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The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
DR.. COOKS COUNSEL
Declares Charges Will BE Made
Against Peary TO Navy Department.

New York. Special: Henry w.
Wack, counsel for Dr. Frederick A.
Cook. declared that within week
charges would be made against Com.
mandeg Peary which will force his
dismissal from the navy.
Cook has told me. and demon
strated TO me. that Peary could have
gone TO the pole eleven years ago II
he had so desired But to keep on
trying, getting nearer and nearer. he
would come back 10 civilization every
year or so and pose as a hero, lecture
TO crowds and throw out his chest as
the only real polar explorer at Uncle
Sans expense for twenty-one years.
"Furs and skins valued at more than
$4,000 were confiscated from DR.. Cook
by some one In Peary's party, and
these were dispatched 10 Washington.
Had II not been for Captain Bernier.
OF the Canadian Government. Cook
must have starved"
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
AMERICAN GIRL wEDs COUNT.
Miss Susanne Henning Becomes Bride
OF Marquis Antoine de Charette.

New York. Special: An interna-
tional romance reached its culmina-
ton last wees in the ceremony at St.
Patrick's Cathedral which made Miss
Susanne Henning. daughter of James
w. Henning, the banker OF New York
and Kentucky, the bride OF the Mar
quis Antoine de Charette. a French
nobleman. Archbishop Farley offici-
ated at the ceremony in the presence
Of a notable company of society peo-
pie. Miss Henning met the Marquis
de Charette in Louisville two years
ago and courtship followed speedily.
Announcement OF her engagement to
the Marquis was made In Paris July 2S.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
SPIRIT OF REVOLT
IN INDIA EVIDENCED BY DEADLY
BOMB
HURLED AT vlCEROY MINTo
Heroism and Promptness Of Attend
Which Fail to Explode.

Armedabad, British India, Cable.
That the spirit of revolt is spreading
in India was shown Sunday by an at
tack made by discontents on the lives
of Lord and Lady Minto.
The Viceroy and his wife have been
here for a weeks stay at one of the
viceregal castles and were riding
through the city.
While driving through a narrow
lane in the park two bombs we're
thrown at their carriage by a young
man in native dress, apparently a stu
dent.
A dragoon. who was riding along
side OF the carriage, spurred forward
and struck the first bomb heroically
with the back of his saber, hurling IL
some distance away into a sand heap.
The second bomb luckily struck an
umbrella which was held by the Vice
roys jemidar, native lieutenant,
over Lady Minto's head, and the quick
action Of the jemidar made it rebound
to the ground.
Neither bomb exploded, the soft
sand acting as buffer.
An examination of the Internal ma
ltNtaAt0 tAAN Ad1A AhoN AAOs NOh7
tanned picric acid, and the carriage
would have been undoubtedly wrecked
and the occupants killed had they
been exploded anywhere near the We
hicle.
The bomb throwers made their es
cape in the excitement, and though po
lice and detectives are securing the
city and environs no arrests have yet
been made.
For a year or more there have been
many instances of violence on the
part of the Indian Revolutionists. who
are bound to end British rule in India.
This is the second attempt that has
been made on the life of Lord Minto.
Attempts have also been made TO as
sassinate Lord Kitchener, Sir Andrew
Fraser. the Lieutenant Governor OF
Bengal. and many other officials.
1t will be recalled that only a short
time ago a fanatic Indian student in
London killed General Sir Wylie dur
ing a reception in the Indian Office.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

For Life, But Is Slain and Hounds
Find Trail to Negroes Home.

