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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
BRYAN AND TAFT MEET.
Foes on the Stump. but Best Of
Friends at the Banquet Board.

Chicago Special. Foes on the stump
but friends at the banquet board.
When William J. Bryan and William
II. Taft, otherwise known as the Two
Bills" shook hands and said nice
things about each other al dinner OF
the Chicago Association of Commerce.
They forgot politics for the time being
and became good fellows" The
meeting is believed TO have been the
first Of the kind since the Lincoln
Douglas campaigning preceding the
civil war Several weeks ago II was
announced that the rival candidates
for the presidency would be the guests
OF honor and there had been keen in
terest In the event. The three ban
quet halls AZ the Auditorium were
thrown together and there was not a
vacant chair when the first course was
served Both Mr.. Bryan and Mr. Taft
had promised 10 speak on subjects
other than politics and both kept
their word
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
CONVICTED BY VEST BUTTON.
Slender Evidence Sends Wisconsin
Man TO Prison for Life.

Appleton, Wis. Special Convicted
OF murder by means OF vest button.
This Is what befell Paul Krause. who
was tried here on the charge that he
murdered his wife, who was found
hanging from a hook in a closet in her
home
Inc case was supposed TO be one OF
suicide until the coroner, who suspect.
ed that the woman had been hanged
AFTER death, searched the premises and
iouhd vest button OF peculiar style in
the room outside the closet door. II
was "A button from Krauses vest.
hrause was separated from his wife.
and had been heard 10 make threats
against her. but the only evidence of
his connection with the womans death
was the vest button.
The defense made a strong effort
to have the coroner's evidence ruled
out, but failed. Krause was sentenced
TO life Imprisonment.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
SUICIDE IN MOVING PICTURE.
Wierd Record Of French Tragedy
Made by the cinematograph

Paris Gable: A tradesman al Ire.
Ion has committed suicide before a
cinematograph machine
Having focused the machine and
set IL running. he proceeded TO Kill
himself The films are perfect. each
movement of the unhappy man being
faithfully depicted
lie is shown looking for a chair.
seating himself on it, and loading his
revolver, remaining a while in thought
before his mirror. and then suddenly
starting up and blowing out his brains,
These last pictures are of an indie
scribable realism. and reproduce the
awful scene in all its tragic details.
Fortunately the police were able to
confiscate the rolls, the exhibition Of
which might have led TO dire conse-
quences in the case Of morbid or ner-
vOus spectators
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
WEARY OF STRIFE AND STRIKES
Great English Firm offers Employees
Virtual Partnership.

London, Cable Profit sharing on
the basis Of a virtual partnership or
an actual ownership. is the proposition
made the employees OF Furness. Witty
& Co. the great shipbuilding firm
at West HartlCpOol
The men have six weeks In which
TO make up their minds TO accept or
rejec, The proposition put before them
by Sir Christopher Furness. NJ r..
head Of the firm.
Sir Chrstophers offer has had a
SOLDERING effect upon the minds Of the
men and a quieting influence upon
vexatiOus differences between capital
and labor in the immediate locality
as we'll as farther and wider II is
attracting and bidding fair TO focus
the attention Of both employers and
employees throughout Great Britain.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
CONVICTED IN WEST
Were Two Hoosier Boys Of Staying
Ranchman and Daughter.

Wabash. Ind. Special. Walter and
Milo Long. sons OF John W Long. a
wealthy Wabash county farmer have
been found guilty Of second degree
murder on a charge Of heading a mob
Of night riders at Culhertson. Mont.
which shot John A. Hayes. a ranch
man. and his daughter
The Long bows left Wabash two
years AGO and secured a claim in Mon
tana. Afterward Hayes claimed the
land. and in the courts won possession.
A feud started, resulting in the muir
ders
The father Of the accused went
West. had the bodies exhumed and the
bullets removed These. IL Is claimed
We're not shot from the reviewers of
either boy. and an appeal has been
taken Milo Long was sentenced to
Is years. and Walter Longs sentence
has not yet been announced.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
FALL Of 400 FEET
FAILS TO lNJURE AMERICANS IN
GERMAN BALLOON RACE.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM DEATH
co,oueror Burst In Mid-air, But Bag
Assuming Shape OF Parachute
saves Aeronauts.

