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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
The LayeIlcur Murder In Iowa

Des Moines, Ia, April 2o.--.N secoh"
arrest growing out Of the allcgeu
murder Of Frank Lavelleur. farinei'
residing near Newton. was made Mon
day morning. Henry Meyer, an oiue'
brother of Herman Meyer. the ~
year-old stcpson. who was arres,c.
Saturday night, is now charged VIII,
completely in the crime, and It y sa'a
n third arrest will he made. Lave
leur's body was found in the depr,,
resulting frcm the burning Of sma''
shed on his farm, his skull HAVING
been crushed in two places by some
blunt instrument.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
NEWS FROM INDIANA.
Latest Happenings Within the Dor.
ders Of Our Own State.


Logansport. Ind, April 2s.-When
Alonzo Dixon coughed mp several
grains of wheat which had begun 10
spropt. his physicians soon saw that
il was the wheat on his lungs that
was causing what had been consid-
cred consumption, and Dixon is now
rapidly recovering. lie remembers
that during last August. while
threshing on IA farm near the city. lac
swallowed several grains of wheat.
BY the use of the N-ray the place
where the wheat had logged was seen
plainly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Five Persons Killed aaa Forty In.
jured--Many business Hous~s
Destroy

Dallas, Tex, April as.--A telephon.
message 10 the Dallas News from
Morgan. Tex, says u tornado passed
over Glenrose, small town in Som.r-
veil county, between five and sir
o'clock this evening. killing five her.
sons. iniuring 40 more and demolsh.
ing much property. The dead are:
Mrs. Carl Milan.
Two-year-old daughter OF j. n
Milan.
Rev. Ford, pastor OF the Methodist
church.
Miss Mae Connell.
Boy named Muugrove.
The names Of the injured are not
obtainable at this hour.
One-third Of the business houses ~
the town We're destroyed. Assistance
has been sent from Glen Morn. bur il
will he morning before anything liks
definite particulars are obtainahIe
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
shaken lp.

Fort Wayne. Ind, April 2s.-Thc
regular sunday excursion train on
the Grand Rapids 4 Indiana railroad
between this city and Rome City col
lided with n freight train AT Wallen,
six miles from here. Two coaches
were overturned and about IS passen-
gers were badly shaken up and four
were seriously injured. \ relief train
with number OF physicians was sent
To the wreck
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Eaton, Ind, April 2s.--Elias Younce.
aged 90. son Of wealthy farmer.
was found dead on the river bank
near here. Murder is suspected and
the town is aroused.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
Fatally Shot.

Muncie. Ind. April 2s.-James l..
Tartar. aged 40. was fatally injured
10y Harry Kern. aged -. of this city.
The men had an alteration and be-
gan cmptying revolvers at 50 feet DIS
tance. Tartar was shot through the
stomach. and after falling fatally
wounded young Kern.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
Lay Corner stone.

Valparaiso. Ind, April 2s.-The cor
ner stone Of the new St. Andrews Epis-
copal church was laid in the presence
of a large crowd. Rev j.. W. Applegate
was assisted in the services by Rev.
Heusted Young and Rev. d. Phillips. Of
600
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Mishawaka. Ind. April .. William
Oliver. aged -. for half a century en-
gagged in the iron trade. died AT his
South Bend plowmaker.J Joseph Oliver.
Tie leaves five children. fifteen grand
children and ten great-grandchildrcn
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
Press Action.

indianapolis, Ind, April 2s.--Thc
friends Of Mrs. benjamin Harrison
have renewed their efforts to secure a
pension Of $1,000 annually in her be-
half. to he paid out Of the national
treasury. The Indiana senators and
representatives during their visit here
to attend the state convention, were
requested to take the matter up at
once.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Marion. Ind, April 2s.-The Marion
and Hartford City Fat Mems Rase-
bah clubs played here and the visit
nrs defeated the locals is TO IL The
battery for Marion was Taylor and
>tokese and for Hartford City barley
1000.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Indianapolis. Ind. April 2s.-The cell
ebration Of Grants birthday at the
Columbia club was one of the most
notable events of the kind TO take
place this year. An elaborate banquet
was served. Over 600 prominent re-
publicans were in attendance. many of
them being out of town guests.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Laporte. Ind, April 2s.-James r..
Guenther. formerly Of this city. but
now resident of Chicago, and his
sister. Miss Guenther. Of Saginaw.
Mich. have been reunited with a
brother. George Guenther. who has
been mourned as dead for 80 years
lie has been found ut Covina. CAL,
where he has amassed fortune.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

In the Danish landsthing. on the
I'D DR. Dountzer ridiculed the fear
of the opposition that the United
States government might refuse -
appropriate $1,000 TO purchase che
Danish West India islands. and con-
srcrerted the arguments against tho
treaty because il did not confer citi-
zership and free trade on the isl
snderS
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

The general conference Of the Sew
enth Day Baptists, at Topeka, HAS.
adjourned. on the cath. after adopt
ing plans for the establishment Of
homes for suPerannuated ministers
and making provision for the liquida-
ton If $4,000 Indebtedness ~ the
general society
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
Hoy Killed.

