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ERPEROR YIELDS ad 'k 4 KAISER AND CHANCELLOR HOLD CONFERENCE AND REACH . UNDERSTANDING. CONSTITUTION WILL < RULE STATE AFFAIRS Mconarch Agrees to Allow Regular Government Channels to Handle Matters of Importance—lnternal Disquictude Disappears. ) Eerlin, Nov. 18.—An interview be tween Chancellor von Buelow and Empercr William held at the New ralace in Potsdam Tuesday resulted in a satisfactory understanding. His majesiv expressed his complete confidence in the chancellor, and the chancolier will remain in office. Furthermore, the emperor accepted the proposal made by the prince concerning thke future conduct of state affairs. The result is believed to have ameliorated the very serious internal situaticn which has existed in Germany for the past fortnight. Cnly State Channels Control. Chancellor von Buelow, in the course of his interview with the emperor at Potsdam, asked his majesty for a declaration, together -with permission to publish the same, to the eTect that in the future the emperor would deal with state affairs only through the existing constitutional channels, namely, through the chancellor. His majesty acceded to this request, and the declaration asked for appeared in the Reichsanzeiger Tuescay. This meeting was watched by the entire German people with the most profound interest. Outcome of Famous Interview. It is an outcome of the much-dis-cussed “interview” with an Englishman published in the London Daily Telegraph on October 28, in which the emperor was credited with a very

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frank statement of the world policy of the German empire, and also with being a very good friend to Great Britain. The ‘publication was followed by a furious outbreak in Germany against his majesty. He was most severely criticised in the German press and in the reichstag for his indiscretion, and for unwarranted interference in the state affairs of the nation. Prince von Buelow replied to these criticisms in the reichstag, and said that the emperor in the future would refrain from a repetition of his action.

Teuton Tempers Aroused.

During the meeting the chancellor explained clearly to his majesty the temper of the Germi}n people on the matter. Whether or' not the chancelJor remained in office depended on how the emperor accepts his statements. Official Paper Tells All.

The Reichsanzeiger, the official gazetie of the empire, published Tuesday with the sanction of the emperor the following statement: “In the course of the audience granted by the emperor to Chancellor von Buelow the chancellor described to the emperor the mood of the nation and explained his position with reference to the debate in the reichstag of last Tuesday. The emperor listened to these explanations with great earnestness, and expressed his will as follows: 3

“ “‘Heedless of the obvious incorrect exaggerations, his majesty consid- ~ ered his principal aim to be to secure the continuance of the imperial policies under the safeguard of constitutional responsibilities; he approved the chancellor’s address in the reichstag and assured the prince of his continued confidence.”” Official Charged with Theft. Columbus, Ga., Nov. 18.—E. B. Almonds, secretary-treasurer of the “*Beach Hardware Company, was arrested on an indictment charging the embezzlement of $16,000 from the company’s funds. He was released on $3,000 bail. Must Enroll Colored Students. Grand Rapids, Mich.,, Nov. 18— Judge Perkins in the Kent circuit - ecourt Tuesday issued a mandamus di‘recting the Grand Rapids Veterinary college to accept the entrance applications of Felix D. Booker and Wesley D. McCoy,-two colored students. Boy Confesses Brutal Murder. ' Hamilton, Ga., Nov. 18.—Gene Doudell, a 16-year-old negro, confessed to ~ imto a creek, after‘robbing it of §3.