Cairo, Ill, Specials: Evidences that
Miss Annie Pelley. Cairo shop girl.
engaged In terrible struggle before
succumbing TO assailants. developed
when the authorities were confronted
with the task of solving the mystery
or her murder. Bits OF torn clothing
strewed the alley in which children
found her body. these evidences re-
yealing that she fought against her
murderers for two blocks.
Miss Pelley was country girl OF
rather unusual strength and the au-
thorities are inclined to believe that
more than one person was involved
In the attack upon her.
A colored woman nemed Green and
three oolored men-Will James, Ar
thur Alexander and Will Thomas
were arrested and are being held In
jail as result of bloodhounds fol-
lowing trail TO Mrs. Green's home.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
DEEP IN GOAL NINE
FOUR HUNDRED PERISH, VICTIMS
OF suFFocATioN.
AWFULDISASTER AT CHERRY. Ill
Fire Starts Deep in Shaft Of Coal Mine
and Hundreds Are Cut of
From Freedom.

Spring Valley, Ill, Special: The
most appalling mine disaster in the
history OF the United States occurred
Saturday afternoon In the little town
of Cherry, seven miles north OF this
place.
An explosion OF coal gas I'm the up
per works OF the St Paul Mine is be-
lieved TO have choked out the lives
of between 400 and 500 men who We're
working there.
Some few survivors. blackened by
smoke and singed by fame. have
crawled from reeking crevices In the
earth TO tell an incoherent story of
the almost inconceivable horrors In
the corridors below.
The rest are still in the fiame-swept
works, strangling slowly In the after
damp or making their last desperate
stand against fire and smoke in the
stub-ends of the corridors, TO which
they fed in terror after the explosion.
When the searchers quit their stren-
uous endeavors Sunday night the inn
prisoned men In the shaft had been
cut of for period Of nearly 36 hours.
Hope departed from even the most
optimistic hearts with the passing OF
daylight, and the village of Cherry Is
crushed and stunned in the grip of
the great tragedy.
A quiet, more ominous than the hys-
terra OF Saturday night, when women
cried, sang and yelled in the frenzy of
varying emotions, has settled upon the
town. Everywhere are widows and
orphans, with sorrow-set faces and
eyes dimmed by long weeping.
CHASTITY in its weirdness, a vigil was
kept all night at the sealed mouth OF
the shaft by score of women whose
husbands lay 500 feet below.
The cause Of the catastrophe Is as
follows: The main air shafts both de-
scend to the lower level and a wide
gallery runs from one to the other at
the 3S0-foot Level A car containing
six bales OF hay was on this gallery en-
route to the stables. where the mine
mules are housed. and Alexander Ros-
enjack, young American, who works
at the cage at the main shaft, got too
close TO the hay and ii ignited from
his lamp.
Immediately the hay fared up and
just as quickly almost every one in
the vicinity was panic stricken. The
driver started to run the car toward
the air shaft, with the intention of
dumping the load into the slump,
where there is always water, but in
some manner he got so confused that
the first thing the others knew the
car was being backed toward the main
| shaft.
Again 1t was started toward the air
shaft. but all this time at the top of
the air shaft had been pouring down
into the main shaft terrific stream
of fresh air, which famed the flames
into a furnace heat.
This same stream OF air. coming
down the shaft constantly. keeps the
planking OF the shaft and at the en-
trance TO the gallery dry as a bone,
notwithstanding the fact that IL is
regularly sprinkled. along with all the
remainder of the mine. in accordance
with the state law. BY the time the
hay had been burning for only few
minutes this planking caught fire and
then bedlam broke loose.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
INCREASE IN WHEAT CROP.
Six Leading Countries Produced This
Year 100000, 900 Bushels More.

Washington. Special: There has
been an increase of nearly 100000. 900
bushels, or fully one-sixth, In the pro-
duction of wheat recently harvested in
six countries OF the northern hemi-
sphere, which. in 1908. produced prac-
tically two-thirds OF the worlds supply.
These countries embrace the United
States, Canada, France. Hungary, Rus
sia and Roumania. and the figures are
gathered from the latest estimate pub
lished OF the production for each coun-
try. These official returns, which
have been received by the department
of agriculture, are subject TO revision.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
POPPED HIS SHOTGUN
At Great Waterspouts and Broke EN-
All Up.

