Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 52, Number 44, Jasper, Dubois County, 5 August 1910 — Page 3

INDIANA HAPPENINGS Newsy Notes of Interest from the Capital and All Around the State.

BLAZE TAKES HEAVY TOLL Femen , Oeing Barely Dragged From Dan ger When Cornice Crashes Down. Lt)au8i)ort, July 27. Firo, canning a total loss of $30.000, swept tho block jn bih tlio Ouorgu M. Hndluy furniture storo, tho Thomas Meyura harness store, the C. M. Roads plumbing bljop and the Hop Kee reatuurant arc im-ated. Tho Uro started from a j)llo t$ excelsior In a back room of tho Dudley atoro and In a fow inlnutea an boyond control. Isaac Dirken-1 ruth, a tlroinan, was currying a line of hoso across the roof of tlio Hadlcy building whon it suddenly collupsed, carrying the fireman down with it. j Councilman 1. J. Farroll, formerly rhler of the Uro ilepnrtment, seized' the lino of hose and directed tho res-' tue of Blrkenruth, who wob dragged I from (langer, having sustained a broken arm in the fall. Charles McClos-! Kf another Hroinan, was cut about the head by a falling piece of cornice. The Hudley block, where tho fire started, is noxt the Campbell Laundry building, which was destroyed by flro a month ago, and at that time the Dudley block was slightly damaged by the blaze. Apartment Hats and rooming houses occupied the second and third stories of tho buildings in tho block, nnd in the lowering of household effects to snfety every first floor show window in tho block was broken. Would Enjoin Park Board. Bvansville, July 27. Suit was filed iu the superior court by directors of i the Evnnsvlllo Museum society ngainst i the board of park commissioners and , the city of Evansvlllo to enjoin the, park commissioners from dismantling I and removing the present Armstrong J residence property, used as a museum for ten years, from Sunset Park. T1k plaintiffs nro Maj. A. C. Hosoncranz. diaries P. Artes, Mrs. North Storm and Mrs. Andrew Keck. Their allega tion is (hat the muieum rollcs were defied In trust to the city upon condition that It provide a permanent place for housing them at Sunset Purk. Young Tramps in Trouble. Wabash, July 27. James Osborne. c,orge Schiroll, David Dunn, all of ilohokctt. N. J., and Thomas Uoklto of Corning, N. Y., who were bound for the west, all lads about sixteen years (.id. are in Jail for stealing dinner buckets from section men on tho Chi tago and Erie railroad, near Disco. Th. lads are running away from their homes. Bocauae section men, who g-t ?1.50 a day, asserted the loss to thorn was heavy since the buckets and contents wore not recovered, tho boys will be tried here for larceny. They presented a good appearance, despite tholr long tramping. Officer Dies From Wound. Terru Haute, July 27. Detective George Lintz, shot by a nogro burglar for whom he was lying in wnlt at tho Elk's home. Is dead. Although there Is no tangible evidence of clanger from mob vlolonco precaution is Liken at the jnil with a full force of deputy sheriffs with riot gunf. nnd tho Are hose at hand. William McGownn. the nogro under arrest, has withstood tho third degree perfectly, but the Identification by Lintz and other evidence seemingly makes conclusivo his guilt. Strike Breaker Will Sue. Washington, July 27. Immediately after the acquittal of Frank Elklns. the strike breaker who was shot sev ernl days ago in a light with Fred Hogor, a railroad shop guard, who dlod of his wounds, Arnold J. Padgett, attorney for Elklns, announced thnt he would file a suit asking $10,000 damages from the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern H;llroad company. Tho case will bo given a hearing at the September term of court. Corrects Own Obituary. Plymouth, July 27 The obituary oi Jasper Mann, a well-known citizen of this county, was published in the locnl papers last week. It wna said he had died at the National hospital, Wash Ington. Tho death notice was a col utnn In longth. Mann hastened to correct that part of Iiis obituary that nald ho was dead. Ho declares he Is yt on terra flrma, with what ho considers a strong hold on lifo. Slain Negro Leaves Will. Kokomo. July 27. The will of J. W. Edwards, tho negro victim of the bullet of Constable Oscar Wolty, was ad'nltted to probate. Mr. Edwards directed that bis property be divided BioiiB his six children equally, but ct off his son Edward with a dollar The will wns made within an hour be lore the death of the fnthor. Tho reasons for tho disinheritance of tho son nro not mado known. Buggy Hurled Into Ditch. Wabash. July 27. A colt driven by Erneat Linos and Ernest Alexander, '"nr Lafontaine, became frightened and loaned off a bridge, carrying them nnd the buggy into a fifteen-foot ditch. The Imccv wjir demolished, hut the nien escaped unhurt.

