The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-09-26
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


Stratton as they lay in state in Colo
RADIO Springs, on the 18th.
John Selby, the alleged forger, who
escaped from the officers at Vim
cennes, Ind, was captured at Bowling
Green. KY, on the nth.
William A. CASTOR, of Boston, was
nominated for governor by the Massa-
chusetts democratic convention on
the 18th.
The first flow of coal oil in Alaska
was struck at Cotella, on September
|. at a depth of zoo feet.
The nude body Of woman. after
wards identified as the wife of New
York tailor named Pulitzer, was
found in a canal between New York
and Jersey City, on the 18th, with
q 2o-pound iron weight attached to
her waist and stab wound in her alb
domen.
Edmund Jellinek. an employee OF a
bank in Vienna, Austria, disappeared
on the 18th. when IL was found that
by classifying checks he had defrauded
the bank Of s315.0o0.
William W. Gamble was shot and
killed by Policeman Craft, at Arcola,
Ill, on the night of the nth, while re-
sisting arrest. A coroner's jury ex-
onerated Craft.
Leslie T. Apologize, Of Falmouth,
was nominated for congress. on the
18th, by the republicans Of the Sixth
Kentucky district
Al1,-- T,,ol-o~ x~bn rs
saulted lady near Libby, Ore, was
lynched by mob Of miners on the
18th.
At Lacon, H.. on the 18th, an at
tempt was made to murder II. Nj.
Barnes, an attorney, by exploding a
25-pound can Of powder under his
bed room.
Two negro soldiers quarreled at
Fort Mackenzie. Wyo., on the 18th,
when one stabbed the other through
the heart, instantly killing him.
A republican convention will be
held at Hampton, Ia, on the 25th, to
nominate a candidate for congress 70
succeed Speaker Henderson.
Twenty people were hurt, three OF
them seriously, by collision Of a
street car with freight train al
Marion, Ind. on the 18th.
The submarine telegraph cable
which is to join the United States and
Hawaii as the first link in the system
to the Philippines, has been com
pleted, and is now on board the cable
steamer Silverton, which sailed from
London on the goth.
The new Scottish Rite temple at Lit
tie Rock, Ark, was dedicated. on the
18th, by the Albert Pike consistory
Prominent members of the masonic
fraternity from all sections Of the
state witnessed the ceremonies.
A large representation from bench
and bar and other professions attend
ed the funeral of former Justice Hor
ace GRAY. of the United States SUI
preme court, which was held in Bos
ton, on the 18th, at the Emmanue
Episcopal church.
The forces of the Haytian provision
al government. 5000 strong met with
defeat at Limbo. on the 18th. After
three hours fighting they retreated
leaving their guns and ammunition
dead and wounded. including severa
generals, on the field.
Louis A. Gourdain, lottery promo
ter, startled New Orleans, on thu
18th, by going before the attorne,
general and charging two bank presi
dents and another prominent banker
with being officers and operators o
the Honduras lottery, the headquer
tiers Of which, he says, are in tina
city.
Acting Pension Commissioner Dav
export says the bureau expended TO
pensions, the last fiscal year, $1,000,
900 less than was appropriated,
, fact that shows how rapidly the pen
sioners are dropping of.
The officers of the American boar
| Of foreign missions announced. on III
18th, the receipt Of s57.o33 throug
the state department at Washington
: The amount Is 25 per cent. Of I'll
, award made to me board on accoun
Of the Boxer outrages in 1900.
Every coal-carrying railroad in tn
strike district may be tied up by
: great strike of trainmen and tele
. graph operators II any attempt
made to send substantial supply G
anthracite to the markets.
The Colombian insurgent gunboa
Padilla, a formidable craft, name
by Americans and Germans, an
armed with four rapid-fring guns,
fitting out to intercept and, IL poss
BILE, destroy or capture the Colombia
steamer Jessie Banning, about TO sa
from San Francisco.
The New York police succeeded, o
the 10Th, in clearing the mystery sui
rounding the death of the woma
whose body was found in the Morrl
canal, near Jersey City, on the It'll
They allege that she was murdere
. by q man named Hooper Young, VIII
disappeared Immediately after II
commission of the crime.
One Mexican was killed, two Other
, fatally injured and another severtl
hurt by Q premature explosion Of
blast in o railroad construction cam
near Ell Paso. Tex.
Hon. VIM. j. Bryan spoke to .