Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 34, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 May 1908 — Page 6

Weekly Courier

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NEWS OF THE WEEK

THE LATEST NEWS WORLD BRIEFLY

OF THE TOLD

NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST creign Lands, Throughout the Na. tion, and Particulaty From the Great Southwest.

CONGRESSIONAL.

u a t r Cu loKed

a bin

act Saturda

'.at ot order made by Soon

-n, the sonata Saturday

committee amendment to

:r..itic and consular bill ap-

;rpr ns $400,000 for an embassy

building m Pans. The bill was than

iased ui:b the two amendments

.1 looted Friday. Tho bill carries $3,

The Nil authorising the appoint

n.t nt by the president or an additional cember of the Philippine commission,

ma kins cine members in all. was

, assed Saturday by the house.

At tie noxt meeting of the senate

c mmit't e on commerce, it is expect

d that Uie NVw lands bill providing

for a fT'Lantnt waterways commit

sx'O wi.; te favorably reported to the

senate.

The R ; it :ican leaders in the house

I repr c'ativPo decide J Saturday to enact h-z vatioa that w.'.l recast the aritruf" laws, restrict the powers of :r.;tinctl of federal courts and put the Vre- and emergency currency bi: :ctc star : ory law.

amending the naturalization crd-'red favorably reported

y the house committee on

in:mira.:r n The bill raises the fee wh i h crks of courts may charge for the suicg of naturalization pafers from S to JS. The bx usr spent all of Friday's session in cons, iering and passing paragrarh by paragraph, un ler suspense a of the rules, the sundry civil a; ; ropriätx.n bill. A bill to refund to the state of T- xas the !im of $5.502 401 for money cr i.-fted ?r.ra the citizens of that

su'e fcr tax- on cotton for the years l-o to .'-3 as iatnxiued in the fco-ise Frli.iy by Mr. Co per (Tex). Senate r r introduced a resolution Frl!a i rouding for an investig'.on by 'h senate committee on ir.viieRC- and eleetioas of contribu

tion of r'Krarijns to elections. The

r.-sol'itioa was referred to the com rr.;rtee.

Mr. T wr.end of Mk higan offered

ar. .imenln.ont inrreasine from $50,f " to 3 ".it )) the appropriation for

th -nror. - ment by the Interstate com

r T..e co:iiniisioa of that clause of th- Hepburn act directing the com-

r.::on to au?e to be made exam

inations of the accounts of the inter

state rail -o ads of the county to de

termine wh-her that law is being vio

lated and to make public the results of surh examnations. After a debate las mg four hours, the amendment wag

agreed to

Reprsen'aMve Burton, chairman of

ta- rivers and harbors committee,

presented o the house his bill legaliz

ing the inland waterways commission and appropriating for its maintenance.

The bill is almost Identical with the

measure introduced in the senate by Senator Xewlaads and amended by

tL senate committee on commerce.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Voicing bitterest regret that he ever allowed Prince Zu Eulanberg to gain his friendship, the kaiser has telegrapher instructions from Corfu for a rigorous prosecution of the perjury cha-ges pending against his former fa's '-nte. The City of Xew York government biraed up "n.0'2 tons of cool last winter at a rout of J2.809.w7.3s, an average crf a u,n of 54 ."2. In lOOG the city o--! 4.9.,0 tons of coal at a 'ost of V 1.503. Th Ge -man f-hip Csar Nicholas cc!hdMi w rh h North German Lloyd -am-T K.d. off Norderney Island. P h vest-;- wi badly damaged. Three .-n entered the jewelry s re of Frai.k C Hart at Tacoma. iv-ifih . and. while the attendants were lr. a back room, stole a wallet Centn rung iftnoo worth of diamonds and c r pref iou" p'ones and senpt. Mrs. Gnv r Cleveland at the Lakow 'h n. .T t hotel, queatloneil regard, ng a r--.or from New York that tr.f former president was suffering f:'m cancf r of the stomach, declared ti- report was false In ovory particu-la-IVrco ikirm:hing Is reported between the rebellious Siamese Just a'ross the c -hin Chinese border and the Frnch troo!, 0n their way to the rthrf of the beleaguered European colony at lia tambeng. Slam. Homer L. HiRgs, editor or the Greenfield tTcnn. Time, has been Indicted t- Weakley county Jury on an arr n charge. It Is alleged that he gave r.inmo Jordan, a domestic employed ay him. $7 to burn his house, hoping lo ' Meet $1.100 Insurance. A drastic orttlnanco forbidding roller bating as n deadly sport has been passed by the town council at Whcatob. a suburb of Chicago, as the result of the death there of a little girl. The child was the daughter of the pastor of the Whcaton College church, P.GV. W. W Evans.