OPINION BY W. J. WOOD I

Rate. Should Not Do Advanced Unl... It Can Do Demonstrated That There Is a Revenue Reason for Making Advance. Indianapolis. Tho railroad commission adopted an opinion prepared by William J. Wood, chairman, and based thereon an ordor directing that tho Pullman company reduco its parlor car rate between Indianapolis and Torre Haute from 40 cents to 26 cents, tho former chargo made by the company, and in adopting tho opinion laid down what is taken to be a projected basis for its action in the consideration of railwuy rate questions, which aro expected soon to occupy almost the entire time of tho commission unless tho railroads are prevented from putting into offect tho new freight rates proposed for August 1. "It Is tho opinion of this commission," Mr. Wood wrote, "that public carrlora should bo required to give most satisfactory reasons for raising tho prices long established for services performed by them, if for no other reason than tho well-known fact that population and business constantly Increase In this country, nnd that generally, as tho number of units of business increanes, the cost for each unit of business necessarily decreases, and that part of the decreased ooat should bo allowed the public who um these facilities In lowar rates, or, at least, that a rate long established should not be raised when there is more business from which to derive revouo and a consequent lower cost of doing that bunlness. "Generally rates should not bo advanced unless It can bo demonstrated that thore Is a rovenuo reason for making tho advance. ... If the traffic revenue of a enrrior is sufficient to pny operating expenses and a reasonable return on the Investment, or on tho value of tho property, any revision of rates should either conform to tho scalo thon In uso or should be downward Instead of upward, or . . . we would hold that permanent Improvements In tracks and equipment, adding to tho intrinsic value of tho property, aro not to bo charged to and paid for by the public and the price of stocks and bonds advanced in this way, but should bo paid for by those who own tho property, as thoy nro the chief bonoficiarios of thpse permanent additions to tho property." Tho Pullman decision was based on a complaint filed with the commission by Goorge N Snyder, who lives in Indianapolis, and has business in Evansvlllo which requires much trnvolIng. Snydor usually goes by way of Terrc Haute and grew tired of paying 40 cents for a Pullman seat which ho occupied a little less than two hours. Charge Railroads With Violating Law. Five suits for alleged violation of tho Indiana railroad laws, requiring equipment on cars to safeguard tho lives of employes and passengers, wore filed in tho Delaware circuit court here by tho Indiana railrond commission through Attorney General James Dingham. Throe of the cases are against James P. Goodrich, recoiver for tho Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad company; ono against tho Lake Brio & Weatorn Railroad company and tho other against tho Central Indiana Railroad company. Tho complainants nllego that tho railroads are subject to fines of J100 for each alleged offense Two of tho suits against tho C, C. & L., now owned by the C. & O., portnin to alleged defective grab Irons on box cars, and the Bccond relates to an alleged dofectlvo box car coupler. The suit against tho L. E. ft. W. alleges that a defective automatic coupler on a box car was In uso, nnd the C. I. road case allogea that a box car with a broken draw bar, which la said to have boon aupplanted by an emorgency knuclilo, was used. Sells Government Land. CapL W. II. Ollvo of tho Indiana lnnd department returned from Washington county, where ho disposed of tlireo trne.i of government lnnd. Two tracts wero purchased by John C. Schafor and ono by Abraham Floener. There woro ton acres in all nnd brought $7125. Tho land lies nlong tho Muscntucuck river, near Salem. Seven other tracts woro to have been sold, but the prospective purchnsors were not present at tho sale. Detwoon nioomlngton and Salem, Captain Ollvo reported that tho land is under water and mnny hundred acres of oats and corn fiat on the ground. Harvesting la Bald to be Impossible and groat damage baa been done by continued rains. Asks Sohool Tax Ruling. Attorney General Bingham has been called upon for an opinion by Robert J. Aloy, state superintendent of public instruction, with reference to tho power of a school corporation to borrow monoy In anticipation of revenuos to bo collooted for tho following year by mrans of tho local tuition tax. It is ostabllahod that a school corporation can draw In advance upon funds to bfl received from tho state. Elmer O. Bunnell, beltovos the law that applies to atato funds also njrpllos to the local option fund.

