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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-15
VOL. XXXIV
Essex District Probate Court.

sessions Dt said Court viii be held Al
Rr .rlrsr tIr -rrund Tuesday Of October aud
A.rII. GaHAIu thV secuud Tuesday OF No-
o. mar aaI Aay. Vest Guucurd the second
! ..e~.i iay 81 .-uriu .ses ald iuuc- l-uueubura
tHr -eruud tuesday Of auuary and July.
~leCiaI sessions VIII Pr held at any place IN
che District 1N agreement.
RuHER1 CHASE. Judge
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-15
When Tommy Went Fishina,

Tommy went to fish and took
Rod and line and bait and hook.
who can tell? I may" thought he.
Catch a sardine for my tea.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
CONGREGATIONAL NOTES.

The house Of representatives., al a
Sunday session held for that purpose.
listened 10 eulosies on the late Ben
jamin r. Marsh ol the Fourteenth Hi
nois district.
The senate passed bills increasing the
pensions of ex-soldiers who lost limbs
In The service, retiring and ~penslonlus
petty officers INC men Of the army
navy and marine corps after 30 years
OF service al three-fourths their regular
pay ard increasing the pensions OF eX-
Mexican war soldiers to $40 per month
anu making the attainment Of - years
ii age evidence Of disability.
The post ONCE appropriation bill vas
passed by the house.
The house concurred in the senate
amendments 10 the bill fixing the terms
OF court in tie southern district Of
Texas.
The house passed a bill to amend the
act 10 amend and codify the laws re-
iating TO municipal corporations in the
district OF Alaska.
The house passed a bill granting 10
the city OF Durango. Col, certain lands
Tor reservoir purposes.
The scuate committee on public lands
reported favorably a bill for the allot-
nent OF homesteads in Alaska 10 In
clans and Eskimos. native Of hat ter
TitOry.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
THE LAW TO BE INDICATED
Rive Arrests Made 81 Leadcr ot the
Mob which Iynchcd Negrocs
at springfield, No.

Springfield. Motive wollknown
men are noY under arrest here
charged with being leaders In the mob
that broke into the county jail, Satur-
day night, and lynched three negroes.
Two OF the alleged mob leaders are in
Jail. ana two have been released on
bond Charles CannefaX and Oney
Calfry were the first men arrested.
CannefaN has been "A pool room pro-
prietor. but is at present employed IN
the ST. Louis a san Francisco rail
road yards. Calfry is a switchman
for the same road Both have been
released on bond. Dan Crane. son of
ID. ID. Crane. a ~well-known saddlery
merchant. was the third arrested.
Crane moves in the best society here.
Oat Hall. the last man arrested, is a
police court character. Crane and
Hall were placed in Jail, but Crane was
later released on bond CannefaX went
To Sheriff Horner, Monday. and in
CURED how much damage had been
done by the mob on the shcrif's prop
erty. Cannefax was informed that it
would mount TO 81. 600. lie then said
a collection would be taken up to re-
pair the loss. but his offer was fatty
refused by Sheriff Homer.
Later a fifth arrest was made in the
person of ). X. Brake. a former po-
liceman. He was released on bond.
Circuit Judge A. w. Lincoln ordered
a special grand jury called to inyesti-
gate the triple %lynching. The courts
remarks were brief. He simply said
he ordered the special grand jury in
view OF the outrages and crimes com
mitted here Saturday night, and in
view OF the fact that a great number
OF men convicted in this CONT we're
liberated"
Prosecuting Attorney Patterson.
who is a young man of determined
air and a graduate Of the ST. Louis
law school, says the grand Jury viii
Immediately endeavor 10 ascertain the
identity Of the mob leaders and fol-
lowers.
And | will prosecute each and
every one OF them for murder in the
first degree" Mr. Patterson declared.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
FOR NERVOUS PEOPLE
A Michigan Mother Preserved TO He,
Family by DR.. Williams
Pink Pills.

