The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-09-25
LATE NEWS ITEMS

LATE NEWS ITEMS
Frank wilkens. q cigar manufactures
OF East St Louis and Belleville. Ill was
found guilty. ON the 18th. of having
paid an employee. George Jines. $3.50
10 Durn his factory in East St Louis
in June, 1902 He was given an in
termediate penitentiary sentence
The great council Of Red Men of the
United States, who were in annual ses-
sion at Atlantic City, ~. J.. adjourned.
on the 18th, TO meet at 81. Joseph. Mo-.
next year. There was a fight between
St Louis and Kansas City. and ST. Jo-
sepn was finally agreed upon.
Edward w. Davis. president Of the
Shelby county CTa) bank. committed
suicide, on the 1ela. by shooting. Davis
was once a member Of the Iowa regis
lature from Pottawatomie county, and
was a prominent citizen. III health
was assigned as the cause
Since the storm of the 18th on the
Atlantic coast nothing has been heard
Of the fishing steamship Beatrice. from
New York, which carried a crew OF 80
fishermen II is believed the Beatrice
went down with all on board.
Senator n. b. Scott. Of West vir-
ginia, who has been alarmingly i'll at
the Brown Palace hotel in Denver. Col.
since the 18th, was reported by his
physicians. on the 18th. 10 be nearly
restored TO health.
- ssr~n - ,snfnuc
OF St Joseph. Mo. are at peace with
their employers The strike of paint
ers. fathers. plumbers, carpenters,
plasterers and electricians was declared
of on the 18th.
The Chinese government will make a
claim against the government OF the
United States on account of injuries in
ficted, on the 10th. by residents Of
Tonopah. New. upon Chinese residents
Of that place.
Fvesident Roosevelt returned 10 his
home at Oyster Bay. l. l.. on the 18Th.
from Sharpsburg. Md. where. ON the
18th. ne attended the unwilling OF .
monument on the battlefield Of Ante
tam
Nine passengers were seriously in
jured, on the 18th. at Charlottesville,
Ind, by the collision OF Monon passen-
ger train No. s, Louisville to Chicago
and a vandalia freight train
The weather. on the 18th. was clear
and warm throughout Kansas and
western Missouri The danger 10 corn
from frost was believed TO be ended
Three hundred men were taken TO
Cripple Creek. Col. from Michigan. on
the 18th. 10 take the places of the strik-
ing miners at the gold camp
Fire at the Missouri state fair
grounds at Sedalis. Mo, on the 21st,
destroyed the cattle and horse barns.
the emergency fire engine house and
IL freight cars Tie Missouri. Kansas
& Texas station. the sheep and swine
building and the new poultry house
we're partly destroyed The loss vas
estimated at $4,000
A conference Of members Of the
state central committee and workers
Of the peoples party was held at
Springfield. III, on the 2lst. to dis
cuss plans OF a campaign and 10 take
SOME action on the recent agreement
entered into al the recent meeting Of
the national committee held at Dea-
yer. Col
Traffic between Baraboo and Port
age. Wis. was abandoned on the 2lst.
The roads were covered with from two
10 six feet OF water. and the damage
70 crops and property by the breaking
)f the city leeve was estimated al S3n.-
BOO. Larce tracts of corn north Of
Prairie Du Chen were under water.
The Fort Smith & Western railroad
was completed and train service be-
gun. on the 21st. from Fort Smith to
Okla. 217 miles. Myron T. |
III. c. Prick and Marcus A. !
Hanna are among the promoters.
Thomas r. Hancock. editor OF the |
Seoga uIl) News. and a prominent
political figure in the county. died on
he 2lst. aged 60 years. He was a
staunch republican and member OF |
he G. A. II. and masonic orders.
Bondholders Of the Paris Gas Light |
lni Coke Co. OF Paris. Ill. on the 2ist.
made application In the circuit court \
or a receiver. The liabilities were es-
imated at $4,000. No assets were
given
Committees in charge Of Chicago's
centennial celebration. which begins
IN the 2Cth and lasts until October 1,
'eported. on the 2ist. that the prelim-
nary details were practically com
,lete.
The Fore River Ship and Engineer
ng CO.. of Quincy. Ill. on the 2ist. dis
.harged 500 Of its help. Every depart
nent was affected. No cause was Civ
N for the wholesale discharge
The conyeyor Of the Southern Pa
'ific elevator. l.5eo feet long. was de-
troyed by fire az Galveston. Tex. on
he 2lst. together with part Of the
wharf; loss. $4,000.
The executive council OF the Aneri-
an Federation Of Labor began its an
ual meeting. on The 2lst. at Washing
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