Terre Haute. Ind, April 2s.-lie--
man Sholtx. aged II. was found dead
with his skull fractured in the street
at Clinton and his bicycle with its
handle bar twisted was AT his side.
II is supposed he was run down 10y
a horse and wagon. the driver of
which had not stopped after the ac.
cident
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Questions in the house Of commons.
on The 25th. on the subject Of the
shipping combine. elected inforna-
ton showing that the British govern
menr was taking steps 10 cope with
the situation which evidently was
officially considered detrimental 10
Great Britain.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Flora. Ind, April 2s.-Workmen I'M
earthed skeleton, which is said by old
citizens TO be that Of James Rowhart.
who in 1888 was chased by Indians and
perished in a quagInre. The place
where the skeleton was found CORE
spends TO the place where Rowhart is
said to have fed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Secretary Of State Hav. for the
United States. and Minister Conchs
for Colombia. on the 23d. signed q
treaty providing for the transfer 70
the United States Of the rights Incl
dent TO the construction Of the pro-
posed Panama canal This treaty Is
similar 10 the protocol recently
signed. the terms Of which have beer
published
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
Found Dcmented.

South Bend. Ind. April 2s.- Norman
Rohrer, ~ Millersburg, who has been
missing since February II. has been
found at jamestown in a demented
condition. and his relatives left for
that town.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

The British parliamentary commit
tee charged 10 consider Charles IT.
ferkes' railroad bill. on the ed. APP
proved the preamble thereto. sub
Jet 20 the insertion Of proviso that
in view II the magnitude, novelty
and peculiar character Of the enter.
prise al IF TIE works should be sub
ject 20 the supervision IF the London
board Of trade.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

State senator T. F. Clark. Of Ciar
linda. Ia. died in Los Angeles. Cal. on
the ed. Senator Clark was promi-
nent in temperance work in the Un:,-
ed States. and had much 10 do in the
first crusade in Iowa which drove out
upen saloons through the enactmentof
the prohibitory law.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
Found Unconscious.

Marion. Ind, April 2s.-Bert Keck,
superint endent Of the telephone com
pany. was found on the river bank in
an unconscious condition. The affair
is shrouded in mystery.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

a heavy. soaking rain fell on the
night II the 1ith. in southern Nilsson
ri. southeastern Kansas and parts ~
she territories. and good showers are
reported from other central Kansas
counties in the whea. belt The rain
Will at least give temporary relief TO
the crops and in some places VIII ef-
fectually break the long drought.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Tie tariff committee If the Ger
man reichstag. on the 2ith. fixed a
uniform duty Of IS marks - pigs
ts+-5Ol per double centner GEO
pounds) on all fours, pearl barley,
semolina. grits and other millers'
products made from grain This is
an increase over the government
PROPOSALS.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Owing 20 the great opposition Of
deputies 70 the sale OF the cruisers
Presiden.e Pinto 10 Colombia and
Presidente Errazuriz 10 Ecuador the
Chilean ministry has presented its
resignation
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

The published announcement Of
the presence at Pretoria of the Or
ange Free State and Transvaal lead
ers and generals who had been al
klerksdorP considering terms Of
peace. caused decided increase in
the hopefulness Of the British public
Concerning the Possibilities Of pace
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

The house committee on naval at
fairs. on the Esd. amended the provi-
sion Of the naval appropriation bill
so that one Of the new battleships or
armored cruisers must be built in
government navy yard
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02
Found Dead.

Wheeler, Ind. April Is. James
Alexander. wealthy retired farmer
living here, was found dead in his
bed. lie was - years old.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

kokomo. Ind. April 2s.-The Meth
odist church and Red Mems temple at
Russiaville, ten miles west Of here,
have been burned. The loss Is $685.
200
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Cen Funston. on the 2ed. tele
graphed senator Lodge. chairman "a
the senate committee on the Philip
pins. asking him to subpoena John
Sichsison- who j. said TO have been
sergeant in the Fourth cavalrr. and
examine him under oath regarding
the use If the water cure Nichol.
son II reported TO have said at Nor
soik- Va. that Cen Funston origi-
mated the water cure and pracsiced
q almost daily for several mouths.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

