man, all negroes. N'W marriage law In Now York Is hardship for Immigrant couples who Intend to marry upon reaching Ellis Island. n American family of five memberH and ton Mexicans were killed by Yiqui Indians 40 miles from Empalme Mpx. Soldiers are chasing the Ind'an Farmern Union asks for Issunnc-jof ?"0 oOO.OOO In legal tender treasury notes to move cotton crop. Judge Kohlsaat's decision awarding gm. rnnient $4w,ooo claimed by Capt. OWUln Carter Is final clmpfor In Savirn.th harter graft casoa. which rest.H. d n Ca er sr-rvlng prison term a I Clro n and Gavnor bPlng sen-trnod.

The 'Jewish Year nook," Jim published lu Europe, estimates the number of Israelites In tho world at about ll.osi.OOO. Of those It locates S.74S. ooi in Europe, 1.58G.O00 In America, 351.000 In Africa, 342.000 In Aski and 17.000 in Australia. Thlrty-ono words, a postscript to an old letter. Uns been admitted for probate as a will in PltUtbiirg. Pn.. in spite of the fact that only the initial "S" Is slgnod to It It was proven by 1,000 old proscriptions that the late Dr. William G. Simcox simply used the Initial as his signature and tho

court accepted it as such to the will which disposed of an estate valued at $60,000. Mrs. G'orgo A. Custer, widow of tho dashing cavalry general, who was killed by Indians, has purchased 16 lots on Palmer avenue and Bronxvtllo road, near the Bronxville station. Now I Ynrb fnr mirnAcn rtf n rnnt I n IharnAn . a a nome lor young gins, ine proj1 tici win uu in niemurj- ui uvi uueunuu I Of.-. Cn mAnlil on Irnnn-nrlrftr nnrl vuu uuiwn, ..v. ...... his wife, Roina, fought a duel to the death In their little four-room cottage I in ftnblntwl Pnl TIo was nrmml with V ' . , , ihtkö uuaiin miiic huu ut mi a rasor. After battling for fifteen or I . ... t i - iL. 1 I I (1 11.. iwi-my wnmiw mi- uuimuu mum; slew the wife and cut his own throat . , . , . , l irum uni iu wr. -.vmiius uu uei uvuu i - Admiral Evans fleet of sixteen batuesnips may ran.- a inp iu mBui ... 1 T Sound, after leaving San Francisco In the eftr,y summor, according to an officinl statement made at tho navy deiwiuuchu A orohlbition lobbv Is Uie latest re- - . . .. . . form organisation to be established In Uie national capital. It will be operated under the auspices of the tlon party, to urge congress to pro tect "dry" states from federal liquor Interference. With the New Your a new brand of Justice has been inaugurated In the police court of Cleveland. No man is to be deprived of that priceless boon of citizenship, liberty, except as the last resort. Convictions can not be obtained without evidence such as would hold in a higher court. The tra ditional offhand "grind" of police court is relegated to the discard. Hearsay testimony Is swept aside. Nora Turner. 20. was acquitted In the Williamson county (111.) circuit court of the charge of murdering her fiance, Robert Kennedy, who In a dy ing statement said that the girl shot him. Her defense was that he shot her and then himself. Seven persons were killed and a score injured when a passenger train on the Alabama & Mississippi railroad dashed into a log train near Vinegar Bend, Ala. Five of the dead were convicts. Hardly a person in the nas senger train escaped Injury. The terrific const storm which has been raging for nearly three days continues to sweep the waters of the Baltic far inland. The rolling plains In the vicinity of Lübeck. Germany, which Is higher than the neighboring towns, is suffering from the flood. What is probably a unique occur rence, happened at the Birkenfeld In firmary, Berlin. Dr. Merli, who was performing an operation on a child. died suddenly of heart disease. No other surgeon was present and the child died before another one could be procured. An execution against former Sena tor Joseph R. Burton of Kansas for the fine of $2,500 imposed in the Unlted States district court, where he was convicted or representing get-rlch nuick concerns before the postoffice aepartment. was asked by United btates District Attorney Henry "W. Blodgett of James R. Gray, clerk of the United States circuit court. Mr. Gray was c,erk of tne district court at the time of Burton's conviction. After five days, on three of which night sessions were held, under an or der by Justice Bowling, the 12 men who wl!1 ImSB uPa the fate of Harry K. Thaw In his second trial for tho killing of Stanford White, the archi tect, were finally accepted. The love letters of a man past Iii.' three score and ten to a beautiful blonde of 24, said to have masqueraded as his "grand-niece." are the prin cipal exhibit in a suit to broak .ho will of Thomas Snell, eccentric millionaire of Clinton. 111., who. dying at the age of 90. cut off his only living son. Richard Snell, with an annnltj of $50 out of an ostatc valued at $2,000.000. Marriage and more pay are part of tho Inducements by which General J. Franklin Bell, chief of staff, hopes o keep experienced soldiers In the army. His suggestions are embodied In a special report, made at the re quest of the president. He proposes to provide quarters for the married non-commissioned officers. Urban Angney. a senior In the Uni versity of Kansas and captain of the university football team, ended his life by Jumping from a window of the fifth floor of Froser Hall, the main build ing of the university. Gatling guns aro placed in streets of Ixjxlngton. Ky., to repel expected attack of night riders. That the separation between Ruth Bryan Leavltt and her husband Is final Is Indlcntod In a letter Mrs. Leavitt has written to Miss Edith Lock, a society reporter on an Omaha paper. Mrs. Lo'avltt and Miss Locke were for mer clnssmntoB at au Eastern glrlr" sehet! and have been fnonds for many years. Throo persons wore killed and 1S mora or loss sovaroly Injured In the wreck of tho SunBet express on thrSouthern Pacific at a little station tilled Ruckfr. 25 miles south of San Jose, Cil.

