The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-22

about pccs nhcr 10.
The Chicago-Great Western passen-
ger train on the Rcdwing 4 Zumbrota
line miraculously escaped being
wrecked near Goodhue, MINI, on the
18th. As the train was passing over
the bridge the structure fell TO pieces
behind the cars. while in front II
swaved. but stood until the train was
safely over.
Robert Moore, n bondholdcr in the
New Orleans Mater Works Co, on the
l4th. made application in the United
States circuit court before Judge Tar
lange. for n receiver for that com
pany. The court named Frank How
ard receiver.
Gov. Jenkins Of Oklahoma appoint
ed William Quinlan. of Waynoka; w.
A. Knipe, of Perkins, and Geo II
( Brett. of Ponce City, as delegates 10
represent Oklahoma at the National
Live Stock convention in Chicago, De-
cember 3.
Brig. Gen. Robert ii. Hall was placed
7 on the retired list of the army, on the
18th. by operation of law on account
I of age. lie was born in Michigan ana
\ appointed to the army from Illinois.
Judge ]. 6. Swinnerton. a we'll
known lawyer and orator, died at
( Stockton. Col. on the 18th. He was
the father of James Swinnerton. the
well-known newspaper artist.
h. a. Palmer, "A retired banker Of
New York. has made gift of $50 Os0
I to the Union Christian college. locat-
ed at Merom. Ind.
An Amsterdam dispatch Of the 14th
said that the condition of Queen VIII
helmina. who is confined TO her bed
through premature accouchment. was
normal Her physicians. however, pre-
scribed absolute repose. Her mother
had been summoned by telegraph.
Joseph ID. Keith was hanged AT the
Michigan City Gnd.) penitentiary al
l2:1l n. m. of the 18th. Cor the mur
der Of Nora Kiefer. Before his execu-
ton Keith made confession of his
guilt
The final draft of the new Hay
Pauncefote treaty in abrogation OF
the Bulwer-Clayton agreement and
providing for American control of the
proposed inferoceanic canal has been
completed by Secretary Hay and Lord
Pauncefotc, and its text was tele-
graphed to the foreign office in Lon
don on the 18th.
The financial report of the Pan
American Exposition CO., made by the
auditor. on the 18th, shows the tota
liabilities of the company at that tim,
TO be s3,326-1 net. assuming that the
assets of S146,454 are collectable a
face.
A severe snow storm prevailed In
central New York on the 14th Coun
try roads were, in some instances
blocked, and huge drifts piled W
along the fences. In Syracuse sleighi
were running and the trolley car scrv
ice was temporarily demoralized.
Fire. followed by an explosion. IL
the BABY mine, at Pocahontas. Va.
on the 14th. resulted in the know
death of nine persons and the iniur
ing of a score or more. Several othe
persons were unaccounted for
Fully half a million dollars damag
was done in Utah by the series o
earthquakes, beginning on the nigh
of the 18th and lasting until the after
noon of the 18th. In the town o
Richfield alone the damage is est
mated at 100000. The Mormon taber
naclc was badly damaged.
A report has been made by the spe
cial agent appointed by Gov. Stanle
20 gather statistics on the subject o
prairie dogs in Kansas. In the 6
counties covered by the report IL
shown that 1,224,s54 acres of land ar
occupied by prairie dog towns.
Fire. on the night of the 14tt
cleaned out the Pankratz Lumber Co.
yard, at Sturgeon Bay, Wis. whc
contained many thousand feet of lum
Der belonging to the Milwaukee Lum
Der Co, and large quantity Of shin
giles, the property of the Pankrat
company; loss, SAC 700.
The attention Z Russell Sage havin
been called, on the l4th, TO twice
repeated story of his death. the IA
nous fnancicr quoted Mark Twain b
asserting that the reports were, a
least, premature.
On the 18th, X. G. Dun e. Co. re
ported: Failures for the week nun
Der 2i5 in the United States, agains
?l7 last year, and % in Canada
against 80 last year.
Gen. Palaviciini, formerly a:de-de
camp 10 the late King Humbcrt. o
Italy, died in Rome on the 18th.
Secretary Gngc, on the 18th. pul
chased $s57.30o Of short-term bonds.
Naval Constructor Richmond I
Hobson has been detached from dut
: ~ the bureau Of construction and RI
pair and detailed TO duty In connce
; ton with the management Of the go,
eminent naval exhibit at the Charles
ton 6. CO. exposition.