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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-01-06

II is told that while John Sharp VIII
liams was speaking in Mississippi man
in the audience cried: 1--WE been robbed
by pickpockets." Il did not suspect
there were any republicans present"
said Mr., Williams amid great laughter.
There amt" cried the victim. I'm the
only One!"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-01-06
FINDS HER HUSBANDS BODY ON
A COLLEGE DISSECTING TABLE

When the bodies are turned over q,
us we are instructed TO hold them awhil,
to see If relatives or claimants appear
In this instance We held the body abou
two months"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-01-06
For a pihln. ss ohn

London. Robert Burns family B,hla
containing interesting family entries
was sold at auction here for IS $50. The
purchaser was a London dealer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-01-06

Portland. Ore Visitors to the Levi,
and Clark exposition in Portland pcr
year will not take in the NiitNay" noi
go dowS ~ pike They viii hit til,
trafl.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-01-06

She was an uncommonly beautiful child,
and the praise called forth by her good
looks, as she grew older turned her
thoughts in directions wholly opposed
20 that intended for her by her parents,
and before she was many years IN her
teens She went TO New York and OBJ
tanned q place IN the chorus.
Stage life caused her 20 forget he re-
lieious training She had received. Tho
glitter Of the spangles and the gay life
OF the actor folk appealed 70 her and she
decided 10 become a great actress.
Surely there was nothing harmful
behind the footlights, she thought
Fine clothes and a good time were
to her liking.
She was handsome In face and form
and II was not long before young scions
OF wealthy families and elderly men OF
means who haunt the bald head" row
began to haunt the stage door and make
her acquaintance.
The flowers and champagne suppers
they furnished were also not amiss.
Jewels and gems were showered on her
and more than one. smitten with her
beauty. laid their hearts at her feet
and begged her hand in marriage
But she refused them all. and finally
married young man in the profession
named Martin
Her Meeting with Young.
The ccnhning bonds Of matrmony
were evidently not TO her liking. and
when "Floradora. musical comedy
which had gained great popularity in
London mainly through the famous
sextette. was imported she applied for
and obtained a position IN the front row.
The company was organized to tour
the country. and was to extend TO the
Pacific coast. This gave her an oppor-
tunity to visit California, something she
had always longed for
TWAS ON this trip that she met Young.
whose tragic death has caused her so
much misery and sorrow.
Young was a prominent and success
ful horseman and bookmaker He had
horses running on nearly all Of the prom
incnt tracks Of the country and was re-
puted TO be worth half a million dollars.
Although a married man, he immedi-
ately fell victim TO the charms Of the
beautiful and vivacious show girl. On
their arrival in San Francisco he in
stalled her In a handsome fiat in Oak
land. across the bay. and for some
months led a dual existence. Anything
she wished for was at her command.
During the trial it was shown that dur
ing their acquaintance he had given her
thousands Of dollars.
Leaves Stage fer Young.
While on the coast she sued for d.
vorce from her husband at his sugges-
ton. and also deserted the stage.
with all his faults. Young maintained
an outward show Of respectability. liv.
ing IN a pretentious home in an eXclu-
sive section of San Francisco lie had
a certain respect for his wife and when
she discovered the double existence be
had been leading. he was driven almost
crazy by the exposure. With the reck
lessness Of a man insane, he entered NJ.
on a long debauch and lost a fortune on
the block before he recovered himself
According 10 his racing partner. here.
peatedly tried 70 sever his unholy rela-
tions with the chorus girl but his infatu
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-01-06

Lord Erskine, when chief justice OF
England, presided once at the Chelms-
ford assizes, when a case Of breach OF
promise Of marriage vas tried before
him ia which Miss Tickell was plainua.
The counsel was pomp0us young man
named stanton. who opened the case
with solemn emphasis thus "Tickell.
the plaintiff, my lord Erskine dryly
interrupted him with: "Oh. tickle her
yourself Mir Stanton II would be IN
becoming to my position"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-01-06

