Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 50, Number 35, Jasper, Dubois County, 15 May 1908 — Page 2

Weekly Courier

BEN ED DO A NE. PuMtshr. JASPFIt. VN NEWS OF THE WEEK THE LATEST NEWS WORLD BRIEFLY OF THE TOLD NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST Foreign Lands, Throughout the Natten, and Particulaly From the Great Southwest. CONGRESSIONAL. T'tl.'.iT fuii of the rales of ia . on a yea and nay ..uj:iik'U1j the senate ;oue ! a f.jon oria! l i Mat als i ':-.i':D(t th uct of the -..' urv of Nt'v Mexico. i over the jiowrnor'f !i 21. 1903. T! f territorial .:h r.vil pro-iure in per-i'a-s. The resolution to he preei-'iu for his 1 ai;iy pass i the senate i a. - r,.il inj : e suet--nature :r. March. Justice of the I" nit J States sujum court cc ju.lges en the bench i the ItKtrMr federal courts may

retire bet. -, reaching the age limit ! over - district twenty-five miles southpay. If a ! .,1 introduced Saturday- j west- uih and southeast of Woodfc Reprvt-entxe Caulfleld of St. ' ward 0- Several small wwns, all Lou; pas- ! off the railroad and without telt Paring '!. ast few -lays as a re- - graphic communication, are reported su.; f di- i-: ns anxri; Republic- 'left roved; many jiersons hare been .tcs the si ua'ion relative o currency j injured and several are reported

h v.slation ha eased up sonuwhat. ar.J when e Republican conference Monday nifct g. ts down to business. te i redict:m .s made that it will be 1"0! i that "he insurgent band has Ietu reduc .1 to a mere handful, most if whom have been re ognixt-d for years as "Crutcial doctors" Bu: little , regress was made In the -.enate F"rs' t on the agricultural appropria :. bill, the s ss:on bedevotee! to a discussion uiin the ; : :nciple of for st reserves and the a3nr.n:strat. a- r Teller . c ; .sitinn . ti -n of $00 r. - f that service Senr, hided his remarks in a lump sum appropria- ' "" for the further devel opment of the forest reserve system. Senator Neln "f Minnesota and Senator Iriliver i : Iowa spoke in ?upX rt of the r-s-rve service Senator Burke-t introduced a resolution in the senate Friday, declaring that Sunday. May 10. be recognized as a holiday and that It be observed as such by members, officers and employes of the United States, wearing a white Sower in honor of their mothers. On objection of Senaior Gai.inger. the usolution was postr ned. The senate Friday adopted a resolution introduced by Senator Penrose, d. mting the jstmaster general to senl to the Morias before Jan. 1 next information concerning injury to persons and destruction of mail at the ( atch stations." MISCELLANEOUS. In doing an act of human kindness. Vllmer Sandt violated the state game laws unconsciously and was arrested by Deputy Qame Warden Acker of Allentcwn. Sandt was picking stones frfm a field at Fteetnansburg. when he uncovered a nest of three rabbits. Froring that hey might be harmed, he uok them heme. The arrest folio ed. and Sandt was fined J3S.25. Armed with an ax murderers slew Juan Valdes a ranchman Ilring at Cat p-zon. JC. M.l&a fiendish manner, the victim's bad being severed from his tiody as he lay asleep in bed with his two children Because tie students of the Kansas university ar- stealing all the oats they can find lse in the town for dissection in iher zoology classes, residents of Lawrence have applied to the state authorities at Topoka for assistance. They demand that the state furnish the cats to the university and that cats be sent to the school that are not family pets and are nt valuable. On charges that he kidnaped five Kirkajoo Indians from an Arizona resoivatlon. in order to keep them away from a tribal conference, called ftr deciding how to divldie 215.000 appropriated to the Indians by congress. Mark Goode. agent of the department of the Interior, has been suspended from the government service, pending an investigation. Chicago Association of Commerce Tlans adoption of drastic resolutions protesting against any Increase in freight rates. Four persons were killeo and twelve injured in a fire, believed to be of Incendiary origin, which destroyed the five-story tenement at 101 Orchard ttreet. New York. The building Is within a stone's throw of Delancy and Allen streets, where 2C persons were burned to death In a tenement house fire three years ago. Although It is suld that he gave his consent to the arrangement. It is understood that Harry- Thaw is very much disappointed that a delay In the hearing or the habeas corpus proceedlngb to secure his release from Matteawan wa8 deemed advisable by his counsel. Unostentatiously and without unusual ceremony. Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans relinquished command of the Atlnntlc fleet to Rear Admiral Charles M. Thomas. His flag at the mast head of the Connecticut was I r.lcfl tlown with a salute of 13 guns.

