The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-20
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


n SHOPS nl lIt Nstn-a- 49, 4 .
abroad at riitsburg. HAS. qui'
work. on the 18th. as the result OF the
failure of the company 10 accede '"
a demand for an increase in wages
In collision between passenger
train and freight AZ Rankin station
XIV. on the nth. Engineer T.. ". Bon
ham. Fireman Ben Myers. CONDUCTOR
=. :. Bramwell and Mail Clerk James
Nolan were injured.
Announcement was made al WASH
incton. on the nth. NJ meeting helu
bv south American diplomats. mat
Andrew Carnegie was ready 10 imam
cially aid the inter-continental ran
way project.
Five hundred students engaged in
n class battle at Purdue university
LAFAYETTE. Ind. on the llth. Ponce
dlled a patrol wagon with ringlcaders
among the belligcrent students.
At Kansas City. ON the llth' ponce
used revolvers in quelling lots result
inc from the strike Of transfer drivers
for higher wages. No one was seri-
ously injured.
The bin creating new text book
commission to select books for puo-
lie schools for the next six years was
defeated in the Missouri legislature
on tbe nth. So also the jim ,row
car bill. :
Five small boys lighted stick OF
dynamite at Buffalo. y. y. ON inc
nth. Three Of the boys are not eN-
pected 10 live. -
The Cuban congress, on the llth.
ratified the reciprocity treaty with
the United States.
Ice gorges in the 'latte river broke.
on the 18th, thus improving the hoou
situation.
Mike Karlosky was killed. john
Eoepk was fatally crushed and Nv"
other workmen were seriously hurt ~
an explosion ut the Republic IRON any
steel mills at East Chicago on the
10th.
The Kansas senate. on the lvth- ne
ciaed IN make an investigation OF tl'
.unnosed merger Of the Frisco RAN
road lines.
President Eooscyelt's formal accept
I ance Of the invitation 70 attend IN
e centennial Anniversary of the pnr
G chase of The Louisiana territory wa
d received in ST. Louis on the 1lth.
The Arkansas house failed 10 pa~'
on the 10th. the senate biil 70 app
q priate $4,000 additional for an ArAan
, sas exhibit at the Louisiana Purchas
exposition. III,
n The Kansas house. on the lu'i
u nassed the senate bill prohibiting ~
nse Of Slot machines IN kansas 90
. BAILEY saws he will sign the bill.
! Fourteen bodies were recovered g
n The 10th at OIcan. y. T.. where an
i. train exploded the night previon
=. Fourteen persons are seriously =
iured.
Garrett Hedeen. notorious moo
o. sinner. was stabbed 10 death by p
a. brother. Riley Hedeen. in Folk cou
To ". Tenn. on the 10th.
H., Two women. Mrs. g. j. Evans al
~ Mrs. III. s. Myers. took the places
~. their husbands. non-union men. 81
drove trucks about Kansas lily,
the 18th. in defiance OF the strihi'
ge transfer company's drivers
r. Mabel Green. aged =. whose nor
nj {. believed 10 be at Lacon. H.. col
for rn;t,ed suicide in Chicago, on the IL
Or by inhaling gas. \ broken eneal
lis. mept is said 20 have led TO the :
eide.
Gov Yates OF Illinois received
a. anpcal for aid for the food sufer'
hs' a. Sbawneetown. on the l2th- q
sent Assistant Adjt.-Gen. Ewart
wy 40. ,,la.. with 100 tents.
Wy Adelbert \. Ames. former mayor
Use N;ppeapolis. decided. on the 18th.
return 10 that city and stand 'riai
,ve a charge Of bribery
Eight men were killed IN PAL
al between rival turpentine camps n
oa Orange Springs. Fla. on the l-'h-
;.a The bodies Of Mr.. and Mrs. Aru
~ II ennel. killed in an automobile
cident al Buffalo. y. -. were ship
10 Mr.. Pencils old home IN Ma
,ard on the l2th.
rom Mrs. Seth +. Paine. whose name
nles. he.n mentioned in connection y
4 a. The nurdick murder case N hnii
10th. y. -. quietly left that cry on
wed 18th. :,
sudden rise in the North +
and Flkhorn at Norfolk. Nen-- OF
,urt, the dyke. on the 18th. and the Y
18th. was saved only by heroic work
5 at a. r. Batson was found guilty.
GODS the l2th. 90 the murder OF the
wag- family near Welch. La.
e in The Chicago limited. wesf-bo
on the Ilinois Central railway.
wrecked at Pomeroy. ILL.,. on the
Mo" and .sye passengers injured
! APP The joint scale committee OF
igate miners and operators reached
peak agreement. on the 18th. affecting
pt at scale for the first district. The
I the is fixed at si.05 ton for scre
coal. a ten-cent. increase.
Tetano Jezado. apparently an
eo - ian woman Of culture. attempte
" 2" commit suicide by cutting her N
in a berth on Pullman car AZ
~ train was entering Charleston,
.,.. on the 18th.
The Caribbean squadron, unde'
command Of Admiral Coghlan. Wa
.,i;ns deed to Honduras. on the
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