When the blood is impoverished the
nerves staryo and neuralgia or sometime
more serious swiftly follows. Nervous
people are generally pale people. BY
supplying through the blood those vital
elements that the nerves need, Dr. Wi.
lialns' Pink Pills for Pale People haye
performed those remarkable cures thnt
make 1t impossible for any nervous sui.
ferer To neglect them.
A recent cast is that Of Mrs. Petor
MOrrissette, of No. 3l5 Eleventh street
Alpena, Mich, who writes as follows
" My trouble started with childbirth
After one of my children was born | had
a kind Of paralysis. / was very weak
and my mouth was a little crooked. |
was always tired and was so nervous
that l could not bear 10 hear n dog bark
or n bell ~ring-even the little bird i'm its
cage would annoy me. NY heart nnt.
tered a great deal and / had dizzy spells.
l was not able 10 be left alone.
"Mydoctor gave me different kinds of
medicine, changing it several times.
When it was evident that he could not
help me he said he did not understand
my case. This was three years ago and
] was very much discouraged, when my
brother. who had taken DIR. Williams
Pink Pills, recommended them 10 me.
tried them and noticed n change for the
better when | was taking the second box
DIR. Williams Pink Pills cured me and
have been well ever since. now do an
my Owl homework, sewing aud wash
ing for seven Of us"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills have also
cured diseases caused by impure or inn
poverished blood such as rheumatism,
nnemia and after-effects az the grip.
All druggists sell DR.. Williams Pink
Pills or the remedy will be mailed. post
paid. on receipt Of price. 80 cents per
box. six boxes for $3.50, by the DIR. Will
liams Medicine Co, Schenectady, n. Y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
FOUND ON A RIVER ISLAND
Tragic Accident Recalled By the
Finding Of skeleton Near
~BoonviIle, No.

Sedslia. Mo.-A human skeleton
found On an island in the Missouri
river. three miles below Boonvilie. has
been Identified as that OF Mrs. William
Courtney wife OF a shoe merchant here.
who was drowned by the oyeturning Of
a steam launch Al the Missouri. Kansas
and Texas railroad bridge, August TO-.
1905. Other victims Of the tragedy
were Mrs. COurtrey's two daughters.
whose bodies We're recovered several
days later. and Miss Nell Varney. Of
Boonviile. The skeleton was identified
by the shoes. ihe only part Of her ap-
parel remaining. \ diamond brooch
and a diamond ring valued at $1,000,
and other jewelry are missing. and The
earrings she wore when she met her
death We're not found.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
A WOMAN DOCTOR
Was Quick TO See That Coffee Poison
Was Doing the Mischief.

A lady tells of a bad case of coffee
poisoning and tells it in a way SO sim
pie and straightforward that literary
skill could not improve 1t.
II had neuralgia headaches for
IL years, she says, and have suffered
untold agony. When | first began 70
have them | weighed 140 pounds, but
they brought me down TO 40. ]
went to many doctors and Trey gave
me only temporary relief. So sur
fered on. till one day in 1904, a m
doctor told me TO drink Postum Food
Coffee. She said | looked like was
coffee poisoned.
80 | began to drink Postum and
I gained Is pounds in the first lew
weeks and am still gaining. but not
so fast as az first. My headache began
10 leave me after | had used Postum
about two ~weeks-long enough \
pect to get the coffee poison out OF my
system.
Now that n few months have
passed since ! began TO use Postum
rood Coffee. | can gladly say that J
never know what q neuralgia headach
is like any more. and 1t was noth-
ing but Postum hat cured me. Ee-
fore I used Postum | never went OUT
alone: | would get bewildered ana
would not know which way TO turn'
Now l go alone and my head Is as
clear as a bell. BY brain and nerves
are stronger than they have been lot
years" Name given by Postum Oo''
Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason. Read the Little
book, The Road to Wellviiie, ~
pkgs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
ANOTHER NEGRO KILLED
He WINS shot, at s~pringdeId NO.,
While. with Another. Attempting
TO Hold Up a White Man.

Springfield, Mo-A young negro
named Burns was shot and Killed
shortly after ten o'clock Monday
night in the east part Of the CITY by
Leslie Peters, a young white man.
The latter was escorting a Young
lady 70 her home when they were neld
up by W negroes. The white man
drew a pistol and fired at the negroes.
who fed. as he supposed. He ran
after them, lot knowing he had hit
one. and stumbled over the dead body
Of the man he had shot.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
WELL-kNoWN ST. LOUIS MAN
Louis Real estate Man, Ends His
Life By shooting.

