Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 22, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 February 1908 — Page 6

Weekly Courier

DEN ED. DOANE. Publisher. - - - INPlWA NEWS OF THE WEEK THE LATEST NEWS WORLD BRIEFLY OF THE TOLD NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST Foreign Lands Throughout the Na tlon and Particularly From the Great Southwest. CONGRESSIONAL. Senator Aldrlck of Rhode Island, chairman of the committer on finance, (Opened the dehnte in the sounto Monda on his bill to provide an emergenc currency. He was listened to with ET at attention by republicans and democrats alike, while in the galleries there was a largo audience. Among others was J. Plerpont Morgan, who rt mained through the delivery of the tijpch. During the day Senator Fornker made reply to the president's rtatemont concerning the use of the at pointing power for political purp ses and had letters read showing the president's attitude in one caae. Senator Depew defended the course of the secretary of the treasury in depos ltir.g public funds in New York banks. Tho criminal code hill was again con s.dered and at 4:20 p. m. the senate adjourned. T v a vote of 13 to 5. one member al sent and not voting, the house comic :iee on naval affairs Monday rejected tho president's urgent recommendation that congress at this session authorize the building of four battl -hips at a total cost of ?3S.O00.0OO. and by a unanimous vote there was im luded in the navy appropriation bill an authorization for the construction cf two. to cost $9.500.000 each and to he ef the Delaware type. The naval r.pi-ropriatlon bill as amended and acr ed upon by the committee carries a tetal appropriation of $101.000.000 for Th- navy and the establishment for the next fiscal year, about $24.000,000 le-. than was asked for In the department estimates. A brief but fierce speech by Mr. Lf-;.ke of New Jersey, in which he r-r lined his opposition to William J. r- an as a candidate for the prosi(Ifticv, received somewhat the nioaotoi the debate on the Indian approI h -ition bill in the house Monday. Mr. Le.tke charged Mr. Bryan with taking th- bi pstick from the president, leavInc :he latter only a big slipper, and further credited the democrats In the house with having usurped the right of free action of the delegates to Denver by nominating Mr. Bryan In ad - vanee. His remarks were greeted with hisses from the democrat side of the h".:se. Considerable progress was niPde with the Indian appropriation bill, which was amended so that the commissioner of Indian affairs, before he carries out the policy of abandoning non-reservation schools, shall Invest :gae the question fully and report to the house at its next session. Anr.ther amendment restored the appropriations for the Indian schools p.t Fort Lewis. Col.. Carson City, New. and Mount Pleasant Mich. The house committee on poBtoffices nad post roads virtually agreed to recommend adversely all bills" and department estimates Increasing the salaries of postofflce employes for the next fiscal year. This decision does not, of course, have any reference to classification Increases regularly provided for. The committee feel that the estimated postal deficit of $10.500.000 for the next fiscal year will be largely increased by falling revenues, and in view of this fact and of the substantial increases granted last year, has practically decided that the raising of salaries can not be countenanced at this time. MISCELLANEOUS. "What is believed to have been a. deliberate plot to wreck the Santa Fe fast mall, carrying two coach-loads of United Suites soldiers from Chicago to Kansas City, failed through the mistake of the train wreckers In placing the obstruction on the track used by the easthound instead of tho westbound trains. Angered by the alleged brutal action of a member of the state mllltla ordered out to protect Ell Pigot. a negro, accused of attacking a white girl, a Ilrookhavon (Miss.) mob riddled the black with bullets and hanged him to a telephone pole while a company of Brookhaven guardsmen looked on. Fire destroyed the residence on the Missouri Agricultural college state farm, occupied by Dr. H. J. Waters. The doctor's family, who were at breakfasu escaped. The doctor, who is very ill, had to be carried out on a cot. Decrees restoring constitutional government, re-extending immunity from prosecution to members of the cortes, releasing the deputies arrested by former Dictator Franco, and restoring freedom to the press, were gazetted fa Lisbon, according to dispatches from the Portuguese capital. The Louisville & Nashville railr reduced the ealarlcs of all employes making more than $230 per month. Those receiving $100 and over are cut 10 per cent, while those making more t'.tnn $250 and less than $100 suffer a reduction of 8 per cent.

