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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-06-04
A REVEREND ABSCONDER
Goes ON with Nine Thousand Dollars OF
Church Funds.

WASHINGTON, May 27.-Rev. A. G..
Harrison. pastor of the Peoples taber-
nacle, and his family disappeared from
their home here Tuesday, and it is re-
ported that the reverend gentleman is
50. 900 short in his accounts He was
given entire charge of the church
funds. and, according to the charges.
failed to pay bills for furniture, carpets
and a church organ for which the
moneywas given him, and also borrowed
large sums from his Pensioners. w.
l.. Bruen, the builder of the taber-
nacle, is a loser To the extent of 1000.
When Mr.. Harrison learned that an
investigation was to be made by the
church he departed hastily, leaving his
household goods. lie came to this city
from Texas three years ago, engaged
in mission work and gained SO large a
following that the tabernacle was
built chiefly through the efforts of Mr..
Bruen TO give him following.
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\ friend and / were out after ground
hogs. / had a Winchester 22-i5, he
my Ithaca shotgun. We saw what we
thought was a chipmunk with its head
out of a knothole in log. and he fired
at it. When we got to the log | saw
something run, and also found a dead
weasel. Dunkle began poking in the
log. and a weasel stuck its head out Of
the knothole. and / fired ut il from. I
should think, about 90 feet. Dunkle
called: You never touched him" 1
tried several times with the same re-
suit, the weasel always disappearing
into hole in the log right where his
head had been. Finally Dunkle moved
while | was taking aim, and the weasel
turned its head and killed it. We got
five, four of which | killed with the
rife, but | did not kill one with its cyes
turned toward me. One got out in the
bark of the log. and a small hole af
fordcd fine peep hole for il. | put
three bullets in that hole, which was
hardly large enough 10 let the wcascl's
head out. but never touched him.-For-
est and Stream.
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THE FATE OF THESSALY.
Tho Council of Ministers Decline
70 Discuss Retrocession.
ISLAM Determined to Retain it-A Dying
Soldiers Request Brings Tears Ia the
Eyes of the sultan Ralirs Gratitude
To England for Her tirmness.

LONDON. May -. The correspondent
OF the Standard AZ tonstantinople says:
The council of ministers has de-
cided TO prolong the armistice. 1t will
refuse even 10 discuss the rctrocession
of Thessaly, but will leave the other
points for consideration 10 the powers.
30 far as the note OF the
European arbitrators is concerned.
there can bc no doubt that whether
tim Of popular pressure, a peace suca
as Europe expects cannot be arranged
without risk Of the gravest compiled
tons.
The grand vizier on Saturday pre-
sentcd report TO the sultan urging
that the whole Of Islam was fully de-
termined to retain Thessaly, adding:
your majesty proved victorious in
Armenian and others matters when
you firmly refused 10 be dictated 10 by
Europe; therefore. you should be
equally firm on this occasion. But II
my views are uupalatable to your
majesty, beg of you 10 accept my res
ignation.
1T now appears that the armistice
was originally for three days only. and
nothing but the energy OF the powers
secured an extension for fortnight.
The story is current that a wounded
Turkish soldier at Yildiz hospital, on
being invited by the sultan To protfer
a dying request, implored him not to
yield up Thessaly. The sultan grew
pale and his eyes filled with tears.
"Seyfullah Bey. chief of staff 10 the
sultan. and the Won Moltke of the
stantinople 10 give the military com
mission the benefit of bis advice"
The Athens correspondent of the
Standard reports an interview with NJ.
Ralli, in the course of which the pre-
nier said he was very grateful to En-
gland for her hrmness, as this might
result in saving the corn crop in Thes-
sally. valued at ei.OOO. 200. If the
Turkish troops should Withdraw
within fortnight he said. the
crop might be harvested but If the
Withdrawal were delayed for month,
the whole would bc sacrificed. entail
ing loss 70 Greece of quite g 900, 900,
since, If the crops were lost the gov
eminent would be obliged To feed the
peasants and to incur other expenses.
With reference to the alleged loan
negotiations. VI. Rail- said the propo-
sition was merely to renew the treas
ury bonds authorized 10y the former
minister for war purposes
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CUBAN Relief WORK.

