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The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
TAKES A TUMBLE
FALLS FIFTEEN FEET FROM AN
ELEVATED TRACK.
Seven Persons Seriously Injured In
q Remarkable Accident I'm
st. Louis.

st. Louis, Jan. II. Seven persons
were seriously injured, three painfully
hurt, and ten others had almost mirac-
ulous escapes at 7:15 a. m. Thursday,
when the Pullman "a "Harcourt," at
tached to the inbound Wabash train No.
3 of the eastern division, toppled and
fell Is feet from the elevated railroad
tracks on the levee neal Carr street.
Fortunately for several passengers
who plunged through the glass windows
of the coach as it fell, the ends Of the
car we're caught by 8x10 girders at one
end and by broken telegraph poles at
the other, forming a bridge over a de-
preston in the ground. Into this de-
preston several fell. Had the car
crashed to the surface. several fatal
tiles would surely have resulted.
The injured:
John w. Patterson, AZ, Milwaukee,
Wis; severe scalp wound, fracture CT
left wrist.
w. E. Minor, As, Roselle, N. j.; Sc
we're sprain of right ankle, cuts and
bruises, probable internal injuries.
Charles E. Sutton, 40, East Provl-
dence, R. l.; right ankle dislocated;
body cut and bruised.
Isaac Regensburg, "a, New York; two
severe scalp wounds, right arm gashed.
Mrs. D. Fury, Chicago; side bruised.
Mrs. l.. D. Moore, Is, Chicago; back
and right shoulder sprained; perhaps
internally injured.
Mrs. ]. G. Pomeroy, Sc, Chicago;
right hip bruised, back wrenched. Mr.
Pomeroy's injuries are very serious.
Catherine Pomeroy, 5, Chicago; nose
lacerated.
Andrew A. Allen, vice-president and
general manager Missouri, Kansas q
Texas railway system, was BADLY
bruised, and Mr.. Henry Miller, general
manager Wabash railroad, suffered Sc
we're Commissions,
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IN A CRITICAL CONDITION
Seriously Ill on Board "a Train
En- Route to New York.

New York, Jan. 10.-Marshall Field.
of Chicago, arrived in this city, Tues
day, from his home, in such a serious
condition that two physicians and a
nurse are in constant attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Field reached Jersey
City at 1890 p. m. on the Chicago linn
tied. over the Pennsylvania, attended
by a physician and valet. The party
went to the Holland house. Soon after
their arrival a hurry call was sent for
another physician, and for more than
an hour there was a consultation in the
sick room.
The nature of Mr.. Fields illness is
carefully guarded from the public, but
it is learned that both pneumonia and
pleurisy are feared.
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BY GLUCOSE TRUST
The St. Louis Sirup & Preserving
Co. Absorbed by the
Oil Interests.

st. Louis, Jan. 10.-Standard Oil inter-
ests are in control Of a new glucose
combination, which is to take over the
entire glucose business of the country
including the st. Louis Strip and Pre-
serving Co., the largest concern of the
kind in st. Louis.
The new company has been organized
under the laws of New Jersey. 1t Will
be known as the Corn Products Rein
ing Co. 1t has an authorized capital of
$50, 900, 900, of which $4,000. 900 will be
in preferred stock and $1,000, 600 In
common. E. T. Bedford, president OF
the New York Glucose Co. and director
of the Standard Oil Co., will be the head
Of the combination.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
GREENE AND GAYNOR CASE
The Two Defendants Are Fighting
the Case Inch by Inch at Sa-
vannah, Ga.

Savannah, Ca, Jan. 1.-THE Greene
and Gaynor case, involving charges of
conspiracy to defraud the government
and ENLIGHTENMENT in connection with
the big government engineering works
in this vicinity, did not reach the point.
Wednesday, of drawing a jury for the
actual trial, so slow is the progress
made in the presentation of the de-
PENDANTS special plea and its opposi-
ton by the prosecuting attorneys. The
day was consumed in the consideration
of this special plea, and there is every
reason to believe that it may be next
week before the jury stage OF the case
is reached.
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LOSS TO THE EMPIRE STATE
The State Normal College at Al
bany, N. Y, Partially DESTROYED
by Fire-LOss, $20O,OOO.