uuo nunured and twenty persona were tlrownod by tho capsizing of a ferry boat crossing tho ltlvor Dnopcr

in Huasin. Thirty of the pnsaetigers

were aved. Tho craft was latleu with

worhlers returning from rhurcli

Uarutttü l'do von lUioxleben. who

shot and killed her husband and then

shot herself in their chateau nt lliul

denburg. near Dortmund. May 1. is

diad.

Pour white men entered tho county

jail at Hot Springs. Ark., bout tho

negro turnkey into k unconsciousness, and liberated four prisoners, threa

wtite men and one negro. Four Inmates remained in tho Jail. Thor is no clew to the identity of tho quar

tette

Thomas J. Sullivan, director of tho

bureau of engraving and printiug. died

I in Washington of pneumonia followlug

an illueis of leas Urn 11 a weak. Mr. Suliivau was G2 years old and had

been connected with tho bureau of en

graving and printing for 40 years.

There will be no prosecutions for

the assassination of King Carlos and

Crown Prince Luiz Phlllippe of Portu

gal. A few men were killod by tho

police and soldiers nbout tho royal

carriage. Otherwise no one is to suf fer for tho crime.

Federal Judgo Landls struck another

blow at tho railroads when ho ruled against them in cases involving an interpretation of the 2S-hour livestock

law and assessed flues aggregating

$13,150. Attorneys for Harry Thaw scored

first blood In their light for his free

dom, when they secured a ruling from

Justice Morsehauser in supreme court

that witnesses who will testify that he

Is sane shall bo heard In that court Those who claim that he is still In

sane will be heard in New York and that county will have to bear the bulk

of the expenses of the present litigation.

An announcement is expected in th

near future from Marquis De Dion that the French car De Dion will not

go further than Vladivostok in the New York-Paris automobile race. The marquis is said to be disgusted wltl

the nianuer In which the race has been

run and the poor progress.

That the real purpose of Secretary

Taffs visit to Panama at tMs time

is to prevent outbreaks at the coming election, is the general belief there.

The campaign has already brought out

evidence of passion and it is thought

the Washington authorities are trying

to prevent a situation which would re

ijmrw imunurence in i'anama simiuu

to that in Cuba.

The trial of the suit to brenk the will of James T. Crumbaugh, who left

a half-million estate to further the

caa 01 spiruuaiism, nas neon re

sumed, and the story of the banker's gullibility and of his being deceived

by mediums Is bolng disclosed by wit

nesses. ,

The government of Korea, acting in

cooperation with tho office of the Japanese resident general at Seoul.

Prince Ito, is preparing plans fer an activo and final campaign against the

disorderly forces In Korea.

Clad in red silk stockings and mounted astride coal-black horses, 50 of the prettiest girls In Louisiana.

blondes and 25 brunettes, will participate May 18 In the Inauguration of

Gov. Jarad Y. Sanders.

The body of Joseph Kapshaw, who disappeared from his home at Oolitic,

Ind., March 24, and was believed to

have been murdered, was found float

ing on the surface of water in a deep

hole by workmen at a stone quarry

May day was a peace Jay for the

first time in many years. Ihere were no important labor disputes pending anywhere In the country and where

minor strikes are in progress, local

grievances are the cause. Six alleged "Black Hand" despera

does are held in Chicago at the Harrison street police station because It

Is charged they attempted to kidnap pretty Giovannlnn Ognebene, 15 years

old. and force her U become the wife of Salvatore Forestlere, whose Buit

was rejected.

In the Bald Hill oil field south of

Tulsa, the John A. Steel Oil Co

brought In a gas well said to be good

for GO.000.000 cubic feet dally. It Is

one of the largest ever discovered in

the world. Tho roar of the woll wlillo It was being saddled could be heard

for 15 miles.

