The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-08-28

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

oners at the state prisoLs.
Post office Departments; officials have
about reached the conclusion that
George w. Beavers. the indicted for
mer chief Of the salary and allowances
division. Is a fugitive from justice.
A returned mining prrspector who
has spent the last four years in the
Mackenzie Basin. arrived at Vancou-
YER. Il. c., on the 18th lie brought
with him a portion of the silk which
undoubtedly went into the construction
aeronaut who made q dash for the
north pole in 1897.
The fishing boat Silyc- Spray was
discovered in Canadian waters OF | AXE
Erie. on tls eth. by the Canadian
revenue cutter Petrol. Capt Chris
Chau Of the Silver Spray tried 10 make
run for II, and succeeded in getting
away. but in a badly battered condi-
ton. as the Fe rel turned loose on him
with all her guns.
Al meeting in Bloomington. ILL.,. on
the 18th. OF the executive council OF the
Modern Woodmen Of America. Ralph
Johnson. of Lincoln. Neb.. was appoint
ed supreme organizer
Nesuv MS was again causing intense
alarm. on the 18th. e-uptions OF the
volcano being very heavy From a
fresh opening TIL, base OF the Dria-
cipal crater two streams I lava were
issuing which within few hours COW
A.. 90 a
w r. Fox. VINO is wanted in Ala
bama for the killing OF man named
Stuart on an excursion train near Cam
den. Wilcox county. Ala. was arrested
at Salt Lake City Utah. on the 18th,
and was taken rack 10 Alabama Tor
trial
Engineer j. II. Ave-ill. Jr.. and Fire
man William HAIR. b3tn OF Ashevilie,
y. C. were killed AMI Brakeman W u.
Sheriff.. OF SwaDnoa y c. was fatal
~ hurt. on the 18th. in a freight wreck
On the Southern rlil'oad
The cutter yacht Y enonaA owned by
Samuel Roosevelt. On New York. a
cousin OF the president arriv ID al New
Haven. Conn. On the 18th. badly dam
aged. having been in collision with the
fishing steamer Fa.com.
Father NJ. r. Bowling. S. j.. was. on
The 18th. elected 10 succeed himself as
president OF Creighton college. at Oma-
ha. Neb. by the general OF The province
Of Missouri
Henry n. Holloway secretary and
treasurer Of the Penn Mutual Life In
surance Co. died suddenly. on the 18th
II Atlantic City. y j. lie was As
years old.
James J. Jeffries again demonstrated.
n San Francisco. on the nigh, OF the
18th. that he is better man physically
than James j Corbett after a lstic
argument lasting ten rounds.
Dollar wheat was a reality on the
Minneapolis Mimi market on the
18th. for the first time since 1895 IL
was cash wheat. and there were sales
AZ that figure. and later slol was bid
and sl.o2 asked with no sales
Albert Edward Batson was executed
at Lake Charles. La. on the lith. for
the murder OF the Earl family Of six
persons. at Welsh. La. in February
1902 He protested his innocence 10
The last
A new Use for the versatile China
man has been discovered and put into
practice by the New York street car
companies John is now riding the
length and breadth OF Manhattan in
the capacity OF "spotter" and is doing
'velly we'll
David Taylor. colored. who claimed
TO be about IL. years Of age. died AT
Salina. kas.. on the lith. lie was born
In North Carolina about 1851. and was
1 slave for almost seventy-five years,
Dr. until the civil war.
An east bound passenger train on the
Pennsylvania railroad ran OF the
track, on the 18th. at the Cincinnati
Northern railway crossing at Van
Vert, o. Engineer Charles Eaton. OF
Fort Wayne. was killed: Fireman A.
w Boges. Of Fort Wayne. was proba-
bly, fatally injured and several postal
clerks were injured. The passengers
we're not hurt.
Dr. IT. j. Hamilton | nited STATES
marine hospital surgeon at Laredo
Tex. completed his investigation. on
the 14th. OF alleged cases Of yellow
fever at Monterey. Mexico. and has adj
yised the Washington authorities that
there is not case Of yellow fever there
Dr. in the surrounding towns.
The commissioner general Of tho
land cfice at Washington. ID. c.. on the
l4th, withdrew from entry 1905 acres
of public lands in northwestern Colo
RADIO 10 be used in connection with the
White river irrigation project.
| Robert Kerr. OF Moline. Ill. was held
up and robbed. on the 18th. by two
coiored men near Rockdale Mills. The
victim fought and was shot twice b.
he thieves. who managed TO escape.
Carrying spareplates, powerful pumps
md various other kinds OF shop fittings
he wrecking tug Storm King sailed. on
the 18th. from Boston. TO assist the in.
iured batriesh.p Massachusetts.
The London Daily Telegraph had Z
dispatch from Vienna on the l4th. q
the effect that King Peter Of Seryia
4 had threatened IN aldicafe aG he Wa