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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-01
Get a Home Phone!
Dubois County
Telephone Co.

Good Local Service.
Long Distance instruments.
Full Metallic Lines.
We give our subscribers free tel
ephone service to every point we
reach in this and adjoining counties,
more than 100 towns,) and we are
improving and extending our lines
every day.
No Shouting.
No Party Lines.
No Second Hand Stuff.
Rates. Business $500 per month.
Residences 75c i" I"
Call US "HOME PHONE" for
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Kuebler Block.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-01

r Ii kinds OF
Summer Goods
for Ladies, Gents and
Children at
ECKERT'S STORE.
Fresh Groceries all the time.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-01
ITALY's GRAND OLD MAN
A BUILDER OF THE KINGDOM

Ranked In His Country n DID Ms.
na-ck In Germany-Predicte the
Defeat Of spain-IIow EGorts TO
Inpeach Him FaiIed-His Love Ro.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31
DIR. Rlxy'S Report.

Washington. Special.-"In the line
Of duty, while receiving the people.
was shot by Leon F. Czolgosz" is the.
official statement filed with the sur
geon sere-ai Of the navy Ly DR.. P.
n .Gixey. n edical spnrt3" U. S. N.
as the introduction for his report up
en- the wounding, illness and death OF
the late President Mckinley. The
cause of death is thus stated: Can
creme of both walls OF slor'ach and
! ar creas, following gunshnt wound.
The report itself is remarkable for it's
exhibition in the clos st r.ssible de-
tail of the exact state of he patient
during his mortal illness.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31
Fire at Raleigh.

Raleigh, N. c., Special.-Friday
morning at 4 o'clock, John Russ, II
years of age, negro boy sleeping in
a restaurant booth on the midway at
the State Fair, was burned to death
His legs and arms were completely
burned off. He went to sleep in the
booth and the door had been locked
outside. He beat frantically on the
door, but the fierce flames drove the
midway people back. Two other
booths were destroyed by fire, and DR..
w. White, of the Alligator Boy show,
was robbed of $3.50. There is evidence
Of foul play.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31
Important New Steamer Line.

Savannah, Ga, Special.-Arrange-
ments have been completed for the
James Elwell G Co., Line Of Steamships
between Savannah, Fernandina and
New York. The pricipal freight for the
first trip will be lumber. Two ships, the
Northland and the Northwest, are to 90
on at once These ships, Of $780, tons,
were intended for the direct line be-
tween Chicago and Europe through the
canals and the st. Lawrence. That line,
however, was found impracticable on
account of excessive insurance and
other items and the experiment was
abandoned. AS the business OF the new
line increases two other ships Of equal
size will be put on. 1t is believed full
freight can be secured from the first.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31
OF General Interest.

1t is said that Frank ]. Gould, who
is TO marry Miss Helen Kelly, will
abandon sports and will soon dispose
of his kennel and show horses.
A London cablegram states that
King Edward was firmly opposed to
the punishment Of General Butler.
John Redmond, in a speech at Cork,
said he would unite the worldwide
race for Ireland's freedom.
Plans to unite the, steel manufac-
turers of England into trust are con-
sidered futile.
The Duke of Cornwall and York ar
rived at st. Johns, N. f.
Signor Luzzati, an Italian economist
predicts retaliation against Germany
II new tariff is enacted.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31
Found Bullet Scars.

The Horkmen who have been enga.
ged in cleaning the old granitework of
the State house have been doing
their work we'll and the building pre-
sents quite a handsome appearance
Chief Clerk CAN'T had some difficulty
in getting the men not to disturb the
marks left by the cannon balls sent
over from across the river by Sher-
mans army. but they have been pre-.
served. The men who have been do
ing the work yesterday called atten-
tion to the fact that on various por-
tions Of the building they had come
across small scars evidently made by
rifle or pistol balls. scars that are not
visible from the ground and whose
presence has not been suspected. One
old citizen when he heard Of 1t said
they must have been made by bullets
fired at the building during the re-
construction days.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31

