The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-10-30

Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

y no was one OF The witnesses for the
defense in the trial Of sam Parks. the
abor leader. for extortion. pleaded
guilty Of perjury. in New York city. on
he alst. and was remanded for sen
.ence.
The report Of Fourth Assistant Post
naster-General Bristow on the inyest'-
cation VI the post once scandals ms
been completed and handed TO w
Payne The Tulloch charges are s,is-
aimed anu Machens Office recommend
I'd TO he abolished. Merritt IS TO be
asked to resign and acts under Heath's
administration are criticised
The Canadians are terribly chagrinec
over the award Of the international
boundary commission. which upheld
the United States contentious except
,r one minor point and already there
are thinIy-veiled threats OF secession
from the mother country.
Patrick O'Shay. agent OF the 81
Joseph 4 Grand Railway. at Morey,
Kas.. was found unconscious. on the
ED. at the bottom OF 5O-foot ravine.
near the Rock Island roundhouse.
South st. Joseph. Mo. where he hal
fallen from a passenger train y hours
before. His condition was critical
Felix Hall. colored. was hanged AZ
birmingham. Ala. on TIE 22d. for the
murder OF Norwood Clarke, white
man. When the drop fell the rope
slipned. and the man breathed heavily
for ten minutes. when he was hauled
I'D and hanged a second time.
Seven hundred employees Of ne
American Car ( Foundry Co. o. JET
fersonyiIie. Ind, who struck seven
weeks azo. returned 10 work. on the
ed Both sides made concessions, Su'
the mea got an increase in wages.
The National Municipal Improve
nsnt association. in session al indian
apolis. Ind. on the I'D selected 81
Louis for the meeting next year Q.
VI. Ballard. Newark. y. ]. was elected
president.
The president. on the 2isr. appointed
Horace W. Bailey United States rsar-
shall for Vermont. 10 succeed fred
Field. dismissed.
Fire destroyed a four-story brick
building in Omaha. Neb.. on the I'd
Loss estimated al between 100000 and
sl25. 600
John Beckett. OF Salt Lake Ci.y
Utah. FORMER district freight and pas
senger agent of the Denver 4 Rio
Grande railway. died suddenly. in Chi
cago. on the 22d. OF acute pneumonia
James PRESLEY Fleming. one OF the
best-known democratic politicians IN
western Pennsylvania. and prominent
in G. A. r circles. died at Pittsburg
On the ed Of paralysis. aged &C.
E. Vaughn. OF Cardington. O.. ma
tional bank examiner, was appointed
BY the secretary of the treasury oil
the a2d. 10 take charge of the FRS
national bank Of Allegheny. Pa
The Farmers & Merchants. bank
of Leseur. Mimi, a private institution
owned by w II. and w A. Patton
father and son. closed its doors, OF
the 22d. Liabilities. $4,000.
w. III. Lyford resigned. on the 20
a. general counsel for the Chicago
Eastern Railroad Co. and was chose
general counsel for the ST. Louis
san Francisco railway.
On the ed. Dan Patch paced NIL
ar Memphis, Tenn. In l:56L. saatte'
ing ali previous worlds records
The coruner's inquest over the r
mains of Thomas Hartley. the lnma'
az the Bartoaville Ill.i asylum for y
incurable insane. who died on the ~
from injuries sustained in a strugg
wit two OF the attendants, brought
a verdict. on the 25d. finding mat q
deceased came 10 his death as the r
sui; OF the injuries. and recomnsndii
that the two guards. Edward Sorre
and Samuel Flynn. be held witho
hail on the charge of murder
Former Gov Hogg Of Texas. In
interview. at Dallas. on the I'D. e.
nbaflca,lv declared himself out OF !
race for the United States senate.
said: Have you ever been In was
ing-on and watched the proceedings
, congress- There is senatorial COZ
, tesv' TO the exclusion Of the weiia
! of the government. don't want
Of II. want TO feel that ! am a II
mat"
. Another chapter in the struggle
q tween the Baltimore 4 Ohio and
: hash railroad interests in West
. ginia was added. on the 3D. vi
/. Judge Mason granted the b 4 u co
4 pany a temporary injunction, wn
:. restraints the Wabash from building
!, line on the east side OF the Monon
hela river at Fairmont. W. Va
On the ed. in sympathy wiis felIs
l. workmen in New York. 1900 Uni
a Garment Workers employed in the
u ternational Tailoring Co. in Chica
II went out on strike
n A greyhound from the royal kenr
10 OF King Edward OF England was
j. ceived, on the 23c. by the ROYAL J
q. Insurance Co, Of York. Pa The
e. men wrote to the kings secretary SC
time ago asking for a dog as mas
Fire broke out underneath the
q. tracks in the central span OF the +
os bridge. on the ed. and but f1r hei
. work on the part of the ST. Louis
n department would have destroyed I
ne | strut.fu-o