The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-04-17
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL


ing the prohibi; DRY law was the most
state.
Et. Rev. George Montgomery. cosd-
jutor archbishop of San Francisco,
was appointed archbishop of Manila
on the eth.
The commission appointed by the
Methodist Episcopal church TO con-
slider the advisability of revising the
catechism and order OF worship began
its work in Chicago on the sth. Bishop
Merrill presiding.
Capt. Thomas III. Bradley, Y. ;. n,
retired. died, on the sth. at Port An
geles. Wash. He was mayor of that
city four terms.
Hanceyille, Ala. was hit by a tor
nado on the sth. Thirteen persons
were killed and IS were injured.
A tornado swept over Cleburne and
White counties, Ark, on the sth. The
number of killed is unknown, though
one entire family OF eight persons Is
known TO have been killed.
Capt. George W.. Bever. capitalist. OF
Cedar Rapids. Ia, died at Ocean
Beach. Cal. on the sth-
DIR. G. A. Collamore, prominent ply
stefan Of Ohio. died, on the sth, at his
home in Toledo.
The plant Of the Terre Haute tInd-)
Shovel and Tool Co. az burned, on
the sth, loss. $4,000.
The United States monitor Arkan-
sas left Memphis. Tenn. on the sth.
for ST. Louis.
The czarina of Russia was reported
seriously i'll with p%eritonitis on the
sth.
George Howard. alias Joe Kirby,
who. with George Cole, hell up the
Burlington express near Homcstake.
Mont, a month ago, was found guilty
at Butte, Mont. on the 9th. The pro-
ceeds OF the robbery we're 50.
Charles McKim shot his wife four
times, at Bedford, Ia. on the 9th.
then shot himself. as ne was about TO
be arrested Both viii probably die
The shooting followed a quarrel.
Martha Guinan attempted - AXE
the life of David Kenny. at Lead. :
d., on the 9th. and then committed
suicide by taking a dose of strychnine.
Jealousy was the cause-
A dispatch from Manila. on the 9th.
stated that Gov. Taft. who has been
lying i'll there for several weeks. has
gone to Benguet. a mountain resort.
c. F. Clyne, az Stafford. Kas-. .
nominated. on the 9th. by The demo-
Gratis of the Seventh congressional
district to succeed Chester !. Long.
Heinrich Pariser. a money lender.
Of Berlin, was sentenced. on the 9Th
TO two years Imprisonment and to
pay a fine Of 300 for usury.
Unusually high temperatures were
recorded in Kansas on the 9TH At
Abilene 90 degrees was the mark, and
at Coneordia 50.
The Nebraska legislature adjourned
sine die on the 9th. The feature Of
the session was the adoption : a new
evenu law.
Hilary Bell. the dramatic and mus
ical critic 81 the New York Press,
dropped dead in New York On the
9th.
The funeral Of Mrs. Porter. wife Of
the United States ambassador. held
at the American church in the Rue
de Berri. Paris. on the 9th. was an
impressive ceremony, the heads If
the French government the members
OF the diplomatic corps and many
representatives of the American col
ony participating.
According to the scheduled itinerary
the monitor Arkansas is due TO reach
81. Louis on the 2.th. She will go mp
the Ohio river as far as Evansville.
Ind. on her way up. the stage Of wa
ter being sufficient for the purpose.
Miss Josephine Mcneil, Of Carlin-
vile, Ill, was the honor graduate Of
the class of 1908, at the forfy-ifth
annual commencement Of the Home
opathic medical college 81 Missouri,
held in the Pickwick theater, ST. Louis,
on the 9th. Miss Mcneil had taken
the Gilbert prize for the best essay.
T~hirty-nine years ago the father Of
Miss Minnie Petersen died Of small
pox 1t Scipio. Ind. Miss Peterson
died of smallpox. on the 9th. having
taken the disease just two weeks af-
fer she opened an old trunk contain
ing her fathers clothes for the first
time since his death.
VIM. H. Turley. who shot and killed
Prank Murray on May 30. 1899, in
johnson county. Ill. and escaped, wal
killed by a train at Martel. O.. on the
10th. He had been going under The
name Of William Henry.
Wallace Leatherman. Of Indiana.
now in charge Of the Porto Rican
post Office inspection service, vas ap-
pointed post Office inspector in charge
Of the New England division on the
10th
The Turf. Field and Farm. Of New
York, the Oldest paper Of its class in
existence, was sold. ON the 10Th, "a
the Sports Of the Timea, and IL will
b consolidated with that papeH