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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-21
TWAS PRESIDENTS DAY.
A Mighty Throng Greeted President
Mckinley and Party at the
Omaha Exposition.
WERE ESCORTED By THE AK-ss.-BtA.
The president's Address to tho Assembled
Multitude Contained Congrstuistion
over the Un~xsmpied Prosperity OF the
Nation and Euiogy ON the Patriotism
and yalor of las Defenders

Omaha. \eb., Oct. lJ.--Ihc thlrd uay
of Omaha's peace jubilee and "fresi-
dents day" at the rransmississippi
exposition opened with lowering sky
About ten o'clock. however. the sun
burst forth in all its radiance, making
the hearts of thousands of people feei
easier The president was up early. ana
at nine o'clock was in the parlors OF
the Omaha club where he greeted the
members of his party and other DIS
tinguished callers.
start for the Exposition Grounds
1t was after ten o'clock when the
presidential party. escorted by fresl-
dent Wattles and members of the en-
tertainment committee in carriages
started for the exposition grounds.
They were headed by platoon OF
mounted police. while the president
and party were escorted by the board
OF the governors of the Ak-Sar- Ben,
mounted, and dressed in their regalia.
Thf party proceeded directly To the
grand plaza on the blui tract OF the
exposition, where. on the music paNll-
ion the formal exercises OF the day oc-
Cured.
An Enthusiastic Greeting.
President Mckinley probably never
received more enthusiastic greeting
than that which awaited him at the
exposition grounds. by far the great
est crowd in the big western shows
history-so largea crowd that lis nam
bers are almost impossible 10 estimate
--thronged about the huge platform
from which the president made his adj
dress. Hardly one sentence was spok-
en- bv him which did not evoke from
the people cheer upon cheer.
After President Wa;tles had intro
duced the distinguished guest OF the
exposition il was fully five minutes be-
fore the subsistence of the applause
permitted the president to begin his
address. which was n follows:
The P-@.id~nt'- Address.
Gentlemen OF the TRANSMITS issippi Ex-
position and Fellow-citizens: II Is with
genuine pleasure that l meet once more
the people - Omaha. whose wealth ~
welcome is not altogether unfamiliar u
me and whose warm hearts have before
touched and moved me For this re-
newell manifestation OF your regard. anc
for the cordial reception Of to-day. my
heart responds with profound gratitud,
aud a deep appreciation which can not
conceal and which the language OF com
pliment - inadequate To convey Ny
greeting Is not alone 10 your city ana lh'
state Of Nebraska. but y the people y
All th, states OF the rransmisSiSsipp
s-roup participating here and can no
withhold congratulations on the cyl
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-21

You are always hearing Of people who are
an it; well, there are different kinds OF Its"
"a be in.-Atchison Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-21

Deep as is the Sciatic nerve. St. Jacobs
Oil Will penetrate and cure Sciatlca.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-21

Those who are always looking for favon
are not the most willing to give them
Rams Horn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-21

We have but little respect for man who
can't discover the easiest way to do thingA
Washington Cla.) Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-21

We like anyone honest enough 70 admit
taxiness.-Atchison Globe.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-21

Bad, Worse, Worst Sprain. Good, Better.
Best Remedy-St. Jacobs Oil
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-21
Tn. Unequal Combat Begun.

