The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-10-24

PERSONAL AND GENERAL

At Columbia, Mo-. on the 18th, the
Butler case. on trial in that city on
change Of venue from St. Louis. was
continued and reset for hearing No
vembcr 10.
Win q. Purdue, Aotel clerk, was
ahot and accidentally killed by Ham
ilton Sutherland, at Decatur, Ill, on
the night of the 18th.
The Anti-Horse Thief Association
Of the State of Missouri held its an
nual session 1T Centralia. on the 18th.
The failure of the banking house of
Gilman. Son 4 Co., Of New York. was
announced on the 10th, the liabilities
being less than 100000. The founder
Of the house was at one time q resi-
dent Of st. Louis and Alton. Ill.
Near Mt Pleasant, Mich, on the
10th, in fit of jealous rage, Archie
Woodin shot and killed the parents of
his wife. from whom he had been
separated. and then killed his IS
months-old child.
A lion in q wild animal show az
Terre Haute. Ind. on the night of
the 10th, attacked and inflicted fearful
gashes on its keeper. and caused q
stampede In the audience.
Charles H. Ham, at one time . law
partner of Chief Justice Melville W.
Fuller. died at his home at Mont
Clair, n. j.. on the 10th.
Seven hundred miners stopped work
on sympathetic strike at Mineral,
Kas.. on the 10th.
The post Office at Leo, Ind, was
broken open and robbed on the night
of the 18th.
Mussolino. the italian brigand re-
Gently sentenced to life imprisonment,
has gone furiously mad and is not
expected TO live long.
The Southern Stove Manufacturers
association. in session at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, on the 10th. raised
prices ten per cent.
One woman and two men lost their
lives by the wrecking of a schooner
on the coast Of Newfoundland, on the
night Of the 18th.
The three-year-old daughter of Fred
Schiipp. of Delavan, H.. drank guam
tity of gasoline, on the 10th, and died
from the effects.
Lieut.-Col. Porter, o. 8. A., retired.
died in Washington. on the night Of
the 18th, after long illness.
Judge Allen Hyden, Of Boonville,
KY. who was shot from ambush. died
of his wounds. on the 10th.
William O'Brien shot and fatally
wounded David Murray. near Coving-
ton, KY. on the 10TH
\ Evidence was laid before the grand
jury az Indianapolis Ind. on the 10th.
indicating that desperate tactics
were being resorted to in an effort
to prevent the Indictment and arrest
Of several prominent physicians said
TO be implicated in the recent whole
sale grave robberies. Prosecuting
witnesses have been threatened with
death.
The remains of a confederate sol
der who was killed during the Nor
gan raid. in 1863. were exhumed, near
Corydon. Ind. on the 10th. by his
brother. T. J. womack. and taken TO
Tennessee for final interment.
Tom Gammon. the man who wrote
the words for 600 Goo Eyes" Il
Hates to Get Up Early in the Morn
ing" and other popular coon songs,
lies dying at Marshalsea. the Ale
gheny county (Pa.) poor farm.
Judge j. b. Fulton, foreman of the
grand jury, in session at Hot Springs,
Ark, was found dead in bed on the
morning Of the 10th. by his family.
Death was the the result Of heart
disease, though he was thought to Be
in his usual health.
Jaques De Molay Comma ndery
Knights Templar Of Fort Smith. Ark.
on the night Of the 10th. presented
Rear-Admiral schley with an elegant
sword as n token Of the esteem in
which he IL held by his fellow knights
Of Arkansas.
John O'Donnell. an Irish member
OF the British house Of commons.
treated scene, on the 10th, by shout |
ing defiance to and shaking his fist
in the face Of Mr. Balfour, the pre-
mier. O'Donnel was suspended by . |
vote Of 34l to 81
The national Candy Co.. capitalized |
at $4,000 900, which is to have its head
quarters in st. Louis. was organized, |
on the 10th. by electing o1icers and
receiving si.000.o0o for the Arst pre-
ferred stock from the Mississippi Va |
ley Trust Co.
Commander Richard wainw1lrht |
has been ordered 70 report, Novcm-
Der .. On board the cruiser Newark /
and assume commando Capt. w. 8.
Brownson will succeed him as super
intendent Of the naval academy at
Annapolis. Md
The greatest satisfaction Is ex-
pressed in Official circles in was's ng.
ton over the success Of the nexofia-
lions for the settlemenet of the coal
strike. The president himself feels
deeply grateful for the outcome. He
regards it as honorable to both sides.
The anthracite coal miners strike
now practically ended, has been the
most costly conflict that has ever oc-
CURED between capital and labor In
This Or any other corlnfrv The nfriks |