Another Japanese cruiser squadron

has arrived In Chinese waters on a friendly visit, the Japanose say to

frighten China into abandoning the

anti-Japanese boycott, according to the

Chinese.

Fortified in the foreign quarter, tho

small European population of the

Slameso town of Ilattnnihang Is re

ported desporatoly resisting an attack

of natives bent on snrking tho quarter

and the murder of its Inhabitants. Tho death has occurred of J

Michel Werner, the inventor of tho motorcycle. M. Werner, who was 40

ELEVEN DEAD

IN HOTEL FIRE

FOUR BODIES ARE SO CHARRED

THAT THEY CAN NOT BE RECOGNIZED.

THROUGH THE STUTE

NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS INDIANA POINTS.

FIREMEN WITHOUT LIFE NETS

Many Leap to Pavement From Win

dows Before Five Floors of Big Building Collapses, and Twenty Are Seriously Injured.

Fort Wayne, Ind. Eleven bodies

four of which aro so badly burned that all hope of Identification has

been abandoned, aro in the rogue in this city Monday as tho result of Um New Avelino hotel hor

ror Sunday morning,

Tho fire, which had Its origin near

tho elevator shaft on tho first floor, was caused by defective wiring. It

was discovered by hotol employes at

3:30 o clock and the alarm was quick

ly spread throughout tho hotol.

Within five minutes, howovor. tho

Interior of the structure was a seeth

ing furnace and many of the guests were caught In flioir rooms before they had time to got into the hall-

ways and make their way to the two

fire escapes.

Fire Department Without Nets. Without nets and with tho onlv

aerial truck in the city fire department

temporarily out of commission through defects, the firemen woro handienppod,

nnd many of the suosts wore either

killod or Injured in Jumping from the

windows.

Within ten minutes after the fire

was discovered the flames had eaten

their way through the wooden interior, construction, and the five upper floors

had fallen in, carrying down the mass of burning wreckage, the bodies of those who woro unable to roach a place of safoty.

Fully twenty guosts are in the hos

pitals suffering from burns or injuries

received in jumping from the win

dows.

Jumps From Fifth Floor.

E. M. Matthews, a traveling sales

man of Columbus, jumped from the

fifth story, alighting on tho back of

his head and shoulders In tho middle

of the street He was picked up and

is still alive, a patient in a local hos pltal. His injujries will prove fatal

LIQUOR FIGHT IN MUNCIE

Brewery Agents Declare They Intend to Defy Attorney General Other Details of Anti-Saloon Strife Now In Progress. Mundo. Local uneuts of brewlug companies say they will defy Attorney General Mnghnm to put tho breweryownod snloons out ol buslnoss. In some Instances tho managers of the

WILL SUE BREWING COMPANIES.

Indiana

to Proceed Against That Control Saloons.

Thoio

Indlaunpolle. Unslng his action on Information wJiich he has been gathering for tho hut six months, James Ulusliniu, attorney enornl. will filo suits ngnlnst nil brewing coinpanUw In tho mute which have boon operating nloons tuul In othor ways transacting n rotnll liquor buslnoss. There aro uioro than 20 browing companion In the stnto and the facts obtained show, it is declared, that practically nil of thoso hiivo boon controlling saloons. The stnto contends that con duetliiR a retail liquor business by brewing companies 1 an exorcise of lKiwors which are not conferred on these companies by law, and tho suit

brewery saloons wero told not to con-

corn themselvos with what Mr. Ding- for nil possible relief, nnd this In ham Intends to do. but to koop on con- eludes tho onjolnlng of furthor viola

iuctlng their places 11& In tho past.

The local agencies nlso continuo to deliver boor to private residences as for

merly, nnd It 1h certain that none of

tion of tho law by tho browing companies, the revocation or their charters, appointment of receivers and practically monns the elimination of

the practices said by Mr. Wnslmm to such broweries from the stato, if tho

ue illegal will be discontinued In Mun- suits aro successful. This action, also

ALMOST A MIRACLE. Rlcd Up WheTSnce Said Ther. Was No Hope. ' 0. W. L. NoHbitt, Depot ?,, . Marlon, Ky.. writes: 1 w fn