Six thousand members of tho Vnlt

ed Societies, representing, they claim, 100.000 voters, held a demonstration in Chicago In proto&t against tho at tempt to enforce "a blue und obso lete law." providing for Sunday clos lug of saloons. Now "York harbor is practically icehound. Not In years havo tho bay and rivers been bo ologged with Ice as at tho prosout time. With con tlnued cold weather, trafllc may ho stopped, uxcept to all but ocean liners. Brodlo I Duke, son of a million aire tobacco man of Now York, canto to Pittsburg and in 16 hours Is said to havo spent $2,000 on pleasure. Ho gave the orchestra loader of a cafe $26 to chaafc-e his program, scattered about tips ranging from $5 to $25, and paid a $1.0u0 dinner check for friends, Alvin Newby. at Valley View, Ky., . . . .... . ... .,., i ..,.. turned his revolver upon himself, firneighbors, attracted by the shooting, arrived both were dead, the woman in the yard and Newby In the house. Quiet as Portugal seems to be. the new irovornment evidently susnects republican agitators are still plotting an outbreak. Several leaders of the radicals are reported under strict surveil lance. The Peruvian government is hastllv overhauling and rearranging its procram tor the entertainment or tne m. . i United States battleship squadron at Callao, tho change in the probable date of the vessels' arrival having seriously upset plans. European army officers are keenly interested in the trained hospital dog which is becoming a fixture in the French and German armies. Hundreds are being: trained for the serv-

ice and their intelligence is surprls- Was transformed into a mob. Sweeping, ing aside the militiamen, members of

Lena Dulitz. 20 years old. who lived with relatives at Williamsburg. N. Y., died suddenly of heart disease after she had been laughing heartily for several moments. Cousins' retirement from the congressional race In Iowa said to be Jadlcative of the political power of the progressives. Feeling that Senator Alllson also speedily will retire. Harry G. Selfridge, who for twelve months has fought In London for the privilege of erecting in Oxford street a great department store to resemble the mammoth establishments in Chi-

cago. at last has overcome all oppo- lynching, but from the temper of pubsition. and the erection of the struc- He sentiment here It will apparently

ture was begun last week. Frank W. Gould, president of the Union Malleable Iron Co. and the board of trustees of the Western Illinois hospital for the insane at Watertown. committed suicide in his bedroom by shooting himself in the mouth. Charles W. Morse of New York changes his plans on his arrival at Liverpool and sails at once for home A big navy and a big army are the causes of the present peace between the United States and Japan, in the opinion of President Roosevelt. He outlined nil belief to members of the house committee on naval affairs in arguing in favor of an appropriation for four new battleships. Judge James Hargis. who met death at tho hands of his son, was buried in the little family burial ground on the crown of a knoll around which flows the north fork of the Kentucky river. Near by are the graves of Hargis' three brothers, all of whom died of bullet wounds inflicted by enemies. Ten men rrere imprisoned and all are believed to havo been killed as the result of an explosion at the Port Hood (N. S.) coal mines. Seven bodies have been taken out. Friendless and penniless when he came to this country, J. P. Daniels was adopted by the Indians. Later he married a tribal maiden. Now he Is worth $150,000 through dealing In oil lands in Oklahoma. Jose Brusscso. with a stllletto, and Frank Ferro, with a razor, locked themselves in a room in Dubois, Pa., and fought a duel. Ferro was killed and Brusseso was fatally wounded. The Kentucky senate passed the bill providing that prisoners condemned to death shall be electrocuted Instead of being hanged. Tom Mason of Mnrlvnna. Ark., placed the muzzle of a nltotgun under his chin and struck the trigger with an ax. His head was blown from his body. It Is reported that Marsden J. Perry of Providence. R. I., hu sold his collection of Shakespeare to J. Plerpont Morgan for $125,000. Secretary Motcalf asks for $77.000.000 for Improving the navy, but the appropriation committee Is expected to cut down his estimate of what wi! be needed. Charles W. Morse, rated a few months ago as one of the country's great financiers, has lied from New York and is practically In hiding. He left the city, presumably for a -foreign port. Coincident with his disappearance has come a series of developments which may wipe out the remains of his colossal fortune. Representative W. H. Thompson ha Introduced a bill In the Kentucky legislature that a man on foot must precede automobiles 100 yards to give warning of Its coming, and limiting the speed of automobiles to three miles an hour. The only negro In town was forced to leave Guymon, Okla. Warnings have been Issued ngalnst others of the race visiting In Guymon. Plans have been completed for a $250,000 moat pncklng plant at Muskogee. Work, according to the pro motcrs, will begin at once.