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CHICAGO REAL EG'I:ATE MAN I 8 SENT TO PENITENTIARY. Peter Van Viissengen Admits That for Years He Has Been Forging Securities. Chicago, Nov. 18.—Confessing his authorship of an endless chain of forgeries involving more than $700,000, Peter Van Vlissingen, for many years a prominent real estate man and once reputed wealthy, was indicted, tried and sentenced to the penitentiary. The confession of the real estate man tevealed a scheme of systematic and cunning forgery of notes and real estate trust deeds and mortgages extending over a period of 18 years. The genuine paper and securities he counterfeited so artfally as to defy detection, and both the genuine and the spurious he sold in widely-scat-tered parts of this country and in Europe. The forgeries were tracings made with the aid of an electrical tracing device. For nearly two decades he managed to liquidate the fraudulent paper when it fell due and in that way avoided exposure, but recently he became unable to meet the demands of this endless chain, and, despairing of further immunity, confessed his guilt to two friends he had swindled. It is estimated that the spurious paper and securities outstanding at this time are scattered amopg about 25 holders and amount to about $lOO,OOO. ! All records for dispatch in the state’s attorney’s office were broken in the indictment' and trial of Van Vlissingen. Within an hour and a half after the charge was laid before the grand jury the real estate man had been sentenced to *son. Van Vlissingen would’ioan a sum of money and take a mortgage or a trust deed as security. The notes and securities would be made out in due formfl signed by the parties, approved by Vanderpoel, and recorded with the county recorder. The real estate man then wold lock himself in his private office, wh.re he had a desk specially designed to aid his forgeries. In the top of this desk was a large hole covered by a piece of plate glass and beneath which was an incandescent electric light. Placing the genuine mortgage on the glass he would cover it with a similar blank form and turn on the light beneath the desk. Instantly the signatures -and notations on the genuine instrument would be outlined on the blank. It then was a simple matter for Van Vlissingen to trace the signatures on the blank and turn out a copy that even he himself had great difficulty in distinguishing from the original. ‘ : Sometimes he made two, three and even more copies of each original document and then proceeded to sell the securities many times over.. The genuine he would sell in Chicago, one spurious one he would sell in New England, another out west, another down south, and another in Germany or Folland, his native country. 3

BALLOON SOARS OVER SIERRAS. Then “United States” Is Hurled Back Toward Los Angeles. Los Angeles, Cal.,, Nov. 18.—The big racing balloon “United States,” which started from here in an attempt to cross the mountains for a long eastern flight, encountered adverse winds, and after soaring 125 miles over the tops of the snow-capped Sierra Madre, was hurled back to within 50 miles of Los Angeles Tuesday. They made another start Tuesday from Ontario. A telephone message from Merrill's ranch, 2% miles froom Ontario, a point about 50 miles due eastward of this city, said the “United States” started over the ranch in a westerly direction. Pilot Wild- in the balloon called to the ranchers to catch his guide rope, which was trailing on the ground. The rope was secured and the balloon anchored. Wild and his assistant spent the night on _the ground at the ranch.

ROAD DEMURRER IS SUSTAINED. Attorney General Receives Body Blow in Massachusetts Court. Boston, Nov. 18.—The demurrer of the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad to the bill of information by Attorney Geenral Malone of Massachusetts, to prevent the New Haven railroad from holding stock of the Boston & Maine railroad, was sustained Tuesday by Judge Loring in the equity session of the Massachusétts supreme judicial court for Suffolk county. The court sustained the contention of the railroad that the bill of information is not sufficiently specific. The attorney general ig given two weeks 'in which to m&:d the origifnal bill.

Probe Acquits Accused Officials.

Washington, Nov. 18.—The investigation into the charges of pernicious political activity against Archie D. Sanders, collector of internal revenue at Rochester, N. Y., and John A. Merritt, collector of customs at Niagara Falls, N. Y., has been completed and it is understood that the facts brought out are not. considered serious enough to warrant the removal of' these officials. . Wilson lg Attorney General. Trenton, N. J., Nov. 18.—Gov. Fort Tuesday announced the appointment of Edmund Wilson of Monmouth as attorney general to succeed Robert H. McCarter, resigned. Mr. Wilson was one of the state raiflroad commissioners and Gov. Fort has appointed in his place Frank S. Sommers,

LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1908.

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“And now, fellow citizens, we are confronted by a grave situation. The nation is prosperous and that’s the very worst thing that can happen to us. The predatory hungry are making ready to take away our inalienable right to gobble. We must try to get out an injunction against corporate greed. The ruling classes are determined to overthrow us. They want to chop us up and boil us in oil! We must fight against them. Down with prosperity!

