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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-12-12
I'm. IB|&. B. REED DEAD.
The Former Speaker Of the House
of Representatives. Passes
Away in Washington.
. Brief sketch Of One OF the siost Forse-
sui and Resourceful PArllAmsnsarlAns
OF HE Day Served In Congress Eaeyea
Years and Was Twice Elected sp~skes
81 the House.

Washington. Dec S.-rormer Speak
or Thomas II. Reed died at 1915
o'clock Saturday morning Of Bright,
disease after six days illness.
The hope of his recovery enter
tanned by his physicians began Il
wane at $3.50 o'clock Saturday night
when the last bulletin on his condi
ton was issued. 1t announced that Z
decided turn for the worse had be
gun, and that the functions Of the
kidneys had almost been suppressed
From that time he sank rapidly, and
1t ii O'Clock the doctors announced
that his death during the night was
inevitable.
Mr.. Reeds family was with him.
The end was without pain.
Mr.. Reed reached Washington Sun
day. having come to attend to some
matters in the United States supreme
court. He was at The capitol Monday
visiting with friends and former as
sociates in congress and witnessed
the converting Of the second session
Of the Fifty-seventh congress.
Complained Of Gastric Distress.
Apparently he was enjoying good
health. but later in the day he called
ON DR.. F. A. Gardner and complained
Of gastric distress.
Symptoms Of appendicitis appeared.
though his condition was not consid-
cred alarming. A trained nurse TO
mnincd with him throughout Tuesday
night. and the patient showed signs
of improvement.
Mrs. Reed and daughter, Miss Kit
tie. arrived Wednesday. and have re-
manned with Mr.. Reed at the Airing
ton hotel since.
On Thursday the physicians an
nounccd that the appendical symp-
toms were abating. but that kidney
trouble had developed. giving . more
serious aspect to the case.
4 Feeling Toast.
While the former speaker was dy-
ing the Gridiron club was holding
It's first banquet of the congress ses-
mon In the hotel below. Shortly be-
fore midnight it was announced that
Mr.. Reed was dying. President
Wynne mnde ceiling reference to
Mr.. Reed. who had been the guest
at many Gridiron banquets, and Maj.
John M. Carson, the correspondent
Of the Philadelphia Ledger, who had
known Mr. Reed for 80 years, spoke
few words in praise Of him. The club
and its guests drank a final toast to
Mr.. Reed. Before the glasses were
emptied he was dead.
Fought His Battles Der Again.
h;s mind was active. but it did not
work clearly. He wandered to the
scenes of his boyhood and later went
10 the notable fights he had in tn;
house He spoke portions of his
great speeches. and for a moment or
two imagined that he was in the
speakers chair and was presiding
over the house.
At five o'clock in the afternoon Mr..
Reed became incoherent- He was UNI
asAs to answer a direct question. and
from that time until IL o'clock was
in a state Of semi-consciousness
At IL o'clock he relapsed into un-
consciousness.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-12-12

London, Dec. THE grip is unusu-
ally severe this winter, and had al
ready been felt throughout England.
with the result tina. all who can do
% are leaving.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-12-12

Atlanta, Co, Dec. IF. Henry
Richardson. editor of the Atlanta
Journal, and . well-known lectures.
suffered . stroke of apoplszy. HI
condition u serioua-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-12-12

Ientlefnen. II
have used several
bottles Of Peruna
and feel greatly
benefited there
by from my ca
tarrh ofthc head,
and feel encour-
aged to believe
I h at it's con :
tinued use will
fully eradicate n
disease of thirty
years standing"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-12-12

Gne Dstttsh aad German Representative
n v~pesadla shut Up shop aud
Boarded Wsrshipa.

