The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-10-11
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LATE NEWS ITEMS.


freely sold in the famine district OF
Shan 81, China. 1t brings $50 cash
per catty of one and one-third pounds.
Babes and young children are being
butchered, The empress dowager has
commanded that the practice lie
stopped, but is able 70 enforce her
orders only around IIsi an Flu. The
money collected by the Christian Her
aid of New York has been distributed,
saving thousands from starvation"
A gang of highway robbers, on the
night of the 5th, successfully held up
and robbed the occupants of three
carriages, including several prominent
business men from Madison, s. d.,
while presumably en- route to Lake
Herman, three miles west of Madison.
A pitched battle was waged, but the
tourists were relieved of their valua-
bles, about five hundred dollars in
cash and all their jewelry.
Four Panhandle trainmen met
death near Onward, Ind. on the 9th,
in a rear-end collision of freight
trains. The bodies of three were taken
out badly mutilated, and the fourth
was almost entirely consumed before
the wrecking crew could subdue the
flames of the burning wreck sufficient
" TO permit work in that portion Of
the debris.
Steamer advices. received on the
9th, say that the coast of kazuza,
northern Japan. had been visited by
heavy gales, wrecking 400 fishing
boats. Twelve boats with total crews
of "a were missing. Heavy rains
caused an overflow Of the rivers Of
Hokkaido. washing away GOO houses
and submerging many villages.
The court of appeals of Kentucky
having granted ex-Secretary of State
Caleb Powers and James Howard new
trials. the case of the former was
called at Georgetown on the sth. Pow
ers was convicted over year ago as
accessory TO the murder of William
Goebel in January, 1900, and sentenced
to life imprisonment.
The semi-annual conference of Nor
mon missionaries in London came TO
a close, on the 9th. with three services
in the Finsbury town hall, which was
crowded at each.
A dispatch from Sian Flu, on the
9Th, announced that the imperial
Chinese court had started for kai
Feng Flu.
William A. Heidecker, representing
Murray a. Werner, of Pittsburg, Pa,
has presented TO the municipal coun-
ell OF st. Petersburg a memorial of
fering to take over the entire sur
face traction system of that city, and
10 form a company, under Russian
law, with capital of 100,000 900
roubles to operate the same. The
lines will be largely extended and
electrified. The prospects of q favor
able answer are excellent.
Within sight almost of the home in |
which she had grown to womanhood. /
the body of Miss Helen Long, daugh-
ter of Secretary John ID. Long, was |
laid at rest, on the eth, in the old |
bingham (Mass.) cemetery. The
grave was simply blanketed with fiow-
ers. The funeral was very simple in
its arrangements. and was attended
by immediate relatives and personal
friends and few men in public life.
The county courthouse at Alexan-
dria, ;. d., was burned, on the 9th. to-
gether with nearly all the county rec
ords. The loss on the building was
about thirty thousand dollars. The
lost records can not be replaced, in
many instances, and the damage will
De irreparablc.
The supreme court of Colorado has
sitcd the members of the state board
Of assessors, which was created by the
new revenue law, to appear, on the
It'll, to answer to the charge of con-
cmpt in proceeding with the assess
nent in disregard Of the courts or
Ter.
The annual report of Thomas
'ltchie, inspector of immigration at
Sew York, has been transmitted to
he treasury department. The re-
ort shows that the number Of aliens
rrived during the fiscal year ended
une 80. 1901, was 453,40G.
Emperor William left Roumentin.
p the nth, having killed 81 stays dur
ig the fortnight he spent there. lie
rent TO Hubcrtusstock, the imperial
uniting lodge near Ebes~wGide, to
ontinue deer stalking for several ,
avs.
The final hg~rts as 60 the exports
rom all Gerw%Ariy to the United
tates during he third quarter Of the
resent Svssr, show a total OF S2a, &c.,
g., or an increase of Ss5s, o62.
The next japanese budget, accord
n1 70 a dispatch from Toxic, will
'~sbably show surplus OF ~ .0o0, 900
en-, which will be applied to a re.