The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-11-07
CURR ENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
personal AND GENERAL

during a strike in July last, were SEN
fenced to eight years AT hard labor
in the pcnitentiary
On October 81 the first message
passed over the newly-completed IA
cific cable line from Vancouver, y. e.,
10 Brisbane. Australia
Hy sudden rush Of gas in tun-
mel at Niagara Falls, on October 81
four men were killed and three seri-
ously injured.
The Texas Rice Canal Irrigation Co.,
of Decatur. H.. filed certificate OF
incorporation at Dover. Del. on De-
tober 81.
Mai. Campbell. an old soldier, who
had his home in a lonely gulch near
Miller. :. d.. was found dead. on the
I'd. with his throat cut, but whether
he was murdered or committed SUI
eide is not known.
While riding in carriage at
Youngstown. o.. on the 2d. Herbert J.
Hoffman and Miss Florence Carroll, a
young couple, were killed by being
struck by railroad train.
AS a result of domestic troubles,
Peter Grant, Of Grover. Wis. on the
I'd. shot and killed his wife and then
fired two shots into his own body
with fatal effect.
There were 494 deaths from cholera
in Ghuzzeh, Palestine, during the week
ending November /.
w. II. ludlow was fatally shot
while hunting, on the 1st, near West
Plains. Mo.
An engineer was killed and fire.
man and three mail clerks badly in
jured in railroad wreck at Elm
City, \. c.. on the I'd.
George Bowers shot and killed his
father and then attempted to kill his
mother. on the I'd, at their home near
Pewau,iee. Wis.
Three rrainmen we're almost in
stantly killed by the explosion Of a
locomotive boiler at Halethorp. Md.
on the Cd.
DR. A. NJ. Howell, one Of the lead
ing physicians of Madison county,
died at Collinsyille. ILL.,. on the %.
Thomas j Bell, mate on steam
boat living at st. Louis, fell overheard.
on the I'd. and was drowned.
Three men we're killed by an explo-
sion of gas. on the I'd, in a coal mine
near New Straitsville, O.
The latest intimation received from
Colombia is that there is some evil
dence of concerted action on the part
Of the South American republics
against the United States. This hos
tility is said to be encouraged by
foreign diplomats
In the aggregate gold holding in the
United States treasury there was an
increase since October of 5000, 900.
the amount now held being S6O6302.-
49,, the largest sum in gold ever ac-
cumulated by any government.
The Boer commandant Vulcan has
written letter TO Earl Roberts. in
which he offers his services to the
British army il Beers are enlisted "a
take the field against the forces Of
the Mad Mullah in Somaliland.
During the month of October Az
wells were completed in the Indiana
oil field. As to completed work Dc
tober stands alone as the largest
months work since oil was discov.
cred in the state. The Indiana field
now leads Ohio in operations.
John McCurdy. Of jackson. Mich.
IS years Of age, if he lives till next
March. will have been an engineer on
the Michigan Central railroad 81
years, during which time the com.
panv has never lost cent through
any fault of his. ;.nd no passenger ha.
ever been hillei ~ injured on q train
hauled rs iis ENGINE His record i.
absolutely clean.
Half buried in the sand. under two
feet of water. the body of Miss Sell
ia Petersen, the missing high-schoo
student. was found, on the I'd. in IN,
lagoon al Lincoln park. Chicago. Sh,
had committed suicide because Of hei
failure to win class honors.
The director Of the mint ha.
caused a medal of President Roose
welt TO be made. The medals viii h,
struck in bronze and will be for sal,
TO the public al s. each. The medals
of all the former presidents. except
John Adams, have been Of the sam,
size and have also been struck in
bronze and sold AZ the same price.
Joseph Fisher of Evansville. Ind.
aged 66 years, fell dead on the even
ing OF the I'd. He was a saw manu-
facturer and one of the pioneers OF
southern Indiana. lie was prominent
in church circles.
4 cold wave swept over III Paso
Tcx-. on the I'd. and reports from the
surrounding mountain regions indi
cate that the snowfall has been heav,
on the slopes in New Mexico. Hun
dreds Of sheep persisted.
A burglar entered the residence Of
Editor G. a. Fay, ut Clinton. Ia. on
the night 81 the 2a. and after covering
Fay and his wife with gun com.
PEELED them to give up money and dia.
monds valued at $1,000.