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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-07-12
THE RED Cross.

Characteristic Letter From Clara Bartons
President OF the National He'd Cross, 20
the Cifixen-' Finance Committee Of
Johnstown. Pa.-Clarn - There Every
Time.
JoHSsTowv. Pa. July I'm response
10 the equest Of the citizens finance
committee 70 take charge OF the putting
up Of the houses, Clara Barton. Of the
Red Cross Society answered yesterday in
the following letter:
GEsrrEMEx-The great courtesy shown mo
by your request that The organization over
which I have the pleasure % preside shall
unite is efforts with yours in securing imme-
diate shelter for the homeless people OF this
afictcd town and your ofer 20 cooperate in
every way possible 70 that end has left me
practically without words with which 70 ex-
press my thanks or my acQuescence and you
viii not wonder that should have taken few
hours in which TO look the situation
in the face and attempt 20 form some
Judgment a. 70 the probable aid which
We might be able 10 render II the
need were less imperative the decision might
we'll admit OF hesitatlon; but the pressing
necessity OF the people who wait and suffer on
the one hand and the great and perplexing bur.
den OF you who have undertaken and are striv-
ing amid 90 many and 80 appalling difficulties
for their relief the other admit OF no reserve.
but demand every energy and every risk: nnds
God helping us. our organization will assume
these. and looking :, the aid Of your great
hearted public. whose generosity Is equaled
only BY its sympathy and rs abundance. We
will labor hand 10 hand with you for the erec-
tion OF the little homes which shall quickly take
these daxed. bcre;t and houseless people up
from the ground and shelter them from tho
sun and the storms. under roof they may re.
gard rs their own. The whole country Will be
-.
from Maine 70 Michigan and the mills Of Iowa
from the Pine Tree State 20 the Rio Crandc,
will be proud OF the little plain cottage that he
has helped TO rear in the Conemaugh Valley.
have the honor 10 be. gentlemen. most 70
spectfully. CLARA BARTON.
President o. the National Red Cross Of Amer
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FATAL FLAMES.
Destructive Conflagration Mt savannah.
Ca several Firemen Carried Down bv
Failing walls One Killed and Eight
Injured. Some Of Whom VIII Die.

