The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-06-26

THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

els. Kas., were. on the 18th. bound
over to the next session OF the dis
trict court without bail.
Acting GOV. Mckinzie Of Illinois re-
ceiyed a message from Mcclure. Alex
ander county. on the nth. stating
that 1000 people who were victims Of
the food. were homeless and in need
Of food and provisions.
David W. Wallace. United States
deputy surveyor and clerk. committed
suicide al his home in independence.
Mo. on the 18th. shooting himself
through the head. lie was Respondent
over money affairs.
Memorial university. Mason City.
la. founded by the Sons Of Veterans,
closed its first year. on the 18th. and
the first graduate was James Legrett.
a colored man whose parents we're
slaves.
Fire destroyed the Northwestern
Felt shoe Co.'S plant at Webster City.
Ia. on the 10Th. Loss. $4,000; insur-
ance $4,000.
Three outlaws. led by Ben Cravens.
for whom S,.Ooo in rewards are Of
fcred. stationed themselves in a lone
ly wood. on the 18th. near Guthrie.
Okla. and held up 100 men and WON
en-. The robbers secured $500 in mon
ev and selected nine good horses.
The general store Of :. ;. Sensen-
5angh q Go. al Aurora. H.. was dam
aged 100000 by fire on the 18th. Nd
Joining buildings were endangered.
and four engines went from Chicago
20 assist the local fire department.
The grand jury az Bloomington. H..
on the 18th. returned six indictments
against citizens of Lincoln and Logan
county on charges Of buying and sell
ing votes az recent elections.
The secretary Of state of Illinois.
on the 18th. licensed the incorporation
Of the Great Western Glass Manufac-
turing Co.. located at Ottawa. The
capital stock Is $1,000. 900.
Eli Julian was arrested at Benninr-
ton. /. T.. on the 18th. charged With
the murder Of his father. solomon
Julian. n well-known citizen living in
the Choctaw nation.
Or. Isaac Newton Love. formerly Of
ct. Louis. dropped dead on the steam
ship Aurania. on the 18th. as the ship
was in sight Of New York.
Louis J. Kaufman. vi~ce-president n
the American Federation of Roman
Catholic socie ties. died in New York
on the 18th.
Two men said TO be Bud Fair and
Frank Ellis robbed the ADAMS Ex-
press Co. az Webb City. Mo-. on the
18th. Of $1,000 consigned To the Car
~terville bank. Both men were cap
tured and the money recovered.
In collision on the Eads bridge al
st. Louis. on the 18th. John Dodge. a
horse trainer ~ Dallas. Tex. was
killed and seven passengers were bad
~ injured. = number Of valuable
trotting and pacing horses were
killed or MANNED.
The ministry III commerce in Wen
ma. announced. On the 18th. THAT AUS
tria had decided % otieially p~artici-
pate in the ST. Louis exposition.
Post Office Inspector Beatty discov-
cred. at Great Falls. Mont. on the
10th. that the majority Of the United
States land commissioners in that see
tion had been violating the postal laws
BY the use 81 franked envelopes.
Developments at Heppner. Ore, IN
the 10Th. showed that the Herpler
death list will exceed first estimat :.
1t is believed that the number of bod
les actually found and identified will
EASILY reach POO.
The pope did not hold an audience.
on the 10Th, much against his own
wishes. a. he said he would immedi-
ately be reported as dying. which !
ain not he added. cmphaticallv.
Assistant Secretary Armstrong. Of
the treasury department. issued a cir
cular letter. on the 10th. carrying in
10 effect, beginning July j. the purc
food act approved March p. 1908.
Agatha Stull Barton. who had been
on trial at Sheridan. Wyo., for the
murder Of her father-in-law. James
Stull, was acquitted on the 18th. The
defense was emotional insanity.
The king and queen 81 E-gland en-
tertained 800 persons at a ball in
Windsor castle on the 10Th.
An Illinois Central passenger train
collided with a freight al Raymond.
In. on the 10Th. Ten persons were
killed. including both engineers and
firemen and "a mail agent.
Several high-salaried railroad Off
cials donncd overalls at Kansas City.
No. on the 10Th. and began trucking
freight in place Of the striking freight
handlers.
The Modern Woodmen decided at
Indianapolis, Ind. on the 10th. "a
meet in June. 1905, at Milwaukee. The
decision was made on the second bal
lot.
Karl May. n prominent young bank
err Of Council Bluffs. Ia, accident
ally shot and killed there on the 10th,
He was preparing for a hunting trip
William Faist. a wealthy and v III
known -four miller. died at Milwau-
kee. on the 10th, after a lingering III
ness.
W. TX. Evans. select councilman a,
Scranton, Pa. was arrested. on the