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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06
THE GRANT MONUMENT.

Congress Asked 10 Appropriate 1.5o.000
In Aid OF the Erection Of the Grant
Monument ~ Riverside. . Like Amount
10 be Provided ~ The Monument A.
sociafiou-
wAsnI~cToS. May 27.-Mr. Flower.
OF New York. to-day introduced in the
House joint resolution making an APP
preparation in aid OF the erection Of :
National monument or memorial 70
General Grant at Riverside Park in
New York City. The resolution APP
propriates $50. 900. TO be disbursed BY
the Secretary Of the Treasury
and paid over to the Grant Monument
Association TO provide for the success
fui completion Of the erection Of tho
monument; provided, however. that the
Secretary Of the Treasury shall. before
paying over this money. have satsfac-
tory evidence that there shall have been
contributed and in the hands Of the
treasurer Of the monument association
not less than $50. 600 to aid in the ercc-
ton Of the monument a preamble 10
the resolution recites the object OF
Of the monument association and says
thati Is highly proper that Congress
should fifty recognize the great and val
ued services rendered BY General Grant.
by cooperating towards securing the
successful completion Of the structure
10 be erected over his remains 1t River
side Park in New York City.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06

The Recent Accident 3. the Germs" I'm
.eror Wight Have ne~n Mach Mere
serious Hat he >et Jumpsd 90 inc
Critical Nomens.
Drnrt>. May 81. The 1sgch'a.; ~
rs account ~ II" circumstances attend
inr the accidenf which occurred 10 I'm
peror William on sunday. As conse-
oucnce Of his jumping from carriage
IN hirh he. accompanied BY the Prince
Of ~axe-Mciningcn. was riding, says;
The Emperor jumped a. critical mo-
mcnt. as Immediately after his doing SO
tho carriage overturned and fell upon 'he
Prince. inf'icting a wound upon the BACK
81 his head from which the blood no"ea
profusely. After returning ~ the palace
and INDUCING in short rest the Em-
pcror felt well enough % accompany
the Empress on short steamer excnr-
sion. from which they returned AZ ten
o'clock in the evening. On arriving ~
the palace the injuries Of the Emperor
we're found 10 be Of such q nature as 10
neccssitate the snmmoning Of the couxt
physicians
The fact that the Emperor has been
ordered to remain in his room TOR ten
days as the result Of his carriage acct
dent induces quite general belief tnas
his injuries are far more serious than
his physicians Will admit. i. is freely
predicted that he will not be able y
leave his room for a much longer period
than that named. but those who are "a
position 10 know his exact condition
adhere to the statement that though has
injury is painful. * Is in no~ise serious
enough to keep him indoors beyond the
.ir... 80 1..~ tha d...fnrS
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06

AZ, ,,a,menr OF a bravo ana yirtuous
n,ople's ideal leader. Let u stand 40
1 great public &C, Of thanksgiving and
praise for that II pleased Almighty
God "a bestow upon these Southern
states 4 man 80 formed Is to reflect his
attributes Of power. majesty and good
ness"
Every point in Colonel Anderson's adj
dress was greeted with warm applause.
and several times no was obliged 10
suspend his remarks. while the crowd
cheered again ana again. A. the con-
clnsion Of his address, wave o. APP
plausc swept over the crowd and r'ppied
out again and again. until hands wero
tired and throats were hoarse' when.
in a measure. silence had been re-
stored. General Joseph +. Johnston
arose from his seat behind the
orators stand. and leaving the plat
form walked toward the monument
ON either side walked a veteran ex-ton-
fedcrate from the soldiers siome-Jo-
seph White and J. j. ONeilL Ills
progress WAS greeted with continuous
cheering. Reaching the foot Of the
monument ne took in his hand the end
OF the long rope which held the great
white vail about the statue. gentle
pressure and the vail parted, and fall
ing on either side. disclosed the beau1i-
ful outlines Of the statue. As they
came into view a shout went UP
from the assemblage in volume So
great that il almost drowned the
boom OF the cannon. In a minute the
whole assemblage had broken from tho
ranks ana was docking about the base
| OF the statue cheering and tossing hats
canes-any thing. into the air The
crowd on the platform responded with
cheers and waving Of hanikerchiefs
and flags. 1t was long time before
1 the crowd Quoted down and offered
! Governor Mckinney and other dis
tingulShcd people on the platform an
opportunity to regain their seats in the
carriages which were y bear them back
! To the city
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ON slLcoTTs TRAIL.
The Man Who Cost tncie sam = Pretty
snug FORT une said 70 Have spent tho
Winter i'm the Quebec Lumber Woods
with Ills Paramount.

