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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29
THE SITUATION N RUSSIA.

The Russian government is said 10 be
bew ilaered at the strength Of the po-
lluca strike. but whether il Viii prove
success or failure is 10 he determined
/ By future events. Meanwhile numerous
arrests are being made and a vigorous
offensive camraleu waged against the
revolutionary leaders
The news from The Baltic provinces
continues bad for the government
Frederickstad has been taken by the in
susgenis and Kreutzburg is surround
ea and standing a siege
AT a sess on OF the cabinet presided
over BY Emperor Nicholas it was de-
oided that universal suffrage should not
lie granted.
The demands promulgated by the
Russi strikers include almost every
thing that would 90 70 establish Utopia
in their midst whether or not they
would be capable OF approaching it,
The workmen In the ST Petersburg
mills and factories have demanded OF
the priests that they discontinue the
usual prayers for the emperor. threat
ening 10 boycott them II they don't
The workmens council In St Peters
burg succeeded in printing and circu-
iaung 100000 copies Of its paper an
nouncing that the government had de-
clared a civil war on the proietariat
and saying that the challenge must be
accepted. II declares that the throne
OF the Romanons IS lettering and that
another blow will settle IT,
call for a general political strike
was issued in 81 Petershug. on the
night of December 10, with the APP
proval Of the union of unions the union
OF peasants. the general railway union
AMI The councils Of workmen Of St Pc
tersburg and Moscow, to begin at noon
on the 2lst
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29
FARMERS SOCIETIES MERGE
The National Farmers Exchange
and the American Farmers Tn
ion tn Consolidate.

Sterling, H.. Dec. Pc f. An
drews attorney for the National Farm
ers' exchange, announces that the
amalgamation of the National Farmers
exchange and the American Farmers
union is about perfected. The new or
ganization will be the greatest society
of farmers in the United States
The National Farmers exchange OPP
crates on the plan OF the trusts. II
does extensive business in Illinois.
Iowa Nebraska. Kansas, Minnesota,
and the Dakotas. owning and operating
several hundred elevators
The American Farmers union has an
extensive membership in Texas, Ne
ysda Indian territory and Oklahoma
The National exchange is capitalized at
SlO00 600. A new name is 10 be
chosen
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29

Terre Haute Ind. Dec 2o-Mayor
Bidaman has removed his three police
commissioners because they had given
TO the public his letters asking them
to permit saloon keepers 10 keep open
after hours The three commissioners
sent him a letter saying your action
is wilful and criminal but You can
not force us 10 be criminals, too He
is told that his purpose is to have
a board which will permit the city
70 return 10 the wickedness Of former
days The city ministers associa-
ton appointed a committee TO report
a plan for the prosecution OF The
mayor under a new law which he is
alleged 10 have violated by asking
sworn officers TO violate their oath Of
Office
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29
The FIRST MEDAL OF HONOR
George poeli, of Grand Island, Web,
TO Receive First cdal Under the
Act of February ~, 1905.