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FROM MILITIA MISSISSIPPI MOB KILLS SELFCONFESSED BLACK WHILE SOLDIERS LOOK ON. BRUTALITY INFLAMES CROWD pathep of PrIsoncr.s victim Klocked Down by Member of Guard Leaders Are All Known. Brooklmven, Miss. Angorod by thn niWoil Jirntnl action or a member of the state mllltla ordoied ensed of attacking a white girl, a mob Monday morning riddled tho black '& bullets ami nnngeu mm ion w I I . . II . ......... T hhivU epnono poie wnue a comp m .uu.v uoven gui.ruM.ieu muiwu v.u. Pigot, who had been in jail at Jack son, had confessed his guilt, but was brought here on a train early Monday to go through the formality of a trial and sentence. Fearing trouble, tho governor had ordered the local com""uj v" v" . nn n nr cinrii nil nun mimii hi inuiii i ih train and protect the negro during the trinl. Tom AVillianis. father of Plgofs victim, was among the crowd which gathered at the station. He crowded close to the car to get a look at Pigot hf stePed from th,eitcar a,ld was knocked down by a soldier. Mob Suddenly Inflamed. in a moment the crowd of spectators the mob rained a hundred bullets into plgofs body. Before life was extinct a rope was placed around his neck and he was suspended to the crossbar of a telephone pole. Hardly a word was spoken after WllHams was knocked down. The crowd, as one man, seemed to accept the blow as a signal for united action. No effort was made to conceal tho Identity of the members of the mob. and they are well known. It is probable that warrants will bo sworn out and an effort made to punlsh those who participated In tne be difficult to obtain a conviction. What action will be taken against the members of the state militia Is not known. PRESIDENT DENIES FAVORTISM. Declares No Federal Appointments Made to Aid Taft. Washington. D C President Roose velt, in a long letter addressed to William Dudley Foulke of Rich mond. Ind., takes occasion vehemently to deny the charge that he has been Influenced In making recent federal appointments by the candidacy of Secretary Taft for the presidency, and that only men favoring his nomination havo been gh'en appointments. The statement Is given out In an swer to a letter from Mr. Foulke, himself a Taft man. citing specific charges made by newspapers. The president unhesitatingly brands these charges as both "false and malMous." The general statement is made that the candidacy of no man has In any wny in fluenced the president In making his nominations. Several specific charges are taken up and passed, with the statement that the appointments were made In the usual manner, upon the recomrrp ndntlon of senators or representatives. In the South, where the members of congress are not of the president's party, he Is forced, he says, to defer to the Judgment of his own party lenders in the different states. FLEET CONQUERS STORM. Warships, With Chilean as Pathfinder, Form In Extended Order. Punta Arenas The Pacific Navigation Co. steamship Orlta, which arrived here Monday morning, reports having passed the American fleet In the strait at C o'clock Sunday evening, 12 miles east, of Cape Pillar. Tho Chilean cruiser Chacabucto was leading. The weather was very stormy. Owing to the heavy weather, tho warships were spread out over a considerable stretch, but all seemed to bo making splendid progress, in spite of the storm. Washington's Autograph Found. New York A document bearing tho signature of George Washington has been found In the Essex county hourthouse. It is a certificate that Col. Frances Barber, commandant of the Second New Jorsoy Regiment In the Revolutionary War, was killed February 11, 1783, and It Is said to be an unusually goyd specimen of Washington's autograph. Freezing Merely Maimed Him. York, Pa. It is now believed that George Schmidt, the Nrwark man who was accidentally nailed In a box oar and rescued a week later in a deplorable condition from cold nnd starvation, will recover. He may lose both his feet and hands. "Scientific Assistants" Named. Washington Rex Shively of Stillwntcr, Oklu.. and John J. Barrett of East St. Louis, 111., have been appointed scientific assistants in the ngrlcul ttiral department

