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Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-02-08
WILSON BILL PASSED.
The Iniquitious Measure Sent to the
Senate by q Vote of 204 to 145.
Adopted by q Vote Of ls2 to SO.
Frse-Traders Rejoice.

WASHINGTON, FEB. line galleries
of the house of representatives were
packed to suffocation and hundreds
were turned away, there not being
standing room. The attraction was
the final vote on the Wilson tariff bill,
and on the internal revenue bill,
which was added to the tariff bill as
a rider yesterday by a vote Of 175 to
SO. --.-----------------'-----
Never in the history of national leg
islation was there so much interest
taken as in the vote today on the
passage of this bill. The senate cham
ber was almost senators
going over to the house to witness the
closing struggle. The excitement was
intense, but close attention was given
to the speeches of Reed, Republican,
against the bill, and Speaker Crisp
and Wilson, chairman of the ways
and means committee, Democrats, in
favor of it's passage. At the close OF
each speech the orators friends made
IhC tiut3 Will oPPh@ncS. hS
sight was a grand one and will long be
remembered by those who witnessed
it.
The vote on the motion to recommit
the bill to the committee was lost by
a vote of 1O3 to 179.
The announcement of this vote was
received with great applause.
The final vote on the passage OF the
tariff bill was then taken amid intense
excitement and resulted as follows: In
favor of the bill, 2O4; against the bill,
las.
On the announcement of the vote the
vast throng in the galleries rent the
air with cheer after cheer, and it was
with some difficulty that the cheering
was checked by the speaker.
When order was fully restored vot-
ing was commenced on the internal
revenue bill, including the income tax,
which was added to the bill as rider
and was adopted by a vote of 1872 to
SO.
Thus closed one of the most exciting
scenes ever enacted at the national
capital.
The battle is now transferred to the
senate chamber, where both sides are
ready for the debate. There is no tell
ing when the speech-making in the sen
ate will be commenced or closed, but
it is the general opinion that the bill
will be taken up in a few days.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1894-02-08

z JAMES A. SHIELDS PosT No 19. g.
% A. R.. of Lewistown, meets ON the last
g : I Z: :: :: ::::: !:
W Saturday of each mouth, at p. m, in
ullI|l g. A. X. hall.
WI JOHN McCoURT,
ezh Commander
H. C. BLOOM. Adj.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-16
A DEMON IN TAMPA
Who Enticed Little Girls Into His
Shop md Assaulted Them.

Tampa, Fla, January 7.-(Special )-There
is likely to be a lynching here before morn
ing, within a week any way, if the courts
do not take prompt action. An old shoe
maker, named Fraser. was arrested about
midnight charged with criminaly assault
ing five little girls from. nine to thirteen
years old, whom he enticed into his shop
by gifts of money. One of the girls
feSsed last night to her mother, who had
been suspicious since Wednesday of some
thing wrong and endeavoring to gain
proof. The child's stepfather, G. NJ. Clin-
ton, at once Informed the police and Fra
ser was arrested without a warrant and
put in the city jail A warrant was sworn
out this morning when he was removed at
once to the county jail. The officers sup
pressed the facts today much as possi-
ble with the intention of securing imme-
date trial in the circuit court tomorrow.
A preliminary hearing will be held Mon
day before County Judge Harrison. Men
have been heard to say that if the facts
are then developed to justify it Fraser will
stretch rope without further formalities.
Fraser is about sixty-five years old and
came here year ago from Memphis.
He kept a small cobbling shop on Polk
street. One room he rented TO small deal
er in merchandise. This led to his detec-
ton Neighbors became suspicious Of Fra
sers actions and especially Of free gifts
of nickels to little girls who passed to and
fro and several persons said to have
been eye-witnesses of his guilt through q
Fraser stoutly denies the charge. his
stout denial, his quiet arrest and transie$
to the county jail and the proximity OF Z
circuit court session. have stood htme ~ &c
stead so far. but Che outcome c5iS;iiSt 10
guessed. Little faith is placed in his deni
al. as three girls have confessed. Only one
of thenl-the ten-year-old daughter of Doty
Thompson, captain of the steamer Mistla-
TOBIAS living father. Two, aged eleven
and thirteen, stepdaughters Of w. M.
Whaley, a carpenter; one of nine years,
stepdaughter of G. NJ. Clinton, carpenter,
and the fifth is the eleven-year-old child of
Mrs. Taylor a widow with three children,
who earns scant living by sewing. Mrs.
Taylor seems to feel it most deeply and last
night threatened in despair TO kill herself.
For $3.50
We have about one hundred comics OF the
life and speeches OF the late Henry W Grady
and offev them in connection with The Week
~ Constitution for $3.I0. That is, will send
you the speeches Of Mr.. G-ady and The
Weekly Constitution one year If you will send
rs $3.50 The price of the speeches 10 $50
so by taking the two you get the paper
year free. 1t must be understood that we
have only about one hundred copies and. of
course the first come VIII be first served
Send your order at once to The Constitution,
Atlanta, Ga.
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ter theSexchange Of Publications had been

