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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06
Dowic Gains a Convert.

Nincennes. Ind. Aug. 81. ~ Rev.
Thomas J. Keith. pastor of the I'M
manuel Holiness Baptist church Of
this city. has left for Chicago to be-
come an elder in the Christian Catho-
lie church. and will he assigned work
by DIR. Dowie. His wife accompanied
him. lie was educated for the min
istry at Alton. ILL.,. and is - years
old. AS BAPTIST minister he has
held charges in Iowa. Nebraska, Hi
nois and Indiana.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

Peru. Ind. Aug. ~ Miss Nora
Densmore. daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. :. Densmcre, of tins city. j. miss
ing and foul play j. suspected. The
last seen of her by friends was on
Broadway at ten o'clock Thursday
morning. The family knows OF no
reason for her absence. She j. a
handsome girl. fair complexioned
and light hair, and is about five feet
in height.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

Wabash. Ind. Aug. 3i.Rev Fran
els Lienn. one OF the Oldest residents
Of Wabash. died of old age. lie had
been in III health for 30 years. lie
was born in Lebanon. o.. September
% 1929 lie had been pastor OF
a number OF Presbyterian churches
in Indiana, Ohio and Illinois.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

Guthries Okla. Sept. 3.--Wheat that
tests C7 pounds TO the bushel, one
pound heavier than the worlds rec
ord, will be shown by Oklahoma AZ
the &. Louis exposition. The Okla.
homa commissioners met here. ycstcr-
day. and decided TO erect at the fair
large building Of native material.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

Muncie, Ind. Aug. 3i.-lIundreds of
members Of the Jones family from
West Virginia. Ohio and Indiana held
their annual reunion at Oak Grove.
near Parker. Five hundred were
present. At the same time the Ben
bow family was holding reunion in
Muncie with 200 present from several
efafe~
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

Dublin. Ind. Aug. 31.A caravan Of
wagons passed through Dublin en-
route from Boston. this county. to
Mississippi county. Missouri. The
party was in charge Of Washburn
Beck. who owns 5000 acres of land
in Mississippi county. He will raise
fancy fruit.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06
All nut One Lost.

London. Sept. IA dispatch fro'H
Trcbizondc says that the Johnston
line steamer Noranmore, with cargo
Of oil, has foundcrcd near Athena.
The crew, numbering 40. were ali los'
except one. The Noranfaore wa
bound from Batoum for Bombay.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

Chicago. Sept. a.-Georgc J.. Ma
grady, of this city. claims 70 have
invented perpetual light. He thinks
the millennium OF illumination Is al
hand. Every house will be able 10
have an equipment OF perpetual lights
in beautiful globes. which will burn
day and night. year in and year ont,
and shed brilliant glow without
ceasing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

The naval hospital ship Solace ar
rived ut San Francisco, on the Goth,
from Manila, via Guam and Honolulu.
The vessel brought number OF pas
sengers, among them the wives and
children of naval officers. The Solace
j. to be laid up for repairs at Mare
Island She has been in service for
several years and has made a number
of trips between here and the Philip
pines.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

Elkhart. Ind. Aug. 3i.--Charlcs In
body. guarding melon patch. fired
at William Shade. q youthful raider.
and SO shot took effect in Shades
back and legs. His injuries are not
dangerous and Inbody has not been
arrested.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

Muncie, Ind. Aug. 3i.--Ball Broth
ers began lighting fires in the fur
naccs ~ their two big fruit jar glass
factories and will resume all DEPART
mcnts with 100 hands IA two weeks.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

The Bethlehem Steel Co., which also
includes the Bethlehem Iron Co.. on
the 9th. passed into the hands Of
Charles NJ. Schwab. A check for ST.
o32,oo0 was deposited with the Girard
Trust Co., of Philadelphia. by Drexel
d Co. in payment CT 900 shares Of
bethlehem steel stock. The total
number of shares in the company is
100000 Immediately after the receipt
Of the check. new board Of directors
and officers were elected.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

