The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-07-10

Compiled from Various Sources.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

verely burned about the face ant
breast from an explosion of the fuiC
that she died few hours later.
The action Of the American govern
ment concerning the petition 10 the
car regarding the kisheneff mas
sacre is watched with the closest at
tention in Vienna on account OF its
I possible effect on eastern affairs.
While a mob Of over 500 persons
surrounded the jail at Hot Springs
I Ark. bent upon lynching Jim
/ Dougherty. the condemned murderer
who, disemboweled Roger Williams, a
fell-prisoner. Doueherty committed
suicide by opening his iugular vein.
At the recent luncheon in the White
House in honor of Sir Thomas Upton
the latter caused much surprise when
he said that II he should win the cup
this time il would represent an in
vestment OF considerably more than
100000. II he again failed 10 win IT,,
he said. he had still more millions TO
spend in the effort 10 lift il.
state Comptroller II. NJ. Love was
assassinated in his Office in the state
capitol NJ Austin, Tex. on the 30th.
by ". c. Hin. a discharged employe
Of the Office No cause for the deed
is known Hill was killed in attempt
ing TO escape.
Mrs. +. F. Adams. Jr.. wife of the
vice president Of the r. F. Adams To-
bacco Co.. was sandbagged by WON
an and robbed OF SIS. 500 while in the
toilet room on train en- route TO
Milwaukee from Chicago on the 30th.
The railways at ST Joseph. Mo-. on
the 3oth. gave in to the demands Of
the striking freight handlers and
agreed 10 advance the scale * per
cent. for days work II eight hours !
The lives Of 234 men were snuffed |
out. scores Of Others We're injured and /
vast amount 81 property was de-
stroyed by an explosion, on the 30th,
in a mine at Hanna. Wyo.
Officials az the Union Pacific mine
al Hanna. Nyo. on the lst. gave M !!
all hope If reaching the 232 entombed
miners who were caught by an ex-
plosion.
4 tornado struck Wilder. MINI. on
the Goth. killing three persons and
doing much damage TO property
Numef US prostrations were re-
ported at Cleveland. O.. on the 1st. as
a result ~ the prevailing intense
heat. The government thermometer
registered S.
Il was semi-ofiicially announced at
hicl, on the 30ih. as further demon
stration Of the entente between the
imperial government and the United
States, SO strikingly emphasized by
the German naval cordialities to the
american squadron. that Prince Adal-
iert and Prince Henry of Prussia. with
heir suites. have been authorized to
-isit the St. Louis exposition.
Eugene L'nxweiler. editor of the
labor World and secretary Of the
rades and labor assembly of Decatur.
H.. was arrested on the 10th. charged
With sending threatening postal cards
through the mail. Judge Humphrey,
n the federal court at Springfield, re-
eased the prisoner on $500 bond.
A semi-offcial note issued at st.
on the 30th. in regard to
he Kishineff massacre makes the po-
'ition clear that Russia will brook no
outside interference with her internal
Affairs.
Trustees Of Rush medical college,
Chicago. have succeeded in raising
fund OF 81 100000. thus assuring a gift
n 100000 or more from John ID.
and the construction in
Chicago of the most magnificent
medical institution in the world.
James Henry Ralston. an alleged
prophet. created sensation in New
Orleans. on the 3oth. by parading the
streets and predicting the destruction
of the city within a few months. and
, famine in the country worse than
hat in India.
Mrs. Warren Thorpe and her daugh-
ter. Pearl Mcdonald. were arrested al
Jackson. Mich, on the I'd. on war
rants charging them with the murder
q the formers husband, Warren
Thorpe.
In police court in Cincinnati. on the
ID. the case Of Mrs. Anna Oppenheim-
II, Of Russellville. Ky, charged with
her babe soon after its
birth, was continued until July 10.
The international automobile race
or the James Gordon Bennett cup
vas run in Ireland, on the I'd. and
vas won by Jenetzy, Of the German
cam.
In the presence Of an awe-stricken
rowd. Morris. the six-year-old son OF
srnel Serrate. was burned 70 death
n Washington ID. G., on the I'd. in a
ire which started from a gasoline
tove.
The United States transport xii
'atrick sailed from Manila for New ,
FORK. on the I'd, with 500 tons OF ex-
iibifs for the 81. Louis exposition.
a cloudburst. on the I'd. visited the
section 81 Texas. cans
ng the death Of several persons and
ntailing heavy property loss.