The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-11-20

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JASPER INDIANA
Earl Roberts, commander-in-chief OF
the British army. is i'll. Hc had sew
eraI chi,is, and il was reported. on Inc
18th. that pneumonia had set in
James Langdon Curtis. who. III 1897
vas the peoples party candidate Tor
president OF the United states died on
the 18th. al Stratford. Conn, aged %
years
The Boiler Makers Association OF
the United States and Canada, IN SEES
sion at Chattanooga. Tenn, on the
18th. chose 81. Louis as the next place
for meeting.
Orrin Hickok, formerly one OF the
best-known drivers and trainers OF last
horses in the country. died. on the lOth
at the state hospital. in Cleveland, D.
OF softening OF the brain.
On the 10th, Admiral Dewey arrived
at the Norfolk (Na) navy yard on lhe
dispatch boat Dolphin He was greeted
By an admiral's salute from the United
States receiving ship Franklin
Twenty-Five cars were run, with the
assistance of the police. at Chicago. on
the 18th, the second day OF the STRIKE
without damage TO the cars or injury 10
the non-union men who operated them.
F. b. Neal. assistant cashier OF the
Merchants national bank. one Oh me
wealthIest citizens OF Jackson, Miss
and a state senator. committed suicide
on the 18th He had been III for som'
time.
The Texas state court of criminal
a meals. the highest tribunal in Texas.
decided. on the llth. in favor OF the
anti-pcolroom law. which knocks OUT
all kinds OF gambling on horse racing
in Texas
The contract for the erection OF the
Mississippi state building at the St
Louis Worlds fair was let, on the
18th. for SIS. 1000. The building Is 10
be a replica OF the Jefferson Davis
home at Beauvoir. Miss.
Nearly three hundred nominations
of postmasters were sent to the senate
by the president on the 10th. Among
them we're the following. Illinois
George Z. wideman. Zion City. Iowa
Alonzo Elisson. Davenport
Speaker of the House Cannon. on the
10Th. reappolnted Ascher c. Kinds. OIL
Maine. as clerk to the speakers table
and selected l. w. Busbey. correspond
ent Of the Chicago Inter Ocean, rs pri-
yate secretary 10 the speaker
The engagement was announced. on
the 18th. OF Gen Thomas L. James
president OF the Lincoln national bank
OF New York city who was postmaster
general under President Garfield, {
Miss Ed-th Colborne. Of Sratford-on-
Avon. England.
Theodore Roosevelt Signet, the TWEEN
tieth child born TO W. III. Signet, dice
on the 18th. at the family home, al Nc
Keesport. Pa. aged five months. Upoi
being notified that this child had beei
named after him, the president sent
check for 800.
John Alexander Dowie returned from
New York TO Zion City. near Chicago
On the 18th. and. in spite of slowin
of 126 converted Gothamites for $40
600 expenditure DIR. Dowie emphatic
ally declared that his trip had been al
Overwhelming success.
Postmaster-G General Payne. on IN
18th. directed the dismissal Of Ann
Dreyer, Samuel hober. Jospeh kreye
and Birdie Knott. clerks in the 5
Louis post Office. for alleged conspirac
to secure the removal Of Postmasts
Baumhoff, of that city.
King Edward, who was born NoTen
her 2. 1891. celebrated his birthday
sandringham. where there was II
usual dinner to the tenants Of the g
tate. at which the king and queen an
other members Of the royal fami
handed round the dessert
John s.. Brown. the defaulting cas-
fer OF the New Holland (Ohio) ban
VINO disappeared some time ago. al
who was arrested in San Franciss
pleaded guilty to one indictment,
the 10th. and was sentenced to ser
seven years in the Ohio penitentiary
III T. Eafnee alias C. III Miller a