DYING OF SHOT FROM THIEF

Terrc Haute Watchman identifies Nogro as Man Who Fired Bullet While Trying to Rob Building. Terre Haute. July J 6. -George M. Lintz, 11bk In a dyirg condition at the hospital from a Lullet fired by a burg 'ar. has potitivelv Idoained Wl.iiau VcOowan, a n-g-o, as the man who hf-t him. After the arrest ai d IJu'location Mcfiowan was taken to jail md (here vr fear for a time that an attempt would b trade to take hi ui from the jail and lynch him. Lintz was shot while acting as cpeclal watchman at the Elks building. The burglnr entered and shot Lintz down before he had time to defend himself. The buUet entered near his heart, and tho doctors say his death is only a matter of a few hoars. Lintz was on tho police force a number of years as a patrolman and whon Didutnan was mayor he rrfis made chief of police, and was holding that position when Dldaman was impeached for failure to enforce the Inw. In the trial of Didaman. Ltatx was an important figure. Since leaving tho department he has conducted a private detective agency. He has a wife and several children. Mining Pastor Returns. Rushville, July 26. Rot. 8. M. Hawthorne, former pastor of the GwynnerlUe Christian church, who suddenly disappeared from his home cart of here June 3, has returned as mysteriously as he departed. He renBcd to give any reason for his extended stay away from home. When he went away he left a letter, it is alleged, caring that he would never return. Daring his absence n new minister was employed and the congregation has decided to build a new church. Church Observes Birthday. Newcastle. July 26. The congregation of the SL James Episcopal church of this city hold a celebration in obrervance of the twenty-fifth anniversary of Its establishment. Rev. William Ilfilman conducted the services. Dfuhop Joseph Francis of Indianapolis was to be present and assist in the ceoTratlon. but could not come. The church was originally located on South Seventeenth ftreL and ra. later irorrd to the present location on East Hroad rtreeL Bank Occupies New Home. NoWet-ville. July rS.-Tbe First National bank of this city moved lato Its new quarter?, leaving the rooms It had occuplrd for years for the recently completed rnd handsome structure. The bank has Increased It capitalisation from $50.000 to SI 25.000, the approval of the controller of the currency being announced Friday. At n reception given by the bank's officers in the new cuarters rrorc than three thousand persons vlrited the building. Police Confiscate Beer. Huntington, July 20. Three barrels of beer were confl?cated by the pollc here In n ?oft drink parlor that was formrrlv a paloon be'ore the cotmty was voted "dry by locil option. The rnrrelE had Just arrived from Indianapolis and contained unlabeled halfit.: bott'ofi. The prerene if m-f 'ntoxlcated perF-onp on the streets thun usual has ennped the officers and Civic lenguc to take artlve steps in tracing down the soarce of the liquor. KMIcd by Interurban Car. South Rend, Jnly 26 Alex Atmap. fifty-five years oM, was struck by a Intcmrbnn car on the Northern Indiana railway and lnrtantly killed, the body wns dncgr?d a block through the business- rrctton of the city beforr being thrown from under the car. neither he motoman or condnctor knew of the fatality nntll after they had reached the car barns. Despondent Girt Ends Lffs. Terre Haute, July TC Despondent brratiFo her father, a locnl carpenter, drank too much. Mary OslKirne took a large dop of carbolic acid and died before aid could be Fummoned She was eighteen yeirs old nnd recently moved bore with her father from Prtdrleton. Ind. STATE NEWS BRIEFS. Columbus. The UtIMty lenguc a commercial organization of Hope, is rairlng a bonus to Induce the rcmorsJ of a smokeless powder factory from SL Paul. Shelby county, to IIopo. Jefferr-on rille. JuMa A. Smith haa filed tydt horo agalnrt the Indianapolis & Ix)uIpvI11o Traction company la which she asks $15.000 damagns for Injuries alleged to have been nurered In lxmlsvllle whllo preparing to alight from a car of dofendant company. Worthingion. Mr. and Mm. Dedloy Jowell celebrated their goldon weddin at tholr homo on Edwards atrocL Mr. and Mrs. Jowoll received many presents from their ehildrm and Meads. Mr. and Mm, Jowell wore married at GosporL Tho only survivor of tkoee who attended their weeding In DbtM P. Burton, who mado an address at Um golden wwldtng.