Omaha. Neb., Dec. ga special 10
the World-Herald from Grand Island.
Neh. says. George Poel. county
clerk-elect Of this county. received a let
Ter from President Roosevelt convey
Ing TO him the Information that the
first medal Of honor given under the act
Of congress. approved February %,
1905. had been awarded 70 him for con-
spicuous bravery in saving the life OF
a child at the risk Of his own and ex-
pressing warm commentator for the
deed Mr.. Poell. who was a locomotive
fireman, ran alongside his engine TO the
pilot and snached a little child from
the track. saving Il from harm, but
himself fell under the engine. losing a
leg and being otherwise badly injured.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Charles E. Ehler. in the county hos
pital at Bakersfield Cal. has admit
ted that he has Information as 10 the
killing Of William Goebei in Kentucky
which would clear Caleb Powers. lie
hesitates TO make a full statement be-
cause it would implicate others.
a train dashed into the Adams Ex-
press Co. shed in the Broad Street sta
ton in Philadelphia and is passengers
were injured.
British consuls at Riga and other
Russian ports have been authorized. in
case Of danger, to charter vessels for
the removal Of British subjects
George Muehlbach president of the
Muelbach Brewing Co.. al Kansas City,
Mo. died in that city aged - yeaxs.
With three brothers he came TO this
country from Switzerland in 1852.
1t is considered likely that President
Roosevelt will name Hon. Joseph II
Choate as chairman of the American
delegation TO the second peace confer
enc at The Hague
road locomotive exploded while pull
ing into a siding at Van Etten. y. ".
killing the fireman and fatally injuring
four other trainmen.
A. d. Crozier. an apprentice seaman
aged is, whose home IS ia Portsmouth
la. who was prisoner on board the
training ship Southery. stationed at the
Portsmouth On h. navy yard. escaped
By swimming to the Kttery (Me.)
shore
The Presbyterian Methodist and
Conversational churches Of Canada
have agreed upon a code Of doctrines
that will unity the three denominations
into one great church to be known as
the United Church of Canada.
The 500 canal freight tonnage for the
year shows a total Of 44.27O6S0. an in
crease Of 40 per cent over 1904
The Cuban liberals have concluded %
break the long deadlock and participate
in the sessions OF congress.
The barge Baker. bound from New
York to Philadelphia. In tow. was
burned 70 the waters edge OF Atlantic
City ~ j The crew was taken of by
the tug Sea King.
Richard A. McCurdy. former presi-
dent Of the Mutual Life Insurance Co.
and other members 81 his family. are
reported 10 be transferring valuable
property IN Morristown y J. Thenev
family home. said TO have cost about
sl00 900. has been put entirely in Mrs
Richard A. McCurdys name
The majority OF the house committee
on WAYS and means favor absolute free
trade between the United states the
Philippines. Hawaii and Porto Rico.
Congressman Herbert Parson was
elected chairman Of the New York
county republican committee bv accla.
nation
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29
To PIT .Lidn on Hammond.

indianapolis. Ind. Dec. Pot 2.
&noUs. Joseph j. RUIZ and George
Pearson have been appointed police
commissioners for the city Of Ham
mond They had a long talk with
Gov Hanly. in which they heartily
Endorsed his policy Of a closed town.
and promised 70 see that the law Is
strictly enforced After the inter
view Mr. Knots who is a brother q
Hammond mayor. said that Hammond
would be absolutely a closed town
hereafter
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29

Both houses Of congress have packed
their grips and gone hCme-or else
Where-to spend the holiday recess, 10
reassemb'e January 1.
Mr.. Frederick Lands. Of Indiana,
took his insurance bill As text Tor his
maiden speech in the house. command
iug close atteiton and ellcltng gener-
Gus applause He was accorded a re
ception on the door when be had con-
Guided
The senate finds the case Of Senator
Burton Of Kansas. a delicate one, anG
IS handling il with gloves on
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29

New York City has nearly half. or
zoo 600. Of the entire Jewish population
OF the United States. or many times
more Of this race than We're ever gath
cred before in any single community,
from the patriarch Abraham 5 days
down 70 those Of Or. Herzl, the Zion
fist From three per cent Of the popu-
lation OF the city in 1880 the Jews
have grown to fifteen per cent. IN
1905. and their expansion, proportions
ately as well as absolute. continues at
a high rate. Every sixth person met
on the streets Of New York is a Jew.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29
BADLY Hurt by Train.

Connersville, Ind. Dec. 20.-While
walking along the tracks on the way
to the railroad station at Cottage
Grove, 90 miles west OF here Tuesday
night. Mrs. John Pultz. AZ years old,
and Miss Jennie Holland, IL years old.
were run down by a passenger train
on the Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville
railroad and fatally injured. Both
were badly mangled and the attending
physicians hold out no hope for their
recovery
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29
NESTOR OF CHICAGO BENCH
Death of the Venerable Judge Muir
ray Floyd Tuley, of Chicago.
lie lnd Decn Continuously on the
Circuit bench 81 Cook county
since 1870,