Senator Stochbridge, OF Michigan.
often told story Of very rich lumber
man who came TO congress from the AXE
region and rented the furnished house
which belonged to a senator whose term
had recently expired. The house was a
palaceand vas completely furnished. all
except the library. for the senator had
taken his books with him True 70 the
instincts Of lifetime Of carefulness, the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. surveyed the
library, then accurately measured the
empty shelves and telegraphed a promi-
nent house In Chicago: "Send me az
once ZIG running feet Of books" That
was his idea Of furnishiug a library.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-01-06

sharpe see you are mentioned in
one Of the books just published
Prim -lnGeedi What book?
The directory. "-Cassell's.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-01-06

Blll-Did you have your head
shiuglcd when you were a lad?
Jill-No. not my head onkers
Statesman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-29
A Tnorouxh Overhaulln. Needed.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir: l have
no doubt that Secretary Bonaparte intends
to have full investigation Of the Bennington
horror and to shield no one; but will he sue
coed II he relies on a naval court Of inquiry?
The history OF the inquiries into the long
series OF naval accidents" OF the past sug-
Rests only failure from such method.
As the maritime paper quoted by you to-
day remarks, a boiler explosion on a ship OF
the present day is hardly credible: zone never
hears In this generation Of boiler explosion
The Bennington catastrophe. therefore. was
disgraceful, and the disgrace extends so far
and so deep that the corps spirit Of the navy
will dread fixing the responsibility for 1t.
Unless navy officers are cunning" for man
and want to get rid Of him. 1t is next to I'm
possible to get the to expose the grave short
conings of one of themselves.
do not believe that We shall ever get to
the root Of the evils in our navy until We have
an investigation from outs!de-by Congress-
The time has come for thorough overhaul
ing. MARINER.
NEW YORK July %.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-29
FOREIGN Contract Opportunities.

Indo China Is 10 have more railways. Inc Saigon
railway Is to bo extended TO Khan-Hod at cost
of I5S5O,OOO limo will DO built rom Phanrang
to Danhim. TO cost q 100000. and another over
Hue TO Kwangth, 70 cost 9l.460.000 Iheso arc
authorized by the French Government.
Rice hullers and w1ndmills can DO sold In tho
Annoy. China, district says Consul Anderson OF
Annoy. Address Lin Choir Chico. Esq, care OF
G. G. Lin Co., and s. p. Yin. Esq" care OF $. r.
Yin Co., both OF Annoy. Annoy Is ono Of the OLD
open ports OF China and the distributing point iof
. number of large Chinese cities.
Steel wharf, warehouses, &C.. 10 be built a. tho
Dor, of San Benito. State Of Chiapas. Mexico. 70
cost 100000 Mexican. Address Joaquin Airam-
bell. who has the construction contract. Material
will be admitted free OF duty.
Elevated railway. four miles long, for conveying
mining products to be constructed At Evvia Greece
California syndicate known IS the Nicaragua
Finance and Improvement Company has secured
q concession from the Nicaraguan Governments
70 build 1877 miles Of railroad. with bonus Of 100000
The company can also generate electricity for use on
Its railways from the Tpitapa Falls on the Tptapa
River, The company also has the right 10 con-
struct an electric railway from Aanagua. or
Masaya to Tiptapa, with suburban connections
At present this last Is the least valuable
of the three as the section It covers Is sparseiy
settled. but the main railway will build up. Hero
Is a chance TO sell locomotives. rails. cars OF all
kinds, wire and electric apparatus.
Peru has granted concession for . new railway.
1870 miles long, TO ascend the Andean slope ana
follow the course OF the Santa Valley. The COM
pany, with 100000 capital, Is incorporated In
London and IL made up Of London. PATS and
Amsterdam capitalists.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-29
An Exclamation by Mr.. Mann.