Salt production has made great
strides in the United States in twenty
years, reducing the imports from
thirty-nine per cent. to six per cent.
OF the consumption, the domestic out
put rising in that period from 5.961, 900
barrels to 2O,S69.342 barrels, valued at
nearly S7,000,000. One-half Of this iu-
crease has been made since 1895. The
business is reported to have been an
improbable one. until combination
OF the producers was formed, follow
ing the restoration Of the tariff on salt
in 1897. From 1892 to 1897 the United
States held second place among the
salt-producing countries. In the latter
year it took first place. ranking Great
Britain by about five per cent. This
advantage was increased in 1898 by 4
gain in the production of the United
States and a decrease in the output OF
Great Britain. Both countries in
creased their production in 1899, the
United States by nearly 100000 tons,
and Great Britain by little over 40,-
coo tons, so that the lead Of the United
States over her principal rival was in
creased. The United States produced
in 1899 nearly thirty per cent. more
salt than Great Britain.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31

Thackeray truly remarked that the
world is for each of US much as we
show ourselves to the world. II We
face it with a CHEEKY acceptance Te
find the world fairly full of cheerful
people glad to see US. If we snarl at
it and abuse it we may be sure OF
abuse in return. The discontented
worries of remorse person may very
likely shorten his days and the general
justice of natures arrangement pro-
Nides that his early departure should
entail no long regrets. On the other
hand the man who can laugh keeps his
health and his friends are glad TO keep
him. To the perfectly healthy laughter
comes often. Too commonly, though,
as childhood is left behind the habit
fails, and half smile IS the best that
visits the thought-lined mouth Of
modern man or woman. People be-
come more and more burdened with
the accumulations Of knowledge and
with the weighing responsibilities OF
life, but they should still spare time
to laugh. Let them never forget, more
over, and let it be medical mans
practice to remind them that "a smile
sits ever serene upon the face of Wis
dom"
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31
Killed by an Engine Explosion.

Spartanburg, Special. Tuesday morn
ing at S o'clock the engine Of tins
ginnery OF Mr.. E. S. Smith, whose
farm is two miles from Glenn Springs,
exploded, instantly killing Mr.. u. H..
Wofford, who has been employed in
the gin for number of months past.
Mr.. Wofford was standing nH!r the
engine at the time of the explosion.
The engine had just been started up,
and everything appeared in good
working order Mr.. E. S. Smith and
his son were up in the ginnery build
ing. Suddenly the boiler bursted, and
the pieces of machinery Of the engine
and boiler were scattered everywhere
about. Mr.. Wofford's body was korri-
bly, mangled. He was 80 years of age,
and a wife and three children survive
him. He was quiet, honest, hard
working young man.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31

There is an acrimonious discussion
in progress in England precipitated by
an assertion made in the Contempo-
rary Review by the author Of Drift
ing" that Great Britain is living OIL its
capital. Sir Robert Giffen and H.
Morgan Browne have attempted to
refute the arguments and dispute the
facts advanced by Drifting" but it is
noteworthy that both of them hardly
seek to do more than show that the
United Kingdom is not actually going
backward. These gentlemen ought to
make q better showing. If they Go
not they will have to confess defeat,
for the country that does not keep ad-
vancing is sure to lose in the CONNER
cial race.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31
MADE A BOlS
An Exciting Chase in Nash'
Express RObber. =
ARID MAN FIISHED AND LOST.
ABlD MAN FLUSHED AND LOST.
Clubs His Way Out From Policemen
And Makes Daring and Successful
Break For Liberty.