Hons committee eoneludas Inspection of paper pulp mill at Corinth. X. Y., and leave for Wahtnean. Jocpn Clark, missionary, says Pro feasor Starr of thv University of Chicago hat hl eyes to in atrocities committed tu the Congo Fr State. Chicago polite are ready U Iis up the basement of the former bm lu Ausrin of Mrs. Belle Günnes, owner of the Lajvrte warder farm. Salvation Army captain at PI'tsburg dons shroud and stands la Coffin to preach sermon on death Driven insane by a protracted attack of nervous prostration. Mrs- Emma Lofgren. in Chicago, hurled her

children. Arthur, aged 1 yaars, and Julia. atrd 6 moat ha. from a second story window to the cement walk. Hystery surround the killing of Trooper Powers at Ft. Dos UoLnes ride range. Powers wai shot while he was arranging a target for other troopers to tire at- Officers of the for will make no statement regarding the shooting. Powwrs' home w at Byers. Okia. Two brigades of J.lai Gen. Willcocks mixed Brfti&U and Indian -vps are moving on the MohaatnM "an tribesmen, who are again stirring u; srrtous tronoMs. Orders to the expedition are to pnnish severely Uta Mohammedan raiders, and news of an engagement Is expected shortly. A succession of tornadoes swop Kiiied. James Brown, stockman, was shot and instantly killed by R. M. Cotterman. a tenant whom he was trying to eject, near Galveston. Ind. Cotterman surrendered to a deputy sheriff, who accompanied Brown. New York Socialistic Club which sheltered Maxim Gorky when pursued by Czar's spies will disband and its r.-.enibers scatter. OIca Nethersole. in an address In New York, says that it is better for women to marry and have children than to have careers. Former President G rover Cleveland Is reported to be much better, and plans have been made for his removal to Princeton soon. Consternation reigns among more than a score of women well known in society circles of Clinton and Decatur. 111., as the result of a rumor that attorneys for Richard Snell. disinherited son of the aged millionaire. Col. Thomas Snell, who Is fighting his father's will for a share of the $2.000.000 estate, have unearthed a host of letters written by women to the old man, through which they preyed upon his senile love mania to wheedle him out of large sums of money. A ban has been placed against rats and rake on the Panama canal zone in efforts to prevent bubonic plague from gaining a foothold there. Announcement was made by the papal delegate. Rev. Dlomete Falconio. that Auxiliary Bishop Mukdoon of Chicago has been recommended for appointment as bishop of the Rockford HU diocese. Bishop Mul icon's nam has been sent to Rome, but the pope has not yet made the appointment. District Attorney Jerome admitted on witness stand in the hearing of the King charges against him. that be threw dice for a dollar apiece and the drinks with the two sons of Thomas F. Rryaa. at a restaurant near the erimlnt! courts buildings, wtyle Delphin H. De Im as was summing up in the first trial of Harry K. Thaw for the murder of Stanford Uhlte. War has been declared against eastern railroads by commercial and manufacturing Interests of cities extending from the Mississippi river to Maine, and preliminary steps toward a gigantic fight against the proposed freight rate advance have been taken. An advance In freight rates on the leading railway systems east of the Mississippi river was recommended by the presidents of all the big eastern railroads at a conference in the offices of the Trunk L.lne association. Twenty members of the council of the diocese of Texas were poisoned by the luncheon served by the women of Christ church at the parish house in Houston, and for a time several were in a dangerous condition. One man was killed and four injured In an explosion which wrecked the 13.000.000 plant of the Vestern Glucose Co. at Hammond. Ind. It Is feared other victims are In the ruins of the plant One man was killed, many pedes'.riens were put In peril by falllnp live wires and others were blown down and Injured during a wind and rain storm in Chicago. "Babe" Karris lying at the point of death from srunshot wounds, and Ed Carr In Jail charged with the shooting. Is the result of a ficht over a dividing fence near Lake Prairie, Mo. Ohio publisher tells congressional committee that extortions of the pa per trust have brought many smaller publications to the verge of bankruptcy. Mrs. John Alexander Dowte was awarded $i00 by the appraisers of the personal property of the late founder of Zion City. They filed their report showing that instead of the great wealth supposed to have been held by Dowte. the total amount was $1.200. Mrs. Dowle received the widow's share, one-third. She still has a claim on the real estate.

