The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-11-28
LATE NEWS ITEMS

caused Rev. j. w. McGarvie, the pas
tor. to tender his resignation. on the
Esd. He had been pastor and elder
of the church for 30 years. but had al
ways opposed instrumental music.
Gypsy, big elephant belonging to
. circus. went crazy near Valdosta,
Ga. on the 22d. and killed his keeper.
The brute escaped to the woods. but
was shot and killed by the circus en-
ployes-
Miscreants placed dynamite in sa-
loon at Mahanoy City. Pa, on the 23d,
and exploded ii. the conclusion blow
ing out the front part of the building
and wrecking buildings adjoining it
An explosion of boiling asphalt a.
Denver, Col. on the Esd. resulted in
the destruction of the plant of the
Colorado Paving Co, entailing loss
of $4,000.
BY the explosion of locomotive
boiler at Thompson. Pa. on the Esd,
John Markovisch, a trainman, was
killed and seven others seriously in
jured.
\ hemorrhage caused the death Of
Lloyd q. Richardson. for 80 years a
prominent lumberman Of Michigan. at
hotel in Saginaw, Mich, on the Esd.
George 5. Shelby. great grandson
Of the first governor of kentucky.
killed himself with a revolver. in his
bed. in Lexington. KY, on the 23d.
DIR. Otto Sieman. Professor in Con-
cordia college, TT. Wayne, Ind, COM
mitted suicide, on the 23d, by strang-
ling himself with his ocdclothes.
Rev. John r. Brown. pastor Of a
Baptist church in Kansas City, Mo-.
has accepted call from a church in
Providence, r. /.
A violent riot in the city of Tours.
France. on the 23d. was caused by the
singing of anti-military songs in a
music hall
Mrs Ellen 5. Gore. who met a tragic
death in Paris, France. on the 10Th,
spent her childhood on farm near
Ravenna. o.
4 fire in the umbrella mandatory
of Cans Bros. in Baltimore, Sid, on
the Esd, did damage 10 the extent of
500, 900.
1t. Rev. John y. Stariha was in
stalled as Catholic bishop for the
Black Hills district, at Lead, s. d., on
the I'D.
The new Pacific cable to Australia
will be opened for business on Decem-
Der s.
On q plantation in Crittenden coun-
~. Ark. on the 23d. a drunken negro
was beating his wife. when Fred Ger
aid, the manager, interfered. The ne
gro shot and mortally wounded Ger
aid. but as he was falling he drew
revolver and shot the negro. killing
him instantly.
After an examination, on the oath.
of the Russian, De Rydzewski. who
was in the room with Mrs. Gore when
she met her tragic death in Paris.
France. the magistrate accepted his
version of the affair and liberated
him professionally.
Dan Lynch and James Brophy were
killed and IS others injured by an
| open switch throwing a portion Of
train of the track at Sealy. /. T.. on
the 25d, and causing it to plunge into
. string Of labor-rs' boarding cars.
At Narksville, Ia, on the cath,
Thomas o. blanche demanded an apol-
orv from r. l.. Barbin. with whom
| he had quarreled the night before.
and on its being refused he shot and
killed Barbin.
4 Foot and mouth disease is affecting
cattle in Massachusetts, TO such an
extent that the cattle commission IF
that state admitted. on the cath. that
1t had become almost epidemic.
| Heavy rains fell throughout north
and northeast Texas. on the cath, do
ing great damage 10 county roads
and in some localities totally ruin
ing the growing strawberry crop.
Serious riots, resulting from the
cigarmakers' strike. broke out in Ha-
vana. Cuba. or the cath. Two strikers
were killed and So persons injured,
some Of them very severely.
William Low and George w. Haley
were instantly killed and John Haley
4 A"thhN ~'Aihch ~ 'h' fNlii'Ni'H ~ ~
boiler in grist mill at Clearmont.
Tenn, on the cath.
Chief-of-Police Hayes announced, on
the gath, that the bull fight scheduled
20 take place in Kansas City on
Thanksgiving day would not he per-
mitted
ristin Sarvis. q telegraph operator
mt Nichols. :. g.. shot and severely
wounded Miss Jody Burns. on the
2ith. and then committed suicide.
nr. Edwin q. Granville died az KAN
sas City. Mo-, on the cath. Of locomo-
tor ataxia.
\ heavy earthquake shock was felt.
on the 23d, In the province Of Leon.
Ecuador.