The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-09-12
LATE NEWS ITEMS

The ody of man found In leld
near the town of Lowther, Ia, on
the 9th. with bullet hole il his head,
has been identified as that Of William
Bartholin, who murdered his mother
and sweetheart, in Chicago. He had
committed suicide, but left confess
sion of the crimes of which he was
charged, in which he says he had no
assistance of any kind from any one.
President Roosevelt will arrive in
ST. Louis on October l and will visit
the site of the Worlds fair in the
afternoon, leaving the next day. Thir-
! ty-two states and territories will be
represented ON the occasion. as at
that time the allotment of sites for
state buildings will take place.
| President Roosevelt arrived at
Chattanooga, Tenn, on the eth, and
was royalty entertained by the citi-
fields in the vicinity of the city, and
was presented with a cane cut from
the field of Chickamauga.
The gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot. which
was in the service of the Firminist
party, was sunk in the harbor Of
Gonaives, Hayti, by the German gun
boat Panther. Thirty shots were
fired into her. Germany regarded the
vessel as a pirate.
Rev. +. Whaley was killed and his
son had both arms shot to pieces in
a fight with three men near Durant,
i. T., on the 9th, the result of trouble
between the parties of long standing.
The plant of the Campbell Wall Pa
per Co, at Bogota, n. j., was de-
stroyed by fire on the night of the
9TH. The loss is $4,000, and 500 peo-
pie are thrown out of employment.
Gov. Taft of the Philippine islands
intends that a great exhibit shall be
made of that people at the Worlds
fair The appropriation for 1t al
ready made exceeds 100000.
A mass sreeting of 500 church peo-
pie was held at Kansas City, kas, on
the 9TH, at which fund of $500 was
raised with which to begin a crusade
against the liquor joints.
The bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
/. Fair, victims of the automobile ac-
cident in France, arrived at New
York. on the 7th, on the steamer st.
Louis.
Gen. James A. Williamson, who was
commissioner Of public lands under
President Grant, died in New York,
on the 18th.
| Large volumes of fame were issu-
ing from Mount Nesuvius on the
morning of the 18th.
| Positive assurance has been given
that President Roosevelt will visit the
reunion of the southern Illinois sol
diers and sailors, at Carbondale, Oc-
| tober ], 2 and 3, the exact date to be
fixed when the president returns IT,
Washington. VIM. J. Bryan will also
be present one day.
President Roosevelt attended the
| opening session of the convention of
| the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, at Chattanooga, Tenn, on the
| sth. lie made an address TO the MEM
bers and was elected to honorary
membership in the organization.
Sixty Otoe and Pawnee Iudians got
! into a fight on a Santa Fe train, on
the night of the sth, white returning
from a circus at Perry, Okla ;nl one
Indian was killed and Conductor Fen
nell so badly wounded that he vii
probably die.
The Maine state election was he'u
on the sth, and Chairman Simpson, -
the state committee, claims tiat Hne
republicans carried the stare by
plurality Of $4,000 and elected the ~
tire delegation in congress by o lfise
ma iority. ,,
The carcasses Of $4,000 New ,Ze'ianu
sheep taken TO London by stg''"ei
were condemned by the authorize -
unfit for human food. and the sup
was ordered to go to sea and 'n'o"
overheard the entire cargo.
,;, frederick
Carncs, the slayer Of sheriff ','ian ',
| OF Whiting, Ia. Carnes is ar
n rifle and has plenty Of an. "iu'''''o"'
The seventeenth national
| ment Of the Union Netcr" un'oi
will be held at Washington ~ E NJ
| October Q, 10 and a. at "- ''''''
| the G.. A. II. also meets IT,
Two Italian striking JIM.
ne ar. iWilkcsbarre,
Pa, on the sth. and
ny ~ ~, n.nriscnI,, a prominent
"hJ. wa.,,;an,,n. d. G., was
killed near that city, ,.',,;,s
being struck by rail
driving across the ira ~. s,b
At Knoxville, Tcnr, "a e. W.,
President Roosevelt r...nssao.s
G. Browniow, widor ,...'.,r ana
| famous editor, forr.
| United States senat' o,. po,o~
At Omaha. Neb., ~" w .a
Olsen. in a fl Of !ca'o"M s n ~.
fatally wounded ""'s '' =
sweetheart.