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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-06-01

Wishing to consult Mr.. McQ. Z
well-known lawyer, upon . matter Of
Importance. and learning that he was
detained at home by sprained ankle.
went TO his house. and was shown
into a small library. where ] found the
disabled attorney hard 1t work among
bis papers.
II was evident that the place was
not usually devoted to such business.
The book-shclvcs showed little Of the
conventional sheep-skin Of a lawyers
library. but were filled with . miscel-
laneous assortment Of fiction. poetry.
history and school and college text
books In one corner Of the room
stood lady's work-basket; In another
artists easel, with half-finished
iruit-study upon it while various
bits Of art work in oil. crayon and pencil.
mostly without frames, were making
themselves at home in the place. some
hanging upon the walls. some standing
~Iying about here and there.
Mr. Moo. --- laughingly alluded 70
his unprofessional surrounding. and Al
once proceeded % consider my bust
ness.
When rose to take my leave. an
hour or two later. / venturcd to ask
an explanation Of . penciI-skctch
which had excited my curiosity. Il
appeared TO be leaf torn from an
artists sketch book. In the center
was the figure Of man, roughly
dressed. lying a. full-length. face
downward. on . grassy bank. appar'
entity asleep The left arm was thrown
upso support the head; the hat had
l.Ien on; the right arm lay stretched
cpon the grass with the clumsy hand,
minus half Of the middle finger. turned
palm upward. The feet crossed each
other, "toeing in" and showed the
profile 81 one worn. old boot and the
hobnai,ed sole Of the othcr. Every
line in the figure. and even the very
wrinkles in tho ill-ftting clothes. ex'
pressed the relaxation and unconscious
ness Of = tired-out tramp asleep.
Elsewhere on the page were spccia
studies. on larger scale. Of the boots
the hands and the head. Every touci
showed keenncss Of observation. fidel
ity to details, and knack Of catching
the most striking and picture squ'
points The sketch Of the head wa
especially remark able. The face wa
entirely concealed by the bending lef
arm on which Il lay. The neck wa
marked with those deep spiral seam
which are occasionally seen winding
around lank. weathcr-bc neck
making Il look like 4 section Of th'
twisted trunk Of . red cedar. III
hair on the back Of the head lay \
rough. matted locks among which wa
visible . white v-shaped scar NOR
shan an inch In length.
Under the picture was written. in
feminine hand: Sleeping Innocence.
ana under that, IN : masculine hand
Faithful in that which Il least" Il
one corner was = little scratch Of
monogram. with . date and : memo
randum Of the length Of time spen
upon the sketch.
The first title" explained Mr.. Nc
y. ''refcrs 10 the subject Of III
~etch; the second to the artist"
IL Is then picture with : BIZ
'oryr / said.
Yes. and with . moral. too" b
replied. "Tho sleoner WA = client Z
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-06-01

..... ,l,,ls wesley vsnk ne place seems I'll
"a strange and stiIi-
-. miss his yell o "oran'papr . = MIS-
~ !, sn think ng lust % seola him or his ever
~,.a 'i, "Sy r'ckollees him - che best 2 iiss's
.-..hs I hundred tines . day - he'd come
~ II, nc noise he ever made wss swic's =
:. IA ,ssm like some soft music played On
some nne Instrument,
rcnes,dc o. this LOUD toncsomenesss so1e'
little Wesley went'
= course the clock don't tick no louder than .
ust 70 do
N nov shey's time u pears like i 'u'd bust
~ ~ rooster. suddens@like, crow son'ers
clou't around.
N, seems : 81 mighty nigh y, u ia iifs me
" ann. y ~ wish I'll the cattle when they bawl
~ red . airly mornin'. Or the dusk and
dew and stars.
nm he neighbour boys q passes never
stop. but jest 20 on.
...,.tl,n' Kind O 70 thcirse'v's-sence little
wcsley's gone
.,a then, o nishss when Npshers sessin' ~
uncommon late.
M;,n' pears or somepin. and l set and smoke
and wait
-, ~ moon out through the winder DOM
look bigger n dime,
"A things keeps gittin' stiller-stille'
all the time
,.vets,ehed myself a-wishin' iikc-as clumb
on the cheer
70 Wind The clock. q J hoy done fer more =
nfiy year
A.v,,hn' a. the time he'd come fer ~ 70 90 "a
w,,n our last prayers. and our last tears
sence little wesiey's dead
James Uhucomb Riley. 81 Century Aog1slns.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-17
Emperor William at Vienna.

