The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-10-30
LATE NEWS ITEMS

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nois have reported their assessment 70
the state board of equalization. ana the
tabulation was completed. at spring
field On the oath. showing an increase
~ eight percent. over last year asures
in the total assessed value OF the state.
The assessment was made on one
nth valuation OF the total value oil the
property
Jesse Mcclure. an Indiana farm
hand. murdered his two sons. aged flve
and seven years. on the 25th- leaSins
their bodies in a fence corner while
mob was forming 10 capture ana
lvnch him. Mcclure drove on a run
TO Marion. Ind. and gave himself up
The Iowa members Of the Nicksburs |
national military park commission N
session al yicksburg. Miss. on the
25th. located the site for the 100000
monument Of that state on the ground
which the sixteenth Iowa battery oc-
cupled during the siege
The remains OF the late Hon. Samuei
E. Norss. editor of the indianapolis
IndD Sentinel, were taken 10 Fort
Wayne. Ind. on the 2ith. for burial
Several newspaper men accompanied
he funeral. Brief addresses were de-
livered AZ the grave
Lou Dillon, the peerless trotter
owned by C. X C. Billings. OF Chicago.
and driven by Willard Sanders. proved
her right 10 the proud title OF queen
of the turf ar Memphis. Tenn. on the
oath. by trotting a mile in the remark
able time of 5si2.
Rev. I. NJ. Dillon. editor Of the
Rochester ull) Item. dropped dead,
on the cath, in the Baltimore 4 OHIO
station at Rochester. Ill. Heart disease,
from which he had been suffering Tor
some time. was the cause Of his death.
Lieut.. Gen. Ian S. Hamilton. X. c b..
ouartermaster- general OF the British
army. who has been visiting Canada
land the United States for a month";
sailed on the Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse. on the 2sth. for England.
The Chicago Lake Street Elevated
Railroad Co. capitalized at $4,000. 600,
/, was placed in the hands Of receiver
on the oath. in pursuance TO resoiu-
ton passed by the board OF directors,
!. asking for the appointment
paul Tnstian. OF san Francisco. a
!. high diver, was instantly Killed al
Peoria. III. ON the 2ith. by coming IN
. contact with live wire.
On the 25th. five persons were In
iu--a two seriously. in collision be-
tween a trolley car and q wagon, N
9 Karsas City. 10
The trial Of Sam Parks. the walking
!. delegate. who had already been con-
: yicted Of one of the extortion charges
against him. was begun in New fors
= CITY. on the 26th. Parks was accused
= of having obtained $500 from Louis
I. Schmidt. president OF the TIFFANY
: Studio Co. as the price OF calling OF
/. a strike on a new building which tha
company was having constructed
III AT q largely Unattended meeting o
fishermen along the Ilinois river.
Spring Lake. Ill. fishing pereserve
- an organization vas effected. on IN
!, 2eth. BY the election Of Brant Evans
!, Spring Lake. president, and J. T. Hy
ers. Pekin. secretary The object wa
- 10 fight the game wardens. whom the
- accused Of making illegal seizure
ee nets.
A cablegram from Paris. on the 2Gti
gave the first Information from Franc
~ that the French government was
- work on a revision Of its treaty wit
~ the United States which may open
~ way for the extradition OF Ellis WAN
ich wright. indicted by the ST. Louis gran
a jury on bribery charge.
H. - owl
"a Mrs. Ca'herihe heuuy, VI lonAea :. !
~. was awarded. on the -6th, a vel
,w- dict OF $4,000 in suit for 100000 dan
"a ages against the New York Centr'
In railroad. This was said to have bee
% the largest verdict Cor woman again
railroad company ever rendered
els New York state.
70 Chicauos annual horse show. n
ire great society turnout Of the year. WI
re- opened. on the 2sth. in the presence
me one OF the largest and most fashionab
.ot. crowds ever gathered at a simil;
car event. The cynosure Of all eyes WI
,as Miss Alice Roosevelt. who was presen
.o,c The second and last missing boat
ers the wrecked French bark Constable
hal Richemont was picked up. on the 2st
BY Honolulu steamer. Ii contains
-. the boatswain and several Of the ere
an OF the los vessel. All were ally
III, though in a starving condition.
~. The 80 structural iron workers q
!. signed by the American Bridge Go.
remove the wreckage from the Waoas
~ railroad bridge. at Pittsburg. whe
ten men lost their lives. struck. on u
~. 10Th. for 81 an hour The company r
fused TO pay the advance
Rear-Admiral Francis 7. Bowie
chief a the bureau Of construction al
me- repairs Of the navy department. on u
an 10Th. rendered his resignation as
ou' officer in the United States navy - u
~ president. and II was accepted. to tal
beaect on Ne 3lsI