OKLAHOMA HIT

BY A CYCLONE SEVERAL PERSONS REPORTED KILLED AND MANY KNOWN TO BE INJURED. COMMUNICATION IS CUT OFF Houses at Tulsa Unrcofed by Terrific Storm During Sunday Night One Town Wiped Out. Woodward. Ok la. A succession I tornadoes swept over a district 25 mile southwest, south and southeast of Woodward late Sunday and Sund' night. Several small towns, ui on the railroad and without telegraphic communication, are reported destroyed; many persons have been Injured and several are roported killed. Some of the towns reported to have suffered severely are Qrand. Arnstt, Viel. Mutual. Estelle. Cooley and Richmond. At each place casualties are said to have resulted. The known casualties are: At Arnett A man named Hale killed: half a doea arsons intr one fatally. At Little Robe. 55 miles southwest of Woodward Mrs. J. E. Hale, killed The little town of Cestos. Dewey county, is reported wiped off the map. At Viel Dr. Hauser. fatally Injured. At Mutual Arthur Sihel. his wife and several others seriously injured. Grand, the county seat of Ellis county. Is said to have been wholly wrecked. All these places are 2.1 miles from a railroad. Wires are down. ine Tiuaa-e wnere damage is re ported are all small places. Grand Is the largest of the seven, and it has only a few hundred Inhabitants. Close to State Lines. The scene of the tornadoes Is the northwest corner of the old portion of Oklahoma, close to the Texas and Kansas state lines. As far as learned it traversed four counties and covered a district 75 miles In length. Sunday and Sunday night there was a terrific rainfall In this part of the state, following oppressive weather. Ideal cyclonic conditions. Orchards Damaged Near Tulsa. Talsa, Okia. A terrific wind storm passed over this part of north eastern Oklahoma Sunday night. several nouses were unroofed and many small buildings were bkown from their foundations. Plate glass windows In Tulsa were broken. nd orchards in the surrounding territory were devastated. No casualties are reported. Wind 56 Miles an Hour. Wichita. Kas. A wind and rain storm that visited this section of the state at midnight Sunday did damage to growing fmlL A wind ve locity of iC miles was recorded and nearly an inch of rain fell. BRITISH MOVE ON RAIDERS. Mohammedans Are to Be Taught a Severe Lesson. Peshawar. India Two brigades of Maj. Gen. Wlllcocks mixed British and Indian troops are moving on the Mohammedan tribesmen, who are again stirring up serious trouble.?. Orders to the expedition are to punish severely the Mohammedan raiders. and news of an engagement Is ex pected shortly. Assurances have been recolved by the authorities at Simla from the ameer of Afgranistan in responses to the British protests against the Invasion of Indian territory, that orders have been given all Afghans to return home. The ameer declares ho never sanctioned an invasion, but pleads the difficulty of restraining the frontier tribes. Without the support of'the Afghans it Is believed the two brigades now pursuing them can easily scatter the Mohammedans. Says Husband Burned Children. Montgomery. Ala. Five children of James Kennedy, a well-knowa negTO of this city, were burned to death Sunday night and two others so badly burned that they nro not expected to live. Kennedy's wife alleges that her husband had locked the children In the place and then st It on fire. The man and woman have been living apart and the question of the possession of the children was being fought out In the courts. Kennedy escaped. Rock Drops on Train. Falrmount, W. Va. While the Chicago and New York express on the Baltimore & Ohio wns passing Hammond, seven miles east of Fairmont, early Sunday, a larje rock rolled down from the hillside and crashed through the roof of the smoking car. Injuring three passengers. Heflin Is Indicted. Washington. The grand Jury has Indicted Representative Heflin, who hot Louis Lundy. a negro, and Thous McCreary, the horseman.