perlin. Cable: A. Holland Forbes
ana Augustus Post, American aeron-
MS had miraculous escape from
death i'm The international balloon race,
Which started from the suburb of
Schmargendorf.
The American balloon. Conqueror,
the only American-built craft in the
contest. less than two minutes after
me start burst at an altitude Of 1000
feet
For 1000 feet 1t shot down like a
hullet and then the torn silk bag as
sumed the shape Of a parachute, thus
checking the rapidity OF the descent.
Coming close to earth, however the
basket smashed in the roof of house.
but the two men escaped with but
slight injuries.
The race. in which twenty-three
balloons participated. representing
Great Britain. France. Germany, the
United States. Switzerland, Italy. Bel
gium and Spain. started AT 3 o'clock
I'M the afternoon, in the presence of
10000 spectators.
Amid the strains of America" and
yoleys OF cheers the first balloon was
sent away. IL was the America III.
under command of James c. Mccoy.
who was accompanied by Lieutenant
Noghmann The balloon was decor
ated with the stars and stripes. and
il sailed away 10 the southwest at a
rapid pace. the aeronauts waving
their hats.
A representative of each of the
other nations followed the American
balloon in succession a. intervals Of
TWO minutes, the national HYMN of the
respective countries ringing forth as
NE ropes We're cast loose
The second batch of eight balloons
was led by Forbes in the ConquerOr
which was started with some difficulty
owing % a gusty wind and too much
ballast Eventually it shot up and
reached a high altitude in an incred-
folly short period, the basket swaying
violently
Then almost instantly a cry OF hor-
ror arose from the crowd which saw
tha silk collapse and shouted The
balloon Is ripping up,
Thousands who had gathered there
stood for a moment petrified Some
turned away fainting as they saw the
balloon falling with lightning-like
rapidity
At the same time showers of sand
ana appurienances of the balloon shot
downward with equal rapidity. and
then daylight was seen through the
envelope. great ragged edges OF the
silk showing on either side.
They are killed." went i'm hushed
whisper through the crowd. but short
ly the remainder Of the envelope ap-
peared TO take a triangular shape and
then was transformed into a sort Of
parachute az the top OF the net and
The progress OF the wrecked balloon
VA arrested considerably.
u came down slower and slower.
meantime being swept away by the
wind 20 the southeast. and finally dis
appeared from view behind a block OF
houses
The suspense among the crowd was
terrible But a few minutes later
telephone message was received from
Friedman. which announced the men
mad landed, and had not been injured
seriously
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
Children Hello to Free Father.

Indianapolis, Ind. Special: The
Marion county Grand Jury has dis
charged from custody David Frankel,
under arrest charged with killing his
wife in order to collect insurance
Frankels S-year-old son. David. ap-
peared at the grand jury door leading
his baby sister, aged 4. He told the
foreman Of the jury they had come
to ask for their papa. the children
We're in the grand jury room so1'e
time. The evidence against Frankel.
il is said was not convincing.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
Confessed over the Phone.

Evansville, Ind. Special: A man
giving his name as j +. Prince. of In.
annapolis. charged with passing a
forged check on local hotel is in
lall az Danville. H.. having confessed
over long distance telephone 10 the 20.
Nce OF this city that he is guilty. The
prisoner at first denied his guilt, but
Nniel Davis was called up at Evans.
Slile and after short time he con.
iessed and agreed to come TO Evans.
vile for trial
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
JoKERs IN TEDDY's FAMILY.
Severe Tax on Roosevelt's Popularity
Say London Papers.

