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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-28
Discussing the Pacinc Cable.

Chicago. Dec. 2s.--At meetings held
simultaneously In Chicago and New
York last evening papers on u Pacific
cable ns projected by the United States
government were given before the east :
crn and western branches OF the Amcri-
can Institute OF Electrical Engineers.
The papers read before the New York
and Chicago meetings We're presented
by Capt. Geo. q. Squier. OF Washington.
The papers Were composed principally
OF the technical points OF the several
proposed routes across the Pacific ocean
surveyed by this country and the Brit
ish government. The cardinal point for
both the government cables ms project
ed IL that they touch nowhere but Mt
possessions OF the government control
ling them, which point was urged
strongly by President Mckinley In his
last annual message.
Mr.. Squier advocates a combination
between the two powers, Great Britain
and the United States. as to the pro-
posed cables. Such plan would permit
either to use the wires controlled by
the other In case OF an interruption.
Speaking OF the recent government
surveys, Captain Squier said; IA to
the route westward from Hawaii to
the Philippines. the preliminary survey
the government II now making shows
two unusual physical features. one In
a submarine mountain rising from n
depth OF 1900 fathoms TO within SO
fathoms OF the surface and the other
Is one OF the deepest abysses yet found
In the world. situated 500 miles west Of
Guam and more than 1900 fathoms In
depth. These obstacles can both be
avoided by detours."
Captain Sduier said II cable was
laid the government ought to see that
two complete repair ships were kept In
Pacific waters. He said that II the
n lntllH
be made In the United States In a rea-
sonable time II would be wise policy
for the government TO encourage "A deep
sea cable Industry In conclusion he
emphasized the commercial Importance
OF the cable.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-28
Dress Trimmings.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
Marrow Jet Trimmings. regular &c to
Sc
Je, Bands one inch wide. ioc a yard
&c
Fancy Pearl Trimmings. very pretty
designs. sells regularly for 800 up to
900 yard
75c
An assortment OF spangled effects and
irrldescent Trimmings. were si.75 up to
3s'oo yard-one price all
Si.2S
Some fancy colored beaded trimmings
that sold from 75e to si.0o a yard-ail-
SOC
colored Judy Ruchlngs. dainty coiors.
Zoe yard usually
i7c
Persian bands. very effective for tea
Jacket or wrapper trimmings. sold at
Coo yard
$50
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-28

piled. the Beers disappearing over the
ridge.
our guns then began TO she'll Toll
Pan at range OF 1000 yards a noct
gun dropped four ehells near our men
but did no damage, AS the Beers were
strongly entrenched, we withdrew"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-28
SACRIFICE SALE

of dynamic order. Includes
All Tailor Dresses.
All Wraps for Women and Children.
All Children's Dresses.
All Waists.
All Separate Skirts.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28
Alcohol in Medicine.

The physician wlo finds alcohol
necessary in ievers or other diseases
has bnt a limited range. There are
a large number OF institutions, both
in this coun'rv and abroad, that
have no occasion for the use of al
cohol in any form. with the most
desirable results to their patieE's.
There is no doubt but that tie use
of alcohol bv prescription Of the
physician is responsible Tor much OF
the intoxicaiion OF the times. Very
well may the lavman argue that il
alcohol j. good for the sick it may
al 80 be good for him that Is not sick.
When the medical profession re-
alize that they can do better work
without the use Of alcohol, the tenn
perance cause will have received IT.
greatest boon. Selected.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

iIuntingburg Argus.
James Mathews, of New Albany,
has the contract To build the Catho-
lie chapel at Ferdinand, and work
will oe begun on same Immediately,
Mrs. John Huther came over
from Jasper Monday to accompany
her mother, Mrs. A Lusch, to
Mariah Hill for weeks visit.
County Superintendent Wilson
had a full attendance at the Reading
Circle examination Saturday, there
being total attendance of 1l2 ;
Ferdinand having IL, Huntingburg
81 and Jasper 20.
Aaron Utz has one of the best
wheat yields that has vet been re-
ported. He threshed this week 81.
bushels from AS acres, an average
of 20.5 bushels per acre, Is acres OF
it yielding 432 bushels an average
of q bushels per acre.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