The emperor of Germany arrived at Vienna
on the Sd day of October. Emperor Francis
Joseph, attired in Prussian uniform and
wearing the decoration of the Prussian order
of the Black Eagle, received the emperor at
the railway station. AS the train bearing
the kaiser drew into the station band
played "The Watch on the Rhine Emperor
Francis Joseph raised his hand to his helmet
in salute. and advanced to the
foot-board of the car, where stood Emperor
William, clad in the uniform of the Austrian
infantry regiment of which he is honorary
colonel, and wearing the decoration of the
order of st. Stephen of Hungary and the col
lar of the Black Eagle The sovereigns corr
daily embraced and kissed each other and
shook each Others hands. During the ex-
change OF greetings they remained with their
hands clasped. Emperor William then adj
yanced and shook hands with the archduke,
who was also present, and kissed the crown
prince and archdukes Charles Louis and
Albert, while Emperor Erancis Joseph shook
hands with Count Herbert Bismarck and
Prince Reuss, of the kaiser's part Emperor
William passed before the guard of honor
and received various Populations.
A large crowd had gathered at the station
and cheered enthusiastically as the two en-
perors emerged from the station and drove
away. The imperial carriage made trium-
phal progress through the streets to the
Hofburg. The windows and balconies of the
houses along the route were filled with
ladies who waved their handkerchiefs in
welcome of the imperial visitor.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-17
Mans Wicked Doings.

Galus Bohemian, proprietor of the New
York Hotel at West Superior, Wis, shot
himself through the right lung by an &C.
cidental discharge OF a gun while hunting.
Physicians say he cannot live
Phillip Palledoni, the italian who MUIR
dered his brother, June %, 1887, suffered the
death penalty at Bridgeport, Conn., Palle-
doni was twenty-four years of age. He could
neither read nor write, and could speak but
a few words in English.
A man named Hickman, living at Boston,
Colorado, shot and Instantly killed j. G.
Booth, q man who was in the habit ofpaying
visits to the woman Hickman was living with
The murderer was taken from his home an
hour afterwards by a mob ofseventy five men
and lynched.
While engaged in cards a dispute arose
between Tim Keller and Dick Amey at Els.
cauaba Mich, when Keller whipped out a
revolver and fred, the ball taking effect in
the head, entering Immediately above the
bridge of the nose. The wounded man ia
dying and considerable excitement prevails.
While the police were arresting drunken
Indians in Spokane Falls, w. r. they were
fred at. A number of shots were exchanged
The citizens then rallied to the aid of the
police, and one Indian was killed. His body
is now floating down river. There were
twenty-five or thirty Indians of the Nez Perez
and Spokane tribes.
Last July negro named Moore was lynch
ed atsCharlcston. Ill, for an alleged crimi-
nal assault upon q woman. Afterwards it
was discovered that the man was innocent
and the mob had been guilty of murder.
The grand jury has indicted 10 well known
citizens who are alleged to have taken part
in the lynching. The men are among the
best known in the country.
VIM. Labey, aged 81 years, escaped from
Auburn, N. Z, prison by digging throug.,
four feet OF solid masonry, composing the
roof Of his cell, and then saving through the
| roof proper. The escape is one of the most
laborious and difficult ever accomplished in
Auburn prison, and it is presumed has re-
quired months of work. With knife made
into saw, he cut his way through the roof
and descended to the wall bya rope OF
braided Irvine, which he attached to the cop
ing OF the prison by means Of pair of pinch.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-17

The London News created tremendous
sensation by printing in red ink facsimiles of
the letter and postal card received few
days ago at the Office of the Central news
company purporting to have been written
by the Whitechapel murderer. In communi-
cation the writer gloats over his crimes and
threatens to commit Others in defiance of the
police, of whose efficacy he expresses q very
poor opinion.
Mrs Mary T. Garrett of Medina, Ohio.
was sentenced to be hanged on the 9th Of
next January, for the murder of her two de-
mented stepdaughters. The crime was an
atroeious one, the room in which the Girls
were sleeping having been saturated with
coal oil and filed with kindling and dry
leaves to which she set fire. Itswas discoy-
cred before the house had burned and the
flames extinguished, but the girls were both
dead from suffocation. The fire had reached
the limbs of one and burned them, The
bodies also bore evidence of being struck with
q club. When sentence was announced Mrs.
Garrett protested her innocence. She recent
II gave birth to a boy baby which viii be re-
moved with her to the penitentiary awaiting
the mothers execution. Tt is thought that
Mrs. Garrett is the first woman in Ohio TO Ia
/ sentenced to the death penalty for unrder,
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-17
The Senate Tariff Eul.

