The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-12-12
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JHtiuuS ID. nccu, Ioflner spcdhcT o.
the national house of representatives
died in Washington. ID. c., on tho
9th, of Bright's disease. His remains
were taken TO Portland. Me-. on the
eth. where the funeral will be held
He was born there in 1889.
Annie McMahan, a domestic, was
found dead in her room, at Spring
field. Mo-. on the eth, with a bullet
hole in her back. A man who was in
the room at the time. and who was
himself slightly wounded. was arrest
ed for the crime.
A special train that left Chicago for
New York. on the eth, carried 600
Scandinavians from the northwest
and the middle west who are on their
way 10 spend the Christmas holidays
in their native countries OF Sweden
and Norway.
A cold wave swept over the west
and northwest, on the 9Th. At
Bloomington, H.. the thermometer
stood at zero, at Milwaukee. Wis. 1t
was near that point. and at La Crosse,
Wis. il was two below.
Two of the four men charged with
the robbery of number of stores at
Red Key. Ind. and who broke Jail.
were recaptured. on the eth, and
bloodhounds were put on the trail Of
the other two.
Robert killian, formerly Of 81.
Louis. and Thomas Sharp, of Indian
apolis. Ind, committed suicide in a
hotel in indianapolis. on the eth. one
using morphine and the other rough
on rats.
Thomas Mast, once famous as a
cartoonist, but for the past year
American consul-general at Guaya-
quill. Ecuador. died in that city. on
the eth. of yellow fever.
Fannie Bloomfield Seisler, the Chi
cago pianist. took part in a concert
at Vienna, Austria. on the night of
the eth, and was accorded an enthusi-
astic reception
Barry tombstone. the actor who
shot and killed Kate Hassett, an ac-
tress. in Philadelphia. on the 1st. and
attempted suicide. died in a hospital,
on the eth.
Col Lamb. member of an English
rifle team, committed suicide on
board a steamer in the Mersey river.
on the 9th. by shooting himself with
a rifle.
By an explosion at Ridgeway. Pa,
on the eth. the Eagle Valley tannery
was destroyed by fire. The loss is be-
tween s3oo. 700 and 100000
In the senate, on the sth, all the
amendments to the immi.
grafton bill were adopted with the
exception Of one providing an educa-
tional test, and the committees ac-
ton in striking out a section pro-
hibiting the sale of liquors in the
capitol building was concurred in. An
amendment fixing a three-dollar head
tax on each immigrant coming into
the United States was also adopted
Other amendments were acted on.
and the bill went over. In the house
a little unimportant business was
transacted, and Mr.. Sherman IN. W
offered resolutions expressive Of the
sense Of the house on the death OF
its former speaker. Thomas Il. Reed,
after which adjournment was had in
respect TO his ma.nory.
The house of representatives, at
Washington, on the sth. unanimously
adopted resolutions expressive of
Tho 90 10.
of Hon. II. Il. Reed, and adjourned out
of respect to his memory. Such ac-
ton by the house on the death of a
former member has been taken but
three times before in its history-on
the occasion of the deaths of Benton,
Blaine and Alexander ii. Stephens.
The Marshall & Huschert Machin-
cry Co., of Chicago. was damaged by
fire, on the sth, to the extent of $780,
200. A panic was created among the
100 employees Of the firm, and many
had to use the fire escapes to reach
the street.
Two men were killed. six others Sc
riously injured, at least three Of them
fatally. and four painfully hurt by a
delayed explosion Of a blast in cut
in which they were working. at Ba-
ker's Hill. Tenn. on the sth.
Two women witnesses before the
coal strike commission. on the sth,
testified that the Markle Coal Co. de-
Quoted house rent from the last
wages Of their husbands, who were
killed in the mines.
A rejected sutton named Davis shot
and killed Mrs. Wynne, bride OF
three days. near Tyler. Tex. on the
sth. and when the husband went TO
his wife's assistance Davis blew out
his own brains.
A west-bound Santa Fe train was
wrecked at Rothville. Mo-. on the
sth. and Engineer Wise and Fireman
Havlin were killed.
Fire In San Francisco. on the sth.
damaged Barker 4 Kinney's plumbing
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