with His I-artmpur.
BoSrox. May .-.-A special 10 the
Herald from Grand Falls. y. -, states
tha some weeks ago Mr.. Naybcrry. Of
the Great Falls Hotel. was informed by
lum bcrmen from the Province 81
Ouch Of strange couple seen in St
Louis parish. near the mouth OF the
Saugenay river. and that BY means Of
photographs which Mr. Nayberry pro-
cured from Boston the TWO were rec
ognized as Silcott the embezzler. and
the woman known 70 be with him. War
rants for their arrest have been OBJ
tanned. Maybcrry wrote for instructions
to Boston and Washington About ten
days ago messenger was sent 70 find
Silcott and his companion. lie returned
10 Grand Falls Saturday night and re-
ported that the woman had left by the
Quebec steamer three days before his
arriva and that the man could not be
found. The two spent the winter in
small hut which Tho man
had built about twelve miles back
in the woods near lumber camp.
which supplied them with food The
couple pretended to Be- very poor. but
the lumbersncn said they had plenty 81
money. The womans old wooden box
broke on its way 10 the steamer. and
was seen to be filled with silk dresses
and other fincry. During the winter
the strangers had ia grippe" and came
70 the settlement for medicine and a.
sistance. Mr.. Naybsrry has no doubt
that the man Is Silcott.
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The CHIEFS REToRT


The Indian has keen appref1aa''
OF humor. and Is like child n -
mirthfulness No orator can So 'ne
weak points in his advcrsary's arue' %
silence foolish speaker more dn'eAy.
Old Shah-bah-skong. the head rniei
OF Mile Lac. brought all his warriors
to .defend Fort Ripley in lss- ihe
Secretary OF the Interior and ihe r"s-
crnor and Legislature ~ Mlnnfso'.
promised these Indians that for ii'is Ae'
Of bravery they should have me sPfe' = =
care or the Government and never r.
removed. A few years later . -lrc'',
agent was sent from Washington - A.
the Oilbways 70 cede their lands an /
remove 10 q country north " ie1. .
Lake. The agent asked my he'p
said: II know that country. ip-
camped on IL. 1t j. the most 49,
strip Of land in MinnssotA
Indians are not fools. Don't 49,
this folly. You will surely ce~F
grief lie called the Indians ~
Gil and said: My red hrc'ne'N
great father has heard how VIZ
bean wronrcd. lie said. \ VIII
tham an honest man. Ne lcokel = =.
North. the South. the Es>i n.
West. When he saw me m Sala'
Ii the honest man whom VIII
INV red children brothers i'oN I,
The winds Of fifty-fivc years Paw n. ~
over my head and siivered Y ~ 49,
gray. and in all that time nav -
done wrong to any man A. you' II
I ask you 70 sign this treaty ,.>s|
Old hah-bab-skong spranr Y N Tss
and said: MIR friend look ~ WI ~
winds 81 more than nifty ~lh',', '..,,,
blown over my head and -ilscrsa y. Nv
with gray; but they have no' -
brains away" AMER
The council wasendcd- w : o''A
lcan Review.
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Address ~ the Grand old Man 80 an Tn
mense Assembiagc.

mense Asscmbtage.
Loxpo<. May 2s.-An immense gath
ering OF people assembled on tho
grounds OF liawarden Castle yesterday
70 listen to an address BY Mr.. Glad
stone. Throughout the morning special
trains packed with people from English
and Welsh towns and villages far and
near. were constantly arriving. while
hundreds Of persons living within few
miles Of the ex-Premier joined in pro
ccssion and marched TO the castle.
Mr.. Gladstone was in excellent form
and voice and addressed the vast crowd
from an elevated position in corner Of
the castle yard. while Mrs. Gladstone
held an umbrella over him to shield
him from the rays Of the sun. lie was
frequently interrupted by applause, and
She utmost enthusiasm prevailed
throughout the day. In the gathering
were many recognized Conservatives.
but the speakers remarks elected from
them no signs OF disapproyal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06