G. 0. Ryan, editor of the Geneva
Herald, made desperate by non. pay
ing subscribers, has reserved space
two columns wide and several inches
in length in the center of his first
page where, from week to week, he
pays his respect to the delinquents,
naming them in person, and giving
very unpleasant biographical sketch
es in connection herewith. The
editor woefully says: perhaps
the most strikingly prohigate being
that exists in scoundrelism is the
mongrel dead beat in human form
who takes newspaper for a number
of years and then, when he is re-
minded of the debt, refuses to pay
the same. The newspaper dead
beat, the chap who pliers the pen
nes from his dead mothers eyes,
and the man who would murder his
sister for the rare filings in her
teeth are all consanguineous.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28
WORK As WELL AS PRAY.
Voting With The SaIoonkecpers will not
Answer Prayer for the Overthrow
OF the Liquor Traffic.

The pastor of the First United
Presbyterian church, Des Moincs,
preached last Sabbath morning from
the text, Thy Kingdom Come.
The lessons of the sermon We're
many, giving the hearers a compre-
hensive idea Of prayer, and especial
ly the wide scope of the petition
comprising the text. 80 pray for
the coming of Chri>t's Kingdom, 7
said he, land then do nothing TO
bring it about is hollow mockery.
God expects u to use all the power
He has given Us to answer our own
PRAYERS and He will do for Us that
which we cannot do ourselves. To
promote the interest. Of Christ ;
Kingdom we must actively espouse
that which makes for righteousness
and oppose the forces OF evil. \ As
an illustration of this point tn
speaker referred to the liquor trallic
and said with great emphasis that
he had made up his mind that a
man who prayed for the overthrow
Of the liqucr traffic was not helping
to answer his prayer when he went
up to the ballot box and voted a
.icket identical with that voted 10y
saloon keepers. Iowa Common
wealth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28
The NJ. E. District Conference

At Paoli, the "a week in July,
was largely attended. OF thirty
five travelling ministers in the dis
trict 80 were present. The confer
ence next year will be held at Hunt
ing burg, some time in July. One
preacher from Brandville said he
had travelled during the year ? 800
miles, preached 200 sermons and
made 1O34 pastoral visits.
The Paoli Republican in a notice
of business at the conference says,
"Elias Clapp, Marion Mclver,
Joseph AXE and Edward Holmes
were licensed to preach.
Joseph X. AXE, VIM. ID. Collins
and Marion McIver were recon-
mended to the Annual Conference,
which meets at Greencastls Sept.
6. for admission on trial. +"
"At eleven o'clock, Rev. j. s.
Washburn, of Huntingbrrg preach
ed an interesting sermon. Rev
Wdshburn, although young man,
showed not only in the preparation
of his sermon, but by his earnest
expression in delivering it, that he
il destined in time to ascend the
ladder of fame, and by reason OF
his ability, be CT much service in
the cause of the Master.
From | 80 to 2 O'Clock in the
afternoon was given to devotional
exercises, led by Bro. Lemuel
Carnes, Of French Lick. This was
very peasant service and much
devotional feeling was manifested.
The next hour was devoted t.
business appertaining to the confer
ence, after which paper on Min
isteiial Weakness, or do Ministers
realize their Opportunities" was
read by Rev. W. ;. Grimes, Of
French Lick. Bro. Grimes is a
new member OF the conference. hav
ing recently been transferred from
the North west Indiana conference
The paper was a good one, and not
only showed careful preparation
but also the intelligence Of the mar
from whom it eninated. The re
ligious aud intellectual standard
of this conference has not been low
cred by the addition of Bro. Grimes
Discussion followed y
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

The appointment of Elihu Root,
New York, to succeed Secretary Al
ger was finally decided on Friday
night. Senator Plat, of New York,
held long conference with the
president and assured the executive
that, while Francis V. Greene was
his first choice, the appointment of
Root would not be unwelcome. 1t
is understood that the new secretary
will not take active charge of the
purely military matters of the office,
leaving these to assistant-secretary
Meikeliohn and Adjutant-general
Coroin, while he will concern him.
self with the larger problems aris-
ing on account Of our new possess
SONS.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28
Known BY Your Friends.