EMILE STRICKER, FAMOUS DRIV§R, SUCCUMBS. Sets Wild Pace in 24-Hour Contest and Tires Explode with Fatal Result to Chauffeur. Birmingham, La.,, Nov. 18—In. a Renault car, making a speed of more than 60 miles an hour in effort to lower the 24-hour automobile record, Emile Stricker was almost instantly killed Tuesday on the fair grounds track here. Leon Barrows of Birmingham, who was in the car with Stricker, was' seriously, though not fatally, injured. ‘ » ‘At eight o’clock Monday night Lewis Strang and Emil Stricker began the effort to lower the 24-hour record, Strang being relieved by Stricker in the Renault car at 12:43 a. m. Tuesday. Stricker began making terrific speed almost immediately. The track was poorly lighted, and when the car dashed around the curve at the west end of the track at better than a 60-mile clip, one tire exploded, followed quickly by the explosion of a second tire, and in an instant the car was a total wreck. Stricker and Barrows were picked up and hurried to a hospital, but Stricker died before medical 'aid reached him. ! Stricker was a native of Alsace-Lor-raine, Germany. ~

TWELVE DIE IN FIRE IN MINE. Five Bodies Taken Out—Seven Others Dead in Shaft. ; Birmingham, Ala., Nov. 18—Fire was discovered in Mine No. 3 of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company at- Pratt City, near here, in which is employed convict labor exclusively. No less than 75 convicts were at work at the time the blaze was discovered. The dead bodies of five convicts were taken out and the officials of the company expressed the belief that there were seven others dead.: Many rumors were current of an explosion, and great execitement prevailed. The fire started in an old part of the mines, in which officials say there were.not more than 12 or 13 convicts working. It is believed that the convicts started the fire.

“VYOODOO” TEST PLACES GUILT.

Assailant a Suicide in Court Room When Rust Resembles Blood. ;

Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 18.—Sam Haywood, a prominent farmer near Monticello, was called to his door and assassinated by a man standing at the gate, who emptied a charge of buckshot into his body. Louis Hursch, who was under suspicion, was Monday night taken before a coroner’s jury and denied his guilt. A negro juryman demanded the “voodoo” test, calling for Hursch’s gun, saying if it was discharged, and Hursch was guilty, it would “sweat blood at the muzzle.”

The gun was discharged, and Hursch, taking the rust on the barrel for blood, plunged a knife into his throat, expiring before the jury without uttering a word. !

Heney’s Condition Better.

San' Francisco, Nov. 18.—It was reported from the Lane hospital that Francis J. Heney passed a very comfortable night. AHe rested well and no unfavorable symptoms developed. The physicians in attendance stated that Mr. Heney was somewhat better Tuesday. : :

Son for Duchess de Chaulnes.

Paris, Nov. 18.-—The Duchess de Chaulnes, who formerly was Miss| Theodora Shonts of New York, gave birth to a 4 son at her home here Monday. | Fall of Slate Kills Two Miners, Pomeroy, 0., Nov, 18.—~Two men were killed late Monday in a coal mine at Kerr's Run, being crushed to death by a large block of slate. o }

CHICAGOAN‘E CONVICTED OF MURDER IS SENTENCED FOR THE FOURTH TIME. PROTESTS INNOCENCE IN SENSATIONAL SCENE Judge Tells Man He Must Give Up Life for Alleged Deeds in Most Stirring Event of Kind in History of Court. ' ‘Chicago, Nov. 18.—For the fourth time Herman Billick was sentenced Tuesday to die for the murder of the Vrzal family. Judge Barnes fixed the date for the execution as Friday, December 11, and he passed sentence of death on the man convicted of poisoning only after hearing apparently unmoved an impassioned declaration by Billick of his innocence and an anxious appeal for another trial and one more chance for life and freedom. The resentencing-of Billick was one of the most dramatic scenes the criminal court has ever witnessed. Crowd Grows Still Suddenly.

The crowd in the courtroom, restless and uneasy with listening to a long decision read by Judge Barnes from many pages of typwritten folio for half an hour, suddenly grew tense and- still as the judge ceased talking and looked steadily at the fat form .of Billick seated in a chair right below the bench. Every eye in the big room seemed focused imxpediately upon the prisoner, whem the tenor of the opinion clearly foreshadowed to be about to be condemned to death. . “Stand Up!” Is Court’s Order. < “Billick!” ordered the court, sharply. “Stand up!” . The man stood up and his short, stout body was steady and erect as he watched the judge before him with eager eyes. “Herman Zajacek, alias Herman Billick,"‘\‘ Judge Barnes spoke again, following the custom of the law when men are to be condemned to die, “is there' any reason why you should not be sentenced to death?” “There are so many reasons that I don’t know how to tell them all now in this short time,” replied Billick as soon as the judge had stopped speak‘ing. “I am innocent. I never poisoned anybody. I never had it in my mind to hurt a living soul. Makes a Plea of Perjury. ;

“T ought to have a new trial because there was perjury done against me in the only trial I have had. That is why I ask a new trial—in order that I may have a fair chance for life. I am not afraid to die. That is not the reason I ask another trial. For God, I know, will have mercy upon my soul in any event.” - The words: flowed so easily from Billick’s lips that they seemed to tumble over one another for a chance to get out. Judge Barnes watched the prisoner, his eyebrows lifted, in apparent surprise and he waited for nearly a minute of absolute silence after Billick ended, the court seeming not to be sure whether or not the man had finished his plea for his life.