Albany, N. Y, Jan. 4.-Fire broke
out Monday night in the north build
ing of the State normal college on Will
lett street, north of Madison avenue,
and at 1920 had entirely destroyed the
north building. 1t spread to the resi-
dence of President William j. Milne.
and threatened to spread still further
under the sweep Of a stiff northwest
wind. The other buildings were saved
with the utmost difficulty.
One fireman was seriously injured by
falling debris. The loss, it is believed,
will reach or exceed $500, 900, against
which there is an insurance of $4,000.
permitted by a special act of the legis-
lature.
An immense stained glass memorial
window, given to the college by the
students and alumni, vas destroyed.
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ELEVEN CLERKS RESIGNED
Missouri Pacific Clerks Object to
Working From Sixteen to Twen-
ty Hours n Day.

Nevada. Mo-, Jan. 9.-Eleven clerks
in the Missouri Pacific Office Of the
Kansas City and Joplin division, have
resigned because they were obliged to
work every day from 16 to 20 hours
under Superintendent Stapp, with no
overtime.
They assert that they worked all
night on January 4, and until six
O'Clock the next morning, so that the
monthly reports might be forwarded to
General Superintendent De Bernardo.
The men are satisfied with their SAL
aries. but not with their hours, and re-
signed to better their conditions.
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Weekly.
carelessness of Americans.


Our national carelessness is the ex-
PLANTATION given by the Literary Digest
for our dreadful record of accidents.
In reviewing an article by 6. E. Walsh
upon accident-preventing devices in
America Coasters Magazine), it is
shown that we stand first in the world
in the accident record. and that the
rule seems to apply to all trades ana
professions. The proportion of miners
killed, for instance, is nearly treble
that in France, and about double that
In other European countries. FOL
every five men killed by accident IN
the United States there are only three
in all nations of Europe combined.
Our railroads alone kill q people every
day. The remarkable fact is brought
out that we lead the world in the In
vention of accident-preventing devlces'
and adopt fewer of them than any otH-
err country. Indeed, many OF the In
ventions travel to Europe for recognl-
ton and adoption. 1t is claimed tnat
our workmen will not use the safety
devices. as something childish, but pre-
fer to run the risk like men. This is
true, but it is also true OF European
workmen. Indeed, the old story or the
safety lamp in mines shows that accus-
toned dangers are forgotten OF min
imized. Permanent museums OF Sc
curity," such as that in Amsterdam
Walsh says, should be established. In
these there are on constant exhibition
every conceivable device for lessening
risk to life from accident. They VIII
educate the public, and the
will gradually be brought to the point
of demanding protection. 1t is u
sested that employers be held to a
s~tricter accountability and be com
PEELED by law to safeguard employees,
as in Europe, but it can be replied that
American workmen will not submit to
restrictions easily imposed in Europe.
They are free agents, with a right to
kill themselves, if they please, or IN
lure others. No man is his brothers
keeper here, and this is probably the
real basis for our national disregard
of the rights of others. 1t is more thar
carelessness. The surgeons OF the
country see all these accidents, and
carefully investigate each case. 1t
seems reasonable to suggest that they
should be able to see the causes and
suggest remedies. Knowing more OF
the matter than any other body of men,
can they not take some concerted &C
ton which would make life safer IN
America? American disregard for hu-
man life is the fact which seems to I'M
press European visitors more pro-
foundly than any other characteristic
Since we claim to be the most demo-
cratic people ON earth, it seems re-
markable that with more power in our
hands than any other nation, we are
unable to safeguard ourselves to any
thing like the extent accomplished by
monarchic nations of the enlightened
parts of Europe.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19

There are men who love dollars sim
ply for the sound of their jingle and
others who seek riches simply for the
power they bring; but the great mass
of those who are trying to roll up for
tunes are in pursuit of the social priv
ileges that wealth affords. If it were
plain to all these last, says an ex-
change, that stolen money was a bar,
not a hoist; that to be a thief was to
forfeit ones chances to enter the Gov
eted circles, then the real remedy for
the rot that has spread SO wide would
be at hand. But there are precious few
signs of any such sentiment.
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PERSONS PERISH
Terrible Results of a Landslide mt
Haverstraw, N. ", Which De-
strOyed, a Dozen m

New York, Jan. Sat least fifteen
persons are believed to have been killed
in a landslide which tore off the edge
of a street of Haverstraw for two
blocks late last night and carried with
it a dozen houses to a pit 100 feet
beneath. The houses were wooden, and
all caught fire Immediately after the
land gave way. The work of extin-
gushing the flames was made impossi-
bic. for the reason that the landslide
broke the water mains and shut off the
supply of water.
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Not on the Bill.