9Th = rush "A throng of Infatuated
miners pressed toward the store.
Eyster ran behind a counter with a
revolver in each hand. The miners
pressed hard after. and as Eyster
sprang upstairs he and tsc miners be-
gan shoting simultaneously. lie ran
I. the top OF his building aud jumped
behind chimney, while the miners
ran into the street and opened fire on
him again. Chips flew from the brick
chimney and Eyster ran from cover
across 10 the root of another store,
firing into the street below as he ran.
From there he crossed To the roof Of
the Bank of Nirdcn. where he reload
ed his reyolvcrs.
wounded But Game.
Blood was flowing from a wound in
his side. but with logged determine
ton against terrible odds he con
tinued his flight. Jumping 10 the roof
OF the Rae 4 Gish drug store. he halt
ed behind a projection from the roof
of the building he had just left and
emptied both his six-chambercd re-
yolvers Then. springing from cover,
Evster dashed ahead amid rain OF
bullets To the roof of the Stead build
ing. the upper story of which is
known as Miners hall. He ci,her fell
or Jumped through the skylight and
landed in the arms of a crowd of min
ers. who seized him and carried him
down stairs To the street. Other
hands seized the almost unconscious
man. and he was dragged into the
middle of the street.
Fiendish Attack Upon "a Helpless Man.
Local policemen drove back the
crowd and carried Eyster TO the city
square across the street and laid him
on the grass. Eyster was motionless
and supposedly dead. The police left
him lying and attempted TO disPerse
the crowd. In a few minutes Eyster
was seen to raise his hand and wipe
the blood from his face. Two men
sprang al him and with the ferocity OF
tigers began jumping on his body anc
striking him on the head with stones
With yell the angry crowd charged
into the square TO Kill Eyster. The
police charged in body and fought
their way To the center of the mob
where they took stand over the pros
trate. battered. bleeding man.
oysters Injuries Chance for Re
covery.
A carrier was procured and Eyster
was taken TO the Buckles hotel He
had been shot through the groin and
is terribly battered up about the head.
The physician states that he has bare
" a chance for recovery. The dead
miners were removed from the vicin-
ity of the stockade 10 hotels and liv-
ery stables. and the wounded miners
were taken on litters TO the station
and taken 10 Springfield on the eight
o'clock twain.
The Est of dead and wounded inside
the stockade follows:
Dead.
a. W. Morgan. Chicago.
wounded.
II. Gritgesell. shot in shoulder
{. J. Snyder. shot in face and legs.
Jas. sicl>les. Chicago. shot in leg.
Frank Wilder. Chicago; shot in
arm.
Thos. McEntee. Chicago; shot IN
leg
y. W. Moonan. ST. Louis; slightly
injured.
r. J. Hanan. slightly injured.
J. II. Smith. Chicago; slightly m
jured-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-21

Go to work on Lumbago as II you intended
10 cure it, Use st. Jacobs Oil.
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rived AT the stochade around the Chr
cago-Nirden Coal Co.'s mines. and inn
mediately terrific firing began. The
list at 10 O'Clock tonight stands seven
dead and l. wounded.
Dead.
Ed Welsh. Springfield.
Frank Bilyeu. Springfield.
Albert smith. Mount Olive.
Joe kitterly, Mount Olive
Ernest keuiner. Mount Olive.
a. ii. Breneman, Girard.
ID. ii. Riley, c. & \. detective.
Wounded.
Anks Ankei. Mt. Olive.
Gustave Neisep. Mt. Olive.
Ed Upton. Springfield.
Thomas Jennings, Springfield.
Joe haines. Girard; shot in leg.
Joe Runk. Girard; shot in arm.
George Runk, Girard; shot in stom-
ach.
YIN. Herman. Dirard; shot in hand.
Joe Baston. Mt. Olive; shot in stom-
ach.
Joe Shprim. Mt Olive; shot in arm.
Bart Tigar. engineer Chicago q Al
ton; shot in arm.
j. +. Eyster. superintendent Climax
Trading Co.. shot and beaten.
Ii is said that six men were wound
eel inside tile stockade. but this has
not been verified, and those inside the
stockade refuse 10 communicate with
outsiders.
For the past two weeks rumors have
reached Nirden daily that a train hav-
ing negroes from Alabama would
reach the city. and the Chicago a Al
ton depot has been surrounded day
and night by vigilant miners deter
minedly awaiting their arrival.
Yesterday the Chicago & Alton lin
tied. due 10 pass here al ten o'clock.
shot through en- route 10 Chicago an
hour late. displaying flags on the rear
indicating that a special was follow
ing Immediately the word was
spread. and dense crowd of miners
lined the station platform. while
another crowd collected at the en-
trance of the stockade half a mile
north of the station. ID. b. Riley. a
Chicago d Alton detective. stood
guard at switch al the south end of
the station platform 10 see that IT
was not tempered With.
AT 1910 the special train passed the
station. and sig AL shots were fired
from the soutl. end Of the train an
nouncing the specials arrival I'M
mediately shots were fired from the
moving train. and outside the battle
was on. 4 few moments after the
train had passed the switch where
kiley was stationed. and while he was
talking with two citizens. he threw up
his arms and dropped dead. with a
bullet through his brain. He was the
first man killed The train continued
to the stockadc. the miners firing
into il all along the route. and the
negro passengers returning the fire.
The moment the train reached the
stockade the miners opened a despe-
rate fire with Winchcsters. revolvers
and firearms OF all descriptions. The
negroes on the train answered with
n steady FIRE. The miners and the
train were enveloped in cloud OF
smoke. and the shooting sounded like
continuous volley. Engineer Bur
Tigar received a bullet in the arm
and dropped from his seat. His IRE
man seized the throttle. pulled J
open. and. with a jerk, the train wa
under speed. carrying load
wounded negro passengers to Spring
field. How many are wounded is no
known.
Kent I'm a STEADY Fir~ Into the Crowd {
Miners.
The train stopped at the stockae
hut two minutes. Its departure al
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-10-21

