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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

MANY PERISH IN A FIRE.
Eleven Women and Chtldren Of .
F1nnish Colony an Malcolm ISL
and Burned 10 Death.

Seattle. Wash, Feb. "a special to
the Times from Vancouver. II. C.,
says: Thursday evening witnessed a
grim tragedy with dire results to tho
Finnish settlers on Malcolm island,
some distance up the coast from Van
couver. Fire broke out while the men
we're at a meeting. in n common liv-
ing house in which "a families lived.
Eleven women and children were
burned to death and IL injured.
There was no water supply and the
crowd gathered around the blazing
building could do little but watch the
women and children burn to death
Several children were thrown from
the house at their feet, and a num-
Der Of women leaped from the second
story of the doomed hotel, receiving
severe injuries.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Lieut. Zen. Miles Talks Pleasantly
Of His Visit 10 King Edward
mt Windsor Castle.

London. Feb. 3.-Lieut.-Gen. Miles,
who returned here from Windsor
Monday. said 10 a press representa-
tive:
1.-THE king received me most cor
daily. recalled pleasant memories OF
our visit here at the time of the jl-
bilee and spoke rs friendly as ever
OF America. He showed keen intereS
in the far east. on which subject
was able to give him Information.
Altogether il was most pleasant
visit.
THE king said he hoped the prince
and princess of Wales would be able
to visit America. Nothing, however
Is definitely settled"
Gen. Miles declined TO discuss either
the Venezuelan or the Philippine
questions.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

George Stackhouse. sporting editor
OF the New York Tribune. died sud-
denly. on the 3Oth.
Charles +. schultz. city treasurer
81 l-aporte. Ind. who died ON ths
3oth. aged AZ. is said by Physicians to
have died II old age They declare
he lived half lifetime in less than
a year.
The private car OF President Mullen
OF the Northern Pacific railroad took
fire near Phoenix, Arix.. on the Goth.
and had . narrow escape from de-
struction.
DIR. Merrill Wyman. \. NJ. IL D..
one Of Americas most distinguished
physicians. died al his home in Cam
bridge. Mass. on the Soth, aged 20
Sears.
Baron Speck Won Sternburg, the
new German envoy TO Washington
arrived at New York on the steam
ship Auguste Victoria. on the 3oih.
A bill passed the house of the Ala
bama legislature, on the 3oth, pro-
hibiting the SAFE ofcigarettes or cigar.
cite paper in that state.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Two trolley cars collided in Pitts
Durg, Pa, on the 29th. resulting in
the injury Of 20 passengers, some OF
them fatally.
A bust of the late President Mckin-
lev was unveiled in the post Office in
Baltimore. on the goth.
Over 5000 pounds, the entire sup
ply of "print" and roll butter com
ing under the head of oleomargarine
products stored in the cooling rooms
Of St. Louis Wholesale dair., product
dealers. was seized. on the goth, un-
der orders from the commissioners
OF internal revenue
st. Lawrence On. W Methodist
Episcopal church has just come into
possession of a handsome parsonage,
fully furnished. the gift OF ii. Clay
Pierce. Of ST. Louis. and erected as
a memorial TO his mother. II will be
known as the Mary Pierce memorial
parsonage.
Great Britain, Germany and Italy
have sent joint reply TO Minister
Bowen refusing to accept the pro-
posal that all the countries having
claims against Venezuela should be
placed on an equality with the three
cooperating powers
W. A. Grove. merchant of Bar
complaint of Rev. G. A. Wright,
charged with arson, in having started
a fire which destroyed his (Grove's)
store. and other properties adjoining.
Mai. Edwin r. Glenn of the Fifth
! infantry. who was tried by court-mar-
tial. at Manila, on the charge of un.
lawfully killing prisoners Of war, has
been acquitted. Maj. Glenn has been
ordered 70 return to duty. The yer.
dict is popular.
John Beard Allen, formerly United
States senator from Washington. died
suddenly at his residence in Seattle
on the Goth, from angina pectoris. III
was born in Charlottesville. Ind, in
ls45, and went west while y young
man.
Enraged over the condemnation Of
Col. Lynch, In England. Thoina'
Lynch. an Irishman. aged s.. o.
Brooklyn, y. r., on the 2osh. in I
drunken argument, stabbed james
Golden. an Englishman. to death.
United States Senator George @
Vest is confined TO his home in Wash
ington. While his condition ia not a
alialarming he is quite weak and doe
not respond readily 70 medical trea.
men.
An accident on the United State
ship Boston. at Vallejo. Cal. on III
3oth. caused by Ieaky valve, resulted
in the death Of Edward Lee Baker an,
the severe injury Of Sanford Il. Tate
both nachinista.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06
WITHIN OUR LIMITS.


