Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 27, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 March 1908 — Page 2

Weekly Courier DEN ED. DOANE. PubHshtr.

JASI'Ktt. NEWS 0FTHE WEEK THE LATEST NEWS OF THE WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD NORTH, EAST.IOUTH, WEST Foreign Lands. Throughout the Nation, and Particulaly From the Great Southwest. CONGKESSIO.NAL. - Mssoij of the ".W. the f rvprt?ntii'iu' Mouda.v ; !..:: providing lor the n of the motto In God We a filt and s-.lver coins of ! :.de 1.. J .i-.-d T-i.fi - tl'' I n. e,! Sates The :ttin utions bill, carrying a t. -ai apt jL-jTiation of $.V210.üll, inst-. id o; the $.5,443,l4 Ö asked (or by t!..' war department was reported tu tN- house committee on appropriate us by Chairman Smith of the subcommittee on fortifications. The sub c n mittee Mu aside from other considerations, that to recommend an appropriation of $3S,000,t00 for fortificati ins at this time was an action which might be reasonably construed by Japan as an official declaration that the United States was preparing against war with that nation. The bill to increase the efficiency of The medical department of the army was passed by the house of representatives Monday under suspension of the rules. The claims of the Southern Pacific company for $1.000.000 reimbursement for expenditures in damming and ccn roiling the Colorado river In S iithern California was Monday referred to a sub-committee with instructions to confer with the secretary of the interior department as to what portion of the full claim should be paid by' the government and what part should be borne by the railroad c rupany. Hills to mjuire telegraph and telephone com names to place on all message the time vt receipt and the time cf delivery and making it unlawful to give the franking privilege were up ft r hearing Monday before the houfe committee, on interstate and foreign ornmerce. President V. Y. Reattle ar. General Secretary Wesley Russell cf the Commercial Telegraphers" tinnm addressed the committer. The whole f Monl.i's session of the house was deovted to the consideration of bills under suspension of the rules. A number were passed, including on providing for the restoration of the motto "In God We Trust" on American coins, and another increasing the efficiency of the medical department of the army, other bills rassed being the following: Providing that appeals from the district court of Alaska may be heard either at Seattle. Wash.. Portland. Ore , or San Francisco. Cel. ; granting to local steamboat Inspectors authority to pass upon the fitness of officers and crews of steam vessels; reorganizing the consular service, and amending the game laws of Alaska so as to substitute the license system for the present permit system. Under the guise of discussing legislation, the session of the senate Monday was devoted to a political discussion, in which Senator Tillman of South Carolina and Senator Beverldge of Indiana were the chief participants. The senate considered the conference report on the Indian appropriation bill and after some criticism of the action of the conferees on minor provisions the report was disagreed to and an other conference asked. The house bill appropriating $403 010 to pay the archbishop of Manila as representative of the Roman Cath o!ir church for damage to church prop crty during the Spanish war also passed. The senate passed a bill by which l'O.OOO acres of arid land belonging to the public domain will be turned over to the state of Idaho for use un der the Carey act. MISCELLANEOUS. Three men on horseback rode Into T ro. Kas, and while one stood guard ttie others entered the only bank in the town, held tip three men and se cured $2,500 In cash. copy of the cipher uaed In con ft'ntlal correspondence between Washington and the various legations has been stolen at Bucharest. The theft In attributed to a French employe at the legation now in Constan tinople. The House of Commons Tias rejected, by a vote of 241 to 93. the bill providing that municipalities or oth er local authorities shall furnish employment, at union wages, to all mpn asking It nnd showing that they can not othenvlso earn livings. ?.Iuidred for one month's pay by a rlm.ee acquaintance on a lonely road, Hamid Dick, an Illinois Central Railroan brakoman. was placed upright in a hollow tree across the Mississippi rh.r from Cape Girardeau. The body fell out Into the roadway and was dhrourcd by school children. N T. Anders, president of the Commercial bank of Jackson. Miss., and frmier director of the Central Uank f MmsisHippi. has been indicted by t Kind county grand Jury on the " cf embezzling 25,000 from the 1 ') tr n jfltfltlnn .! .