Jesus Heals the Nobleman's Son Sunday School Lesson lor Feb. 16, 1908 Specially Prepared tor This Paper

LKSSON TEXT. -John 4 43-M. Memory vernfs A9. 60. GuLUUN TEXT.-"Tho mnn behaved tho word Unit Jesus hnd pok-n unto him. and he went his wny." John 4 M. TIM K. December. A. D. 27. or possibly early In January, A. D. IS. A tow days after tho Inst lerson. Beginning of second year of Jesus' ministry, known us tlia Kreut Galilean ministry. John tho Hnp tlst was tili preaching In wilderness of Juden. I'LACE.-Cnnn of Onlllee. a few miles from Nnznreth; nnd Cnponmum, a city SO or 25 miles to tho northeast, on tho shore of the Sea of Galilee. SCRIPTURAli KEFEUENC K S. Miracles ns an Aid to Faith. Matt. 9:6; 11:2 (compare with lsa. 35:5, 6); 11:33; 15:31; 27:54; Mark 2:10, 12; 7:37; L.uke 5:24; 7:16; 1S:43; John 2:11. 1S-23; 3:2: 4:45. 53; E:3ö: 6:14; 7:31: t:16. 30-33; 10:21, 25. 37, SS; 12:9-11: 14:10. 11; 20:30. 31; Acts 2:22. Comment and Suggestive Thought. V. 45. "The Galileans received him," because they hnd "seen all tho things that he did at Jerusalem at tho feast." (John 2:14-17, 23; 3:2.) Uecauso tho miracles were elgns nnd proofs that Jesus came from God, and they Indorsed his message. Tho miracles wero no breaking or changing of tho laws of nature, but wero the personal will of God acting directly upon tho needs of men. A miracle is simply God's doing with his Infinite power tho same quality of action, though vastly greater In degree, that we do every hour when wo exert our personal will amid the force of nature. I lift up a book, I turn on the water from tho waterworks, and make a shower on my parched lawn or garden. I stop a part of the machinery in tho factory and rescue a child caught in its wheels. If Jesus was divine they wero as natural to him as any other act of his will. They were object-lessons in the spirit and the work of the Gos pel, the principles of which ho had been teaching. Every miracle is a visible picture before mon of tho character of God, of the nature of tho Gospel, of the lovlng-klndnoss of our Saviour, of his power to help, of the wonders of grace he can work in our hearts, of his power to deliver from the diseases of sin. V. 47. "When he had heard that Jesus was come . . . into Galilee." Ho must have heard about him, and especially of the miracle at Cana, It was the knowledge of what Jesus hnd already done that gave him faith to believe that he might cure his son. Earnest Seeking. The faith was so strong that "he went unto him," from Capernaum to Cana, 25 miles away, a long day's journey. Jesus must help, or there was no hope. The fact that he went to Jesus shows that ho had some faith, and that his faith, that was theoretical from what he had heard, had now come to be a working, living force. "Besought him ('continued to beseech) that he would como down." Thinking that Jesus must go and see the boy In order to cure him. "At the point of death. ' Showing tho difficulty of the cure, and the urgency of haste. Sickness nnd trouble are often one means of increasing faith. Like Jacob from his pillow of stones in the night of sorrow, many havo seen visions of heaven nnd of our Father, and have received the messages God's angels have brought Countless stars, invisible by day, shino upon us In the night V. 4S. "Then said Jesus unto him." Jesus neither refused nor granted tho request at once, but uttered a truth which tended to awake a fuller and more spiritual faith. "Except ye seo signs and wonders (miracles In two aspects) ye will not believe." Perhaps Jesus was thinking of tho form of the request when ho said this the feeling that Jesus muct go to Capernaum If he would cure tho boy, that tho father must see Jesus present to heal. But chiefly he wished to lift the man beyond the outward form of miracles, out of wondering, out of mere proofs of faith, to insight Into tho very nature and spirit of Jesus as tho Son of God A Heart at Rest What Interesting lesson can we learn Incidentally from this part of the story? The cure took place at ono o'clock In the afternoon, the seventh hour. Tho distance from Nain to Capernaum was 25 miles. The nobleman In hasto could havo reached home, riding down hill, sometime that same night, perhaps, as Maclaren Bays, before dark. But It was the next day, some distance before he reacted Capernaum, that he met his servants coming to report that his son was restored. The natural inference is that the father did not hasten home, himself nnd the beast he rode being weary by their swift and urgent Journey In tho morning. He had come weary and heavy laden and found rest "He that belleveth shall not ho in haste." Ho had a foretuate of the promise Jesus gave to his disciples more than two years later, "Relievo that ye havo received nnd yo shall have" (Mark 11:24 R. V.). V. 54. "Second miracle." Sign. Not the second miracle Jesus had wrought (v. 45), hut the second In Galilee. Why was this the best of all the blessings which rewarded his faith? How can we have such faith? Prof. Drummond says: "So far as I can see there Is only ono way In which faith Is got, nnd It is the same in the religious world as It is In the world of men and women I learn to trust you, my brother, as I como to know you. I watch you, I live with you. I find out that you are trustworthyuid I come to trust myself to yci. And lean upon you."