He was a stout, pudgy individual liable
TO be irritated early in the morning, eyl-
IDENTIFY subject to Indigestion, and he
walked into the ~dining-room in anything
but good grace. h hotel was new ana
the prices were not mellowed. Their stuff
front "riled" the guest still more;
Turning to the freshly imported, white
shirted mummy at his side, he said:
Haven't you people any conscience
here?"
Citing no answer, his face grew red,
and he blurted out:
Conscience! Conscience! Have you no
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS here"
"Eef eet ees not on re bills eet ees
charge extra for" suavely replied the i'm
portation.-Pittsburg Dispatch. g
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19

A elassmate at Williams of ex-Gov.
Briggs, explaining why he always
wore a black stock, but no collar, says
the governor was interested in a young
man who was a slave to strong drink,
and when urged to stop the young man
said to the governor in jest: eff you
will never yea a collar again will
never drink again." Agreed" said
the governor, and he never wore a
collar again and the young man never
took another drink. This little in
stance gives us an excellent example
of moral courage.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
SOLVED THE MYSTERY
Plate From Which the Forged N0r-
oil & Western Certificates
Were Printed Captured.

New York, Jan. 11.-Detectives en-
gagged upon the case announce that they
have solved the mystery surrounding
the forgery of the Norfolk & Western
railroad certificates recently placed on
the market. The plate from which the
certificates were made, together with
correspondence alleged to involve a
man now under arrest in connection
with another ~offense, has been turned
over to the district attorneys Office.
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MINNEAPOLIS
HOTEL HORROR
AN INSIGNIFICANT FIRE THAT
COST EIGHT LIVES.
IN THE WEST HOTEL
Eight Persons Lost Their Lives By
S~ufr0cation or Jumping, and .
Score Of People Received
Various Injuries.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 11.-Elght
persons are dead from suffocation or
from leaping from windows and a score
Of people were more or less injured as
the result OF a fire in the West hotel
early Wednesday morning.
The Dead.
Capt. John Berwin Of Truck No. / fell
from the fourth floor to the Fifth street
sidewalk, while attempting to save Mrs.
Barlow's life.
w. G. Nickels, Minneapolis chamber
of commerce; suffocated in his room on
the sixth floor.
Thomas Summerville, Springfield
Mass: suffocated in his room OF the
sixth floor.
]. E. Wolff, New York; suffocated in
his roc on the seventh floor.
Clinton E. Lamme, new York; SUI
located in his room on the seventh
floor.
J. B. Peisniger, New York; jumped
from a seventh story window.
Mrs. M. E. Hodges, Minneapolis;
jumped from a seventh story window.
William Black, New York; suffocated
In room.
The Seriously Injured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel ~Spiesberger,
Chicago; overcome by smoke.
N. S. Amsdem, superintendent Min
reapolis and Northern Elevator Co.; Sc
riously burned.
Gordan G.. Sapp, Chicago; overcome
by smoke.
Mrs. B. D. Barlow, Los Angeles,
CAL; injured by jumping from the fifth
floor of the hotel to roof of Unique
building.
The Fire Insignificant.
The fire, which is supposed to have
been caused by crossed electric wires
was in itself Insignificant, being con-
fined to the elevator shaft and the top
floor In the corner of the building, but
the wild excitement which followed the
first alarm hurried people into halls
and out upon window lodges in a frantic
effort to save themselves.
There was really no help for several
who lost their lives. The wood in the
elevator shaft burned like finder, and
a sheet of flame 20 feet wide mounting
to the seventh story frightened the
guests out of their senses.
The Smoke Did 1t.
1t was the huge volume of smoke that
stampeded the guests, as the moment a
door was opened the room was filled
with smoke, and the panic-stricke1
guests were compelled to beat out the
windows to prevent instant suffocation
Many used their hands against the win
dows, others their feet, and in almost
every instance ugly wounds resulted.
Result Revealed BY a Search.
The full extent of the tragedy which
had been enacted throughout the house
was not known at first. 1t was thought
that the casualties were confined to
those which the crowd witnessed from
the street, the death of Capt. John Ber-
win and the unfortunate mar and wom-
en- who leaped to death in the alley to-
ward Sixth street.
At the moment the department got
the blaze under way and the smoke
cleared, a hurried search from cellar to
garnet of the big property showed a
score of victims more or less overcome
by smoke.
The fire loss will not go owe $4,000.
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Fire Near Charlotte, n. {

Charlotte, N. c., Jan. 1.-THE plant
of the Virginia-C Carolina Chemical Co.,
near this city, was damaged $125,e00 by
fire Wednesday. The blaze originated
in the seed room, and before the prog
ress of the flames could be checked the
seed room, refinery and laboratory were
totally consumed.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
A CHANGE FOR THE WORSE
Rumor Current in New York That
Marshall Field Had Grown
Worse,

New York, Jan. 11.-While no official
statement could be obtained from the
physicians, it was rumored, Wednesday
night, that a grave change had taken
place in the condition of Marshall
Field, of Chicago, who is i'll at the Hol-
and house in this city. DR.. James, the
attending physician, last night sum-
moned in consultation DR.. E. G. Jane
way and DR.. Austin F. Riggs. All three
physicians were with the patient for a
long time, and afterward held an ex-
tended consultation.
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INDICTED IN OHIO
Charged with Accepting Deposits
After He Knew Bank Wa
%InsOlvent.