Dr. Peter Coble of Celestine, Inn. who is socking the democratic nont Inatlon for representative from that dtalrtct. Is waking his race on n free whisky platform. Ho says he wann whisky as free a the water that flow; nnd longs for the old times whor whisky could be bought for 10 cent grllon. The litigation over the disposal ol the London Time was ended by s court order sanctioning the agree ment under which ti company will be formed privately to take over the newspaper and the business connected with iL Commissions of 100.00 for eci boat authorised by congress wer prootittMi bj the Electric Boat Co. tc V. P. B. Sand, brother of Rear Ad miral Sand, l S. N., according to testimony Mr. Sauds pave before the house committee which Is investlgmt ing Representative LUley's charges that a corrupt lobby was maintained by the makers of submarine boats. Investigation shows that the "unlimited" wealth of the JIorse-Helne Thomas coterie in New York was greatly exaggerated in the public mind. New York surgeons remove large bullet from patient's brain and will close opening In skull with silver plate.

Unexpected appearance of Emma Goldman as an auditor at a meeting of the Anthropological Society so alarms the police that the reserves are called out in Chicago. Brewery workers' demand for free bars is indorsed by the Chicago Federation of Labor, which also approvos the plan of the Farmers' Union stores. New regime in Haytl is begun by the shooting, summarily, of the leaders of the opposition; English and French warships are ordered to Port-au-Pi1nce and an American warship, it is expected, will be sent there. The dead body of an Italian, found concealed in a brush pile near Knobel. Ark., has not been identified. The man had been shot through the head and in supposed to have been murdered. On one of his arms a combina tion cross and medal and the words "Vivull Talia" were tatoed. Tae St. Louis Union Station was threatened with destruction by a fire which caused $100.000 damage by the burning of several railroad cars and nearly half the train shed. Two men were Injured and the guests of the Tst initial and other hotels in the ne'rnborhood were thrown into a panic. Anniversary of wedding of king and quen of England recalls fact that they re oldest married couple among the crowned heads of Europe. Pmrosei local option plan is op posed in Indiana as a brewers' scheme to nni'ify the remonstrance law and wine out "dry" districts. Kansas people resent literature sent out ri the distilling and brewing intet ets intending to show that prohibition restricts the growth of states. Giuseppe Alio, condemned murderer of Father Leo Heinrichs, makes a des perate dash '.o escape from the county jail n Denver, slashes the throat of a trusty, but is finally overpowered. Rc. J. M. Cooke, who eloped last yea- with Floretta Whaley. says he has learned the bitter lesson, that the world Is "hard to buck." The death of Vernon Bid well, 11 years old. at Urbana. 111., has been declared to have resulted from lock jaw, following vaccination. ThU declaration has caused renewed oppo sition to the order of the state board of health, that all school children be vaccinated, and litigation is likely to follow. Evidence Is being collected on which suits against police officials can be instituted on behalf of Olga Averbuch and Rose Stern, whom the police arrested after Lazarus Averbuch was killed by Chief Shippy. The suits, it Is planned, will be for damages for false imprisonment and for the treat ment received by the women when under arrest. Governor Folk has announced that In case the Bupreme court Bhould hold the new Missouri primary election law to he unconstitutional, he will con vene the legislature in oxtra session to enact another law. Secretary Metcalf announced that the battleship fleet will leave Sau Francisco July G to continue Its jour ney around the world via the Suez canal. The first stop will bo made Ht Honolulu, thence the fleot will proceed to Samoa and Australia, then to Manila, where the fleet will engage in fall target practice. On the home voyage via Suez, stops will be made at Colombo. Aden. Port Said and Gibraltar. Reports from Premier Sir Henry Cnmpbell-Hannerman's sick room are that the Invalid finally confesses that he has reached the end of his strength and must lay down the leadernhlp, both of the cabinet and of his party In the house of commons. Denial Is made that President Roose velt Is planning a message to con gress favoring Increase of freight rates. Otto Fehrlnger, a druggist of Colo rado Springs, Col., died as the rosult of a gunshot wound received at the hands of an unknown highwayman who assaulted and robbed him Feb. 19. Hy a vote of 21 to 19. constitutional prohibition was defeated in .Mississippi. The defeat of the measure was not a surprise. Loo Grubb, aged 24, Bhot and killed his wife, aged 17, attempted to kill their G-month-old Infant sleeping in a baby cab, and then ended his own life on a crowded street corner at Oakiiloosa. The traced) caused a panic.