New York. Special: a special cable
from London to the Times. says:
Several iocOse comments have been
made here on Nicholas Longworth :
adumbration Of eight years more Of
Roosevelt rule after Taft"
Even If the explanation OF Long
worths joke be the true one" says the
World. Roosevelt is entitled 10 q good
deal OF sympathy With a humorous
s0n-inlaw who gives points 10 his pO-
litical enemy for the sheer fun of the
thing. and a humorous daughter who
inserts lacks in Senators chairs. with
the business end upward. he must
need al his great popularity 70 live
down the effects OF this abnormal fam
ily facetiousness-
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
BOUND TOGETHER WITH WIRE.
Bodies Of Man and Woman Found
Floating in Jamaica Bay.

New York Special A mystery
which promises to tax the ingenuity of
me police department before il is un.
iaveled came to light when the bodies
OF a wei dressed man and woman,
bound securely together with wire,
We're found floating in Jamaica bay.
lhe bodies have not yet been identi-
hed They We're found by two fisher
men,
ne bodies We're bound together i'm
such manner that movement OF the
arms and legs were possible. This
was regarded by the police as bearing
our the theory OF a double suicide by
mutual agreement The arms of the
woman We're clasped around the man 5
neck
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
MissIssIppI poes Bic pamaae.

New Orleans. La. Special: Seventy
five thousand dollars worth Of railroad
property slid into the Mississippi River
with a terrifying rush. when a section
OF land 800 feet long aud about 200
feet wide caved in Seven loaded
freight cars aud four lines of railroad
track were engulfed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
sex difference in Body only.

Chicago. Special: Mrs. Ella Flacg
Youn-. principal Of the Chicago Nor
nal school. does not agree with psych-
ologists who maintain that woman's
mental processes differ from those Of
man. III | understand the situation
there IS no such thing as sex in mind. :"
she said. The difference exists in
body only"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
Give Bic Sums 70 G. o. p.

New York. Special: From official
sources it was learned that Mrs. Rus.
sell Sage and Mr.. Andrew Carnegie
have contributed large sums of money
TO the Republican national fund The
exact amount Of these contributions
has not been made public. but II is
understood that each gave in the
neighborhood Of 100000
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

Washington. Special II is estimat-
ed that 10000 Government CLERKS will
20 home to vote at the November cleo
tons. They will have the example Of
the President himself lie will leave
here for oyster Fay at midnight Of
the day before election. vote early
next morning and return that night.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
Taft Picture still Up.

Nashville, Tenn. Special: Take
down that picture Of Taft in the lobby
or we will move the state Democratic
headquarters out of the Maxwell
house" This ultimatum was delivered
TO Manager Hume. OF the Maxwell
house. by the managers OF the Demo
cratic headquarters. II was disregard
ed and the Democrats moved out. The
Democrats insisted that there be pic
lures Of both candidates or none at all.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

Clarksburg. W Va Special: Acting
Warden G. G Dawson. OF the state
penitentiary. states that the institu-
ton not only paid expenses. but turn
cd over several thousand dollars
profit each year Among the farm
products 81 the institution this year
were $1,000 pounds Of fresh pork.
200. goo pounds OF cabbage. and 10000
pounds OF pumpkins
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
How About Pink Tea7

Chicago. Special: A special from
Toxic says There Is great rejoicing
among Christians in Japan because the
authorities have decided to eliminate
dancing girls and liquor from the re-
cepiions planned for the American
sailors when the battleship feet reach
IS Yokohama
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
Iowa Record Sale of Corn.

i boone, Iowa. Special: s. s. Nc
'rath holds the Iowa record for one
,rl =, corn. lie delivered to the Farm
- oo Cooperative Elevator company
~ bushels OF corn raised on his
a, Due county farm. His check
amounted to $l2. 800. The largest
,'Hs'e corn check heretofore was paid
- Jefferson man for $7.O26.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
TO BET A MILLION.
On Taft is the Mission Of DENLY in
Southern States.

Memphis. Tenn. Special: Claiming
that he represented a syndicate with
unlimited money 10 bet on the Presi-
Dental race. G. Howard DENLY, Of
New York. plunged into this section
publicly offering 10 bet any part of
81 10000 at odds Of $500 TO 5000 on
Taft.
DENLY found a few small bottors
here He saws he will visit every city
in the United States before election
day 90 register bets lie claims 10
have placed over 100000 already on
the result
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
Her Disastrous Mistake.

