The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-11-28

THE NEWS N BRIEF.


$1,000.
Meredith Holt. Of Herrin. III. was
killed at De Soto. Ill. on the 18th,
while attempting to board . moving
train
Leut--Col ]. A. Johnston. assistant
adjutant general. has resigned from
the army. 20 take effect February l.,
1903
Narquise de Chambrun. last grand
daughter OF the marquis de Lafayette.
died at Paris. France. on the 10th.
Mrs. Gertrude Young died at Min
neapolis. Mimi. on the 18th. after
fast Of 30 DAYS
AZ Langlcv's spur. near Sherman,
Tex on the 2Oth- lightning struck
and exploded a magazine containing
large quantities Of blasting powder
and dynamite. the shock knocking
down buildings and killing one man
and injuring IL others
A negro named James billiard. iden-
tilted as the party who criminally as
saultei two white women. was taken
from the officers by a mob near Sulli-
van. Ind. on the Goth, and hanged 10
telegraph pole
The master and seven seamen of a
Danish steamer were drowned in a
collision with 4 British steamer of
the mouth of the river Tyne, England,
On the goth
The scasfolding of building being
erected at Port Washington. Wis.
gave way. on the Goth. and two men
were fatally injured
In football game at Iowa City. Ia.
on the 20th- the University Of Mis-
sour defeated the University Of Iowa
by a score Of 8 TO O.
Through the death of a great-uncle
III New York city. Miss Bella Brown
Of Milwaukee. has fallen heir TO for
tune Of SIC. GO CO.,
Capt Powell {. Fauntleroy. surgeon
o. s A. and Miss Blanche McGonigle
were married at Leavenworth. Has.
or the e0th-
-Four floors Of a new building in
Chicago collapsed. on the Goth. killing
one workman and injuring several
others
The Suwanee Springs hotel. At Live
Oak. Fla. was partially destroyed by
ere. on the Goth. causing loss of s5o,-
oS0-
Mai. Robert p. p Wainwright. Fifth
cavalry. died at Manila, on the 18th. u
cardiac embolism-
The socialists came within 400 votes
Of securing control Of the convention
OF the American Federation of Lab-.r
at New Orleans The struggle lasted
nearly all day. on the Goth. and a
number Of able speeches were male
on both sides
Miss Elizabeth Ney. the Texas
sculptor. is in Berlin experimenting
the execution Of marble statues Of
Gen Austin and Sam Houston. which
the German emperor intends as gifts
Tn Gov Sayers Of Texas
Agents Of Armour ( Co are said
20 have been busily at work and have
almost completed arrangements by
which the entire control Of the pota-
10 crop Of the northwest will be in
the hands Of that firm
A determined move has been inau-
gurafed in Philadelphia 70 break mp
the operations of n gang whose bust
ness IL is to supply young girls from
the various states Of the union and
from among the European immi-
grants to the dens of vice throughout
the country
A record-5reaking raid was made
BIZ q party of revenue officers and
state consfables on the dark corner
section Of South Carolina The Off
GERS destroyed six large Illicit distil-
icries. IS fermenters. 5000 gallons OF
beer and mash and 60 gallons of low
wines
A Bucharest (Roumania) dispatch
Of the Goth SAYS the steamship Bosnia
foundered. during gale ON the Black
sea. and that her crew and passengers,
numbering $50. were all drowned.
J. Ogden Armour brought OF. on
the 10Th. in the Chicago board of
trade. gigantic coup in wheat. by
which he not only pocketci profits
amounting TO 100000. but also .shook
down host Of trailing shorts
Under permit from the interior de-
partm-nt Hot Springs (Ark-) livery
man has installed large horse baths
where sick thoronghbreds will re.
ceive treatment similar TO that adj.
minist-red to human beings in search
Of renewed health
Nelson Hersh. editor of the Sunday
edition Of the New York World. was
instantly killed near his home al
West Brighton. Staten Island. on the
10th. by being thrown from . buggy
He fell on his head. breaking his neck
and fracturing his skull
OrviIle Sanders,of Salem.IlI. . mem
Der Of the grammar school football
team. met with serious accident dur.
ing a practice game. One Of his legs
was broken and he received severe in
ternal injuries
Burglars entered store in New
York. within hal: block Of = police
station, on the night Of the 10Th. and
stole dry goods worth $4,000. They
used q truck TO carry away the plum.
der.
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