St Louis.-Immediately after calling
from the window 10 his son Robert at
s a. N Monday, with the evident in
tention Of instructing him about duties
CT his Office. Samuel 7. Rathell. aged
Sc. one of the b~est-known real estate
men in 81. Louis. changed his mind. and
ended his life by shooting. at his home,
5lS Cabanne avenue. before his son. who
had just left the house, reached him.
The deed ig attributed by relatives
70 a temporary arrangement. superin-
duced by al accident in May 1905.
when Rathell slipped on the front steps
OF his homo. Nrenchlng his snlne
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
structural iron workers strike.

indianapolis. Ind-A gang OF forty
five structural iron workers, employed
on the History Knights of Pythias
grand lodge building, vent on strike
Monday morning. They demanded 50
certs an hour, five cents increase. which
was granted by local contractors. but
they Insist on the scale affecting all
structural iron workers within a radius
OF 100 miles OF Indianapolis. The la
ter demand was refused. The strike
may spread to several hundred work
ers in this city and vicinity before
many days.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
u

1t is the custom in Brittany TO dig
up the bones OF the dead after a Ger
tain time and preserve the skull only
In a small box with a heart-shaped
opening in its front. Each box is
marked with the name and dats OF he
dead.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
kings Weather"

The recent visit OF King Edward 10
France has given the French another
English phrase. which they have add.
ed 10 high life, sportsman fash.
ionable" and the rest. They now call
fine weather kings weather
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

A jury in the federal court at Little
Rock. Ark. convicted Columbus b
Boyett. Lee Bromley. Bill Morgan and
Bob Nichols Of Bradley county. Of in
timiGating negroes and preventing them
from working in a sawmill.
Maxim Gorky, the Russian novelist.
has abused American hospitality by
folsting upon il. as Nine. Gorky, the
Russian actress. Nine. Andreieva. with
whom he has been living siLce separat-
Ing from his wife.
During a panic in St Ludmilla's Po-
lish Catholic church in Chicago. Easter
eve. following q boys cry OF fire.
three children and one woman were
lillel ard a score Of Others injured.
same very severely.
The United States cruiser Brooklyn.
Rear-Admiral Sigsbee's flagship. has
lett Messina, Italy. homeward bound.
Samuel Williams. OF FL Paso. Tex
and party are reported q have been
amused by Yaqui Indians IN the state
o. Sonora, Mexico. Williams was killed.
but the fate OF the rest Of the party is
a. yet unknown.
The rockmen's union in the anthra-
cite coal region has declared the present
suspension. as far as their craft is con-
cerned. 10 be a strike.
President Mitchell Of the United Mine
Workers has cautioned The members
rot to indulge in any unlawful disturb
ances.
The steamship Campania, en- routs TO
New York, Is bringing Sc. 250. 900 in
specie.
As the result Of an explosion OF
powder In the forward turret Of the bat
tleship kearsarge at the conclusion of
target practice in West Indian waters.
Lieut. George w. Graeme. Lieut.. ohm
NJ Higgins and five members Of the
crew are dead and "A others more or less
seriously injured.
The portrait Of Benjamin Franklin,
taken from Franklin's home in Phila-
delphia during the revolutionary war.
6nG restored 10 the United States by
Earl Grey. 10 whom II descended
iirealy from the latter great GRANDPA
ther. arrived in New York on board
the steamer St Paul. addressed to Pres-
iceut Roosevelt.
The American Legation guard at Pc
kin. China. under command Of Capt.
Harry r. Lee. who has just started for
home IS conceded to he the most eff
Gent and soldierly there. and a model
for all ~nationalities.
Joseph Claret. employed by a firm OF
roofcrs in Chicago, was decapltated
with a razor by M Of two negroes
whom he found In his employers sta
Bile.
Mrs. Lhauncev VI. Depew has re-
turned from Europe showing the effects
Of her re,en illness. She went "a
Scarborolgh-On-HudsOn where Senator
Depew is staying during his illness.
Seventeen recent arrivals Of steam
ships from Europe brought a total OF
about $4,000 immigrants. giving Ellis
island, New York, a record-breaklng
job.
Despite the order Of the supreme
court Of Kansas. which ousted Mayor
Rose Of Kansas City, Kas.. and which
ruled that he could not serve in that
ofiice urtil the present term had ex.
pired, ID 1907. the democratic execu-
tive committee Of that city have nom
mated him for mayor
The federal fish hatcheries in Maine
are making the experiment OF intro
hucing into the waters Of that state the
hump back Halnon OF the Pacific coast.
Japan Is saId TO have formally de-
nanded that China open MukGen and
Antung province next month tc foreign
trade.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
LIQUID Measure.