To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take LAXATIVE Bromo Qunine Tablets. Al.
druggists refund money II il fails to cure. &c.
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Kept Up STEADY Fire Into the Crowd of
Miners.

The train stopped at the stockade
but two minutes. Its departure did
not cause the firing to cease. Inc
tower OF the stockade was filled with
sharpshooters armed with Winches-
tiers. and they kept up steady hre
into the crowd Of union miners. Eye
witnesses say the dead miners were
killed after the train departed. 1t 10
not known how many men are sta
Toned behind the walls of the stock
AIDE. but an estimate is placed az be-
tween 25 and 40. Word was sent from
the stockade 10 physicians in town
that their services were needed.
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BLOODY BATTLE At V|RD[N
Striking Miners and Deputies Try
Conclusions and Both Sides
Suffer Heavy Losses.
ATTACK UPON A TRAIN LOAD OF NEGROES.
Tn. Latter Pulls out, with Many Wound
ed. and Proceeds to Springfield WINE
the right Continues Between the
Miners aud Deputies r. Desperate At
tack Upon Manager Eyster.

Nirden. H.. Oct. Is.- The little town
OF Nirden is comparatively quiet to-
night after a day OF riot and blood
shed. the long-eNFectcd clash between
the union miners and the imported
negroes.
At l2.40 o'clock this afternoon a
Chicago 4 Alton special train bearing
200 negro miners from the south ar
rived at the stockade around the Chi
cago-Nirden Coal Co.'S mines, and i'm
mediately terrific firing began. The
list at 10 O'Clock tonight stands seven
dead and l. wounded.
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The supply and provision store OF
the Chica go-virdcn Coal Go. is known
ms the Climax Trading Co. with Supt.
j. +. Eyster in charge. After the mr.
inc AZ the stockade had subsidized. an
attack without parallel in the his
tory OF the trouble was made on n.y.
ster in this store on Main street,
which will probably cost him bis life.
lie was sitting in his store when his
telephone rang. and he was instructed
l FROM the siociSadc TO secure physi-
clans and hurry them 70 the place.
Evstcr jumped into his delivery wag-
on. and. securing two doctors. rushed
them 20 the mines. He returned ia
his store. climbed out Of his wagon,
and was just entering the door when
the cry was raised that Manager Fred
Lukins Of the mines was with him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-27
PATRIOTISM OF a WEALTHY
MAN.

John Jacob Aston Of New York, has
set a splendid example to the wealthy
men of the country. To the government
he has offered his yacht, the Normahal,
and free transportation for troops and
supplies over the railroads in which he
is interested. This is much, indeed,
and would seem to afford a sufficient
vent for his patriotism, but it does not.
| Mr.. Astor has raised and equipped a
battery of artillery, which he desires to
| offer to the government for service in
! Cuba, under plans of his own.
This is exceedingly patriotic. and his
example, in one way or another, should
find many followers among the wealthy
men of the land. No doubt men of
wealth are as patriotic as the men who
earn their living by the sweat of their
brow, but their wealth affords them an
opportunity to display their patriotism,
and they should take advantage of the
present time to show it; nothing would
so tend to still the cutlery against
wealth, an cutlery that is hushed now,
but that will surely be heard when the
war is over.
opportunity for our wealthy men to
show their patriotisms There are no
Astors in the state, but there are many
wealthy men. Utah is called upon to
furnish a troop of cavalry, and two
batteries of artillery. The state has the
guns and the men, but it hasn't any
horses. Why cannot our wealthy men
donate the horses? They would cost
some thousands of dollars, but quite
number of our wealthy men are re-
puted to enjoy incomes anywhere from
$1,000 to $4,000 a month, and they could |
well afford to furnish the horses re-
quired. What prestige such an act
would give Utah in the eyes of the |
nation! What prestige it would give
the givers in the eyes of the people CT
Utah! To do it would be for our
wealthy men the tide. which, taken at
the flood, leads on to fortune"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-27
cRIsPI ON SPAIN.

