The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-11-14

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pneumonia for three weeks. died at
Elkhart Lake, Wis. on the 3D.
DR.. r. c. Kedzie. for 40 years pro-
fessor Of chemistry at the Michigan
agricultural college. died at Lansing
Mich. on the 7th, aged 70 years
The anthracite strike commission
er. completed a weeks tour of the
roal belt on the 9th. and adjourned &c
meet again At Scranton. Pa, Novem-
Ter ~.
The historic Kimball homestead. at
Kenosha. Wis. was destroyed by fire,
on the eth 1t was the Oldest resi-
dence in Kenosha, having been built
In 1896
Col. L. O. Washington. who was re-
lated to George Washington through
. collateral branch of the family, died
At the city Of Washington, on the
eth. aged - years
President Roosevelt has been in
vited 10 preside at the third annual
international live stock exposition. &c
be held in Chicago. commencing Sat
urday. November %.
Joseph Simpson. for many years
one of the leading financial men OF
western Iowa. and prominent in Sioux
City In the boom days, died at Den
ser. COL, on the 9th.
Rev. George Wilson. who attracted
much attention before and during the
civil war as a lecturer against slavery
died at his home at Bloomington, III
on the Sd. aged IS years.
william p. Cornell. a Chicago news
paper man, was stricken with apo
plexy Just after casting his vote on
the 4,h. and dropped dead in the poll
ing place. Lakeview town hall
The question Of accepting sl65 600
from Andrew Carnegie for a public
library at Albany. y. Y. was put 70
q popular vote. on the 4th. and defeat.
ed by an overwhelming majority
The wheat harvest this year in New
South Wales was very poor one. the
shortage being estimated at 100000
bushels. Other states in the Austria.
ian federation also had poor harves-s,
The king OF Siam sen; cablegran
20 President Roosevelt, on the 9Th
earnestly thanking him for the kindly
I.I fn he
prince on landing in the United States
Rev. /. Willard Puffer. who was
struck by q train at the station at
Decatur. Ill. on the night of October
81. died at ST. Mary's hospital. Deca.
ture, on the Sd as a result Of his in
iuries.
President Mitchell. Of the Mine
Workers union. may be elected e
succeed Samuel Gompers as president
Of the American Federation of Labor
which meets at New Orleans. Novem
Der IL
President Roosevelt received the
election news at Osyter Bay, on the
9TH. He expressed himself as satisfied
with the result. and sent congratu
lafory dispatch to Gov. Odeli on his
reelection
A fierce fire has been raging or
the Rosebud Indian reservation. II
Nebraska. since the list, and 300 heas
Of cattle are known TO have beer
L. nqi
20 hear from.
Contracts were signed. on the eth
for the building Of an interurban cleo
tic line from Quincy. Ill. to Boards
town and from Quincy TO Niota. tn
construction of which will requir'
about 5000, 900.
George r. Vest. son Of Senate
.est, Of Missouri. was found dead Il
els room at the Columbia hotel. Wash
ington. d. c.. on the morning of tn
9Th lie had been complaining of feel
Ing i'll the day before. and the imme
date cause of his death was convul
SONS. due to acute gastritis-
HOn@ Ildlt gOuu~ftts
leader Of national prominence, an
vice-presidential candidate "a the par
" in 1896. was shot and killes. b,
Harry Harris. in an alteration be
tween them. at the village II Bogofa
Jasper county, Ill. on the 4th- Harri
was taken to Jail at Newton. wher
ne soon after committed suicide b.
taking poison
Alan G. Mason, well-known an
wealthy business man, was arrested il
Boston. on the 4th. charged with hay
ing been involved in the many muir
derous assault cases which have oc
Cured in the vicinity Of Boston dur
ing the past summer. two Of whicl
resulted fatally. Mason was recent
released from an asylum. where h
was treated for mental trouhle.