Enough Supplies ON Hand for Temporary
Relief A Halt Called Ia the Arrange
ments The Department Wni Await
Notification from Consul General Lee
Before Putting Its Well Matured rians
Into Operation.
WASHINGTON, May 30. -Consul-General
Lee cablcd the state department. yes
terday from Havana that the amount
of supplies he has now on hand there Tor
the relief of American citizens in dis
tress is abundant and will last for some
time. Presumably this statement APP
plies generally 70 all the consulates.
for the consul general has been in con-
sultation with his subordinate consuls
on this very matter by direction of the
secretary OF state.
Wednesday steps were begun 10
hurry forward supplies from this
country TO Cuba just rs soon as Gen.
Lee was heard from. Gen. Sullivan
commissary-gene had selected one
of the most experienced assistants,
Capt. Davis, who had rendered such
good service at Memphis for the relief
for the flood sufferers, to go TO Cuba
with the supplies If necessary and dis
tribute them under the general plans
of Gen. Lee.
The New York commissary depot
was To undertake the purchase of the
supplies Then Mr.. Il. A. Smith, di-
rector of one of the steamship lines
plying between New York and la
vana, had offered free transportation
TO Cuba of the supplies and everything
was in train TO begin to move a. soon
as word came from Gen. Lee. Now,
however, the department will wait I'M
til Gen. Lee notifies it that there is
further need for relief before putting
its plan into operation.
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CAUSE OF THE FAILURE.
Why the Greek Navy Did Not Take Part
In the War.

New YORK. May 27.-The Evening
World prints a cable dispatch from its
correspondent at Athens giving signed
statements by members o. the Greek
ministry regarding the failure of the
war against the Turks. That from
Prime Minister Ralli says:
Greece should not be censured for
the inactivity of the navy nor should
the great powers be blamed They did
not restrain our ships. Christianity
did. Had we bombarled the ports of
Turkey and the Aegean islands the
Turks would have massacred the
Christians as they did the Armenians.
Gould we have used the navy the result
of the war would have been different.
The powers know our poverty. do
not fear an unjust decision"
NJ. Skouloudis. minister of foreign az
fairs. writes:
Greece had no national grievance
against Turkey, and without blunder-
ing interference the Cretan affair
could have been quietly settled by the
two interested parties But Europe
gave the patriot society chance to
agitate and forced unprepared Greece
into a disastrous war. The former
ministry weakly opposed the course,
but had not the courage to resign.
expected the result We have been
beaten by superior Turkish numbers
and superior foreign strategy and must
now make the best of it,"
VI Thamadhos. minister Of war. after
noting the inferiority Of Greece in
numbers and resources says:
Greece cannot yield Turkey the
frontier strategic points demanded.
Brigands would use them TO ravage
Thessaly. and new defenses cost much.
The minister of education. VI. Eutaxis.
writes.
1.-The war has been one of Gross
against Crescent, with Europe against
Christ. The powers permitted our
troops To land to protect Christians in
Crete. then blockaded us. The very day
the sultan's foreign policemen LANDED
in Canea Christian blood flowed. Th'
country has received ten years set
back. All the schools Of Thcssal,
have been destroyed. We had beer
making great progress in common edu
cation. II the powers give Turkey
one foot. Greek enlightenment will b
by 80 much retarded and the Christian
tmperiled."
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HUMOROUS.

THE person who Is afflicted with
klcptomania always feels that he ought
10 take something FOR it.-Tit Bits.
--Hazel--"Why don't YOU like tho
stories Mrs. Talker tells?" Mute
"Thcy have no terminal facilities-"-
Truth.
-Sprockei--"Did your wife run into
anything when she first got her wheel?
Bloomer- she ran into debit
Brooklyn Life.
--May-"Oh, hate these magazine
scrials" Edith-"Why? May-"Nou
can never tell how 4 story ends until il
is finished. "-Brooklyn Life.
Nothing Observation-Disclosures
is the matter with you this morning?
You look rs though YOU were on your
last legs" Lowc-"Oh. I'm not myself
nj ALL" High-"Well. that's nothing to
feel 50 bad about" -lirookly Life.
- suppose you may say the honey
moon is at an end when the husband
begins to stay out late at night?" Not
exactly. 1t doesn't really end until the
wife can GO TO sleep again without be-
lieving what he has to say for himself
Truth.
--"My daughters are making very sat
issactory progress with their music" re-
marked Mrs. Snaggs TO Mrs. Noomoney.
"They play four-handed pieces on sim
gle piano" Indeed" replied Mrs. Moo
money proudly. my daughters don't
need to play on one piano. Each OF
them has a piano of her own.'-Pitts.
huroh Chronicle-Tel praph
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THE LAKE FRONT CASE.
The Patent Rendered To Robert 4. Kinzie.
In 1921 VIII stand.