FOREIGNERS IN

HAYTI IN PERIL CONSULATES PREPARE TO RESIST ATTACK DIRECTED AT HOSTILE MINISTRY. BLOW AIMED AT REBELS Nine Alleged Conspirators Summarily Shot After Hasty Court MartialWarships Summoned. Kingston, Jamaica The wildest rumors are circulating here of attacks on the residences of foreign diplomatic representatives at Port-au-Prince and Connives, Haytl, and of further official massacres of natives suspoctod ol participation In aatl-gor-ernment conspiracies. So strict is the censorship out of Port-au-Prince that definite information is lacking since the news of Sunday's summary execution of nine suspects and the government's subsequent written demand on the French and German ministers for the surrender of all the revolutionists harbored with them. In the existing state of disorder It Is feared all foreign residents of Port-au-Prince. Gonalves nnd perhaps other Haytlen towns must be In the gravest peril. It Is believed tho legations and consulates are prepared to resist attacks. The British cruiser Indefatigable, which but refently arrived here from Port-au-Prince, is coaling and making other preparations in desperate hast to roturn. The French cruiser D'Estres Is expected to reach there about the same time from Santiago de Cuba, The German minister is known to have cabled for a cruiser, and the United States, it is supposed, will also hurry a fighting vessel to the scene of the trouble. Suspects Summarily Shot. Those dragged from their beds early Sunday morning, quickly tried by hastily organized courts-martial and shot, were: Horace Couicou, a Port-au-Prince-artist; Pierre Louis Couicou, a well known druggist and brother of Horace; Massillon Couicou. a writer and brother of Horace and Pierre; Dr. LaMothe, M. Roche, M. Benjamin. Gen. Alluptlon -Casfmlr Mc-rove, father-in-law of the chief of police of Port-au-Prince; Felix Salnave, Paul St. ForL Majors Leon Larroque and Mllford, CapL Dambreuvllle. Lieuts. Jollbrols and Laroche, Merove's son, A. Gllletto and his wife, and Mme. Marchand, wife of a French resident who waa expelled two years ago, were arrested and have probably been shoL The sudden outbreak of violence is generally accepted as having broken off tho negotiations under which it was expected the refugees In the va rious consulates would be permitted to leave Hayti under pledges never to eturn. ACTOR HITCHCOCK IS FREED. Case Dismissed Because a Chief Wit ness Perjured Herself. New York Raymond Hitchcock, the actor, accused of wronging Helen Von Hagen, was granted his freedom Monday, the indictment be ing dismissed and the comedian hon orably discharged. This action was taken by Justice Blanchard on the motion of Assistant District Attorney Garvan, In charge of tho prosecution. In view of an admission on the witness stand by Flora Whlston that her testimony before the grand jury, which contributed to Hitchcock's Indictment, was false. Justice Blanchard said that the girl's confession, and the charges she made that agents of the Gerry So ciety .intimidated her, was so serious that the district attorney must make an Investigation. Hitchcock is still held on the charges made by Elsie Voecks. and Garvan said he would seek an early trial. HUMMEL'S TIME SHORTENED. New York Lawyer to Be Released From Prison Thursday. New ork Abraham H. Hum mel, the lawyer who on May 20 of last yar was sentenced to one year's Imprisonment in the Black well's Island penitentiary and to pay a fine of 1500 for subornation of per jury, in the MorEe-Dodge divorce pro ceedings, will be released next Thürs day. his sentence having been shortened by good conduct during Impris onment. Warden Fallon of the penitentiary said Hummel's release would be ex actly like that of any other prisoner, and that If by Thursday hia fine It paid he will be turned out. "Too Old to Work," Kills Self. Chicago. 111. Becoming despond ont over his discharge after 25 years' employment with a telegraph company, narry i-. Jones, bs years old. committed Btiiclde Sunday by In haling gas. Last week somebody in formed him that he was 'getting too old to work." He brooded over this, Sleep-Walker't Fall Fatal. Lancaster, Pa. A fall sustained while walking In her sleep has resulfd In the death of Miss Maxis Maud Ohme of Lltltx,

