The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-01-09
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at O'Brien station, near Seattle,
Wash. early or the morning Of the
4th. and the people Of the town were
awakened by water creeping into
their beds, but all were taken out IN
safety.
C. w. Wood. n railroad engineer,
had his foot pinioned under a wreck
at st. Paul. Mimi, on the 18th, ana was
being scaldcd by steam. when he took
a knife from his pocket and ampu-
tated his foot below the ankle.
A ST. Louis Waterman, on the night
OF the 9Th discovered a burglar IN
side a restaurant stealing pennies out
of the Fresh Air Mission contribution
box. and after sharp struggle land
ed him in the lookup.
The governors and ex-governors OF
many western states will he present
at the grand ball to be given during
the convention OF the National Live
Stock association, at Kansas CITY,
Mo. January IA.
-Topsy." an elephant who had
killed three men and had recently be-
come manageable. was electro
cuted at Coney Island. New York. on
the 4th. $500 volts killing her in ten
seconds.
The 11-year-old son of Motorman ).
j. Bland was run over and killed by
/ the car his father had just alighted
from. in Nevada. Mo-. on the ith. His
mother also witnessed the accident.
st. Louis master plumbers. at a
meeting. on the 5th. agreed to pay
the increased scale of wages de-
manded by the union, and the men
returned TO work on the 9th.
Forty Americans. among them Mrs.
l.. 2. Letter, of Chicago, mother OF
Lady Curzon. attended a brilliant
function following the durbar, at
Delhi. India, on the 4th.
Charles J. Bell. professor of fhem-
istry in the University of Wisconsin,
died at Somerville. Mass. on the 4th
where he had been spending the holt
DAYS with his brother.
Cold water forced down his throat
had the effect of awakening John
Fulcher. a negro prisoner. at Kansas
CITY. Mo, on the 4th, who had been
asleep for 159 hours.
DIR. Julius Il OIL died at his home in
Belleville, H., on the 4th. aged o.
wears. He was one of the o,lest prac-
: titioners in st. Clair county.
!, A stable boy and 30 horses were
J burned 10 death in a fire at Dallas,
Tex, on the ath.
. IN the senate, on the 5th, a discus.
sion on the coal situation occupied
; the time until two o'clock. mum
Der of bills on the subject were intro
! duced, causing lively debate. The
| omnibus statehood bill was taken up
: Mr.. Nelson (Alinn.) speaking in oppo
sition TO it until four o'clock, wher
: the senate ad journed. In the house
: the bill TO create n general staff II
( the army was taken up, and an at
e tempt was made to pass it under
r suspension of the rules, but as a rol
o call showed less than quorum pres
. ent. the house adjourned.
Capt. Marmaduke and the American
d officers and crew of the Colombian
i gunboat Bogota resigned at Panama
e on the 5th, and their services beinl
C no longer needed, the resignation
y were accepted. They will receive fou
d months pay and transportation Z
the United States.
= Isaac Studebaker, who raised dis
Il turbance in Dunkard church in tn
n Deer Creek Dnd.) neighborhood, o.
. the 4th. was set upon by the pastor
son, and after hard fight in from
c. Of the altar the offending youth wa
ID knocked out and taken senseless I
,r his home.
is President Roosevelt, on the 9Th, d
IS rected the appointment Of Capt. LOU
n Il. Lawton. Twenty-sixth infantr,
who was permanently injured by
"a wound at Tien-Tsin. to be major
v the Judge advocate generals depar
er ment.
1e The United States supreme cour
re on the 5th. affirmed the validity of a
ordinance of the borough of Ne
o. Hope, Pa. requiring telegraph con
u panies to pay license fee for pole
" and wires in the town.
as Col. Henry G. Forbes, librarian {
the lillnols STATE ldoorutoi. VI IA
ural history. died at his home in Y
IS lana. on the 9Th. lie commanded u
nj Seventh Illinois cavalry in the ci,
10 war.
vn posse of citizens at Boeuf Rive
la, on the 5th. ordered color,
er, mail carrier named Jackson not TO r
ne, turn with the mail on his rout
re- threatening him with death in case
~. did.
he senator Clarke went on "a spcci
It's train from New York 10 Butte. Mon
De- 10 be present at the funeral Of i
daughter-in-law. on the 9Th. II
an "million dollar baby" is doing well.
on Bishop Gulstan +. Ropert. head
the Catholic church in Hawaii, died
Honolulu, on the 5th.