Through Mr.. Vim. ii. Thompson. o.!
the Boatmen's bank of ST. Louis. VIII
son Mcdonald, sculptor, has submitted
a design for n great monument to
Thomas Jefferson TO be erected upon
the grounds of the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition in that city.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

London. Sept. "A Pekin CORE
spondent OF the Times says that WI
Iing-fang. Mt present Chinese minis
ter to the United States, will be trans
fcrrrd from Washington to London 70
repllce 10 Feng Luh.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

The Indiana state board of charities,
on the goth. filed report with the
governor on the investigation of the
insane hospitals TO ascertain if any
sane persons are deprived of their
freedom. The report says no such
persons are confined and have not
been within the last is months.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

Federal Judge Irwin has decided, in
the suits filed against the government
by % persons claiming to be part
Caddo Indian, to secure allotments in
the recently-opened Kiowa-Comanche
country, that the said allotmenfs may
be filed on by any person subject TO
pending litigation in the higher court
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

II was semi-officially announced. on
the -sth, that the directors of the
Union Pacific had outlined plans
which will call for the expenditure Of
$40,0o0,000 on the Southern and Cen
trail Pacific systems, 10 be about equal
ly divided between them. This will
be chiefly for improvements. in order
to put those railroads in perfect ply
steal condition.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

San Francisco. Sept. alt is report.
ca that Consul-Gcneral Ho Vow will
DC appointed to succeed Minister WI
Ting Fang u the latter is transferred
70 London.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

The Northern Pacific railroad has
decided TO build two immense steam
ships for the Pacific and China trade
of about the same size as those now
building at New London. Conn, for
the Great Northern railway. They
viii be of $4,000 tons, or three times
the capacity of an average ocean
freighter."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

Fred. gilbert. who left New York
city, May /. TO walk 10 Sioux Falls, s.
d.. on wager of $1,000, arrived at
that place, on the Goth. at four
o'clock in the afternoon, - hours
ahead of time. The distance walked
was 1900 miles. gilbert started with
out cent, and had not slept in a bed
during his long tramp.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

Evansville. Ind. Aug. elena and
Anna Iunhammer. fell from raft
while fishing in the Ohio river and
were drowned
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

The transport Sheridan left san
Francisco, on the 3lst. with a number
of teachers for Philippine schools, and
the transport Sumner will follow on
the 10th. with another large delega-
tion of teachers for the same destina-
ton
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

The postmaster general has issued a
general order granting ten days leave
of absence TO all postmasters of the
first class who may desire 10 attend
the postmasters' convention to be held
in Atlantic City, \. j.. from the aitb
TO the eth of September.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

Capt. Geo. p. Hearn, Ninth infan-
toy, has been ordered before a rctir-
ing board in Washington city. For
about two years past Capt Hearn has
been detailed as chief Of forestry in
the Philippines. and has made several
Interesting and important reports TO
the war department. lie Is suffering
from disability that disqualiies him
for military duty, but he may be
placed in charge of the forestry diyi-
sion as a retired army officer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06
THE YACHT RACE PATROL.
Revenue Service Boats Will Keep
the Course Clear in the Com
ing Yacht Races.
CAPT. Tnos. 0. WALKER WILL COMMAND
There Will be Twelve or Thtrtecn
Vessels In the Fleet. With SIR
Thomas Itpton's Erin. by cour>
tesy Holding the Right Of the
Line.

New York, Sept. Capt. Thomas
ID. Walker, who is to command the
fleet patrolling the international
yacht race course, during the races
between the Shamrock and the Ameri-
can cup defender. tells of his plans IN
this weeks Leslics.
There will be no torpedo boats this
year." he says.
The revenue boats will do the
work of the navy guard boats in 1899,
and from the mast of each will fly
the revenue service flag. with its white
field, blue stars and red and white
stripes, instead of the navy guard
pennant.
There will be twelve or thirteen
vessels in the patrol fieet-five or six
revenue cutters and five or six steam
yachts.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

The statement of the treasury bal
ances in the general fund. exclusive oil
the Sl50,000.o00 gold reserve in the d.
vision of redemption. issued on the
3oth, showed: Available cash bal
ance, sl7s,li7,3i2; gold. SI07 ,33s .096.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06
Weekly Courier.
G. DOANE. Publisher.
JASPER. INDIANA

