The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-10-10
CURREN TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

five lady passengers of all their mon
ey and valuables.
August Plocker. IL years old. son of
q prominent farmer near Perron, ILL.,,
committed suicide. on the 2sth, by
shooting himself with a musket.
Two sailors were drowned while at
tempting TO desert from a British
September 30.
Archbishop Kahn has asked the
pope for an auxiliary bishop for the
archbishopric of It. Louis. and has
recommended Rev. J. J. Harry for the
position.
The cases against the indianapolis
grave-robbing gang have been post
poned until October 90. DR.. Alexander
is out on bail, but the negroes are in
Jail.
The horses attached TO wagon
containing n number of people be-
came unmanageable near the Blue
lakes. Idaho. and plunged over n
cliff nearly hundred feet high, drag
ging the wagon with them. Three
women were seriously injured. but
none of the party was killed.
The first snow of the season fell at
Denver, Col. on the night of the LIST.
The Peruvian chamber of deputies.
on the LIST, confirmed the senate grant
Of $4,000 providing for representa-
ton of Peru of the ST. Louis EXPOSE
ton.
The railways centering at Mime
apolis and the Minnesota Transfer Co.
raised the wages of switchmen, begin
ming on the LIST, IS cents day.
Fred Gilbert, Of Spirit Lake. Ia,
killed 46 birds out of n possible so, at
tournament in Paris. Ky. on the
LIST. and received first money.
Mrs. Robert J. Burdette. wife of the
well-known humorist. is dangerously
i'll Mt her home i'm Pasadena. Cal.
Col. II. c. st. Clair, a Union veteran
and ex-member of the Kansas legis-
lature, died at his home in Kingfsh-
er. Okla. on the LIST.
Bird s. Coler. Of Brooklyn, was
nominated by the democratic state
convention. on the LIST, for governor
Of New York
The Rhode Island democratic con
vention. on the LIST. nominated for
governor DR.. L. F. Garvin, of Cumber-
land.
Burglars blew open safe in bank
at Norman. Neb., early in the morn
ing of the Cd, and secured about a
thousand dollars in cash. They ter.
rorized the town and escaped, with
armed men in pursuit.
George Seeligson, Jr., of Galveston
Tex, committed suicide at Avalon
Cal, on the LIST, by tying heavy
truck TO his legs and jumping from a
wharf into the bay.
A. p. Gardner. son-in-law of Sen.
ator Henry Cabot Lodge, was nomi
mated for congress, on the Cd, by the
republicans Of the Sixth Massachu
setts district.
Ex-Congressman Josiah Patterson
Of Memphis, Tenn, spoke before the
Washington County Veterans asso
citation, at Washington, Ia, on tn,
I'd. y.
Five persons were killed and three
injured in a collision Of trains in q
tunnel on the Baltimore e. Ohio rail
way, near CORVALLIS, w. Va, on tn,
I'd.
A benefit for he striking anthra
cite miners, given at Butte, Mont, OF
the I'd, netted 5000.
Frank Jones, a millionaire brewer
died at his home at Portsmouth, n
H., on the I'd.
Francis w. Anderson. president Of Z
national bank at ST. Paul, Mimi, dice
at Everett, Wash, on the I'd, whittier
he had gone on visit to relatives.
An explosion Of fire damp occurred
IN a mine at Black Diamond, Wash.
on the night of the LIST. killing IL mer
and badly wrecking the mine.
Senator Deliver, of Iowa, delivered
an address before the convention o.
the National Republican league, which
met in Chicago on the I'd.
Snow fell in different parts o.
Il Itlduy, VII tnt SUI dbu TIC
ture at Hanover fell to 2s degrees
Fahrenheit.
Brig. Gen. Funston was the guest o.
honor at the old soldiers reunion a.
Ottawa, Kas., ON the I'd.
In a fight between four Brown
brothers and peace officers at Ores
cent City, Okla, on the Sd, Mel Bur
CESS, a farmer, was killed, ono Of tn
Browns seriously wounded and sew
eral others injured.
Land titles are 80 complicated Il
the Philippines that officials o
the war department say 1t will tsx
three years before complete settle
ment OF the friars land question cal
be made.
In q collision Of two vandali'
freight trains near Brazil, Ind, on thu
Sd, George Cole. a fireman, was killed
one man fatally AMI three others Sc
riously injured.