The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-09-13
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.


100000 and will develop a valuable
tract OF oil lands in the fossil fields in
Unita county.
Dispatches from Constantinople al
lege that Turkish officials. on Septem
Der l, forced an entrance into the
garden of the Dutch legation and
garden of the Dutch legation and
captured a fugitive whom they were
Z pursuing. The officials wounded the
I gatckcepcr. The Dutch are demand
ing satisfaction.
At meeting of the commitie on
the challenge of the Royal Ulster
Yacht club. held on the flagship AT
Newport, X. L.. on the 5th. the Co
lumbia was selected as the represent
alive of the New York Yacht club in
the contests for the Americas cup.
The prevailing opinion in Pitts
burg. on the night of the 9Th. was
that the great steel strike was prac-
tically settled. but absolutely moth
ing positive could be learned from
either side to the controversy
The civic alliance of indianapolis.
Ind. decided, on the 5th TO bring i'm
parchment proceedings against Super
Observation-Disclosures Quigley, and his
subordirates Who declined To close sa-
looms which We're violating The law.
y dispatch from Constantinople.
dated the 9Th. says: "Brigands have
carried off an American lady engaged
IN missionary work and lady com
panion, in the district of Diumabala,
Nilayet of Salonika."
The city of kiel. Germany. has re-
eeived the royai sanction 70 float 4
loan OF 100000 marks.
herr krupp has purchased 80 acres
ri land near Mengede for the cree
ton OF . new factory.
In the course of his address az the
Pan-American exposition or Iresi-
dents day tthe 5thl, President Me-
kinley declared that expeditions were
the timekeepers Of progress. record
ing the worlds Advancement.
I.X-Prcsidcnt Cleveland viii tear a
leaf out of Nice-President Rooseyelt's
book on strenuous life by taking a
trip TO Colorado and putting in a
couple of weeks among the COW boys,
rough riders and mountain lions.
Gangrene having set in. the sur
geons at Bellevue hospital decided cn
the 9th. that John Nelson. the cyclisr.
must have his leg amputated in an ef-
fort 10 save his life.
The United States auxiliary cruiser
Dixie. from Southampton. arrived ar
Antwerp on the sill
United States Ambassador White.
On the 9th. received 4 ceremonious
call from the new Corcan minister 10
Germany. MIN thosel Hun.
Frank McClathey. Jockey. was
killed. on the 9th. in the last race ",
the Jackson County fair, a. Murphvs-
boro, Ill. He was one ~ live that
were riding in a bunch. His mount,
fell and TWO other horses fell upon
the boy and he sustained injuries from
which he dicu two hours later. One
other jockey was seriously injured.
Al Cass Lake, Mimi, on the 9th. w.
J. Murphy. proprietor OF the Mime
apolis Tribune, was dangerously in
jured by the premature discharge Of
his gun while hunting. The charge Of
shot entered his side under the
right arm. Prompt surgical attend
ance was obtained. and no serious re-
suit is apprehended.
President Mckinley was shot twice
and dangerously wounded. on the 9Th.
while holding reception in the great
Temple of Music at the Pan-American
exposition in Buffalo, y. ". by an
avowed anarchist named Leon Czol-
gosz, who was instantly seized by two
secret service agents ana u negro who
had just shaken hands with the pres
dent. a scene of the widest confu-
sion ensued. the president alone re-
tanning his composure, during which
the would-be assassin was skillfully
rescued from the Infatuated people.
The presidents physicians gave il out
that though dangerous the presidents
wounds were not necessarily fatal.
According 10 dispatches received in
on the 5th. Panama is
lndanger Of invasion BY Ecuadorean
and Nicaraguan forces. and Colombia
will appeal, to the United States 20
take steps for the preservation Of
her sovereignty over the isthmus.
Leon Czolgosz. the would-be assas- 4
sin OF President Mckinley. acknowl- \
adges himself an anarchist Of the
Emma Goldman school. He says the \
present form Of government Of the
United States Is all wrong. and that
ie thought the best way to end il
VAS by killing the president.
Buffalo. \. ". which was cxultiny
n The Proudest Day in Bufralo's
history referring 10 Presidents
lay at the Pan-Ameriacn exposition.
vas overwhelmed with grief and sor-
'ow, on the evening Of the 9th, by
he dastardly attempt Of the assassin.
-eon Czolgosz, on the life OF Presi.
lent Mckinley,