Invalid with ki,i,,. troubles, ar.i M..a visliod death , eI my nwfui .. ... 1 1"88. Tho s,, :..' were thick m , , "iu"t, my ilx swollen and i,,v r : BldO so ni a;! .- . nlvzod t '

rnlso my hand nbovo my h. . 1 doctor held out no hopo of I1IV cowry . nnd 1 had given up, br u, f started using Donn's Kidney p n mndo a rapid gain. Aftor thro,. , uso I was well and at work ; -v Sold by all dealers. 50 cenN a "t T Foster-MIlburn Co., Iluffalo, N Y

Pavlnn th W-,,

George," said tho tirettv rii 11,

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.iuii juii iu iiwiiii nnciifiii

Thin

do until such time as a court order to f entirely successful, will nut mi. nf un ,, i- ,.,.. . "' hai' oar

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that effect is issued.

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.Mtmcie is a verl- uusinu.ss moro than 3.500 saloons "An, vmiM .,., , .

fnhl hnt.JiOil nf l,rn.n... If. I 1 wl1lr.11 It to .... 1 ... .... , . . " . Viui'UBUU 10 n.

"- v. u.U.. ui Nuinaai iiiiiii- --...v.., .V to üiiviii'ii, uiii ui 1110 o.uuu 1 cent tor innt v"

vnw, nnu euoris m the past to on- smouns 01 tnu state, are brewery

torce on the brewing companies and ownou.

saloons the strict enforcement of the

law have mot with failure. Hut torn- Two Would Be Lawmakers

ix.-i runt- wurKiTs nerc wno aro anxious 1 mo Democratic county to rid tho town of the liquor establish- commltteo met and decided to

e ei

This, too, ho wns bound tn u 1

edgo.

"Well, I would have ncceifr j went on, "and so that's sett L i

uiscusslng tho matter latr ho ,x pressed a natural pride that -n '

- ..v-.wv;. i'ivö.iuw u iiiimrai pride that 'in ' ments seo hope in tho attorney gen- hold a delegate convention to name a not taken any ndvantaKo of th otal s theory as to the Illegality of nndltlnto for the legislature Saturday, son.

breweries engaging In the retail busl- May 23. There is considerable activity

miss. Tho nnti-snloon workors have In the mnkh of the party in this counbeeu greatly discouraged lateb at ty, especially with rogard to the nomltheir Inability to mnko any serious nation for state renresentntlvo Timm

headway in Miuicio proper against the re but two candidates In the race, but suroons after having driven them out fach is busy touring the countv in tho

of the entire county except Muncle. Interest of his cnndldacv. Uurton

um me aituuüo of the attorney gen- t-reen. who was In tho housn nt Mm

eral and his belief that ho can force last session of the legislature, wants

in uivttiTiws uui 01 ousmess encour- i cceeu Himself. Me lives in tho

15 YEARS OF SUFFERING.

Burning, Painful Sores on Legt Tortured Day and Night Tr,ed Many Remedies to No Avail Cured by Cuticura.

"Aftor an attack of rh. in. 1 running sores broko out on r. .

ages them. It Is notorious hero that north part of tho county and will have ml 8 l0B8 from bo,ow tho

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nearly all the crimes committed In support from the townships north of

.uuncie mr wnicn drink is directly or me wnbnsh rivor. Tho townships

murucuy responsible, nave been due wmii or the river are favorahlo tn A

io tne nrewery saloons, most of which C. Huxley of Hunker Hill

aro in poorly policed rosldonce dis

tricts. The city and circuit court rec-1 Wife and Nelohbor Sue.

orus snow this, and tho police say it is Petersburg. - Within 12 hours, because an independent saloonkeeper sts amounting to $35,000 wero Is much more enreful in his manner of Hied against ox-Sheriff John M stm.

conducting his saloon, as ho realizes WH, who disappeared invstprloiiRlv

that his liceirw Will ho lakon nwnv nml but a dav bofnro hin nnlirliiin'o

Is proporty greatly damaged or left home. The first suit was 0110 fu

ndi! if lio tSOboVS the law. On thr. StlllWOirs Wife. Whn ilomniwl.l n .11

other hand, the police say. tho man- vorco and $25.000 ollmony. and the soc

ager of a browery saloon is willing to on" Sl'lt was one by lilljah Humphrey Bny tIme- Irs- v V. Albn"

taae cnances in violating the law. l,,e noignnor. who demanded $10.000 r rcncnviue, .mo., July 21, 1U07