Ii is said that n wager of half q
million dollars. the largest known 10
the sporting world. is being arranged
between syndicates of English and
American capitalists, at five TO three
on the Americas cup defender.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

The steamer Frithjof. which arrived
at liammerfcst. Norway, on the
Soth, after having successfully
landed the Baldwin-Zeigler Arctic ex-
petition at Camp Zeiglcr, on Alger isl.
and, spoke the Russian ice-brcaking
steamer Ermak three weeks before.
Admiral Makarotf tthc originator Of
the idea Of reaching the pole with the
Ermak), said his experience had con.
WINGED him that i was impossible 10
.oree way through to the Polar sea.
ne admiral WAS ihen hem .ward
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

Secretary Root, on the Goth, re-
ceived a letter from the chairman Of
the committee on state and territor.
fal exhibits Of the Louisiana Purcha g
exposition. saying that the expcsiti, a
desired to make an exhibit of the re-
sources and products OF the Philip
pines and Cuba. The letter was re-
1erred 10 the division Of insular af.
fairs. which will take the necessary
steps 10 assist the exposition ia pro-
curing the exhibits asked.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

Il shall offer the right of line in the
division composed of steam yachts 10
Sir Thomas Lipton's Erin, n courtesy
extended two years ago, and one
which is his due.
There is great deal of lawful au-
thority that goes with the revenue
service pcnnant that harbor captains
especially respect. In order that a
steam yacht may fly il. il will be
necessary for me TO designate an Off
Ger of the revenue marine to 70
aboard and take charge of the YES
sells patrol work during the races.
We will not interfere with the hand
ling of the Erin. which viii be- left 10
her own officers
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-06

I'm addition the Gresham. the rev.
enuc cutter from New York. will car
ry the senior officers pennant TO in
dicaie that her signals are TO be
obeyed. These are arranged especial
~ for the occasion, but the one most
frequently used is the speed signal.
the black one. which indicates by its
position on the mast whether the YES
sci is going full speed. half speed.
ahead or astcrn. The main purpose
of the signals will be to keep the cx-
cnrsion fleet half mile 10 leeward.
and astcrn of the racing yachts.
There will he two divisions of the
patrol fleet and two great fleets of
steamboats,.
captains who do not heed signals
will be vigorously dealt with. IL a
boat cncroachcs and does not heed a
warning gun, il will he ordered home
III charge OF 4 revenue officer
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02
Another Franchise Wanted.

An application for another street rail-
way franchise in Edgerton has been filed
with the city clerk by J. M. Clancy of
Stoughton, as attorney for James P.
Walsh of Chicago, who represents syn
dictate of capitalists who desire to build
an electric road from GAINESVILLE to Mad
ison. These are the same parties, it is
believed, who are behind the movement
that is seeking a line from Rockford
through Beloit to GAINESVILLE and from
Lake Geneva and Delavan to connect
with the first mentioned line. Fran
chises will also be asked of Stoughton
and GAINESVILLE. The franchise should
have been published in full in this paper
to-day but the press of other matter has
delayed it until next week. The proba-
bilities are that the common council will
defer action on the first application I'M
til both matters will come up together.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02
Death of j. r. Houghton

Information was received early in the
week of the death of J. r. Houghton
which took place at Toledo, Ohio, July
10th. Mr.. Houghton has come to Ed
gerton regularly every fall for nearly a
quarter of a century to buy poultry, and
became very we'll known to many of our
readers. The particulars of his death
are thus told by the Toledo Times of
July 18th:
Mr.. John r. Houghton, senior mem
Der of the firm of M. 0. Baker & Co.,
died suddecly at his residence. 2204
Lawrence avenue, yesterday afternoon.
Death resulted indirectly from injuries
received from being thrown from a wag-
on on June "a. During the past three
weeks Mr.. Houghton had seemingly been
improving, but the end came very sud-
denly last evening at 6:15, from heart
failure. Thursday morning the remains
were taken to West Acton, Mass, where
Mr.. Houghton was resident for sixty
years before coming to Toledo. Mr..
Houghton leaves widow and two child
rem, Mr.. Frank w. Houghton, of Clifton
dale, Mass, and Mrs M. o. Baker, of
this city.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02
Electric Railway News.

