The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-08-23
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


officers notifying them that il they
are found in any gambling esta olisl-
lnent they will he dismissed from the
service and turned over to the civil
authorities. All the public employees
are TO be warned that gambling VIII
involve their dismissal. Merchants
and bankers sustain this move heart
lily.
An explosion of ten tons of molten
metal in the blast furnace depart
ment ut the Ohio plant of the Nation
al Steel Co.. at Youngstown, on the
18th. resulted in the death OF three
workmen and the in Jury of IL others.
The machinery which controlled the
ladlc containing the molten mess
broke and allowed the metal 10 drop
into vat containing wate~.
Secretary Hay has appointed DR.. J.
j. Rodriguez, of Washington city. as
secretary Of the dele cation TO the In
ternational Conference of American
States TO be held in the City of Alcx-
leo next October. Mr.. Rodriguez is
lawyer and served as a special coun-
sci to the American peace commits
sioncrs in Paris.
A great forest fire is raging on
North Pine and Fish creeks, near
Baker City, Ore. and the destruction
of a vast amount OF timber is threat
ened. The weather IS SO dry and
warm in the mountains that il viii
be impossible TO stop the fire, which
is likely TO prove destructive to much
ranch property.
The Echo de Paris. on the 18th. pub
lished an alleged interview with Count
Won Waldersee in which he highly
praised the French soldiers and ex-
pressed belief that war between
France and Germany was an impo ssh
bility.
Over two thousand carriage work
ers were notified by seven shops In
Cincinnati, on the 18th. that their
services were needed no longer. and
that the places would be opened Sep
TENDER 3 as non-urion shops.
James McCue, connected with Bar
ney Schreiber's racing sta ble, of St.
Louis. was fatally injured at the
Saratoga a.. ~ race track on the
18th.
The Winona 1'ible conference
opened its seventh annual meeting at
Winona Lake. Ind, on the 18th.
While at target practice, on the
18th. at Fort Riley reservation, in
| IL. All
exploded as il was being placed in the
breech OF the third section gun OF
siege battery o. Seventh artillery
commanded by Capt. Van Dusen, kill.
ing Private Watson. and fatally in.
juring three others. Several men
were less seriously injured.
Little Wonder. the celebrated hack.
ney stallion, owned by a. j. Cassatt
Of Philadelphia, and imported by him
in 1852, died. on the 10th, from peri.
tonitis. Little Wonder was the first
hackney stallion imported to this
country. He had been exhibited al
all the principal horse shows in the
country. winning many first fries.
The steamer Islander. sailing from
Skagway, when nearing the soutl..
west end of Douglas island. at u. m
OF the 18th, and running at full speed
struck floating iceberg, and in less
than 90 minutes went TO the bottom
of the deep channel. From co TO "a
persons and much treasure went
down with the vessel.
A monument to commemorate the
; fifty-fifth anniversary of the peaceful
annexation Of New Mexico 10 the
United States. was unveiled, on the
18th. on the plaza at Santa Fe, in the
presence Of q vast concoursc. The
Chapter Of the Daughters of the
American revolution.
1t was reported in Glasgow on the
10Th. that j. X. Ellerman, of the Ley
: land line, had purchased the old-es-
tablished City line of "A steamers. e.
: gagged in the East India trade, ne
price being nearly one million pounds
sterling. Mr.. EllerInan. according to
rumor. acted for j. Pierpont Morgan
and his associates.
The Corean government has forbid
den the expectation Of rice, on ac-
count OF the short crop The Japan
csc government has instructed its
minister at Seoul to inquire whether
the measure is justifiable. japan has
an agreement with Corca forbdding
such action except in case Of dire ne
cessity.
Adam kest and Joseph Euginc. two
Of the workmen who were trapped in
the Cleveland tO.) waterworks tunnel
200 feet below the surface Of Lake
Erie by the burning of Crib No. re.
Gently. We're rescued from their dam
gerous position. on the 10Th, after
i've days imprisonment.