The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-08-29
LATE NEWS ITEMS

fatally injured and one seriously IN
ilrea al midnight on the Esd, by the
explosion of the big mogul engine
drawing the first section ~ the I'M
cago 4 Alton train IL miles east OF
Mexico. Mo. while going 35 miles an
hour
The Central Federation union, OF
New York. representing 250.ooo Work
ing men. held a meeting. on the 2fth'
at which il was decided 10 ask FRESH
dent Roosevelt TO call special ses-
sion Of congress 10 take action 20 END
the coal strike.
During a fit Of laughter Thomas Y
Garrett. aged p, drug clerk from
Chicago. lost his balance and fell out
If boat. at 81. Joseph, Mich. on the |
gath. The body was recovered IN 10
minutes. but life was extinct
Official cholera statistics in the
Philippines show total up 10 Au-
gust "A. Of 25.6Gi cases and ls,oio
deaths. The actual number Of cases
ana deaths is greatly in excess OF
the official reports
4 disastrous wreck occurred at
Georgetown. Ind. on the Southern
railway. eight miles west OF New NJ
banv. early ON the morning OF the
a4th. in which al least three lives
were lost.
Senator Hanna said at Buffalo, j.
V. on the cath. that he had done all
in his power TO end the coal strike
and could do no more. He predicts
that the strike viii be a prolonged
one
Archduchess Marguerite Sophia, OF
Austria. wife of Albert. duke Of
wurtemburg. died. on the gath. at
Gmunden. Austria. as the result OF an
! operation for appendicitis.
Mrs. Minnie MasterSon. wife OF
James Mastrrson. was murdered al
New Albany. Ind. on the night Of the
s4th. and her husband is in Jail
charged with the crime.
Miss Wolhng. aged IS. and NJ Wy
man. aged IL. a son IF Judge Nyman,
Of Nirnqua. Wis. were drowned, on
the e4th. at Battle island. Lansing
ID. while bathing
ExpxrimentS in wireless tel"phon-
fny were conducted successfully, on
the z4th. between >assnitz and kol-
berg. in Germany. a distance Of iOS
miles.
Three persons were killed and
many badly injured in a head-on col
lision between electric cars AZ Nor.
fok. Va, on the gath
One person wss killed and seven
injured in Memphis. Tenn, on the
25th. as a result Of the breaking of
! trolley wire on an electric car. The
. wire flew around The car like whip,
creating a panic, and in the rush for
4 the platform the injuries were re-
] lceived.
The Michigan supreme court has
h granted a writ of habeas corpus IN
2 the case Of Frank G. Andrews, recent
b In convicted Of misappropriating
, funds Of the wrecked City Savings
z Bank of Detroit. the writ being made
e returnable October /.
4 man named \. @. Mitchell. re-
ported 20 be millionaire from Mich
Iran. committed suicide, on the 18th
y by jumping overheard from ths
!. steamer Coptic. on the way TO Homo
= lulu. when three days out from sai
Francisco.
Miss Nav Dewcin. Of Mattoon, iii.
IL wears old, hciress to fortune o
4 $4,000. cl0ped to indianapolis, Ind
with Verne IIinklc. brakeman Of tn
X Big -Four railroad. on the 23d, and tn
pair were married there.
Tom Jones. the negro charged wit
criminally assaulting Mrs. Vim. Smith
near Seven Springs, y. e., last Frida,
was taken from the officers by mol
4 on the .5th. and shot to death i'll tn
~ woods.
III. st. John Dix. who was convicte
Of wrecking the Scandinayian-Amer
\. can bank. of Whatcom. Wash, wa
sentenced, on the 2Jth, to ten year
4 Imprisonment in the penitentiary.
I, The comptroller of the currency,
n Washington. has declared diyider
n. 81 ten per cent. in favor OF the cree
=. itors Of the insolvent Lemars natio
a. al bank. Of Lemars. la.
Gen. samuel T.. Casey, who was
=. member Of congress from kentucl
4. during the war and warm support
~ Of President Lincoln, died at y. >
-. Seph. Mo-. on the 18th.
WI 4. T.. Olson. for % years SUPER
~ tendent Of bridges Of the Burlingt'
railroad system west 81 the Nilsson
n, river. was drowned at Darlington, i
III on the 25th.
w. Chester Westbrook. who lived ne
nv Phiilipsburg, HAS. killed his wife
a cutting her throat WIN q razor :
then committed suicide 10y cutting
tha own throat.
Mn Piel Brothers. who have WITHDRAW
ew from the Starch trust. will establi
an independent plant II Indianapo
Ind, at cost Of over 100000.