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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-17
IN DEFENSE OF HIS HOME,

N. =. Perry Dies Upon the Galiows, His
Only Regret for Ills w ronged Family.
ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. Oh. >. Perry
was hanged yesterday for the murder Of
Belly Lanier at Decatur. The execution
took place ON a gallows in the yard Of
che Decatur county Jail. The doomed
man was cool to the last. On the scat
fold he declared his innocence OF the
crime Of murder, and reiterated his
statement that he killed Lanier to pro-
tect the sanctity Of his home.
III Perry felt any regrets at hav ~
Allied Lanier. he refused to say 30
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THE v BOARD
WIN Connne Its Work strictly within the
scope of Its Instructions.

scope Of Its Instructions.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 0.-The naval
board appointed to inquire into the
question Of establishing IA government
factory for I e manufacture of agmor
met at the navy department yesterday,
and with reference to the many offers
OF plants and sites decided it would
have nothing whatever to do with the
selection Of a site or the purchase Of a
plant
A member of the board said that il
the Carnegie company offered it's plant
for a dollar. it would not be within the
scope of the boards work to consider
the offer. At the same time, all ten
ders are being courteously acknowl-
edged, and all information asked on
the matter ia furnished.
The board will confine its work
strictly to She points specified in the
instructions from Acting Secretary
Roosevelt of ascertaining what steps
are necessary TO establish a govern
ment armor factory Of sufficient ca
pacity TO mcetthe requirements. and of
furnishing plans and specifications of
land, buildings and machinery neces-
sary. together with the boards opinion
on the Availability and cost of cstab-
fishing a complete plant, and will
frame q form Of advertisement for pro-
posals for n plant
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ARMY OF WEST VIRGINIA.
Omcers Elected at the business Session ol
the Society.

COLUMBUS, o.. Sept. 1O.-At the bust
ness session of the Society of the Army
of West Virginia the following officers
were elected:
President, w. III. Powell, Belleville,
Ill. secretary and treasurer. l.. +. Zeiss,
Middlcport. o.; assistant secretary, g.
j. Roberts, Wheeling; vice-presidents.
/. H.. Duval. Wellsburg. w. Va; Van
IL. Bulley, Parkersburg, w. Va; u.
Nj. Skinner, Pomeroy, o.; j.. l..
Vance, Gallipolis, o.; q. j. Walker.
Jackson, W. Va; w. Is. Warwick, Luz
casville. o.; X. l.. Curtis, Marietta. o.;
j. q. Bishop, Columbus, o., j. A. Bolts
ford. Youngstown, o.; o. ). Wilson,
Athens. o.; f. 5. Wilson, Ironton, o.;
L. IL. Mckee, Washington, ID. c.; Capt.
j. M. Burns, u. >. A.. Columbus, y.
Thayer Melvin, Wheeling, w. Va.
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IT IS YELLOW FEVER.

The Doctors Now Know what They Have
TO Contend xr. Reports ia Surgeon
General Wymnn from Members OF the
Marine Hospital Service On the Ground
Stringent Measures VIII be Adopted to
Prevent Its spread.
WAsHISaroS, Sept. DIR. John
G~uiteras. the yellow fever expert. tele-
graphed To surgeon-General Wyman
yesterday as follows. from Ocean
Springs, Miss:
.Of three suspicious cases reported
by me yesterday, one confirms yellow
fever by autopsy; another by subse-
luent course; the third case Is not
yellow fever. To-day | have diagnosed
another ease OF yellow fever. We
have. then. two cases in a sick list OF
30. There have been here a few cases
Of yellow fever in the midst of a wide
spread epidemic of dengue."
Assistant Surgeon Norman. at New
Orleans, telegraphcd as follows:
by courtesy OF President Olliphant. | send
the following announcement TO be published
tomorrow morning:
10 the President and Members Of the Louie
lana Board Of Health
GENTLEMEN: We, the physicians who have
been requested to examine into the nature OF
cases OF fever on st. Cloud street, would re-
spectfully report that In their collective as
poets they should be regarded as suspicious
and should be taken charge OF by the board o
health.
DIR.
DIR C~ouRERro.
DR. PICKHAN.
DIR PETIT.
DIR H.
Guiteras has been invited to visit New Or.
leans
The detention camp equipment
shipped from Waynesville, Ga, has ar.
rived in the vicinity of Ocean Springs,
and Surgeon Murray has been in
ted by DIR. Wyman to select a
site. Its location has not yet been
definitely determined, the surgeon
general having under consideration a
place recommended by DIR. Murray.
Passed Assistant Surgeon White left
here last night to take charge Of the
camp.
DR.. Wyman has taken measures to
strengthen the border line inspection
service already inaugurated by the
states of Alabama and Louisiana, to
prevent the spread of the disease.
Passed Assistant Surgeon Glennan
has been ordered to Grand Bay, where
the Louisville & Nashville crosses into
Alabama. to assist the officer already
designated by that state. An official
probably will soon be sent to the point
where the same railroad crosses the
Mississippi Louisiana state line.
Measures have also been taken by
the surgeon general to ascertain the
correctness of the reports that yellow
fever has developed at other points in
Mississippi, notably at Perkinton and
at Scranton, where DR.. Sullivan is said
to have reported two suspicious cases
to the president of the Louisiana state
board of health. Surgeon Carter will
go to the latter place, and Surgeon
Murray is expected to follow him,
leaving DIR. Wasdin temporarily in
charge at Ocean Springs. If the reports
of the existence OF fever at those places
are found correct, stringent measures
will promptly be adopted to prevent
its spread.
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GEN. LEE.