after th0exchange Of notifications had been
made, the treaty excited constant apprc-
hension and misgivings, and four years
afterwards we committed the astonishing
blunder of soliciting a "joint guarantee"
of the neutrality Of the isthmus by Eng
land and France. Fortunately, our ILL
advised request was not granted. Indeed,
it was hardly seriously entertained. Earl
Russell, speaking for the British govern
ment, said joint guarantee was alike
unnecessary and undesirable; that the sole
guarantee by the United States was ample
for any emergencies likely to arise" and
that the present arrangement was entire
ly satisfactory to Great Britain SINH
lar response was received from the French
government, with the additional assurance
that 1.-The sole guarantee Of TIE United
States was satisfactory to the commercial
world"
This seemed to end it. The so-called
Monroe doctrines had received the sane
ton of the two leading powers Of Europe,
and the apprehensions of our tlmld eXecu-
tive were allayed Nothing more was ever
heard of ga joint European guarantee of
the neutrality Of the isthmus till the De
Lesseps Canal Company sprang into exist
ence. By the contract of 1878, the company
had come into possession of millions of
acres of wilde lands the isthmus.
1t had likewise become the owner
of the Panama railway, and the
towns of Colon and Panama had practically
become French settlements. Then it was
that Count de .4esseps made the a"tonish-
ing discovery that the Monroe doctrine"
had a European origin; that the people of
the United States had never understood it;
in short, that it really meant nothing But
he failed to induce Colombia to abrogate
article 50, on the teraty of 1876, with the
United States; failed to induce the French
people, whom he had envegled into his
enterprise to force the new French republic
to take Dad bargain Off his hands; and a
few years later, he and his associates and
accomplices were sentenced as criminals
by the judicial authorities of Paris.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-16
A VALU ABLE FIND.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE COMES
ACROSS an ANCIENTP PACKAGE
Governor Brown Could Not Find It-Good
Food for Future II ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Old Seal of State-Indian Lore.

Several days ago General Phi. Cook, in
relating some incidents about the old capt.
toll, mentioned the fact that Governor
Joseph T.. Brown, in his report to the as
sembly when the ordinance of secession
was pending, said:
81 am unable to find the original docu-
ment passed by Georgia ratifying the decla-
ration Of independence, and L shall be
forced to read from copy which was pub
lished in The Federal Union"
'Last week." remarked General Cook, "by
chance J discovered that document, which
Governor Brown could not find in 1861. 1t
was in that old box over there in the
corner. Some other old papers of great
interest were tied up with it, which don't
suppose had seen the light of day for many
a year"
Sure enough, there the bundle of cd
papers, musty, moth-eaten and faded, tied
together with a dngy. blue ribbon and
sealed with wax which once was red;
papers over which the historians of Geor-
gia would have gloated with goulish glee
and which would have caused the antigua
rian and relic-hunter to dance with delight
There were several primitive constitutions
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-16
THE OLD SEAL OF STATE.