Nashville, Tenn, Special.-A ues~
perate man fought his way clear OF
two city detectives here Sunday and
after a thrilling chase made good his
escape. In his race for Liberty no
utilized a two-horEc wagon team,
horse and buggy, riding hcrsc. all
forcibly taken, while two dead blood
hounds mark the first portion Of his
trail. Officers believe the man IS one
of the gang that held up the Great
Northern express near Wagner, Mont,
last June, his attempt to get change
for $50 bill Of the series secured in
that robbery attracting attention Of
the police to him.
Sunday morning rawbonoi nan
about 3 feet 10 inches high. with flo
rid complexion, offered the bill in pay
ment of a small purchase made in a
store house on the public square. Diff
ficulty in making the change caused
the salesman to closely notice the
bill, which proved to be on the Mon
tana bank The police were quietly
notified, the clerk meanwhile delaying
the matter OF change. Detectives.
Dwyer and Dickens were soon on hand
and approaching the man demanded
his name. Ferguson" was the re.
ply, and another question or two, De-
tective Dwyer informed the man that
he was under arrest. Quick as fash
Ferguson had revolver in each land
and started for the door. A haai-to-
hand fight ensued, both officers crap,
ping with the stranger, who proved
more than a match for them Using
his pistols as clubs he fought his way
to the door and fed down the street
a passing ice wagon caught his atten-
tion and the negro occupants we're
soon out Of his way. Then a. fire
engine clip the wagon was headed
across the Cumberland river bridge
into East Nashville a fusilade CT shots.
following it.
Out Woodland street went the man
and q sudden turn into Fist street
broI ght the wagon to grief Oao Of
the horses fell and broke his leg. The
fgitive, however, was not t. ha de-
layed. Running across East street he
held up an old negro who was driving
in buggy and the flight was con;ia-
ued. Out into the commons he spell.
Once the buggy overturned, but was
quickly righted. Finally the tired
horse was abandoned and after 4 dive
into Shelby Park on foot, the supposed
bandit secured another horse hitchnd
at point near the park. Then. afte"
a sensational ride. the horse was left
and the fight continued on foot. Eur
ther out pursuerS found two OF their
blood-hounds shot to dea&h a short
distance apart and after that trace OF
the man was lost. The sheriff with a
large posse is out securing the country
for the missing man. When the bug
gy was abandoned the man threw
away wallet containing s1G40 in ID
and $50 bills of the Montana bank
The money was recovered by Chief OF
Police Curran.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31
Production of Precious Metals.

Washington. D. c.. Special-Direc-
tor Roberts, Of the mint, has prepared
statement, showing the production
Of precious metals for the calendar
year Of 1900. 1t shows that the pro
duction of gold in the world vas e.
57,2s7 ounces, of the value OF S256.-
514,700. loss in value of $49,C70. 200
from 1899. The silver output O; the
world amounted to 17S,796,796 fine
ounces, the largest ever known.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31

The life in the country is being more
and more appreciated and the income
is sure. The young educated farme-
Is the coming man. Irrigation and for
estry are bound to reclaim what is now
arid land for the use o. the farmer,
and the broad prairies OF the country
will continue to invite our best young
wen to a calling more desirable and
remunerative than pushing pens Gnd
pencils by the glare Of gas jet.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31
New Enterprjses.

The H. X. Sturdevant company Of
Greenville has served notice with the
secretary Of state of the increase Of
its capital stock from $4,000 to $5C.-
900.
A charter was granted the Henry
Bayer & Son company Of Charleston,
capitalized at $4,000. The officers are
Geo. A. Henguelet, president: and
Henry Bayer, vice president, secretary
and treasurer.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31
CHARLESTON EXPOSITION.
The Midway Features to Be Best OBJ
tainable.
A Charleston Special says

