The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-04-17
LATE NEWS ITEMS

diocese of Louisville. Ny. died in that
city, on the l2th- He was stricken
with apoplexy while on his knees in
prayer Saturday night and passed
away after only four hours illness
Announcement was made at Wash
ington, on the 18th. that Assistant At
torney-General James NJ. Beck ten
dered his resignation TO President
Roosevelt before the presidents de-
parture for the west. Mr.. Beck will
enter a New York law firm.
John T. Larsen. a sailor. became vio-
lently insane on the schooner Hall at
Newark. n. j.. on the 18th. and tried
10 murder the crew. He slashed An
drew NJ. johnson so he may die. In
running to escape larsen fell over
board and was drowned
Col. Bill Root, a frontiersman. .
companion through his life Of 'Dufa-
10 BILL" and a friend of Bill Aye dur
ing the latter's repcrtorial days in
Laramie. died suddenly of herat fail
ure in his apartments in Salt Lake
City. Utah. on the 18th
The people in Monterey. Mexico.
after being partisans of Francesca
Nuevo Leon. were offered their lib
erty on the 18th. but preferred re-
naming in prison to accepting the
terms offered them.
A shooting ARRAY in which a nine
year-old boy was killed and a woman
mortally wounded, an attempted MUIR
| der, two suicides and two attempts at
suicide that may result fatally oc-
Cured in Buffalo. y " on the 18th.
County Commissioner Raymond and
wife were drowned while crossing
Blue Lick creek, near Henryville, Ind,
| oL the l2th. The waters had risen SO
rapidly that their buggy was swept
away. Both bodies were recovered.
Four persons dead. two fatally hurt,
at least one missing and several 9TH
ers slightly injured. is the record Of q
head-on collision on the Intercolonial
railway which occurred on the 18th.
| seven miles from Halifax, n. s.
A tornado crossed the counties of
Logan. Dewitt and Platt. ILL.,, on the
18th, fatally injuring Clifford Haidsad-
! ger, and killing his infant son. Several
persons we're injured and a number Of
houses wrecked
John Agea. n of the oldest and
most distin guished engineers of Mex
leo. died in the city Of Mexico, on the
18th
The east-bound limited on the Balt-
more a. NH. x~-o1 x-.o x~rorkod
near Mansfield. o.. on the 18th. in
juring Mrs ii. S. STRATEGY and infant
child Of Fort Wayne: Mrs Mary
Stanley. of Baltimore. Nd. and Mrs
Frank G. Miller. en- route from En-
poria. Has. TO Pittsburg.
Postmaster-General Payne ave out
. statement. on the 18th. in which he
announced that the investigation of
the affairs of the post Office depart
ment would be continued and that
any parties found guilty of wrong do
ing would be dealt with summarily.
Five men were killed and two seri-
ously burned By a gas explosion in
Mine - Of the Kansas & Texas Coal
Go. at Carbon. ]. T.. on the 18th. The
dead: Floyd Oder, George Teek-
Frank McMullem, Jerry Kincaid and
q. A. Fields.
Marine LIanera was arrested in
Pampanga province. Luzon, on the
! 18th. lie Joined the revolutionary or
| g~ani<ation and accepted a commission
| from that body after swearing ale
| glance 10 the United States.
Developments, on the 18th. led Oma-
| ha police TO believe that there has
been committed a deliberate murder
and they are now looking for Frank
J.. knight. whose wife Is missing.
Albert Huntingt on Chester. profess
sor of chemistry and mineraiogy at
Rutgers college. died. on the 18th,
at New Brunswick. ~ j.. of pneu-
monia. He was IS years OF age.
Gov. Beckham opened his campaign
on the 18th. for the democratic nomi-
nation for governor Of Kentucky. His
opponents are y Judge Breckenridge
and e~-Congressman Hendricks.
Mayor Harrison's plurality over
Greene Stewart fixed by the official
canvass. on the 18th, at Chicago, is -
60 votes. the mayor having secured
14s.oOs 10 13s.52o for Stewart.
Edward Cahill and Sub-district Pres
ident Thompson. on the 18th. settled
the trouble existing At Iitchfeid. Ill.
over the strike Of the drivers. and the
miners returned TO work
Former Congressman Abner Tay-
Tor. " Chicago. died in Washington.
u. C.. on the 18th. aged "a years. He
had been IN for several weeks with .
complication Of diseases
A tornado in the vicinity Of B~ioc,on.
Ala. on the 18th. wrecked houses and
did considerable damage to farming
property. The towns Of Coleanor and
Garnsey also suffered.