Milwaukee Dec % Judge Murray
+. Tuley. Of Chicago, died at the Pen
noyer sanitarium in kenosha. Monday
afternoon lie went TO the sanitarium
on October 81 suffering from nervous
exhaustion caused by oyerwork.
Nestor of the Chicago Bench.
Chicago Dec. % Judge Murray
Floyd Tuley, the nestor of the Chicago
berch whose death occurred Monday.
was one OF the most widely known jur-
lists in the west tie was elected TO the
circuit bench OF Cook county in 1879
and had served continually since that
time. Judge Tuley had the record OF
fewer reverSals of his decisions by the
supreme court than any other circuit
Judge
Judge ruey was born in Louisville,
Ky, In 1921 He was veteran Of the
Mexican war. serving as first Lieutenant
Of the Fifth Illinois infantry, and in
lS04-9 served as attorney general OF
New Mexico.
The body will be brought 10 Chicago
for burial
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29

Hammond. Ind. Dec. 2o.-Because he
objected 20 the proposed marriage OF
his iS-year-old son. John Pokorski OF
Hammond. shot him during a quarrel.
Mrs Pokorsh ran 10 the rescue OF
her son and knocked the revolver
from her husbands hand as he was
about to fire a second time When
the boy told his father Of his coming
wedding the elder Pokorski punched
him. The son retaliated with hard
right swing, and the shooting fol-
lowed
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29
HE FOUGHT FROM HIS TOWER
A Negro Resents Being PeIted with
Bricks and il Killed In nm
Unequal Battle.

Paducah. Ky. Dec 26.-In a battle
between a policeman and John Tice. a
Illinois Central. who had barrcaded
himself in his tower at Eleventh and
Broadway streets Patrolman James
Clark was shot twice in the hip, and
rice was riddled by scores of people
with rifles and pistols from the sur
rounding streets and roofs The negro
became enraged at someone throwing
bricks at his tower, and began firing
from the tower at people in the streets
below When the police attempted to
arrest him he fired on them. He was
killed
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29
GOV. WRIGHT IN MEMPHIS
tended Resignation, Hut il I'm
aware of Its source

Memphis, Tenn. Dec. 2G.-Luke r.
Wright governor general Of the Phil
ippines, arrived in time to spend the
holidays at his home here. Gov.
Wright is quite optimistic as to the flu
ture of the islands. As to his plans. he
is reticent. Regarding the reports that
he would resign his office and return TO
Memphis. he said nothing further than
that he had heard of the rumors, but
was unaware Of the source from which
they came.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29

The New York clearing house, rep
resenting SO banks, cleared last year
$50. 600 600 900 The average daily
clearings We're s200.000000. and the
average daily balance paid In money
was s10.000.000 The next bigges.
clearing house Is that OF Chicago. with
clearings of sS000000 600 The New
York clearing house is. in fact. the
most important business institution in
the world. its transactions exceeding
those of the clearing house Of London
last year by six billions.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29

A prophecy Of worldwide bloodshed
and horror during the year 1906 had
been issued by Nine de Thebes. who
was accredited as court diviner 10 the
superstitious Napoleon and Eugene.
II IS said that she predicted the down
fall OF the second empire. AS her
Vaccinations for next year the seeress
says Germany is TO come very near
70 smash early in the year; South
America will be contorted with wild
upheayals. and the United States viii
be decimated by an unconquered cpl
demic.' and many other calamities
are prophesied.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29

The meat question imposing starva-
ton upon the poorer classes OF people
because OF the excessive high price OF
meat in Germany is a strange condi-
ton Of civilization The German
farmers secured legislation prohibiting
American meat and live cattle which
gives them the monopoly Of trade. bu.
they are unable TO raise half enough
meat 20 supply the great population.
indeed no European country can or
does now produce meat enough TO sup.
ply the demand The people Of Ger
. many appeal in vain TO the officials
Cor relief TO admit American neat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29
Indiana Postmaster.