In the Senate Mr. Allison reported the
tariff bill with an amendment in the nature
of a substitute. 1t was placed on the calen-
dar.and ordered to be printed He said that
the majority and minority reportsto accom-.
pany the bill would be fled and gave notice
that he would call up the bill for eonsidera-
ton Monday next. The bill is a very long;
one and very few copies were printed. The
Republicans will all support the k;... Amem-
Der Of the committee who has besn engaged
in preparing the bill says of it:
The absolute reductions of the bill are
S65.OOO, 900. These reductions are dis
tributed as follows: Sugar, S2S, 600 900; in
the forty-two articles of the free list, Sc, $780,
600; on alcohol used in the arts. $1,000
COO; on tobacco, S24 .0O0,0 900. Tt is claimed
that these are specific reductions. Another
calculation has been made as to the effect
OF the bill based upon the customs receipts
for the last fiscal year. According to-
this calculation the reductions effected by
the bill will be $73, 100000. This result is
reached in this manner; Reduction on Gus
toms articles, 81, 297, 533 80. To this is to
be added the internal revenue reductions,
S24 100000 and the reduction on tobacco
and sugar 81 100000 This is the estimated
effect that the bill will have upon imports
and duties.
When the tariff bill had been reported Sena-
tor Sherman said he would be compelled to
leave the city in the afternoon and would
like to be INDUCED in making few remarks
on the BILL Unanimous consent was given
and he addressed the senate. He compli-
mented the subcommittee on the work done
and severely criticised the house bill.
In his Judgment there would be few defects
found in the senate substitute. 1t
would be found to be q very perfect bill
Among other things it was substantial
compendium of the provisions for the eol]ec-
ton of internal revenue and of customs du-
ties. 1t contained positive reduction ofrev-
enues to the extent Of 73.658,000. The re-
duction was on few articles. He believed
that the senate bill was on the whole the best
revenue bill ever introduced in congress, and
that if it could be taken up free fromparty
preudices and considered and debated and
amended, it might be made the most perfect
revenue measure ever put on the statute
books. ltwas a question whether the articles
necessary for human life should be made by
American labor or by foreign labor. whether
the wages of American laborers should de-
pend on the wages of European laborers or
should depend on the American policy of pro.
tectlng all forms oflabor and production.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-17
From Foreign Lands.

At the inquest on the trunk of woman
found in q cellar in Whitechapel, in London
surgeons who examined the rem aims testified
that they were those of an unusually fine
woman, who had probably occupied good
social position.
Mrs. Paran Stevens, q wealthy American
lady, has accused her maid, an italian
named Anita Celanza, with robbing her Of
diamonds in Paris, valued at 10000 The
girl has been arrested. She asserts that her
mistress sent the diamonds to London
Slowly but surely public interest from one
end OF the dominion to the other is being
aroused over the talk of annexing Canada to
the United States. Ten years ago the prop
osltlon would have been regarded as treason
able in Ottawa, but there has been marked
change even in the past II month. The an
nexatlon question promises to dwarf all
other political matters. 1t practically the
sole topic of conversation on the streets.
The Canadian propellers Mattawan and
Gibraltar are reported ashore near Rich
mondsville, and the life-saving crew has been
sent there to look after their crews This is
the wreck supposed to be that of the Sea
Gull, but the latter is now all right in the St.
Clair river. The Magnet reached the st.
Clair river, too, and has since sunk. A tug
is ashore about fifteen miles up the Canadian
shore from Port Huron. tits thought the
crew escaped, although the vessel is badly
used up.
The London Telegraph published two
sketch portraits from descriptions of the man
last seen in company of the woman named
Stride, one of thevictims of the Whitechapel
murder fend. Theresult has been the uncer-
enormous arrest of every man bearing any
resemblance to the pictures, and great deal
OF discomfort has been caused by this new
phase ofpolice activity Many of the ar
rests were made by self-constituted detectives,
or ambitious vigilance committeeman. The
victims are generally discharged from custo-
dy as soon as brought before a magistrate,
but some are unlucky enough not to be able
to satisfy the officials of their rectitude, and
are subjected to more or less annoying de-
tention. One of the men arrested carried a
bag, in which was found razor This sus-
pect is still held and will have to give very
good account of himself and his razor.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-17

