The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-02-10
INDIANA STATE NEWS.

| N revo,yer and there was "A bullei-holc
| IN ais head FiSentscher was arrested
| some years ago for the mlrder OF
] brother. but was not convicted
JonS MASSEY. n young man OF Prince
| ton. can hardly believe he is among
the living, SO close was his escape from
| death the other night lie was driving
| from Owensvlle home As he crossed
! the track. two miles south OF Princeton,
the midnight passenger, running about
forty miles an hour. struck the front
part of the buggy, killing both horses
and completely demolshing the buggy. |
| The engineer OF the train claims Mas |
sey was thrown clear over the engine.
Massey did not receive scratch
j. w HOLMES. of Jackson county. |
who was recently fined s2a. tiisfran-
chised for ten days and sentenced TO
Jail for violating election laws, has mad
his Jail sentence RENTED by Gov
Matthews, who states that he extends
his pardon that far because Holmes
was 10 years old. and has always been
a good citizen. Just before the election
Holmes offered a neighbor 81 10 take
down a banner pole, and this originated
the trouble
The senate apportionment committee
has begun work on the new apporuon-
ment bill, and Senator Stewart, chair
man. saws that it will he constitutional.
The committee is working on the theory
that H. OaO votes constitute the ideal
senatorial district. and 1910 the repre-
sentative. II proposes that no senator
ial district shall contain in excess of 49,.
aai votes nor less than s,sl6. while the
maximum strength Of representative
districts shall not 60 beyond G,dl2 votes
nor the minimum fall below 4.40s. Each
district will be made up Of contiguous
counties.
FIRE in Meridian hall, next 10 The
English hotel, Indianapolis, did $1,000
worth of damage. and FOR time ere
: ated panic AT the hotel
JAMES GAERKlr. aged twenty three.
Young farmer Of Adams township.
living a few miles south ot Ander-
!, son. fell dead while working in 4
field. lie had been subject 10 heart
disease.
JOE McGRANSAHaS. aged seventeen.
was on a hill coasting in Anderson and
:, his sled struck Mrs Thomas barnett,
= knocking her distance Of twenty feet
: She struck on her head and was inscn-
siblc when taken home
; SENATOR McLEAN. OF Tcr.e IIautc,
! has prepared and will introduce into
I, the legislature a joint resolution which
is of big import to Indiana. II Sill ask
!. congress for a preliminary survey for
I. a ship canal from the headv aters OF
i navigation on the Wabash river to
4 Lake Michigan. with plans and snccii'-
i cations and estimates Of the cost. with
4 a view to ultimate completion OF the
work The plan not only proposes ?
4 deep canal from the Upper Nsaash tc
Lake Michigan. near Chicago. but alss
a system Of locks and dams 10 deeper
a the Wabash nine feet, so that tic larg
|, est lake vessels can 90 directly f-ol
a Chicago through the canal dcwa th'
!, Wabas h. Ohio and Mississippi rivers Y
:. the Gulf Of Mexico.
u WM WooDs. the l6-year-old boy wh'
has been on trial al Anderson for tn
I, murder OF James Costello, was ac1nit
IN ted on the ground of self-defensc ~
!. verdict meets with popular approval
. Woods was walking aloag the stree
-. with two ladies, one Of them his sister
10 when Costello accostcd one of them ,
NJ an insulting manner. Woo-s objected
and Costello. who was drunk, attacse
him. Woods pulled a revolver and she
Costello dead
,v THE wife Of John Hogan. Of Scot
he township. near Corydon. locked he
on three children in the house and wer
an to visit neighbor some distance ava.
ms By some means the children set u
nf
or burned 10 death. The other W
ID were rescued by gentleman who q
in rived on the scene when the house ";
err envelopcd in flames
ro- Ar Vinccnnes, stewart White
the farmer. slipped on the ice while carr,
ot ing a loaded gun and was fa,aly sho
bia PgoF. GEORGE T. EuooLrr. former
'ro- a Catholic priest at Cleveland. O.. a
ait tempted 10 lecture AT the Opera nous
M Lafayette. the other evening under Il
one auspices of the american Protect
tn. Associat on rho speaker snhic
was, why LETT .hc RoInish Church
gh- Soon after opening lis discourse M
avs broke in rear door Of the house 81
the rushed on the stage and attacked v
~. speaker. Rudolph was knocked dov
i q with a club. aud n rising drew a revol
For err and free two shots. Ihis brought
the regular fuS;laie from all parts Of 7
house. which was crowded a s.ampe'
~ at once cnsucd, and while screams re-
en- the air rush was made Tor the docl
10 Many OF the women were h."..ssl 81
Mis- thrown down in their efforts ~ clca-
hat The crowd were finally eject"c FRI
ar the stage. and Rudolph continued
DrlS lecture The sheriff appointed Il na
q a Der of deputies, but they were raal
AZ TO keep the crowd in the galley rr
ton and the meeting was adjou~nrd. ]
A. tween fifteen and twenty shote ",
= az fred, but no one was hit. a Ei.h va
ed outside. but under strong gra
th,. Rudolph was placed in close carria
~ ard escorted to his boarding -noiiSc.
ines VIRGIL liECK. a young miner west
COW Terre llautc fen from the ;rn of
shaft. distance Of scvcrtv fcct,
MY cciving fatal injuries Thu rclc lra
the a. hc was stepping from the cage
-cet tAc landing