The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-06-05

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Wis.
A collision on the Southern railway
aear Bryan. Ala. on the 2.th, resulted
in the death OF three engineers. four
iremen and one brakeman: the de-
struciion by fire Of II loaded freight
ears and eight empty ears.
The Presbyterian general assembly
At Los Angeles. Cal. on the 27th. Sc
lecied Buffalo as the next place of
meeting.
Jack Il. Jennings. - years old. OF
Urbana. O.. was electrocuted while
working 30 feet in the air at Hunting
ton. W. Va. on the 2.th. His body
.ame in contact with a live wire.
A mob at Bluefields, W. Va, on
I the eth. forced officers TO accept
bond for two young men. who had
been arrested for bad conduct, and re-
lease them from the city Jail.
A negro attacked Mrs. j. {. Lind.
wife Of farmer living near Yates
Centre. kas.. on the 2.th. on a coun-
try road. He was arrested and placed
in Jail.
John Barhaglia, the Italian politi-
clan. who was convicted of naturaliza-
ton frauds in the federal court at
Louis. on the goth. has made a partial
confession TO United States District
Attorney Dyer and his assistant. Bert
Nortoni. and il is expected thae when
they have got through with him they
will have a line on some Of the prom
met politicians who were behind the
scheme.
On the authority of the German
navy department. it Is stated that
Germany viii participate in the naval
display which will take place at Hamp-
ton roads in connection with the OPEN
ing of the Louisiana Purchase exposi-
ton in May, 1904.
Harley j. Howe. aged 81. scale
manufacturer. died Of heart disease.
on the 27th. at Rochester. y. y.
The British steamer Huddersfield
collided with the Norwegian steamer
Tito while on trip between Antwerp
and Grimsby. on the morning of the
2.th. and soon foundered. OF those
on board % Austrian and Italian i'm
migrants persisted.
Two unknown men entered the Of
fee of A. c. Kendall. manager of the
secret Service union. in Kansas City,
Mo. on the 2sth. threw pepper in his
eyes and escaped with $500 in bills
that were lying on his desk.
Advices We're received at CONSTANT
nople. on the 2sth. conveying the in
formation that 1000 persons had been
killed and 500 houses wrecked by an
earthquake on April 20 at Melezgherd.
Asiatic Turkey.
Ed Fairman. formerly Of st. Louis,
was acquitted. on the 2sth. of the
charge of killing John Switzerland, at
Powell, !. i. The tragedy occurred in
1898 over remarks made concerning
Mrs. Fairnan.
Ed Briggs, rural mail carrier, and
I'd Helstrom attempted to cross .
small stream near Mcpherson. Has.
on the 2sth. and were drowned. Leo
Wells. Of Emporia- was also drowned
at that place.
a two-story brick building in To
pekn. Kas.. collapsed On the 2sth. Ed
ward Larsen, Joseph jackson. John
Thomas. Carl johnson and NJ. o.
Charlesburg were badly injured.
The Supreme Court of Honor, in
session in Kansas City. Mo-. on the
2sth. increased death rates, and APP
oropriated $4,000 for headquarters
building in Springfield, Ill.
A record breaking hog supply. 200
head, was received on the Sioux City
u (Ia.) market on the 18th
I President Roosevelt. on the osth,
4 planted a tree in Boise, Idaho. on the
state house grounds near the one
Y planted by President Harrison in 1891.
The United Presbyterian general as
semblv met in Tarkio. Mo. on the
2sth. DR.. J. +. Cowan. of indianapolis,
was elected moderator.
The body OF John Cavanaugh. aged
Is years. was found, on the goth. near
Scranton. Pa. at the spot indicated
in letter left by Mary McAndrew,
I the young mans sweetheart. who
committed suicide by taAing carbolic
acid. Their parents had objected to
their marriage.
Two street cars collided in Omaha,
Neh.. on the goth. injuring about fif.
teen persons. Those most seriously
injured were Harry Straight. Bertha
bielstein. George Bruchruk, John
Weiss. w. II. Robinson and Anna
SCHNEIDER.
During a violent storm a: Cher
bourg. France. on the Goth. lightning
caused the explosion Of three sub
marine torpedoes at the west entrance
TO the harbor. No damage was done
A call was issued for more troops
at Jackson. Ky. on the Goth. where
feuGists are on trial Fresh militia
men were needed TO relieve those
worn IN guard duty.
Grand Master Morrissey and all 9th
er grand officers OF the Brotherhood
Of hallway Trainmen were reelected
at Denver. Col, on the 29.h-