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WASHINGTON. One of the principals In tho Washington puMsc schools has been telling her frion-ls uf some amusing incidents of the final examinations before the close of the schools for the Hummer. Among the questions she gave to the children in the third grade was: "Name tho five races of man." Imagine her surprise when ono tot answered: "Automobilo races, horse races, airship races, foot racoa and bicycle rncos." Anothor question was: "Namo some of the organs of men." To this one child replied: "Mouth organ, hand organ, pipe organ." Tho spinal cord was defined as a string running from the bnck of the head to the bottom of tho heels. "Ears," said one, "aro Just as Important as good clothes and should bo taken care of Just as well. Don't let bugs crawl Into your ears, but If ono should get In there syringe your ear with soap suds and afterwards drop some molasses into It."

Rural Free Delivery Is Growing Fast

THE rural free delivery service of tho United States means the dls tributlon of nearly 3.000,000 letters and parcels annually along the highways nnd byways of every state and territory from Maine to Alaska. A force of 41,000 carriers dally go over the routes assigned to thorn, says a writer In the Bookkeeper. Bringing the mail to the farmer now costs tho nation $36.000.000 a year In salaries for the carriers, expense of examining new routes, maintaining poatofltces, payments of inspectors, special agents, clerks and chiefs of bureaus. To secure information to make changes in routes and carriers, where deemed nocossary. to establish new routes nnd to record and tabulate statistics and data for the postmaster general as well as for the public, a force of only 110 persons is required in Washington, in spite of the great amount of office work and correspondence that must bo finished daily. More than a million letters are received nnd answered by the department of rural free delivery In a year. Many of those received are merely addressed to tho department. To savo time of opening nnd reading missives not properly directed is a part of the Baseball and the WASHINGTON had a 'safe and sane" celebration of tho national birthday. In yenrs gone by the national capital has been noted for the noisiest Fourth of July celebration of nny city in the union. Last year they adopted the "safe and sano" idea. Day fireworks and n parado in the morning with speechmaklng on the plaza fronting the city buildings. In the afternoon a motor parade and, at night, an illumination of the Monument grounds and more fireworks. Tho "safe and sane" idea took well at first and Washington determined to stick by the modora form of celebration this year. Therefore the colebration last Monday began with the reading of tho Declaration of Independence in front of tho city buildings. Ten o'clock was tho hour sot. but, as luck would have 1L the same hour tho Boston Red Sox and tho Nationals crossed bnts. The Washington Post nnd the Washington Times hnvo offices opposite the city building. A crowd of about 1,000 pcoplo had gathered for the ceremonies. At tho newspaper offices the megaphone men had been connected by wire with the baseball park. Why Burton Didn't SINCE Senator Burton took his congressional Investigators of European waterways abroad ho has been relating this one. The senator was In Swlteerlnnd. In front of the hotel at which ho was stopping a mountain climbing party was arranging for a