Kentucky .Bank Closed.

Washington, Nov. 18.—The comptroller of the curféncy has been advised of the closing of the doors of the Citizens’ National bank of Monticello, Ky., on account of a shortage of over $20,000 in the cashier’s department. The bank had a capital of $50,000, and total resources of about $194,000.

Taft in Home. City.

Cincinnati, Nov. 18.—President-Elect Taft Tuesday spent a few restful hours at the home of his brother, Charles P. Taft, leaving there only for a short trip to the shopping district where he made a few purchases. He left for Hot Springs, Va., Tuesday night. Li, , -

LANPHERE PLANNED 10 WED ARCH-FIEND

THAT IS TESTIMONY GIVEN IN TRIAL OF FARM-HAND AT ' LAPORTE, IND.

SAID TO HAVE TOLD HIM TO GET INSURED

Defendant Is Declared to Have Been Jealous of Helgelein, Man Declared to Have Been Murdered—Other " Points Brought Out in Court.

vaporte, Ind., Nov. 18.—That Ray Lamphere had confessed to intimacy with Mrs. Belle Gunness, that he had chased Andrew Helgelein with a gun and that Mrs. Gunness had promised to marry Lamphere when he joined some secret society and took out insurance, were the sensational facts testified to Tuesday by William Slater, a friend and neighbor of the defendant. Slater was a little unwilling to “tell on Lamphere,” but Prosecutor Smith by frequent references to Slater’s testimony before the grand jury refreshed his memory when he “couldn’t remember,” with the result that much damaging evidence against Lamphere was brought before the jury. ; Would Show Woman a Suicide..

The first positive statement of the defense in court to show its line of defense was made by Attorney Worden, when cross-examining a witness; at which time he remarked that an effort would be made to show that Mrs.

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John Weatbrook on cross-examina: tion admitted that he had paid Lamphere’s fine when he was fihed in-a Stilwell justice court for annoying Mrs. Gunness. Questioned About Deaths. By the witness the defendant’s at torney then started te show that at the- Stilwell trial he had questioned Mrs. Gunness regarding the mysteri ous deaths of her two husbands, but the court sustained the state’s objec tions, whereupon Attorney Worden made the statement, which furnishes the key to the defense: “My idea is that we are attempting to show that Mrs. Gunness had certain ideas in her mind| and these questions of mine at the Stilwell trial affected her, con vincing her that Lamphere’s attorney knew her former experiences and thus furnished a motive for suicide.” Drew Gun on Helgelein.

William Slater told the jury that Lamphere worked for him in the win: ter after he had left Mrs. Gunness employ. He said: “Lamphere told me about Andrew Helgelein coming to Mrs.,K Gunness place and that he admittéd that he kad drawn a gun on Helgelein and told him he must get out. He said he was jealous of Helgelein’s atten tions to Mrs. Gunness. Lamphere told me that after Helgelein had left Mrs Gunness had most of his clothes there Lamphere told me one time that he was in the cellar and heard Mrs. Gun ness and Helgelein plotting to poison him. Lamphere told me once; ‘I know something about the old woman and she has to come my way.’ He alsc told me that once while in the barn milking, before two witnesses, Mrs Gunness promised to marry him.” ‘

Denver Fifty Years Old.

Denver, Col., Nov. 18.—The fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the city of Denver was quietly celebrated Tuesday. An artillery salute was fired on the capitol grounds and Tuesday night a banquet was held, after -which reminiscences were exchanged by eight former mayors, 17 pioneers of ’5B and several hundred other early comers.

Labor Leaders See Sights.