Destructive Conlagration Mt savannah
Ca several Firemen Carried Down bv
Failing Walls One Killed and Eight
Injured. Some Of Whom VIII Die.
SAVANNAH. Ga. July Fire started in
the furniture house Of A. J. MILLER 4 Co.,
on Broughton street IN the heart 81 the
city last evening about seven o'clock,
and in an hour destroyed the entire
establishment. The establishments OF
J. 7. Cohens, dry goods: N. Sfernberg.
jewelry, and T.. L. Byck & Sons. dry
goods. We're also burned The total loss
on buildings and stock Is Sl50.00). The
Approximate losses AMI insurance are:
A. J. Miller & Co.. $1,000; insurance,
$1,000. J. I. Cohen. loss 5000; insur-
ance. $4,000. l.. L. Byck 4 Son. SO 900;
insurance, $500. The buildings occu-
pied by Miller, Sternberg s. Co were
completely Quilted.
While the fremen were at work on
Brougeton street on the front Of tho
building in the heat OF the fire. the wall
gave way and carried TIE fremen with il,
burying six of them under mass Of hot
bricks. J. 7. Vehrs. q iver Of the Pro-
lection Hose Company, who s~es holding
the pipe was killed and eight others
were injured. aud one or two may die.
Murray Lapinski sustained compound
fracture Of the shoulder blade. and was
burned and bruised about the face and
head. Thomas Davis was burned
and bruised about the head. face
and hands. Maurice Buttimer was
seriously burned aud scalded- Henry
Goodson. foreman Of No. 3 en-
CINE. was badly cut over the right eye;
received a slight fracture 81 the skull.
andinternal injuries and bruises about
the limbs. Richard Hart received frac-
ture Of the skull, and Is injured inter-
nally. +. d. Pacetti. driver Of the Mogul.
received scalp wound. Mr.. Strobhar
had his arm broken in two places. and
also suffered scalp wound. Several
other persons were slightly injured.
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/ An Unsatisfactory Report nm the uos
| and the saved Indignant Citiaens-rh'
| Emperor of Au~tria's Donation DistriB
utea-- Excurstonists on this Ground
baptism Of Child of the Flood Ia dor
ann Watcr-Ihe Chicago Houses In DO
mand. Etc.
JoH~sTowv. Pa. June 30-The subs
committee formed 10 secure an accurate
account Of the living aud dead has fled
its report. The report, however, Is as
unsatisfactory rs any preceding re-
ports. IL Is as follows: Fifteen thous.
and four hundred and htty-h men,
women and children have been regis
tered as survivors, which includes i.af0
heads os families. The morgues have ac-
counted for over 5000 bodies found. while
the registration report shows only SIS as
the total number OF lives lost The COM
mittee offer as an excuse for this dis
crepency that they have not been allowed
sufficient time 10 properly cover the
ground aud that part OF the informa-
ton given 70 them was incorrect. There
are but few people here who estimate this
loss o. life under 10000.
The citizens are very indignant at the
last reduction in the working forces. aud
have requested that the force be in
creased instead OF diminished.
Austro Hungary Consul Shamberg Sat-
urday and to-day distributed among his
ccuntrymen the special donation re-
ceived from the Emperor 81 Austria
JoH~sTowS. Pa. July i.-Asile from
the confusion occasioned by the presence
cf large number OF excursionists yes
terday, the city was very quiet. The
workingmen were enjoying mucn- needed
rest ana the State troops had nothing TO
do beyond pacing their beats doing po-
lice duty. The most interesting feature
OF the day was the baptism OF child Of
the food. David James Jones by name, q
bouncing lad Of six months who has
proved beyond doubt that he was not
born 10 be drowned Rev. Edward Car
nett, Congregational minister. OF the
Red Cross corps. performed the Interest,"
ing ceremony. The baby and its parents
had a very narrow escape. Gilbert II.
Prindle. Qlartermaster OF the Philadel-
phia division, donated bottle OF water
from the river Jordan and the youngstev
got his name with honors.
Religious services were held in the va
vious churches, which were largely at
tended.
The objections 10 the Chicago ready.
built house have disappeared. and they
are now eagerly sought after for tempo
rary habitations.
Coroner Evans will take the jury up 10
the South Fork dam this morning TO finish
the testimony on the question " the re-
sponsibility Of the club.
The citizens OF Cambria City want to
be supplied with lumber for two hundred
houses. which they will erect themselves.
They say that inside Of week they could
house twelve hundred people.
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anna HciSs, the -Hnfdfitd rrf.
made II the remains. fhe skull shown:
two Commissions made BY blunt instru-
ment which injured the brain sufficiently
70 cause death, and the evidence being
present that she was in delicate con-
dition.
Several hastily-formed theories in re-
gard TO the crime and its perpetrator
have been made, the most tangible 81
which. and the one on which the police
have already acted was outlined by Mr..
Fred Buhlre, OF Jefferson City. an uncle
OF the unfortunate girl. The latter asserts
that his niece had been the victim OF the
wies Of one McLair. gambler by pro-
fessiou, who had been in jefferson City
during the session OF the Legislature, and
who had won the girls affections by
presents Of jewelry ostensibly Of consid-
siderable value. but in reality almost
worthless. The theory deduced from
this was that finding the girls condition
could no longer be concealed he provided
for her visit to St Louis, where. under
the escort OF an acquaintance. she was 10
secure the services Of practitioner in
this city and be rid OF her trouble. 1t Is
known that she came here well
provided with money TO pay her
expenses. and the fact that at the time OF
the finding OF her body her pocketbook
was discovered partially protruding from
her pocket. rihed OF its contents. save
some few articles OF cheap jewelry, led
20 the conclusion Of theory on which
one man has been arrested aud Is now
awaiting further developments.
Wallace Bolton, formerly guard at
the State penitentiary in jefferson CITY,
was the first person 10 disclose the iden-
tity Of the murdered girl, and an inquiry
into his autecedents by some Of the re-
porters Of the Republic developed the
fact that he was an acquaintance Of Nc
Lair. and not at all an unlikely person 10
be selected by the girls betrayer to at.
tend to the st. Louis end o. the business.
That murder was originally intended Is
not believed, but il is thought that the
murderer's cupidity was aroused by the
knowledge that the girl had considera-
bic amount 81 money about her. and that
q desire for its possess ion led to an alter
alton OF the plan Of taking her to phy-
stefan or lying-in institution 70 that %
driving her out 10 an out-of -the-way
place and there numbering aud robbins
her, under the guppOsition that his en-
ployer would be served either way
, Having developed this theory the re.
porters laid Il before the chief ~ police.
whose suspicious In regard TO Bolton had
already been aroused to the extent OF
placing him under surveillance. and inas-
much as the theory would be published il
was decided TO place Bolton under arrest.
Accordingly officers were sent out for
him. and about three O'Clock this morn
inc ha was lanlal In tina ho1invAr
The interest in the city over this terri
BILE crime is intense. and every effort u
being put forth by the police aud d.
tective force to fasten the crime whero
the responsibility for it belongs.
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THE NATIONAL WALLET.