HOOSIER

Latest News of Interest from Various

Towns TELLS OF WIFE'S "WITHDRAWAL." President Stone Hopes She Will Come to Her Senses, and Quit the Cult. Larayette.--Presldent W. E. Stono of Purdue university, whose wlfo has -withdrawn" from tho world, her husband and family, to follow tho Yoga philosophy, a cult which is said to have had Its origin In India, Is suffering from nervousness and will recuperato in northern Michigan. President Stone, who received a letter from his wife In Germany, telling him of her determination, revealed tho story of the sepnration beforo the Presbyterian church, of which he Is a member. "I am utterly crushed," he said. "I can ! scarcely bear up under IL I want , your sympathy and your prayers. I t love ray wife; 1 would welcome her j back. She Is as dear to me as slio ovor was. but I am sorry for her. I j hope that in a year or two she will ! come to her seises and return to mo ! autl ra" y- I it my to tell j of hor letter, but I wlslt to sny i for ,,er t,mt 1 believe she still respects i rn0- 1 tlon't think she would sny an 1 uak,ml woru of m0- 1 P tl,at hor i nxither lovo for the boys will triumph and lead her to undo this hasty act. I do not contemplate any legal proceedings, and neither does she." Following are some of the bits of philosophy from the Yoga teachings that touch ujKjn love: "Who loves the mortal creature, ending there. Is no more free ho has given himself away to death. "If one loves another In such a way that, if that other's love be withdrawn, all happiness will fade out of life, then that first person is a slave of circumstances, a slave to the other's emotions and passions." Indiana Presbytery Closes. Terro Haute. The Presbytery of Indiana closed Its session and adjourned until late in September. The diversion from routine business of the morning session was an address by Judge B. Davis of the board of children's guardians on the work of the Florence Crittenton Home. Com missioners v;-e elected to represent the Presbytery at the general nssonv bly of the church to be held in Kan sas City May 21. Rev. W. N. Rankin of BoonvIIle and J. C. McClung of Patoka were chosen to represent the clergy. Let Contract for Big Ditch. Newcastle. Jones Brothers of Syracuse were awarded the con tract for constructing the Buck creek ditch, which is the largest drainage undertaking in this county for years. The ditch will be over 1-1 miles long. principally in SpJceland township and parts of other townships In tho southern part of the county, and will cost nearly 315.000. Work will begin In a few weeks and the entire summer will be required to complete the contracL Farmers Will Start Bank. Newcastle. A new bank, the fourth In this city, will be opened In a few months. Application has been made for a charter. As yet a name has not been selected for the new bank. but It will in all probability be called the Farmers' National bank, capital ized at $100,000. Most of tho stock Is held by 50 farmers of the county, in cluding several retired farmers of Newcastle. De Pauw Teacher Honored. Greencastle. Harry Smith of Rob inson. Instructor In political science at De Pauw, was notified of his election to a fellowship In Cornell university. Smith has served as as sistant to Col. J. R. Weaver In political economy since his graduation two years ago. He Is a member of the Delta Upsllon fraternity. Boy and Girl Elope. ureencastie. Surprising parents and friends. Miss Leslie Kiefer. lo years old. a student In the Greon w castle high school, nnd Wahlron Crawley, 17 years old, employed at Cole Bros.' lightning rod factory, returned from Paris. 111., where they were se cretly married. Woman Found Guilty of Manslaughter. Columbus. Mrs. Frances Foxworthy Cooper, the lS-year-old wife of Stephen Cooper, who threw ner child into a creek, was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to a term of from two to fourteen years In the Woman's prison at In dianapolis. Vlncennes Cheers Victor. vincennes. When William Allen Cullop, Democratic nominee for congress from this district, reached Vlncennes he was greeted with music from the First regiment band and cheers from several thousand people wno nau assembled to welcome him home. Strangles; Dies on Porch. Frankfort. One of the city's wellknown citizens. John Mon.mioi died of strangulation. Mr. McDanlei . ... nan neon anncted with black dloh therln nnd went out on his porch to get relief. He died soon after. Issues tionds for Bridges Brookvllle. Franklin county offered for sale J22.000 worth of bridge oonus. me county has no lnrifht.i. icss of any kind, has a eash balance t 58.G00 in Its trei'ry And rt tax rat., f only IC cents cc ;0.

