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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
DOWNWARD REVISION
PROMISED TO THE PEOPLE, DE.
cLAREs PRESIDENT TAFT.
AND PLEDGE MUST BE REDEEMED
Tart Goes on Record as Supporting
the Contention OF he
Insurgents.

Washington. Special: Downward
revision" was promised 10 the PEG
pie OF the United States in the last
national campaign. according TO Presi
dent Taft's own statement, and by
the same authority that pledge will
be fulfilled so far as he is concerned
Mr.. Taft was exceedingly plain
spoken on the subject when a large
delegation Of members OF the House
called on him last week to protest
against so-called raw materials being
placed on the free list.
He was equally frank in a report
OF the discussion which he himself
prepared and gave out to the press
later.
In other words, the President acted
as his own reporter of one of the
most important episodes bearing up
on the revision of the tariff.
During the debates on the bill In
the Senate several OF the Republican
stalwarts. including Senator Aldrich
OF Rhode Island, and Senator Hale
OF Maine, in simulated surprise. de-
clared that they knew Of no promise
OF downward revision" that had been
"e' 1NAAhE "a AloA ~ AhfRht
authorized TO speak for the Repub-
lican party.
This statement was reiterated many
times when Republican insurgents in
sisted that the Aldrich bill failed to
take cognizance of the pledge the Re
publicans had voluntarily made dur
ing the recent contest for the Presi-
dency.
Mr.. Taft now goes on record as
supporting the contention Of the in
surgents and refuting that of the
stalwart leaders. In his own accoun
OF his meeting with the members of
the House the President says: He
(meaning himself. for the statement
Is written in the third person. vas
committed 10 the principle OF a down
ward revision OF the tariff, which he
had promised. and so far as his in
fuence went. when called upon 10
act in connection with legislation IL
would be thrown in the direction OF
performing the promises OF the party
he understood them"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
AGAINST ooyernment Job Work.

Detroit. Mich. Special: A Commit.
tee on Stamped Envelopes OF the
United Typothetae Of America was ap.
pointed at the convention here, and
the meeting was unanimous in con
demning the free printing by the Gov.
eminent Of addresses on stamped en-.
velopes In protesting to the Govern
ment against this practice the aid is
being sought OF the National Editorial
Association. National Paper Trade
Association and National Envelope
Association.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23

New York. Special: Crowds along
broadway Monday were interested
spectators OF a flight by Frank w.
Goodale. a young aeronaut, who drove
his dirigible balloon high above that
thoroughfare from One Hundred and
sixteenth to Forty-second street
Starting from an amusement park
across the Hudson In New Jersey. he
rose 5000 feet TO avoid the effect OF
he cool air above the river, then
swooped down until he was about 500
feet over Broadway.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
DEATH THREAT
N WIFE ADMITTED BY EVELYN
ON STAND.
MAY KEEP HARRY IN ASYLUM
wonen Fight For Places In Court at
Thaw Sanity Hearing In
White Plains.