Boston, Mass, Special: A shotgun
in the hands OF Captain Cooper, OF the
steamer Hannah NJ. Bull, which has
arrived from Progreso, Mexico, proved
successful in breaking waterspouts
which threatened his steamer.
When so miles off Cape Hatteras
last Wednesday the steamer encoun-
tered the recent western hurricane In
a mild form.
Six great waterspouts reared them
selves out of the sea dangerously near
the steamship, but were disintegrated
by the Captains wellaimed shots.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
WOMEN APPLY TORCH
TO PYRE OF BLACK FIEND
iYNCHED AT CAIRO, ILL.
WHITE MAN is SECOND VICTIM
Wild Night In Illinois Town When
Blood Lust Of Mob Results
In Double Lynehing.

Cairo. Ill, Special: On the spot
where his gorilla-like hands had fas-
tened about the neck OF a white girl
until life had departed from her body,
VIII James paid the penalty for his
revolving crime at the hands OF 10000
men and women Of Cairo. Illinois.
This taste for blood was but drop
In the bucket to the mob. There were
other men in the jail who had commit
ted crimes that stained the fair name
OF the city.
"On TO the jail" was the cry after
James's body had been reduced TO
ashes. and thither the mob hastened.
The mob. after batterirg down
steel cell in the county Jail here, took
out Henry Salamer. a white man.
charged with the murder of his wife
last August. and lynched him.
Vengeance was on every tongue as
James was torn from the grasp Of the
sheriff. and the cry 0f vengeance was
echoed as the trembling wretch was
yanked into space, dangling from a
rope.
The hemp rope gave way under the
strain OF the giant body. and before
death relieved the negro of his suffer
ing the strands parted
Fearful that their victim might es-
cape any possible meter OF punish
ment. revolvers and rifles flashed and
into the PROSTATE body. shot after shot
was poured
Still the blood-thirsty mob was not
satisfied Possibly a spark OF life
still remained. and IL so, IL must be
torn from the mass OF quivering flesh.
Tearing fencing and signboards
from their places. a huge fire was
started in the middle OF the street.
and the body and fagots saturated
with oil and the torch applied by
woman
Shouts of exultirg triumph was her
reward and like maniacs, the gloat-
ing men. transformed from peaceable
citizens TO a rabble which knew no
mercy when their homes and daugh-
ters were in danger danced about the
pyre in ecstacy.
Women took the lead in all the hor-
rible work Of the mob. A woman
pulled the rope. woman touched the
match TO the fire. Women spurred
fathers. brothers and sweethearts to
deeds OF vengeance like the Amazons
Of history.
The lynching was the result OF the
murder OF Miss Annie Peltey, a pretty
factory girl. Bloodhounds took up the
scent from the gag in the girls
mouth and went directly to James's
house. and when he was taken TO fail.
followed the scent to the door of his
cell.
Salzner's crime for which he suf-
fered at the hands Of the second mob.
was a brutal one. according to the
evidence.
One night last July Salzner's wife
was found al her home with her skull
fractured and a blood-covered ak was
found under the bed. The two babies
were playing in the blood. Salzner
had been seen by neighbors about the
house early in the evening and after
the crime was discovered he was
found at the home OF his mother.
where he often slept at night.
All evidence pointed TO Salzner as
the slayer and Mrs. Salzner recovered
enough to accuse her husband.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
MME. SIE|NHEL FREE
NOTED FRENCH MURDER CASE
COMES TO AN END.
DRAMATIC SCENE IN COURT
Fair Widow Acquitted OF Double MUIR
der Charge ard Frenehmen
Applaud.