HAPPENINGS

in Indiana WELCOME TO VETERANS. Committee Named to Greet Army at Kokomo. Grand Portland. Charlos C. Harlzoll, state conimandor Sons of Yetornns, hns appointed a comtnlttco of 12 per sons, representing the organization, to attend the state oncampniont of the G. A. R. nt Kokomo, inj extend to the vetorans a fraternal greeting. It la probable that the commltteo will maintain headquarters nt Kokomo during tho days of tho encampment. 1?jo committee is composed of A. C Kyerlughnm, Terre Haute; Mayor Charlos A. Bookwalter. Indianapolis; Mayor G. R. Diirgan. Lafayette; W. H. Armstrong, Indianapolis; F. E. Matson. Goldsmith; H. O. P. Cllne, Goldboro; Rev. Somervllle Light, Marlon; T. W. Blair. Fort Wayne; H. E. Ire. land. Pendleton; Sid Conger, Sholbyvllle; R. E. Ewlng, Valpnrnlso, and Judge I. W. Christian. Noblesvllle. JUDGE CULLOP NOMINATED. Bloomington Judge W. A. Cullop of Vlncennes was nominated for con gress by the Democrats of the Second district on the 59Cth ballot. Banks Sued by Assessor. Columbus. William T. Romlnger, assessor of Haw Creek township, entered suit against A. N. Phil lips and the First National bank of Hartsvllle, John Sampson of the People's Savings and Trust company of this city, the Citizens National bank of Hope, N. C. Graham, the Third Na tional bank of Greensburg. the First National bank of Hartsvllle and the Citizens' bank of Hope Assessor Romlngor's petition Is in the form of an affidavit. In which he avers that tho persons sued have certain sums of money on deposit In the banks named and that they have failed to list de posits for taxation. Bridge Builder Drowns. Lafayette. John Sullivan, a bridge builder, 43 years old. single, was drowned In the Wabash river. Sullivan started for tho Granville bridge, south of the city, in a scow. Near the German National park he was seen by men on shore swaying In his boat. Suddenly ho pitched Into the water. The men endeavored to res cue him. The river was dragged and the body found a mile below the scene of the accident. Reveals Intended Marriage. Laporte. New developments in the Gunness tragedy were un earthed. The arrival of the sister of the dead woman. Mrs. John Larson. Chicago, and the sister of Mrs. Gunness' adopted daughter, threw addi tional light on the mystery. It devel oped that Mrs. Gunness was in corre spondence with a Wisconsin man with a view to marriage, having written him that she needed a husband In view of throats which had been mado on her life. Dispute Ended with Knife. uuzeiwoou. as tne result or a fight which occurred In Kesslor's saloon In Hazelwood at closing time Perry Neal Is in jail with a gash from his left ear to his nose and a knife wound In the back of his neck, Inflicted by Earl Sparks, It Is charged. The two men quarreled and went out side to settle the affair. Ncal, who Is a machinist, struck Sparks, a rod mill employe, according to witnesses. Pioneer Passes Away. i erre Haute. After living for 8 years In the same humble home on a farm near Chamberlain's Cross ing, six miles east of Terre Haute. Sarah R. Chamberlain, SO years old, Is ueau. .miss Chamberlain was born on a farm which now Is a part of Terre aute. Six years ago a sister. Marr Chamberlain, also unmarried, died at tne age of a years. Boy; Powder; Blindness. L,etts. carl Welsenburg, a boy living with John Wolfe, near Letts, probably will loso the sight of both eyes and has a terribly lacerated nose as thc result of experimenting with a loaded gun shell. Bnts Dinner; Drops Dead. Jonesvllle. While dining with her guests nt her home near Jonesvllle, Mrs. Addle Phelps, wlf of Frank Phelps, complained of a pain in h(t side and as she rose from the table dropped dead.