Indianapolis. Ind, Jan. SOW. 3.
TAYLOR denies the alleged confession
made by Henry NouiscN while IN Jail
at Frankfort. Ky. Mr.. Taylor said
that while he was not fuilyaware OF all
the particulars OF the alleged confes-
sion he knew enough To LAY that iout-
sey had not told the truth. He said
Youtsey in letter asked him for
money some months ago. lie declined
10 send the money. thinking il trap.
He denied emphatically that part OF
the alleged confession which connected
him with the conspiracy 10 Kill coebel
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Elwood. Ind. Jan. 3o.-.lohn Red
iingion, a law student who was sent
TO the penitentiary from this county
four years ago. has been released on
parole through the efforts OF his IA
Their. who was the prosecuting witness
against him at his trial. Young Red
dington had twice forged the name OF
his father TO notes and sold them to
the First national bank here. and il
Was for the third similar offense that
the father prosecuted the son.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 3o.-The Chi
cago. Terre Haute & Southern Railway
company has been incorporated with
n capital stock Of seO0,O 600 70 construct
a railroad from Chicago into Lake
county. Indiana. thence in sontherly
direction through the counties OF
Lake, Newton, Benton. Warren. Foam
tain. vermilion. Parke and Nigo. 10
Sullivan county. The length of the
road will be about 200 miles.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Lafayette. Ind, Jan 30.-While his
store was being consumed by fire that
wiped out half the village Of Buck
Creek J. c. EclShardt. a merchant. was
robbed Of $3.50 which he had placed in
the pocket Of coat left in his home as
he gave his attention TO stopping the
progress OF the flames.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Marion. Ind. Jan. 3o.-Elwood }.
Weller. a gaiherer employed in the
Burk window glass factory here, has
announce. q himself as candidate for
the presidency Of l.. \. coo. Knights
OF Labor. Weller Is said 10 be one of
the best posted window glass men in
the country. Simon Burns has an
nounced that he will not lie a candidate
for reelection.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06
Futal Quarrel.

Rising sun. Ind, Jan. Soy esterday
in the upper part Of Switzerland coun-
~ James Kent and james Mead became
engaged in an alteration over the cree
ton Of farmers telephone line on
which they were engaged at work. and
Mead struck Kent twice on the head
with heavy spade. Telling him to the
ground lie never regained conscious
ness and died.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. 3o.-Gov.
Durbin has al Vised the Lafayette
Preachers association that he would
act on charges made against the La
fayette police commissioners al the
close Of the legislature If the preacht rs
would make direct charges against
the commissioners and support their
allegations with afiidayits.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

7erre Haute. Ind, Jan. 30.-A tele-
gram from Colorado says that Oscar
Wegrich. aged q. of this city. was
murdered by man named George
Smith. in Lily Park. Routt county. in
a quarrel over the removal Of coy ote
from Smiths trap.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Decatur. Ind. Jan. 3O--The CONNER
cial club Of this place has secured the
waring mitten and glove factory for
this city. The factory made the city
a proposition which was Immediately
accepted. The machinery will arrive
in ten days When in running order
the factory will employ $50 girls and
% men.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06
Died where ne WAS horn.

Spiceland. Ind. Jan. 30--Jacob s.
Elliott. of Greensboro township. died
Of paralysis on the farm where he was
born on May IA, is25. and where he
had since lived. lie was one of the we'll
TODD farmers OF the county. He left
n wife and seven children.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

New Albany. Ind, Jan. 3O.-Oscar
johnson. who was guard AT the In
diana reformatory for several years
and was dismis ed about two weeks
ago. was given preliminary eNamina-
tion before United States Commission
II Cardwili in this city on charge Of
violating the postal laws by sending
an obscene letter through the mails.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Laporte. Ind. Jan. 3O.-Two freight
trains on the Grand Trunk railroad
were piled up in wreck az Union
Mills. IL was q head-on collision. Tie
crews of both locomotives jumped and
escaped with slight injuries. The
trains caught fire and number of
cars. with their contents, were de-
Sfroyed
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06
Confe..es n Marder.

Evansville Ind. Jan. 30.-After being
locked up for two days William Jack
son. a negro so years old. has con-
fessed that he murdered Allen Blank
enship. a coloreS Waterman. early sun
day morning and robbed him Of 50 90.
The crime was committed in the office
Of the mill where Blankenship was en-
-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Wilkesbarr., Pa. Feb. 3.--Six hum
dred carpenters and joiners in tho
Wyoming valley have gone on strike
because the building contractors re-
fused 10 grant them an increase from
e2.SO 20 - Q day.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Detroit, Mich. Feb. 3.-Five soldier
prisoners escaped Sunday night from
the guardhouse at IT, Wayne Tho
fog was SO dense that once outside
the building detection wns impossible.
Fifteen other prisoners who were in
the same room refused 60 walk out.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06
FIFrY MIDDIEs GRADUATE.
Another Batsh or omeers I"r"s" Wv
FROM Uncle sans Naval AsAa-
en-, 1T Annapolis