Xenia, o., Jan. 1.-THE grand jury
has indicted George W. Snypp for OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
Snypp was cashier and owner OF the
Farmers bank, Spring Valley, and was
forced into bankruptcy. The hearing
before the referee developed that Synpp
had lost we SIS, 900 in eastern stock
investments. He is charged with accept
ing money from a depositor after he
knew the bank was insolvent.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
Ncgro Lynched in Texas.

Moscow, Tex, Jan. 11.-Ben Harris.
the negro who slew Ezra Polk at Ber-
ings Mill, Monday night, and who was
taken from the officers Tuesday night
at La Sale, by a mob, which held up
the Santa Fe train, was lynched here
at / o'clock Wednesday morning.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
wM.J J. BRYAN MORO DATTo
The Nebraska Statesman Create q
DattO BY the MOrOs of
MfndanaO.

Duluan, Mindanao, Jan. 12.-W. j.
Bryan was, Thursday, created a datto,
and saluted by 80 pieces of native ar
tillery, after which he was conveyed
along the river to Datto Piang's palace
in a royal vinta "a small boat, manned
by 40 Moros. Here he received many
presents. Mr.. Bryan says it has been
the most interesting day he has spent in
the orient.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
DueIi.t. Horribly Cat.

Lawton, Okla, Jan. 9.-After a long
and desperate fight over crops, in which
a knife and other instruments were
freely used, between Cicero Roach, a
farmer zeal Cloud Chief, and a renter
whose name has not been learned, both
were horribly cut and may die.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
THE COTTON CROP P
Ginning Statistics Compiled by the
Census Bureau From Telegraph
ic Reports Of Agents.

Washington, Jan. 10.-The census
bureau report showing the quantity OF
cotton ginned from the growth of 1905
by states and territories, is as follows:
lin the computation by running bales
round bales are counted as half bales,
and linters are not included.]
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Another West Hotel victim.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 12.-Mrs. S
e. spiesberger, of Chicago, n of the
most seriously injured victims of the
West hotel, died Thursday. w. S. Ans
den, superintendent of the Minneapolis
& Northern Elevator Co., has a fighting
chance for his life.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
Mor.ter parade Of Hebrews.

New York, Jan. 9.-Arrangements
have been made for q parade of more
than 100, 900 Hebrews through the
streets Of the east side on January ~
In honor Of the memory Of those killed
during the riots in st. Petersburg Z
year ago.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
VICTIMS OF AN EXPLOSION
Two Men Killed and Several Injured
On the Missouri Pacific Extern
sion Near Crane, Mo.

Springfield, Mo-, Jan. 10.-Near
Crane, Mo-, TUESDAY, while laborers on
the Missouri Pacific extension to
Springfield were thawing out dynamite
the explosive caught fire. In attempt
ing to a it one of the men kicked
the dynamite and it exploded. Will
lam McNeal and Joe Kepoe were killed
ard several others were injured.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
Under Ban Of the Pope.

New York, Jan. 12.-All-night dances,
and Saturday night dances especially.
are to be put under the ban by Pope
Plus X, in a letter now being prepared
to be addressed to archbishops and
bishops of this country, and, through
them. to every parish priest.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
Doume Defeats sarien.

Paris, Jan. I'm. Doumer was elect
ed president of the chamber Of depu-
ties by a small majority over M. Sar-
rien. The result insures NJ. Doumer's
candidacy for the presidency Of the re-
public, January 16, and also indicates
M Sarrien's growing strength as a
presidential. candidate.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19

The above statistics have been COM
piled from Geographic reports OF the
special agents who ~canvassed the gin
neries, and are subject to slight correc-
tions when checked against the indi-
vidual returns of the ginners, being
transmitted to the Office through the
mails.
The last report showed 9,2S2, 191
bales, counting round as half bales,
giIned to December 10, 1905.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
Vatican Plan Abandoned.

