The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-07-11
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aged seven, and Miss Alice Mcmahon,
were drowned in Sandy Hook bay, on
the 9th. by the capsizing of a sail
boat. Capt. Horn and five others
were saved by clinging TO the up
turned vessel. after they had made
every effort to save the women and
child.
Fire in Chicago, on the 9Th. de-
stroyed a number Of buildings on Wa
bash avenue. and for a time endan-
gered the department store OF siegel'
Cooper & Co., and caused much ex-
element among the guests OF the
Auditorium hotel. BY good work the
firemen got the flames under control.
Near Mcpherson. kas.. Miss Maude
| Holmes was shot in the head, neck
and breast and fatally wounded, on
the night of the 9th, by some I'M
known person Who fired a gun shot
at her through the window OF her
bedchamber.
At Grand Forks, y. D.. on the night
of the 6th. Charles j.. Mccormick. a
Great Northern conductor, and his
! wife were found dead in n bath room.
| No explanation of the tragedy could
be given, although indications point
TO poisoning
At Chicago. on the 9th, Theodore
Oelfeuer. a laborer, through motives
of revenge, the result of an old quar-
rel, shot and killed his wife and
wounded his baby son and his step
daughter, the former probably fatal
ly.
King Edwards progress toward re-
coyery continues TO be in every way
satisfactory. If his improvement con-
~tinues il is thought he will be well
lenough to be taken TO the royal yacht
at southampton by the LIST of August.
Two BOYS were drowned at Benton
Harbor. Mich, on the 9th, making a
total OF five lives lost in "a hours.
On the same day three boys were
drowned IN the St. Clair fats, near
Detroit.
A national convention of the Amer
lean Federation Of Catholic societies
will he held at Chicago August 3, 9
and :. it is estimated that a million
Catholics will be represented.
DR.. Charles c. Furley, a surgeon OF
the civil war. and the first practicing
physician Of Wichita, kas., died IN
that city IN the 9th.
The twentieth national convention
Of the North American Turnerbund
open in Davenport, Ia, on the 9th.
Freight handlers to the number OF
over nine thousand went out on a
strike in Chicago on the 7th. Unless
the state board of arbitration, which
is at work. can effect n settlement,
. il is feared hat all the railroads en-
. tering the dity will be involved. The
. teamsters and truck drivers threaten
TO go out on n sympathetic strike.
!. Two sons of Stanley Beggs, a
prominent farmer Of Johnson county
Ill. aged 10 and IA years. and q
: cousin, were found near the tracks
Of the Illinois Central railroad. on the
! eth. The Beggs boys were dead ano
: the cousin was in a dying condition
: 1t is supposed they had laid down q
rest.
Joseph Chamberlain. the British
colonial secretary, was severely bu
not udlktIou~lN ~ VII Nv h'hN ~
the eth, caused by the stumbling o
= a horse attached to a cab in whicl
- he was seated. Mr.. Chamberlain wa
thrown on the glass front with grca
= violence.
" At Davenport, Ia, on the 7th, tn
~ North American Turnerbund refuse
~ TO admit women TO membership. !
passed a resolution favoring the tas
alton Of all church property, and ar
" other one favoring free text book
in schools.
= The Afro-American Press associs
- ton. in session at St. Paul, MINI
on the eth, adopted resolutions con
= planning that their race had bee
=. overlooked by President McKinle
!. and the Worlds fair management.
At Peoria, Ill, on the eth. Fran
Case rocked n boat to frighten Fran
=. Cannon, who could not swim. III
n BOAT capsized, and Cannon locked h
arms about Cases neck and bot
were drowned.
The Cheyenne Indians in Oklahon
are reported as holding a council
war because the Indian agent pr
!. vented them from INDUCING in Il
-. usual tortures incident to their ST.
- dance.
King Edward passed a favorab
,ic day. on the Eth, and the report WI
given out that his majesty was doir
=. well. The coronation Is now set 4,
90 some time between August II and ]
Aguinnldo Il coming TO Americ
,as He will have headquarters in Bosto
he and purposes 10 give a series Of lc
TO lures through the country.
A washout near Beatrice, Neb.. {
the 18th. caused great loss 10 Il
Union Pacific and Burlington roads