WASHINGTON. May 27.-Mr. Binger
Herman. commissioner of the general
land Office. to-day announced his deci-
sion in the Chicago Lake Front case,
reversing the decision of Commits
sioner Lamereaux, and denying
and rejecting the application of
Harvey NJ. La Follett and
Matthias Benner to locate Mckee scrip
on the lands. This allows the patent
rendered to Robert A. kenzie in 1cal to
stand for the benefit of the grantees.
The commissioner holds that the
Kinzie patent applies to all lands in
the tract stretching TO the shore line;
that the accretions inure to the benefit
Of those who hold under the kenzie
patent, and, thirdly. that there was
ample justification for directing and
holding a rehearing. The lands in
volved were valued at upwards of sl5..
900, 600.
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oERM.PROOF DR.. BURGESS.
Guards the United states Against
Epidcniics from Cubn.


Or. Burgess is remarkable man. He
has been in Cuba for many years. He
has sailed through cpidemics OF all sorts
cholera. yellow fever and smallpox
without the slightest fear or nervous
ness. and insists that h. was born 10 he
hanged. Disease has no terrors for him.
With disposition as kindly and man
ners as gentle as those of Florence
Nightingale or Clara Barton. he can be-
come roaring lion II anyone attempts
TO interfere with him in the perform
ance of his duty. and he has the courage
TO defy the captain general and all the
armies of Spain if his official rights are
infringed upon. because he realizes
that the public health of the United
States depends upon his vigilance. just
now Cuba is suffering from an epidemic
of smallpox. In several places on the
island the disease is raging, and in lla-
vana the death rate from that cause
alone averages 100 a day When the
rainy season begins. and the summer
heat comes. yellow fever will break out
again. and DIR. Burgess stands between
those epidcmics and the people OF the
United States.
The hlrbor of Havana is cesspool
--hich for years has received the drain
age of the city. and is virtually Guide
sac. with no means Of being secured by
tides or fresh water streams. The
docks of the cityside OF the bay are no.
torious as foci of infection. Under one
OF them the sewer from the military
hospital. whore contagious diseases Of
soldiers are treated. discharges its filth
and germs into the bay. 1t is said that
no ship has ever tied up at that wharf
without disease breaking out among
the crew. and the sailors call il dead
mans hole" DR.. Burgess compels all
vessels bound for the United States &c
anchor as far away as possible. at the
extreme end Of the harbor where the
currents from the ocean keep the water
in motion. and no person is allowed to
board one of these ships without per
NIT with his signature. No steamship
agent is allowed to sell n ticket until
the applicant produces such permit,
and none can be secured until DIR. Bur
CESS is satisfied that he is in good health
and has not been exposed to a con-
tagious disease.
During the smallpox epidemic he has
required all persons desiring TO sail for
the United States to show evidence Of
recent vaccination. If they cannot do
70 he vaccinates them and compcls them
10 remain in Havana until the virus
"takes." This is often annoying, but
DR.. Burgess is memorable. During the
last winter people who have gone 10
Havana for a two days stay have been
required to prolong their visit for l.
days. But lie argues that the incon.
venience Of one person is not TO be con-
sidered when the health of whole ma.
lion is at stake.-Chicago Record.
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CHARITY MISPLACED.
1t Does Not Reach Those for Whom It 10
Intended.

LONDON, May 27.-Lord Radstock,
secretary of the Society for the Chris
tian Succor OF India. has received a let
ter from Rev. j. O.. Denning. an Amer.
lean clergyman II Narsinghpur' rela-
tive TO the dishonesty and incompe-
tency of the natives, who are adj
ministering the famine funds. Mr..
Denning says that, owing to the
action OF the lfindoo members of the
local district committee, not single
halfpenny has reached the poor
IIindoos. He adds that the members OF
this committee opposed all relief of
children on the ground that the only
crphanage is Christian. and that to
help the children would be helping the
Christians
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THAWEO HIS DYNAMITE,
But II Cost Three Lives and the Destruc-
tion OF the Home.