THROUGH THE STATE

NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS INDIANA POINTS. GOLD IN BROWN COUNTA John King and Perry Miller of Ohio Have Taken $10,000 from Sands of Dear Creek Buy Good Farm with Money. Nash HI ie Brown county may not be a Klondike or an Alaskan Nome, but It to a gold diggings all the same. And some of those who delve for the yellow metal in the gulches of Drown county get more riches than do some of the prospectors along tho famed Ynkon. Men have been known to return from Alaska, after years of toil, as poor as when they went there, but in Brown county two men have saved $10.000 in five yours all gold panned from the black sands of the creeks and gulches. These two men John King and Perry Miller have uot tho gold now to show for their industry, but they have a fine farm near Woodsfiold. O., which they have just bought, and It was paid for with Urown county gold. dug with their own hands. King and Miller came to urown county from Ohio five years ago. They j built a cabin on Bear creek, furnisnoa it meagerly and went to work with a trowel, a pan and a small basin, working the sand and gravel found In the creek. They used the trowel for filling the pan with sand. Their methods were crude, and though they never struck it rich." they made good wages, bometimes a pan yieiueu ou cents' worth of gold particles, but often the yield was smaller and rarely was It larger. But they persevered and "made their pile.' as It developed later. Recently they "pulled up stakes" and returned to Ohio. A few days ago John Voorheis. who owns a farm near where King anu Miller had their cabin, received a let- i ter from his brother. Thomas L. Voor- ' hels of Woodsfleld, O. The letter, in part, follows: I "You will remember John King and ! Perry Miller, who left this county to ! senrch for gold in Brown county, j Neither of these men was marrieu. and as day laborers they made their living here. They have made four or five trips back hero since going to your state, and two weeks ago they came here aad purchased a farm only four miles from us at a cost of JS.000. They paid the cash. They returned to Brown county a few days ago to make j arrangements to leave mere, iney sav they found $10.000 worth of gold in Brown county during their five years time there." There are other men in Brown county who are making a living dig ging gold. The valleys of the streams hfrr a miß. are much narrower than In any other county of the state. It is the gravel that nests on the bed rock or blue shale that Is richest in gold. Most of the surface of these valleys is cultivated, and the owners will not allow gold hunters to pan. except In the beds of the streams. Most of these beds have been washed many times, but a new supply of gold ap pears after each freshet comes from the gravel beds along the banks. May Find Jury Tampering. Indianapolis. Judge Prltchard of the criminal court has discovered a plan to "spike" the Brunaugh Jury- Some action may be taken as the" result of this development Neither Judge Prltchard nor Prosecuting Attorney Hooion would discuss the matter, but It Is known the details of the plan to reach a certain member of the ary came to tie attention of the Judge when a certain Re publican politician was summoned to Judge Prltchard's office and questioned. Body Is Found in Drifts. Wlnamaa The body of Jacob C. Hoover, who was drowned In Indian creek Friday, was found by one of the searching parties. John Plotner and Amiel Rodolf were In a boat raking among the drifts with a garden rake when they ran across the body. Hoover was one of the most prosper3us farmers In the county and was one of the oldest settlers. Baby Is Born in Manger. Orinoco. In a barn in Orinoco a girl baby was born. The parents are Mr. and Mrs. John Perry Carter, the aged father and young mother of nine-year-old Jonnle Carier, who gained notoriety when the Bartholomew county board of chll dren's guardians waged a legal battle for her possession. Monroe County Boy with Fleet. Bloomlngton. A Monr"2 county boy on the battleship Kentucky and with the Atlantic squadron on Its cruise to the Pacific, is Rosford D. Williams, aged IS. son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Williams of Ellettsvllle. The young man enlisted April 15, 1907, and was sent the same day to Norfolk, Va. Wabash River on a Rampage. Peru: Nearly 1.000 men haTe been rendered idle and 75 homes nro damaged by the high waters of the Wabash river which Is out of its banks. The river Is rising one Inch an hour and It is expected that South Peru will be submerged before long. Theater Leads to Suicide. Elkhart. Because ho thought his wife too devoted to the theater Adelbcrt Clark quarreled with her, then swallowed a fatal draft of carbolic cld. lie died 20 minutes later.

