The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-08-28
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was the oldest person in Adair county.
being IS years month and 20 days old.
She was married 80 years ago, She was
quite active and attended church serv-
ices regularly until three weeks ago.
one more Of the men shot by Twigg.
the maniac on the 18th. al Winfield.
Kas., died on the 10Th. He was Elmer
Farm sworth. who had been in business
there for - years. He was the first 10
fall. The total number of dead includ-
ing Twisg. the murderer. is seven.
announcement was made on The
10Th. of the coming marriage Il Miss
Bessie Anthony. western woman golf
champion TO Mr. Bernard 5. Horne. OF
Piltsburg Pa The marriage Will take
place in November at the home Of Miss
ANTHONY parents in Evanston. Ill
| Hundreds Of Mississippi Choctaw In
dams are emigrating 10 Indian terri
tory in accordance with an act OF con-
rress passed last year which requires
these Indians 10 settle al Ardmore. l..
T.. in order 10 secure an allotment Of
the value OF $40 acres
Camden. Ark. suffered 500 opo fire
on the 18Th. Among the buildings de-
stroyed is the Camden compress the
third largest in the United States The
loss Is placed at $lun coo There is
strong suspicion of incendiarism.
Cashier Enoch l.. Cowart Of the sus-
pended Navesink national bank at
Redbank y. j.. confessed on the 18th.
TO Bark Examiner W. A. Mason. who
is acting as receiver. that he embezzled
$40 .noo Of the tanks funds
The pope received Archbishop I!arty,
formerly OF 81 Louis. on the 10th. al
Rome. and discussed the situation in
the Philippine islands Archbishop
Harty was consecrassd Archbishop OF
Manila. y | on the 18th.
Seventeen negroes were publicly
whipped al Whiresboro Tex. on the
10th. because they refused to leave the
city when ordered 10 do so by The
whites
chief-of- Police NJ A. Delaney Of
Denver Col who was reported MISS
ing from Springfield, III. is in Chicago
His daughter Miss Mayme Delaney. re-
ceived word from him on the 10th
President Roosevelt addressed visit
ing members Of the HOY Name society
OF Brooklyn at Oyster Bay, y. H. %
the 10th
An earthquake. early on me 10Th.
made ST Louis trembe and frightened
many residents. No damage was done
For The first time in the history of
the country the president OF The init
ed States reviewed and inspected N
time of peace great fleet Of United
States warships The ceremony was q
magnificent and impressive naval spec
tacle. The review occurred on Long
the entry TO Oyster Bay, ~ y. on the
l11th
| The third annual exhibition of the
Missouri state fair opened al Sedalia.
Mo. ON ,he 18th. The i've new build
ings constructed this year have been
fully completed and are nearly filled
with exhibits There was a complete
readiness this year for the opening.
and the fair is said TO be the best one
held since II became a state institution.
ST. Louis and Salt Lake City. Utah.
are the chief competitors OF Denver.
Col. in the contest for the meeting
place OF the national g. A. r. encamp-
ment in 1904 All three cities are maxi
ing strong fights. hut talks with many
delegates indicate that ST Louis stands
good chance Of capturing the prize.
Grasshoppers were so thick in Rcd
Lodge. Mont. on the 18th. that they
were plastered on the locomotives OF
perry that when the engines stopped II
was difficult 10 start them again. They
have eaten the range bare.
Pat Rodgers. one Of the six men who
broke from the Butte tMonf, Jail on
the sth. wrote letter. on the 18th. in
which he said he would give himself
up III City Detective Murphy would
fight him a duel Murphy accepted the
challenge
A head-end collision took place. on
The 18th. on the Carfhage-Joplin cleo
trio railway three miles from Carthage.
Mo Motorman Joseph Baker was
lkiiled Motorman Ed Hedge fatally
hurt and % other persons seriously in
jured.
The pope. on the 11lh. gave $4,000
for distribution among the poor OF
Rome The ponrifF seems 10 have
quite recovered his health. as he :
giving more audiences than before he
suffered from his recent fainting I'll
A flag foated from the Chicago His
torical Society building on the 18th
almost the only reminder 20 Chicago
that II was the city's one hundredth
birthday
The printing plant Of the Laning
company. at Norwalk. o.. was prac-
tically destroyed by fire early on the
18th. Loss, 100000. fully insured.