! No more interesting expression of
! opinion on the trouble between the
United States and Spain has been given
! than by Signor Crispi. He has occupied
! the foremost position in Italy and he
has been one of the most influential
men in Europe. Speaking of the cause
! of SPANS present condition, he says:
The prime cause of Spain's condition
is the general state of ignorance, in
/ the upper as we'll as in the lower
classes. 1t is the priesthood, absolute
/ ~ sovereign everywhere, which has led
that fine country into ruin"
That is very largely true. How COM
pletely 1T dominates everything it is
almost impossible to realize. The diff
ference between the Catholic church in
Spain and the Catholic church in the
United States is as great as that be-
tween darkness and light. The church
is as supreme there today as in the
days of Ximenes and Torquemada.
Like the air, it is everywhere. The
first thing the traveller in that country
notices is the great Difference and rev.
erence paid to the priests; they take
precedence over everybody. If he
chances to be in a cathedral town of
a Sunday, like Burgos, for instance, he
will wonder why it is that the chief
street leading to the cathedral is all in
gala attire with flags and bunting fly
ing from every window in every build
ing, until the whole street is one mass
of color. He will not have long to wait,
80, h 81
music from a magnificent military
band, and a little later he will see a
grand procession moving into view. AS
it comes nearer and nearer he will OBJ
serve that it is headed by ecclesiastics
in magnificent robes; that they are fol-
lowed by priests, carrying a canopy
beneath which is carried the host, and
then he will see acolytes, with their
censers; and then more priests. Be-
hind these he will see the military au-
thorities, in gorgeous uniforms, fol-
lowed by soldiers. Following these he
will see the civic authorities, and then
the grandees and leading citizens. And
when he has beheld that splendid pro-
cession pass by he viii probably ask
the occasion of it, and he will be told
that the archbishop of Burgos is on his
way to celebrate mass.
And the order of that procession is
the order of things in Spain. 1t was
Spain that gave birth to the Society
of Jesus, and she still lives in the days
of Loyola. How different the hierarchy
of Spain from the hierarchy Of the
United Statesi
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-27
THn DECLARATION OF WAR.

The world has seldom witnessed a
more solemn act than was witnessed in
the congress Of the United States when
the declaration of war against Spain
was made. There We're assembled in
the national capitol the representa-
tives of seventy millions of freemen, and
amid a solemn and awe-inspir-
ing silence, without one single
dissenting voice, with unanim-
ity without parallel, they voted
to declare war against Spain, a
nation whose history is indissolubly
connected with their own. They de-
clared for a war, not of conquest, not
of revenge, but for war for freedom
and the rights of man. The manner of
the declaration was BETTING the occa-
sion. The representatives OF free peo-
pie acted as became a free people; at
that most solemn and momentous time
the power and dignity Of q great nation
were represented as became it. That
declaration Is fraught with the greatest
consequences to the new world. perhaps
to the old world as well; but the Amer
lean people, firm in the righteousness
of their cause, and the rectitude of their
rely upon that God upon whom
they have never relied in vain, and to
him they leave the issue.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-27

/ sion be question for the mass conven-
| ton to handle. Our duties will SINH "
! be to select a central committee for
! Weber county.
l do not suppose any lady or gentle
man will consider herself or himself
qualified to take part in that conven-
ton unless they regard the financial
question as the paramount issue
1t viii be for that convention to say
who may take part in it, and it is my
opinion that adherence to the political
doctrines as laid down by the national
, silver Republican party will be the
test.
The Standard takes issued with Judge
Patton. 1t frankly declares that it is
not pleased with his explanation OF
opinion; it takes particular exception
to the judges declaration that he is a
silver Republican, because he cannot
endorse the st. Louis platform, noting
the important fact that he includes the
whole platform and not merely por-
tons of it. Quoting what is said about
the tariff question. the Standard says
this bears out its suspicion that the
judge cannot bear the protection plank
of the st. Louis platform any more
than its financial plank Then the
Standard asks, rather pertinently: IF
that is true, why does Judge Patton
cling to the name Republican? If the
judge is opposed to everything Repub-
lican. why still claim to be a Republi-
camp"
Judge Patton can answer these ques-
lions for himself, but they suggest this
very pertinent question: Why does any
silver man call himself a Republican?
To speak of a silver man as a Republic
can is nothing but a contradiction in
terms. Trying to be true to silver and
trying to be true to Republicanism is
trying to serve two masters, and this,
on the very highest authority, cannot
be done.
The place for Judge Patton, as for all
other silver men, is in the Democratic
party
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-27
SPANS LATEST NOTE.