Warns Howard County Delinquents That They Must Settle. Kokomo ' Without fwir or fnvor I shall shortly atnr upon tho collection of the delinquent taxes of Hownnl county, a goodly portion of which betougs to the school fund." says County Treasurer Glenn Limlley. "There is between $35.000 and $10,000 deliu queut taxes which I antlclpato will yield $20.000 at the low-oat figure." In Howard county there uro scores uf delinquents who occupy a promtnont place in the affairs of the community. Tbv treasurer will notify oue and all. hish and low. some of whom are delinquent even fur poll taxes for some years buck. Informing them that unless they settle within 20 days from the date of notice the matter, as the law directs, will bo handed over to the iioecutlng attorney. In this event there will be suits brought, Judgment, levy and sale without regard to who the delinquent may be. It is stated that such a procedure, never before adopted in such drastic form here, may create a sensattou in the community, as iast notices to delinquents have been commonly disregarded by many people of prominence who will find a large bill to pay when penalties are added. Prominent cltl

sens, it is said, have not only failed ant refused to nay poll taxos. but , gomo instances have not paid taxes upon household furniture. It is estimated that if the delinquent taxes owing in Howard county were collectod that the general rate would be at least ten cents less upon each $100. PROSPERITY OF KOKOMO. Every Factory in the City One in Operation. Except Kokomo. With all except one of Its Sö manufacturing plants operating and with practically no desirable dwelling-houses in the town unoccutiled. Kokomo Is beginning to feel that lue recent business disturbance is a tninK of lll0 Irtwt- The only factory not In operation Is the strawboard works, and it was closed down several mouths before the financial stringency came on. Some of the factories are not n,Bajng quite full lime, and a few of them are getting along with slightly reduced forcos of operatives, but the owners feel that they will be back on the same footing they were a year ago before spring Is very far advanced. Particularly satisfactory is the showing the Kokomo Steel and Wire company ic making. It Is Kokomo s iarEPSt "manufacturing concera. employing 1.000 men. in the last eight months its business has exceeded by many thousand dollars the business done in any corresponding period since the company was organized, seven years ago. Blue Laws Defied bv Mayor. Terre Haute. Mayor Lyons has sent a long letter to the Ministerial association in reply to a request that he enforce the law against Sunday theaters. He declined and explained that he classed the law against theaters, baseball and summer jrarks as "blue laws." The association bad said nothing about baseball. The association will send a committee to try to persuade him to comply with his oath. The ministers do not say how far they will go. but declare that they will persist In methods to make him do his duty. Uder the new law proceedings for his removal can he brought in the circuit court or by impeachment In the city council. Many Schools Are Hit. Indianapolis. Twenty-six complaint against schoolhouses -in different parts of the state are awaiting action by the state board of health at Its next meeting. The complaints are signed by patrons of the schools. Dr. J. N. Hurty. secretary of the board, who is Inspecting the schools in order that the board may know their true condition before entering condemnation proceedings, says that practically all of these buildings are fire traps, that they are In an insanitary condition. "They are veritable child killing machines." said Dr. Hurty. Against Betting in Indiana. Terro Haute. The mooting breeders and trainers and race sociatfon representatives, mostly of as of half-mile tracks, in the central western states, went on record against gambling of any description. It was agreed that no meeting would be tolerated where either gambling, In the way of pools or dice games, was permitted, or where Intoxicating liquor was sold. Charged with Manslaughter. Indianapolis. Tho sudden death of Amos C. Gwlnnup, a plasterer, as a rosult of Injuries received when struck by an automobile, ld to the charge of manslaughter against Carllss D. Padrlck chauffeur for Arthur C. Newby. president of the National Motor Vehicle company. Padrick was released on bond of $2,500 furnished by Mr. New by. Finds Indian Skeleton. Anderson. While Amos Eppert, a farmer, was digging fenco post holes four miles west of this city, the post hole augur clogged, and when Mr. Eppert proceeded to remove the obstruction ho found a human sk.ill firmly Imbedded In tho augur. Eppert and a neighbor then made further investigation and about three feet under the surface they found a human skeleton In sitting position. The condition of the bones showed that the skeleton was evidently that of an Indian.