DULUTH. Mimi, May 27.A terrible
accident occurred yesterday ut Her.
mantown. seven miles from Duluth.
Frank Lucek, n farmer living there,
was thawing some dynamite to be
used in clearing land of stumps lie
was heating it over fire when it ex.
ploded. tearing the house almost To
pieces and killing Iucek and two
young sons. His wife and another
small son escaped alive. but are badly
hurt. The boy was blown through a
window. What remained of the house
caught fire and was destroyed. The
mother and son were brought to Du-
luth, and are in the hospital here. The
boy may die, but the mother will re
cover
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SAFE IN PORT.
The Missing Men from the Fishing
Schooner johnson Rescued and Landed.

schooner johnson Rescued ana Lanueu.
PRovINcErowS. May 2T.-The l6 mem
bers of the crew of the Provincetown
fishing schooner j. Il. Johnson, which
went astray on the western bank last
Friday arrived here yesterday. All
were well although they suffered much
from hunger during Saturday.
The men report that they were un
able to Judge as to the location of the
vessel after they had been out trawl-
ing short time, but by blowing fog
horns continuously, the dories all
were gathered together and tied one
behind the other. They remained in
this position until daylight Saturday.
when the dense fog bank lifted and il
was decided to attempt to row To La
Have. y. s., the nearest port Two
dories were abandoned before heading
in that direction. the occupants being
distributed in the other boats.
The small quantity of bareback in
the dories was soon exhausted and the
men were compelled TO eat raw fish.
No vessel was sighted until the cast
aways were within % miles of the
Nova Scotia coast.
AT ten o'clock sunday morning, the
Norwegian bark China, Capt. Ander-
son. from Hamburg hove in sight.
The men were taken on board and
cared for.
On Monday the schooner l. b. Mer-
rift, Jr, passed near the bark. She
was signaled, and. as she was bound
for Boston. the Johnson's crew asked
to be taken on board. The Merritt's
captain consented, and when OF Race
Point yesterday morning the men got
into their dories and rowed nine miles
to this port. They were only a day be-
hind their vessel. which reached here
Tuesday and reported the loss of her
men.
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THE BRADFORD MANUSCRIPT.
The Precious Document Presented to the
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts.

BosToS. May 21.-The Bradford man
uscript history of the New Plymouth
colony. the document for the possession
Of which Massachusetts, lad long been
anxious. was formally presented to the
commonwealth of Massachusetts by
Hon. Thomas L. Bayard. former United
States ambassador to England. before
joint convention of the Legislature. The
ceremony of delivering the manuscript
took place in the spacious chamber of
the house of representatives and was
very impressive. Besides the members
Of both branches of the general court,
many prominent officials of the state
and other distinguished citizens were
present.
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American ingenuity has always been n
wonder to foreigners. We know of no bet
ter illustration OF it than is displayed in the
manufacture OF guns. For instance, tho re-
peating shot gun made by the Winchester
Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Ct,
which retails for about SO, will outshoot
foreign hand made guns costing % times as
much This has been demonstrated time
and time again. The leading shots of the
country appreciate this and have put aside
their expensive guns for the less costly but
better shooting Winchester. The large
illustrated Winchester catalogue is seat
tree upon request.
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TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL.


The Exposition in commemoraton Of the
hundredth anniversary of the admission Of
Tennessee into the Union is not local af.
fair by any means. Ii far surpasses in ex-
tent of buildings, beauty Of grounds, inter
estipg exhibits and number of both foreign
and home attractions any exhibition ever
held in this country, with the possible ex.
ception OF the Columbian OF 1893. Located
as il is on the main line OF the Louisville 4
Nashville Railroad il is in the direct line
OF travel between the North and the South,
and can be visited en- route with loss of but
little time. The extremely low rates that
have been established make it cheaper TO go
this great show, while its own attractions
will well repay 4 special visit Write Mr..
C.. L. Atmore. Gcnl Pass. agent, Louis
vile. Ky, for matter concerning it,
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THE vGlLANTES
Will Take Hand In Kidding Butte. Mont.
of Evil Characters.


SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. May IA
special to the Tribune from Butte,
Mont, says:
1.-The numerous robberies committed
in Butte lately reached climax last
night by the murder of VIM. Kroger,
when he resisted an attempted holdup,
and has aroused the old vigilance
spirit in the people. As a preliminary
to the organization. a notice signed
COMMITTEE of Eighty" was published
here to-day, ITO the murderers, high
waymen and hoboes" warning them to
leave this region within "a hours com
mencing Mt sig o'clock tonight. The
notice concludes:
"Hoboes, whether innocent or guilty
of crime who go at once will be con-
sidered innocent; but those who re-
main over the allotted time are guilty
in our belief and God have mercy on
their souls -
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Many Residences Washed AWAY ana
Their Occupants Rendered Homeless
Rasages of the Flood at Juarex Another
Break Feared
III. PAso. Tex. May 26-The Rio
Grande continues To rise, and an
army OF men are strung out on Sixth
street working on the new levee that
was thrown up Monday night when
the old levce broke.
This morning AZ ten o'clock all the
bells in Juarcz were rung TO call out
the people To check break in the
Juarez levee and the Mexican troops
stationed in Juarez were put To work
10 save the Mexican end OF one of the
international street car bridges, the APP
proaches 10 which were being washed
out. The bridge was saved as was
also the Juarcz lcvee
At noon to-day the levec in front OF
City Recorder {. Il. Pattcrson's resi-
dcnce broke. The waters rushed into
the house, almost drowning the re-
corder and friend who was with him.
Mr.. Patterson had just moved his
family out. HIS pretty residence was
washed away together with a dozen
other houses ia the neighborhood.
Every wagon in I'll Paso is engaged
moving people from parts of the city
endangered by the flood Several
hundred poor Mexican citizens,
who resided on the river front,
have had their houses washed away,
and are camping out on vacant lots.
1t is feared that the FL Paso-street
levce will break tonight. If SO. por-
ton of the business part Of the city
will be flooded.
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Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for the feet.
Cures painful. swollen. smar ting feet and in
stantly takes the sting out of corns and bun
ions Greatest comfort discovery OF the
age Aliens FootEase makes tight or new
shoes feel easy. is certain cure for sweat
ing. callous, hot, tired, aching feet. Try IT
to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores. 25c. Trial package FREE. Address
Allen 5. Omstead, lie Roy. y. y.
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A RUSSIAN CRANK.
He Had "A Morbid Desire TO Pose as a Here
and he Hanged.

BERLIN. May 27.-Thc Loyal Anzei.
ger, of Aix-La-Chappelle, publishes a
dispatch from st. Petersburg saying
that young artisan has been arrested in
the park Of Tsarska-Sclo. II miles south
of ST. Petersburg. where the summer
residence Of the emperor Is located
with = dagger and revolver in his
possession. The prisoner said he
wanted to murder the car. become
famous. and bc hanged like othe,
"heroes.-
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GONE TO THE WALL
Failure OF the 81. Joseph Furniture Manu-
featuring Company.

1T. JosErn, Mo, May %. The St
Joseph Furniture Manufacturing Co.
has failed for something over $50. 900.
Silas Mcdonald. Jr., was named as
trustee for the benefit OF creditors, all
of whom are 1T. Joseph banks and
private individuals. The company was
Organized in lso2. with paid up CAPT
tai of $50. 900 and has conducted a gem
eral furniture manufacturing busi-
ness. Louis Hax. sr., was the largest
stockholdcr in the company.
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ATe.t Vote on the Tarin BiI.

wAsmNGToN, May u. The first vote
in the senate on the tariff bill occurred
on Senator Vests amendment to reduce
the rate on borax TO three cents per
pound. The amendment was defeated
Yeas 20: NAYS, "a
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CoNsrANTINorLE May 27.-Gen. Mel
son A. Miles, u. ). A.. who left the
United States with the intention OF
observing the Greek-Turkcy war,
started Tuesday for Athens with his
suite The general has abandoned hii
proposed trip To Thessaly.
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Dfshouored Drafts.

When the stomach dlshonors the drafts
made upon il by the rest of the system, it
is necessarily because its fund OF strength is
very low. Toned with Hostetter's Stom-
Ich Bltters, 1t soon begins to pay out yigor
in the shape OF pure, rich blood, containing
the elements OF muscle, bone and brain. As
a sequence of the new vigor afforded the
stomach. the bowels perform their functions
regularly, aud the liver works like clock
work. Malaria has no effect upon system
thus reinforced.
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Pcary Granted "a Five Years Leave OF Alb.
sencc.

WASHINGTON. Nav 27.-Civil Engi.
ncer X. l.. Peary has been detached
from duty at the New York navy yards
and granted a five years leave of alb
sence. This action has been taken by
Secretary Long 10 enable the officer to
prosecute his arctic explorations.