OF Georgia in manuscript, agreements with
the Indians, addresses to them ana from
them, all "signed, sealed and delivered"
Other papers told of the ceding of certain
tracts of land by the Indians to the set
tiers, and one which had the old wax seal or
South Carolina dangling from it, defined the
boundary between that State and GeorS 4
Across the back of this was written the
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-16

DEAD IN THE WOODS


His Companion Robbed.
Birmingham, Ala, January 7-(Special)-
Some negro children found the dead Dody
of a handsome young man neatly dressed
in United States cavalry uniform III some
dense woods the southern outskirts
of the city this morning. Papers in his
pockets indicated that the mans name was
Eugene Walker; that he was sergeant IN
Company IL Sixth Nebraska cavalry. He
had evidently been murdered, as his pockets
We're found to have been rihed. Two pistol
balls had entered just behind his left ear
and powder burns attested that the weapon
had been placed against his head
Eugene Byars, desperate character,
identified the body as that of Eugene Walk
en- route to his fathers home in Eldridge,
Walker county, on a furlough. Walker had
stopped over to spend few days with rela-
tives here. Byars said he had lett him
about dark last night in the city. ByarS
was under the influence of whisky and talk
ed too much. He was arrested on suspicion.
Later street car driver stated that the
dead man and Byars had left the city on
his car shortly after dark last night Both
were drinking. They got off at a point
opposite the scene of the murder and started
into the woods Pistol shots were heard
in the neighborhood shortly afterWard.
Appearances indicated that the victim ana
the murderer drank and smoked together
just before the commission of the deed,
and that when Walker got drunk his COM
panion murdered him and robbed him OF
his money anG watch.
The absence of any weapon on the scene
dispels the theory of suicide. Walker was
about thirty years old and unmarried. By
ars has been defendent i'll several murder
cases. but has escaped conviction in the
past He pleads innocence.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-16
ACCIDENT TO AN AERONAUT.
Her Parachute Strikes Tree and She
WIS BADLY Injured.

San Antonio, Tex, January miss Stella
Robbins, the widely known aeronaut, met
with probably a fatal accident here this
evening. She has been giving Sunday after
noon ascensions here for the past few
weeks, and this afternoon started on her
usual voyage from San Pedro park. The
balloon arose to a height of about two
thousand feet, when Miss Robbins let her
chute opened but the wind carried it
downward with great rapidity and it
struck a large tree with it's burden with
terrific force. Miss Robbins right leg was
broken, and she received internal injuries
which will probably result fatally.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-16
HOWARD'S JAIL LIFE.
He sSings the Popular Songs of the
DnN,

Jackson, Tenn, January 10.-(Special)-
Rev G.. f. B. Howard, of claim agency
the f,-aedom of the corridors. and his wife
spends the days with him. He has plenty
of opportunity to converse with his wit
the special term of the federal court in
February. The government is getting Its
evidence ready by that time. Howard seems
day as he walks up and down the jail
corridor A great many visitors apply for
admission, but the sheriff only admits mem
bers of his family. 1t is said Howard will
write book on his life
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-16

49, If you Go, You viii be glad TO lea- that the
Ko!a pant, found on the Congo river, west
Africa, IS reported a positive cure for the
disease. The ko.a importing Company, 1164
Broadway, New York. have such ia rh in this
new discovery, fIhat they are sending out free
by mail barge triad cases of Koa Compound
10 all sufferers from Asthma, who send their
name and address on a postal card. Write to
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-16
w

But word in this connection about ZEN
tanglng alliances" At the time of Wash
ington's farewell address, all Europe was
In turmoil. England and France We're still
quarreling, and Mr.. Jefferson (Who had
became strangely infatuated with French
ideaS) had been at no pains to conceal his
desire for an alliance of France and the
United States as against England Wash
ingtonS advice was to have nothing to do
with this or any other European quarrel,
but to "avoid all entangling alliances" His
warning could have had no reference to
any free states in South Central America,
because no such states then existed
seemed likely to come into existence. The
eastern 81 pes of the Mississippi valley We're
the utmost limits of our prospective posses
sions in the west. Florida and Louisiana
and Texas were all under foreign flags.
But in 1916, when this treaty with
Colombia was signed the entire Atlantic
and gulf coasts, from the Bay of Funday
to the mouth of the Rio Grande, was within
our national domain and jurisdictian. Our
western boundary was the Pacific ocean.
and the TSthmus of Panama had become
practically our southern border, in that it
was now in the direct line of sixteen
thousand miles of coast. Hence, the
treaty, in the form agreed upon, had be-
come commercial and political necessity.
1t was, however, entered into with eX-
treme reluctance and with great difficulty
ratified by the senate. Like our federal
constitution itself, it was "wrung from the
necessities Of an unwilling people" Even
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-16