Washington. D. c.. Dec 19-The fol.
lowing Indiana postmasters have been
named Princeton. Arthur p. Irvine.
ham; Pendleton, Calvin F Brown;
yipton. Marvin " Pershing: Martins.
Vile. William w Kennedy, Elwood,
Weldon A. Finch; Covington. Fletcher
W. Boyd; Tndianola, Miss W p. Mar.
tin
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29

Mishaw~-a, Ind, Dec. 19.-Miss
Maude f. 1ieinzman, of this city. has
been notified by the judge of the court
at Nottingham. England. that she Is
heiress to $4,000. that amount hav-
Ing been bequeathed by her grand
mother. Mrs. Sophia Cattell.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29

South Bend. Ind. Dec. 20.-On COM
plant Of bonding company the
Charles A. Kaestner Manufacturing
company. builders OF gasoline motors
and mining engines, was placed in the
hands OF a receiver The plaintiff
seeks to recover an Indebtedness OF
$40 900
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29
cren, Fire ut Ian Row, china.

Victoria, b. c.. Dec. 26.-Mall advices
from Shanghai tell Of great fire at
Han kow, known as the Chicago OF
China, in which about 5000 houses
We're destroyed a large number OF lives
lost variously estimated at from 100
70 600
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29
went to New orieno- TO Celebrate

New Orleans, Dec. 26-John Mccall.
J. II. Wells and Jane Bester, three
lumbermen from Lumberton. Miss,
we're found dead in two rooms Of a St
Charles street rooming house. They
came here 10 celebrate.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29

The majority ~ The New York Chi
nese women devote certain hours each
day 20 study They teach their young
children the precep,s OF the Chinese
religion. No matter how well eiu'
Gated a Chinese child may De in the
American schools. he devo,es certain
time 70 the perusal OF Chinese litera-
ture and the history OF his fathers
native country
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29

The second highest chimney in
America has been completed for a
plant In Newark. ~ J. 1t is $50 feet
high. just Is feet less than the stack
Of the oxford Copper Co. Of Bayonne.
N. j.. but it is said to be a far finer
piece OF structural work. AS its cost
would seem 10 $4,000. or
300 per foot of height Is as com
plete as the best Of material and labor
could make II. Aside from this II is
an engineering feat Of no mean pro-
portions, for 1t Is built on the treach-
crous salt meadows just TO the east
of Newark.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29
oinn, Indian rroyen,o Dcn,,.

Sioux CITY, Ia, Dec 26.-John South
wind a giant Winnebago Indian came
over to Sioux City Sunday night and
indulsed in hrewater. Monday NORM
Ing he was found on a sandbank frozen
to death
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29

Mos, OF the Chinese women in New
York's Chinatown have servants TO dc
the cooking ana the heavy work OF the
household Negro women are EN-.
ployed two or three times a week T.
scrub floors. wash windows, and clean
house generally, ami the oriental WIFI
and daughters devote themselves 10
the care OF the young children. 70
emusements. and The needle-work. IN
which they have few rivals
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29

It is almost incredible, yet it is
true. that. because OF recent dis.
closures affecting the great hfe-insur.
ance companies. thousands of policy
holders have permitted their policies
TO lapse. A sort OF panic seems 70
have seized upon them. and il has
been far more costly 70 them THAI
10 the insurance companies. In many
instances new insurance can never be
obtained, and IN all cases the policy
holder has sacrificed the advantages
which accumulate with time
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29

Iha, Virginia veteran who refused
pension and back pay 20 ne amount
OF $1,000 IS the sole veteran OF his
class.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29

Laporte. Ind. Dec. 2o.--Jehu L.
Woodmansee, a prominent Indiana
,piritualist died Tuesday. aged 70
fears.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29
THE WEEKS NEWS
TERSELY OUTLINED
An Epitome Of the Most Important
Events at Home and Abroad
the Past Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.

W hat Congress IL Doing, Iosrthes
With Latest elopulents In the
Internal Troubles in Russia hno
Items Cullcd from Important hap
peninGs All Over the World.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-29

Faith Is the color-bearer in the army
Of the Lord.--United Presbyterian.
Where faith goes out soul famine
comes In.
The faith that believes in things un-
seen soon sees the things unknown.
The strength OF mans faith is in
inverse proportion to its singular.ty.
The least prayer that reaches Gods
throne shakes His footstool.- Rams
Horn.
Il would rather walk In the dark
with God than go alone in the light.
would rather walk with Him BY faith
han walk alone by sight"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-07
LITTLE MAY QUEENS.
Central PARK Teens zcith Children's
Parties.