.o,..' lilo tnlver.i'y q Nis.i..l,,. \.
received from sae state 49,. -
million dollara "a,
-. II Was : iavorise amhlti,n !,
lessor Mather y erect ! rrs., W. -
ing AZ Amherst college. '-A
The Baptist Church =, ~.
fetta. India. 81 1000 nemIn-. a
GENTLY divided inso twelve. ears -
own pastor "-s
According 70 a japanese ea,.,. /.
Protestant churches have y,..,,,
- 70 isi' and the members from \ NV.
1900 In the las: three years ~
According to the English c.
Catl"nai yearbook for i>ys .h...
$.a>s churches and mission ....,,. ~
England and Wales. an increase g. \.
year 81 ~ ~
What Is called '.l.c.om =.
has been introduced into TIE ,hn-.r
England in connection vim e..'.s'
70 make = clean sweep 81 rop.-v Z,
ritualism.
"A Chinese University IA, 49,, I.
corporated in New York Tho ,n..,.-
tion will be- Wide in scope. cn,A,ar.,,
philanthropy. literature. science y,
religion. a dozen sayan, .rnn ~,
are expected - take charge II Y
chicago which has larger H..
milan population than any other ~, I.
the world. except Vienna AMI prare
dedicated its first bohemian Pro,e.,,-,
Church, recently II i bun. n N.
City Mission society ~ TIL cou-r,.,,.
tional Churches
~ recent meeting ~ The rarA
OF Fynunga in Ncsirrgotlanl. ~ 49,.
tion OF heating the church nas unl..
discussion. and warmly opposed * Il.
majority u the parsalpners. Esr
though the vicar. Pastor Forei.o.h
tlnal.Y offered 70 contribute TIE I'm \
200 crowns for the purpose. she .rsqu<
was defeated, = being 'new l-n.le.
Innovation
Rev. Henry rreble. VINO n. de- nm
Watervillr. j. one 81 Tie olans, na.,.
tiers in Maine. and il Il. thought i,.at y,
horse has carried him oser niorr nll.
81 Maine roads than have hsen III.
larly travelled ~ any other preacher !,
the State lie has driven his ON \.
over ninety thousand miles ia the ir,y.
five years which hc spent IA active nv.
ice ~ the Lord. H. used - ,4sA
from ten to sixty miles n attend rs.>
ings. and he has never iallsi y -,
an engagement
Harvard University Is 10 have
beautiful and exclusive possession in
very valuable collection " e.ass %
ers made ~ secret process lAy Dres'
firm named Elatcka- Three hlf MN
four hundred specimens AAs w
already received. The col MA
complete. Will illustrate AZ .ml'
OF plants in North America
plants and the more impprtar W
lover plants. including cnla y "
and sections ~ the finer details ~
for study. Mrs. Ware. o. Boston. IN
donor OF this valuble addition y ths
cilitles Of the university
Rev. Theodore Pryor y ~
nishes the following: ''lll.s ye1
John IT, Rice. Of Richron " w..
North 70 beg aid FOR ~ den y
College In Philadelphia b poor NJ
crwoman said 70 him: 4 AMI ny 9
dren live from day 70 day from
labor. After hearing your apFeaa
the college yesterday went hon.
tasted. and now bring you for NJ
lege the amount SAVED BY the ias'i'
ID. Rice said that WAS the create
trihution Of al the great 2 = " rai
during that trip Richmond Ee X.
Herald
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06

LIsnoS. May Is. senior Carvalho,
formerly member OF the Portuguese
Ministry has been appointed inspector
general Of Portuguese affairs in Africa,
and Is empowered 70 examine and rc-
organize the Portuguese establishment
in that country. The government is in
formed that Chief Bihc has rcvolted
against the Portuguese and attacked
Captain Concicro's expedition whose
forces he dispersed with great loss
The remnants Of Concicro's party have
concentrated At Caconda, whittier tho
Governor o. Mozambique has gone with
reinforccmcnts-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06

LEMONS are used for soap in many
countries where they grow. When. for
instance. the men and women ~ tho
West indies want q wash their hands
they squeeze tho juice ~ lemon over
them and rub them briskly In water un-
I'll they are clean. There Il an acid in
the lemon similar 10 that in soap.
And in ountsics where oranges grow in
great plenty country gentlemen use tho
cheapest kind for blacking their boots
The orange II cut In two and the juicy
side % ono half Is rubbed on the SCOT Of
an iron pot and then on tho boot. Then
the loot Is rubbed with soft brush and
bright polish At once appears.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06