Denver, C 01.,, Nov. 18.—But one ses sion of the American Federation of Labor was held Tuesday. This was in the morning and the business transacted consisted principally of further reports of committees. The afternoon was spent by the delegates in a tour of the city sightseeing. Gas Blast Kills Two. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 18.—Two persons are dead and six otherg are injured as a result of am explosion of gas in the basement of a commissiun house here Tuesday. o :

MUST BE REFORM

New Laws Needed—The Business Too Loosley Managed—The Tegislature Should Act d

It is altogether probable that the coming session of the legislature will enact some new laws touching upon the manner of conducting the business of the public. Itis true no doubt that the statute books of the state are already overloaded with laws. In fact there are too many laws now. - But many that are on the books could be repealed to the distinct advantage of the public. There is always more danger of having too many laws than too few. With this idea in mind there should be & hesitancy about enacting new measures unless there is a great demand for them in the interest of the publie. : It will be readily conceded that the laws governing the manner cf condueting the business of the public are in the main crude and are cor= stantly leading to complications that should not exist in the offices. Not only do complications arise but there are many evidences at hand that the business of the various public offices cost more than work of a similar nature in private affairs. There is.no reason why such conditions should exist. Simply because the public pays the bill is no reason why there should be a general holdup on the part of the servants the people have selected to conduct the business of the masses. Men are frequently elected to office who never commanded a salary of more than a few hundred dollars a year, who are not satisfied with several thousand and are constantly seeking out some avenue whereby they may be able to collect more from the taxpayers.

All of this is wrong. The legislature should repeal all the laws regarding public offices and then enact one that will make the whole business of conducting a public office a simple business affair. If needs be the services of a public service accountant might be secured to help draft the kind of measure that would fit all officers from state to township. Every possible avenue for fees should be closed and all officers put on a salary. And this salary should not be exorbitant. The pay should be in, proportion to the responsibility assumed and the amonnt of work required. It should be large enough to command the services dof men of ability and standing in the community. Under such alaw better men as a rule would be placed in charge of the public business and better results would follow. The burden would be lessened on the taxpayers, and cbandals in official positions would be things of 'the past. Better service would be rendered and improved conditions would be the result.

Among the number of offices that would be most wholesomely affected, would be that of prosecuting attorney. Under the present system this office is most -flagrantly abused. It becomes in ihe hands of men, venal by nature nothing more than a place for graft, subterfuge and compromising with erime. Justice is not thought of while there are any fees in sight. This above all sbould be an office on salary and the salary should be large enough to command the services of a trained and experienced lawyer and not a kindergarten school for young lawyers without clients or a knowledge of the law. It should be flled by men big enough to try all cases that might appear in court and not put the county tothe expense of hiring alawyer every time a casé gets into a court higher than that of justice of the peace, If the legislature will proceed to enact such laws as indicated above and thus save vast sums of money to the taxpayers it will go down into history as one of few reform legislatures of the state and one that served the people and ‘;not the grafters who make a living at the expense of the public, as of-fice-holders.

If the legislature will do this much for the public it will have done more for the people than has any single gession in the last decade. When it has done that much it could with propriety adjourn with the assurance that the people of the state will be pleased with its work and willing that it quit. It is not the number of measures enacted into law that measures the worth of a session of the law makers of the state but rather the quality of work turned out.—Muncie Press.

| Greatest Honor nthe World By common consent the presidency of the United States is the most exalted office in the world. This is not merely because the American people are the greatest nationin the world, nor because the president for the time being dispenses more patronage and wields more power than any other ruler on earth, but it is mainly because he owes his election to the suffrages of a free people. This makes his title to office superior to that of any other ruler and gives to the office itself a dignity thatdoes not belong to the headship of any other government. — Indianapolis Bowm, o R o % Xk 2 ~' ‘» "‘f«*»‘«.%{%;& Gty 3

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Setting a Precedent Commend us to Thomas R. Marshall, democratic governor-elect of Indiana! He has set the precedent of refusing to have campaign contributions. ° : :

At the outset of his campaign Mr, Marshall accounced hejwould have no campaign fund. He said he did not want any contributions to be made publie or be kept secret. But his admirers sent him sums aggregating $3,000. - He did not spend this money, but is now returaing it to the contributors. : Good! s It is no wonder that Thomas R. Marshall was elected! s -

Mr. Marshall’s plurality on the democratic ticket in Indiana is almost as iarge as the adverse plurality in that state against the demecratic presidential candidate, who made campaign contributions the chief issue in the campaign. | - We do not know whether or not Mr. Marshall will publish a statement of his chmpaign expenses. It is not of extreme importance, though of more value than publication of a list of contributors. We feel sure his money was not spent to corrupt the electorate. He is not in the plutocratic. class and he does not seem ts lean toward the idea that winning votes can be bought.