A Charleston Special says
With all of the great work that IS
roted by the visitors oil the eXposl-
ton grounds there are few who nave
been on the premises who do not look
over from the Court Of the Palaces 10
the eastward, and ask, We'll, now
ibout the Midway" 1t is only natu-
raj question, for within the past hall
century every big show Of any impor-
tance has always had an amusement
adjunct OF more or less merit AMI 1t
has thus become feature of no small
consequence. The Midway at tie
South Carolina Interstate and West
Indian Exposition will be both inter-
esting and amusing. Nearly thirty
acres Of good, level, high land mas
been set apart for the pleasure
grounds and the walks and streets are
grounds and the walks and streets and
features OF this amusement section
have been carefully planned ard ar
ranged. Contracts rave already been
signed for the majority OF the space.
The coucessionaires who have secured
the privilege of giving their perfor'
mances, exhibiting their curiosities
and doing their share towards enter
tanning the visitors to CharleSton'5
big fair have been sele e;ted from the
very best of those who have done bus
mess at the Pan-American Exposition.
It might be said that everything in
the great Midway at Buffalo was on
cred to the South Carolina show. but
there was not space enough for all the
concessionaires and so the Exposition
Company made its selection and viii
offer to the patrons of the Exposition
here only those things which have
proved their worth and interest during
the summer. The Midway section :s
only just beginning to show signs Of
life now, but within few weeks there
will be all kinds of work going on n
the broad and ample lot that adjolns
Rutledge avenue Some Of the con-
tracts recently awarded have brought
out at least visible mark Of the COM
ing event, as in the case Of Fair
Japan" Thi concession has been To-
Gated on the Midway by an enormous
sign, and it is understood that the
beautiful Tea Garden" to occupy the
space assigned, will be started very
soon. Work on the Shoot the
Chutes" will also h" started wirh.n a
week or two and the building FOR the
scenic railway will no doubt De Te'i
advanced by the end Of another fort.
night Bostickis Wild Animal Show
Is one Of the best features Of the Pan
American Exposition and will be
brought to Charleston intact.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31
Charleston Exposition Endorsed.

Buffalo, Special.-The Executive
Commits .oners' Association, composed
of commissioners to the Pan-American
Exposition, from the various states. OF
which Joseph McMullen, Of Minneapo-
lis, is chairman, have adopted resolu-
tions endorsing the Charleston Expo
sition and advising all Pan-American
Exposition exhibitors to exhibit there.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31
Official Records.

Washington, Special-General Fred
c. Ainswo,th, CHEZ Of the Record and
Pension Office, in his annual report
to the Secreatry Of War. says that the
fiscal year has witnessed the practi-
cal completion Of the work, so many
years in progress. OF the publication
OF the official records Of the Union
and Confederate armies during the
civil war. They Eiake total of 125,-
730 pages # teat.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31
Almost q Row.

st. Joseph, Mo-. Special-Prominent
members OF the State Federation OF
Women's Clubs, in convention here,
prevented a clash OF the factions for
and against admitting colored women
to membership. A motion to post
pone action on the subject until late
this afternoon Was speedily carried.
Before adjournment sine die, the
convention decided to lay the matter
ovex until the next annual convention.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31

The death penalty for murder has
been restored in Colorado and Iowa.
In both States the Imprisonment 70"
life experiment resulted in largely
Increased list Of homicides. There arc
now only four States in which the
death penalty is not inGicted-Wis-
consin, Michigan, Maine and Rhode
Island.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-31

New Orleans insurance experts warn
the people that the city may be burned
down any time if the present careless
methods of handling oil are tolerated.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-05-02
AROGuS MIRACLE.

4 strange story emen&tes from Mari
nettc in which is averred that on last
Monday picture in the house OF a
Pole. named Antoine Czarnecki, repre-
5enting the browning of the Blessed
Virgin cxuded blood from three cruel
dxion wounds of Christ, Herein is
claimed II miracle and the superstitious
people in Ne vicinity of Marinette are
excited, hundreds going to the house
and many falling down in alteration
before it.
Such IN incident rs above related
brings reproach to religion and particu-
lnrly TO those Of the faith espoused by
the ono who pretends the mi acle' vas
wrought. 1t is safe to say that in the
absence of scientific demonstration of
unauestioned reliability the picture
spoken Of did not ooze blood In this
enlightened age when intellect and
faith meet in harmony these bogus mir
acles" work irrcperable harm to gen
Nln' ana n'hlbHN i'i'Ni''' 0Nh''i'''''
Not So many years ago frandulant
sacred apparation was claimed for II st.
Paul church 1t so happened that
lowell headed archbishop lived in the
city ut the time. and it only took the
Most Rev. John ireland but very few
hours to nail the apparation in n coffin
and bury it from which il was never
resurrccied In the past enough harm
has been done religion from false
miracles m.d to believe in them
/ is a confession Of ignorance, supersti
4 tiOu and folly.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-05-02