#X
A number OF experiments " II u
ing metals has lately been sa1','~ -
II Berlin. Dr. .Lowcnherz. ". -
taken a prominent part in ri, ,.',-,s,h.
has been lccturing bcfors me i'on 49, "a
ne so, rsms, = ~ suggested thai gsy 7
crly worked ont y may n '.s cot
insulatc elcctric-light wires ".....rla.inl
ing o. oxide. 4 means y -rbber q
copper bodily, without inals '.h,iIy sal
other compound. would y r. u IN dis
liable a. this particular stag Z !. merit
cussion concerning the reih. s,s.rrrcunl
u the overhead and ne un 9s,e % r
syssemx II Is hardly pc.'.shle. 10
GARD tl.e sud ke~tion - prac'. ..sas -
Il il &C rtainly novel sDd inss'
Y. sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06

AUGUSTA. Me-. May 80. The supreme
Court Yesterday announced decision
in the Burns liquor case. reversing the
decision Of the lower court. which con-
victcd Burns under the statutes
Burns. several years ago. opened in Au-
gusta an original package" business.
selling only liquors, however, that were
imported from the provinces or othe
countries. claiming that the state had
no right. under the United States Con-
stitution. TO interfere with mis- business
The ease has been carried up step hy
step until il is now decided in Burns
favor The court says in part: The
Iowa case Just decided BY the supreme
Court Of the United states clearly set
ties the question. We are bound hy
that decision to reverse the ruling be-
lox. and to sustain the law as contend :
ed for BY the respondent. The minor
ity opinion in the Iowa ease j. elabor-
ate and commends itself TO many as
containing the better conclusion. Oar
obedience j. due TO the Judgment which
prevails. Our statute prohibits onl v
unlawful sales. Its Interpretation must
be constitutional
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06

GArrsurnc. Ill. May so.-A dozen
persons have been bitten at Smithfield
by supposed rapid dog. Tho dog was
finally killed. but not until he had bit
ten several other dogs. James Bevard
and two other persons have alread v
died inlgreat agony from hydrophobia.
II is feared that others may be seized
with the awful disease soon. and the
whole neighborhood is in state Of
dread
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06

AS curiosity the sensitive plant is
well worth cultiyating in the window
garden. The leaves OF this plant are
very ornamental and 50 sensitive that
when touched with the hand they inn
mcdiatcly droop and fold up, regaining
their former position. however, within
a quarter OF an hour or 50 after. a
breath Of wind will also cause the
leaves to act in similar manner.
Hence the common name.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06

-AGarfield tOrc.) citizen has learned
that the squirrels that are shot and left
on the ground are devoured BY their fell
lows, and he has turned the knowledge
10 account When he kills a squirrel
he cuts hole in II and puts In strvsh-
nine. and In this way has killed a laI 30
number Of the pests.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06

Opticians and oculists say that bel.
fry and stccple clocks are absolutely
useless to at least a third Of those for
whose benefit they are set NJ. la
many instances such defect 81 the cyes
Il unsupported in children, and prsba-
bly, hundreds Of children earn az sch DOL
regulations for stupidity when not tho
intellect but the eye il az fault.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06

"A citizen % Atlanta. Ga. has fiag-
staff used at General Shcrman's head
quarters while he was encamped near
Decatur, in 1864 The General made
his headquarters at the residence 81
the owners father. and in the hurry Of
leaving. the flag was taken of the staff
and left. lie has preserved II, and II
parties hunting relics will correspond
with him they can obtain It.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-06-06

1t is estimated that although there
are over 100. 900 telephone talks day
in the city Of New York, there are prob
ably 1000. 900 people living there who
have never yet talked over telephone.
The long-distancc telephone service has
been made very efficient. as may no
gathered from the fact that the roar 81
Niagara Falls can now be distinctly
heard In the city over its lines.
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GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, BUESos AiREs.
sions rs the latter and about as attractive in
its arrangements. Its surroundings are
cheap and unattractive, the only buildings
of prominence being an artillery magazine,
a church, police station and few stores
The streets run directly from one square
to the other, and along these most of the
fighting has occurred,
1t is strange how the Latin republics run
to civil war. OF the fifteen (outside Of
Mexjco) there is not ono but whose history
is a sad series of uprisings, carnage and
death Courteous, capable and Intelligent,
these Spanish peoples prosper in almost
every field except that Of politics. Here
they seem to lose all self control and rea-
soning power, and to appeal to the sword
and bayonet upon the most trivial preteXt
It hardly sounds credible when 1t is hs-
serted that Thousand revolutions have
occurred In the present century in Central
and South America, not including ut least
Thousand others of comparative tnsignifi.
cancc, Yet these figures are below rather
than above the truth. A brief review OF
the record of these nations may therefore
be of interest to the reader
Buenos Ayres is no stranger to civil war.
In 1910 and 1911 there were fierce struggles
over the establishment OF u provisional
government. In 1915 they declared them
selves independent of the Spanish crown,
and again went to fighting on their own
account. Between 1927 and 1852 no less
than thirty Instructions broke out. bios
eomed for day and then disappeared.
In 1923 they had general civil war, in
which the losses on each side were very
large. From that time On they have had
little or no domestic trouble until 1890.
Brazil's recent revolution. in which the
empire was destroyed, the emperor exiled
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".@ct;o,2lL-.lLEesE"B ,2l-.l-i BRIEFS. S

