The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-10-31
LATE NEWS ITEMa


Frank NJ Flagg. ticket agent Of the
Illinois Central railroad at Texas
junction, on the Cape Girardeau
branch, has disappeared from his Of
fee, and the contents of the money
drawer are also gone. He is thought
by some to have been murdered.
After wandering In the Sierra
Madre mountains with a party OF
friends for 20 days, most Of the time
without food, United States Consul
Garrett returned to his post at New
Laredo, Mexico, on the Goth.
p. L. Kimberley, student at the
State Agricultural college, at Ames,
Ia, was killed, on the Goth, by falling
from a train on which he was steal
ing a ride from the city to the col
lege grounds
A man was killed at Cold Spring
Harbor, n. ", on the night of the
25th, while holding an apple on his
head to be shot off by a professional
marksman of travelling company OF
| shownen.
Gen. Dyrenforth, commanoer-in-
chief of the Union Veterans union.
has issued an appeal TO veterans Of
the civil war to organize into a
brotherhood for mutual protection.
| At Wilkesbarre, Pa, on the goth.
| the Polish, Lithuanian and Slayish
members of the Mine Workers union
presented President Mitchell with a
| gold badge and gold watch.
A number of French aeronauts met
in Paris, on the Goth, to devise plans
under which to complete for the $780,
900 prize offered by the st. Louis ex-
position management.
AS q result of continued heavy
rains, five blocks in the city Of
Brunswick, Ga, were under water, on
the goth, and considerable damage
was done.
An automobile and a trolley car
collided at Yonkers, n. ", on the
Goth, with the result that % per-
sons were injured, three of them Sc
riously.
In a game of football at Staunton,
|
SO badly injured that he died while
being taken to a physicians office.
Seven persons were injured, two Of
them seriously, in a collision between
locomotive and a trolley car at
Chattanooga. Tenn, on the Goth.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the
well-known woTan suffragist, died IN
New York, on the Goth. old age being
given as the cause Of death.
The anthracite coal strike commits
sion held it's first meeting, in WASH
ington. on the eth. The time and
method Of proceeding with the inves-
tigation were discussed. and the COM
mission decided to begin its work on
the mo Aning of the both, making an
examination of the mines and the
homes Of the miners in the vicinity
of Scranton, Pa.
At Riverton. Ind. on the eth. New
ton Il. Staugh, the postmaster, shot
and killed Herbert McCannon, the
sweetheart of Sadie Staugh. daugh-
ter of his slayer. McCannon is said
to have threatened to kill the entire
family before he was slain.
About q thousand students Of the
Michigan agricultural college went on
strike, on the eth. because some
Of their number had been suspended
for violating an cdict of the faculty
against engaging in n freshmen
sophomore rush"
i At ball game at Belfontaine. O..
on the 27th, one man was passing an
open knife to companion, when 4
foul ball struck his hand and drove
the blade into his side, severing IN
artery and killing him almost in
, stantly.
. Robert Thompson. convict in tht
Nebraska penitentiary. whose term
expired ON the eth, was turned wei
. to officials from the Dominion oi
Canada, who were armed with extra
. dition papers, and taken to Toronto.
: Percy Walton, the militiaman who
accidentally killed boy at Anoka
Mimi, while shooting at a target, ant
was tried on q charge Of manslaugh
ter, was acquitted by jury, on thu
, 27th.
Arrangements have been made fol
} quartering company of Rurales ant
. a band which the Mexican govern
ment will have at ST. Louis during tn
entire time Of the Worlds fair.
Mrs. L. ". McNutt died very sud
denly at Pana, ILL.,. on the 27th. He
. husband was killed, on the Esd, b.
Z falling into a coal mine, and she hat
been Frustrated since his death.
, Conductor Forest was fatally in
jurcd and six other trainmen badl.
} hurt in q collision between .freigh
. trains ON the Rock Island road, nea
3 Brighton, Ia. on the 27th.
At Omaha, Neb., on the eth, Anto
| Christensen was sentenced to life I'M
prisonment for the murder Of hi
wife on August 20.