The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-11-21

TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

parties who robbed the bank at Gard
ner, ILL.,. several weeks ago. They
were identified by the town marshal
of Gardner.
Tom Horn. a cattlemen's detective,
Nickel, ut Iron Mountain. Wye, was
sentenced to be hanged on January ..
Charles Wilder, claiming TO be .
molder by trade. was arrested in Chi
cago. on the 18th, while in the act of
making spurious silver half dollars.
Mrs. Victor Dougherty committed
suicide near Carrollton. Mo. on the
18th, by shooting herself in the breast
with shotgun.
George Hammett was struck by Z
railway train Mt Chester. H., on the
18th. and instantly killed.
Four men attempted to hold up q
Monon train at Cyclone, Ind. on the
18th. but the engineer turned on
steam, and Notwithstanding the
would-be robbers fired a fusilade of
shots the trainmen and passengers
escaped unhurt.
Belden +. Culver. secretary Of the
Illinois Humane society, died at Ashe-
Vile, y. c.. on the 18th, where he had
gone for his health. He was 20 years
old.
James L. Adams fell LIS feet from
an electric light tower at Council
Bluffs. la. on the 18th. but beyond
some bruises he suffered no injury.
Engineer Tighe and Fireman Bawl
1 cariA frf In, lxx,x
collision near Hendersonville. Tenn,
on the 18th.
The picture frame factory Of A. +.
Kern & Co, AT Chicago. was destroyed
by fire, on the 18th, with a loss of
SOS, OO0
Mrs. Costello. of Buffalo, n. u, at
tempted suicide by going over Nj
aga Falls, on the 18th. but a party of
state life-sayers succeeded in reach
ing her almost at the brink Of the
cataract.
ii. c. Cullom, Jr.. of Illinois, a
nephew of Senator Cullom, has been
appointed a special agent in the Unit
ed States general land Office.
Four people were killed and about
forty injured by the bursting of a
large boiler in a manufacturing plant
at Lebanon, Pa, on the 18th.
4 gasoline lamp exploded in a store
at White House, o., on the night of
the 18th. badly burning five persons.
one of them perhaps fatally.
Nicholas Botkin, deputy sheriff.
was shot by policeman in fight at
Covington, KY, on the night of the
18th. and died the next day.
A fireman named Martin, whose
home was in St. Louis, was killed in
wreck ON the Frisco, near Sullivan,
Mo-, on the 18th.
Former classmates Of Gov.-elect
Willis J. Bailey. Of Kansas, say the
reason he is unmarried is because he
was Tilted while a student at the Uni
versity of Illinois by charming CO.
ed.
Gen. Matos, chief Of the Venezuelan
revolutionsts. and his son, arrived at
Wlllemstadt. Curacao, on the 18th, in
q small boat. Gen. Matos was very ill.
His landing was witnessed by a consid-
cradle crowd. There were demonstra-
tons of varied character.
Chas. +. Billingley, chairman Of the
Mckinley memorial committee for
Oklahoma. filed with Gov. Ferguson, on
the 18th, his report. showing that So
600, the amount asked of Oklahoma by
the national Mckinley memorial COM
mittee. has been raised.
A whole block in the busy heart
of Olyphant, Pa, was wiped out by fire
on the 18th. Ten business places and
ten buildings were destroyed, and the
loss is estimated at 100000.
Norton Bryan, who has been in Jail
a. Murphysboro, ILL.,, since August 8,
charged with the murder of Anna
Hayden. was released, on the 18th, in
Judge vicker's court. The verdict of
mot guilty" was brought in by the
jury under the courts instructions.
The German reichstag, on the 18th,
adopted. by l92 to II votes, the para
graph Of the new tariff bill author
ling the government to retaliate On
any country discriminating against
German goods.
The color scheme for the st. Louis
Worlds fair was taken up for final
determination on the 18TH, and Di
rector Of Works Taylor will make the
final choice. II has been decided that
. an ivory is 70 be used. but the pre-
! else tint las not as yet been chosen.
; At the funeral of Thomas n. Davis
at the national military home in
Marion. Ind. on the 18th, it was
learned that he had lived dual life
When he died his papers were exam
incd and the names Of two wives
we're found. one living in Bowling
i, Green, Ind. and one in Marion.
. John Davis. a negro, was hanged In
the courthouse yard at Lewisburg
Tenn. on the 18th, by mob of SOC
men. for the murder Of Robert Adair
. a farmer near Lewisburg.
\ The post Office department has beer
d notified that the new issue Of 13-cent
: stamps, bearing the portrait Of the
lafe President Harrison. is now ready
to supply to postmasters.
Bv wreck Of cannon ball" train
on fi,e Texas a Pacific road. near