Teachers salaries in the United States
annually amount to more than $40, 900 COO
Hurvard aud Tale are in imitation OF
Cambridge and Oxford rather than of
German universities. M8&a u
The University Of Pennsylvania Is the
outgrowth of the grammar school institute
ed by William Penn in 1897. . ..... .4.. +.
McGill university, Montreal, has received
donations to the amount Of sl,00O000 for
the departments of the arts, sciences and
law.
The government Of Japan has sent six
young men to America to be educated at
its expense. They go to Westminster col
legc
In 1754 Virginia passed Il law prohibiting
students lin William and Mary college)
from having to do with horse races or
keeping fighting cocks.
Colorado s,lstuins three state collegiate
institutions-tho university at Boulder,
the agricultural college ut Fort Collins and
the school of mines at Golden.
Illinois has the most thoroughly equipped
state normal university, probably, in this
country. 1t was established Feb. IS, 1857.
The legislature has appropriated 1855, 900
for buildings and equipments.
John Harvard, the son Of Robert and
kaiherin" (Rnscrs> Harvard. Was bor:, il.
Southwark, l.undon, Nov, 20, 1907, and
graduated from Emmanuel college, Cam
bridge, in lS3l. lie was II dissenting cler-
gyman, and came to America in 1857.
Vale had its origin i'll 1893, when the
church leaders about New Haven decided
10 havea school of the church" III 1859
ten principal cicrevlncn were selected as
trustees; in 100 they organized Il society
for that purpose, and each trustee brought
n number uf books and laid them upon IL
table each saying in substance: II give
these books for the founding Of Il college
i'll this society," There We're forty volumes,
journal Of Education.
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and nrepublic proclaimed, is not the first
In her interesting history. Her first in
surrcction occurred us far back rs IN,
The second, which was II general rising
against /, foreign and dcspotic government,
occurred in 1925. Fifteen years later there
was mn abortiyc effort made to start an i1-
dependent Kingdom, In lt45 revolt
broke out which WIS suppressed after
great hlonlsllc,l, hut which lasted off and
on for nine years y bret lns'lrrectlon
marked the year l1S9--an echo, as 1t
were, of the American war of illdcpend-
encc. From 1917 to 1870 four attempts to
create u republic were made, but all
failed. The year 1884 saw civil war in
onc-half the provinces of the empire.
From the last date to 1890 Il wise and
liberal government kept the nation from
internccine difficulties. The last revolution
achieved what had been he object of many
predecessors.
Uruguay, from the time of its independ-
encc in 1898 up to 1860, was the scene of
hundreds Of mutinics, ntrigucs and rcvo-
lutions, not one Of which seems to hive
been identified with any principle, ind all
of which We're apparently the results of
quarrcls among politicians, Office holders
and Office seekers.
Venezuela came into public notice i'll
lSlu, when IL began IT'S Ntti u liluci'tHuSheI
against Spain under the famous hero, Gen.
Bolivar Thewnr lasted eleven years, but the
national autonomy WIS not recognized until
1915 by the mother country From lS4G to
1870 there were not less than thirty civil
wars between the Unionists and Federal
lists, the two chief parties of the land,
Since that time they have contcnted them
selves with two revolutions.
Colombia or New Grenada, as it is per
haps better known to American readers,
began its revolutionary career in 1911,
when it declared its Independence of Spain.
In 1896 II terrible civil war occurred, occa-
stoned very much like tho present one in
Buenos .Nyres by quarrcls over the ma
tional debt 1t lasted five years and nearly
ruined the commonwealth. Between leis'
and 1872 over sixty insurrections and vide
spread mutinies occurred Since that time
the nation has been comparatively peace
full and has enjoyed considerable pros
pcrity.
Ecuador started the insurrection bust
ness in 1909 and 1879 by al attempt to OBJ
tain self government These fuileti, hut in
1890 i third attempt succeeded. During