He knows that If he bo arrested and for tne nonatlon of his wife's affec-

nis license is taken away while he is ns.

working to the Interest of the brewing

company that is backing him. the com- c,tY to Employ Tramps

pany win i.iko care of him In some i-mnyouo. toe tho first time

other position, and will bo mmtilmi in in

tho ankles. There aro no u,

tell all tho discomforts and cr. -1 ferlng ho had to onduro night aui u Ho used every kind of ron:. h 1 i three physicians treated him, on., a: r tho other, without any good r whatever. Ono day I order. .! s .. - y Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Oititn, nnd Cuticura Resolvent. Hp Iwv 1 to use them and In threo weK all sores wero died up. Tho burning f e stopped, and the pains becamo i,f ,r able. Aftor throe months he us n , . well. I can prove this tostimor :.i

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to 111 n quarter or a centurv this oitv

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.uuio 01 mo uscapes were miracu- cominue me saloon by gettinc out n WJ' lurnisn jobs for " holoes " fnn

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iwua. mo guusis crawieti 2üü feet on cens m anotner applicant s name nt ?rence8 uetweon Mayor Durgan a ledge not over eight Inches wide, the next meeting of the county com- aaü Sheriff Frculor have resulted In a

finally reaching a nlace of safetv. missioners.

It is supposed that nt least three

'i

more bodies remain in the ruins.

BRITISH FIGHT AFGHANS.

determination to put the "wnndorlng

wiiues at work on tho streets this summer and to use some of tho super-

uumt-riinus 01 mo city and county goveramonts as guards for the ball

Gen. Wilcocks Is Advancing with Cau

tion Lest Army Meet Disaster.

ouuiti, min auuen, out appar

ently overawed by tho powerful

urmsn snowing against them, the

ameer of Afghanistan's army of 20.000

soldiers is rotreating inch by Inch

from Landi Kotal, before which they

encamped after their repulse Sunday night In an attompt to seize the blockhouse guarding the Afghan out

let to Khybor pass.

The Asiatics aro not routed by any means. It is not even certain that

they aro not attempting to draw the

State Officers Chosen. Muncle. Tho first annual con

vention of tho Colored Womon's

clubs of Indiana, was held In this city. chain laborers.

with tho election of the following

state olllcors: President, Mrs. MIn- Found Dying in Garden.

nie u scott of Indianapolis; first vice- oium mis. with her face buried

president. Mrs. A. M. Cooner of Mun- ,n Ul earth where sho had

cle; second vice-president. Mrs. Dn.ko boen planting seeds in her vegetable

of llloomington; recording secretary. Sarlen, Mrs. Martin Hardin, aged G2. Mrs. Wade of South Hend: corresnond- of Garden City, was found di int: bv

ing secretary, Mrs. Carrie Phillips of nor nelRlibor. Jnmos Perklnson. Slit

He Didn't Care. "I like simplicity." sai l s. vtfr nevorldgo to a Washington , r V r-1 . 11 1 . . .

ouiimiciiy saves us a ot . t- .,o.

too. Two moil mot In fron-

one day and fell Into a pol; t inont They woro ordinary, sort of men. but ono of th. extraordinary flow of poly v.. gunge. He talked half an' ! . his companion listened in a ' "'An now,' the speaker ; concluded, 'perhaps you wlü with mo?' "The othor's faco brlgh Why, yes, thanks, old man. dared heartily, moving tou t ; barroom door, 'I don't care If I d Homo Magazine.

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Muncle; treasuror. Mrs. Goins of

dlanapolis.

In-

wns carried into the house and diet

a short time afterward without hav Ing gained consciousness.

Ship Liquor from City. South Hend. South Bend's lid

went down with a suddenness nmi

firmness that caused ronSlnrnnMnn

Large Warehouse Burns. Marion. Damage or about $30.000 was entailed by a fire which

Clubs made haste to ship their stock dstroyed one of the warehouses ol of liquors from the cltv boforn thr. tne Thompson Pottle company at Gas

English Into tho country where their officers could make embarrassing dis- c,ty A n,sh wind fanned the flames

cavalry and cannon will be at a dis- coveries. The moral wave which Is nml mmIe " Impossible to save the

sweeping the city Is the result of ac- wnr(house, but fortunately the gait

tion of a committee of 50 onrnnizori carried the flames away from the

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somo time ago to rid South Hend of ou,er D"liuss.

gambling and undesirable resorts.

