The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-10-09

LATE NEWS ITEMS
The Illinois state fair. az Springfield
closed on the Sd. The total receipts
for the week were So, Ooo. exceeding
TIE receipts of 1901. the next best year
by over $4,000 The attendance was
greater on every day than or the cor
responding day OF former fairs. This
was demonstration Of unexampled
progress and prosperity in Illinois
Chicago's centennial celebration
closed on the night Of the Sd IL blaze
Of fireworks. which Illuminated the
largest crowd ever assembled on The
lake front Esf.mes of the number
which Wines Cd he srea tesi fireworks
display seen in Chicago since the
Worlds fair ranged from 10000 10
LIS. 300 persons.
]. G. Harris. city judge Of Hobart.
Okla, was arraigned, on the Sd, on 10
courts, charging him with receiving
money from gambling houses in pay
ment for allowing them 10 operate in
that city. Ii was charged also that
he protected gamblers from arrest for
a financial consideration.
An estimate was made. on the Cd,
that this years cotton crop in Okla
homa and Indian Territory would
amount 20 52S.75e bales. based on the
reports made by the various railroad
companies traversing that section
Mrs Jefferson Davis, who has been
IA in Buffalo. \. Y, was reported. on
the fth, TO " rapidly Receiving from
her illness. Her physicians said she
would be able TO leave for her winter
home in New York soon.
President Roosevelt. OF the Sd. be-
gan his message 10 the regular session
Of congress. He will prepare two mes
sages 10 tie extra session 10 be
called November 2. and the other 10
the December session.
Broom corn prices were reported OF
the jump in the locality Of Paris. IL.
and prominent dealer and manufac-
turer expressed the belief that si25 per
ton would be reached in the near
future
TIE town Of ST. Charles, in Winona
county. Minnesota, was almost com
pietely wiped ont hy a tornado o. he
4th. Seven persons were killed and
rs were injured, many of them seri-
Ously.
The remains Of ]. NJ Wilson. the gov
eminent storekeeper who was buried
beneath the ruins Of Cornings' distil-
lery, on the Sd. az Peoria, Ill. with six
other men. was recovered on the 4th-
David Nation. divorced husband Of
Carrie Nation. cied. on the Sd. al Med
icins Lodge. has
With the exception Of two shafts,
the miners in the eight mines In the
Springfield, H., suboistrict. who went ON
strike. on the Sd. because the operators
had failed TO comply with the law re-
quiring the building of wash-houses. re-
turned TO work. on the 5th. II was
said the men returned 10 work by diree-
ton Of The Illinois executive board Of
the United Mine Workers.
Reports from Negaunee. Mich. on the
9TH. state that the town OF Even. Mich.
was struck by tornado. and tina, half
or II was laid waste. A number Of men
working on the roof Of schoolhonse
were blown on, one being killed and
four fatally hurt. beside several who
sustained lesser hurts. Loss. se00. 900.
1t was announced. on the 5th that
Mexico. Mo. was to become a terminal
Of me Chicago & Alton and also the
which is building a new
line into that city from Old Monroe.
The two roads VIA use the track joint |
~. and this will give the Chicago & |
Alton a short cut into 81. Louis.
The j. G. Fletcher Candy Co. Of 4
City. Mo, went into bank l
-uptcy, on the 9Th. and a receiver was
appointed by the United states dis
.rict court. The liabilities were given \
n $4,000. and the eSsels were said \
@ be I'm excess Of that amount
Fifteen new indictments were brought \
a by the supreme court for the Dis
riot of Columbia. on the 9Th. as the
inal result OF the investigation il the
'ost Office department Several Of these
findings were against persons who
lad already been Indicted.
Enoch T. Cowart. cashier Of the
Savesink National bank. Of Red Bank
=. j.. pleaded guilty. on the 5th. to two
harges. one OF them embezzling S20.-
90. and the other in aiding az the maxi
ne Of false reports to the treasury.
Albert VI. Wetsor, proprietor Of the
iassilon Sand and Stone Co, Of Masil-
on, O., and a director N the Ohio
tate bank, committed suicide in his
ffice al the bank. on The 5th, by shoot
ng himself through the heart.
The St. Louis fair opened on the 5th.
nd despite the threatening weather.
tendance was fully as large as on
revious first days. while the exhibits,
number and excellence, have scarce
ever been excelled.
According 10 statements made, on the
n. by the physicians In attendance
pom Archbishop Kahn. Of St Louis, |
no Is. patient at 81. Agnes sani-
rum, In Baltimore. Nd. his condi.
On was unchanged. -