White Plains. n. ", Special: Ions
hs,ore the doors OF the court room
xere opened for the fourth days in
| oulry into the sanity OF Harry X
ThaV a large and curious crowd had
ssthered al the supreme court house
On the assumption that Evelyn Nesbit
Thav would be the first witness.
Young girls. barely in their teens,
and gray. haired women. scarcely able
N walk. pushed and forced their way
|,ovard a place OF vantage in the court
room. There was a large quota OF
s|ashionably dressed women from the
|"rsighboring summer hotels. who tried
with their less aristocratic sisters, 10
gain entrance.
ror three days the state had been
Irving 20 bring out that Thaw threat
ened his wiie's life on n OF her Wis
|its 10 Natteawan, as tending To show
lis frrationality. Blocked al first by
|obiecti0us which were sustained by
The court. Thaw's attorney at last
FAILED 10 show that the alleged con-
|yersafion a, Matteawan was confiden-
hal AS between man and wife. and
when Evelyn Thaw took the witness
|ehair her lips were unsealed. She re-
Hated AS 10 in fear. what Thaw's law
|yer had sought most TO keep back. his
|sleeel threat 10 take her life If he
were released from the asylum.
Whether assumed or not. the trim
witness IN blue expressed apprehen-
|slon while testifying. She was quoted
$1,000 .. a.rfnn shot aha fnafthnd
because Of the treatment she received
|at the hands of the Thaw family. but
on the stand she apparently struggled
hard not 10 tell. and when compelled
no do so BY the court she obeyed re-
|luctantiy and tearfully.
Did Harry X. Thaw threaten to
take your life" she was asked direct
ly bv Deputy Attorney General Clarke.
did he al any time say this TO you.
.or this IN substance: i shall have TO
|kll YOU when / get out OF here?'"
The court room was hushed and
Thaw turned appealingly 10
Justice Mills. She begged { o be al
not 70 answer, because she said
She knew she would incur his everlast.
ing animosity. and her attitude indi-
Gated She believed be might carry out
bis alleged threat.
She also urged with some show OF
that she was still Thaw's wife
and no matter how he had treated her
she did not want to testify against
him. But the court ruled that the only
grounds upon which she could
decline 10 answer were that ii would
bend 70 incriminate her and he added
b. did not see how that would be APP
rlicable TO her situation.
Then Evelyn Thaw answered the
Yes. he did," she said in a
How voice.
what we're his exact words?" de-
Mr.. Clarke.
He said When | get out OF here
I suppose ! will have to kill you"
Why did he say that?"
We were discussing his mental
condition had asked him what he
meant and he said: You know | was
not crazy on the night that | shot
White. ! asked him again and he
said: You know that missed White
BY two minutes on the day before"
When the session was concluded
adjournment was taken until July 20.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Bandit Slew Almos, 100.

Manila, Cable: When Jikiri. the
Moro bandit chief. who was killed
with all Of his followers in a des-
perate battle with troops and con.
stabulary near Jatian on Jolo island.
July 5. began his n as an outlaw
he swore he would Kill 100 men be-
fore he died. The record Of the muir
ders he committed is not complete.
but II Is stated in a dispatch received
from Zamboanga that the bandit near.
ly fulfilled his oath, having slain al
most 100.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
wrIob, Makes Successful FIloh,.

Washington. Special: Orville
Wright Monday evening made a sue
cessful flight in the Wright aeroplane
at Fl. Myer. Va. remaining In the air
FIVE minutes and thirty seconds. dur
ing which time the machine attained
the exceptional speed Of forty miles
an hour and circled the parade
grounds half a dozen times. a total
distance OF about three and a half
miles.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Fleet on Cruise Costs Less.

Washington, Special: That the
construction and repair work on the
great battle feet that circumnavi-
gated the globe last year cost less
than IL the feet had remained at
home. is the judgment of officials in
the Navy Department. This. IL is
stated. results from the fact that
work was done by the mechanics on
the vessels that would ordinarily
have been performed at the navy
yards. where additional expenses
would have been incurred.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Cat Sells For s525.

London. Cable: What is believed
TO be the highest price ever paid here
for a domestic cat-namely s525-was
given by Mrs. Lynas. OF Chicago. for
Rob Roy H.. England's champion male
Ch.nchilla Persian cat and the winner
Of numerous prizes. The animal will
be SEN 10 the United States on the
steamer Majestic.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Best Aeroplsne Flight This Year.

Washington. Special: After many
mishaps the new Wright ~aeroplane
Saturday successfully ~navigated the
air. Making the best record for the
Wright brothers machine since the
accident last fall. the aeroplane,
guided by Orville Wright. and travel
ing at a speed approximating As miles
an hour at a height Of from IS to 30
feet. remained in the air 16h minutes.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
s4s. 600. 900 For Canal.

Washington, Special: Forty-eight
million dollars will be needed, by the
Isthmian Canal Commission to carry
on the work OF digging the Panama
Canal during the fiscal year 1911. ac-
cording to estimates which have been
received by Secretary Of the Treasury
Macveagh. The appropriation for the
current year was s33.63S 900.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Hundreds Die In Quake.

Athens. Greece. Cable: Details
concerning the death toll as a result
of the earthquake in the province of
Ellis are still lacking. although var
ious reports indicate the loss may run
into hundreds of lives and thousands
OF dollars In property. At Havari.
Ellis province, the quakes demolished
400 houses. Dispatches say that 800
persons were killed or injured by the
earthquake in that section.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
LayIno or the Pensioners.

washington. Special: The greatest
"shakeup' that ever has occurred in
the personnel OF the Department OF
Commerce and Labor took place this
week. when approximately 100 en-
ployes we're reduced and designations
OF about ten others accepted.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Shoots at Lover; Kills wife.

