The Jackson herald., 1903-08-20
THE NEWS RESUME.
Being a Condensed Story Of the News
Of the Week.

murder OF the Earl FAMILY.
Commissioner Bright concludes the
Drainage canal hearing al Peoria. H..
and 1t is resumed at Lasailc, IL. Mon
day.
An earthquake early Sunday morn
ing made St Louis tremblo and fright
ened many residents. No damage was
done.
Governor Taft cf the Philippines is
said TO have a desire to succeed To the
place in the Cabinet once held by his
father.
Professor w. j. McGee announces
his intention Of resigning his position
as ethnologist OF the Smithsonian In.
stitution.
Columbians send petitions to their
congress to save the country" by ap-
proving the Hay. .Herran Panama Can
al treaty.
The National Convention Of Gar
ment workers at indianapolis rein.
states the Union Of Women's Tailors
of ST Louis.
August A. Busch approves plans for
his palatial summer home, TO be built
on part Of the old Grant farm, in St
Louis County.
Rioters stoned the plckets on duty
at the Danville, Ill. Jail Sunday, and
fnsillade followed. AS far as known
no one was shot
The importation of tin by the United
States last year reached a total OF S.
GOO, 600 pounds the greatest in the his
tory of the country
The abnormal activity of Vesuvius
has caused intense alarm among the
inhabitants Of that region, who are
praying for safety.
Ten persons were injured. two fatal
ly and four seriously, IN Il rear-end col
lision of two trolley cars in the su-
burbs Of Kansas City.
NJ. A. w. Louis, Superintendent of
Supplies in the Post ONCE Depart
ment. Is to be retired on the charge
Of irregularities In purchasing sup
plies.
age tunnel at Cripple Creek, some OF
the rich mine owners may be COM
PEELED to complete the work them
selves.
The British Parliament is prorogued
and may be dissolved in the autumn
before time to reassemble, the future
of the Government being much in
doubt.
Jim Mccoy shot and killed John
Hancock. his brother in.law, near
Ozark, No, the result of family feud.
Both men are scions Of old Missouri
families.
The State Board of Arbitration rem
ders a decision in the labor troubles
of St. Joseph. Mo, leaving the situar
tion about the same as Il was before
the strike.
Postmaster General Payne declares
that Geo w. Beavers, former Superin-
tendent of the Division of Salaries
will be prosecuted to the full extent
of the law.
Mgr. Falconio Sunday laid the cor
ner stone Of the Dominican House of
Studies and formally launched anoth-
er adjunct to the Catholic University
Of America
Seventeen negroes were publicly
whipped at Whitesboro, Tex, because
they refused to leave the city when
ordered TO do so by the whites. A
state of terror prevails.
Curtis Jet and Thomas White are
convicted OF the Marcum assassina-
ton. and sentenced to life imprison-
ment in the Kentucky Penitentiary.
An appeal has been taken.
Jules Verne. the novelist, is said to
be in a very delicate state of health,
He declines To have an operation
performed for cataract, fearing that
he is too old to stand the shock
Well.informed Russians say there is
no question in dispute with China re-
garding which President Roosevelt
could use his good offices. as intimat'
I'd In a dispatch from Yokohama.
The Rev A. A. Cairn, rector of the
Episcopal church at Carlyle. H., has
posted a notice in his church that
girls and women are requested not TO
attend services in their bare heads.
The Health Officer Of the District OF
Columbia scores the mothers of Wash
ington who weaned their babies in hot
weather and calls attention to the as
tonishing number of deaths In such
cases.
The Martin gang. wiped out in a
desperate hattie with officers near
Pawhuska recently, had terrorized Or
lahoma Territory for several months
and made a remarkable record of dar.
ing crime.
The Navy Department Is said TO be
considering the erection Of Il hospital
to cost sl50,000 at Algiers, La. Il is
thought such an institution Will he
needed during the construction Of the
Panama Canal.
Southern Illinois is enjoying one of
the healthiest booms seen in the State
in years.
The Secretary of the Interior will
send n special inspector 10 the Indian
| Territory to investigate the charges
that Government oficials compelled
Indians to sell or lease their lands al
| ridiculously low prices.
Camden Ark, suffers a 800. 900 fire
| Among the buildings destroyed is the
| Camden Compress, the third largest