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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
CASTRO TO START SOMETHING.
Going Back to Venezuela and Hopes 10
Be Boss Again.

Bordeaux. Gable. Cipriano Castro
arrived last week from Paris lie set
sail at once for Trinidad The agent
OF the French line notified him that he
must leave the steamer at some port
OF call before Venezuela.
Al the station in Paris Castro con.
fided TO small group OF Venezuela
adherents and admirers his intention
OF re-establishing his power In Vene.
zuela by revolution should this be
necessary.
Like Francis l.. all Is lost save hon.
or" Castro declared. II am going
back 20 Venezuela. My country needs
me and my mission Is there
Continuing. Castro declared that his
trip 10 Europe had been misunderstood
both at home and abroad lie came
10 the continent not only because he
needed medical treatment. but also 10
serve his country by interesting for.
eign capital in Venezuela industries.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
Welded IN PRINT SHOP.
Ceremony Performed While Weekly
Edition Was Being Run.

Hobart, Okla, Special: II was
born in a print shop, reared in a print
shop and expect 10 die in a print
shop" were the words OF Carroll j.
Wood. after Judge j. W. Mansell had
united him In marriage with Miss
Grace Hobbs. % years old. in the me.
chanical rooms OF the Hobart Demo
cTat
When Judge Mansell entered the
rooms Miss Hobbs was feeding a job
press and Wood was feeding the big
press. running of the regular weekly
edition OF the paper. The ceremony
was then performed in the presence
of J. NJ Rule. editor of the paper. and
Charles ] Seeley, foreman of the job
department.
when the alast words We're spoken
by the magistrate the newly married
couple went back TO feeding the
presses.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
OIL KING SURE OF FUTURE.
Rockefeller Says Business Will Gain
by Recent Depression.

New York. Special: While cautious
in expressing an opinion as TO the
quick revival Of business. John ID.
Rockefeller has no doubt of the future.
The financial setback Of 1907 will lead.
he believes. TO safer institutions and
more conservative management in
business operations.
Part OF Mr.. Rockefeller's reminis-
cences in the April issue OF the
Worlds Work deals with the last and
other panics The last. he says. was
the most trying of all. No one es-
capped IL. great or small. He says Mr..
Morgan's commanding personality
served most valuable end in the
crisis.
Dealing with the lesson Of the panic.
Mr. Rockefeller utters a caution TO
business men. let them study their
own affairs frankly he says, and
face the truth. II their methods are
extravagant. let them realize the fact
and act accordingly. One man can not
successfully go against natural ten
denotes"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
DEATH Of A BRIDE
FURNISHES SENSATION AND MYS-
TEhY AT VINO ENNES.
WAS IT MURDER OR SuICIDE2
Mrs. culbertson Forced TO Take Car.
bolic Acid by Female Enemy
is One Theory.

Vincennes, Ind. Special: Mrs. Rus
sell Culbertson. 25 years old. is dead,
the supposed victim OF jealous rival
for her husbands affections. Mrs
Culbertson was found in a shed We'd
nesday afternoon unconscious. Her
arms and head were bound and one
arm and her face and throat burned
with carbolic acid, which. it was at
first believed, she had been forced TO
take by the other woman, who is al
legged TO have had a man accomplish.
The police were informed several
days ago OF four letters threatening
the life of Mrs. Culbertson unless she
deserted her husband. Each letter
was signed beware" and the last was
marked "good-by'' over a skull and
crOssbones.
All theories, however, that Mrs. Cul-
bertson was murdered are fast disap-
pearing as the result OF discovery
made by the police. which indicates
the woman planned and executed a
very clever suicide plot.
The finding by Patrolman James
Hughes of piece OF muslin cloth in a
trunk in the room OF Mrs. Culbertson
which corresponded exactly with the
muslin cloth with which the woman's
head was bound when she was found
dying in a shed. is the clinching bit OF
evidence. according to police belief.
that the woman took her own life.
That IL would have been physically
possible for Mrs. Culbertson. who was
a trained nurse. TO have taken the acid
and then bound up her head and
placed a small gag in her mouth, is
the belief OF all who have studied the
case A local physician declares IL
would have been possible for her 10
have taken a q-- nifty of acid into her
mouth and by keeping air out of the
mouth hold the poison for some min
utes before swallowing il, meanwhile
arranging bandages and other evil
dence
The further fact that the police have
been unable TO get trace Of the mys-
FERROUS two persons, man and wom-
an. referred TO in Mrs. Culbertson's
last articulate words. as those who
forced her TO swallow something. adds
TO the belief that the murder idea was
but a part OF the woman's suicidal
plot. cleverly planned and executed
with scarcely fault in detail.
Mrs. Culbertson two years ago came
10 Vincennes from a Chicago hospital.
One OF her first engagements was at
the home OF Joshua Brazleton. Repub-
lican county chairman. There she met
Russell Culbertson, stepson of Brazle-
ton. and on Jan. 6, 1908. they eloped
to Lawrenceville and were married.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
FINE PUT ON MERRY WIDOW.
Hat Distracted View Of Fifteen PEG.
pie and Police Acted.