\ clever somebody has said that
a woman should not be Judged by
her relatives, but by her friends;
cher relatives she can't help; her
friends she chooses for herself, and
as they are, SO she is" But there
are distinctions even in this detini-
ton in general. Do rot most Of us
know at least one woman whose
friends are not SO much what the
woman is, as various advantages
they may be to her? They do not
represent her; they simply embody
what they can do for her. To say
of such ones intimates: "She's
a great friend of Mrs. Blanks"
conveys nothing at all 1t fails to
describe the individual. Mrs.
Blank has, it is true, a personality,
and very shrewd and capable one
it is-especially as manifested in
sele citing friends--but her friends
cannot be classified by it. No, there
is a healthy, practical reason for all
Mrs. Blanks intimacies; the tie
that binds her in such cases is moth
ing so insecure as sentiment, nor
feeble as congeniality, nor frail as
affinity; it is an appreciation OF wha
these persons can do for her. Re-
duced to their elemental attractions,
the friends might be named thus:
A steam yacht, an Adirondack
camp, a house where one is certain
to meet interesting or more than
interesting, advantageous people;
a table where one may always count
upon good dinner, brougham,
a house where one may stop over
night when in town Mrs. Blank
lives in the suburbs), a possible
giver Of railroad passes-and so on.
None but stands for some benefit,
if not actually conferred upon Mrs.
Blank, then of possible benefit to
her, and conserving which she is
leaving no stone unturned that it
may maierialize. Exchange.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28
A Stirring Blast From the Rams Horn,

The Rams Horn of last week
blew blast that it is hoped will
reach the lympanum of the gentle
man in the White House who has
power to wipe out the canteen with
one stroke Of his pen.
The editorial referred to Is as tol-
lows:
"An awful responsibility lies al
at the door OF the national admins
ltration. Ii must answer ior the
deaths of hundreds of American
youth who have fallen victims, not
to Spanish guns, but Of fever
Whether the president and his oili'
lcial advisers will answer this solemn
to the satisfaction OF
their countrymen depends, in great
part, upon the result OF the con-
lgressional inquiry which is surely
impending. But no official inquiry
board can glance over this damning
fact. that what killed the greatest
humber of our soldiers was, not ok
of medicine. not lack of food, but
lii was the presence almost every
where, OF beer, rum or whisky, the
use of " hich SO thoroughly dlsar-
ranged the digestive organs, that nc
food gave nourishment, and soldiers
who INDUCED in these stinulants
fell prey To disease. They possessed
no reserve force to combat il. We
make this charge with the solemn
conviction Of its truth, after repeated
interviews with regular and volun'
teer soldiers who have returned from
Cuba, and from the encampment-
in our southern states. 1t i the
universal report that those soldier,
who drank liquor, were the first To
fall IN the swift and unseen attack
lot fever. Thousands Of mothers
and fathers having sons in the coun-
lt1y's service last summer, learning
that they have lost their lives and
their souls, perhaps, by reason OF
the poisonous and vicious environ
ments which the regimental beer
shop has produced, are gathering IN
a mighty union Of protest TO the
president, and their protest will take
Itne form Of demand that he br, ak
away from the coils Of the liquor
power, and close the army canteen.
If he does not d. so, he must bear
on his own individual head the OBJ
loquy and curse which only parent
can heap upon one who has been
accessory to the ruin Of a child. Z
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

The telephone and trolley wires
we're blown together at Anderson.
At an iron bridge which spans White
river, the circuit was completed by
a puddle of water in the middle o.
the street. Travelling men with a
double team started to drive across
the bridge. Both horses we're shock
ed SO severely that they could not
arise, and wherever the steel on the
harness touched them they were
burned deeply. The bridge had to
be closed until the wires were re-
moved.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