Caracas. Dec. 9.--The British min
ister, w. ii. ID. Iaggard. and the Ger
man charge d'atfaires. Won Pilgrim.
Baltazzi, left Caracas at three o'clock
Monday afternoon for La Guaira
where Mr.. llaggard went on board
the British cruiser Retribution and
Herr Won Pilgrim-Baltazzi boarded
the German cruiser Nineta. Both the
British and the German legations
have been closed.
The German gunboat Panther has
arrived az Ia Guaira The English
cruiser interchangeable has left La
Guaira for Trinidad on a special mis-
sion.
Monday afternoon the British min
lister and the German charge DAFT
fairies deposited at the private resi-
dence Of the foreign minister. Lopez
Baralt, separate demands; the Brit
ish demand being for the settlement
Of claims and other matters arising
out OF the last revolutions, and the
German demand being for the inter-
est on the German loan and claims.
The demands are without any spccifi-
cation as 10 the time for an answer.
but they are in the form OF an ultima
tum.
on for the Coast.
At three o'clock Monday Minister
Haggard, his secretary. Grant DUFF,
and the chancellor of the legation,
Godfrey, left Caracas in company
with the German charge d'affaires,
Won Pilgrim altaEzi for La Guaira.
On the arrival of the train at the
latter post at 5 o'clock 80 officers met
the diplomats at the station. Minis
ter Haggard and the other members
Of the British legation went on board
the British cruiser Retribution. while
the German charge d'affaires boarded
the German cruiser Vineta. The min
lsters left Caracas without previously
notifying the Venezuelan government.
probably in order to avoid any hos.
tile demonstration.
A Mixed situation.
The actual situation is incompre-
here. Up to Monday morn
Ing no one appeared to know any
thing about the Anglo-German pro-
jected demonstration. The foreign |
minister said that he considered a
menace on the part of Germany To be
Inadmissible and that any threat
would be annually ballon de essai |
Ia feeler). while as for England. said
the minister. she had no grounds for
aggression.
An inspection of the two legations
Sunday showed there were then no |
indicating that the min
isters intended TO abandon their |
posts. The government has made no
preparations at La Guara.
Venezuelan citizens considered the |
threat Of demonstration as a bluff,
and set aside the possibility of an
demonstration. II is
learned that one of the chief officers |
Of the German cruiser Nineta told a \
German family at La Guairn Sunday. !
that blockade of the coasts of Nene-
zua1a vae Imminent
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The joy Of the Lord belongs TO those
Who have done the work Of the LORD
Evening journal., 1902-02-10
THE EVENING journal. MONDAY FEBRUARY TO- 1902

in any sense. and It will probably be
stricken out altogether
This revision Of the creed is an eYi-
dmce Of the strength and honesty Of
the great church. 1t did not wait till
outside forces should compel It to act,
but recognizing the need, went to work
to supply the remedy. 1t takes a
strong man TO rectify an error, and IL
takes a strong church to revise its
creed. When the matter was first
agitated there were predictions that
it would result in disintegration. Such
has not been the case. but. on the other
hand there is greater unity among it's
communicates than ever before. Pres
byterians are preparing to throw off
the hampering influences Of a less en-
lightened period. and to live and wor-
ship in the newer and fuller light of
the present
Evening journal., 1902-02-10

II is clear from the explanations made
public by Fire Commissioner Sturgis
that he has no purpose Of treating IN
fairly the proprietors and the man
ayers OF our places Of amusement. and
will be satisfied with o reasonable
obedience TO the law. IL is. of course.
his plain duty to insist upon that rea-
sonable obedience
In Broadway and elsewhere a few
careless heads of playhouses have
shown a lamentable disregard in their
duties to the public and toward the
provisions Of the statutes. and have
crammed their buildings to the doors
with crowds of spectators. who blocked
the exits. The Fire Commissioner is
unquestionably right in calling to ac-
count any manager who recklessly ex-
poses the people in his theatre to the
perils of so frightful a catastrophe as
that which took place in Brooklyn in
the 70s. The Fire Department is not
acting oppressiyely in this matter. The
sDirit Of the laws must be carried out
for the protection Of the public Over
crowded theatres. like Overcrowded ex-
cursion boats. are possible deathtraps.
A few houses of entertainment in this
city are conspicuOusly unsafe, and
greater caution is requisite and must
be exacted But there is no probability
OF unfairness or indefensible rigor
Evening journal., 1902-02-10
LET THE PROCESSION FORM

If any considerable body OF Repub-
leans of Delaware are willing TO die
in the last ditch for Addicks, let them
20 on. and we will be present at the
obsequies. II they are willing to place
the success of a mere boodler above
party honor and party success, the
option is theirs. II they hold the doc
trine that in order for the Republican
party to succeed II must interest some
money-bag TO invest his thousands in
return for an Office OF honor, then the
nethermost pit is yearning for many
Long ago the fiat went forth; on the
one hand is harmony. a burial of past
differences. victory won in honor, and
the placing OF our State and county
governments In Republican hands. On
the other. Is Addicks and his money,
and nothing else. The two alterna-
tives remain; their benefits cannot be
united. and the time has come when all
reasonable men must make a final
choice Let not the friends of Addicks
be deceived Harmony propositions
which might result in the recognition
of Addicks will not be accepted. unless
we mistake the temper of the Republic
cans They care for regularity, for
majority rule and for harmony, but
they value their self-respect and the
right to do their own thinking above
these
The position of the Republican party
Is unalterable, there is no reasonable
concession which it will not make in
order to reunite the forces which for
merly composed the party but there
is not the slightest evidence that 1t
is willing to sacrifice all that has
been dearest to it In it's political
career Let us hold to our faith, and
If any number Of men are anxious to
follow a single man to perdition, let
the procession form.
Evening journal., 1902-02-10
She Loved Me

She loved me. o. she loved me,
All those golden years of youth;
When our hearts were young and ten
der:
When our hearts loved only truth.
She loved me. o. che loved me,
All those precious youthful years,
And I returned 1t truly,
And her sympathetic tears.
over seas in white winged ships,
Riding joyously the main,
/ did leave her not for aye,
Hoping my return again.
over distant weary lands
I was driven 10 and fro;
But my heart did e'er return
To the scenes of long ago.
To the scenes of youth and beauty;
To the love so fair and sweet;
To the happiness and pleasures;
And the times with joys replete.
She has gone / know not whittier,
But / love her aye for that;
She has gone, but with another,
But hate her not for that.
Not. oh not be fault of hers
That she loved another one;
It was only fault of mine,
For left her all alone.
/ remember how It grieved her
When I told her / should go;
How her heart was full to breaking,
How her tears did gently flow.
Could I keep her waiting ever,
Spending all her youth in vain?
l was selfish when wanted
Her forever thus remain.
should not have asked her then
To have sacrificed her youth;
But I should have taken her
For my youthful bride in truth.
She has gone l know not whittier,
But her gain is all my pain;
She has gained, and | have lost
What my loss is, is her gain.
But loved her. o. loved her,
All those golden years of yore,
When our hearts were young and tel
der.
And our love its first fruit bore.
o. I'll love that dear one ever
And for her my heart still yearns;
But all silently / love her,
With the joy that hope discerns.
Contributed.
Evening journal., 1902-02-10
A NEW LIGHT TENDER

One of our contemporaries is much
exercised for fear that the city will be
put to an unnecessary expense in the
prospective litigation over the alleged
Welsbach contract for lighting the city.
We are told that it is a good light, and
that we will receive full value for our
money. Our contemporary does not al
ways reason in this maner, and as the
company has paid very little attention
TO the wishes of THE people, they feel
inclined TO have their inning now. All
the circumstances surrounding the
award Of this alleged contract are
shrouded in mystery. and even in the
location of lights, no one seems TO have
been consulted Now that holes have
been discovered in the agreement
through which a horse and wagon could
be driven, we are told that we should
be satisfied.
On the contrary. We are of the opin
ion that we owe it TO ourselves to null
lily this contract, even though w
should subsequently determine to maxi
another covering the same provision
substantially. A rebuke is deserved
and it must be administered if the PEG
pies rights are not to be juggled witt
in the future. The people Of Whining
Evening journal., 1902-02-10
WILMINGTON SUSTAINS REPUTATION
MADE LONG AGO FOR FINE SCHOOL S

There are few cities in this broad
land which may honestly boast of finer
schools than Wilmington, and it is a
well-known fact that graduates of the
High School are admitted to various
colleges in the country without the
formality of taking an entrance exami-
nation.
From all accounts. this always has
been the state of affairs for in its
earliest days Wilmington was famous
for its schools. The very first was
opened before the year 100 under the
direction of the rector of Old Swedes
Church. and among its earliest teachers
was the brother of Emanuel Sweden
borg. In l716 the teacher was Lars
Gooding.
James Ellison was the name Of one
who taught the young idea how to
shoot before the Revolution. He went
TO the war. but when he returned it
was with wound in the right arm.
which he thought prevented him from
.thrashing the boys as he deemed nee
.essary' So, in 1887 he abandoned his
profession and went to Kentucky.
where he passed through many adven-
lures with Daniel Boone. He was
killed in a desperate encounter with
Indians about 1910.
One Elizabeth Way was a famous
teacher of needlework in 1890. It is
said of her that she used a cato nine
tails to make her pupils obedient and
put leather spectacles on those whose
work did not come up to her standard.
She was the schoolmate of BENJAMIN
West. the noted painter.
There is pathetic little story told
in connection with NJ. Michel Martel.
French refugee. who was a teacher in
Wilmington over a century ago. He
once had been the teacher of Theodosia
Burr and was on intimate terms with
her father. Aaron Burr. After teach
ing her about two years, he became
paralyzed and eventually became an
inmate of the county almshouse.
In 1903 Burr visited Wilmington as
President of the United States. and
when he was asked to assist his former
friend and daughters preceptor he
merely said that he knew Martel when
he was rich-poor. he did not know
him.
Not everybody knows that the Ches-
ter Military Academy had its inception
in this city. 1t was started at the
corner of Ninth and Tatnan streets.
where it continued for few years. It
Evening journal., 1902-02-10

was then removed to West Chester
then to its present location in Chester
The Hannah More Academy for
young women was a famous institute
Iof learning at the corner of Eighth and
West streets The building. with its
large reception rooms. dormitories and
dining-room, was erected in 1853. IL
now is used as a boarding house
Probably the most noted school was
the Old Academy. 1t was situated ON
the East side of Market street. between
Eighth and Ninth The building was
of stone. two-and-a-half stories in
height and stood a distance in from
the street. in grove of beautiful trees.
It was built as early as 1865. The first
principal was Professor Robert Patter-
son. and when the Revolutionary War
broke out. he drilled his older pupils
and the young men of the town. He
afterward went to the war and rose
TO the rank Of major.
In the year 1856 a meeting of scien-
tific men was held in the academy.
among whom We're Benjamin Franklin.
They brought with them instruments
for astronomical Investigation and
made some experiments from the
cuDola 1t was the next day that Mr..
Franklin experimental with electricity.
Then interest in the old academy
died and in 1895 the building was con-
verted into a cotton factory. Then
again in 1903 interest was revived and
an act was passed to found an institu-
ton of learning in the building to be
known as "The College of Whining
ton"
Cunning Bedford was president OF
the board of trustees. which consisted
of such other men as Thomas Read,
D. D.; Caesar Rodney, James A. Bay
ard. DR.. George Munro, DR.. Latimer.
Louis McLane. Thomas Lea, etc In
1905 an act was passed allowing the
to raise money by lottery to
support the institution. which was re-
newed in 1909 and again in 1911. De
spite the fact that the school was well
Datronized and that well-known in
structors were obtained. the old acad-
envy seemed fated and in 1926 the
building was offered for sale It was
bought by the Masons, TO whom
the debt was due. to prevent it falling
into the hands of the sheriff. Later
on the building was sold to David C.
Wilson. who had it demolished about
1892, and private houses erected on its
site.
Ellen Orr.
Evening journal., 1902-02-10

ton are opposed to the mystery, secrecy
and evasion that has surrounded this
whole matter. and we expect the City
Solicitor to protect our interests BY tax
ing 1t to the courts if necessary and
seeing II through.
To add interest TO the matter. the
American Lighting Company. of Balti-
more, comes along with a proposition.
IL Will not be satisfactory to turn Il
down without considering fits offer and
its ability to make It good. It offers to
furnish lights OF greater candle
power than those contemplated under
the alleged Welsbach agreement. and
for a similar contract to pay the city
bonus Of $4,000. 10 would seem that
This is worth considering; that sum
would go far in replacing some OF the
public moneys Incorporated in the
last few years. This concern, as an
evidence of its good faith. points to the
fact that it is furnishing lights for the
city of Baltimore and invites an in
spection of its work there.
So the whole matter in a nutshell is
this: There has been a contract award
ed. or claimed to have been awarded,
with great secrecy, and under circum-
stances justifying suspicion. IL calls
for lighting the city for a period of ten
years, and at an enormous aggregate
expense. The City Solicitor says it is
not a binding contract And now
bidder, claiming to be responsible. Of
fers a light as good, or better, for $1O,-
OOO The people will not be satisfied
unless They get the best service for the
least money, and they are not likely TO
lose sight of that $4,000 bonus as THE
transaction proceeds.
Evening journal., 1902-02-10
WAYFARER'S NOTEBOOK
CompIaIn Of ihe EIai Whenl Cars

SuhpidiU VI the Tldl wheel lars
You seldom hear the bumpety-bump
of fiat wheel car nowadays" remarked
a business man recently
Where do you live?" inquired a
lady in the company.
Il live in Delaware avenue" was the
reply.
That accounts for you not hearing
them, then.
Il don't understand you"
IF you lived anywhere along the
Front street line you would know what
am talking about. The reason that
Won never hear them is because they
are taken off the Delaware avenue and
other uptown lines just as soon as they
become noisy. and are put on the
Front street line. You should Just
spend a few days at our home near
Front and Union streets. You would
then understand where crippled cars are
run. l often tell my husband that it
reminds me of a track for broken-down
race horses, that are out OF condition
for the better class of races. From
early until late we hear them bump
, ing along. until our nerves are badly
racked There are plenty fat wheel
car trucks yet in existence"
Evening journal., 1902-02-10
Financial Gyrations
the Dover Delawarean.

From the Dover Delawarean.
President Hartman of the Union
Pacific railroad revealed some very
peculiar fnanciering the other day in
his testimony before the Interstate
Commerce Commission. The investi-
cation was in the direction of uncov-
ering the history of the famous strug-
gle a year ago to secure control of the
Union Pacific railroad. Among other
things Mr.. Hartman stated that as
president of the Oregon Short Line. a
corporation with a capital of s27,0OO,-
600. he issued $4,000 900 of certificates
of Indebtedness. Then. as president of
the Union Pacific he bought those GER
tificates. and returning to his character
of president of the Oregon Short Line,
he bought, with the money so secured
S7S.000.000 of Northern Pacific shares
After which. In the other capacity, he
secured the issue of 100000, 900 Union
Pacific bonds to reimburse its treasury.
Commenting on this the Pittsburg
Dispatch truly says: transactions Of
that amazing character in a position of
trust reduces comment TO a condition
Of beggary. The mere statement of
the case is calculated to give large sup
port to the cynical theory that the diff
ference between a great financier and
the penitentiary is simply the differ
ence between success and failure"
Evening journal., 1902-02-10
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

The mosquitoes found in swamps
and damp woods are generally more
brilliantly colored than those varieties
which frequent human habitations.
Boston Girl (on the train)-Oh, dearl
wish I had somewhere to rest my
head
Chicago Girl-Gosh! / wish l had
somewhere to rest my feet.
Careful estimates of the force of a
cyclone and the energy required to
keep the full-hedged hurricane in ac-
tive operation reveal the presence of a
power that make the mightiest efforts
of man appear as nothing in compari-
son. A force fully equal to over AGO.
900 900 horsepower was estimated as
developed in a West Indian cyclone.
This is about fifteen times the power
that can be developed by all the means
Within the range of mans capabilities
during the same time.
American pine when green weighs
forty-four pounds twelve ounces to the
cubic foot. When seasoned its weight
is reduced to thirty pounds eleven
ounces.
"He says he'd die for her.
Goodness! and she says she's dead
in love with him.
Only five sailing ships of over 100
tons were built in the United Kingdom
last year. All the vessels were con-
structed on the Clyde and were regis
tered in London.
The material Of the Buffalo EXPOSE
ton which was recently sold to a
wrecking company for $4,000 cost
over ss,OO0,O00.
Yes" said the eminent merchant
as he swallowed a tabloid beefsteak
"our ancestors were an improvideni
set"
"They certainly were" assented TIL
other, gulping down a pill containing
two fried eggs and a cup of coffee
"Why, higgins Customs OF the An
clients says that during the period O.
19O2-5 a busy merchant frequently
spent ten minutes in eating one meal
The steeple of the parish church a
Chesterfield. England, is often calle'
the "corkscrew" steeple. for it ha
quite a big twist. This is due to tn
action of the sun on the wooden an
iron materials.
"At any rate said the wealthy man
'syou have peace of mind
How is that?" demanded the poo
man.
Because" was the reply, "a wealth
man is always puzzled to know no
rich he is but a poor man never ha
any difficulty in discovering how poo
he Is.
There are 1885, 22 acres Of uncu
tivated land in Italy. which might |
developed and made productive by u
application Of ordinary enterprise.
Aberdeen Town Council has resolve
to extend the electrical equipment
the tramway system at cost OF &S'
600.