The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-29
CURRENT TOPICS.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.


with the officers Forty Thousand
dollars. Of which Smith had $1,000,
has been recovered.
-aseph Anderson. a farmer living |
near Salira. has. in tit Of despond-
ency. on the 18th. drowned his four
children in a eastern and then shot
himself. lie viii probably die.
several persons we're KILLED and
number injured by a railroad acci-
dent near Asbrry Park. \. J., on the
night of the 18Th
A saw mill boiler exploded at New
Liberty. III. on the 18th, killing three
men instantly and secrecy wounding
i've Others
Mrs. Eleanor Wallack. wife Of Les
ter waIiack. an actor, committed
suicide at New York. on the 10TH ~
inhalIng illuminating gas
Four men were killed and many in
jured. near HoHman's Ferry, y \.
on the 2Oth. by an accident on the
New York Central road
An intoxicated man named Louis
Pierce. who was braniishing two
razors and tcrrorizins passerS-by on
the streets Of Terre Hautc- Ind. on
the aIsr. was shot and killed BY two
policemen. after he had severely cut
one Of the officers
The body II the young woman
found on the shore Of Lake Michigan.
near Chicago. ON the Goth. has been
Identified as that Of Nellie Hughes,
( OF Chicago. and suicide IS believed 20
have been the cause of her death
James Hope. a Creek Indian farmer,
living near Eufaula. l. T.. chopped his
y wifes head OF with IN AK because
she Joined : secret society against
his wish.
An aeronau- named SarelI fell 1900
feet from balloon az the fair
grounds at Homer. Ill. on the 11st.
and although badly injured be may
recover
Five dead bodies were found in the
ruins Of the wrecked mill at Whining
ton. Del. on the 21st- bringing the
number Of known dead up 20 To-
Cresceus trotscd : mile in 2s0fis
at indianapolis. on the 2lst- breaking
the record Of 2:o4ls made by Nancy
Hanks in l,94-
Rufus G. Cravens and o. p. Nolan
both deaf men. were struck and killed
by 4 railroad train near Kansas City
On the 1lst-
The Trans-Mississipri congress. IL
session az St. Paul. has chosen SCAT
tie. Wash. as the place Of meeting L
1858.
The prohi Sitionists of Iowa. IN con
venti0n AZ Waterloo on The @Ist
placed a sfate ticket in the field
: William smiley was arrested al
: WiL Nan Okla on the -oth
, charged with the murder ~ Ed VIM
: and the shooting Of Alex VIM. hi
brother. az Cut Throat Gap. one mil
from the kiowa line in the WIGHT;
mountains. on the 18th.
fseu. Russell a. Al-er. former sec
rotary II war. issued statement. q
Lie -1th. announcing himself re
ceptiye candidate for he Unite
states senate from Michigan To sue
] cee5 the late James Mcmillan.
/. Dave Fusrin. hosting engineer a
( one # the coal mines near Murphy.
o born. III. blew his nose 50 hard. y
Z The 20sh. that his left eyc came out 9
The socket Ii was replaced, how
ever. without serious injury.
Gen Franz Sirel- soldier. politicia
: and editor. is dying in his home
= New York Cen Sirel. should he liv'
x would be 5 years old in Novembei
< He came 10 this country in is52 an
fought conspicuously in the civ
e war.
The former gunboat Boyaca- whis
II left Panama. July 20. 10 carry q
n soldiers 10 Aqua Dulce and while
= was captured By The Colombian rev
lutionists. Is now at sea flying q
rebel flag The rumors that II
n Bovaca had been sunk are therefor
~ refufed.
~ Survivors If Gen Dan McCook
~ brigade VIII dedicate the monume
Of 10 their intrepid commander AZ he
IN nesaw. Tenn. September Is. McCo'
was killed in the charge up kenr
saw mountain
Charles r. BothweH. aged -. Al
Nj Mrs. Susan V. Hanson. aged 50.
Glenwood- No. were married
Guthrie. Okla. on the Goth. Tn
- were sweerhearts IL Missouri near
thirtv-fve years ago and their IL
meeting in - years occurred 4,
an DAYS before their marriage
~. A san Francisco dispatch stat
he that Charles Becker. formerly
-ge brooklyn one % the most expert a
of dangerous forgrrs in the world, SO
q 70 De released from San Queen
prison, is 70 retire from crime on
pension # $500 month from
LAe American Eankers' association
ne A cloudbust near Fcnton. Ill.
x the 10th. deiureI several thousa
~ acres OF land. destroying the &C
en- crops. Two miles * track on I
Fea Mendoza branch ~ the Chicago. II
linrson e. Quincy railroad y
RI. washed out
inc Mr.. Frank r. Sargent. comnissi'
w ct general - immigration. haS des
, : "a TO reor~nniSe his force If insp
AZ tors. with view ~ taking more
- tive steps 70 prevent threatei
-rl wholesale invasion ~ Chinese III