8sturn Of the United States Consui-0en'
eral From Cuba Would Not Discuss Gu
ban Affairs Case of Miss Cisneros
He Says, Has B.en P~rejudiced by the ZEE
ggerated Reports Concerning IL thai
Have Besn Published.
NEW YORK. Sept. 9.-Consul-Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee. accompanied by his son,
has arrived from Havana. The gen.
eral said he had been suffering from
biliousness for some time past, but he
felt very much better after the trip.
When asked as To whether he would
return to Cuba or not. the general
shook his head aud said:
II can not answer that. aud l would
rather not talk on Cuban affairs until ]
make my report in Washington"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-17
INDIANS MAY FIGHT.
Puebios May Resist mn Attempt to Arress
Certain of Their Tribe.

SANTA FE, N. NJ, Sept. 10.-Maj.
Nordstrum, United states agent in
charge of the Pueblo Indians, has been
Investigating the maltrcatment OF an
aged squaw by Indians at the instiga-
ton of the religious order known AZ
PRIESTS of the Bow"
The old oma was suspended by
the wrists until she confessed that she
had bewitched the nostrums of the
medicine men and prevented them
from effecting cures.
-Four troops Of United States cav-
airy will be concentrated at Zuni on
the 18th inst. TO arrest the ringleadcrs
in the assault, and 1t is possible that
he Indians will fight.
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DOUBTS SET AT REST.
The Marine Hospital Service Is Graphing
with the Yellow Pest.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. -Yesterday
afternoon Surgeon-General Wyman re-
ceived the following from Surgeon
Murray at Ocean Springs:
Third autopsy held by Wasdin. Di
agnosis of yellow fever consented to
by Guiteras, Carter, Cant and Mini
maus. The above was one of the sus-
picious cases seen be Guiteras Wcdnes-
day
This telegram sets at rest all doubt
as to the existence of yellow fever at
Ocean Springs. and the Marine hospi-
tai service now fully realizes that it is
graphing with the awful plague.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-17

FOLLY'S FATAL FRUIT.
SIX Lives Sacrificed to the Wanton Folly ri
Three Young Companions.


DETROIT, Sept. 9.-Six young men
were drowned in a yacht near Wind
mill point, In Lake st. Clair late yes
terday afternoon.
A party OF ten chartered the yacht
blanche b., apd went up the lake oil q
sail. When near the mouth of Fox
creek and nearly off Windmill point
three of the party climbed out ON the
boom and commenced to rock the craft,
which, being heavily ballasted. lurched
W. and capsized, going to the bottom.
Six men who were in the cockpit
were drowned. The three youngsters
who caused the disaster and enc other
were saved by a boat which pulled GU
from shore. The survivors tell an in
coherent story. All agree hat the dis
aster was caused by their foolish ac
tion in rocking the craft.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-09-17
PRESERVED THE BIBLE.
II Established the Identity Of me Heir to :
Fortune.