Altoona. Pa. Special: Frank f.
McMillen. 81 years old. shot and in
stantly killed his wife. %. at their
home in Greenwood, a suburb, with
one OF a fusillade of shots directed at
William T.. Mcdowell, said to have
been the woman's paramour. Nc
Dowell escaped uninjured.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Princess De Sanan Has enn

Fafls Cable: A son was born
thursday 70 the Princess de Sagan.
No was Miss Anna Gould, of New
ayrk. Prince Helie de Sagan and
Eane Anna Gould were married July
Isyo after her divorce from Count
oohi de-C ~astellane.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Rush For Indian Lands.

Cheyenne. Wyo.. Special: Immense
quantities of asphaltum have been
found on the Shoshone Indian Reser-
walton and a stampede from Lander to
stake out claims and procure lands
from the Indian Department is taking
place.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23

Rio ~Janeiro, Cable: DR.. Oswaldo
Cruz. director general of the Brazil
ian Sanitary Service. announced az
the Rio Janeiro Academy Of Medicine
that the microbe OF smallpox. which
is OF animal origin. has been discov-
cred during ARCHAEOLOGICAL researches
at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Ten Lose Lives in New York Hsy.

New York. Special: Ten persons
were drowned Sunday afternoon. two
OF them little girls. when the excur-
sion sloop Roxana, carrying twenty
two passengers, was capsized by a
sudden squat in lower New York
Bay. The captain of the Roxana and
the twelve survivors were picked up
under great difficulties in a rough and
choppy sea by the tug Lamont.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
sll Posters Help White Plague Fiqht.

Atlanta, Ga. Special: The Nation
q Association Of Bill Posters voted in
convention 70 donate TO the anti-tuber-
salosis fight 81. 200. 900 worth of pub.
rclly This means that all over the
on1ed states and Canada they will
e'e not only space upon billboards,
IVY NE labor Of posting as well. to
lh's and cautions to those who have
II may be exposed to the white
plague.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Kermit Bags a Cow Hippo.

The Attenborough Ranch. British
East Africa. Cable: The members of
the Roosevelt party are continuing
their hunting trips from the ranch OF
Captain Richard Attenborough. which
is twenty-five miles from Naivasha,
on the south shore OF Lake Naivasha.
Kermit Roosevelt has succeeded in
bagging a COW hippopotamus.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23

seward Alaska, Special: The Unit.
states revenue cutter Perry has
ne Japanese sealing schooner
y WIN Is men. while they were
lung seals within three miles OF the
aus'oI Islands. The Taxi and her
rev We're taken TO Unalaska.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Mr.. LAWYER. please Write.

West Bridgewater, Mass. Special:
Heiress to part Of a 500. 900. 900 estate.
according TO a lawyers letter she re-
ceived a week ago from Philadelphia.
Miss Clara f. Cook. a housekeeper OF
this town. has mislaid the letter and
cannot remember the lawyers name
is. She hopes to hear further.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Indiana Strikers Number ESQ.

Terre Haute. Ind. Special: Fifty
men wen on strike in the Coal BLUM
Mining company's mine al Fontanet.
This brings the total OF striking
miners In this vicinity up to ESQ and
further trouble Is Threatened.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Rothschlld Dies For Love.

Vienna, Gable: Because OF an I'M
fortunate love affair. Baron Oskar
Rothschild committed suicide by
shooting. He was the youngest son
OF Albert Rothschild. head OF the Aus
trian branch Of the Rothschild house.
He was p years old and returned to
vienna two days ago after an eight
months tour. during which he visited
the United States.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Odd Accident Kills Woman.