st. Petersburg. Gable: The Merry
Widow hat was bound TO reach
Russia. and 1t has managed to pene-
trate into the provinces. The other
evening a lady, an officers wife. sat
in the front row of the parterre of the
Novgorod Theatre. The lady was
wearing a hat which measured fifty
six inches across. Fifteen people
craned their necks in vain attempt
10 catch even a glimpse of the stage;
in vain they besought the lady TO re-
move the offending hat. At last po-
liceman was called in; he told the
lady that she had made herself "a
public nuisance" and he summoned
her TO appear next morning at the To-
cal police court. She was fined a
small sum and warned against wear
ing such a monstrous hat. at least In
the theatre.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
One way TO Get On Top.

Cullacan. Mex, Special: Valerie
OuIntero. notorious bandit and head
Of a band Of robbers, was killed in the
outskirts of Badiraguato, in pistol
duel with Jose Ontivarias, another
bandit leader. whom Quintero was try.
ing to drive out Of the country. The
men met Unexpectedly, but ontivaras
was quicker on the draw than his
rival and shot Quintero four times be-
fore the latter could get out his re-
yolver. Ontivaras is now at the head
Of both bands OF robbers.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
Wisconsin Model Divorce Law.

Milwaukee. Special: Wisconsin,
Legislature probably will pass a bill
which may be taken as a model for
other States in the efforts OF the Ma
tional bar Association TO secure uni
form divorce laws. The bill was
framed By the national committee on
uniform divorce legislation and was
turned over 10 Circuit Judge Orren T.
Williams. OF this city. for review
The bill limits the number of causes
OF divorce 10 four" said Judge vii
liams. instead of seven in this State
Cruelty is among the four and must
he physical mistreatment."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
Pussy TAKING Record TrIo.

Colorado Springs. Col, Special: In
drawingroom Of fast train George
sWedman, a beliboy at the Antlers
hotel Is en- route TO New York, es-
eoriing cat belonging 10 the Misses
Malyra Moffat and Carol Macy, both OF
New York. The girls stopped here en-
route from California. They ex-
changed a number Of cipher messages
with persons in New York and then
excitedly hired the bellboy to take
lheir cat on record breaking trim
last The object Of the trip is not
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
Watson Won't Leave Indiana.

Washington. Special: ExRepre-
sentative James +. Watson OF Indiana.
former Republican whip OF the
House. declined the offer from Presi-
dent Taft of the mission TO Cuba. Pres
ident Taft sent for Mr. Watson and
told him he had decided 20 tender the
Office 10 him and would hold the office
open pending Mr.. Watson's decision.
Don't hold il open five minutes
was the reply. for ! will not accept
anv office that will take me away from
Indiana"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
RellaIous Census a Novelty.

oxford. O.. Special Under the di-
rection OF the ministers Of oxford a
religious census OF the town was taken
here. Every house in the town was
visited and the cards that were re-
turned show a resident population Of
/ 492 white and 3O5 colored. There
are 42i who are members OF Sunday
school. $50 are not. and ESQ are under
Is years OF age: 1875 are Catholics. "a
are Episcopalians. 37s are Methodists.
1875 are Presbyterians. "a are United
Presbyterians and 50 are members Of
churches OF other denominations.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
USED CAMERA IN A GALE.
Man Who Photographed Women at
Flatiron Corner IS Fined.