Annapolis. Md. Feb. 5.--lhe ~ nhn-
.hipmen Of the class 81 1908 received
their diplomas on Monday from the
hands Of Secretary Of The Navy
Moody. and became full-hedged ON
GERS OF the A,aerican navy. The eere-
monies took place in the new armorv
The midshipment assembled IN ir"h'
Of the barracks and marched \" th'
armory. where large crowd had as
sembled to witness the ceremonies.
On the stage were superintendent
Brownson, Commander Colahan, com
mandant Of cadets: Commander Zen
son. Chaplain Clark. Rear Admirni
Taylor. Secretary Moody, Assistant
Secretary Darling. the members or
the academic board and Nice-Admiral
Lord Charles Beresford. of the En-
glish navy. Chaplain Clark opened
the ceremonies with prayer and was
followed by superintendent Brown
son, who made "A few remarks To the
midshipmen. in which he gave the
boys much wholesome advice. espc-
cially about the handling of men un-
der them. lie said to them 10 be kind
and considerate, but firm 10 the en-
listed men. as no man could be y
great leader unless there was a bond
of sympathy with the men he com
manded. He then introduced secre.
tary Moody. who made the gradual
4 ton address.
Mr.. Mocdy's Remarks
Mr.. Moody spoke in part as follows:
II regret the enforced absence OF
your commander-in-chief. President
Roosevelt. but he charged me 10 de
liver TO YOU his best wishes and ms
hope and confidence in your stern De
votion 10 duty. You are now enter
ing upon another stage as offcers oi
the navy, in the most interesting
stage of its development. ~ this tim'
there is no war. no war is in sight
and let us pray that there viii be nc
war. But our people have ~ leas'
learned the truth OF the immorta
Washington's advice, The way 10 pre-
serve peace is to prepare for war
I'm the future YOU belong entirely
TO your country. You have tradition'
Of those gone before. and herein yo'
have a great advantage over YOU
forefathers who served in your coun
fry's service. These splendid tradi
tions. from the days of John Pau
Jones To the recent past, echo dowi
the corridors of time. shedding
glory upon the country's histor,
which YOU are expected 10 uphold
The splendid services on both side
during the civil war are now tn
common heritage Of all Americans
The noble deed Of Gushing and tn
heroic action Of the confederate sea
men in the improvised submarine
boat in the harbor Of Charleston. be
long now as much to the north as Il
the south"
Secretary Moody then presented IL
diplomas To the graduates.
At night the exercises eliminate
in the annual grand ball, which was
brilliant social success.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

shclbyyille Ind. Jan. 3o.-Thc build
mo committee Of the city council re-
iected all bids for the erection OF a
new city hall this year There were
four bids, the prices RAINING from SAT-.
500 10 $3s.4oo.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Chicago, Feb. 3.-By a unanimous
vote the city council placed itself on
record, Monday night, as desiring
municipal ownership and operation OF
gas and electric lighting plants. Tho
legislature will be memorialized TO
pass an enabling act at once.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

At the annual banquet Of the Con-
federate Veteran camp. in New York.
On the Goth, many prominent union
and confederate officers were present.
Henry Watterson paid a tribute to
the character Of Abraham Lincoln.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

memorial presented 10 congress,
on the s9th. by Gen. John NJ. Wilson.
sice-president of the National Red
Cross. asks for legislation that will
take the management OF the society's
Affairs out of the hands Of Q single
person. Miss Clare Barton
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

The city Of Chicago began supply
ing coal, on the 27th. to these who
are willing to pay for what they get
but are unable to pay the prices
asked by the retailers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

President Roosevelt notified Gov.
Nash, on the Goth, that on account Of
his coming trip to the Pacific coast
he would be unable to attend the Ohio
centennial celebration, at Chillicothe,
in May.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

The New York board Of aldermen,
on the 27th. decided on the purchase
by the city of the historic Fraunce's
tavern, where Washington took leave
of his officers prior to resigning com
mand OF the army.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Col. 0glesby, private secretary,
went to Indianapolis, on the 27th. as
the bearer of letter from Gov. Yates
to John Mitchell. of the mine work
ers. offering Mr.. Mitchell a place on
the Illinois state board Of arbitra ton.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Senator Foraker offered an amend
ment to the Indian appropriation bill,
on the 2sth, providing for the admis-
sion Of so Porto Rican children to the
Indian school at Carlisle. Pa.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Gov. Yates and William J. Bryan
we're among the speakers at Jackson
sille. on the 30th, when Illinois col
lege celebrated the receipt of endow-
meat gifts of $780, 900 and its recent
utilization with the University Of Chi
cago.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Senator Foraker introduced n bill
IN congress. on the 9th. making cit
izens of Porto Rico eligible to APP
pointment as candidates II the naval
and military academies.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Gov. Yates of Illinois, on the 18th,
refused to honor a requisition from
the governor Of Missouri for the re-
turn of Dr. Appel. wanted in Nebo,
No., on a charge Of selling liquor in
his drug store without a license.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Physicians in attendance on Hon.
J. d. Long, former secretary OF the
navy. gave out the statement. on the
both, that there was no material inn
proyement In his condition, and that
he was a very sick man.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