HOW TO KNOW PURE PAINT.

A Way In Which It May Be Identified Before Using. After a building has been painted long enough for a weather test. It Is easy to tell If the paint used was made of puro White Lend or not. Hut such bolutod knowledge comas lllto locking tho burn after thu colt Is stolen. What one wants la a test that will toll tho quality of the paint before It and thu labor of putting it on are paid for. Nature has provldod a way In which genuine White Load may le positively distinguished from adulterated or fake Whlto Lead before you spend a cent on your painting. Puro White Lend is made from metallic lead, and, under Intense heat, such as is produced by a blow-pipe, puro White Load will resolve Itself buck Into metnlllc lead. If, however, it Is not genuine White Load, or if it eontains tho slightest tract) of adulteration, the change will not take plnee. Therefore the "blow-plpo" teat is an absolute and final one. Tho National Lend Company are urging everyone interested in painting to make this test of paint before using It, and they guarantee that tho pure White Lead sold undor their "Dutch Boy Painter" trade-mark will always prove absolutely puro under the "blow, pipe" or any other test. To make it easy for you to perform thu experiment they will send you free upon request a blow-pipe and everything necessary for you to make tho test, together with a valuablo booklet on paint. Address, National Ioad Company, Woodbrldgo Building, New York City. Surely a No-Account Dog. A man In Missouri recently sued a railway company for damages for the death of a hound killed on the track, says the Youth's Companion. The company defended Itself upon the following points: Said dog was chasing a rabbit up defendant's tracks in violation of tha game laws. Saia rabbit lived un defendant's right of way, and was therefore tho property of tho defendant Plaintiffs dog was a trespasser, nnd was hunting defendant's property without permission. Said deceased was not much of a dog. anyhow, or it could easily haro kept out of the way of defendant's trains. And having fully answered, defendant prays to be discharged. His Choice. A country clergyman on h:.- round of visits interviewed a oungfter as to his acquaintance with Bible stories. "My lad." he said, "you have, of course, heard of the parables?" "Yes, sir," shyly answered the boy, whose mother had Inducted him in sacred history. "Yes, sir.' "Good!" said the clergyman. "Now which of them do you UVe the best of all?" The boy squirmed, but at last, heeding his mother's frowns, he replied. "I guess I like that one where iomebody loafs and fishes." Result of Business Growth. Recently a livery firm In a southern town built a one-story frame addition to Its stable for the accommodation of wagons, etc. Jerry, tho night watchman, whoso long servico has convinced him that he Is part proprietor of tho concern was overheard explaining the matter to a couple of Inmates In this wise. "Yes, our business done concreased so dat we's been obliged to build dis hynr substantial in de reah!" The Only Way. Cassldy Ah! well, no wan kin prevlnt w'at's past an' gono. Casey Ye could If ye only acted quick enough. Cassldy Go 'long, man! How could yer? Casey Stop It before it happens. Philadelphia Press. MUSIC STUDENTS Should Have Steady Nerves. Tho nervous system of tho musician Is often very sensitive nnd any habit llko coffee drinking may so upset the nerves as to mako regular and nccesBary dally practise next to impossible. "I practise from seven to eight hours a day and study Harmony two hours," writes a Mich, music student "Last September I was so nervous I could only practise a few minutes at a time, and mother said I would have to drop my music for a year. "This was terribly discouraging as I couldn't bear tho thought of losing a whole year of study. Becoming convinced that my nervousness was caused largely by coffee, and seeing PosttÄi so highly spoken of, I decided I would test It for a while. "Mother followed tho directions carefully and I thought I had never tasted such a delicious drink. Wo drank Postum every morning instead of coffee, and by November I felt more llko myself than for years, and was ready to resume my music. "I now practise as usual, do my studying and when my day's work la finished I nm not any more nervous than when I began. "I cannot too highly recommend Postum to musicians who practise halt a day. My father Is a physician and recommends Postum to his patients. Words cannot express my appreciation for this most valuablo health beverage, and experience has proven Us superiority over all others." "There a a Reason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read. "The Road to Wellvllle," In pkgs.

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