The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-10-09

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

family OF three women. was found. o
the 2sth in field near Cowles. Mel
He had been shot by himself. and IN
days
larry III. DeyeTeux, mayor OF Spring
field, III. has been indicted by III
grand Jury of Sangamon county, OF
FIVE counts charging malfeasance in Of
fee in permitting the operation o
gaRbllng houses. slot machines in sa
Loo NJ other places. and poolrooms
Wv Armstrong. a Lake Erie
Western freight brakeman, whose hom
Is in Lima. o.. was killed IN a freigh
wreck. on the 18th. al Newly Crossing
.wo miles west OF Eiwood, Ind 4
The total net revenues OF the United
I States for the last fiscal year we're
! $500 .3sos74. an increase Of sSs,9ss.43s
over the year preceding. ard the total
expenditures $500 099 ,007. an increase
OF $S5. .s2oS4. The surplus was s54.-
1885,. as compared with SOL PSF ,375
in 1902.
In all the states which comprised
The Southern Confederacy the gov
erno-s are assisting the govern
nent in its attempt to collect a
complete record of the confederate
troops. and persons nave been desig-
mated to supervise the work in all
these states. except Florida
A tentatiye agreement was reached
at Pekin on the Goth, providing tor
the signing OF the commercial treaty
between China and the United states
at Shanghai on October s. Mr.. Copger
Is sanguine that the matter VIII 20
through on the date mentioned
The biggest day in the history OF
The Illinois state fair was witnessed on
the LIST, With $4,000 people on the
grounds. Excursion trains ran froTS
the furthest limits of the state. and
the city contained the largest crowd in
its history. The weather was ideal.
The coal miners Of Colorado Springs.
Col, numbering about 800. at a mass
meeting. on the LIST. voted to strike
because OF the refusal Of the operators
to grant an eight-hour day and 20 per
cent increase in wages. Six coal mines
are idle as a result.
President Roosevelt was deeply
gr.eyed 10 learn of the death Of Sir
Michael Herbert, British ambassador to
the United States, for whom he had
a warm feeling Of personal regard. He
sent message OF coincidence on the
lst to Lady Herbert.
Daniel II. Ogden, a prominent busi-
ness man Of Ogden, Utah. was shot and
instantly killed while duck hunting,
on the list, IA miles west OF Ogden.
The wound was inflicted by stray
shot, the one firing il being unknown.
The three Van Wormer brothers
were electrocuted at the Dannemora
IN. Y.) state prison on the LIST for the
murder of their uncle. Pet-r A. Hallen-
back, on December "a. 1901.
The jury in the case of Mrs Julia
dwarGs VS.. the Alton Light &
traction Co, in $4,000 damage suit,
AZ Alton. III. for alleged injuries re-
disagreed. on the 1st, and an
asked by the justices of the peace. The
Fifty thousand locomotive iremenI
employed by the american railway COM
panies have started a movement for q
sage increase and uniform agreements
The increases asked RUIZ from ten 10
twenty per cent.
George II. Mcclellan was nomin ated
by the New York city democracy, on
he night OF the LIST. for mayor. The
scenes around Carnegie hall, where the
was held. are said TO have
been without parallel ia the city's po-
itical history.
At the close of September. 1903, there
we're in active operation 5.096 national
banks, with an aggregate capital Of
'76l All .0a5. a net increase in number
iince March IA. 1900. Of Lao banks
Ind sii5, 100 600 capital.
The large hay barn of Thomas Cur
is, in Posey county, Ind, was de-
troyed BY fire, on the LIST, entaIling a
oss Of several thousand dollars. This !
makes &c barns burned IN Posey coun-
y. since the first Of the year, and all
4 the fires are supposed to have been Of
ncendiary origin.
hfS lOd II. odiiti. VIII Has Ittll III
Ter $1,000 bond since July "a. charg,
With the murder of Ewart Checksfelu,
1 Bunker Hin, ILL.,, by giving candy
strychnine. has been indict-
q by the Macoupin county grand jury
or murder.
Important changes occurred, on the
d. In the official roster Of the Illinois
'eniral railroad. G. l.. Ewing became
uperint endent OF the system, with
eadauarters in Carbonate, H., and
V. 4. king became assistant general
uperintendent OF the Yazoo & Missis-
ippi Valley, a part OF the system, with
cadquarters at Memphis, Tenn.
MILAN Rockefeller, Of New York,
. the "a. received warning that he
'ould be the next victim Of the men
no assassnatcd Orlando r. Dextsr
} the Adirondack mountains.
Word from Ralmoral. received ON the
.. stated that King Edwards health
- again excellent and that his mai /
sty contemplated along distance mo-
" run from Balmoral to London. V