To THE EprroR OF THR SuH-Str: In your paper
OF this morning an editorial note contains the
following with quotation marks Il have stun
locked up In my safe that would turn New York
upside down II II were printed"
am incorrectly quoted In this. While on tho
iceland before landing I was surrounded by
number of reporters. who asked me various Ques-
lions Ono Of them said II suppose, Col. Mann.
In your experience as editor of Tom Topics you
have received a vast number OF scandalous com
municatons either anonymous or otherwise"
Instantly. and without pondenng particularly the
words said. raising my Left hand and extending
my right to indicate q large bundle "Yos. safe
loads OF them" How hit upon the word ,"safe"
do not know II was slip OF the tongue. because
I meant to say carloads"
These were the only words ! used In answer
TO the suggestion. l said nothing about having
anything locked up In my safe. nothing about
dynamite. nothing about turning New York society
upside down-expresslons that have appeared
In one form or another in ono or another OF the
different papers. They were the embellishments
coming from the facelous ceverness OF the re-
porters minds.
With this statement from mo you will see that
your further remark in the article have referred
to-"why does this man keep such stun locked up
In his safe, The nre is the only' suitable place
for twas Irrelevant and uncalled for.
NEW YORK, July n. W. d. MANN.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-29
Nan OFEENDS LARCHMONTERs,
nesldents Attempt TO Have . ROadhouss
IN Their village Closed.

A number Of property holders and resi-
dents Of IArchmont Manor have united
TO ask the courts to close roadhouse which
Ia Objectionable to them and is. they de.
clare, q violation OF the covenants which
will mean serious injury to their properties
unless II Ia removed. Larchmont Manor
Is especially place for homes, and to keep
It free from all Objectionable features COW
enants were inserted In all deeds restrict
ing the ground sold TO the erection Of dwell
ing houses. Restaurants, roadhouses and
business places were especially prohibited.
Tho nsighborhood got a shock, therefore.
when recently the Mitchell House Annex
was opened on Park avenue facing tho
Liquor Is sold there on Sundays az well
az weekdays, 1t Is alleged, and that tact
caused the property owners to hire counsel
md attempt to have the license of the place
revoked. II Is alleged in the complaint,
which has already been served, that ths
excise law has been violated by the ndis-
crininate sale Of liquor on Sundays and that
Manaaer William NJ. Ford swore in his
application for q license that he intended
to conduct q bona fide hotel, while as a
matter Of fact the Mitchell House Annex
Is being conducted merely az roadhouse.
A suit will also be brought for the enforce
ment Of the covenants.
Larchmonters say that II the Mitchell
House Annex Is allowed to do business
other roadhouses and Objectionable resorts
will soon be established in the neighbor-
hood
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-29
GETS LONG DEFERRED LEGACY.
New Zealander Draws SIS Az. Which
Awaited Him . Quarter Of q Century.

James Travis, the New Zealander who
came here to draw down $4,000 legacy
that has been awaiting for him in the State
Treasury for twenty-five years, will sail
for his Antarctic home to-day, having got
his money through an order signed yes
terday by Supreme Court Justice Giegerich.
Travis, as was told in THE SrN two months
ago. ran of to sea in 1852 from New Bedford:
Mass, at the age Of TO- He finally landed
in New Zealand, where he married and
settled down to sheep farming. He has
eleven children living and more than twice
ga many grandchildren.
Some ak months ago caller at the travis
home drew the old mans attention to an
advertisement in an Auckland paper IN
curing for information about Travis: The
siener OF the ad was Ira U. Travis OF Flush
ing, L. l., brother. Travis, with his
wife and part Of his family, came to 1ra's
home.
Francis Hendrick was named as referee
to determine whether James Travis OF
New Zealand was the same Travis that had
left his New England home in 1852, and after
a long investigation Mr.. Hendrick reported
that there could be no doubt OF the apple
cant's identity.
The exact amount OF his draft on the State
Treasurer was $35 ,447.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-29
The Question Of Cab Service.