Stupid Jeweler. "Yes. George that Is, Mr

proposed last night," said t!f ful Dora, ".md wo'ro ongac- i -.j and I'm tho first girl ho ew r I vpJ loo." "Indeed!" repllod Miss Wiso 1 don't notice your ring." "Oh, he gave mo ono, but I I n 3 tako It back to got it fix-i T e Btupld Jeweler mado the in - rip read, 'George to Genevieve.' intrj f 'Georgo to Dora.' Philadelphia Prs3.

advantage and attempt to cut them off

So apprehensive is Gen. Sir James Wilcocks of such an nttempt at an

ambush that he is doing no more than

to keep his vanguard in touch with

the natives, slowly pressing them

backwards, but venturing no advance

until he has made his position abso

lutely secure.

Shots are oxchanged from time to

time between tho advancing nnd r-

fronting armies, but nothing in the na ture of an engagemonL or oven a live

ly skirmish, enn be said to be in prog

gross. As yet there have been few

casualties.

Fireman of Dynamited Train Dead.

uutto. Mont. George Erhle, fire

man of tho Burlington Overland

Limited, tho train which was dynamit

ed by bandits Friday near this city.

died early Sunday morning. This

makes tho third fatality of the wreck. At the shorlff's ofce it was said tho

authorities had obtained no clew as

yet which might aid In tracing tho

men Involved In the plot to bio up

tho train.

Charge Six with Violating Laws.

Grant Ticket Is Named. 10rr? Haute. Tho return ol

Marlon. Grant county Democrats woH"Ston O'Connor, deputy state

nominated their ticket as fol- Inspector of mines, to field work In lows: Representatives. Jnmos Strang tn,s "'strict was marked by six nrose-

and A. C. Bryan; sheriff, J. B. McGuf- cul,ons for vlo,ati ot mining laws.

un; treasuror. Dick Beck; prosecutor. AU 11,0 men ar? employed at tho HudWilbur II Williams; surveyor, Victor son n,,no at Farmersburg. and pleas Barnlqno; recorder. Charles Boxell- of ullty woro entered In each case.

coroner. Dr. Vance: comtnlsaionnr "

First district, Goorge Streib: ramml , Meets Long Lost Brother.

sionor. Second district, T. J. Lucas. -Jenersotivllle.- Willelt Bruner, ar

vTA-iuuiiiuui ui -mo local poilct

City to Rent Sewer. rorco- b,,t now a railroad en

Lognnsport. After having boon Kn?or In Texas, hns arrived here on

carried to tho state lecialntiiro. n vIslt t ''Is famllv nnd brought new?

whore it appeared In the form of son. of a brother, Charles Bruner. whom

ate bill No. 29S, which was iiassed nt 11,0 family had mourned as dead for

ibly. the West 12 ynr8-

Reflected Sentiment. "Whenever that man speaks. y know exactly what he thinks,' remarked the admiring auditor "I shouldn't say that," ans red ,v cautious person. "Eut you kn w x actly whnt ho thinks his pon'. . want him to think."

FRIENDS HELP.

tho. last general assembly.

side sewer fight was ended where it

aiarinu acre three years niroln tho

council chamber. Tho council rntlfimi

the ordinance to lease tin sownr fm.

Contractor Dennis Uhl.

Shortage In County Funds. Guthrie, Okla. Charles A. Tay

lor, state examiner and Innpector.

received word of a serlnim chnrtnrrn

ness was suffering from paralysis of in the accounts of the last county of-

v... ...., ... uiKOH IO H I dais Of Knv rmin v nn.1nr tu..

an

re

years old. and had retired from busl-

sanitarium near Monto Carlo.

In a desperate three-cornered gun

fight, In which 15 shots woro ex

changed on a crowded street In the heart of Memphis, William F. liarwood, a saloonkeeper and ward politi

cian, was probably fatally wounded by John Margerum, hla partner In a 10 cent theater.