NEW YORK. Sept 1L~-Frcderick w.
Whitehead, porter in n store here, has
fallen heir. according to a rumor. to
a fortune in England amounting to
SIi7. 600. left by a maiden aunt. White
head, who is about S5 years old. came to
this country from England az years
ngo. lie proved his identity to the law
firm which was seeking for him by
means Of an old Bible which he carried
with him, and on the ayleaf OF which
hia me. hers name was written.
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BELLE EMPHiS SUNK.
The Palatial Anchor Line Bont ut the Hot
tom of the MIssIsslppl.

ing OF the Anchor line steamer Belle
Memphis Mt $3.50 Wednesday evening,
near Grains island, in the Mississippi
river. just below Chester. ILL.,. was re-
ceived here by General Manager Gus c.
Meissonier.
There were about a hundred passen-
gers on board, many Of them st. Louis
people. All of them got off without
accident, and we're forwarded ON the
Pa-zoud.
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MAY AND

Marriage of Gen. Longstrcet and Miss Ell
len Dorteh at Atlanta, Ga.
ATLANTA, Ca, Sept. 0. Gen. James
Longstreet, major general in the con-
federate army, ex-ministcr TO Turkey
and prospective commissioners of rail.
roads TO succeed Gen. Wade Hampton,
was married at the executive mansion
on Pcachtree street at $3.50 yesterday
afternoon to Miss Ellen Dortsch, N.
sistant Librarian OF the state oil
Georgia
The couple will spend their honey.
moon 1t Porter Springs, Ga,
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A FRIGHTFUL WRECK.
Two Fast Trains on tho Santa Fe
Collide,

Causing the Loss of Many Ltves-Three Lo-
comotives Explode and Dig u Hole Deep
Enough to Bury Themselves and Sew
eral Cars-Bryan to the Rescue
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THE POSTAL GARD CONTRACT
To Examine the Capacity OF the MIL Oncr.
ing to Make the Cards.

ing to Make the Cards.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10-Third As
sist Postmaster-Gencra al Merritt went
to Piedmont, Va. yesterday, to investi-
gate the facilities Of the West Virginia
Paper Co. for supplying the postal
cards required for the next four years.
LMr. Merritt said before starting yes
terday that he found the conditions
at the mill satisfactory he had no
doubt that Mr.. Daggett's bid would be
accepted. The terms OF the contract
~all for about 700. 900. 700 cards /. ~.sr.
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CONSUL-GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE.
In speaking of the case of Miss
Cisneros, the general said:
THE young woman is now confined in
Casa Recohidas. She has never been
tried. and / do not think that it was
ever intended that she should be
banished. The stories of her ill-treat-
mcnt are very much exaggerated, and
were it not for the hubbub which
has been raised about her, the
girl would probably have been
released long ago. In fact, J
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
AlsoheI b 90 yea.her.

A scientist thus explains why it is so
dangerous to use alcohol in the polar
regions: a moderate use Of alcohol
causes q deposit Of fat. Alcohol is not
turned into fuel III the muscle and nerve
cells, bat serves as pure fuel il the
organism and replaces the combustion
Of fat. Alcohol is, therefore, dangerous
in the extreme cold because it assists
the throwing off Of heat in great de-
gree The erect is as if a stove in a
room should be heated rcdhot and then
an Che doors and windows thrown open.
Heat produced by muscular work ia the
body is best obtained from carbohy-
drates III Tie food, but, besides this, the
indispensable rroduciiCn CT heat is best
obtained by fats. This explains the in
stinctive chcics Of tho food Of men, In
the tropics they cat little fat and much
fruit. while tho polar dweller requires
immense quantities Of fat to keep mp
the bodily combustion. - New York
Ledger
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
NEWS OF NEW CASTLE
TO-DsYS SCHOOL ELECTION.
NEW BOARD WILL MEET ON MON
DAY EVENING-TWO CANDl-
DATES FOR PRESIDENT.

NEW BOARD WILL MEET ON MON
DAY EVENING-TWO CANDl-
DATES FOR PRESIDENT.
Polls opened at the mayors Office
soon after " o'clock to-day for The an
nual election OF the Board OF Educa-
tlon. but the contest is ncre interest
ing to-day than the average annual
school election The triangular con-
test resolved itself into dual battle,
for the third ticket did not show uD
well after the opening.
Ii is q bitter factional fight between
citizens. regardless Of politics or creeds,
and before the polls close tonight some
interesting developments are expected.
The holding-over members of the
beard are. President William J. Ferris.
Louis r. Elason, S. A. Stewart, John
b. MQnlovo. william A. Vickery and
Dr. r. r. Tybout.
In the event Of the election of the ad.
ministration ticket G. Atwood stewart.
who has been member Of the board
since 1888. viii bo chosen as it's pfcsl
dent Cn Monday evening, when the
beard meets for reorganization. as is
required hy law.
Should the majority De not SUSTAINED
OF lhe polls to-day ana the administra
ti0n defeated then William j. Ferris
viii be reelected president ihere
seems 20 be no opposition to G. Edwin
Eckles for secretary oil the board
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
ocoPLs wHo 1UY Aacl5ToR6.
Ia Crcat Dcina-d ~ ~hcae Wao E-ve Not
E.rc-tcd Them.