THAW'S WIFE OUT OF COURT

EXCLUDED WITH OTHER vVITNESSES WHEN TAKING OF TESTIMONY BEGINS. STATE STARTS ITS PROOF No Rush of Morbidly Curious to Hear the Evidence, as at First Trial White's Kinsman Heard. New York Tho trial of Harry K. Thaw entered upon Its Interostlng statu Monday without tlouriih or pyrotechnics. Justlco Dowllng ordered court oponod at 10:05. and seven minutes later Francis J. Garvin, assistant attorney gyneral. began the opening address for the prosecution, which consisted of a plain recital of the facts of the killing of Stanford White as tho state viewed them. In marked contrast to the first trial of Thaw, when Attorney Gnrvnn bo gan his opening statement there were just three persons In court not directly connected with the trial. By the time the first wltnoss was well Into his examination tho number of spectators had increased to but 10. In his opening statement Gurvan said: Statement for the State. "The defense in this case is Insanity, gentlemen of the jury. It Is left to you to decide whether or not Harry K. Thaw owes to the state expiation for his criminal murder, on the roof of the Madison Square Garden, of Stanford White, an architect of this city. Insanity is a real defense, but la the case at the bar I believe we will not find the contention properly taken. "We shall show you that before committing his crime. Thaw, in con versation with men well known, who will tell their own story, talked as could only have talked a rational man. Why, Thaw talked with James Clinch Smith for a long time before he killed White. A dosen different subjects, ranging from Wall street to light comedy, from an ocean voyage to the meeting of a man with a woman, were discussed. And from this conversation with a man he knew, in which he talked rationally and at times humorously, he went directly to the seat occupied by Stanford White, and. creeping up behind him, swung around his side and shot the sitting man through the eye. the ball entering the brain. Two other shots were firod, and then this criminal displayed the gun with which he committed his crime and was at once arrested. "We contend that the killing of Stanford White was dellberate and premeditated murder, that his responsibility under the law Is undoubtedly apparent; that he fired three times to make his dastardly crime trebly sure; and wheji the evidence is all in we shall ask you for a verdict of murder In the first degree." KILLS ALLEGED BLACK HAND. Dead Man Had Been Accused of Levying Blackmail. Punxsutawney, Pa. Frank Leo, an Italian, believed to be an agent of the Black Hand Society, and accused of levying blackmail upon foreign miners for several months past, was Hhot and killed at the Flor ence mine of the Rochester & Pitts burg Coal Co.. six miles from hero. Sunday while attempting to collect $50 from Dominic Prorinco and $20 each from two of the letter's boarders. Provinco Is accused of the shooting, He fired three shots from a shotgun, It Is alleged, while Leo was parleying at the door with Mrs. Provinco about paying the money demanded Saturday night. He Is alleged to have collected irom Provinco and tne boarders on a number of occasions. Passengers Given Shake-Up. Logansport. Ind. The Kansas City and Boston Express on the Wabash plowed through a passing Panhandle freight train at the June tlon In this city Monday morning. The brakes on the passenger train failed to work. The engineer and flroman Jumped and escaped Injuries. Five freight cars were demolished. The pasenger engine turned over, but the coaches remained on the track. The passengers were badly ahaken, but no one was Injured. Omaha Loses Balloon Race. Boston, Mass. Owing to liability to secure the proper gas In Omaha for their big balloon. Charles J. GHdden and H. H. Clayton have decided to select another starting point for the nttempt to beat the Ion? distance record next fall. The Rev. Robert Moffet Dies. Cleveland. Ohio Tie Rev. Robert Moffett. a wHlknown minister of Uio Disciples church, and for 25 years corresionding secretary of the General Christian Missionary Society, died at his homo hpro, aged 72. Illinois Banker Found Dead. Nashville. III. Colonol Louis Krnghoff. a well-known bunker of this rlty. was found dead In hrd nt his hmnf He was n votoran of the civil war and had held many portions of public trust.