Fire In the plant of the Chicago &, Alton at Hlaomlngton, 111., partially de

strayed the machlno shop and the motive power general offices adjoining tho records of 50 years being burned.

Tho fire Btnrted In tho record room Tho loss is estimated nt f 50,000.

rltorlal reglmo.

Proves Impostor and Thief. Mncennoa. -Walter Huloliic

amateur baseball player who

puncu ncro ana iinnouncod himself

9R wniter Clnrk. fnmmi,. r ..

Clarksburg. Va.. team, was nrromr.,1

on tho charge of having enterod tho

room or William Isastrldgs In tho Sehcefer's hotol and stealing a suit

:aso and two suits of clones.

Rev. Phillips to Preach. W abash. Hev. B. S. Hollonor,r

presiding older of tho Wni.noi,

Death Follows Barn Fire. Ardmore. Pa. Following a fire

which destroyed tiie barn of Louis Trll.nnt...1 r .. .

hand. wn fmm.i I n t . '. "' V -Muispori pastor of

" " " ui wuui a I 1110 i.airn ai 1.7 ni,t. -...i

on tho farm wlfh n i,.,n, , .,, Z, " "'."""-u ur,ng uie

. u w u 1 1 V. L 11U1IIII1 III I 1 i I 1 1 1 ' 9i r III Uni' VJ IIiim r 1

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Admiral Evans Increases Weight. WestS-n, 7?" . M

i-aso Jtobles, Hot Springs. Cul. vrnr 1.1 " :.:.bW"'

-near Admiral Evans was wolnhnd K" ' , Z ' ... .. ' ... w,c ,,,e8t

Si.n.ln i.ii. . -.wnumB ui JUimiltOIl pnnntv

"UV .ao ana ur- dropped dead nt his homo nt

wh n T , , I , Iimracn80,y Psed. failure. Ho conducted a general nor when a decided Increase was howB. J chatidlsc store In Wuatfleld.

Wayne County Farmers Lote. Richmond. Moro definite roporU from over Wayne county show that tho damage by the storm was

heavier than wns at first thought. The most damage was done along the northern boundary of the county and especially In tho northwest section.

Hlgglns Quits R:ce. Shclhyvllle. A. M. Hlgglns, whe I

announced himself on tho Demo cratic ticket as a candldnto for representative from this county, hns withdrawn from tho race. Mr. Hlgglns

win remove to Oklahoma to reside. Congregationallsts to Assemble.

j-iupunc. 1 no nrtioth annua.

meeting of the General Assocla

tion of Congregational Churches and

Ministers of Indiana will bo held ir

tho First Congregational church ol

Elkhart beginning .May 12 and con llnulng three days.

Ill Health Causes Resignation. Blchmond. Owing to II! hcaltl

Hev. a. J. Carey, recently nB

signed to the Third M. E. church ol

this city by tho North Indiana confor once, has resigned.

St. Paul Park Incident. "Aftor drinking cofToo for I always felt languid and du!'. 1 . no ambition to got to my n duties. Thon in nbout an h" i a weak, nervous derangement " heart nnd stomach would con. mo with such force I would frc; have to Ho down.

"At other times I had sevc 1 aches; stomach finally heran fected and digestion bo impale 'I ' I had serious chronic dyspfi constipation. A lady, for ma--. ' State ProBldent of tho W. C T ' told mo she had been greatly born P ' by quitting coffee and using P" ' Food Coffee; sho wns troul.V 1 ' years with asthma. She sai l 1' n no cross to quit coffeo wh n found sho could havo ns dellrh.u ar article as Postum. "Another lady who hnd bopn ro'i bled with chronic dyspepsia for yt. found immediate relief on ceasing r feo and beginning Postum tu- ' day. Sho was wholly cured. another friend told mo that P' ' Food CoITeo was a Godsend to her 1' ' heart troublo having been rollt m I aftor leaving off coffee and taking a Postum. "So many such enscs cam" to tr

notlco that I concluded coffee

tho cnuso of my trouble and I n'Ht

took up Postum. I am more pleased to eny thot my days of treu' . have disappeared. I am wc U ar happv." "There's a Itcason." It-" "The' Road to Wcllvillc," in pkgs Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. The) are genuine, true, and full of hunW Intcrtst