Lincoln. Neb.. Special. Mistaking a
cannon frecracker for candle. Mrs
Sophia Brehm lighted the fuse and
went into a cellar TO get vegetables.
The explosion which followed shat
tered her right arm She Is not ex.
nccted TO recover
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
sneeze Causes Auto Crash.

LennoX. Mass. Special: Because
the chauffeur was forced To sneezc
and lost control of his machine, an
automobile party shot over three.
foot embankment az Palmer. The ma.
chine turned turtle and the party es.
capped from serious accident because
the machine shot clear of them and
landed on the messy bank of riyu-
1Af
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
Roosevelt Not to Speak.

Washington Special: President
Roosevelt has told Senator Hemen-
way that h. did not consider II neces.
sary for him 20 make speeches in
support of Mr. Taft The President
said he had received numerous re
quests 70 20 on the stump. but he had
decided not To accede to them
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
GUERRILLA WARFARE PLANNED.
5ervia TO Send Armed Bands Into
Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Vienna. Cable: Information has
reached the government that Servia is
planning the organization OF guer-
rilla warfare in Bosnia and Herzego-
vina II Is proposed 10 food the two
provinces with armed bands.
Austria is taking precautionary
steps to protect her frontier. The
railroad tunnel near the fortress OF
Peterwarde.n. in Hungary. IS now held
BY troops
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
Slew Fisneee on Welding eve.

Wadsworth. O.. Special. Miss Ora
Lee was found dead beside the road.
side two miles southwest Of here. a
bullet through her temple sheriff
Hugginson has arrested Jay Razor,
aged %. who was 10 marry Miss Lee
the next day. He is charged with the
girls murder.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
Slain by BoIo Men.

Manila. Gable: Charles II. Trotter.
an American, and Vicente Toledo and
Jose Canayan. Spaniards. We're killed
last Wednesday near LubaO. in the
province Of P-mnasna. by party Of
Filipinos. The men were murdered
with bolos and their bodies were badly
mutilated
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

Chicago. Special. Edward Wiern. 10
years old. confessed 10 the theft OF
500 from the vault OF the w. 4 ID.
Allen Manufacturing Company. where
he had been employed. The youth
confessed on Sept he had secreted
himself in the vault four days before
the robbery and he remained there
without food or water until the DAY on
which he knew the money would be
tonpgit.d
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
Seventeen Hurt in Football Game.

Schenectady. y. Y. Special. A
sanguinary record for the football
season was established here By the
teams Of Union and Wesleyan colleges.
seventeen r-ayers being rendered I'M
conscious during the game and five Of
them being so seriously injured they
We're removed TO the hospital.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
British Fleet for Turkish Waters.

:, Naletta. Island OF Malta. Gable: A
british fleet has left here for the
aegean Sea. Its actual destination
Y believed TO Re the Turkish island
~ l-emnos. The sailing orders are
sealed The fleet consists of four
pattleships. four cruisers. and four tor.
pedo boat destroyers. and il is under
,he command OF Vice-Admiral Prince
Louis Of Battenburg.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
Land Registration is 44.2ss

Dallas. s. H.. Special: Official
registration figures for the Tripp
county land opening show total OF
44.2SG. These applications have been
deposited in person at Dallas and
Gregory, or mailed 10 these two points.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
Elkins Enhancement Off

Rome. Gable: A report is current
in society that the Abruzzi Elkins en-
gagement is of. owing TO Miss Elkins'
refusal To change her religion. which
is sine qua non of marriage in the
case Of the duke. No official confrma-
tion OF the report can be obtained. but
ii is expected there will be an an.
nOuncement Of some sort soon.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
n { Eleet Seen In Mlrane