Daniel Banks, of Elizabethtown.
Illinois; heard his chickens squawkins
one night, and hurried to the hen
house to investigate. AS he entered
the door he was attacked by BIG
bird, which took a grip on his right
arm that he could not shake off. He
defended himself with his other hand,
and had an ugly hole torn in it by
the powerful beak of the bird. Then
he called to Mrs. Banks, and she
came out and killed the bird, which
proved to be animmense horned owl.
ItWas with difficulty that the talons
were unclasped from Mr.. Banks arm,
and the wound which the owl had
made was enough to demand the at
tention of a surgeon.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-17
Railroad Wreck.

The Cincinnati & ST. Louis Express. which
left W ashington on Saturday Oct 6, collided
With an east-bound freight train from Mar
flnsbnrg- w. Va. near Dickerson. killing
three train men and injuring six Others. By
almost a miracle the passengers all escaped
unlnjured. A mile west of Dickerson station
the road makes short turn and then goes
down Town q heavy grade in deep cut, the banks
Delng twenty feet or more above the
level of the tracks Around this
curve the train dashed just before mid
night and began the descent
gathering momentum every second. The
freight train which had orders to remain on
switch at Tuscarora-one nile beyond
until the express passed, had lew minutes
before left the switch and was toilin@ mn
grade. Suddenly there was flash of head
lights and the trainmen on the engines were
appalled, at the coming disaster which thew
Immediately saw could not be avoided. In
an instant the two engines came together
with such fearful velocity that they stood
locked together on the track and formed q
base upon which was piled in commission q
pyramid twenty feet high, consisting of three
wrecked freight cars, two express cars, the
mai q, car and ID a baggage car. These cars act
ed as q buffer for the passenger coaches at
taehed to the westefn-bound express. and
though the passengers were violently thrown
forward they escaped uninjured The pas
sengers Immediately set to work to extricate
the trainmen from the debris, and a wrecking
train arriving a few hours later assisted in
the work The accident was due to a mis-
take of the freight trainmen. They
say they had orders to lay on the
switch at Tuscarora, and wait for two
sections of the Pittsburg express and the ex-
press train which caused the collision to pass.
They had been on duty continuously for
thirty-six hours, they say, and after seeing
the first section of the Pitt burg express pass
had gone to sleep at their posts. They
aWoke as the second section Numbered by.
and as it was running on the schedule time of
the Cincinnati q St, Louis express they
and therefore pulled out of the siding and
came down the single track Senator Voor-
bees and Postmaster Dalton, of the house of
representatives, were on the train on their
wav To Indiana
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-17

ers stolen from one THE shops. He ihad.
converted this into q hook. Lsihey lis 81
Buffalo man and had only "a year and nine
months of a five years sentence to serve
Some time ago Samuel Winsberg Of Mil.
waukee obtained creditsof J.. Y FarWeIl g.
Co., and several other firms in Chicago, and
got fine dry goods consisting of silks YeIyets
and other expensive fabrics. to the extent OF
81, 600 He also got of Carples, Hartman
d Go. of Chicago eighteen trunks which he
never paid for. Then he executed three
notes to Adolph Darling, which they admit
was simply to give an appearance of genuine
| ness to the deal. They then packed the
goods In the trunks and shipped them to
Milwaukee by American Express. When they
called for the trunks they were arrested
Barring keeps a saloon IN Chicago and Wins
berg had clothing store in the same place.
Some new Developments in a celebrated
diamond robbery have occurred at Duluth.
About a year ago two of the inmates of Lot
tie VOLTS house of ilfame were relieved ,of
$4,000 worth of diamonds. 1t now appears
that the police were satisfied at the time
that the alleged robbery was a fiction. The
diamonds had been but recently purchased
of Simon, the ST. Paul pawnbroker, and
were not paid for. The woman YefementIy.
denied all charges of fraud. Chief Doran ac-
cordingly ordered the house closed and in
tlmated that an attachment would ISSUE or
Clliullieil proceedings. De 1nSI1LuEeQ unless
restitution be made to Simon forthwith.
Madame Wolf concluded to settle in full and
SO notified the chief Thus exp1odes the
heaviest diamond robber ia the history of
the Northwest.
The fourth attempt within few weeks to
murder passengers on the Boston & Albany
railroad, by shooting into cars, was made
the other night near Worcester, Mass, The
boston express was passing Rochdale, when
charge of buckshot crashed throuph the
car windows. Some of the shot riddled a
lady's hat but escaped her head. The broken
glass flew in all directions, iuficting slight
scratches ON several faces. All the passengers
in the crowded car were thoroughly scared
1t seems as though there was q cold biooded
plot to kill some of the passengers. The
shots have been fred from the same locotion
and their frequency has disposed of the
theory that they were accidently fred in that
direction. In the first three attempts So
calibre bullet was used. The last one was a
shower OF buckshot. The populace are
securing the woods for evidence that will
lead to the detection of the murderous per-
son.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-17