Whereas, The said parties are now nutu-
ally DESTROYS of renewing a treaty which
may comprehend such articles as may give
satisfaction to the parties injured and re-
store peace and friendship and commerce to
both it is therefore commanded and agreed
First. The Indians for themselves. and
the rest of the kings and headmen and war
riors of the Creek nation do hereby promise
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-01-16

Whereas, Since the signing of the last
treaty held at Galphton and dated the
twelfth day of November, one thousand
seven hundred and eighty-five, between
state and the kings, headmen and warriors
of the Greek nation, acts of hostility have
been committed by parties of Indians on the
Inhabitants Of the said state in violation
of the S>id treaty, whereby the Friendship
and ha1 .nony so essentially necessary to
both parties have been greatly disturbed
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07

Considering that "John Strange
Winter" according to Ruskin, por-
trays the character of the British
soldier in .more faithful and a
more finished way" than any other
writer, it is rather a reflection on
British publishers that six of them re-
jected the manuscript of "Bootles'
Baby" Mrs. Stannard has been
writing for fully twenty years, and
in that time she has composed for
ty-two novels, but "Bootles Baby, =
her frst real success, remains one OF
the best works of her pen.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07

Labouchere pays the following
frank tribute to the late Lord Cole
ridge: "He administered justice
on the large, broad principle that il
was intended to secure right between
man and man. frequently had
the honor to appear as a litigant be-
fore him. Sometimes he was or
nv side, sometimes against me
but. whether the one or the other,
always was convinced that he was
in the right.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07

Statistics show that in 1856 a.. 56
per cent. of the tonnage OF vessels
in foreign trade entering our ports
was American. In thirty-six years,
or in 1892, this percentage had di-
unfinished to 20.6l. Again, the
value Of goods imported and ex-
ported in United States trade fell
from 1871 per cent. in 1856 to r.
per cent. in 1892, the latter years
receipts in cash to the vessels hav-
ing been nearly 5000, 100000. OF
this immense sum $175 100000
went to foreign vessels. The sig
nificance Of these figures will be bet
ter understood if we state that the
gross railroad earnings Of 1893
amounted to 81 ,220, ISL ,S14. Had
the same conditions that mark our
shipping interests prevailed, over
81 900, 100000 OF the total sum
would have represented the foreign
interest.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07
Canada has less than 1000 news

Canada has less than | 900 news
papers.
Great Britain's wheat area Is de-
creasing.
The Kansas wheat crop is lO,-
S3l 900 bushels.
The total hog slaughter last year
was Is, l96,530
Two California counties contain
30, 900 bee hives.
The Y. Nj. G. A. of America
numbers 1864 corps.
There are sixteen cremation So
cieties in this country.
Religion is dispensed in Africa
from 4 ,246 Sunday schools.
A Chinaman refers to his wife as
the "thorn in my ribs.
BY modern methods no soda is
used in making soda water.
The daily average of passengers
over the Tower bridge is 10000.
Inmates of the Kansas state peni-
Tertiary edit and publish a paper.
The middle verse of the bible is
the eighth of the llSth Psalm.
a Chinese soldier is paid 81 pei
month and finds his own rations.
The United States wheat crop
leads the world with GOO, 900 ,OOO
bushels.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07

The undersigned, Trustee Of Balm
bridge township, Dubois county, Will at
tend 10 Township business on satnria,
Of every week. 1T his residence on \ortl
Main street, between Fourteenth an'
Fifteenth. in Jasper
The Library Of said Township l. KEEP
nj the bookstore of Mrs Jacob Gosmann
where persons wanting books can oh
tain them at any time.
JosErH EcKsrEIS, Trustee.
April 20, ls9i-y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07

The average annual rainfall over
the whole earth is thirty-six inches
The principles Of rainfall were
first correctly set forth by Dalton
in 1897.
In the year $40 hardly a drop OF
rain fell in England, and 10000
people died of famine.
In 1885 there was frost in Eng
land in July that destroyed nearl,
all the vegetation.
The annual snow fall averages
five feet in the interior of Maine
Vermont and New York.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07
Home Seeker Excursion.