1t begins to look like horse race to
see which of the electric street railways
now seeking franchises at Edgerton and
Stoughton shall win out-Spooner or
Walsh.
At a mass meeting held in the City
hall at Elkhorn Saturday the citizens
expressed themselves almost unanimous
ly in favor of granting franchise to the
proposed electric road connecting James
vile, Delavan, Elkhorn and Lake &C.
neva.
At Oconto Monday night the council
voted down an application for street
railway franchise for the Marinette-
Green Bay interurban. The principal
objection was on the time, which ex
tended for fifty years. Mr.. Bryce refused
to accept the franchise for less time.
A dispatch from Madison says: The
opposition of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul railroad is delaying the work of
building the new interurban electric line
between this city and GAINESVILLE. The
opposition has concentrated it's efforts
at Stoughton, where it is trying to hold
up the franchise of the company pro-
jecting the new line. While it is not be-
leved that the opposition will be able to
delay the construction of the line very
long, business men of this city are cha
grined at it's tactics, for they appreciate
that the new road will be of enormous
benefit to the commercial and summer
resort interests of all the cities along it's
route. 1t is hoped here that the COM
mon council of Stoughton will immedi-
ately grant the franchise asked for by
the new company.
Work has begun at Madison on new
electric power house to furnish current
for the Madison street railway. This
move is the outcome of a refusal of the
Madison Gas and Electric company to
renew it's contract for short term with
p. L. Spooner of the street railway. The
old contract expires Sept. 1, and the Gas
and Electric company wanted to renew
the contract for period of five years or
not at all, but as Mr.. Spooner expects to
get power from the Kilbourn dam before
the end of this year, he refused AS a
result he is building temporary power
house to meet the demands of the street
railway until the Kilbourn power is de-
veloped. The new plant, which is to cost
$4,000, will be in operation by Sept. l.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02
"What Shall We Eat?"

Every day the same old question,
What shall we eat for breakfast, for
luncheon, for dinner? assails with mo-
notonous regularity the patient house
wife who seeks to provide good living for
the family in agreeable variety at mod
crate cost. There is daily department
in The Chicago Record-Herald, which is
intended to answer this question salts
factorily every day in the year. 1t is en-
titled "Meals for a Day. and provides
menues for the three meals every day,
with the necessary recipes. These menus
and recipes are carefully selected by The
Record Herald's household editor, and
cash prizes are awarded to the best that
are received. Housewives everywhere
are invited to participate in the compe-
tition. For full particulars, see the
Meals for Day. department in The
Chicago Record Herald.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02
Obituary..
RICHARD CLIFTON.

Mr.. Richard Clifton died at his home
in Evansville on Tuesday, July %, 1901,
at 200 p. NJ. of complication of diseases,
aged about fifty years. The deceased
was born and married in England, his
first wife being Mary Rowe. They came
to this country in 1871 in company with
John Walters, and located near Edger-
ton until about sixteen years ago when
they purchased a farm near Evansville.
Death entered the home and called his
helpmate to the beyond in 1882. He was
again married on Oct. "a, 1884, to Marie
Smith of Sun Prairie. Mr.. Clifton has
been great sufferer for some time past,
and death was not unexpected. He was
man we'll thought of in every commun-
ity where he had resided. He leaves a
wife and four children to mourn the
death of a kind husband and devoted
father. The funeral services were held
at the home Thursday morning at 1000
o'clock, Rev. Millar officiating. The re-
mains were taken to Edgerton for inter
ment.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02
MISS MARY COX.