New York. Special: Because he in
sisted on taking pictures OF women az
the Flauron building as the eddying
winds whisked their skirts about, a
man who said he was Thomas Nelson.
Of Brooklyn, was arrested and fined
$40.
According 10 a policeman. Nelson
refused TO leave the spot. saying that
he had a right 10 take as many pic
lures as he wanted A complaint OF
disOrderly conduct was lodged against
him and the trial magistrate said:
1T is outrageous 10 take pictures OF
women in an embarrassing position.
Ten dollars fine"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
Electric Lish. Sigh, on Rifle.

Springfield. Mass, Special: An
army rifle equipped with an electric
light that will enable the soldier to
take aim at night is the latest product
OF the United States arsenal in this
city. Two of the new rifles have been
shipped out of the city and it is re-
ported that they formed part OF the
equipment carried by former Presi-
dent Roosevelt 10 Africa.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
ELEVEN ARE s25 YEARS OLD.
Connecticut Family Connections Rep
resent Ripe Old Age.

Winsted. Conn. Special: Chauncey
r. Messenger, a farmer. has in his i'm
mediate family connection eleven
members. each OF whom is more than
20 years old.
Mr.. Messenger and his wife and his
two brothers and their wives cele
brated their golden wedding anniver
saries az the same time. With his
wife's two sisters. two real aunts and
one aunt by marriage. there are eleven
whose combined ages aggregate S25
Years
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
Asserts Japs Act as sples.

okio, Cable: A San Francisco
ST. al TO the London Times. which
Ia been recalled TO Toxic. says II has
peen completely proved that Japanese
residents OF America are acting as
SPIES. But" it adds, every country.
even the United States. employs men
lke these The Japanese govern
ment officials deny the charge.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
BEAUrIFIED THE PROFESSOR.
Students May Be Expelled for Shaw
ing of His Whiskers.

Fl. Worth, Texas. Special: BE
cause Prof l.. a. Willsey, a new in
structor in the University OF Fl
Worth. declined TO shave of his Ions
side whiskers at the request OF zoe
students. he lost them late at night in
the dark OF the campus grounds
While walking home from prayer
meeting he was approached by twenty
young men. supposedly students. who
threw him on the grass and clipped
his whiskers. Several explosions are
expected.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
cIlnos 70 Japanese Fiance.

Corte Madeira. Cal, Special. Unre-
strained by public opinion. which
strongly condemns what it would be
a mesalliance between Gladys Emery.
the young daughter OF Archdeacon
John Emery. Of the Episcopal diocese
Of California. and Aoki, a Japanese,
Miss Emery and her mother are pre-.
pairing to evade the law of the state
by marrying outside Of California.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02

Womelsdorf. Pa, Special; A mouse
caused a panic among the 300 specta-
tors in a moving picture show. The
mouse was discovered on window
ledge by young woman who
screamed. In an instant 100 women
we're standing on chairs and appeal
ing TO the men TO kill the mouse. The
show was suspended for ten minutes.
chairs and benches were upset and
window names broken.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
nRaek 20 Edenlv the Cry.

Chicago. Special: out OF hell,
Rack 10 Edenl" That Is the exhorta.
ton given young men of the Chicago
Hebrew Institute by Rabbi Isaac Land.
man. OF Philadelphia. who declares
that hell is the city and Eden the farm.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
suicide Thrills Broadway.

New York. Special Crowded
Broadway. near Thirty-ffth street.
was the scene OF sensational sui
eide when Acquilla Chase. aged so
years. suddenly produced a revolver
and fired a shot through his heart.
falling dead on the steps Of the Her
aid Building before a policeman. who
had seen the CLINT Of the revolver.
could reach him 10 prevent the act.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
Kills Daughter on Street.

New York, Special Within sight
OF several of her school teacher
friends and pupils on the way TO the
school through a crowded street on
the upper East Side. Miss Anna A.
Mangano. a teacher in the public
school in East Observation-Disclosures
ond street. was shot and instantly
killed by her father. Mangano, court
INTERPRETER.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
Women Edit Daily paper.