The Decrease IN the National Dsbt 70
+ June amt Tor the Fiscal NeAr-Ths
( status ~ tho Public Debit Receipts s.ns:
I Expenditures During the Year yus'
\ Ciosed-The Pension Charge.
! WASHINGTON. July e--The reduction In
the public debt during the past month. as
shown by the statement issued from the
Treasury Department yesterday was
Gas5. 92a. and for the fiscal year Just
clossd. Sss 93s.0aa During the preceding
fiscal year the debt was reducea .:'a.sfi.-
on. The total debt now. less cash ia tho
Treasury. i Sl.o.6,C4G GIL. The net Z ash
or actual surplus IN the Treasury yestcr.
day was 81. iSi.0is. against Slo3. 35). fsi .
year ago.
Receipts from all sources during the
fiscal year just closed aggregated Sy'S.-
aal. C.5 against s3s9. ed 0si for the precnd-
ing year.
Customs receipts for the past year
amounted 10 ssi.9.l. ga. an increase Of
nearly six millions over the preceding
year, and is the largest revenue from
this source ever collected BY the Govern
ment in one year. Customs receipts in
1852 came very close 10 this sum, aggre-
eating >aso5 10000.
Internal revenue receipts for the year
Just closed aggregated Si3l 16.. l0S or
nearly seven and half millions moro
than during the preceding hsca. year.
While the revenues for the year just
closed have increased about eight MILL
ions and quarter over those os tho
previous year, expenditures tor the year
which aggregated SOD nGi. rs are thirty
two millions more than they were during
the preceding year.
The ordinary expenses ~ the Governs
ment during the past year were slaa 3D.
1877. against >i3i $50. 49, during the preced-
ing year. About >ll.ooo.0,o ~ inns in
creased ordinary expense during the
past year can be accounted for BY $500
900 increased War Department appro-
priations: $4,000 ono appropriations for
new cruisers: >20oo.oo0 postal revenue
deficiency. and $500 O0) Court Of Claims
judgments.
The penaion charge for the past year
was So e.,,6s2. or about 5000 0ao more
than for the previous fiscal year.
The total receipts during the year
amounted to S3ss.59l. SO.
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In 1864 hot-headed French inven-
tor offered to contract for churches
and cathedrals. including a peal Of
bells. TO be constructed entirely OF pa
per. From.chimcs to cannon was but
one step. and the Gallo inventor an
nounced his readiness TO supply train
Of artillery Of any given caliber. made Of
the same material. Building paper Is
enjoying perfect boon just now. and
Is proving a fine material in the hands
OF architects and builders for several
uses. inside and out. The advantages.
briefly stated. are: Continuity Of surf
ace, or its adaptability for making in
to rolls OF almost any width and
length and hexibility; unlike wood. il
has no grain. and will not split 1t Il
unaffected BY change OF temperature.
and thus has an advantage over sheet
metal for roofing materials; though in
It's natural condition It il affected by
moisture. 1t can be rendered water
proof by saturating with asphalt or by
various other methods; being non.
resonant body 1t il well fitted to pre-
vent the passage Of sound; II Is nom
conductor OF heat. and can also be
made Of incombustible material. like
asbestos, or rendered resistant To fire
by chemical treatment. Papcr-Ma
kcrs' Circular.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