The Secretary find that your prop
srty in Swampyille cost you -four dol
lars a foot. sir. What price are you
willing 70 sell IL for?
The Rich Victim-Oh. Ill Jet It sc
for two dollars a gallon Life.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
Colored Y. M. c. A.

The Y. NJ. c. A. In the United States
has loo branches for colored members.
"a Of which are in educational insti.
tutions and 80 in cities. Their ag
gregate membership exceeds 5000.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20

Chicago Judge SO IA. Bethea in
the United States district court, Mon.
day. ordered that the Cash Buyers
Union and First National Co-opera.
tive society be declared insolyent. and
that the assets Of the company be sold.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
a mig ConsIa-ment 81 snec,..

Queenstown. April lG-The steamer
c%ampania. which sailed from here.
Sunday, for New York. has on board
what is said 70 be the largest consign-
ment Of specie yer sent across the At.
lantic on one vessel The total value
OF the specie is about s~6.250eOO.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
Increasing Immigration.

Washington. The aggregate Of
immigration to the United States from
all countries during the month OF
March 1906, according to a statement
issued blythe immigration bureau Mon
day wac 1925 or a increase Of 20
per cent. over March 1904.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
Bread Was Sad.

"Ah. darling. remarked Mr.. Newed.
81 see you have prepared some pud.
ding with your own little handg.
What kind is II. pet?" "Th-that.
sobbed Mrs. Newed, "is b-bread,'-
London Tit Bits.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20

What o penchant young Goldrox
has for getting at the inside Of things. =
What now" Bank, then JAIL
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
Queer ENGLISH League.

There is a Compulsory Character
league in England, the business of
which is TO urge on parliament the
passage OF a bill making ii compulsory
for all employers TO give a written
character TO their employees when leav
ing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20

Jefferson City Mo, April 1G.-Att'y-
Zen. Haley was reported better Sunday
evening In the afternoon his fever
came up again same as Saturda,. AT
six O'Clock It had dim nishei aud hs
was resting easier.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
Neglect Husbands.

When one sees a woman makinl
love to a dog II isn't hard to under
stand why there are some divorces
n. Y Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
THE WEEKS NEWS
TERSELY OUTLINED
AID Epitome Of the Most Important
Events at Home and Abroad
the Past Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.

A Glimpse at hat is Do
tng Together With "A Carefully
Digested and Condensed Compiia-
tion OF Current News Items, Both
Domestic and Foreign.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
Morbid Relic Hunters.

Sunday souvenirs Of the night. con.
sisting Of a button from the trousers OF
one OF the negroes, a piece OF the hang.
mans rope and other pieces Of relics
were eagerly bought by many amone
the crowds that gathered al the scene.
The authorities assert that Copeland
and Duncan, two Of the victims. were
innocent. This is the general belief. A
reaction has ct in AMI most people are
condemning The mob's work.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20
Five Thousand Witnesses.

Five thousand persons saw the trio
hanged and burned. Among the crowe
Of spectators were hundreds Of womer
and children. girls and boys.
In a hall overlooking the plaza ar
Easter dance was in progress. Its mu
sic stopped. while the dancers crowded
to the windows and watched the with
ing black bodies and the flames thai
finally consumed them
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20

More boxes were brought another
big fire va klndled and soon the sway
Ing figure, now dead. fell into il. send
ing up an arrowy spray Of live sparks
After that most Of the men went home
but some men and boys stayed by tn,
tower all might and fed the fire.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20

Allen turned a somersault in the air.
and as the rope became taunt his neck
cracked like a pistol shot. The rope
broke and he fell in the bed Of Goals or
top of tie other two negroes. There he
kicked and f%cundered around until an
other rope was brought. thrice looped
around the neck, and he was again JUS
tended in midair.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-23
CONDUCTOR SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Thomas MoCracEen Injured By the Acct.
dental Discharge OF ~ Revolver,

