The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-08-28

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JASPER a. : INDIANA
BY order q the president. on the
18th. Col. Robert l.. Made Of the Unit
ed States marine corps. will be retired
October ,. next. in his present grade.
The report OF Secretary Coburn OF
sne Kansas board OF agriculture. issued
IN the 18th. shows the wheat yield 10
lie s0.s.o 600 bushes, the greatest in
he states history by les.oco bushels.
Mount Nesuvius continues in active
eruption. A new crater seems 10 have
been opened. but. on the 18th, IL WAS
impossible 10 ascertain his fact def
niiely. owing 10 the smoke which sur
rounded the top Of the mountain.
An imposing public fune. al was held
on the 18th. in raris. O. ~ more OF the
victims Of the tunnel catastrophe. Pre-
mier Combes delivered short address
in which he promised measures Of re-
lief for he families OF the victims.
Business houses al Durard Mich.
closed for an hour. on the l1th. while
the funeral services were held over the
bodies OF ten unknown ana unclaimed
victims Of the collision between the
two sections of Wallace Brothers cir
Gus train.
At a meeting in Oh .cago. on the 18th
% general passenger agents Of the
roads west or Chica AZ VAS recon.
nended that for the Chicago ccnten.
NAL september 20 10 October !, rate
cf one and one-thi'd fare for the
round trip be made
The combined North Atlantic feet
nnder Rear-Admiral Barker. sailed. on
18th. for Long Island sound. where.
after tactical exercises. President
Roosevelt. the secretary of the navy
and Admiral Dewey will inspect it, Oh
the 18th. OF Oyster Bay, y. y.
Princess Radziwill. who was sen.
fenced 10 two years Imprisonment by
the South African supreme court OF
April 30. 1902. for forgery. in connec-
ton with notes purportirg to have beer
Endorsed by the late Cecil Rhodes. was
CT the llth. liberated from prison at
Cape Town.
Pope Plus Y had q lasnting fiji or
the morning of the 18th. while cele-
-
pope has been over-exertins himself &c
such an extent that his naturally
strong constitution was unable 10 bear
the strain put on by the recent COR
Cnation ceremonies.
Ii has transpired that Willard ;. Al
len. the embezzling treasurer Of the
Methodist Preachers Al society OF
Kew England. in addition 10 the funds
,f the society. took s. 900 OF the funds
,f the Methodist Historial society. and
also borrowed s. 600 from friends be-
fore leaving Boston.
A 81 GOO 600 combine was effected in
Chicago. on the 18th. by the consoliia-
tion Of the Hammond Refrigerator,
Anglo American Refrigerator Kansas
Civ Refrigerator. Omaha Packing and
81 Louis Dressed Beef and Provision
companies car lines under the name
q. the National Car Line
The Farmers and Merchants bank
OF Montgomery. aim. was no. opened
for business on the 1ith, and the where
- 81 - Dr.af nr1 De
unknown 10 the depositors. The ce-
posts run from $50. 900 TO $50. 1000. and
the liabilities are estimated at $l50U0v.
Gen. Cnas. Fiizsimuns 4 prominent
contractor. formerly brigadier-general
or the FIRST brigade .ilincis national
guard. was reported .ritic-lly Ill. on
the 18th. from a recent fall. II was said
that his trouble. watch bafI.ed the ply
sicians. must result IN his death in a
shori time unless spec V relief was
found
contract was awarded al Balti
more Md. on the llth by the Balti-
more e. Ohio Railroad Co. for addi-
tional passenger equipment. involving
an expenditure Of about $600,ooc. and
with this new rolling stock the com
rany will be equipped 10 handle the
Worlds fair business TO and from ST.
Louis next year.
The effeco of the hurricane upon the
island Of Jamaica. on the 18th. were
greater than al first believed Pert
Antonio. on the north coast, was com
pletely overwhelmed. Only six houses
were left standing there. The United
Fruit Co.'S wharves Offices. hotel and
plantations were utterly demolished
Loss placed at 100000
At the meeting of coal operators al
Parkersburg, w Va. on the 18th. who
were appointed 10 prepare the West