Honolulu Gable: A marvellous
mirage was witness here. an exact re.
production OF the Pacilc fleet appear.
inc in the southern sky. The fleet Is
now approaching this port from Sa-
moa. but its distance from Honolulu
Is not known.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

Washington. Special. To abolish all
grade crossings on the railroad lines
in Belgium. says Consul Johnson. OF
Liege would cost approximately &c.,
600 600 The question is being consid-
cred by the Belgium Minister of Rail-
ways There are now C.l25 grade
crossings on the Belgian lines.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

New York. Special: Standing over
the body Of little boy that his auto
mobile had crippled for life. Edward $.
Cornwall a chauffeur. Of Brooklyn. sol
EMMY raised his right hand and took
an oath never again TO drive an auto.
mobile
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

Washington. Special. Aerial nayi-
CATION as an auxiliary 10 the naval
service Is contemplated in specifica-
tions for four flying machines for
which proposals for construction will
be asked
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

Lula. Miss. Special: Jim and
Frank Davis. colored men. charged
with having shot and perhaps fatally
wounded John C. Kendall conductor
OF the Illinois Central Railroad. were
taken from the jail here by a mob and
hanged.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
Careless OF the Doctor.

bloomington. Ill. Special Mrs r.
G. Smith has sued Dr. T. Mammen for
$1,000 She alleges that the physician
left a sponge In the wound after he
had perform an operation upon her.
Sse says a second operation was nee
essary to remove the sponge.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

Chicago. Special: The Health De.
partment in report. states that the
dust and SCOT in the atmosphere of
Chicago. as shown by tests just taken.
is three times as great as that in the
atmosphere OF London.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

Toxic Gable; The government has
decided 10 prohibit all gambling on
race tracks and 20 strictly enforce the
laws governing racing. The action Of
the government has created sensa-
ton. and Il is believed that IL viii
completely eliminate horse racing in
japan.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16
Hardly Worth savina.

Philadelphia, Pa. Special. Rather
than wed the girl to whom he had been
engaged a year. John Fitzpatrick. OF
this city, attempted suicide with gas.
However. he was found by his sister
In time TO save his life.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

Los Angeles. Special A negro who
gave his age as lis years registered
here. lie is the oldest voter in the
country and relates incidents a cen
fury old.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-10-16

pN'i,g,lhnati. O., Special. Mr.. Taft and
s,' .s'ueht Roosevelt will have a con.
October Is. :" '1"o's
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-10

Democrat and will vote for Mr..
Wright.
The Insurgent Headquarters here
are very active in sending out liter
allure boosting their cause, but they
have lost their confident tone in pre-
dieting victories and when discuss
ing the future promises are made Of
what will be done two years from
now, but when brought back to the
present they are willing to admit
they stand no chance of winning at
the primaries.
It is doubtful if there is a city in
North Dakota that will give larger
majority to the Stalwart state ticket
than will Fargo, and it is claimed
that there will be little or no cutting
of the ticket. The rural districts
of the county are almost as strong In
favor Of the Stalwart ticket as are
the towns. The southern part of the
county has been thoroughly canvass
ed and the regular candidates are
found to be way in the lead. A de-
dermined effort is being made here
to combine all factions Of the Repub-
lican party so that no matter who the
gubernatorial candidate chosen at
the primaries he will be carried In
victory in November.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-06-10

cents per yard.
Only two weeks now to the pri-
mary election. Don't forget the date,
June "a. Everybody come out and
vote for the best individual.
Miss Olstad, who bought the Isbel-
la Lyngen homestead north Of town
is having improvements made on the
same
H. A. Thomas was a business Wis
itor in Steele last Monday.
The Driscoll ball team played at
Hazelton Sunday. Besides the team
several others accompanied them as
"rooters' but all the roofing could
not save them. The score was 5 to
Z in Hazelton's favor.
Driscollites expect to go to Steele
for Old Settlers Day. A big time
is in store.
H. A. Thomas breaking crew re-
turned from Menoken where they
have finished their breaking in that
vicinity.
DR.. and Mrs. Prescott are in Dris-
coll again doing Dental work.