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COMPLAINTS ABOUT PAINT. fTor "m? t0 co,,,nln about rami Is beforo tho painter appliea ,t. ,ar,"1 man who puts up tho ,onoy J not thlrk tho responsibility of ch . Ing tho palnL True, tho palm r ought to know paint hotter than V banker, tho professional man or th. merchant. The troublo is, the ho-, owner too often deliberately bl(i ,, competent and honest painter fr the job by nccopUng a bid which U ought to know would nmko an h,,,,. job impossible. Socuro your bids on tho basis - f National Load Companys pure vi,-.

...... j.uiu iuisueu uii and that you got thoso materials No one nood bo foolod by adulated whlto load. A blowpipe t. . outfit will bo nmtlod to anyone h ostod In paint. Address. National Lend Cot-i ,Pv A GOOD COLD. 'Tllflt Knnma a v-nm, I... .1 1 , uul t-OIU y ,jT. fiot. my little rann!" It's a very good cold; It's kert n,t iy from school for two weeks- now -uy BOY KEPT SCRATCHING. Eczema Lasted 7 Years Face Was A Raw Skin Specialists F"ed, But Cutlcura Effected Cu, "When my Httlo boy was six w, Oiu an eruption broko out on his fa. i toc't him to a doctor, but hia fa kept on getting worse until It gut e bad that no ono could look at L. His whole face wns ono crust a: must have been vory painful u scratched day and night until his fa. was raw. Thon I took him to a:i : best specialists In skin diseases 1 they could not do much for him T: t eczema got on his arms and legs ar we could not get a night's sleep rrr nhs I got a sot of Cutlcura Ren: I dies and he felt rolloved the first tr I used them. I gavo the CutiI Remedies a good trial and grad . i the eczema healed all up. Ho is i. v seven years old and I think the tr . ble will never return. Mrs. John G Klumpp, SO Niagara SL, Newark, N J., OcL 17 and 22. 1907." Counting a Billion. Speaking of counting the hairs of your head supposo you undertook tc count a billion, how leng do you "k It would take you to do It? A b n according to the French n'v. n which we follow. Is a thousand tr.:l lions. If you had before you a rile of silver dollars containing a m :.n and could count one every secer.'l fir eight hours every day. It won! 1 t.ne you 35 days to complete the task I ut supposo you undertook to court a thousand of thoso million-dollar ; es you would bo nt work eight hvi's a day for 35,000 days, or about H. rears. How He Got Rid of Rats. A farmer describes his method clearing the premises of rnts ir. following manner: "On a larg.' r ber of old shingles I put a ha!rn spoonful of treaclo each, nnd on 'ra with my pocket knife I scrape i a small amount of concentrated u I then placed the old shingles a-- - :r ' under the stable floors and und- ,v cribs. The next morning I f'"i: 1 i dead rats, and the rest left the for parts unknown. I have nat many farms of the pests In the s,r way, and have never known It to faii Bees In Block of Stone. While workmen were sawing thr" J a block of Bath stone at Exeter ) land, they cut Into a cavity in was found a cluster of two or tv.:t dozen live bees. The Incident occurred nt the w rk of Messrs. Collard & Sons. r. J mental sculptors. There wns not r.. sign of life in tho bees at firs' when air was admitted they grad . revived and after a few hours sevc-a of them were able to fly. CHANGE IN FOOD Works Wonders In Health. it Is worth knowing that a chare In food can cure dyspepsia. "I d It my duty to let you know how G' Nuts food has cured me of IndlgesM u "I had been troubled with It f r years, until last year my doctor roc r mended Grape-Nuts food to be " -every morning. I followed Jns'rj tlons and now I am entirely well "The whole family llko Grape vi's we use four packages a week i aro welcome to use this testltnot a as you see fit," The reason this lady was heir the use of Grape-Nuts food, is tha t is predlgested by natural proc--and therefore does not tax the sum ach as the food she had been tis'rg. It also contains tho elements req n for building up the nervotiB system If that part of tho human body I 'imperfect working- order, there can be no1 dvEnenala. for nervous energy rei recents the steam that drives the engine When tho nervous system iß ruudown, the machinery of tho ik i works badly. Grape-Nuts rood can n used by small children as well adults. It Is perfectly cooked ana ready for Instant use. Read "The Road to wciivwe. pkgs. "There's a Reason. Ever read the above Ietter7 A newr one appears from time to time. Tl'er are genuin, true, and full of human-interest.