Erie. Pa. Special: Mrs. Jacob
Clemens. wife Of a wealthy retired
merchant and a society leader of this
city. vas killed when a shawl she
was wearing W. her head caught in
the machinery OF her husbands yacht.
the Camille. Her neck was broken.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Taxes Beauty Prize =. 70

Il, Ttsolrs Pa. Special: Mrs. Brid.
s.sle. Of Cecil, 20 years old. took
\, mteonth prize in a beauty contest
W. picnic Of st. Paul's Ornhan
~ N henneywood Park. There
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-07-23
Socialists Doomed 10 Die

warsaw. Cable: A court-martial
has sentenced six Socialists to be
hanged and fourteen TO exile n ST.
IBERIA for terroristic activity.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-01-21

which had been recently blown down
by the wind. We heard the bells all
night on the Indian ponies running
loose in the grove. Early next morn
ing | went to the Indian camp and
obtained some deer steak for break
fast. The Indians We're gathering
about their breakfast when / arrived.
and remember they had large pan
of beans cooked with deer meat and
one of the Indians performed a cere-
mony similar to saying grace before
eating.
Many years ago | remember of see
ing at Luccock's grove Il trough-like
place scooped out of a large log, which
the settlers said was Indian work. in
which they pounded corn to make
meal, honiny, etc.
CONTINUED Next Week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-01-21
The Indians

We have not discovered that the
Indians ever lived here permanently
or in large numbers at any time. 1t
could never have been a favorite re-
sort for permanent residence for
them. The larger rivers like the
Mississippi and Missouri, the Des
Moines, Lower Nishna Botna, Iowa
and Cedar where fish abounded and
there were large bodies of timber,
were better adapted for permanent
places of abode for large settlements
of the aborigines. There were only
two sources of food supplies here in
the wild state sufficient to sustain any
considerable number of people perma-
nently, tOWt: the elk. deer and per-
haps a few buffalo Small game like
rabbits, chickens, ETC., could not be
obtained in sufficient quantity to feed
any large number OF persons during
the winter. The burning OF the
grasses and heritage annually, deS-
troyed the food supply for sustaining
animals in the cold weather and it is
probable that great numbers of the
large native animals migrated during
that season in search of food else
where. A limited number could sub
sist in the timber and brush patches.
The migratory birds like wild ducks,
geese, swans, cranes, etc, did not
winter here But in the warm season
of the year when feed for wild ami
mails was abundant, this must have
been the Indian hunters paradise.
Game of many kinds was abundant,
for the Indians ate nearly all kinds OF
four-footed animals and wild fouls for
food 1t is probable that they made
hunting trips here from the east in
warm weather, as they continued to
do for many years after the settle
ment by the whites: and possibly the
Sioux came here from the north
sometimes. The Musquakies (miXed
tribes from Tama county were the
ones who visited here after the white
settlers came, known as "Johnny
Green's Tribe" remnants Of the Sac
and Fox and Of other tribes.
The last time ever heard of him
being here was in 1865 when he was an
old man. He was we'll known and
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-01-21
Audubon County
Earl History
HON. III. T. ANDREWS

visited many OF our early settlers. He
is said to have been a brother to
ShabDona, who lived at a grove of
that name in DeKalb county, Illinois
The latter served in the 1872 war with
the Indian allies of the British. prob
ably with Blackhawk against General
Harrison in Canada.
I have known as many as fifty i'm a
band at one time to come here and
hunt and trap for weeks together;
with bucks, squaws, children, ponies
and dogs, and clad in their peculiar
costumes, shirts, leggins, blankets,
etc. They were generally peaceable
and harmless but were inveterate
beggars. especially for food and We're
sometimes a nuisance on that account.
They were very fond of 'hoggy meat, Y
which was not an Indian product
They lived in what they called a
"Wickeup,' being a frame made of
small sapling rods covered with mat
ting woven by squaws from the cat
tail flags: the walls sloped and were
open at the top for the escape of
smoke. They were coy and comfort
able, but not always clean. Later
some lived in cloth tents. Some OF
the Indians were drunkardS but |
cannot say they were worse, in that
respect, than some of their white
brethren. Many of them dearly loved
horse race, and were not inferior
rivals to the whites in that kind of
sport.
The first settlers found the grave
of the Indian, Pymosa, soon after
coming here. 1t was supposed he was
a chief from his appearance and the
manner of his interment, and posi-
bly, he was known to history If |
ever knew, | have now forgotten his
tribe.
1T was i'm the timber on DR.. Bal
lard'S land in Section 81, Extra Town
Ship, east of and near the little stream
which crosses the highway a short
distance east of the Botna or Ballard
bridge He was found in a sitting
posture on the ground and was decor
ated with EARRINGS, beads, tlinkets,
etc, the body enclosed with slabs Of
wood and around it a large conicai
stack Of saplings and logs, to protect
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-01-21