Ia Crcnt Dcinard ~ ~hcaa Nao E-ve Not
s.rcntod Thoin.
"Thcre is a regular trade done in old
portraits Of mon in armor aAd women
in medieval costumes, - sud a largo
picture dealer TO Tic writer. They are
brought by persons wEo lave mcae their
fortunes and want 10 persuade theil
friends that they conie Ct au ancient
and aristocratio lineage
Il ail frequently called upon TO sup
ply these fictitious ancestors, ard find
;hat tho portrait Of a gentleman in ar
mor-and armcr is especially favored,
such as was worn about the time q Ed
ward will fetch almost any price. 10
matter how crude it may be, so long IS
it has the old time tone.
"Only the Other week mSn whose
manner spelled fortune from pork sau-
sagcs' applied TO me for q series Of am
cestcGs. / had three old portraits Oh
hand at the time and offered them
him. but hc did not caro- about them be-
cause there was 10 amCr. Could not
supply this deficiency? [ said, Yes,
and doubled the price Of the pictures,
and he drew me a check for $3.50 with
avidity. Now ho wants four more to
I'll four vacant panels in the picture
gallery of his ancestral home.
MANY upshot Americans who come
over here buy up the ancestors to take
home and palm off upon their friends.
Indeed the demand fer them has be-
come so great that there are four or five
portrait painters making comfortable
incomes tuning out forefathers.
"Of course you know that large guam
| titles of ancient armor are made every
| year in Sheffield and bought by the
same class Of people, with the same OBJ
| ject as the pictures 1t is fact and
have known e8o0 TO bo paid for q suit
cf armor which probably cost less than
$40 to make. London Iit-Bits
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
METHODIST BISHOPS VISIT.

WARMLY RECEIVED BY THE PNO-
Pile or WHOM HE is PASTOR,
THIS YEAR"
Rev. John NJ. Walden. d. d., IL. d.,
who Is TO preside at the coming session
of the Wilmington Conference, at Ches-
tertovn. delivered his address on
africa and IT'S Evangeiization' i'm the
nj. u. Church last night Bishop Wal
den obtained a thorough knowledge of
the dark continents condition through
his long service as secretary of the
Free imon's aid Society. In concluding
his address the bishop invited his hear
crs to q general Misunderstanding, saying
"NOw / want 20 know you ALL for
have on interest in this parish. You
probably may not know that you have
three pastors. Brother Collins is your
first pastor. the presiding elder is your
second pastor, and, / am proud TO say,
then / come as your pastor for this
year The people shook hands very
heartily with their 'new-found pastor.
Bishop Walden is a venerable doctor
of divinity with the patriarchal long
hair and the benign face Of a full
hodged episcopate. He has a soft voice,
pleasing accent and @ vast amount of
knowledge. coupled with strong con-
viction and polished demeanor
The bishop remained in town as the
guest of Mr. Collins this morning.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
scoloiUo wgmsN
Formcrly % Greater PEST Tn Engiand Than
~ - $1,000 DIV