To rHK EDITOR OF THE SuH-sir. l have read
what your President fornes says about reforming
the cab service In New York. but do not think
his plan would work very well. There are two
things the public hates to do In public-to decker
with a cabby about his price before the journey,
and to fight with him at the end over tire charge.
There ought to be no calculating or dsputing
In these days about cab charges for the managers
Of the cab companies ought TO have evolved some
system in these progressive days to do away with
argument about overcharging.
There Is no question that the cab owners must
lose a great deal OF money under the present sys.
tem Their cabs stand Idle for many hours during
the day and night On the contrary. with the large
number OF visitors and the many theaters OF New
York the cabs ought 10 be on the go all the time.
Most OF the cab riding Is done between the rivers
and Fourteenth and Fifty ninth streets. Broad
way can be used dividing line. although not
50 much used rs Fifth avenue stu, 1t Is better
known TO the public. ! should think a system
that would make q charge OF two cents block on
Broadway. and four cents 9 block east and west
of IT, with trip costing less than rs cents. would
reduce the calculating business down to something
tangible. This for hansons and the price for
fourwheeers and buses could be regulated on
a slightly higher basis.
The company that should start In on this would
have to get some distng mark for Its vehicles
and would have TO do some advertising TO got
itself before the people. 1t ought not TO go 70
the extreme of the canary colored cabs. which,
I understand. were once put out on cheap cab
service and ruined by their very conspicuousness.
But II ought TO be a lesson TO some Of these cab
companies 10 see tho way the people get into the
cabs OF the railroad companies at the ferries and
leave the outsiders standing empty am told
these railroad cab companies pay well, too, al
though the cabs can only be used TO and from the
company ferries.
I would like to see some company operate for
while In the district mentioned under the above
plan. l hope II will not kill itself with any loud
-l,,- aA. ~At.tsr-
But will venture TO say that when tho public
bes,ns TO nnd out that II can get into cab and
nay for the journey on basis as certain buying
Foods in a store the company that inauguratcs
such scheme will have very few cabs standing
Idle. - HANSON.
ELIEABFTH, July n.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-29
SENATOR CLARK EXPLAINS SUIT.
Government Il Appealing Land Case dc"
cided In His Favor by Two Courts.

cided In His Favor by Two Courts.
Friends Of United States Senator W. A.
Clark Of Montana said yesterday that the
dispatches from Washington regarding
the suit against him by the Government
for alleged fraudulent title to public lands
are misleading in that they fail to mention
the fact that the present suit is an appeal
on the part Of the Government, which lost
the suit in two lower courts.
When Senator Clark was asked about the
matter he said:
Some years ago I purchased lot OF
timber land in western Montana upon
abstract OF title furnished me showing
that the Government had issued patents
for the lands. / made the purchases With
out any notices of fraud and in good faith
for q valuable consideration.
About two years ago suit was brought
against myself, as well as my predecessors
in interest, alleging that fraud had been
practised in the initiation OF titles. The
case was heard before Judge Knowles OF
the Federal court at Helena, Mon, and it
was decided in my favor that ! was pur-
chaser in good faith and without notice
of the alleged fraud. The Government
took the case to the Circuit Court OF APP
peals in San Francisco. where about two
months ago the judgment OF the Federal
court in Helena was confirmed. Inc case
has now been sent by the Government to
the Supreme Court Of the United States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-29

The Georgia Legislature has its stern
duties. Thus Corn Of Towns has q bill
making it misdemeanor to smoke q ciga-
rette in Crackerland. In compensation, the
Georgia Legislature has great pleasures
To-day, for example. To-day 1t eats an
old fashioned Georgia barbecue at Indian
Spring in Butts. The intellectual vigor.
the interest in many subjects, even cer-
tain longwindedness and busybodiness
sometimes visible in Georgia legislators,
are dependent on the abundant physical
nourishment and recreation which they are
too wise to deny themselves. Indeed, 1t
may be doubted il States without barbe-
cues ought to have Legislatures.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-29
A Setback for Municipal Ownership.

Mayor DUNES scheme for "imme-
date ownership" of the street railway
system Of Chicago is already floundering
in deep waters. The goal which, ac-
cording to the Mayor, Chicago is reso-
lutely advancing to attain, appears to
have the habit of receding about as
rapidly as the city advances.
1t now appears that the city cannot
build street railway system with which
to compete with the old lines, although
it could lawfully buy a system after it
was completed. Mr.. DUNE holds that
the present lines could be acquired by
condemnation proceedings, instituted
under the statute of eminent domain.
Between this and his contract plan"
and "city plan" and few other views
and ideas, the whole affair seems some
what mixed.
On top of this general confusion the
Chicago City Railway now piles an ap-
plication for a permanent injunction re-
straining the city from taking over any
Of its property. 1t also asks for jul
dicial opinion on the constitutionality Of
the municipal ownership ordinance. If
the matter once gets fairly into the
courts, it is in no way likely to get out
of them during Mr.. DUNES term of
Office and the fact that he has failed to
support his claims and promises Of i'm
mediate ownership would tell heavily
against him in an appeal for reelection.
Meanwhile the people Of Chicago will be
jerked and bumped and delayed and
subjected to all the sore discomforts Of
the present system.
Chicago may yet be obliged to effect
a compromise with the present street
railway company on basis of an ar
rangement which would enable the COM
pany to install an up to date system in
exchange for limited franchise which
would justify it in doing so. At all
events, it does not appear that Chicago
Is quite ready for municipal ownership
The immediate" idea has evidently dis
solved. Finding herself on wrong
trail, Chicago may now turn her attention
to the discovery of the right one
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-29