William Arrow, negro, has just
finished a ride Of 200 miles on the
Savannah River lodged in the
branches of a tree. He was fishing
in the river during the recent floods
and his line becoming entangled in a
tree he climbed up to unfasten it
The high water had loosened the
roots Of the tree and the weight Of
the negro threw it into the stream
Arrow was aboard the tree fol
several days and when rescued was
thoroughly exhausted. At Atlanta
Ga, they have dubbed him. "The
Dark Secret"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-10-17
News Genera lities.

Judge O'Brien, in the supreme court Of
New York, granted permission to Atty. Gen.
Tabor, to bring action to anul the character
of the Havemeyer's Sugar Company on the
ground that by joining the trust it forfeited
its coporate rights,
Judge Perkins of Minnesota has decided
the tax Injunction case, in which the Sioux
City St. Paul Railway company is plain-
tiff and Cottonwood county defendant
tried under stipulation in ST. Paul last win
ter in favor of the county. The decision
goes upon the theory that the so-called
trust deed executed by the company in 1871
was intended as a conveyance of the land,
and hence the land is taxable From
$75, 900 to 800, 900 in taxes are involved
In the awards of premiums at the corn
palace at Sioux City, Dakota carried off her
share of the honors. The first premium of
S50for the best exhibit of corn, grain, grasses
ty, OAK, with Dakota county, Neb. second.
Custer county, OAK, was awarded the first
prize for the best separate exhibit of small
grain, with Sioux county, Iowa, second Da-
kota county, Nebraska, was awarded the
first prize for the finest separate exhibit of
corn, with Union county, Dakota, second.
Apostle Lorenzo Snow presided over the
Mormon semi-annual conference at Salt Lake
In his remarks he gloried in the suffering Of
u.
the establishment of private Mormon schools
and said the mem bership of the church was
never increasing SO rapidly as now. Elder
Jacob Gates said that as the prophets of
old broke down the prison walls SO
the priesthood of the church would
pull down it's prison walls The church must
grow until it covers the whole earth
The first installment of President Yerkes'
imported Philadelphia cable car men arrived
of Oh
in the party. We are not asked to sign any
contract, said one. They took most of us
right from the cars and put extra men in
our places. Every man there would have
come willingly if there had been enough sex-
tras. Our way was paid, and it promised
to be a pleasant change" Not q car is rum
ming in the entire north division Express
wagons and rattletraps of all descriptions,
on Inch temporary seats have been fixed
| were run BY the strickers and patronized to
their fullest capacity.
The failure is announced of the j. T.. CLARK
coinage works of Oshkosh, Wis. The nomi-
| nal assests are placed at $40 900, on which
it is estimated ST., 900 may be realized The
Liabilities are not yet given completely, but
following are the principal claims held in
this city: National Bank Of Oshkosh, $20,-
600, secured; s; N. Hay: $16.soo, partially
| secured; j. ii. Porter, SIT. 500, not secured.
There is also said to be $25. 900 due outside
creditors not secured besides numerous
small running local accounts. J. T.. Clark
formerly owned the largest match factory in
the world, which was bought several years
ago by the Diamond Match Company for
over $3.50, 900. Clark Immediately erected
mammoth carriage works plant covering
several acres of ground at immense outlay.
1t is stated that he sunk 100000 the first
year. Since his death his son Herbert has
been conducting business for himself and
mother. rs: