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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02
REV ARDS OFFERED.
Missouri Bnnkers' Association OF.
fers u Reward Of $500.

Windsor. Mo. Dec. 2o.-J. $. Calfee,
sice-president of the Missouri Bank
ers' association, announces that re-
ward of $500 will be paid for the ar
rest and conviction Of the four bur
glars engaged in the bank robbery AT
Union. Mo. or reward of $500 each
IL there be more than four.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

The boats of the battleships Ala.
hama and Massachusetts ran three
mile race. of Port of Spain. Trinidad.
on the cath. for a purse of $1,000. The
race resulted in tie, the time being
- minutes, IS seconds.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Lafayette. Ind. Dec. 20. The scarlet
fever epidemic that broke out among
the students Of Purdue university has
been traced TO infected milk.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Gen. Fred ID. Grant has been select
smother. whose will was fled on the
26th. The value of the estate APP
proximates S234.O00. and is to be di-
vided among her children in four
equal shares.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Ten men, survivors of collision
between two schooners in Massachu-
sefts bay, were picked Up by vessel.
on the 2ist. and landed in Boston on
che 22d. Eleven others who were on
the schooBers ct he time of the col
lision were drowned or perisl,ed from
che cold. The survivors were three
days in nm open boat, and underwent
Understandable suffcrjngs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Wabash. Ind. Dec. 26.-The bonds.
men Of John Il. Rose held meeting and
arranged to pay the money due into The
city treasury. The net los they must
make good IL 5000.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Jack Donohue. chief Of detectives a.
Hot Springs. Ark. was shot 10 death.
on the 25th. by Frank Dougherty. who
soon after mortally wounded himself
by firing a shot into his head.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Two United States soldiers raised a
row in a saloon near Fort Assiniboine.
Mont. OH the 25th, and in the shoot
ing which followed both soldiers were
wounded and taken TO the post hos
p:tal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Bloomingt on. Ind. Dec. 26.- Pros
pecting for oil and gas viii begin next
spring on the $500 acres If land that
have been leased in the south portion
of the city
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Charlottesville. Ind. Dec 2h.--The
safe in the clothing store Of Warner
4 r-ck was robbed If 5000. and il Is
'huughf the burglars were Crawfor,is-
Vile men.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Jefferson City, Mo. Dec. 29.Gov.
Dockery has offered reward of $500
each for the arrest and conviction OF
the men who robbed the bank AT
Union, Mo, Saturday morning.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

The crown princess Of Saxony de.
cember IL. and no trace of her can he
had. The fact was not made public
until the 22d, when the king ordered
1t published in the official journal. AD
Slopement is suspected.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

The building occupied as store nv
Nicholaus a. Co. at bloomington. Ill,
svns destroyed by fire. on the 2jth,
with a loss of $4,000. and the stock
of c. w. Klein, adjoining. was badly
damaged by water. The loss on both
will reach 100000.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

South Bend. Ind. Dec. as.-F. A.
Fernandez. Spanish cigar manufac-
turer. who came here several years ago
is dead He had his tongue cut out t.
cure a cancer. caused by smoking He
was an inyeterate user Of tobacco.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Montgomery Cooley. negro. killed
. policeman in Pittsburg. kas., early
Christmas morning. and two hours
later he was taken from Jail 10y a mob
and hanged. The rope broke before
he was dead and he fell 10 the ground.
when some one of the mob ended his
euffcrings by cutting his throat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

The crown princess of Saxony was
located at Geneva. Switzerland, on the
Esd. whittier she had fled in company
with Prof. Giron, a Frenchman. She
was living under an assumed name.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Wabash, Ind. Dec. 90 The Wabash
Paper company's mill has closed on ac-
count Of coal famine. and 25omen are
out Of work
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Henry Larink committed suicide az
Grand Rapids, Mich, on the 2lst. by
drowning himself in a cistern. des-
perately fighting off friends who were
attempting 10 save him.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Mrs. Grace Comb, a pioneer resident
and mother of eN-Mayor John Comb,
died az 81. Joseph, Mo-. on the ed,
eyed IL years.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Judge Samuel j. Clarke, who led an
overland expedition TO California in
1919. and who was member of the
first legislature of that state, died at
Geneva, Idaho. on the Goth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

John Armstrong. who was twice
president of the South Dakota agri-
cultural society, was found dead IN
his bed at Aberdeen, ;. d., on the 23d,
from heart disease.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Fireman Ed Adams. of Sedalia. Mo-,
was killed in an accident which de-
rallied Missouri Pacific passenger
train near Marshall, Mo-. on the Goth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02
Weekly Courier.
G. DoANE. Publisher.


A jury Mt bloomington. III. on the
esd. acquitted Miss Daisy Carleton Of
che charge OF numbering Mrs. Joseph
leslie.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

A severe storm visited Copenhagen.
Denmark, on the Goth and 2sfh. and
did enormous damage TO property
and shipping. Many lives We're loss
both on land and at sea.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

The United States supreme court
adjourned. on the 22d, for the Christ
snas holidays. TO meet again on Jan
nary ;.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Six thousand and twentysiN miles
of railroad were built in the United
States during 1902. which is greater
than in any year since lsss.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

Signor Mascagni. the Italian COM
poser. was arrested in Chicago. on the
:6th. on a charge OF embezzlement
made by former manager.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

The property known as the East
state street site has been selected by
the treasury department as the loca-
sion for the new federal building al
jacksonville, Ill.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

columbus Ind. Dec Henry Nv
ers. died as the result ~ kick from .
vicious horse few days ago.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-02

DIR. J. o. Lowry was assassinated at
Fair Play, Tex. on the night OF the
9Th, as he stood near window
itching the dancers at his wedding
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-31

cost of publication out of his own slen-
der means; that being the only way he
could get his work before the people.
Not until twentyfour years later was
he able to say that he had got his
money all back SO that he had lost
nothing by his work. Discouraging
as all this must have been. Mr.. Spen-
Ger was not Of kind easily turned
aside. He continued to think and
write, and his great lifework stands
to-day the strongest kind of evidence
that the sublime faith he had In his
own ability was well founded. He
lived to hear the applause of the world
acclaiming him one Of the greatest
intellectual leaders Of his time
Herbert Spencer was simple and
unostentatious to a marked degree.
He repeatedly declined academic hon
ors from colleges and universities. and
titular honors which the late Queen
Victoria was willing to bestow upon
him in recognition Of his distinguished
services to humanity.
The romantic side or Mr. Spencer's
life may be summed up in few
words. He was devotedly attached to
his mother and grieved much during
her last Illness. The only other wom-
an for whom he seemed to entertain
feelings Of affection was George Eliot.
They were great friends and 1t is said
that he was in love with her. Per
haps the strongest evidence in support
of that claim Is the knowledge that he
was never in love with anyone else
and the fact that he never married.
In his contributions to science Mr..
Spencer has shown the workings Of
master mind; one that was clear, Wig
orous, forceful and original In its con-
ceptions. The world of mankind is
greatly indebted for his services and
Will not soon know his equal.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-31
Taft Given Ovation.

Manila, Dec. 24.-Governor Taft
was given an enthusiastic farewell to.
day. A military guard of honor escort
ed him from the palace to the Luneta,
where Governor Taft from stand re-
viewed the parade of 5000 troops, who
were followed by procession of civil
ian employees, accompanied by dozen
bands. Thousands lined the line OF
macrh. Many delegates came from
the outside provinces. Scores of boats
accompanied Governor Taft's launch to
the steamer, on which the governor
sailed at midnight.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-31
In Honor of the Elder Bennett.

New York, Dec. 2S.-Announcement
is made of the purpose OF James Gordon
Bennett to lay out and adorn large
park to be dedicated to the public use
and pleasure, in memory of his father,
the founder of the Herald. 1t will lie
between the Boulevard Lafayette and
Broadway, nor.h of One Hundred and
Eighty second street, and lands now
owned by Mr.. Bennett will be devoted
to this end. Upon the higehst eleva-
ton within it's bounds will be reared a
monument to James Gordon Bennett
the elder.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-31
KLONDIKE MINERS LOSE.
No Rebate on Royalties From the
British Government.

Dawson, Dec. 28.-A message from
London, England, says that the fight
made by certain number of pioneer
Klondike kings for refund of royalty
has been decided in London against the
miners. More than $500, 900 has beer
in volved in the fight.
The issue was fought under the name
of George Carmack, discoverer OF the
famous placers on the Bonanza, which
startled the world. lie sued for re-
fund of $4,000 collected from him I'M
der the renewal of his annual lease to
his Bonanza claim, obtained Sept. "a,
1897, date after the royalty impos1
came into effect.
The renewal gave him a right to
mine for a year, and he contends thai
it gave him an exclusive right to all
the gold taken from the claim for the
wear, beginning with the date OF the
renewal, and that he should not be
compelled within that time to surren'
der any share to the government.
The grant, Carmack contends, bore
words giving MIN the rIgut W. All 'ne
oold mined on the claim for the year
However. the authorities here proceed
ed TO collect from Ciarmack on the out
put of the year.
In the excebouer court OF Canada
Carmack obtained judgment for q
full refund. The government appealed
IN the supreme court of Canada, and
the decision was overruled. But two
of the Judges were in favor OF the re-
spondents, and appeal was therefore
taken to the privy council OF England
About 100 cases on similar lines have
been pending long time. The Car
mack case was begun three years age
The best lawyers in Canada and Eng.
land have been engaged in the great
struggle and much money has peen
spent by the Klondikers.
The contest has bristled with points
of law, and lawyers have been greatly
interested from legal standpoint.
Only a brief telegram has been re,
ceived here, telling of the decision, ano
the full text is eagerly awaited In the
Klondike country.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-31

Temporary Order Restraining Lum-
Der Company.

Temporary OrOcF ktceAr1Ahhh8 AAAu-
Der Company.
Tacoma, Dec. 2S.--The government
has made its second move in it's effort
to check the cutting of logs on lands
allotted to Indians. In recent deci.
sion Judge Hanford held that the In
dams had right to rel the timber on
the land, maintaining that the govern
ment's interest in the land is merely q
trusteeship, which operates only to
keep the Indians from selling the land
itself.
Deputy United States Attorney Cush.
man, who conducted the case against
the purchasers of the timber, contend
ed that the only value of the land was
in the timber, and that a sale of the
timber was virtually q kale OF the land,
since it would leave the Indian impov-
erished in case he squandered his cash.
AS q second move in the case, MIR.
Cushman will Try to check the timber
transactions by injunction. He has
brought suit against the Brown-Kunze
Lumber Company, which is said to have
purchased lumber from the Indians,
and has already secured from Judge
Gilbert, of Portland, a temporary re.
stiaining order to prevent the cutting
of timber. He says he hopes later to
secure a permanent injunction.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-31
HERBERT SPENCER DEAD
The Last Of the Great Thinkers Of the
Victorian Age.

The Last of the Great Thinkers Of the
Victorian Age.
Herbert Spencer, the distinguished
English philosopher and author Of
many scientific works of great value.
who died recently at his home In
Brighton, was the last of the great
thinkers of the Victorian age, which
included Charles Darwin, Thomas
Huxley and John Tyndall.
Herbert Spencer was born April q,
1920. the son of poor schoolmaster In
Derby, England. His advantages in
early life were few. most Of his edu-
cation being received through his faith
or, yet he lived to be one of the great
est thinkers of the age. At II he be-
gan the struggle as civil engineer. a
calling which he followed for eight
years. While thus engaged he spent
his leisure hours In the study of social
science, but 1t was not until 1856 that
the result of all this thought and prep
aration was published to the world
Then appeared his first book, Social
Statics," which was four years In
advance of Darwin's "Origin of Spe-
cies" and dimly anticipated some of
the proofs of evolution therein set
forth.
Spencer's first volume was received
with frosty air when noticed at all.
Others followed only to experience a
scarcely less frigid reception. At first
the determined philosopher paid the
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-31
HARRINGTON's OPINION.
Relieves War Between Russia and
Japan . Certainty.

Japan . Certainty.
Seattle, Dec. 26.-"War between
Russia and Japan may safely be counted
on as one of the Ger .ainties of tie near
future" said G w. Harrington, a min
ing engineer just arrived from Vladi-
vostock by wav of Yokohama. "The
English and American residents OF
Yokohama expect nothing else and the
outbreak may come almost any day.
ct will be naval contest at the
outset. and Japan will get the better OF
that. The Japanese navy is not large,
but it is strictly up-to-date. The ves-
sells ale nearly all new and consequent
ly of the most modern type, including
equipment. The officers are we'll train
ed in naval science, many of them hav-
ing been educated in the best naval
schools the world affords, and the Jap.
anese sailors are good fighters.
"The strength of the Japanese navy
was amply demonstra ted in the war
with China few years ago, and it has
vastly improved since then. OF course
there is no comparison between the
Chinese and Russians as opponents, but
to my mind there is no question but
Russia will be worsted on the water
until she sende her entire navy around
will Be on Continent.
"The stake being Chinese territory,
the struggle will necessarily be ulti-
mately transferred to the continent.
Manchuria and Korea will be fighting
ground, and on land the tremendous
numbers of the cars army should
finally win out. The Russian army is
also considered to be of better quality
than the navy 1t is ably differed and
its men are equal to any fighters on
earth.''
Speaking further on the situation in
the far East from the standpoint of flu
ture map making, Mr.. Harrington said
that indicationns point to still further
Russian domination of Chinese terrific
ry bordering on Siberia, but only after
desperate resistance by the japanese.
The latter, he said, have been pre-
pairing for the struggle for years. The
Russians have been doing the same,
but Russian preparations are confined
solely to military demonstrations; to
the capture of strategic points; to the
erection of fortincations; the establish
ment of bases of supplies and the con-
struction of military roads.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-31
MORE WARLIKE
JAPANESE RAILWAYS GIVEN NO.
TICE TO BE READY.
Ninety ThoSsand Troops tn be Nov.
ed Southwark as Soon as Thew
Can NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mining
Engineer Talks on Situution as
He Observed 1t.

Nagsaki, Dec. 25.-It is reported
here that the Japanese railways have
been ordered to prepare to transport
80 900 troops southwark as soon as they
can be modified. The same report
also states that the war Office is now
engaged in selecting the men who will
compose this draft. Reports received
from the forty Japanese warships in
southern japanese waters declare that
maneuvering is the order of the dav
and that all are fully coaled and in
readiness for instant service.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-31
OVER SIXTY DEAD.
MANY KILLED IN B. & @. PASS
ENdER TRAIN WRECK.
"naie Running at High speed
Irain Strikes Carload of Timber.
Cars Plunge Over Embaukmen,
and Catch Fire, Roasting Inn.
PrisOned Travellers.

Connellsville, Pa. Dec 24.-With a
terrific crash the Duquesne limited, the
fastest through passenger train between
flttsourg and New York on the Balti.
more and Ohio, ploughsd into pile OF
lumber at Laurel Run, two miles west
OF lawson, at 7:45 O'Clock last night,
and sixty-three lives were lost and
thirty persons were injured.
The train left Pittsburg cartier in
the evening, running a few minutes
late. When approaching Laurel Run,
which is particularly fine piece OF
roadbed, the train was running at a
high rate of speed. SUDDENLY the pas
sengers were thrown from their seats
by the lightning like applies ton of the
air brakes, and moment later there
was terrific rcash. The train was
made up of two baggage cars, two day
coaches, one sleeper and one dining
car, and at the time was carrying al
the lowest estimate $50 passengers
The train plowed along for considera.
Die distance and the cars were torn to
pieces, passengers jumping, screaming,
falling from the wreck as it tore along
Plunged Toward River.
Suddenly the engine swerved to the
left and the coaches plunged down owe,
the embankment to the edge of the
Youghiougheny river.
So terrific was the force of the wreck
that nearly every passenger suffered q
moments Inconsistencies, and many
of the able men were unable tc
assist in taking the injured from the
wreck on account of having tainted. So
The killed were mostly foreigners
who were in the smoking car just back
of the baggage car. They were literal
ly roasted to death, the baggage and
smoker telescoping the engine AMI i'm.
medately catching fire.
A peculiar feature of the accident II
the fact that not woman was badly
injured and only few slightly hurt
The wreck was caused by the breaking
of castings on carload of bridge tim.
bsrs on a westbound freight train
which had passed Laurel Run not more
than fifteen minutes before the passen'
ger train. The wreck occurred on q
curve and it was impossible for the en-
gineer to see far enough ahead to de.
tect the obstruction on the tracks.
A big Atlantic type engine plunged
into the timbers at velocity of sixty
miles an hour.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1903-12-31
TO WIPEOUT JEWS
ANOTHER MASSACRE AT kISHl-
NEF Is PLANNED.
Scheduled to Occur on Russian
Christmas Day, January 7..Jews
There Realize the Horror Of the
SituatioD.-Daily Pamphlets In.
cite Massacre.

London. Dec. 2S.-This message has
been received in London from kishinef,
Russia. The message is dated Dec. 10,
and was sent via Iglau. Dec. 90:
1t can be stated with grim and
gloomy certainty that unless the gov.
eminent at st. Petersburg entirely re-
verses its attitude, unless the expressed
indignation of the civilized world pre-
vents another massacre, the horrors OF
last April will be repeated on the Rus
sian Christmas day, January.
The Jews here are terrified already,
and their terror is we'll founded.
Leaflets, vehemently calling upon
Christians and Russians to arise
again on Christ's natal day and to an.
initiate the Jews, were found strewn
in "The Moscow" tea shop, today
1t was in the Moscow" that the PAM
phlets denouncing the Jews for alleged
ritualistic murder and melting the mas
sacre of April were first discovered.
Grigorief, proprietor of the tea shop,
took the new pamphlet to the police to-
day. Thereupon Prince Urusow, the
governor of Bessarabia. summoned DR..
Mucznik, prominent physician, the
president oil various charities, and the
dialogue followed:
Prince Urusow-What would the
Jews do if there was another outbreak
against them?
DR.. Mucznik-The next time we will
defend our lives at all cost.
The Prince (smiling)-Defend your
lives? That is good. With what? Per-
haps with guns?
DIR. Mucznik-Yes, we will defend
our lives by every means, with guns, il
needful.
The Prince (threateningly)-Very
we'll. Try it. But remember that
when the first drop of Christian blood
is shed l cannot and will not be re-
sponsible for what the police and the
soldiers will do.
The horror of the situation of the
Jews at Kishinef is almost beyond be-
lief. No effort is made to keep secret
the preparations for wiping out halt
the population of the city.
Daily pamphlets calling upon the
Russians to rise against the Jews on
Christmas circulate from hand to hand
and the distribution is aided by the po-
lice and soldiery OF the town. The
Jews know the fate that is to be theirs,
but cannot evade it.
No passports are issued to the Jews
in Kisninef in these days; they are kept
in the town to await the slaughter.
Tnose who have gone to other places
have been driven back at the point oil
the bayonet, and about the town in a
drawn Gordon, grim, silent and merci.
lees, which holds the trapped Jews i'm.
prisoned within the town utterly with
out hope of escape from the city or
from the butchery that is planned for
the Russian Christmas.