THROUGH THE STUTE

NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS INDIANA POINTS. WOMEN HEAD BOARD Klrklln Has Lively Sensation When Trustees Decline to Quit OfficeOne Man Felled by Brick. Klrklln. Fifty women of this place headed a mob of indignant citizens that called on tho school board while its three members wero in session, and demanded their resignations, presenting a petition at tho same time from IBS property owners thai the board Btop down and out. Tho board voted to postpone Indefinitely consideration of the petition, and Mrs. Harry Cast, loader of tho women, denounced tho mombers in unmeasured terms. There was n perfect babel of voices In the room and borne of tho men, angered by the scant courtesy tho women had received, were about to Hog tho members of the board when the crowd was Induced to disperse. Aa soon as the crowd renched the strcot, Mr. Williams, one of the board, appeared at a window and was knocked down by a brick hurled at him. Tho people of tho vlllago want tho school management turned over to tho town ship trustee in order to havo a new schoolhouso built in the corporate Ilm its. The trustee refuses to build the schoolhouso If the school Is to he in charge of the Klrklln school board, and the town Itself Is not able to put up the new building. Kills Spanish War Veteran. jonesooro. John S. vawter. a Spanish-American war veteran and an Inmate of the Soldiers' home, was killed by the Gas City-Jonesboro car in the bridge connecting Jonesboro ind Gas City. Vawter had been to Gas City, and when returning from there was caught on the bridge, which Is a tie bridge built by the street car company. The car which killed him was in charge of Frod Earnest, motorman, and William McCormick, conductor, both of Marion. Widow Goes to Asylum. Kokomo. Mrs. Orphin. widow of William Orphin. who made a successful fight against entering the poorhouse for several months before his death, was taken to that institution. Mrs. Orphin, who is 40 years of age, Is a victim of epilepsy and fell in South Union street. It is thought her condition is so dangorous It Is unwise to permit her to remain where she can not be guarded. Turns Mother Away. Delphi. In spite of- her pleas for clemency, Mrs. Mary Hammell or Indianapolis was turned away when she came to Delphi to bog Prosecutor James O'Bear that he dismiss the charge of larceny against her sonCharles Hammell, arrested lions more than two years ago with a band of alleged shoplifters. Young Hammell Is now a fugitive, having forfeited a bond of $1,000. Say Teachers Were Brutal. South Bend. C. R. Wltsaman and H. C. Imel, teachers In the iver Park school, are defendants in the circuit court in an assault and battery case, being charged with that offense because they whipped Benjamin Cockran and Justice Singer, pupils. It Is claimed that the boys were whipped so hard that welts were raised all over their bodies. Would Settle Amiably. Anderson. At a monster mass meeting of Anderson citizens a committee was appointed to visit the officials of the traction company and make an effort to bring about a set tloment of tho differences between the company and Its employes. It is be lieved that the peace move will result In an nmlcaWe settlement. Church Honors Elder Irwin. Columbus. Joseph I. Irwin, grand-father-in-law of Lieut. Gov. Hugh T. Miller, and father-in-law of Dr. Z. T. Sweeney, has been elected to the honorable ofllco of elder emeritus of the Christian church of this city. He Is the only living charter member of this church and has been an Ider for CO years. Will Give First Banquet. Shelbyvllle. The members of tho Knights of Pythias Association of Shelby county, which was organIzed a few weeks ago, have decided to give their first annual banquet Wednesday, January 15. Before the banquet Judge Richard K. Erwin of Decatur will deliver an address. Arraigned for Dynamiting. Torre Haute. Henry McDonald vras placed on trial in the circuit court on a charge of arson and dynamiting. The crime with which he is charged is the dynamiting of the .Methodist church and tho Johnson and Rksho general merchandise stores at San ford. Kills Self for Girl in Prison. Covington. Despondent because his sweetheart had been sent to tho Girls Reformatory, Mark Smith. 19 ye&rs old, killed himself nt the home of his mother in this cltv by drinking a largo quantity of carbolic acid. He was discovered shortly aftor committing the act, but died before a physician could be summoned. Ruth Swoozy, 1G years old, to whom Smith had become greatly attached, was sontoncod to the Girls' Reformatory and the worry over this fact caused the boy to take his life.