-Iwcnty-two German congregns
lions Of Philadelphia have united Ia
the effort Of founding Home for tho
Aged The Presbyterian.
A Hoboken IN. >. paste, resigned
his charge because the trustees Of his
church objected 70 his calling on his
Practitioners and drinking a glass Of
beer with them.
Among the charitable works car
ried on by the students OF Harvard,
that OF supplying reading matter TO
the hospitals OF boston Is ono OF the
most commend
AT the third annual convention IL
the Illinois Young Peoples Societies
Of Christian Endeavor, lately held in
Springfield. about one thousand dele
gates were in attendance representing
five thousand societies. with men,
bership Of twenty thousand.
Fourteen New England colleges
have united 20 form a commission on
admission examinations as follows:
Amherst. Boston University. Bowdoin.
Brown. Colby. Dartmouth. Harvard.
Smith. Trinity, Tufts. Wellesley.
Wesleyan. Williams and Yale.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
has three annual conferences in India.
According TO the latest reports these
conferences have an aggregate Of 81
foreign preachers and 81 native. To-
SIS members and probatioucrs. 1873
churches, l56 parsonagcs and 20. l33
scholars in dag schools.
A British pastor thus describes the
beauty Of the chapel in which he
ministers: 1T Is in the Ionic style.
Over the portico Is tower. over that
cupoia. and on the top Of all .
mortgage The last Of these orna-
m.nts j. generally not specially at
traciivc 10 ministers. N Y. indie
pendent
Miss Mary Whately. second daugh-
ter Of the Archbishop. died recently
at Cairo whore she went for her
health in 1861 and settled in the coun-
try for good. opened the only school
there was in Cairo for Moslcm girls.
and lived to see it develop into an in
stitution that receives an average Of
600 pupils.
The venerable cathedral OF St
Pierre in Geneva. in which Calvin
preached is 10 b. restored. II il in
tended TO renew the main facade and
70 finish the north tower. beside alter
ing and embcllishing the interior at
an expense Of $4,000 francs. A COM
pany has been formed for the purpose.
after the pattern OF the one which re-
stored the minister OF Ea'c
"A Presbyterian church in Pitts
burgh has just secured a soprano from
Chicago by offering her 1000 year.
which j. 500 year more than sho
has been receiving. II j. said that a
few old fogic- in the church wanted to
dispense with soprano and give the
$1,000 a year 70 the poor and needy;
but the idea was not entertained for
a moment. This is not tho largest
salary ever paid 70 "A choir-singer in
this country. but il is said 10 be the
largest salary paid TO any singer at the
present time
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chat shame humanity a. far - grsel
-. .Io.x,n n

that shame humanity a. far - gree1
can shame H.
AZ protection does not protect. thu
mine-owners are now engaged ia cat
Ing each other During this contest
the miaers. on one reason or other,
must ssarvc. or te fed BY the philan-
thropic This IL tho lesson at hand.
and this Is the exigency. Unless those
who have bread shall give Of II. about
II. 900 miners with their families. In
Illinois alone. must starvc. These H.
600 miners voted for protection. be-
cause their wages OF S. cents were
paid with that understanding. and a
the voters ballot l. marked by a num-
Der. as In Chicago. IL would be a fatal
mistake TO attempt TO vote for escape
from a false system
Wherever in America protection has
established an infant industry there
has followed the truck system. tho
slave system. the company govern
ment and the de- Americanization Of
that region. The Americans have fed
and foreigners have come in. When
Americans have been seen in the
blasted district it has been on the call
Of the Governor for militia to effect a
lower scale OF wages. As at Johrs-
town. Pencoyd. Brazil. Hooking
rywhcre-the friend OF man has
looked on the scene. and has wished
that manufactures and mining had not
como into the world TO make the
drama entirely hateful. While the
workers have silently metamorphosed
from Americans to Irish. 10 En-
glish. to Germans. TO Italians. 10 Mag
vars. to Huns. 10 Scythians-t the grea:
American millionaire has passed
away and the Millionaire corporation
has taken his place At last men. con-
the work OF protection.
close their mouths and grow afraid.
Now let them give. in order to save
these worthy miners from death. for
OF late the labor problem has got to
that stage where the strike and the
militia can no longer be used 10 con-
fuse the promptings OF charity or to
conceal certain hypocrlsies OF our civ
Chicago Herald
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q. w. IIolme>- View OF . Phase Two
Of Literature.