Paris, Gable: Nine. Margherita
Steinheil has been acquitted by a jury
Of the murder of her husband, Adolphe
Steinheil, a noted painter, and her
stepmOther, Nine. Japy.
To some degree sentiment and
stuffy. crowded courtroom favored the
prisoner. and the delay caused much
apprehension. With the first appear
ance OF the jurymen. however. several
OF whom were smiling. an instructive
feeling of acquittal flashed through
the courtroom
A dramatic scene followed. The
red-robed judges and counsel filed in
and took their places. Every eye was
riveted on the door through which the
prisoner should enter, but she did not
appear. NJ. de Wales. the presiding
judge. turned to the jury and said:
Have you reached verdict?"
The foreman arose and replied:
"On our conscience we answer no
to every question
A salvo of "bravos" followed this
announcement and a perfect bedlam
broke loose NJ. Aubin, counsel for
Nine. Steinheil, embraced his col.
leagues.
Men and women in the rear OF the
hall jumped and screamed for joy.
The judge threatened TO clear the
courtroom, and, when semblance of
order was restored, he called:
Bring in the accused"
Fully two minutes passed before the
black-robed figure with a white face
dropping on her breast appeared in
the doorway, supported on either side
by a gendarme.
The woman swayed and seemed to
be fainting, but in response to a wild
outburst OF cheers she lifted her head
and looked about, smiling family in
acknowledgment.
Then she tottered forward and sank
on the floor beside the rail.
When the Judge pronounced the YER
dict her faint murmur of thanks was
hardly heard
An instant later VI. Aubin was over
the rail. lifting her in his arms. The
crowds surged forward I'm a solid wall.
making the rafters ring with cheers.
Outside the gloomy court the first Of
thousands who had been waiting for
hours took up the cry.
Special tulAlOH0 VI Ant Pdltic =
spread the news like wildfire through
the boulevards, where thousands more
were waiting in front of the cafes, and
the same scenes of rejoicing were wit
messed there.
The murder Of the distinguished
painter, Adolphe Steinheil, and his
motherin-law on the night OF May 81
1908. caused a sensation in Paris.
They were found strangled in the ar
lists residence in the Rue de Vaug-
irard, which adjoins the studio of Sey-
mour Thomas. the American portrait
painter. Nine. Steinheil was found
gagged and bound to a bed.
Nine. Steinheil, when she recovered
sufficiently from the shock. gave a de-
gcript,on of the alleged assassins,
who. according TO her story, numbered
four. including red-haired woman.
Later Nine. Steinheil told many con-
hicting stories. and was herself ar
rested and charged with the crime.
The motive was found in her hatred
for her stepmother and desire to rid
herself Of her husband that she might
marry Maurice Borderel, wealthy
merchant, who had become infatuated
with her.
The hearings began Nov. /, and dra-
matte scenes have characterized them
throughout.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
DENIES ROOSEVELT BOOM.
wee President Sherman Declares Tar
stronger Since Election.

New York, Special: Vice Pres,den,
s-s''iiAh -. was urged recently to com
NJ. NJ, oh Fumors said to be current in
pnasnins'on p.,i that adherents OF former
tl, ttlsslaeni Roosevelt are working to
], s ABOUT Roosevelt's denomination
=" ,si- Nj Sherman said:
4. eoh believe that any such move
ueihs made. either with or without
~. AZ 'uAsent of Mr. Roosevelt. Presi-
=. S.I' aii Is in a stronger position to-
esy than he has ever been since b,s
rss. ',s..ul. His straightforward state
So So ~ me people of the West and
s.-'l ~, ~ bus trip made favorable inn
,o..s re.slon. and ] can not believe any inn
|. s1,ssn' .al wing OF the Republican party
sing against him in any way"
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Calls Hat Ugly; Is Fined.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Special: For max
Ing unkind remarks about the hat
which Miss Ruth Devonde was wear
ing, Miss Mae Carey was fined s25 by
Alderman Brown. Miss Devonde had
Miss Carey arrested and complained
that while she was sitting in a res
taurant and wearing what she be-
lieved was a perfectly stunning hat,
Miss Carey entered and criticised 1t,
saying 1t was out of style. ugly and
showed nc taste.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
TELLS OF FATHERS MURDER.
Young Girl confesses to Aiding
Mother in Crime.