Being the first saturday in May ana the HrS1 Oh
the so-calIed May Days. yesterday was eaia
dav to thousands of children VINO in'hu9liy repair
n Central Park and hold parties There must have
boor hundreds of parties going on, especially in
the afternoon In fact Central Park was one Dig
partv with lust about elbow room LOT each SUD
division to knock around in without Betti"s HiAeo
up inextricably with its neighbors'
The playground was the great rendezvous ABOUT
fifty parties encamped on or near II. had the
weather not looked threatening there would
have been more parties and more children IN the
park However. an old park hand phrased IL
IT'S a good send-on were having lot May
sure"
dren living in the same neighborhood, and chap
eroned bv adults who promoted the party to
the extent of providing the ice cream and lemonade
milk at much a head
Bethany Church, 60th-st. and 1st-ave sent out a
party of about fifty youngsters. who marched into
the park TO the martial accompaniment of one drum
and two bugles, everybody wearing olue ana Wnlte
Under CANOPY u Eta Cheney aged seven, looked
every inch the queen in her Wnite silS g. IoSHo nE
was equally regal 49,.
stein, No SOS West 29th-st. If anything. this out
fit was more elaborate than the otheT IOr IN addl-
ton to the royal pair-TOmmy Bradley, aged nVe.
and Violet Iowenstein, four-there We're maid of
honor Katie Lowenstein. and flower girl, lreDe
A crowd Of children from East 62d-st. entered into
possession Of the PeaG0Gk Ia" l. N Rr,t1 5o7 ans ne
complement of merrymakers.
One Of the largest parties was that sent out by
William A Dalton, Of No; 35l West 53d-st. There
were about three hundred children IN 1t, from SIN
and 9Th and the West sos, with W. H Jacobs
and Fred HaTtstein in charge.
The paItons had their Queen OF the May in the
person OF Renee Dalton, aged six, who walked under
q canopy of white (papeT) roses, and their king
little Harold Fredercks, who toddled along on his
three year-old legs under a red. white and blue
arrangement Of crinkled tissue. 49, r,.--,.
Dr.. Edward T. Devipe secretary Of tho Charity 1it
years old yesterday. That was why he had May
party in Central Park, too. 1t was a combination
about sixty of the stab Of the organization. Dr.
her and the two children to the Dairy Luncheon
restaurant. where he was confronted by his asSso'
ciateS and lovely birthday cake, all white icing
with complimentary legend IN pink frostng in the
middle and thirty-eight pink candles surrounding
II in two tiers. Mrs. Anna Spencer Ciarlin and
C. c. Carstens responded to impromptu toasts. II
was all % pleasant as It was informal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-07
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Exposure Hoped for at DETAILING
Collectors Trial.

San Francisco. May 5-Tke defalcation and
flight of Tax Collector Smith and his subse-
ouent capture at St Louis have furnished an In
teresting topic of discussion this week. but what
promises to be still more interesting are the
revelations that must be made by Smith and his
brothers on the witness stand. When Smith
disappeared a remarkable story was told OF his
embezzIerlent last year of $165,00o of the city's
funds and the making good Of this large sum by
James B. Smith. his brother. who is a director
of the American National Bank and member
of the present grand jury James made up Ed
wards thefts in order to protect the good name
of the family 1t was explained, although an
other brother is a cheap racetrack tout and
still another is political hanger-on of unsaVory
reputation The tax collector himself has a rep
utation for dishonesty IN public affairs when
file clerk OF the legislature fifteen years ago
which in any community that looked carefully
after the character of IFS officials might have
barred him from Office. What the San Fran
cisco public would like to know is. How much
Of his stealings old the tax collector give to the
ring? 1t is notorious that the tax collector al
lowed as much as 100000 of public money to
remain for considerable periods in the bank Of
which his brother is director and only stopped
the practice within the last three months, when
The Chronicle exposed It. There is feeling
that interesting revelations will be made at the
trial.
Schnitz to I'LL a vacancy. He was elected for