TAKES LIFE BEFORE FIANCEE.

Lover Bids Sweetheart Kiss Him, Then Fires Bullet Into Body. Kokomo "Kiss nie. Cora." With theso words uddruHsml tu his sweetheart. Mrs. Com Wolfo Junius, nt tho homo of her parents, .Mr. and Mrs. George Wolfo. near tho Wntor Works pumping station, Thomas Tharp whlppod out a revolver and plnolng It to his left sldo fired. "Good by, Cora," ho shouted as tho report resounded from tho woapon, and then ho Bank to tho lloor. A lovur's quanol was bollovod by tho pnllco to havo boon tho causo of tho shooting. Tharp alternately rogrottcd his act and also that ho had shot too low, and declared that If ho nuulo another attempt ho would shoot into his head. Tho wound was fatal. Shively Seeks Judgeship. Richmond. Charels 13. Shlveley, a member of the Wayne county bar, has announced his candidacy on tho Republican ticket for judge of tho Wayne circuit court. Ho will bo opposed in tho raco by Judge Henry C. Fox, present incumbent Mr. Shlveley has held ninny positions of importance, including state senator, supremo chancellor of tho Knlghü of Pythias, member of tho board of trustoos of tho Indiana reformatory nnd a member of tho building committeo of tho Indiana Pythlans' grand lodge building. Temperance Forces Win. Liberty. As a result of a canvass mndo by tho temperance forces of this city a blnnket remonstrnnco was filed in commissioners' court of this county, placing Center township on tho dry list. Tho remonstrance was signed by 420 voters. The total vote cast at tho last election was 6S0. This makes tho necoasary majority 341. However, a few withdrawals were filed and tho mnjorlty claimed by the temperance forces Ib placed at 50. Cure Regular Prisoners. Richmond. Tho habit that certain men have of breaking Into the county jail merely to bo comfortable through the winter months is to be discouraged by the officials who think this an Imposition upon the taxpayers of tho county. Frank Murray, a nogro, is one of tho mon who has been guilty of this offense, the police say, and as a help toward curing him he has been sentenced to a wook of soiltary confinement In the city jail. Fatally Burned by Coffee. Elkhart. While watching her moth-1 or prepare breakfast, Veva , the five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Miller, residing southwest of this city, was fatally burned. The child attempted to lift a big coffee pot from a table when her strength gave way and tho boiling fluid was thrown over her body. So deep were the burns that when tho clothing was removed the skin also 3llpped from parts of her body. Killed In Removing Phone. Marlon. Kempt Patterson, 24 years or age, an electrician em ployed by tho United Telephone com pany, was electrocuted whilo remov ing a telephone. Ho was working on the ground when he grasped a tele phone wire which had become crossed with an electric light wire and was killed instantly. Ho was a prominent member of the Y. M. C. A. Kills Self Before Family. .Mount vernon. in tno presence of her husband and several children. Mrs. Elizabeth Bonnel, wife of 'Squire Honnel of Point township drank two ounces of carbolic acid and died In an hour. She had been in ill health for some time and had frequently told the nolghbors that she Intended to end her life. Closes Doors to Wife Hartford City. W-on Mrs. Al bert Hjerko, who is allogod to have jilted her husband for tho love of a coal heaver in his employ, came home to seek forgiveness from hor spouse, sno was not received with open arms as she had anticipated, but was turned out and told never to come back. ksdiuci nuiman ncsmns. l-i 1-1 Ulli r,-i Avunsviue. Aiigcreu, it IS said. T . , . . - , . . . I .nr.f,,.D , V,.t 1 .uv, .. uiiuxiiecuw Instructed to discharge soveral eraployes of the Evansvillo & Terro i 111111 wicnso eastern Illinois ranroaus, uaniei u. itiuman, genoral ireigni agent, tenucreu nis resignation. Burglars Rifle Trousers. Shelbyvllle. -When Chnrlcs Davltt got up out of bed at his home he found his trousers laying In the center of the floor nnd hlB pocketbook. which contained $21 In paper money, missing. Somo tlmo after midnight housebreakers entered his dwelling. Elect Padgett Chairman. Linton. Following an all-day gath ering of tho love feast order, the Democrats of tho Second district as sembled in convention iu tho Linton opera house and peacefully olectod Alvin J. Padgett of Washington as dis trict chaiiman. Accepts High Phone Rates. Richmond. Beginning with tho first of tho year tho telephone rates In Richmond havo been ad vanced to $18 for rosidenco nnd $30 for business houses. No contest will ho made against tho rates, as they aro provided for In tho ordinance hold by tho Homo company, granted In consideration of the plnclng of tho company's wires underground and tho removal of poles from Main Btreet. Theso rates are maximum. Tho Bell company refused to accept tho pro visions of the franchise.