Chicago, Special: Henry Broden-
heyer, a jeweler OF Madison. Wis. who
was found dead near his home in the
summer of 1906, and who was believed
to have been murdered by robbers,
was killed by his wife. Margaret Bro
denheyer. now a patient at the Dun
ming insane asylum here. according to
a confession by Clara Brodenheyer,
their daughter, TO Assistant Chief of
Police Schuettler.
The girl, who is Is years old. said
she had aided in disposing OF the
body and that the crime had driven
her mother insane.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
VIII Want Pants Next, Sure.

Chicago Special: A solution of the
problem. How to get more ministers" :"
was submitted TO the eighteenth tri-
ennial convention of Congregational
Churches by Mrs. Hannah NJ. Mullen
eaux, who, in an address before 200
ministers and laymen, declared the
time has come when women must be
admitted to the pulpit in large num-
bers
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
BIGGEST cHRYsANTHEMUm.
New Jersey Mans Bloom Measures
Sixteen Inches Across.

New York. Special: America now
holds the honor OF producing the larg-
est chrysanthemum ever known. II
was exhibited for the first time at the
show OF the American Institute and
Chrysanthemum Society of America.
and was sixteen inches across
England has always had the lead in
this flower before; but it's best bloom
is only fourteen inches in diameter.
The new wonder was raised on the
estate OF Mrs. Willis James. at Madi-
son.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
WILLING, BUT NO WORK.
Two Hundred Thousand Men and
Women Idle in New York.

New York, Special: There are 200.-
600 men and women in New York city
who are willing TO work, but who are
not able to obtain employment. as
the statement made by Cora ID. Har-
vey. secretary of the National Com
mittee of the Unemployed, before the
state commission. which is investigat.
ing the operation Of the employers
liability act. She urged the state to
open factories and employ these men
and women.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Americans eolna To Canada.

Winnipeg. Manitoba. Special: The
local immigration commissioner has
announced that the total arrivals dur
ing the last three months from the
United States for the farming district
OF western Canada we're 1851.
Every month showed an increase over
the corresponding month OF last year.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Beveridqe Tells En-.

Ft. Wayne. Special: That the only
relief In sight for railway congestion
is water transportation. was the gist
OF an important address delivered by
Senator Beveridge, of Indiana, here
at session Of the Toledo, Ft. Wayne
and Chicago Waterways Association.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
ROBBED BANK; KILLED THREE
Then, Facing Posse, Young Outlaw
Blew OF His Head.

Eudora, Kan, Special: Facing a
posse OF infuriated men in a forest
near this city, Earl Bullock, aged IL
years. OF Lawrence, Kan, bank rob-
Der and triple murderer, calmly
placed the muzzle of his revolver In
his mouth and pulled the trigger.
The bullet tore through the young
bandits throat and passed out at the
neck. The boy is dying.
Bullock twice within TIE last month
has robbed the Eudora State Bank.
Within the last week he shot and
killed two men who attempted to cap
ture him.
About a month ago the young MUIR
derer slew a policeman.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Police officials Blown Up.

Police of Buenos Ayres, Senior Falcon,
and the Police Secretary were assas-
sinated while driving in Callao street.
A man supposed TO be a Russian An
archist, but not yet identified, sudden
ly sprang from a secluded spot where
he had been in waiting, and threw a
bomb directly under the carriage.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Indiana ArmorY Burns,

Rockville. Ind, Special: Indiana
lost $4,000 in a fire that destroyed the
armory of Battery c, of the State Ar
tillery. Military equipment was blown
into the air by an explosion of powder
and fell like rain upon the crowd OF
spectators. Several buildings adjoin-
ing the armory also were burned and
the total loss Is $4,000.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Peary Acknowledges II.

