The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-10-24


Rear-Admiral Thos. +. Selfridg<
Dr., Z. s. n. retired, died. ON the 18th
et the Mclean asylum. waveriy
Naas.
ORDERS are To be issued at once b,
The war department for the reduction
OF the United States army 20 the min
imum size allowed by law. $1,000 men
A library erected mt Hawarden
England, as a national memorial Il
the late William L. Gladstone, ant
which cost $4,000, was opened on thu
18th.
The volcano OF La Soufriere wa,
again in eruption on the night of the
1sth. and the sand thrown out had I
stronger sulphurous odor than here
tofore.
John L. Young. a writer for thu
Post-Dispatch. was instantly killed
In an elevator accident at the Plant
ers' hotel. st. Louia. ON the night Of
the 14th.
BY the purchase of a plant in West
Virginia, the Pennsylvania Glass Sand
Co. has secured q practical monopoly
of all sands used in the manufac turs
of glass.
p. b. Ladd. formerly of ST. Louis
and who fought in Cuba as captain
of . Missouri company, Joined thu
Colombian army, under Gen. Salazar
on the 18TH
The New York Yacht club, on thu
10th, accepted Sir Thomas Lipton's
challenge for the Americas cup, the
conditions of the race to be the same
as last year.
A fortune Of 500 600 in cash, Jew.
elry and bonds was found in the desk
Of New York police captain. on the
18th. The o1lcer had dropped dead
ut the desk a week before
President Roosevelt will be enter
tanned at the home of ex-President
Cleveland. at Princeton, N j.. on Dc
tober IS. the occasion being the in
auguration of a new university presi-
dent.
Two men who were arrested at
Minneapolis, Mimi, on the 18th. on
charges Of forgery. are believed TO
have defrsuded the banks of that city
out Of $40 900. They had been pos
ing as brokers.
Earl Roberts, commanderinrchiel
of the British army. having been cor
daily invited to do so by the Ameri-
can generals while in London, said he
had practically decided to visit the
United States in 1908
The United States consul general AZ
Christiana, Norway. has reported tc
the state department that the crops
in that country this year have been
very poor and a large amount Of
grain must be imported.
The Sons OF Confederate Veterans
of Mississippi. on the 18th. bought
from Mrs. Jefferson Davis the old
home, known as Beauvoir. 20 be used
as . home for confederate veterans.
The price paid was $1,000
The Oklahoma Central & st. Louis
Railroad Co. was chartered at Gush-
RE, Okla, on the 18th. with capital
stock of SIS 100000. The road is to
extend through Guthrie to Joplin. No.,
then northeast either to Jefferson
City or ST. Louis.
The boat in which ten men left the
foundered steamer C. D. Lockwood.
near Ashtabula. o., on the night of
the 18th, was picked up. overturned,
in Lake Erie. on the 10th. thus dis
polling all hope that any of the party
might still be alive.
Delegates TO the number Of $50. rep
resenting nearly every state and ter
ritory, met in Kansas City, No.. ON
the 18th, in attendance on the TWEEN
sy-first annual convention Of the
womas.'s Home Missionary Society Of
the Methodist church.
The steamer c. Ii. Lockwood
foundered in a gale in Lake Erie, Is
miles from Ash'abuls. o., or, the night
of the 18th The captain ami crew
launched two boats. aud one Of them
was picked up ON the 14th. but the
other one, containing ten people. was
being searched for by life-savers and
tugs.
In a quarrel between three men in
New York. on the 18th. over m al
legged shortage in the accounts Of one
them, VIM &. Turner shot and Killed
w. J. Mallard and Robert HamiIfon
and then killed himself with the same
weapon. All the parties were promi-
nent in business circles, and Turner