The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-05-01
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.



Judge Sanborn. az 81 Paul. Mimi,
on the Goth. handed down a decision
granting the request OF the attorneys
for the Northern Securities GO. 10 bc
permitted 10 pay Great Northern and
Northern Pacific dividends 10 the
Northern Securities Co. pending APP
peal against The recent merger dcci-
sion.
Col. William u. Arthur. AZ one time
president ~ The Illinois Central and
famous railroad man 40 wears ago,
died. on the 2orh. on his farm near
Trhana. H.. aged - years. Col. Ar
thur was an engineer of great ability
The Philadelphia 4 Reading Coal
Iron Co. forced lockout M every one
of their colliereS in the Shenandoah
district. On the GOTH because the men
refused 10 work a full nine-hour day
the preceding saturday.
Hrig.-Cen. George l.. Gillespie. chief
of engineers. INifel States army. has
resigned from membership in the
Metropolitan ciuh. ~ Washington. ~
the result ~ the failure of Adjt--Grn.
Corbin To be elected member. Gen
Gillespie was one Of the fifteen gov
errors az the club and presented Gen.
Corbin's name.
Al the Aqueduct tN. W races. on
the 2ld. Re,lfern's mount. Alado. bolt
ed az the head of the stretch 70 the
outside fence and Owed under the rail-
ing. Rcdfcrn's collarhonc was bro
ken. The horse broke it, neck.
Members Of the Illinois legislature
engaged in riot. on the Esd. at
Springfield because Speaker Miller re-
fused a roll call On municipal own
ership bill The speaker said bribery
had been attempted
Alexander and Thomas Stevens.
I IL and u years respectively. were arr
\ rested in Kansas City. Mo. on the
ED. charged with horsewhipping their
aged mother because she had correct
ell Them
Lieut. Gov. John \. Lee ~ Missouri
returned 10 II. Louis. on the Esd. viii
ing to tell Ike grand jury all he
knows about Doodle in the state leg
iSlature. lie j. sick man.
Fully ore quarter Of the best busi-
ness port on Of Fairbury. Neb-. was
destroyed by fire on the Esd. Loss,
100000
Edward Corrigan. the turfman. al
most bled 10 death. on the Esd. at
Louisville. Ky Mr.. Corrigan was una
BILE to stand OF Speak above whis-
per.
Three men are dead and fourth
probably fatally injured as result
81 an explosion Of giant powder in n
mine near Dedrick. Cal. on the ed
Eight men and two women were
killed by an explosion at the plant
of the Northwestern Star on Co, az
Minneapolis. Mimi. on the a3d
The typhoid fever situation at stan
ford university. on the 23d. showed
an increase. - new eases having de-
veloped among The students at Palo
Alto, Gal.
Five thousand people were thrown
into n panic az the skating rink u
the old Tabernacle Al Peoria. H., %
The night Of the gath. by an alarm
81 fire. and upward If two dozen were
Injured. but none seriously.
Brighten. Fred II. Grant and Mrs
: Grant arrived 81 1t Louis. on tn
cath. from san Antonio. TtN. ,fen
Grant has been detailed 20 coinman'
n PORTION of the troops participating
In the Worlds fair dedication.
Lonis II. Decker. former membe
, ~ the It. Louis house Of delegates
was found guilty ~ bribery. in con
nection with The Suburban raiiwa
I franchise bocdling. and the jury a.
5 sessed his punishment ~ four year
I in the penitentiary-
a Gov. Pennypacker Of Pennsylyani
$ has vetoed the bin recently passe
hv the legislature regulating the mar
ufacture and sale Of alum bakin
n powder The governor detected
e flavor in the measure that snaacke
y OF improper influence.
/ As result Of testimony given :
. Iient.-Gov. John y. Lee before The :
e Louis grand jury. on the 9Th. indie
mcnts probably will be returned ~
u week against four or FIVE state Sc
= ators for bribery and perjury.
'i President Roosevelt. on the 2it
- before reauming his tour. paruclpa
4 ed in the LAYING Of the corner stol
= Of the new gate at the northern e
trance to NcllowS tone park AZ Gar
!, liner. Mont.
=, The Illinois supreme court. on Y
AZ cath. handed down an opinion
~ which Il holds that the free cmplo
= ment agency act passed by the leS
'- lature in 1890 is unconstitutional
= its entirety.
Miss Annie Day Kellogg. the adol
M ed daughter Of eN-President keilol
a. of the University Of California, co
m mittcd suicide by swallowing carlo
~ acid at Berkeley. Cal, on the 18th.
ed J. l.. Morgan and Miss Morgan, a
IN drew Carnegie and Mrs. Carnegie We
passengers for Europe on the WI
Star liner Cedric. which sailed fri
lie, New York for Europe on the path.
III Anthony J. Thomas. vice-presid'
Sc OF the Chicago, Indianapolis a Lou
by Vile railroad, died suddenly
n .kris