feet in height and correspondence
proportioned, skillful hunter. who
had been out for game that day, had
returned and retired for the night,
when the visitors arrived. He was
stretched out on the ground near the
wall of his abode, enyeloped i'm a blan-
ket and presented an inviting prospect
for seatIndians when in doors sit
on mats on the ground but do not use
chairs OF seats. One of the young la
dies present, doc StearnS can name
herr grew tired of standing and spy
ing the seat las she supposed appro-
priated it. Joe was good natured and
submitted stoically-for while, but
finally made a move, which startled
Miss -. and she sprang up with a
scream. only to receive ageneral shout
OF laughter in which Joe Joined as
heartily as the others. to the entire
chagrin of the victim OF misplaced
confidence.
About the same period Mr.. Isaac
johnson employed me to survey the
South Western quarter of Section 36
in Lincoln township, which he had
bought but was unable to find and
which he afterwards settled on and
improved. 1t was late in the fall Of
the year and while at work on that
job. | looked off to the east on the
side hill and witnessed a strange per-
Torrance. | could see a large red OBJ
Ject surmounted by a black spot At
a distance were two deer gazing at it
and occasionally approaching it by
short jumps. at once understood
what it meant, that some one was
Turing the deer to bring them within
gun Shot. The hunter was enyeloped
in red blanket, with his black head
showing above.
| had known the trick to succeed
with antelopes, but never before or
since knew deer to be attracted in
that way. But in this case the deer
soon got within range of the hunter,
who Shot and killed one of them, a
fine doe. ! went over to where the
deer was killed when 10 and behold,
| found the hunter was Joe. the In
dian, who appeared to be very friend
~. He prepared the deer by remov-
ing the entrails and bound the legs
| together and swung it upon his back
with the legs across his breast and
started for camp, which | afterwards
found TO be in small grove on the
Botna in Douglas township below the
junction of Lone Willow creek. After
finishing our survey we started for
the same place and arrived there late
at night. 1t showed that night, but
we improvised IA shelter from wagon
sheet spread over pole placed in the
fork of sapling near large tree
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-01-21

the body from wild animals. He had
been dead long enough for the flesh to
fall from the bones. His skull and
some of the bones and the decorations
were carried away by the whites as
souvenirs. His name is preserved in
the adjoining township Of Pymosa in
CaSs County, a merited rebuke to
Audubon County for the sacrelege and
dissertation of the sacredness OF the
dead CHIEFS sepulcher
The late A. b. Houston told me
that soon after he came here i'm 1856,
the Indians visited his place and We're
making free, without invitation, with
his little supply of corn and broke up
Mrs. Houston's setting hens nest
probably seeking food, as the Indian
is proverbially hungry Upon his re-
monstlance they left in a grumbling
mood.
Nearly forty years ago the Indians
came here about harvest time on a
little later: several of our citizens,
who were fond of hunting proposed to
drive them away to prevent them
from killing the game, especially the
deer and small remnant of elk re-
manning. A party OF men was raised,
mounted and armed, who. proceeded
to the Indian camp, some where near
the branch in the south part of Sec
tion u in I1amlin township. Some of
the party were John Huntley, John
w. Dodge, SAINT Anderson. the writer
and several others whose names are
forgotten. On arriving at the camp,
| Mr.. Huntley, who was a noted hunter,
acted as spokesman. He drew the
profile OF an Indian on the smooth
bark of large tree with charcoal
| while the Indians observed him in
tently. When that was done he spoke
to them and pointed to his picture,
saying: "Him Indian. Indian kill
| White Mans buck White Man
Skuddaho Ito whip or beat) Indian
|
daddle. J" He then drew revolver
and shot at the picture. The Indians
held a brief consultation among them.
selves, and then pointing towards the
place of sunrise said: "Mornin' In.
dian puckachee way Off" pointing
towards the northwest. They kept
their promise. have since thought
we acted unjustly towards the poor
savages. We did worse than they
had done.
On another occasion about thai
period the Indians camped at the
same place again, Several of on
young gentlemen took their lady
/ friends, sweethearts, etc. on IA friend
| ~ visit in the evening to see them.
There was an enormous young buck
in the band named Joe, standing g.