The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-07-17

Compiled from Various SOurcea
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


hottest OF the year.
The first national Anti-Alcohol con
ference closed two days session in
Denver. Col. on the sth.
Arthur >hadden. prominent young
planter. who lived four miles south 81
OSceola. Ark. WAS shot and killed, on
the sth. 10y negro tenant on his
farm
The viii Of the late Mrs. Harriet
Lane tombstone. OF Washington. d. c.,
the niece OF President buchanan. was
4 fled for probate on the sth.
4 Forty farmers stopped Missouri
I Pacific train AZ Bison. Kas.. on the
night Of the sth. and went through il
searching for harvest hands.
The navy department. on the sth.
decided 70 allow the European squad
ron 10 remain about a week longer
than was intended in English waters
Red river, in Arkansas. is still ris-
inr. The leyee on the Hiram G. San
derson place broke. on the sth. and
hundreds OF acres Of that and adioin-
ing plantations were inundated.
The syndicate formed last summer
by Kuhn Loeb a Co. OF New York. 10
underwrite sleooa.0o0 four-per-ccnt.
bonds OF the 81 louis Southwestern
Railway Co. was dissolved on the sth.
Mine workers from Missouri, Kan
sas. Texas. Arkansas and Indian ter
ritory, embracing Districts II. 81 ana
Is OF the United Mine Workers OF
America. convened at Pittsburg. Kas.,
on the sth.
40 Meeting OF the board OF direc-
tors ~ the Louisville a Nashville
Railroad Co. held in New York. On the
9th. August Belmont resigned his po-
sIilon a. chairman Of the board Hen
r. Walters was unanimously elected
in his stead
Secretary Hitchcock. on the 9th. |
designated Assistant Secretary RYAN
as chairman Of each Of the two con-
mittees 10 take charge Of the exhibits /
TO be made by Alaska and Indian ter
ritory at the ST. Louis exposition.
One Of the fires started BY light 4
ming. on the 9th. was in the plant Of
the Empire Mattrass Co. sl2 West
Madison street. Chicago. and during
It's progress four fremen were NOR.
or less seriously injured.
After talking with Gov Durhin over
the telephone, On the 9th. Brig. Gen.
Mckee ordered al troops removed
from Evansville. Ind.
The secretary Of the interior. on
the 9Th. approved a ncw code Of regu-
ations for The sale 81 surplus lands
owned BY Indians. n
There were six deaths from heat. IN
he 9th, in New York. six in Brooklyn
md fully two score Of pros,rari5ns. I
( was the hottest day since Jnly ,.
sol. when il was % degrees. On the {
III il ran 70 - degrees.
The American Smelling and Rein 6
ng Co. announced that the Globe 2
meter at Denver. Col. would be re-
pened en- the 9th. but no men ap- }
lied for work. and the company was Q
nabie 70 resume operations.
". y Anderson. president Of the
livingston waferworks, Helena. Mont.
led, on the 9Th. at johannesburg.
outh Africa He was an officer in
be British army during the Boer war.
IT family reunion held. on the 9th
the home ~ James ID. Arnold. in | l
lonroe township. Ind. - persons
ere poisoned by eating ice cream.
lie are not expected to recover.
The plant Of the Aetna Powder CO.
Miller's station. Ind. was demol-
he'd by an explosion. on the 9th.
'om unknown causes. The loss was =
0.o0c- Nobody was hurt. 2
Sourh-buund Missouri Pacific pas-
niger train No. %. from Kansas r
ny. collided with the rear end 81 7
cal freight at Nevada. Mo. on the 2
h.
Eastern Iowa was visited by de- =
ructive cloudburst on the 9th. The
IS 10 crops was heavy and much
lmage was done by lightning 2
The treasury department purchased y
the 9Th. 100000 ounces Of silver for 4
count Of Philippine coinage. az an !
rerage Of 53-4s cents an ounce. =
Barney Oldfeld. on the 9th. at Marion
ID. established a new worlds record =
driving an automobile mile on n
llf-mile track in 1916. u
Chicago has passed the 1000. 00J 4
ark. and its present population l. D
$1,000 according 10 the publishers
the Chicago city directory for 1909 "
John Griffith. aged 81. a noted Mon :,
ma pioneer. died at Helena. Mont.
the 10th. He was a native of 81. ,t
'uis- and went to Helena soon after ~
e discovery II gold.
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt Il
ached OYSTER Bay. l.. T.. on board =
e government yacht sylph at 1905 =
m. On the 18th, from their trim np -
Hudson river 10 the home OF John y
ITruchs. They were taken by car
igc 20 Sycamore Hill. ~
central Illinois. on the 10th re-. -
we'd some relief from the infens. %
1t when heas, rain fell A.
Ia a wreck On the Milwaukee road
>"u'h Amana. la. % the 10th. two p
sstas we're killed. ="
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