The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-06-19

HI NEWS IN BRIEF.


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Gen. baldwin. AZ Denver. Col. on
the 10th. ordered The United States
troops from Fort Grant and Fort
Huachuca. Nriz.. 10 proceed 10 Moren-
81. Arix.. where tie miners arc on
strike.
the American Cigar Co.. in Kingston
y. ". marched To the factory, IN the
10th. broke into rhe building and
compelled 20 employees 10 quit work.
Four persons Mere drowned in the
Nllegheny river "A short distance be-
low New kensington. Pa, on the
9Th.
The property nj Boston. Mass. Of
the BAY State Gas Co.. ~ Delaware.
was attached by Thomas W. Lawson.
on the 10th. in an action II contract
for >i.Si0.0nO.
Tn. Western Federation ~ Miners
at Denver. Col. on the 10th. elected
Charles n. Mover president and Will
lam ID. Haywood Secretary-trcasurer.
Agreements we're made in Chicago.
on the 10th. by which about five thou
sand workers gain better conditions
Mrs. Mary Mcknight. under arrest
at KalkaSka. Mich. confessed. an the
10Th. to the poisoning OF her brother
John Murphy. his wife and ha 10y.
\ heavy snow fell. on rhe 10th. in
the mining districts Of Colorado.
Miss Jessie Morrison began a p
wear sentence. on the 10th. in the
Kansas peniirntiary for the murder
, Of her rival. Mr.. Olin Castle.
4 train ON the Great Northern ran
into a landslide near Fort Benton.
Mont. on the 10th. and the engineer
and fireman were badly hurt
Gen. Maros and the other generals
who supported him in the revolu-
tionary movement in Venezuela have
returned 10 Curacao island. and the
revolution i considered At an end.
James !. Watson. the clerk in the
| auditors Office If the District of CO.
iumbia government. who was arrested
for ale ged enlightenment Of large
sums. appeared in the police court az
Washington. On tie 10Th. pleaded not
guilty and waived a preliminary
hearing. Bail was fixed al 10000
The food supply Of St Louis has
been largely curtailed by the shutting
off OF receipts from nearby points
in Illinois. Meats. milk and vegeta-
bles OF all kinds are growing scarce
and dear. and ever the supply Of
bread Is short owing TO the heavy de-
mands for relief purposes
j.. j. Van Allen. the American mill
~ionaire who bears the distinction Of
being almost an exact counterpart Of
King Edward Of Great Britain. is
missing. and all efforts 10 locate him
since his recent return from Japan
have been fruitless-
Mai. W. II. Gibbes. who is said TO
have fred the first shot Of the civil
war upon Fort Sumter. dice az CO.
lumbia. :. G.. on the 18th. Maj
Gibbes was a gunner in Capt James
company. TO whom Gen. Beauregard
sent the order 10 open fire upon Maj
Anderson.
In a battle az the >ho~hone agency.
in Wyoming. on the 18th. between five
Sho~hone Indians and ten Indian po-
lice under Chief Dick Washable. owe
fiftv shots were fired. The Indians
had obtained a quantity Of whisky
and were drunk.
James Dumas. proprietor Of a trans
fer company in indianapolis. Ind. on
the nth. killed Sarah r. King. wife
~ Wesley Il. King. a workman AT the
Adam a REYNOLDS veneer works. and
then committed suicide. because they
had quarreled.
Herman Eennock was sentenced in
Chicago. on the 18th. 10 II years In
the penitentiary for the killing Of his
brother-in-law. Oscar kre.tIing. The
attentions Of Kreitling to Mrs Rem
mock caused the deed
-Four bodies of the Stout family
who were drowned at 1881 North Har
rison street. Topeka. kas.. were re
covered on the 18th. They were undel
the wreckage If the family residence
striking coal miners az NorencI
Ariz.. on the 18th. armed themselve'
and disarmed the peace officers. Sol
diers have been SEN To the scene.
'Eo ttHtuhdNS Va fhNAnl
and William Jackson. Of Evansville
murderers. were hanged. on the 18th
in the penitentiary at Michigan City
Ind.
The business portion Of Mays Lick
XIV. was burned. on the 18th. includ
ing the Presbyterian church; loss
500. 900.
The Mississippi reached Is highes
mark. and remained stationary al -
Louis on the 18th. Thorough organ
nation of relief work was begun.
George Duyer. a wealthy farmer re
siding near Alton. Ind. was shot an
killed. on the 18th. by masked rob
bers. who tool all Of his money.
Jas. Hill. for many years a note
negro leader in the republican part.
~ Mississippi and secretary Of stat
during reconstruction days. died a
Jackson on the 18th.
! The strike in the hotels Of Chicag
impending for some time mate ~rializet
; on the 18th. and IS Of the leading he
tells Of the city were badly cripple'