Rome, Jan. 1.-THE vatican for the
moment has abandoned the idea of pre-
senting to the Moroccan conference at
Algeciras a proposition for religious
liberty in Morocco. 1t fears a repeti-
ton of what happened in the Madrid
CONFERENCE Of 1880.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19

A Texas poet sings that while his
body is in the Lone Star state his soul
is in Tennessee, which moves the I'M
sentimental Houston Post to remark
that although it is not to be wondered
at a poet cannot keep soul and body
together, he ought to keep them closer
together than that.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 10.-At Kan.
sas City, Kas.. Judge Pollock. in the
United States district court, declared
the Taylor Grain Co., Of Topeka, a small
concern, to be- bankrupt, and appointed
4 receiver for the concern.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
steamer Goes 20 Mammoth Cave.

Evansville, Ind, Jan. 10.-The steam
boat Chaperone went through to Nam
moth cave from Bowling Green, KY,
the first passenger steamer to extend
a trip that far on Green river. The
recent completion of government lock
no. 6 on the upper river gave through
navigation to the v
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To Establish Texas Boundaries.

Washington, Jan. 9.-Mr. Stephens,
of Texas, has introduced a bill author
izing the president, in conjunction with
the state of Texas, to determine n
establish the boundary lines between
the territories of New Mexico and
Oklahoma and the state of Texas.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19

Enid, Okla, Jan. 12.-T. J. Radford,
city marshal, was shot and killed by
John Cannon, who is in Jail. The kill
ing was caused by Radford closing .
place in which Cannon was interested.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
no Tour the South west.

Chicago, Jan. IA delegation from
the Chicago Commercial association
composed of representatives of IA Of the
largest firms in the city, will leave, on
January IA, on a tour OF the southwest,
embracing Arizona, New Mexico and
California.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
Col. yespasian Warmers Fortune.

Chicago, Jan. 9.-Under the will left
by his father, who died December Il,
at the age of IS, Col. Vespasian War
ner. of Illinois, commissioner of pen
sions. inherits a fourth interest in an
estate worth about 81, O0O, 900.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19

Clinton, Mo-, Jan. 12.-The special
grand jury drawn to inquire into the
killing of P. w. S%nodgrass by James
York on December % has refused to
indict York, the evidence showing that
he acted in ~self-defense.
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For Killing Her husband.

Chicago, Jan. 11.-Fourteen years In
the penitentiary was the sentence i'm
posed on Mrs. Virginia B. Troupe by a
jury in the criminal court for the muir
der of her husband, August 8 last.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19

Omaha, Neb., Jan. 10.-Word has
reached Omaha that John H. Converse.
Of philadelphia. has endowed the chair
Of his homiletics and pastoral theology
Of tho Presbyterian Theological SEM
mary Of Omaha with $4,000
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No Excuse for Her.

Mrs. Braggs-I wish you wouldn't be so
positive. There are two sides to every
question.
Mr.. Braggs-Well, that's no reason why
you should always be on the wrong sioe!
STRAY Stories.
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ne Rcxfstered Too Often.

st. Louis, Jan. 10.-Peter Walsh, Jr.,
a policeman, was found guilty by q
fury in the circuit court Of fraudulent
registration, and the penalty assessed
at two years in the p~enitentiary.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
Re.ten 70 Death and Robbed.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 11.-After
winning 5000 on the races, John Brock
EFT was beaten to death with a billiard
cue and robbed of his money in q pool
room at 1414 Grand avenue.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19

Consciences of insurance managers
are certainly going through a period
of great awakening. and the power of
publicity to start reform movements
is clearly shown.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
Presented Letters Of Recall.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 1.-The retiring
british ambassador, Sir Charles Har-
dinge, had a farewell audience OF the
emperor and presented his letters Of
recall.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
New Office.

Orville Nemiss-How do you know we
are going to have a storm?
Capt. Salter-We nave a man IN the
forecastle forecasting it.-Pittsburg Chron-
icle- Telegraph.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19

Among those present at Cannes this
winter are five Russian grand dukes and
one grand duchess. They are all OF one
opinion: Be it ever SO humble, any place
but home.-Puck.
The Tupelo journal., 1906-01-19
Posse Guards Territory Negroes.

Tulsa, l. T., Jan. 9.-Ffve negroes
terribly beat Josh Bender, a construc-
ton foreman, and are now in jail.
guarded by a posse of United States
marshals.
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Failed to Appear, Forfeit. Big Bond

Failed to Appear, Forfcits Big Bond
Danville, ILL.,, Jan. 11.-Walter w.
Jurtgen, the Paris bank bookkeeper
accused of making false entries and
embezzlement, failed to appear for trial
in the district court, and his bond OF
$4,000 was declared forfeited. An
alias warrant was issued for Juntgen.