A bill was introduced in congress,
on the Goth, increasing the salary of
the president of the United States to
100000 a year.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Clough, the telegraph operator who
is alleged to have been responsible for
the terrible disaster on the Southern
Pacific road, disappeared, on the goth.
and is believed to have gone to Mexi-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Former President Cleveland eulo
gized the late Abram $. Hewitt at
memorial meeting in New York, OF
the Goth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

A Acknowledgment memorial
was presented 10 Mrs. Mckinley, on
the Goth. by committee of the So
ciety of Sons of the American Revo-
hutton.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Herman Helsicher, who attempted
20 kill Victoria de Cleyre, the an
archist. was sentenced in Philadelphia,
on the Goth. to six years and nine
months imprisonment.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

President Roosevelt was the prin-
cipal orator at banquet in Canton.
O., on the 27th. given in commemora-
tion of the birthday of William Nc
kinley
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Exercises in memory Of the late
Thomas b. Reed were held in both
branches of the Maine legislature. on
the 2sth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Asbury c. Latimer was elected
United States senator from South
Carolina, on the 27th, to succeed
Hon. j. L. McLaurin.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

The roof of Lincoln's old home. at
Springfield, H.. caught fire, on the
2sth, and only prompt work of the
hremen saved the building from de-
etruction.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

A resolution was introduced in the
Kansas legislature, on the Goth. TO ex-
clude all negroes from voting in that
state. and to require all foreigners to
become fully naturalized before vot-
inc
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Walter Stratton Anderson, of Car
linyille. Ill. stood sixth in the list OF
so graduates announced by the acad-
emic board at Annapolis naval acade-
my. on the goth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

President Harper announced, on the
2sth, that the University of Chicago
had absorbed the Illinois college, at
jacksonville, one of the oldest col
leges in the west.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

The cornerstone Of the army war
college. at Washington, will he laid
with military and masonic honors on
February 81. -
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Odessa. Feb. 3.-It is announced
that the Russo-Chinese bank has been
commissioned TO place a loan OF $s,-
100000 in Paris for an extension Of
the Chinese railways.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

MIRA Mccormack. wife Of Rear-Ad.
niral A. II. Mccormack. q. S. \. ire
tired). died 1t Annapolis, Md. on the
Goth.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-02-06

Salt Lake City. Utah, Feb. 3.--Whilc
endcavoring to arrest three men sus.
pected Of attempting TO hold up the
store of J. $. Morrison, early Monday
evening, Policeman Heath. shortly
before midnight, shot and instantly
killed an unidentified man and was
himself severely wounded in the leg.
The Topeka state journal., 1903-06-17
HONEST ABE, L. s. M.
The Rural Mail Carrier Relates a Case
of Poetry.

Several times of late when I have had
mail for Uncle Joe White, at the Red
Bridge farm. I noticed that he was
looking worried and out of sorts. but /
asked no questions, and he volunteered
no information until the other day.
Then. as I drove UP, he said to me.
ABE. I'm in a heap o. trouble over
my son Dan. and I want your advice.
And what's the matter with DAM
well, about four weeks ago he took
to poetry. and he's been actin like 4
'tarnal fool ever since can't get one
days work a week out o. him. He's at
that poetry from morning till night,
and many a night he's uD till midnight
He's got an idea that he's new Tenny-
son, and that he's going to become q
great man. I've argued and cOaxe1
and threatened, but it don't do no good.
Here's some of the stuff he's writ
ten, and I want you to read it and tell
me what YOU think"
The first poem handed up read as
follows:
She's false to ne-the girl I loved
My happiness she's shattered;
My heart viii never love again,
Because my faith is scattered
The second one read:
'sTalk not to me Of life and love
Talk not of roses red:
Talk not Of buds and sunny skies,
But rather of the dead
Has he been in love and got the
throw-down?" ?" j asked of Uncle Joe.
Not as ! know of. He jest seemed
to feel that way. you see. Here is one
that is different.
The one that was different read:
So To armsl To armsn Sir Henry cried.
To arms. my brave defenders.
And each one buckled on his sword
And tightened his suspenders-