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

The body Of Mrs. George WDls, VINO
has been missing since last June, was
found near Chippewa Falls, Wis.,, on
the Sd, buried in the sand, with MARKS
on her face which indicate that death
was inflicted by a heavy piece OF IRON
| or stone. Her husband has dlsap-
reared and his whereabouts are UNI
known.
The Pennsylvania troops on guaru
nj shenandoah were assailed on the
nights of the I'd and Sd by parties IN
ambush who threw rocks at them,
orders were given 10 the soldiers that
il the attacks were repeated they
must shoot to kill and investigate art
erward.
Gen. Jacob III. Smith said in san
Francisco. on the Sd. that his forced
retirement from the army was an un-
welcome surprise to him; that he nat
urally supposed he would receive a
reprimand as a result of the court
martial, but nothing more.
Fire at Chicago. on the Sd. dam
aged the elevator owned by John y.
Badenoch & Co. TO the extent OF SD
600, and completely ruined the stock
worth 100000.
At FL Reno, Okla, on the Sd, Joseph
Podawoski stabbed and probably IA
tally injured his wife and daughter
and then committed suicide.
II. T.. Taylor hot and killed his
brother-in-law. Frank l.. Shader, a
railroad brakeman, at Colorado
Springs. Col. on the Sd.
There is much Indignation in the
CITY Of Mexico over the formation or
a pool among the bakers there TO
raise the price OF bread.
David Morris. a farmer, was killed
bv being hit on the head with a club
bv his son, on the I'd, near Pratts-
Vile. O.. in a quarrel.
Mrs. Margaret Uzzell, better known
as Mother Uzzcll, a noted charity
worker in the west, is dead at Denver,
Col. aged IS years.
The Indiana state s.a;istician ctti-
mates that the corn crop Of that
state will be in The neighborhood OF
40. 0o0, 900 bushels
Four people were killed in a col
iision between milk trains at Hor-
tons. Delaware county, y. L., on the
Sd.
John Francis Duncombe. a pioneer
settler Of Fort Dodge. la. died at his
home in Des Moines ON the I'd.
The republican ext book for the
campairn Of 1902 has been issued by
the congressional committee.
William Dodwell. a farmer living
near Wellington, Ky. was taken from
his home by a ] oh at midnight Of the
; Sd. bound to a tree and beaten with
a blacksnakc whip until he was near
IN unconscious from loss of blood
the mob preventing his wife and
daughter from interfering. No cause
for the whipping j. known.
William Thompson. Of Villas. Baca
: county. Col. confessed on his death
bed that he had killed his l3-year-olt
son. BENJAMIN. and that a man named
Nicholson. now serving a sentence IN
the penitentiary for The crime. i in
, nocent. \ petition for Nicholson
pardon was filed with the state par
don board on the 9Th.
4 number Of the mills IF the Amer
a lean Tinplate Co.. will close down il
consequence Of the rejection by IL
4 employees Of a proposition for q re
/, duction If % per cent. IN wage, mad
q by the company in order To secur
some large contracts. which il vii
a now be unable to obtain.
An unsuccessful effort was mad,
on the 4th. to float the stcamboa
City Of Savannah. which ran agroun
p in the Ohio river near paducah "A fe,
days ago, and il is now thought sn
,e may remain there several months.
n Arb Mcdonald dropped a stick q
dynamite into the river al Clinton
In Ia. for the purpose of killing fish
but il exploded under his BOAT an
Mcdonald was blown 10 atoms.
n, ". +. I~Iillegross and Miss Mabc
e. Strong. " young people o. Mattoor
ILL.,. We're l...ed. on the 4th. by bcin
s., struck by a Big Four train AT a eros.
ing at Shelbyvillc, III.
r seven Bulgarian brigands escape
a., u'ininred from a village in whic
they were surrounded by $50 Turks
"a soldiers, after killing four soldier
and FIVE villagers.
ne Mrs. \. X. II. patchen. n member ,
ne an old and aristocratic family Of Ne
y York state. dropped dead. on the 81
ut the home If some friends in Sa
sc , Francisco.
The bodies Of John w. Kirby an
his Wife were found in bed at the
" home in Cowlcy county. kas.. on n
- 4th. with all indications pointing ,
r. suicide.
~ Gov. Savage ~ Nebraska appointc
%. u new non-pnrtisan police board fl
!. the city Of Omaha. on the lth.
\ call has been issued for a conve,
ton If the peoples party. 10 be be-
'at Springfield, ILL.,, August 20.