The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-27

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The Egan pa State hank was
closed. on the 18th, by Public Exam
liner Heminway. The deposits amount
: et to $4,000 and the loans to si5 1000
The shutdown was caused BIZ poor col
I lections.
John IL Brown, the New Holland
CO.. bank wrecker, was taken to the
renitentiary at Columbus, o.. on tho
18th. BY Sheriff Hoover. TO serve seven
years He was given clerical work
Col Robert NJ. Sands, one of the
most prominent surviving officers #
tie confeceracy. died at Mobile. Ala,
ON the 18th, after two weeks Illness
aged IS
In the circuit court al Jefferson City.
Mo. on the 18th. John W BTuner. who
had been employed at the Missouri
state penitentiary for a long period Of
years, was tried on the charge Of as
sault to KIN g E. Kaufman. Of CHI
cago. The jury founi the defendant
guilty. and fixed his punishment az
three months in jail ard ina of sl0e.
Lawrence Davenport was found not
guilty Of murder by jury in the cir
cult court al Belleville. Ill. on the 18th.
after an hours deliberation. He killed
his brotherin-law. Hugh Wilkerson. at
their home in East St Louis in Sep
TENDER
The National Live Stock exchange
convened at Fort Worth. Tex. on the
18th. The delegates represented ex-
changes in Chicago, St Louis. Omaha.
Neb.. ST. Joseph, Mo. Peoria, Ill, and
other towns.
A jury at New Orleans. La. in-the
case Of Lou W. Lyons. for the assassin
alton Of District Attorney J. Ward CUR
ley. returned a verdict OF guilty. on the
18th. and sentenced him to die on the
gallows.
Gov. Dockery of Missouri. on the
18th. appointed Frank Hayman. of Hus-
tonia, Mo. member of the state board
Of agriculture, TO succeed ~ H. Cen
try. of Sedalia- who resigned
Dexter A. Knowlton 1Ied at FreepoTt.
H.. on the isth. aged CO. He was well
known in banking and religious circles
throughout the west
Henry Seton Merriman fHugh Stow
ell Scott. the novelist. died. on the
18th. in London. from appendicitis.
At Cheyenne. Wyo-. on the 2ota.
Tom Horn. scout. Indian fighter
and cattle detective. went smiling
TO the gallows. where he expiated
the murder OF Willie Nickel. aged IA.
who was shot and killed on July IS,
1901. at Iron Mountain The trap
dropped at 11:Os. Horns neck was
broken. and ) minutes later he was
pronounced dead.
The officials of the foreign Office az
St Petersburg said. on the 20.h. that
Russia doubtless would recognize IAN
ANA in due time. and would welcome
the construction Of a neutral canal. as
her commerce would share in the gen.
eral benefit derived therefrom.
A young man rushed into the tele-
graph Office at San Diego, Cal. on the /
10Th, sent a telegram TO a relative in |
Albany, N. ". asking for 10000. and 1
then threw himself in front Of a train
that was passing and was killed. His
name was +. FrebendaIl
United States Senator Charles Diet
rich started from Washington, ID. G..
for Omaha. Neb.. on the 2ls.. 70 sur /
render 10 authorities because OF the
indictment on . charge Of conspiracy
In connection with post Office patron
age.
The National Live Stock exchange.
IN session at Fort Worth. Tex, ON the
10th. elected George w. Shannon. OF
Chicago. president St. Louis was,
chosen Icr the convention OF 1904 Il