"Poison," wrote another, "should b doctored at once and not allowed to run on as It is dangerous. Don't treat poison rough it Is Hablo to run Into blond poison. If anyone should take poison it is a good idea to keep it as high up out of reach as possible." "You ought to keep poibon in a little room uinler look and key in a littla liuttU- and the cork la so it ran t bo pot out and hide the key an-l have kf-Ieton on the bottle and not 1ft nobody go in there." "A good anty dote for poison," salt one, "is to take a teacupful of soap suds every ten minutes to make you vomit till the doctor comes." (It Is awful to think of the doctor's being delayed several hours.) A class of six-grnde pupils were asked to writo a short biographical sketch of Longfellow. One member of the class proudly submitted thu following: "H. W. Longfellow was a grand man. He wrote both poems and poetry. He graduated at Bowdoln and afterwards taught the samo school whero he graduated. Ho didn't like teaching and decided to learn some other trade.

so his school furnished him money to go to Europe and learn to be a poet. He wrote many beautiful poems for children. He wrote "Billy, the Blacksmith." work of the mailing section. It Includes a private postofllco through which every letter received or sent relative to rural delivery must pass. Every ono of tho half-million and more letters sent from this department Is copied for record by a mechanical Bystem which saves the labor of a hundred copying clerks even whoro the hand copying press or the carbon method has been employed A force of only seventeon clerks is need ed In this section, yet in addition to handling and copying mall they keep a daily record of all the outlay for postage expenses of the department and sort and examine the hundreds rf letters daily received which must be returned to the postofnee where they sbould have Wen directed. What the cervice does in receiving applications for new routes, petitions for carriers, decisions of the department, the payments and receipts, Is told by the postotllce newspaper. Published every day by the accounting section. It is a record of what every one In thl. postal counting house. Including hfir.self. Is doing. The esprit de corps of the rural free delivery is best shown by the last annual report. During the year It states that out of the 41.000 in the service the total dismissals for cause wero only 105. less than tho total number of deaths. The reasons for tho dismissals wero principally incompotonce and failure to obey Instructions. Xo dismissals whatever for stealing from the malls or other dishonesty were on the records. Declaration Mixed Promptly at ten o'clock a baldheaded man In a frock coat arose on the flag draped stand In front of the city building cleared his throat and began: "When tho course of human ov " Across the way tho megaphone man Interrupted with: "Milan is at tho bat Ball one!" "vents it becomos necessary. continued the haldheaded reader. "Foul Strike one," roared the megaphone. Tho masculine portion of the listeners became restive. Their attention turned In the direction of the megaphone man nnd their backs toward tho haldheaded patrloL "for ono people to dissolve the polit " "He hits to left For two bases Lellvolt at the batBy this time 794 male members of tho Independence day audience had dashed madly across to Newspapor How. Of the original audience of tho "safe nnd sane" celebration, 134 women 22 children, a salubriously intoxlJ cnted cab driver and tho police guard remained. "Lellvelt sacrifices Elberfeld singles Milan scores." "Hurrah!--Wow! Wow!" bel lowed the crowd and tho remainder of tho rending of the glorious document was Interspersed with "Good boy, Doc!" "Oh. you Gabby Street!" for 14 hot innings. But Boston won. Climb Mountains start to the top of one of tho lesser Alpine peaks. The guido was as busy as a bird dog nosing around, and giving limitless ndvlec and instruction in what to do nnd how to do iL "Is he a thoroughly aklllcd climber?" asked the Ohloan of the hotel proprietor. "Ah, zat he eez," exclaimed the bonlface. "He have lost two partoz of toureosts down zee mountalnu ilde, and bozo times ho have conic off. wizout so mooch as zee ono leotlo zcratch." Burton did not climb any mountains during his sojourn.