The question i. will this country
ever zee another such group Of re.
markablc men a. Boston has. pro-
duced- In history there are Prescott.
Motley and Parkman. In theology.
Theodore Parker and DR.. Bartol: in
ora;ory. Wendell Phillips; in philoso-
ply. Emerson. in poetry. Longfcllow
aud Whittier. for the latter. ifnot an
actual resident Of Boston. must be re-
garded. nevc rihelc-s. as belonging TO
the Boston literary guild.
There is Lowell. also. Others
might be mentioned in addition TO
those already named For real intel
lecilial force take the old Chestnut
Street Club. or the Radical Club. as
some choose TO call IL Where will yor
find its equal' We have never had
any thing like il in this country since.
Indeed. the literary outlook seems
hardly encouraging Isomctimcs feel
that poetry will become lost art with
Us. To be sure we have a large NUM-
Der Of writer's OF verse; refer TO
the rising generation Of writer's and
ii i very good verse. too. but very
littIe-very little-of 1t rises 70 tho
scale Of real poetry. II Is not SUM
GENTLY striking to impress itself upon
the world to endure. The disposition
il to indulge in fanciful triolct and
the rondcal all pretty enough In their
way: but very few poems Of this char
acter have ever become immortal.
For example. the sonnet Is one %
the most mechanical and artificial
forms OF verse there IS. To be sure
Shakespeare sonncts are excellent.
A. they DO not conform to the estao-.
N-hcd rules governing the construc--
aion Or the sonnet. II one Is 10 succeed.
in poetry he must give free rein 70 ms,
sentiment and Imagination In the moro
simple and natural forms OF verse.
Take Tor instance. fcnnysol's In
Memoriam; the forns Is simple and
easv This il grcaa poem and will
live. Still. from these observations.
| would not seek - discourage any
vouny man from seeking to be a poet
N ~ really feels the divine instinct
within him.
But would urge him by AL means
to adopt the most natural way OF
writing, and nos by any means depend
on poetry or literature, in ANY sense.
for his brcad and butter. Let him
have something else for stan; II y
absolutely necessary. unless one DC 2
genius. and even then il y far saior.
Poe Was genius yet his case ought
10 prove warning 70 all who aspire
in literature in my own case have
had profcssorship. the work 81 which
mas not always been ccngenial; never'
thcicss. Il has proved good stan. -
from an Interview In Boston Journal'
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Moosana.s Constitutional election.

The Montana official board has fin
ishcd the counting OF the returns Of
the constitutional convention election.
The Democrats have elected thirty
eight delegates, the Republicans
thirty-fvc. Breed. . labor candidate.
Is an old Democrat and the political
preference Of the one Independents can
didate elected i unknown. Putting
tho independent In the Republican and
the labor candidate in the Democratic
column the totals would be ~ 10 Sc
no change in the majority Of 3. The
total vote pollcd. taxing the highest
figures for each opposing candidate.
was 1887. Of which the Democrats
poiicd 5.3CS and the Republicans 5.21l.
The labor candidate received 2s8 votes
and the independent SOC. making ths
A.. full vote III. 40.
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PROTECTED COAL MINERS.


Men, willing 60 Work Hard. Unable q
Earn Enough to support Themselves
The operation OF protecting the in
FAINT industry OF mining coal in Illinois
has now reached the stage Of starya-
tion At the Braidwood district at
Streator. Spring Valley. LaSallc. Peru.
Oglesby. Roanoke, Minonk and Norris
Unless the charitable OF Chicago shall
give. the men who. for years. have
dug the fuel OF Chicago must starve as
reward Of their labor.
In time OF regular seasons. Of sue
cceding harvcsts. Of copious rains, Of
gentle winds, OF general health with
out National ills-the farmer Of Da-
kota or Nebraska has suffered because
his supply OF food was Inadequate. and
the. Woodworking miner starves be-
cause he can get no bread. First and
foremost. therefore. we have the stu
pendous crime Of governmental inter-
vention in the ordinary business affairs
Of private citizens II has turned out
that the Government in 1888 collected
as cents ton on about 5000, 600 o.
foreign imported soft coal. while the
Illinois miner. II we reckon all tic
robberics Of his employer. received not
over So cents a tor for digging screwed
fuel
Protected against the better sof'
coal Of Nova Scotia. the American
capitalist has proceeded TO fry the IA
out Of our people. As more capital
lists have scented tho gain In tha
form Of business, the domestic compc
tition has increased. and ever cent o
diminuilon In price has first come on
OF the wages paid to miners. Once
y. 80 was offered for ton OF un
screened coal To secure tho presen
result. practices aaye bcea institute,
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A TERRIBLE CRIME

voul Murder 0f Miss Anna Weiss. Of -
ferson CITY. Mo-. ~ the Roadside Neat
the Western Limits Of - Louisa The
orr OF the Crime and the Arrest ~ One
of the supposed Psrticipsnts-The Old
story of Mans ferhdv ~ the nottosn
Of ~.
ST. LOUIS. June es.-The police 81 this
city are having an opportunity 10 sharpen
their wits ia running 70 earth the perpe-
traitor OF a foul crime.
Anna Weiss, about twenty-four years
Of age. head chambermaid of the Madison
Honse, Jefferson City, who came 10 this
city few days since. ostensibly on visit
10 her sister. but in reality 70 seek aid in
Kidding herself Of the evidences OF her in
discretion. lies a corpse NJ tho morgues
having been found murderedby tine road.
side not far from the western limits Of
the city yesterday morning.
That she was murdered and that there
was a motive for her removal was DEM
onstrated BY post morton exa mination