Rockford. H.. Special: Society
women of this city had charge OF all
departments OF the Daily Republic for
one day as a benefit for the children's
home. The institution will receive
1000.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
Would Change April Fools pay.

New York. Special: A campaign
'or the adjustment OF all Fools day
and the establishment i'm its stead OF
national "Optimists' day" on April l
las been started by the Optimlsts
Club.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
miller Named District Attorney.

Washington. Special: The Presi-
dent Monday sent TO the Senate the
nomination OF Charles W. Miller OF
Goshen. Ind 10 be United States dis
trict attorney for Indiana, to succeed
Joseph b. Healing. resigned.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02
Chicago.
White Girl in Chain eanq.

Atlanta. Ga. Special Convicted OF
being an undesirable" Kate O'Dwyer.
a young white woman. has been sent
10 the county chain gang and Is serv-
ing in chains with negroes. Such an
outbreak followed the revelations con-
corning the treatment of the girl that
prominent citizens have employed an
attorney who has sued out a writ OF
habeas corpus for Miss O'Dwyer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-02

To get love is much, but to give II is
more.
Giving is always a fine form OF
thanksgiving.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
FAMILY AFFAIRS
AIRED IN Court
A Remarkable Mix-Up of Two Fami-
lies Was Told to Police JUS
tice Davis This Morning.

This morning in the city court Mrs.
Annie Harris was fined $3.50 for as
sault and battery; J. w. Hollis was
fined a like amount for profanity, and
Mrs. Chloe Hollis, his wife, was fined
$3.50 for disturbing the peace.
The trouble came about by Mr. j.
w. Hollis leaving his baby at the home
of Mrs. Harris, while he, Hollis, went
in search of an officer to get his wife
away from the Holiness Mission, on
East Pine street.
While Hollis was gone after the Of
ficer, his wife returned home, and sent
small son to the Harris house fol
the baby. Mrs. Harris refused to lei
the baby go, and Mrs. Hollis proceed
ed to go in person for the infant. This
is when the trouble began. A genera
mix-up followed, Hollis, his wife ant
Mrs. Harris all taking part, and the
final outcome was trial in police
court of all the parties concerned, re
sulting as related.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
LAVA FOR RAILROAD BALLAST
Hitherto Regarded az Entirely Oss-
less Found to Make Excellent
Foundation for Road Bed.

Bend, Ore.-The railroad survey
south from Bend has now reached the
lava fields, distant some eight miles
up the Deschutes. It has Just become
known that this lava, which has hith-
erto been regarded as entirely useless.
will supply the very best ballast for
the new road and will probably be
used on the entire central stretch of
the line. Not only will 1t fill this pur-
pose excellently we'll, but contrary to
the belief that has previously existed.
obtaining it will be an economical
task.
The experts declare that no shoot
ing" will be necessary, but that a
steam shovel will be able to scoop up
the half disintegrated rock and dump
1t into cars. practically prepared by
nature for it's new field Of activity. II
such be the case it is the very first
time that the lava has ever served
useful purpose, according to the
people who have had most to do will
it. for hitherto it has been classed a
a nuisance akin to coyotes and othel
pestful productions of nature.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
DEAD FISH COVER THE SEA
Crude Oil from Wrecked Steamer Kills
Hundreds of Fish, Large and
Small. Says Sea Captain.

San Francisco-Accordi to the
crew of the barkentine City of Pa
peete, which arrived here the other
day, the sea near Point Arena was lit
orally covered with dead fish when
the vessel passed that part of the
coast.
The Papeete was sailing along over
y comparatively smooth sea, when she
ran into a shoal of dead fish, large and
small, and apparently Of all varieties
The crew of the barkentine was in
clined to attribute the presence OF
the fish, which had evidently been
killed only few hours before. tc
seismic disturbances. But seafarins
men who heard the story and who
knew Of the recent wreck of the
steamer Winnebago, said that tbs
presence of dead fish was probably
due to the breaking Of the fuel tank
Of the wrecked vessel and consequent
escape Of large quantities of crud'
oil into the sea.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
OLD FASHIONED
| Spelling BEE
Will Be Pulled of at jackson, and
Prominent State OFFICIALS Will
Participate.