HOOSIER HAPPENINGS Latest News of Interest from Various

Towns ir A3KS GRANDFATHER'S FORTUNE. China Painter Fllec Suit te Have Will Set Aside. Columbus.--.Mrs. May U. Bishop, a china painter of Clevoland, has filed suit In the Bartholomew county court against .Mrs. Eugenia Wright, executrix of the estate of her late husband, I)r. J. P. Wright, asking to huvo the will set aside. .Mrs. Bishop says she Is the only blood relative of tho lato Dr. Wright, as she Is the only child of Mrs. Hardee Darling, formerly of Indianapolis. Mrs. Darling was the daughter of Dr. Wright by his first wife. She was his only child. In his will, which was admitted to probate after his denth two years ago, he left nothing to his granddaughter. Sho now asks that the will be set aside that sho may receive her share of the estate which ho left, it Is valuod at $75.000. Before his death Dr. Wright deeded a business block In this city to his niece, Miss Zoe Cook, and his wlfo was wealthy from tho number of government bonds that he had presented to her on several occasions. Republicans Select Delegates. Indianapolis. Indiana Republicans Tuesday selected by district conventions 26 delegates to the national convention. The four delegates-at-large will be selected by the state convention of April 2. The Indiana delegation will be a unit for the candidacy PRESERVE CABIN IN Richmond The first rchoclhouse In Wayne county is still standing. It ' is nut on its crigina site, but It is : uun iuvuivu lit uiru ."unci j.nrv, iu which place It wa removed by Albert W. Recti as a testimonial to hl father. Irvln Reed, founder of the public schools of Richmond. The build of Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks. District conventions caPed to organize the state committee all Indored him. the state committee and the Republican Editorial association have indorsed him, and tho Indiana Lincoln league at Wabash February 12 and the state convention will Indorse him. The Chicago delegation from this state will be a unit In his support The contests fur plnces on the Indlnna delegation wore conducted In a friendly spirit with no serious factional fights. Drop Case Against Ex-Speaker. Indianapolis. Indictments against Henry Marshall of Lafayette, former speaker of the Indiana house of representatives, on account of streetpatching asphalt contracts In this city held by the Western Construction company, of which Mr. Marshall is president, wero stricken from the records, as were those against George Baxter, Thomas Shufelton and John Rosasco. Two Indictments against Harry Brunaugh, Indianapolis agent of the company, remain. Aged Twins Are Reunited. Blwood. Separated for 40 years, ThoTiias McConnell, aged SO years, of Washington, and his twin brother, Jesse McConnell of Tlponford, Mo., have been reunited here. The McConnell twins are the oldest In the state. At the close of the war they drifted apart, and, losing track of one another, each naturally supposed the other dead. Forbid Bets on Primary. Richmond. By order of the lice department there can be public betting on the results In pono the Republican primary election, which will take place February 10. Notice has hecu served on places where such hets are usually posted and, what had been made were taken down. Boy Burglar Is Sentenced. Lafayette. Robert Bhoenncs, the 15-year-old burglar who, after he was caught In the &ct of robbing the Lion and Deer store here, made a sennational escape from the police, was eontonced to the Indlnna Boys' school rt Plalnflcld by Judge De Hart. The boy showed no remorse for his actions and apparently did not care where he was sent. Ho Is the son of respected parents and he himself Bays that his downfall is due to a desire to omulate the hcroeB of the dime novel? no has read.

