The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-27
LATE NEWS ITEMS

A. N. BETTY, his wife and baby were
found dead in Cincinnati on the ia.
Betty left note saying that she
killed the babe and it j. supposed
that she killed herself owing 10 do
nestle troubles. Finding them dead
he took his own life.
Nathan VI. Hallock. president Of the
Merchants national bank Of Middle
ton. \. y. died suddenly NJ Los IN
geles. Cal. on the 22d. lie was a
veteran of the civil war and had re-
ceived a special medal from congress
for bravery.
DIR. l.. A. O'Hrien. the American
dentist who is said 10 have been too
friendly with the crown princess ~
Saxony. arrived in New DIRK on the
odd. He saws he left SaNony before
the Saxon officials had a chance To
expel him.
Bert and Jesse Hills. Indiana des-
peradoes, were captured, on the I'D,
in a wild country known rs the Shades
of Death. They were chained togeth-
err and marched into the sheriffs
ma nus at
Three masked men in attempting to
hold up an electric ear in Los An
geles. Cal, on the cpd. killed one pas
senger and wounded three others. H.
A. Griswold, of Manson. Ia, died IN
his aged mothers lap.
The Venezuelan congress appealed
to President Castro. on the ed. beg
ging him To recall his resignation. lie
persists in his intention and the mat
ter will be settled finally during the
present week.
William ;. Watson. lawyer of san
Antonio. Tex, was found dead in bel
at the White House hotel. at Warsaw,
Ind, on the o2d. \ bottle partly full
of morphine was found in his room.
Carlos Ezeta. expresident Of the re-
public Of Salvador. died in Mazatlan-
Mexico, on the 22d, in exile, poor and
almost friendless. Gov. Canedo paid
the expenses of his burial.
There was a sharp earthquake
shock accompanied by subterranear
noises al La Union, Mexico, on the
I'D. An earthquake shock also was
felt at Zihuatanejo.
The dowager empress IF China, on
the 22d, ordered an appropriation 81
half a million taels 10 he made fol
the Chinese representation al the st
Louis exposition.
| The heaviest sncwstorm of the win
ter struck Kansas City and st. JOSEPH
on the 22d.
The river began receding at Mem
phis on the ed
Dr.. y. r. A. Grassland. United States
minister to Liberia. and Y. Washing
ton Ellis, secretary of legation
reached New York. on the 23d. unde
assumed names. hoping 70 escape be
ing questioned on the shooting afai
in which they were involved
Charles Arnett. the 25-year-old soi
of Col. Arnett, a Wheeling CIV. Va.
criminal lawyer. walked into the riv
err and. refusing aid from scores o
people, was drowned on the 23d. II
was temporarily deranged.
Mrs. Louis Burke killed her fou
children with an ax at her home j
the town Of Fiskdale, Mass. on tn
23d, and then killed herself by cut
ting her throat. IL Is thought TN
woman was insane.
Mrs. Alice Hull Burdick. widow
Edwin Il. Burdick. was called TO test
fv i'm the murder inquiry al Burial
on the ed. Letters received by ne
from Arthur Pennell were read ]
court.
A revolution broke out al san d.
mingo on the 23d. The government
commandments was killed an
the minister Of foreign affairs sougf
, refuge in the United States legation
Christian college. al Canton. Nc
belonging to the Disciple church. wa
DESTROYED by fire on the 23d. III
loss is $4,000. The college was foun'
ed 50 years ago and had $50 student
Rev. George ii. Ide, ID. d.. for
years pastor Of the Grand Aven'
Congregational church in Milwaukee
! died in a sanitarium i'm kenosha I
; apoplexy on the 23d.
!, Treasurer Harry +. Nirdlinger
the Marguerite sylvia opera compan
|, was robbed of about $1,000 AZ Milwa
kee, on the 23d. a member OF II
4 company is missing.
After yawning without interruptis
for three days, Mrs. William Hem
!, Jenner died AT Oshkosh. Wis. on Il
. ed, physicians being unable TO pr
. vide relief
!. A riot broke ont on the Island
: Trinidad. on the 23d, and the Briti
had to land marines 10 restore ords
/. a torch was applied to governme
: buildings
= Judge Hazel instructed the speci
|. grand jury at jefferson City. on =
23d. calling attention to the fact IN
the legislature held a session on 81
= day.
D. Mrs. Sarah Bennett Haggard. w
for n long time had been promine
y in Illinois Eastern Star work. died
her home in Austin on the esd.