( ted. It is difficult to make the mind
believe any such tomfoolry. From an
account of the delegates visit to Wash
/ ington printed in a hard shell Imperial
| list paper occurs the following signi-
! fcant paragraph: The observations
made convinced some Of the guests at
/ least that the t,riff is the key TO the
situation and the opinion is expressed
that if sufficient concessions are made
| by this government in the duties on
sugar and tobacco the main features
of the Plat amendment may be adj
justed to the common satisfaction of
the United States and the Cubans. At
the same time there is strong element
in the Cuban delegation which is for
absolute independence, and contends
that Cuba should be placed on ans equal
political footing with this country and
receive diplomatic recognition from the
nations Of the world Of its existence as a
sovereign nation.
And Cuba should have absolute indie
pendence, and, too, any relations which
may subsequently exist between this
country and Cuba should be based upon
friendship and not upon force. If the
United States will only keep her pied
ges to the people rs promised before
the war with Spain Cuba will always
remember it with gratitude and this
kind Of relationship will be more per-
manent and profitable than compelling
it to submit by sheeri and prepon-
derating physical force to a condition
which robs the Cubans Of the inalenable
rights of free men
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-05-02
WHAT Mr.. C0NGEk SAYS.

Major Edwin II Conger United
States minister TO China has just re
turned 10 this country on leave Of
absence extending six months. aud
Il 5ubtless while here he will throw con
siderable light on the Poker troubles,
which disturbed the Celestial empire
and caused the great powers OF Europe
rs well ~ the government Of the United
States 10 forcibly intervene for the sup
preston Of the rumpus Minister Con
r has already been prevailed upon Il
talk aud he took the first opportunity 70
deny the credited report that AT the
bottom Of the Boxer uprising was the
Christian missionary
In his yindication Of the missionaries
however, the minister speaks with eau
ton, not permitting himself to run int
extraya2aut eulogy aud from the fol
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-05-02

The monthly mirror of the world S
news, the Review of Reviews, covers in
its May issue II great variety of current
political and industrial topics including
the recent municipal elections the
Cuban and Philippine situations, the
relations Of labor to the new steel trust,
the threatened war between Russia and
japan, and England's enormous war
taxation. The character sketch of
Edward Everett Hale, contributed by
George p. Morris, is accompanied by
PORTRAITS. The portraits Of Frederic
Harrison published during his recent
visited to the United States were all
made fIom photographs several yea
old. Two articles deal with the Russo
Japanese situation, Charles Johnston
EXPLAINS in detail Russia's apparent
readiness for Wal as shown by her state
of preparation on the military us well
as the naval side Samuel E. Moifett,
on the other hand, describes Japan
navy, which has made Il truly rem; rk-
able record of growth since the wal
with China. seven years ago, Both
articles are illustrated with pictures OF
fighting ships.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-05-02
CUBAN DELEGATES N WASHINGTON.

Some members of the Cuban constitu-
tiunal convention came ~ delegates to
this country to confer with President
Mckinley. Secretary Root and other
officials They were in Washington
last week, and the lmperialist press has
been busy telling the people that the
Cubans have been assuring the president
how grateful tine islanders are to the
United States and incidentally inform
ing him thai the Plat amendment
which nullihes Cuban independence
will he finally consented in and adop-
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-05-02

WHO PAYS TIL Bllt1

The free hand with which state legis
lat0rs spend money has often cnused
comment 70 the t..a.as,aiD *
would seem, the buaa.as Dta legi,lat, J
is exceedingly profitable an that -
much wealth flows into his Golfers that
il il with difficulty he can dispose q it.
But. still. when al investigation Is
made. il il found tlas the salaries Of
senators aud a.scmblymen are but a
pittance. hardly sufficient 10 buy cigars
and discharge the laundry bills. The
fact, however, that wages are but a
i.lgatelle doesn't prevent senators from