One Of the subjects to be discussed in the
next convention OF the Indiana Federation
of Womens Clubs ia: Parliamentary Law
for Women's Clubs; Is 1t Worth While1'
1t is not worth while. At least, the arid end
repulsive parliamentary law that IL en-
forced more or less in parliaments and
powwows Of men, More individualism
and independence more originality and un-
fettered procedure should be demanded
by assemblages Of women. They are en-
titled to be parliamentary law unto them
selves. The petticoated Cushings Of Hoos-
ierdom should emancipate themselves and
their sisters from those old, foolish chains.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-29
Ringer and Wind.

From the ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
Making ringer" In the pitching OF quoits must
have been part OF the training which made the
English longbowmen so terrible In siege that,
by gaging distances and taking the lay OF tho
wind" they could send up deadly volley at the
exact angle to drop their arrows with destructive
force into the heart of beleaguered city Getting
"thc lay OF the wind" Is the INST thing 70 be learned
In the Iob.o ar; OF pitching hcrss.hoes. II the
wind be contrary, the incest calculations to every
thing else will be In vain. II Is only q supreme
master Of the game, dazzling genius In Its mathe-
matics, who can play against the wind; that Is 70
say one, who: II the wind be from the east. can.
by throwing at exactly that degree of an oblique
angle needed to make II meet the wind full at the
point opposite the goal. may hope 70 have 1t car.
RED to the right spot.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-29
The Dukes Own and the Sacred Soil.

Inc DUKES OWN anu the sacred SOL.
When Massachusetts was still full of
particularism and States rights her
Great and General Court slapped this
statute upon the books:
mo body Of men, except the volunteer militia,
the troops OF the United States. and the Ancient
and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston shall
associate together AT any time as a company or
organization. for drill or parade, with firearms;
nor SO drill or parade"
The Forty-third Regiment, Duke of
CORVALLIS Own Rifles, wished to pass
through Boston on its way to Providence
and various Inequalities and CLANS
These Canadians are of the nature of
real soldiers. Not only is the Canadian
militia part of the British Regular
army, but battalion Of the Forty-third
served with distinction in the Boer war.
The Own Rifles would not be divorced
from their arms. They poohpoohed the
cowardly suggestion that their shooting
irons should be sent to Providence by
express, and that they should march
defenceless through Boston. They have
seen the Ancients storm the Plains Of
Abraham. Canadian Secret Service men
"unearthed" plot to intercept the Dukes
Own and confine them in Fort Parker.
So it came to this: The Own Rifles
would not give up their arms. The
statute stood in the way of their COM
munication with the Providence clam
and cocktail preserves. What was to
be done? After many deep consulta-
tons a compromise was adopted which,
though it is attributed to his Honor,
Lieutenant Governor GUILD, we must
regard as weak and even cowardly:
The regiment will, on arrival at the North sta.
ton, Immediately proceed upstairs TO the tracks
Of the elevated rosd, where they will BE- conveyed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-29

They've got to give US better liquor or shut up
shop.-The Hon. BENJAMIN RYAN TILlAAN.
This view OF the founder Of the Palmetto
Dispensary doesn't seem to be shared by
the majority Of his fellow citizens. Be
the official rum good or bad. 1t yields fat
revenue. Economically. therefore. 1t Is all
right. So it is biologically and socio-
logically. The most rational defense Of
alcohol is that 1t Is in accord with the prin-
ciple Of the survival Of the fttest. The
worse the stuff the greater the credit Of
surviving it, the stronger the constitutions
Of the conqueros. II the State liquor Ia
bad the harder the race Of South Caro-
liuans.