Spain has addressed another note to
the powers, expressing regret at the
hard necessity of being compelled TO
appeal to force in order to repel the
scandalous aggression of the United
States and defend the national dignity
and the historic integrity of the father
land"
The note further says that history
presents very few instances wherein
reason is SO evident on one part and
the other. Spain has on her side right.
correct procedure and prudence, while
the United States has only disloyalty
and the impulse of unbridled ambi-
tions.''
No doubt that is the view of the
Spanish cabinet. but it is not the view
of the American people. The people of
this country believe that Spain has
been cruel, barbarous and rapacious in
her treatment of the Cubans; not only
do they believe this, but they know it.
They know that the continuation of
Spanish dominion over Cuba means a
continuation of a reign of terror over
the island; and because they know this
they have determined that it shall
cease. The United States have no ''un-
bridled' or other ambitions to crafty
in Cuba. Schooled as the Spanish
ministers have been in the wiles of
selfish and deceitful diplomacy, it is
not surprising that they impute to the
American government the base and ig-
noble motives they do; it would be
strange if they did not Nor can the
courts of Europe, unless it be that of
ST. James, understand how this coun-
try can undertake a war solely in be-
half of principle and humanity; and
yet 1t is for principle and humanity
that the United States have gone to
war with Spain. They have no Interior
aims; they do not wish to appropriate
to themselves any of SPANS colonies,
but it will be their set purpose to strip
her of all her colonies. The day has
finally come when Spain must be driven
from the land of Columbus, that CO.
lumbus who discovered the land
through Spanish aid. 1t may seem a
bitter fate, but it is the fate of Spain.
And history will prove how high and
worthy were the motives which
prompted the United States in their
course, and will justify them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-27
A SILVER REPUBLICAN SPEAKS

Judge A. B. Patton of Ogden has ad-
dressed to the Standard of that city the
following communication:
AS you request. in the issue OF your
paper OF the 4th ultimo. that 1 make
a statement as TO who are to be con-
sidered silver Republicans at our con-
vention on Saturday. April 80. | beg
leave to answer briefly.
1t is not within my province to de-
termine this question for any one but
myself i am a silver Republican. be-
cause l could not endorse the platform
adopted at the national Republican con-
vention at St. Louis in 1896
The tariff system can hardly cut any
inquire IN our campaign in Utah this
year, as our present tariff cannot be
changed within three or four years to
come. Whatever changes might be made
IN administration circles-nor will fu-
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Labouchere, editor of London Truth.
pea king of the Cuban o1or+io.. ...

Labouchere, editor of London Truth.
| speaking of the Cuban question. saws:
. All colonies have right to become
! Independent of the mother country. if
they so please; but never had any col
ony better ground for adopting this
course than Cuba. The attempt of
Spain to maintain her sway in that
island has been characterized by hid
eous atrocities, and the civil war has
peen encouraged by the persons sent
from Spain to end ii, in order that thew
may make money
Cuba is almost ruined; its people are
starving. The end Of the war is as far
or, so far as Spain is concerned, as il
ever was. Under these circumsta noes
the determination of the United States
to secure to Cuba her independence is
worthy of all praise
The Spaniards are a strange nation.
Individually they are men of exception
ally high honor. But they have been
so misgoverned that no public man
loses favor if he robs the government
cuba is an annual drain on Spain. but
1t has been mine of gold for Spanish
officials.
If Cuba has been a drain on Spain,
Spain has been to Cuba a curse. If
Spain had peacefully surrendered Cuba
it would have been money in her
pocket; to lose her only after a war
will mean the addition of some hun
dreds of millions to her already crush
ing debt.
Mr. Labouchere appreciates the mo-
tiyes of this country in going to war
with Spain, thing that it is hard for
many, perhaps most, European editors
to realize.