Indiana

STATE DEMANDS ISLAND HOME. Dispute ArUes Over Ownership 0( Land in Wabash River. Princbton. Owing to a dispm which has' arisen ovor the ownership of Patoka Island, which Hob in the Wabash rlvor a short distance B..utiv of East Mount Carmol. County Surveyor Henry Nloknmp has mad- a survey of tho Island to nscortain ih u urn tier of acres It contnins. Alfred Mauck, one of the pioneer residents of tho county, has long had possesion of tho Island, hnving cultivate the land each year. Some tlm- ap(, in looking up the records, It wan f.,tui(l that the Island was not Included in the original survey of this section and tho existence of tho Island wa not a matter of record. Por this r :ison the state laid claim to the land, alleging that no one could make a w,i deed for It. Mr. Mauck contest the state's claim on the grounds that his possession for so many years entirits him to ownership. Plan to Impeach Mayor. Lognnsport As the sequel to a hitter congressional fight In the Elevonth district, preliminary s'epg wero taken for the impenchmeut of Mayor George P. McKee. who has announced his candidacy for conurt'sc. The specific charge against the mayor Is thnt he was under the influence of opiates prescribed by his family phi FOUNDER'S MEMORY. ing was orglnnlly a dwelling. ' turned Into a schoolhouse In IM - 1 stood on what Is now a central , sf In this city. The picture showi: f that of the late Jonathan Roberts. Ii attended school in the building In :M4 When Mr. Reed had the building removed to the park he placed n. it a suitable tablet giving the dates clan at a meeting on January R Politicians declare the sole purpose f the movement is to depreciate MrKeo's standing as a congressional candidate and to enable Landls to get into the race for a delegation from Cas county. Orders Fighters to Shake. Kokomo. Forcing belligerents to shake hands and declare peace Is tho method City Judge R. M. Cooper has adopted in the disposition of assault and battery cases where the offense Is not of a serious character The expedient worked fine In the first prosecution Invoked, that wherein Charles Reynolds and George Auburm were the principals. They left tb courtroom upon tho most friendly terms. Professor Wavec Knife. Bloomington. A commission hasbeen appointed to examine Prof. Preston Eagleson, colored, following his conduct when he became a ravinp maniac nnd -started after his wife with a butcher knife. Tho family of the negro educator believes his Insanity is due to overeducatlon. Prof. EaRleson look a post graduate course after finishing the regular work at Indiana university with the class of 1S95. Oliver Near Death. SoiAh Bend. James Oliver, philanthropist nnd millionaire manu facturer of plows, is slowly slnkin. Hope for his recovery was Tuesday practically given up by his familyHis Impending death Is duo to hea't disease and old age. Constable Arrested for Spitting. Greensburg. "Stung" by the law he Is sworn to uphold la the ex perlenco of Frank llenson, a constable In a local Justice's court The charge against Henson Is spitting on the sldewnlk, and his Is the first arrest under this statute. Plan to Reopen Resort. Richmond. Cedar Springs, a for mer popular resort east of Rich mono, at one time managed by An derson men will soon me reopened, if is reported that a company Is btJnf? organized, composed latgely of Dayton (O.) capitalists, to take over the property, make extensive nnd costly Improvements and open the place the coming spring. It Is understood charter will he secured with a capita stock of $100.000 nnd the promoters expect tho deal to he fully cotnpl'to' within the noxt two weeks.