On Saturday morning at eight o'clock,
July 20, 1901, Miss Mary Cox, daughter
of the late Orson Cox, passed from her
earthly cares to her final home. She
was born in the town of Fulton Feb. 10,
1847, and her entire life was spent on
the farm on which she died. Three
years ago last May she became afflicted
with paralysis, from which she was a
patient sufferer and despite of all med
ical aid and all that loving hands could
do, she succumbed to the disease. She
was of happy disposition, admired and
loved by all who knew her. Besides a
large circle of sorrowing friends, she
leaves an aged mother and two broth
ers, William H. and Henry w., to mourn
her loss.
The funeral was held from her late
home July %, at ten o'clock, conducted
by the Rev. L. L. Thayer. The remains
were tenderly laid at rest in Fassett
cemetery. The pail bearers were John
Scarcliff, William Walrath, Frank Brace,
Charles Schoonover Grant and Willis
Walrath.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-08-02
Card of Thanks.

To the many friends and neighbors
who so kindly assisted us during the
sickness, death and burial of Andrew
Sloten, we wish to express our sincere
thanks.
Mrs. ANDREW SLoTEN AND FAMILY.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-25
ct. T.T-'----r1

81 was in forty-tWO engagements
and was scared every time,' remarked
Colonel George Il, Van Norman, OF
the Eighth Wisconsin Regiment to Il
number Of his comraucs. Colonel W..
T.. Britton spoke up, saying: "Van, you
are an honest man; go ahead and tell
us something about the Eighth"
Eat Corinth, Miss, l got the biggest
scare in my life," said Colonel Van
Norman. 1T was the day Price and
Van Dorm undertook to capture Cor
Fath from General Rosecrans. Tie
Confederates had drawn up very close
TO our line--sO close. in fact that at
every voley several OF our men would
fall. About this time l had advanced
with my old 'Harper's Ferry musket
and stood crouching behind a stump,
from which point Of vantage | was
loading and firing as fast as l could.
Then the Confederates began advanc-
ing In a heavy line. Colonel G. w.
Robbins had just been wounded and
had retired from the field. The next
yolley caught Major Jefferson, and he
was carried off the field in a dying
,--ndition was so busy hring that
did not hear the order to retreat. Then
looked around, but could see only one
Union soldier, Jewell Walker, of Com
pany u, and he was standing behind
a tree and firing at the advancing en-
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-25

You no doubt have heard of cyclones
blowing feathers off chickens, or pos
sibly you may have witnessed the op-
Grafton, but whether you have or not
it is a fact that cyclones are some-
times chicken pickers, as well as the
plciers of other things.
Well, an ingenious German, with n
devastating cyclone for his model, has
invented a machine that creates cy-
clones to order, while you wait, for
chicken picking purposes. His cy-
clones are inconsiderable in size, but
very intense in their field of action,
which is large enough TO embrace a
Shanghai rooster.
You take the rooster or other fowl
to him, he touches a button, and be-
fore you can wink twice every feather
: is off B'e bird, Several cross cur
rents Of air from electric fans, turning
at the rate Of 5000 revolutions n min
ute. do the worK.-New York Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1901-05-25
DECORATION DAY, 1901.
.ur.hu

he and q few others were spinning
war stories at the Grand Army head
quarters.
II was on board the United States
steamship Somerset during the Civil
War" said Mr.. Sherwood. 1--WE had
headquarters at Key West. Among
the many notable things that came un-
der my observation was the capture
of the British steamer Clrcasslan off
the coast of Cuba on Sunday, May 4,
1862. She was the richest prize cap
tured during the war. On that partic-
ular morning while cruising off Matan-
zas, Cuba, we had chased two steam
ers showing suspicious black smoke,
but they gave us the slip A little later
the lookout sung out, and there, lying
close to the Cuban coast, was a steam
er. Our commander ordered the Con
federate stars and bars run up to mis-
lead the officers OIL the steamer. In Il
few minutes she steamed toward us.
When near enough the commander
slf0nted: what ship is thatP The an
swer came: The British steamer Cir
cassian, from Bordeaux, France
"Then our captain ordered them to
heave to, at the same time dropping
the Confederate stars and bars and
running up the Stars and Stripes to
the masthead The taunting challenge
was flung from the English boat:
Catch us If you can
"In five minutes every man was at