William 9. Van Horne. an attorne,
Of Salt Lake City. Utah. was. on the
22d- appointed judge Of the court a
first instance at Cairo, Egypt. Tn.
position is life one. The court IS
first instance is an international bo.ly
maintained by the various martini,
governments and passes upon qucS-
lions arising out Of the Suez canal
traffic and kindred matters.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

D. W. Little. editor Of the NORTH
China Daily News. in an interviews
given at Victoria. r. C.. on the 23d.
saids War between japan and Rus
STA j. considered inevitable not only
by the Japanese. but also by the Rus
SLAMS and all residents on the Siberi-
an coast Enormous preparations
are being made at Port Arthur and
In Siberia Notifications are progress
ing and troops being massed- JapaI
b also ready
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

As result Of the intermediate ex
sminations. the following West Point
cadets. members of the fourth class.
were on the 18th. found deficient and
discharged from the military acade-
my: Eugene r Forrson. Georgia.
David Hughes. Louisiana; Fred C.
Moser. Iowa: Louis A. Peatross, Vir-
r.nia. and T. T. Ridley. Texas
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-05-02

Mrs. Eli Frcw and her three small
children were killed. on the 25th. by
TIE casing in Of their dus-out in
Roger Mills county. Okla
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-22
Whisky and Other Drinks.

There Is complaint among drinking men that many saloons in Birmingham sell only 'refilled goods.'" said a man about town.
 ''The barkeepers who imagine that a large majority of tipplers can be fooled on whisky and wine are mistaken. Cheap refilled stuff poured out of bottles marked Upper Ten, Wilson, Green River or other standard brands may go with a man unused to good quality. but the thinker who knows what fine liquor is will not patronize the saloon the sec end time that has refilled bottles.
 There is more absinthe used in the United States now than there was a few years ago Absinthe fiends are rare ex- cept in books of fiction, but many moder- ate drinkers in the south have got into the habit of taking a few sips of aD- sinthe every day just as the French peo- pie do. do not know whether CT not but I am told that vermouth, which Is a popular lqueur, Is adulterated on a large scale in Frenchy cities like New Orleans and Mobile where 1t has a large run. The genuine vermouth is made in France and in Italy. There is an impression in some quarters that the French article Is superior to the Italian, but judges of liqueurs say there is no difference in the quality, both the Italian and the French being highly prized for flavor and tonic properties"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-22
Democrats and the House,

Senator Morgan says control of the next house of representatives by the democrats is not desirable. Ex-Presi- dent Grover Cleveland says 1t is de- sirabie. When the doctors disagree, who shall decide7
 It is not question that comes home to southern democrats, for they will select democratic representatives re- gardless of what the doctors say, but fn the close northern districts the question is considered debatable at aeast.
 Much can be said on either side. Mir. Cleveland says a cause worth lighting for should be battled for continuously. He says the pres. tige of success this fall would go far towards bringing in victory two years later. Senator Morgan, with an eye to constructive work, does not think a deadlock in legislation is de sirable. and it is probable he desires to hold the republicans responsible for all acts of omission and commission np to the fall of 1904. On the other hand, if the house were democratic st could pass tariff reduction and anti tariff bills. thereby putting the repub Gcan senate in hole, but they are in that hole anyway, and so no good Eould perhaps flow from deadlock.
 All in all, it Is difficult to decide Ehe southern districts will elect dem bcrats, and the northern districts will doubtless fight out their respective
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-22
HAS KNOWN MANY PRESIDENTS.
Interesting Experience of Thomas F.. Pendel, Oldest White House Usher.

From the New York Tribune.
 Thomas F. Pendel, the oldest usher in the White House at Washington. who has held his place since the time of Lincoln is staying in New York for few days Tt has been my experfence,' said he recently, Ito have constant personal communication with long line of Presi- dents I let MT. Lincoln out the night of the assassination, and was, I believe, the last man to shake hands with him before he was shot Soon afterward was at his deathbed. I was also on duty when Gen eral Garfield was assassinated, and when our late beloved President Mckinley was shot last year. In the White House we feel these sudden changes more int mately perhaps, than the general run Of people outside. Every spot in the old building is filled with associations in my memory. The present alterations now go- ing forward will not disturb associations to any great extent. Only the inner walls are being altered, except so far as new ones are being added to the east and west wings. But even here 1t is not precisely an innovation. as there has already been
 