John Flory, who shot and killed
Jefferson Burton at Mitchell, last
November, mistaking him for Bent
Jones, was found guilty Of murder
in the second degree in the Orange
county circuit court, at Paoli, on
the 2lst, and sentenced to the
northern prison for life. Jones had
threatened Flory's life.-N. A. Led
ger.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28
The Very Best Service will be Given

1t j. the desire OF the G.. & q. TO have
nothing but the best car service, and the
5eautiful ve-tbuled train TO he used Aug
10th will please the most fastidious. Tue
run made with this excursion last year
was the quickest on record and equally
as good time may be expected this year.
which makes the trip void OF any tedious
perplexitics encountered so often.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

The Blencoe, To-, Beacon relates
that one of Blencoe's smartest
youngsters, while at the home of a
neighbor recently, was asked how
the baby at his house was getting
along. "Oh, all right" replied the
boy. "But just think. He is only
3 months old and has got away with
SO worth Of condensed milk. He
has cost us enough already to buy a
good horse.O
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

"What would you like for lunch
con, Tommy" asked Tommy's
mother, as they sat down in depart
meLt store restaurant.
"Ice cream" replied Tommy
with smile of anticipation.
"And what else?n
"More ice cream" said Tommy
with larger smile than before. -
Harper's Bazaar.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28
Acard.

EDITOR COURIER In regard to the
notice claiming that il was reported that
| struck horse Of kunkePs stable with
a hammer while shocing it, desire TO
say that the report il false, az ! never
done anything Of the kind, and can fur
nish several witnesses who saw the horse
shod that will swear that all such reports
are false. Respt.
HENRY q. RICHARDS.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

Little Mary, aged ) pears, was
greatly interested in the story Of the
good Samaritan, as related by her
Sunday school teacher. Upon her
return home she gave her mother a
vivid account of the sefshness OF
the priest and the Levite. "But," F"
added she, "by and by good
American came by and helped the
poor man !"-Youth's Companion
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

There are three surveying corps
at work finishing up the Black
Diamond line in South Carolina
The work is being pushed as rapid
ly as possible under the supervision
of Chief Engineer Crenshaw. Other
officials of the road there are bring
ing matters to a close. The affairs
of the system are in splendid shape
Dover. i>v., News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

Every political question which il
also a moral question is a part OF
the gospel. The minister who fears
God rather than man will not hesi-
tate to preach on it.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

the 7. O. amt arriving.
Oh, Liberty what crimes are
committed in thy name.
Yours disgustedly,
PETER LoNGsHoTT.
7. 5. iIurrah for you for con
gress, ANYHOW. i. l..
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

The new Catholic Church being
built at New Harmony will he dedi-
Gated on August 9th.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28
Bainbridgc Township Trus.
tees Notice.

Inc Undersigned. Trustee Of Balm
siidge township. Dubois county. will at
tent 70 fellowship business on Saturday
y every week. at Frank Bets Office on
Nsr,h Main street. between Eighth ani
Nlnth IN Jasper. The Township Ii
raw and Indiana School Books are at
f'ne place. WutrAu SHuIER, Tustcc.
Aig. II, lS97-y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

There are many who will take advan-
tage of the exceedingly low rates offered
to Old Point Aug 9th, to visit their ma
tive State, Virginia, and look on the
scenes of childhood, bringing back SO
many fond recollections and pleasant
M amories
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

Ethel-"What does a man mean
when he says that comment is use
less?"
Davie-" Means that he can't
think Of anything else to say
Puck.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

II you intend going TO Old Point, hand
your name to X. X. Agent at your place
so provision can be made for you, and be
sure TO secure your berth at yonr earliest
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

Men who persist in running for
Office should not imbibe the belief
that bv so doing they become pos
sessed of vested right 10 public
support. st. Louis Star.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

"Did you ever hear of st. Dun
stan?' asked the man who was
chewing his lead pencil
est. Dunstan?" answered the
friend. Certainly. What was
there so remarkable about him?"
"What was there remarkable
about him? Why, great Scott,
man, don't you know that his name
is the only thing in the English lam
guage that furnishes rhyme fol
: Funston?'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