Thomas MoCracEen Injured BY the Aooi-
dental Discharge OF Revolver.
While explaining the workings % a
recently purchased revolver 60 friend,
while his car was in Wilmington YES.
terday Thomas McCracken, a conduo-
tor of the Darby and Wilmington troll
ley line, was shot in the hand and left
leg by the accidental discharge Of the
weapon.
Immediately after the accident the
injured man was placed on his car and
went to Chester, the car being met al
seventh and Welsh streets by the am
bulance Of Chester Hospital. In which
he was taken TO that Institution for
treatment.
Arriving 40 the hospital, the sur
geons found that the tip Of one of the
fingers on McCracyen's left hand had
been entirely blown away, the bullet
having then entered at n point lust
above the left knee, continuing In a
downward course, finally imbedding
itself ln the muscle OF the leg.
While the injury is very serious. il
is Thought that the wounded man will
recover after the bullet has been ex-
tracted, the operation TO be performed
today.
Conductor McCraclSen resides with
his family &C Twenty fourth and Provi-
dence savenue, Chester, and has been
IN the employ of the company for sew
oral years.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-23
EvANGELlSTiC SERVICES.

Rev. II. w. Bolton, ID. D., evanpel
ist of the Wilmington Methodist Epis.
copal Conference, has accepted invita-
tions TO hold evangelistic services for
three months, as follows: In Asburv
Methodist Episcopal Church. Smyrna.
in October, In st. pauis Methodist
Episcopal Church, Burlington, n. j..
in November, and in Asbury Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, this city, in
january.
pr. Bolton has also been invited Ia
hold evangelistic services next Ianu-
ary In the First Methodist Episcopal
Church OF Camden, n. j., whore he
held like services last january, but
has declined, he having previously nc-
cepted the Wilmington invitation.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-23
"lN BRIGHTEST AMERICA" By co. A.

For the last two months the men,
bers Of Company A, First Inf, n. g..
D., have been vigorously rehearsing
Tor their entertainment entitled "In
Brightest America, " to be given May
2sth 18th, at the Garrick Theatre.
The pr gramme will be replete with
sweet singing, funny sayings, graceful
dancing, pretty tableaux and comical
situations, a bright, crisp perform
ance. As an additional attraction,
William Josh DAILY, the popular New
York comedian and impersonator, will
appear. The First Infantry orchestra
VIII furnish music It's ability is we'll
known. The seats are selling very
rapidly and the venture promises to be
a big success financially as we'll as
artistically. The preliminary tickets,
which are now on sale by members of
the company, can be redeemed Tor re-
served seats Saturday after a. m, at
Buffers stationery store, two days in
advance Of the regular sale at the
Garrick Theatre.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-23

In the Board Of Trade rooms last
night, "a meeting of the Wilmington
signers OF the anti bribery pledge was
held. The meeting was called by
William r. Kurtz, Vice President Of
the Anti Bribery League for New
Castle County for the purpose of or
ganizing an auxiliary committee TO
rnise funds, create public sentiment
nnd 90 carry on the work In this
county. Those present we're. William
Il. kurtz, William j.. Bancroft. Cen
efal James n. Wilson, Thomas n.
Bayard, Charles NJ. Curtis, Henry b.
Thompson, Daniel Bates, Samuel Ban
croft, Jr., Joseph Bancroft, Lewis w.
hrosius, John B. Bird, Alfred Belts
and Alexander Morton.
After the meeting had been called to
order Mr.. Kurtz, who presided, made
"a short address, stating the purpose Of
the meeting lie said it was time to
get down 10 work If anything Is ex.
pected 20 be accomplished by the move
emit. Mr.. kurtE was OF the opinion
that by starting the work at this time
corruption at the coming election
could be greatly minimizod, even il it
could not be disposed of all together.
ttN "tNNN ~ "AAWMAA AN NAAWANMMMAN MN~
derstood that 10 is O non partisan
movement and that no mercy will be
shown 60 those caught in the drag net
at the next election as they will 20 TO
jail If the league can put them there.
lie spoke of the using Of large sums of
money at the registration by both par
ties and said now is a good time to
strike an effective blow to stop it.
Henry b. Thompson said there
were three things which would be
needed and which would cost consider
able money, viz: Canvassers, a detec-
tive force and competent secretary
for the organization. He thought
about 5000 would be needed TO Garry
on the work this summer. lie also
suggested that this county would have
/ TO help the two lower counties, as that
| is whore help is most needed.
On motion Of Samuel Bancroft, Jr., ,
/ the chair was authorized to appoint an
/ advisory committee, of as many mem-
bers MS he secs iit, to confer with the
/ attorney general and raise funds.
There will ho canvass for funds anc
also for additional signers to Ga,
pledge in a short time.