The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-04-26
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

| that he and his colleagues OF the COM
| mittee had secured free quarters III
| the school houses and halls of Cleve-
land. o., for $1,000 veterans at the en-
campment in that city September , 10
il next. Col. Hayr is now ready TO
receive applications for free quarters.
4 high wind which struck Chicago.
on the 2lst. loosened a huge iron wa
ter tank from it's fastenings on the
roof Of the Galbraith building, Madi- :
son and Franklin streets. causing 1T
TO crash through n six floors TO the
ground. %iniuring five persons and re-
.ultinp i'm damage to the building cs-
| timated al S5O.0 600. The tank contained
10000 gallons OF water.
The hotel and bath house at the
historic Steamboat springs, Nevada,
which. III the palmy days of the Com
stock mine. was a watering place
VI here more money was squandered
in n night than a. most any other re-
sort on the Pacific slope, were de-
stroycd by fire on the 21st. The loss
is heavy, and, it is understood, no in
surance was carried.
Incessant snow and rain for many
hours in the valley of the Ohio caused
almost unprecedented floods in the
Ohio river and its tributaries on the
goth and 2lst. Immense damage was
done at many points. the city of Pitts
Durgh alone reporting losses estl-
mated at between S2,0OO,0o and 3d.
100000.
The London morning papers of the
22d, printed elaborate descriptions OF
the launching of Shamrock III. and
expressed good wishes for the success
of Sir Thomas Upton. bu. they did
not venture opinions as to the chances
of the challenger.
The work of cutting the Nile sudd
Floating vegetable matter that forms
in the river and obstructs nayigatioG)
Ias been so successful that navigation
will shortly be practicable from ReIai
To Omdurnan. "a distance of 1920
miles.
The London Daily Mail says il un-
derstands tha; the managers of the
Mctropol., an district railway have de-
cidcd to adopt the electric traction
system used by surface lines in New
York city.
Joseph Hume. the pioneer salmon
packer of the Pacific coast. died, On
the a1st. from heart disease. Mr..
Hume established the first salmon
on the Columbia river in 1874.
Fifty million dollars Of Great Brit
aims new loan has been placed in the
United States. The National City
bank, j. j.. Morgan & Co., Barring,
Magoun e. Co, and the New York Life
J Insurance Co.. comprise the syndicate
: that mas taken the loan. American
subscriptions will probably aggregate
much in excess Of the S50,ooo,0oo ar
2 ragged for.
J Sidney 4. Newsom. teacher of En-
= glish and Latin at the manual train
ing high school OF indianapolis. Ind,
u mas accepted the situation of super
u intendent in one of the nine divisions
of the Philippine islands. Mr.. New
rom will leave TO assume his new
duties in "a few weeks. He will be &C.
a companitd by Mrs. Newsom.
A terrific natural gas explosion oc
Cured in the commercial hotel mt st
: Marys, W. Va, on the ODD, resulting
in the death of four persons. The EN-
" tire building, a large frame. was in
stantly a mass of flames, and was en-
tirely destroyed. Several persons
=" were badly injured, but will recover
III Thomas Shelton, editor of tn
Christian. a monthly publication o
!. Denver, Col, was arrested. on the 22d
: on an indictment returned by the fed
= eral grand jury, charging him will
I, dsing The mails to defraud. Shelto'
Processes Ia cure all mental and ply
steal ills by sending vibrations
Mrs. Elizabeth ii. Ward died il
= Kansas City, Kas.. on the 22d. ut tn
]. home Of her son after n brief illness
. She was the daughter of Maj. Chas
!. Wheeler, who served with distinctio
y in the war Of 1912 and in the Mexica.
N war.
Every mine in the fifth Ohio sui
n district. which includes Belmont, HaI
=. rison and jefferson counties, Ohio
and the four West Virginia Familiar
die counties. is idle, the strike ordc
having become effective on the ed.
=, The French foreign minister, \
- Dclcasse. arrived at ST. Petersburg
:" on the 22d. from Paris. a series Z
dinners las been arranged in h
= honor and the ear Will receive hi
- in audience at Tzarskoc-Sclo.
4 skin containing three person
- who were catching driftwood in I'll
Ohio river at Lcgionyille. Pa. cal
= sized. OIL the ed, and two of the o.
a, cupanss. w. III. Barphart and Thoma
DIP Hoslirgcr. were drowned.
IL The Beer force under Commander
~ Bokburg. composed Of log men,. wit
wagons and rifles, have surrcndert
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