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Marines Erect Headstone at a Setter's Grave. Came to KIttery Navy Yard a Friend less Waif Became a Life Saver and Left Many Mourners. Portland, Me. Beneath a headstone In the naval cemotery at the KIttery navy yara sleeps a faithful little soldior, who, when he died In April, 190D, left a long train of mourners and ho was only a dog. When Percy died. If the American, flag on the tall staff surmounting the administration building was not halfmasted It was through no fault of tho noncommissioned men about tho yard. Their devotion to Percy is showu by the following inscription on his gravestone: "Percy, the marines' dog. Died April 7, 1900. Erected in his memory by bis companions, tho marines, whom he loved." Percy was a full-blooded Irish setter, lie came to the yard 14 years ago, a starved waif, in whom tho marines at tho barracks had much ndo to keep the spark of life allgbL Thenceforth, his life was one long exhibition of dumb animal gratitude and he best showed it by saving three human lives, but unceasingly, too, In many lesser ways. No Alpine SL Bernard tralnod from birth to life-saving ever did a nobler duty than Percy In tho case of Private Cleveland. Porcy habitually cheered the sentries on the loneliest beats about the reservation, whether the time were noon or midnight. Cleveland one cold, snowy night, had post No. C, nearly a mile out on the bleak, undeveloped r -'s '.I a a t.Wi urn i it The Dcg's Monument. southeastern part of the Island. He wns subject to fits and at this inopportune time had one. He fell insensible In tho snow nnd Percy, devotedly by his side, tried with all his little might to drag his heavy body to shelter. Falling to move tho log-like form, he snatched the sontry's cap In his teeth and flew through the storm for the distant barracks. The sleepers there wero roused and a rescue party reached the prostrate marine In timo to save his life. On one more occasion Percy performed nn almost similar sorvlce for another marine who succumbed to the rigors of a wintry night, and who, but for tho faithful canine messenger, would now be under the sod which covers Percy. Percy pitched Into two thugs who one night attacked a marine on tho bridge leading from KIttery to the navy yard, and the ferocity of his onslaught not only made tho yeggmon glad enough to escape, but brought the gvard from tho main gate. The victim was badly used up and but for Percy's assistance would have fared worse. Percy always considered intoxicated marines his especial wards, and the poor fellows who sought In this way to relieve the monotony of navy yard routine never had n stancher champion. Woe to the meddler who sought amusement nt the helpless tippler's expense. Though detachments of marines wore continually coming and going, Percy never lacked for friends, for to see him was to love him. He had tho run of tho entire yard, and plnccs forbidden to all dogdom opened their bars to Porcy. Evon that holy of holies, tho navy yard ferry to Portsmouth, was a favorlto stamping ground of his. It was this freedom from all restraint which finally proved the good old dog's undoing. Ono day ho was roaming about tho corridors of tho big unfinished naval prison on tho southern end of the island, when he got his tall caught In nn elevator. Tho hurt, at first apparently trivial, became sorlous, and the best veterinary surgeon obtainable tried for a month to relievo the faithful animal's, sufferings. The warm-hearted marines nearly bankrupted themselves in the effort to restore him to health, but his ago was against recovery and hu was at last mercifully dispatched. Other mascots have since partially engaged tho affections of tho raarlno guard, but Percy's death left a void, never to be filled. First Train Ride at Age of 83. Johnstown, Pa. Mrc Elizabeth. Shaffer, elghty-threo years old, camo to this city recently from her home at Stoystown, Somerset county, and for tho first time In her life saw and rodo on a railway and had her first view of, a trolley car.