Washington. Special: Il had made
good to myself. my friends and the
flag OF my country" declared Com
mander Robert Il. Peary. after de-
scribing his polar feat TO a distin-
guished audience. this being his first
lecture since his return.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Cranes For Horse Feed.

Los Angeles. Cal. Special: Raisin
grapes have proved so profitless in the
Cucamonga section that they are be-
ing used for horse feed. One farmer
there has fifty tons OF raisins, which
he produced from his eighty acres,
and has been unable to market.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Richmond. Va, Special Medical
experts are interested in the case OF
nineteen-year-old Aubrey Wilson, OF
Nottoway county, who Is totally blind
in the day, but can sec like a cat In
the dark.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
West Covered With Snow.

Denver. Col, Special: A heavy, wet
snow fell last week over Colorado,
southeastern Wyoming. southern
Utah and northern New Mexico and
Arizona. Pueblo and Colorado Springs
reported six inches Of snow, and In
the mountains the fall was heavier
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

c,ol1 ,nloerleen. Wash. Special: Frank
~ sI's.s1. aged 40 years. elder brother
= Leon Czolgosz. the assassin ',S'.s, - 49,
hss,. s.esiaent Mckinley. died OF
~ !, WA ase recently at his home IN
b,u.'.'.',,s .,',sn colony near here. Czolgosz
'el his brother Leon was Insana
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Sharks Got Drowning Passengers.

Singapore. India. Cable: Over a
hundred passengers and members of
the crew or the mail steamer La Seyne
were drowned or eaten by sharks
when the ship was nearly cut In two
In a collision with the British-lndia
liner Onda.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Discovered

San Francisco. Special; Brief and
tragic court proceedings annulled the
marriage of X. X. Morgan, a hand
some youth. and DIR. Bush. daughter
of Tax Collector David Bush. OF this
city. DR. Bush's petition for annull-
ment is based on her remarkable dis
covery, four years after her marriage,
that her husband was not of the sex of
Adam
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Ever Have This Disease.

New York, Special: Suffering from
what the police say is a new disease,
"aeroplanitis." Charles Kirchlein,
tinsmith, OF 247 Wythe avenue, Will
liamsburg, tried TO kill his daughter
and the doctor who was called to at
tend him.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
cattIeman VIII Be HANGED.

Basin. wyo.. Special: The jury in
the case of Herbert L. Brink. one OF
the seven cattlemen charged with the
murder OF three sheepmen in the Ten
sleep country. returned verdict OF
murder in the first degree The YER
dict carries the death sentence.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Chicago.
New York.


Philadelphia. Pa, Special: Dies for
a proposed scent piece. bearing the
head OF George Washington, to take
the place of the coin now In circu-
lation, have been prepared by the en-
grayers OF the United States Mint In
this city
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Autoist Ciips Record.

London, Cable: At the Brooklands
track, August Hemery, the French au.
tomobilist, made new records for the
half mile. with flying start. driving
at the rate OF l27 miles an hour, and
for the kilometer. with flying start,
at the rate OF 126 miles an hour.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19
Leprosy Victim IN III,,o,.

IA ~ s'on' III, Special: John Con.
No., 4 farmer living seven miles
~ tsest It,-Nest Of Charleston. a the vis,,m
49,, '9sy At least the affection Nth
lepro.s.l ,,,. rs suffers has been pronounce,i
''p'osy by physician.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Santiago. Chilli, Cable: The naval
bnilding program decided upon by the
ChiIian government provides for the
construction OF ore battle ship, four
torpedo boat destroyers and two sub
marines az a total cost Of si4.000,000.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1909-11-19

Seymour, Ind. Special: Otto Eg.
gersman. age IL, son Of Henry Eggers-
man. was shot and killed by some un-
known person last week. He and an
other boy we're walking home from
church when the shot was fired.