The salient fact is that Mr. Marshall is returlng to the donors the $3,000 contributed to his campaign. He didn’t need the money. He is under no obligation to thé contributors. He has set a new precedent—one worthy of quite general imitation.—Pittsburg Post-Dispatch.

Colds And Croup in Children

“My little girl is subject to colds ”’ says Mrs. Wm. H. Serig, No. 41 Fifth St-, Wheeling, W. Va. ‘Last winter she had a severe spell and a terrible cough, but I cured her with Chamberlain’s Cough Remedywithout the aid of a doctor, and my little boy has been prevented many times from having the cronp by the timely use of this syrup. This remedy is for sale by S. J. Williams. 33 4t

® Second Number of the Entertammment ® % i Course Wednesday Evening, November Twenty-Fifth - _ Adrian M. Newens will give a monologe ‘A Singular Life” by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. There is no more effective address, lecture or story on the evils of intemperance and the awful battle of the fallen for their lost position, than is presented in his ‘A Singular Life.’, ; " : : Two things of momentous importance happel:zil in 1871— ~ Chizago barned and Adrian Newens was born. At this psriod of his existence Mr. Newens a was Buckeye. In his youth here- - ; moved to Chicago, and became & Sucker; when] he became man, however, he but away childish things and became & Hawkeye. : : ' Mr. Newens never meant to go on the platform; it did iteelf. - He began in college by imitating some one on the stage whom heparticularly liked. His friends saw it, appreciated it.,mnd = presently the liierary society required him to perform, once snd again. A classmate wrote home about the rising star,and it - was not long before Mr. Newens was invited, practically compelled to take part in a public program in his friend’s heme town. - : ' iy e ' Then he was requested to give a full program in a village nét . v far distance, and so it went on, and Mr. Newens never had suy | - chance—if he wanted it—to leave the platform. < Mr. Newens’ aim in his monologue work is to give tosn aodience, in story form, all that a lecturer would give of instrme- ~ tion, entertainment and inspiration in-the shape of & discourse. In other words, instead of lesturing, he reads, instead of telling mang short stories and anecdotes he tells one story, including ~ several incidents belonging to the narrative. =~ Season ticksts for balance of course of four numbers $1.30. Single - ._Old‘ S paN RAt 1 s“Ae SR 1:*:5;&:%%’5;3%@%;%%2%%@%

VOL. 43--NO, 35

Obituary : William Clawson was bora in Shelby county, Ohio June 2, 1827, died at Elkhart Oct. 25, 1908, aged 81 years, 4 months and 23 days. He was united in marriage to Ann Catherine Stinebarger at Fort Wayne July 10, 1855. ‘She departed this life at Ligonier Oetil j; B, where she and ‘Mr. Clawson had made their home for thirty-three years. After her death Mr. Clawson kept his home in Ligonier for about two years, but he found life too lonely and went to Elkhart to live with his daughter and part of the time with another daughter in Chicago. He ‘was the father of fourteen: children, ‘ten boys and four girls, nine of whom are living, six boys and three girls. ~ Although Mr. Clawson went away to live he always ealled Ligonier his home, and often came here as he had business interests. Not later than a week before his death he was here, and feeling ill at the time, remarken to some friends as he was leaving he thought it would be the last time until ho was brought back. His body was brought from Elkhart at noon Tuesday, Oct, 27, and the funeral was held at the United Brethern church. The services were largely attended, a number of friends from a distance being present. x ‘“Gone but not forgotten™ it ..i 5 How 'ld Treat a Sprain Sprains, swellings and lameness are promptly relieved by Chamberlain’s Liniment. This liniment reduces inflammation and soreness so that a sprain may be cured in about one-third the time required by the usual treatment. 25 and 50 cent sizes for sale by 8. J. Williams. 33-4 t _ ‘Dancing Proves Fatal ; ' Many men and women catch colds at dances which terminate in pneumonia and consumption. After ex‘posure, if Foley’s Honey and Taris ‘taken it will break up acold and no ?’seriouq results need be feared. Refuse any but the }anuino ina yellow ‘package. S.J. WiLLiams. 33-4 t