Jackson, Miss, Dec. S.-All is in
readiness for the second spelling bee
of the season at Pythian Castle to-
morrow night, when the team which
won the honors few weeks ago, head
ed by Mayor Crowder, Governor and
Mrs. Noel, Attorney General and Mrs.
Stirling and several other prominent
people, will spell against a selected
team from the student body of the Cen.
trail High school.
The purpose of this, while under the
auspices and for the benefit OF the
Daughters of the American Revolution,
| is to demonstrate, if it can be demon
strated, that the present-day method
of teaching photography is not inferior
to that in the old days when the blue
back speller was in vogue.
Prof. E. L. Bailey, superintendent
of the city schools, believes modern
methods will win, and has selected a
team from his classes which he thinks
will be able to beat the blue-back ad-
herents at their own game.
In this, as in the former match. the
words will be pronounced from the
blue-back speller. itself, this time by
Mrs. c. M. Williamson, state regent
Of the D. A. R.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
LEGISLATORS
VISIT JACKSON
Lawmakers Have Already Secured
Boarding Accommodations Dur
ing Legislative Session.

Special to The Meas.
Jackson, Miss, Dec. S.-Most of the
members of the legislature have been
in the city during the past few weeks
on one mission and another, and TAX
en- advantage of the opportunity to
make their boarding arrangements for
the coming session, which is only a
little more than three weeks away.
Considerably more than half the
members are going to private board
ing houses, many of them taking
rooms at the same places they had
when here two years ago, while a few
prefer to take rooms at the best no
tells at a cost of almost as much mon
ey as they receive in salaries during
the session. Some of them, in fact,
bring their wives with them and
spend fully twice as much money as
they make while here.
There are those, however, who man
age to get along on much less than
their salaries, and take a good portion
of it home with them.
AS the time for converting the ses
sion draws nearer, one sees more and
more of the lawmakers around the
hotel Hobbies and the state house, us
ually working the advance wires fol
all they are worth to their plans which
will be unfolded in January.
These and others who want favori
at the hands of the legislature hav'
kept the chief executive rather bus.
listening to their side of their respect
i've measures, and the governor ha
had little time to himself during tn
past month.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
WEALTHY SON TOLLS IN SHOP
Member Of the Vanderbilt Family on
a Vacation After Year of Labor
at Milwaukee.

New York.-James Watson Webb
son of W. Seward Webb, grandson Of
William H. Vanderbilt and the proba-
BILE heir to many millions of dollars,
is spending his vacation here after a
year of hard labor in the shops of the
Northwestern railroad at Milwaukee.
1.-THE men in the shops with whom I
have been working" said young Mr.
Webb, ARE princes. They did not
know who l was and they took me
right in for my own sake and were
calling ne by my first name in a
week. Just as men to men they have
no superiors on earth. Their word is
their bond.
"The standard of morality among
working men is just as high as in
| other classes. The life of the work
ingman is sane. the kind every Amer
lean ought to lead. The laboring man
is not lacking in brains; only in ar
opportunity to develop"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08

OF ELECTION
OF Officers and Employees Of the State
Penitentiary Until the Next
Meeting Of Board.

Special to The NeUs.
Jackson, Miss, Dec. 8.-The prison
board yesterday postponed the cleo
ton of officers and employees until the
January meeting, although all prepare
tons had been made for the election
yesterday, and number OF the appIi-
cants were present expecting to be
either appointed or disappointed. The
noon adjournment was taken early,
with the intention of meeting again at
u o'clock, but at the trustees had
not gotten together, and when they
did convene it was to postpone the
election.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-12-08
PRESIDENT TAFT
SAYS Be CAUTIOUS
Declared in Favor of Deep Waterways,
But Says First Appropriations
Should Be Small.

Washington, D. c., Dec. S.-After
brief session the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress-, in convention here,
adjourned until late this afternoon.
President Taft addressed the conven'
ton, declaring himself in favor OF
deep waterways, but cautioning the
delegates to go slow in the matter OF
asking congress for large appropria
tons. 4 =
He said the various projects should
be begun with small appropriations
and then the country would have tt
complete them, congress being forced
to grant additional appropriations.