Forincrlya % Greater PEST Tn England Than
20 tho rrescrt Day.
Fcsmsrly tho "common scold'-tho
waiaan who fsado her neishhors' lives
iniolerablo with her raging temper, her
bitter tongue her SANDERS and calum-
nics-vas fourd creryVhcro Laws
were pa sed recognizing her as one kind
of criminal There wcro two icrms of
punishment BIZ which she was rcpIsssed
or dotc,rcd cr cowcd iato gentleness-
viz. TIE cuc.ing stool ana the Drank.
The cuclsing stool assumed various
shapes. bat & generally consisted of
chair cn enc crd Of % hcal, which rested
CA bar SO as 10 mako % soesaw. Some
times the chair was hung from The beam
by chain The culprit being tied on
tie chair, the other end of the bonn
went up and the chair went down into
the water, sousirg the woman COM
pletely. They did this three times, after
which they let her go.
Such stools belonged to nearly every
parish Like the stocks ana the pillOry,
they formed part of the furniture Of JUS
tice lor instance. about London, there
was one on Banksido with which they
duclsed tbe wives OF the players There
was one at Radcliffe, one at kingston
on-Thamos, and thcre was one which
stood till the beginning of this century
beside the great pond or reservoir Of the
Green park
Apparently the chair and the cold
bath did not completely destroy the fo.
male tendency to scold, for twas founf
necessary TO invent another punishment
which was extensively adopted, although
NOT authorized by the law. This was
the "brank, - on "scold S bride, which
consisted of a small cage formed by iron
hoops to ft tho head, with % piece o
iron which pressed the tongue ans
formed thogag Thus adorned, the scolC
was either led OF carried about the tow
for all the world TO see. Sometimes sh'
was placed ON a high scahold. Ih
Drank was used in some places down q
the heuinningCf the century. Ita dislse
its disappearance. make ono incline @
the belief That Che scold has also disap
poared However,. such is not the case
THE disease or inamity of scoiding still
exists. bias ia "a much mildcr form. Ih
mildness OF the modern form Is lnainl
due TO tho improved conditions of life.
Two hundred years ago the viliag
household was iasuhciontly fed; th
quality as vcll as the quantity of th
food was bad work was hand mon woI
rough husbands beat their wives habit
ually; in cold weather they were thiui
clad; ia lot weather their clothes wCI
TOO thick If there was eny indulgonC
possible, &c tool. the form of beer. Tl
did lot exist Children, hungry an
cold, cried an day and an night; ever.
thing combined TO cxasperate q woman
What wonder if, from time to time. Sd
lost control of herself and became cop
ously eloquent over hcr wrongs. lhiui
have greatly improved. The husband p
longor-or very seldom-bcats his wifi
the food has become cheap; wages lar
gone up; luxuries, formerly unattai
able, have become necossaries; the SEQ
is dying out Of the land because the
is so little left to scold about. Phil
dclphia Ledger
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
new CASTLE NEWS NOTES.

Nearly an the Philadelphia steam
boats which have been laid up for the
Winter VIII resume their trips up and
down the river on Monday
Miss Mary G. Steele, of Chesapeake
City Md. Is visiting IN town as the
guest of Miss Gertrude Kuntz.
Thieves robbed the store Of u. s.
Burris, Of Bear station, CT $50 worth OF
goods.
Mary Foley and Mary Duryea have
been admitted at the county almshousJ
from the Wilmington police station.
Treasurer C. p. King. Of the Wal.
mington and New Castle electric rail.
way, is registered at the Jefferson
House
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
Golden Nose.

Tycho Brahe, the famous Danish
mathematician, was known as the
Wizard ce The Golden Nose. While
at the university he lost his nose in a
duel and replaced it with a nasal organ
of gold, held in place by cement and a
pair Of spoctaclea This addition to his
cCuntenance gave him very peculiar
appearance and caused him TO be much
feared by the common people, who at
tIibutod to him many supernatural
powers, largely on account Of his re-
maIkable nose.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
oFFIcRR rHINKs HE sTRUcK on.

The Municipal Court prisoners
James and Michael O'Brien-aro being
held i'm New Castle jail on a retainer
secured by Officer George Lyons, OF
Wilmington who thinks he sees in the
men the originals Of two photographs
of men wanted for the murder Of Sher-
in James Burns, at Spring City, Utah.
on September 26, 1894 The enterpris-
ing policeman also thinks he sees a
cheek fer $780, the reward offered for
these men. He has communicated with
the Utah authorities and is in receipt OF
"a telegram TO hold the men until Sher-
in Judge arrives from Utah.
Evening journal., 1897-03-06
IIVELY HORSE RUNS AWAY.

Sheriff William r. Flinns lively lit
tie bay horse, attached to a spindle
wagon of II. Chen Watts, of New Cas-
tie, was driven to Wilmington yester-
day afternoon and while standing in
the livery stable OF Joseph Il. Bradbury,
at Eighth and Tatnall streets, became
frightened and ran away, jerking the
halter hook from the wall. The animal
turned out Eighth and at Washington
street just grazed the carriage Of Sher-
iff's Flinn's brother, DR.. 1. NJ. Finn,
and in turning the west corner of
Washington street collided with a lamp
post. Wagon, lamp post and horse
were badly damaged.