 down.
 "The additions are in the nature of a restoration of the original plan. It is ex- pected that the work will be so far ad- vanced that the private chambers will be ready for occupancy on October 20 or 25. Some doubt has been expressed as 10 whether 1t might not be unwise for the President to enter the newly made-over rooms because of the clustering, which had to be replaced. But the furnace has been going all the time, and I have seen the White House occupied when the front hall was full of scaffolding. This front hall, by the way, will not be used hereafter as the public and official en- trance. A driveway is being swung about the fountain facing the treasury building and coming up to the entrance on the new east wing. Here the carriages will drive up and the visitors alight Ample reception rooms for leaving their wraps are being provided below. and stone staircase rises to the rooms above. All the telegraph and stenograpners' rooms have been removed from the second floor and the executive offices are to be in the west wing, where the conservatory has been.
 An interesting feature in the dining room is a large fireplace seven feet across in the old colonial style. The construction of the fues has not been finished. or course, they have to be narrowed for a chimney, and l am interested to learn whether they intend to have the con verging sides of the fiue construction visi- ble, as in the old manner. There never has been so large an appropriation as that made by the last congress for the purposes of the White House, and the encouragement will justify the expense"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-22
From the New York Fvening pa..


 " REGENT government report on the Hot Springs of Arkansas con r tains an interesting discussion on the question, of interest not only there but in other places where similar phe- nomena are observed: Are the hot springs dying?' The investigator answers that the evidence seems to show A very small decrease in temperature in the cen tury during which there has been some approach to a record. In the year 1894 Dunbar and Hunter reported a tempera- ture for the larger spring of 15o degrees Fahrenheit and at another a temperature of 154 degrees. Tn 1859 the springs were much more carefully examined by a state geologist named Owen. who constructed a map of temperatures and elevations. The Hot Springs creek he then found to run at 107 degrees when the air above it was 20 degrees cooler. The larger springs he reported at 14e and 14S degrees. The next year still more perfect surveys were made by William Glasgow, Jr.
 Since that time many artificial changes have taken place which might modify water temperatures somewhat. All of the springs have been dug out and enclosed In masonry arches Two or more springs have in some instances been consolidated Into one and new outfiows have been de- veloped. A comparison of the old record with those recently made, under these changed conditions, shows that the high est temperature known today Is TAT de- grees. as against 154 degrees in 1894 and b4yf Ia ,A 40 Owen. Tn 8 number of springs there has been a decline of degrees since 1s6o Such a slight difference might. however, the report says. be due to the manner and place of taking the temperature, or pos sibly to the inaccuracy of the earlier in- struments. At all events. the tempera- ture is decreasing so slowly that the change is almost imperceptib1e in half a century. In one instance, that of the alum spring, there has been a marked drop. Its temperature was 1s2 degrees in 1894, against 115 degrees now
 The comparison of the outflow ia more difficult. The investigator believes that the current varies somewhat from year to year, corresponding to variations in annual rainfall in some previous year, so that no more definite oomparrson can be made with the early records than to say that the volume of water discharged is much greater now. This in turn might ex- plain the slight drop in the temperature, assuming that a practically constant amount of heat was applied.
 While many theories have been ad- vanced to account for the source of the hot waters, the only hypothesis that stands the test of scientific inquiry is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-10-22
An Oyer.sensItIve Newspaper.

The Bessemer Workman says:
 The Age-Herald evidently intended to slight Bessemer when 1t commenced on the cities of Alabama that had more than ten thousand dollar receipts in the postofnoes during the fiscal year. It would have been just as easy to men ton Besssmer and it certainly would have shown a disposition to deal fairly with a city that unaided and alone Is in- crsasing in wealth and population. but in addition is monthly pouring thousands of dollasn into the tills of the Birming- ham rnewchantz-
 The best answer to this consists in the reproduction of the paragraphs complained of. as followss
 Alabama has forty-nine Presidential postofhcea. but at only six of them do the gross annual receipts exceed s1oOOO as foIlowsI
 Birmingham ..-. s-...... .. .....$145, 36 MopAe s-s ss e-.......... 6S,nI0i Montgomery e e---.s 4..... ...... 76105.96 Selna ~~~s~s s~ss .......... 26S2l.21 Anniston ss. ... ....... 1SSS9.02 dunpsFAiie---s s>---.s.~-.-.. .... l16IS.72 Birmingham's postal receipts are large enough to establish her pre-eminence In business in this state, but if Greater Birmingham were turned from theory into fact and free delivery established where local postoffices exist, the gross receipts of this town would be over s2O0,- GOO. and its rank among southern towns be indisputable. We suffer by division in every table that is published
 Wherein there is any slight in these lines is not apparent. The list of offices is not at hand, but Bessemer is not in the class discussed. Bessemer's postal receipts are below $10,000 a year, and The Age-Herald had no occa- sion to slight it. It was referring to offices in the $1OO0O class.