Our Pattern Department

STYLISH LITTLE FROCKS. m w) Pattern No. 5S9G. No prattler do sign for the llttlo maid could be found than tho smart mode hero pictured which consists of a plaited skirt with suspender portion attachod and a gulnipe waist. Linen, ginghp,m, ponge.cashmere, mohair and serge aro all suitable for reproduction. For a girl of ten years :taj yards of 36-luch ma totrlal will be required for the dri-p-and 1 yards for the gulmpe Slz-s for 4, 6. S. 10 and 12 years. This pattern will bo sent to rnn nn receipt of 10 cents. Address all orders to tho Pattern Department of this paper. Be sure to fjivo size nnd numbVi of pattern wanted. For convenience. uHt your order on the following coupon; No 5896. BIZE. , KÄME , ADDRESS. DAINTY UNDERGARMENT. Pattern No. f.979. There are few women or girls who do not take pleas uro in fashioning these pretty garmerits for themselves. Tho chemise shown Is exceptionally well cut, the front being mnde with a yoke, affnrrts iv trnnrl tihtnn fnr n hit nf ulmiili " " ' " natwl nmlnl,lM. ti. .-.ir la in VA I.I1IUI UIUVI J . 1 IIU UtllvfY SO M IS t,wi, ..m m.. i ..,. i tu, .v.... dv.v,, io D.Mivu ,.i v..v wast 1)ne i,eIow thnt 0,nt u,0 fun. hoss is laid In In Inverted box-plait. Nnjnsook, muslin, cambric and long cloth aro a U8etl , the .making, and iace und rlbbon-run bending may be ef fectively used In tho trimming. For 3C inchos bust niensure 2-i yards of 36-Inch material will be required. Sizes for 32, 34, 3G, 38, 40. 42 und 44 Inches bust measure. This pattern will bo sent to you on receipt of 10 cents. Address all orders tptms rattern Department of this paper. I'o suro to give size nnd number of pattern wanted. For convenience, write your order on tho following coupon: No 5979. BIZEX NAME ADDRESS. Nail Wounds. Ono who has tried It snys that the most successful treatment that ho has found for nail wounds In horses' feet is to clean out the wound and pour full of hot tallow or lard. This seems to glvo very little pain, and one treatment generally cures. India's Barbarity, To get rid of daughters, East Indi ans marry them to flowers, When tho flowers are dead tho girl's aro widows, and Widows can bo sold cheap.

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