Ladies who have no escorts can take
this trip feeling that especial provisions
has been made TO see that they have
every attention, and lack for no courte-
sv. Those desiring information should
write W. a. Wilgus, ;. l.. A., Hopkins
willie, XIV.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28

Tired nature cries out for rest and re-
cuperation, and there is no better time
to get both than on the Old Point trip
Aug. 9th.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28
The Cheapness of the Trip to Old Point

For those who desire to know. we will
say that the trip j. most REASONABLE one,
and can be extended and enlarged to suit
the convenience OF the passengers MANY
have made the trip on $50. while those
who spent $50 would take in Washington,
Baltimore and Norfolk, and some who
had the time and spent S75 or 500 would
visit New York via. Old Dominion Steam
ship Co.. and take some side trips up the
Hudson 10 Long Branch and Coney
Island.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1899-07-28
w. C. u. COLUMN

CONDUCTED By MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS.
The daily morning Alaskan. (Skagway, Alaska) 1899-1904, 1899-04-15

Due Sit Leave Due Leaves Due San
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The evening times., 1899-02-22
COURT BUSINESS SUSPENDED.
Miles EmbexzIement Trial to Com
mence Tomorrow.


mence Tomorrow.
| OF all the holidays of the year none is
SO sacredly observed at the City Hall as
this the anniversary of Washington s
! birthday. During the day quiet reigned
supreme in and about the building; busi-
ness was suspended in all the branches of
the Supreme Court of the Distri { the
Office of ;he Register of Wills and Record
er's Office, and even the criminals were
given day of rest from prosecution by
the officials in the office OF the District
Attorney.
On Monday and Tuesday there were no
trials in either OF the criminal courts on
account of the absence from the city of
Justices c. c. Cole and Andrew A. Brad
| ley, both of whom went 10 New York to
participate in the reception rendered Jo-
seph II. Choate. Minister TO England. BY
the members of the National Bar Assoc.a "a
tion. Business will, however. be resumed
in both these branches of the Supreme
Court of the District tomorrow.
In Criminal Court, No. l. Justice Cole.
presiding, the trial of Frank H. Miles.
charged with embezzling the funds of the
District while employed as a clerk in the
office of the Tax Collector, will be COM
I L. ~
Justice Bradley, presiding, several Jail
cases are set for hearing
The Miles case was commenced in Grim
| inal Court, No. ]. last December. but ow-
| ing 10 the illness of Chief Justice Bingham
! who presided at the trial the hearing was
discontinued. Since that time Miles has
! been very anxious to hasten his trial. and
| made several applications TO the court Ia
| have day for the retrial- of the case fixed
! nrt-ir hn Of Il
cases of William Strathers Charles Win
ston, and Edward Smith. each of whom
! was charged with murder il was impossi-
| BILE till a few days ago to definitely set
| time for the trial.
Since the beginning of the year this is
! the first term that both the criminal
| courts have been in session. and as a re-
suit considerable business has accumulat-
| ed. 1t is understood that the first of the
prisoners in Jail charged with murder who
Will be called for trial is George W. Hor-
ton, who killed Mrs. Annie Nicholson IN
Armory Place in June last. Following this
trial will come those of the other six muir
derers now in Jail awaiting trial.
| While these cases are being heard in
one of the criminal courts there are sew
eral other important criminal cases which
will be called for trial in the other branch
of the Criminal Court The first of these
which will be tried is expected to be that
against the bookmakers who are charged
with violating the gaming law at the Ben
ming racetrack during the last meeting o
the Washington Jockey Club. Then the
cases of the United States against Samuel
| NJ. Bryan, former President and Genera
Manager of the Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company, who is charged with
violating the recent act of Congress fixing
the price chargeable for the rental of tele-
phones in the District, will be called
The cases against the local labor leaders
who are charged with conspiracy under the
antitrust law, it is exp -cted, will be reach.
ed early IN March.