Tickets will be sold by the L., +. K st.
l.. Cons. X. X. on account Of Home
Seeker Excursions, at one fare for the
round trip, good for continunus passage
only, and limited 70 twenty days from
September 4th, October "a, Nov. 9Th,
Dec. 4th, 1894, TO all X. X. points in
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennes-
see, Kentucky, south Of, but not includ-
ing Henderson, Louisville AMI Lexing-
ton, Louisiana, east Of Mississippi river,
except on Y. X NJ. v. X. X. Stop-overr
in territory South can be arranged with
agents there.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07
HEADQUARTERS
FOR THE
Singer Sewing Machine !!

beg to announce to the public, that |
have again opened an office, where
have constantly on hand full line Of
the Genuine Singers, with all the latest
Improvements. / have also large
stock of Attachments, Needles, Oils. .Sc.
for all other makes and styles Of Sewing
Machines. All kind of Sewing Ma
chimes repaired. Bargains in second
hand machines.
NV place Of business IL on 9Th Street,
between Mill and McCrillus Streets,
JASPER, INDIANA.
PETER j. BOSNIAN, Agent,
For the Singer Manufacturing Company.
am also agent for the old reliable
Niagara Fire and Tornado and Cyclone
Insurance Co., Of New York, and re-
spectfully ask liberal patronage.
Dec. 5, 1S90-tf.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07
Columbia Township Trus-
tees Notice.

The undersigned. Trustee Of Columbia
To-, Dubois county, Ind, will attend Il
Township business at his residence OF
every Saturday, and persons having
township business 10 transact are ~
qucStcd to present il on that day Of tin
week.
The Township Library IL kept at thu
Office Of the Trustee. where those en-
titled can obtain books.
NELSON HARRIS, Trustee.
June 2Sth, 1SSS-y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07

Paul Jones, a Boston newspaper
man, was at the Randall Tuesday
afternoon and left in the evening
Mr.. Jones is going around the world
on wager Of $1,000. He is tc
complete the journey in one year
Paul has also to earn his own way
and finds travel very remunerative
as he has already accumulated
81 .5OO.-Ft. Wayne Sentinel.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07

The Louisville, Evansville and St
Louis Consolidated Railroad will sell
Sunday excursion tickets, which af'
fords splendid opportunity to visit
your relatives or friends, at the rate
Of one fare for the round trip. Tick.
cts good on date Of sale only.
Call on our ticket agents and OBJ
tain full information regarding these
special Sunday excursions, which
will last throughout the summer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07

Ida Lewis, who began her won
dcrful life-saving record BY saving
four small boys whose boat hae
capsized in the harbor before her, i:
still alert and strong, though nov
past fifty. Her salary as keeper Q
the Lime Rock Light at the soutl
end Of Newport, is $3.50 year ant
two tons Of coal to boot.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07

Judge Woodbury's advice to the
people OF the Isle Of Shoals wher
they were about to sing 1.-The Star
Spangled Banner" on the Fourth il
worth preservation. He remarked
that it would add to the harmony o.
the occasion if those who knew how
to sing would sing lovely, and those
who didn't know how to sing would
sing low.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07
Boone Township Trustees
Notice.

The undersigned, Trustee of Boone
township, Dubois county, hereby gives
notice that he will attend to all business
pertaining to the office of Trustee. at his
residence 4 miles southeast OF Porters-
vile, on Saturdays of each week, and re-
quests all persons having township husi-
ness to present il on Saturday. Clrzens
desiring books from the Township IL
brary. are notified that the Library IL
kept by VIM. MclIarris, in Portersvlle.
HENRY H. BREIDENBAUGH, Trustee.
May Is, ls93-y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07

st. Peter" Minister, were you?
/ don't see many souls to your
credit" New arrivai-"Didn' t
have time to save souls, st. Peter.
l was too busy raising mortgages. I"
Life.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07

She-"Have you ever been around
the world?" He-"No, but my
arm has," She-"What do you
mean?" He-''Well, you are all
the world to me. Harlem Life.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-09-07

Flipps-"So Smallpay has left
the Wayup house, eh? Landlord
find it necessary to raise the price
Of board?" Flopps-"No; Small.
nav did. buffalo Courier.