The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-31
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

last congress IN VIII M once ntSlh Az
tive work for the relief OF those sur
fering from famine in India. Head
quarters for this branch of relief
work were opened. on the 9th. IN
New York city.
Mrs. O. l.. Moore. eN-department
president of the W. Il. c. OF Kansas. is
being doomed for national president
Of that organization. She was in
dorsed at the recent Kansas state
convention of the W. Il. c.. and the
candidates 10 the Chicago cncamp-
ncnt viii work for her election.
Application has been made for a
charter for the llardee Transports
ton aud Commission Co., of Tampa,
Fla. which viii run a line of steam
ers to Honduras and South American
ports. The line will handle fruits and
other commodities. The incorpora-
tors are Tampa men.
The National Municipal league will
hold its next annual meetings at Mil
waukee. on September 10. 20 and II. as
announced in the programme issued
by Secretary Woodruff, OF Philadel-
phia. The occasion will also mark the
eighth national conference for good
city government.
Charles A. Bulen. ,ice-president of
the Bullcn Bride 90. of Pueblo, Col,
died OF heart disease at Glendivc,
Mont. on the Goth. Mr.. Bullen was
one of the bestknown bridge contrac-
tors in the west. and did considera-
bic work in Alaska about a year ago.
4 United States war ship arrived at
Tangier. Morocco. on the 9th. TO sup
port the claim arising out of the MUIR
der, last June. of Marcos Essagin. a
naturalizcd American citizen. who Was
the manager of the Fex branch of the
French firm OF Braunswcig q Co.
lIailstones as large as walnuts fell
az Larncd. kas.. for half an hour. on
the night OF the 18th. beating fruit
and leaves Off the trees and killing
many birds and small animals The
ground was covered with a sheet of
ice.
Orders were received at Dunbar.
Pa, on the Goth. from the officials OF
the Cambria steel Co, at Johnstown,
to shut down all their works at Dun
bar for an indefinite period.
DR.. Ernest Schmidt, for 30 years
head OF the consulting staif Of the
AieN.an Brothers hospital, in Chicago,
died in that city. on the goth, Of
Dright's disease.
Kansas City. Mo-, was plunged into
darkness at midday. on the 27th. rem
| dering artificial lights necessary in
| stores and Offices. The phenomenon
prevailed for half an hour. during
which time rain fell in torrents. At
the Union depot daylight signals could
not b. seen, and the train service was
stopped for 80 minutes. No damage
resulted.
dispatch from Berlin, on the 27th.
said: During the last few days ter
rifle tbunderstorms have caused mucn
damage in the districts of Stuttgart,
Leipsic and Rostock. Near Rostock
the crops were destroyed by hail,
which lay four inches thick. In Sax
ony and Thuringia lightning caused
many destructive fires"
The thirty-fourth annual encamp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Re
public was formally opened in Chica-
go. on the 2Gth. by "A monster meeting
in the Coliseum. 1t is estimated that
100000 persons. veterans and their
friends, from every quarter of the
country. visited Chicago during the
, grand encampment.
: In accord with the recent general
request of the civil service commits
I -
the e1th, issued an order regarding
Z political assessments. enioining a
strict observance Of regulations and
, declaring that any disregard of them
, will he promptly dealt with.
, Four hobos insulted two young girls
in the outskirts Of Marshalltown. Ia /.
on the eth. An old colored drayman
, the girls. when two of the tramps shot
. him to death with rcvolvers. Williams
J was an inoffcnsive citizen, and leaves
} , a family.
; Miss Zeiinski. aged Is. of Ashton,
Neb.. was instantly killed, on the 2Gth,
while picking plums in a thckct, by
: John Schroll, a lad of IS years. who
saw something moving in the bushes
: and fired, shooting her through the
heart. Schroll surrendered to the
: sheriff.
AZ meeting Of the peoples party
national committee. in Chicago. on
the 27th. the declination of Charles
A. Townc. as the vice-presidential
nominee Of the party, was accepted,
and the name Of Adlai +. Stevenson
+. was substituted.
Sampson Wcllman. a veteran from
East st. Louis. Ill was run down by a
cab in Chicago. on the 27th. and sus-
tanned injuries which will probably