The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-06-05
LATE NEWS ITEMS


reported that NJ. Jonnart. the gov
.rnor general. Was attacked by no
u.ads near Figuig while journeying
from DiennaE- Ed-Dar TO Beniounif
With large party. Thirteen persons
we're seriously wounded.
A rich man in Topeka. Kas-. on the
3lst. offered Charles Estes and Miles
Salyer $3.50 IL they would row his fam
ily 70 place of greater safety. The
young men spurned the offer, and
went on 10 rescue from the flood .
family of poor Russians.
Dispatches from Constantinople, on
the 3ist. showed that the exile OF
stored tranquility. The Turkish au-
thorities propose 10 exile without trial
i03 leading Bulgarians from the whole
Of Macedonia.
Among the passengers on the steam
e. Umbria. which arrived at New
York. on the 3lst. was \. b. Herbert,
an American who has lived for II
years in Corea. who comes as Corean
commissioner TO the st. Louis exposi-
ton.
Ruperto Rios. he fanatical Filipino
leader in the province ~ TayAsad,
was convicted OF murder and sem
fenced to death on the list Twenty
seven Of - followers were sentenced
TO various terms Of imprisonment.
The death list On account OF floods
at Topeka. kas.. was estimated on
the 3lst. 10 be about two hundred. and
200 missing. Eight thousand people
were without homes. The property
loss was placed al si.ooo.oO0.
High water reached Kansas City,
No. on the 3lst. doing great damage
20 property and causing the loss OF
number OF lives. Twelve bodies were
seen floating down stream.
President Palma Of Cuba. on the
3ist. informed representatives Of the
press that the national coaling sta
ton leases would be definitely negotia-
Ted next week.
The John banner companys book
case and specially manufacturing
plant at Canton. O.. was destroyed by
FIRE. on the Slst, causing loss OF
100000.
The convention ~ the Irish Nation
al league closed in Liverpool. on the
slst. with a demcnstr i;iut by $4,000
Y iriShmen. r. p. D'Connor, NJ r., pre-
SIDED.
Paul Wickers was drowned at Ia
( Crosse. Wis. on the 3lst. while NOV
I ing Ills furniture in boat
The United States supreme court,
on the ist. refused to grant a writ OF
Ihabeas corpus in the case Of Whitaker
Wright. the financial operator. who
is awaiting extradition on charges OF
fraud made in England. The opinion
afiirms the decision which held that
the crime alleged is an extraditable
offense.
The food situation at Topeka. Kas-.
began 10 improve. on the lst. with the
decline OF the Kansas river. At Nam
sas City the situation was practically
unchanged. At st. Louis merchants
on the ievee began moving goods into
second stories in preparation for the
oncoming rush Of waters.
j. Y. Morgan a. Co.. Of New York.
announced. on the LIST. that a majori-
~ Of the common stock Of the st.
Louis q San Francisco road had been
deposited with them under the terms
Of the Rock Island purchase. and that
the plan j. now operative.
a tornado. on the 1st. dealt death
and destruction 20 the city Of Gaines
vile. Ga. killing At least one hundred
people and womndng $50 more. The
tornado then swept around TO New
Holland. a suburb. where 80 people
were killed.
Nick Wargand. a young farmer re-
siding mile north Of Mascoutah. ILL.,,
while reloading revolver, on the lst,
accidentally discharged the weapon.
the bullet lodging in his wife's breast.
Mrs. Wargand's wound is serious.
Commonwealth Attorney Byrd. on
the Isl. announced. at Jackson. Ky,
that he would ask for change Of
venue in the trials Of Curtis Jeti and
Tom White. under indie. ment for
murder in the feud eases
In street fight an Potomac. ILL.,.
on the lsi. Dell Roe was killed and
his brother. John Roe. seriously
wounded 6y Boone Bafy. There had
been feud Of long standing between
the parties.
The remains Of Superinte ndent II.
r. Egan. II the Great Northern rail-
road who was lost In the mountains
~ Montana while hun ting. November
.. were recovered on the list.
Democrats elected IL candidates in
the Cook county IND judicial elec-
tinn. held % the ist. and the -epublic.
ans elected only four Judge Hanecy
was among the defeated.
Steps were taken. ON the isf. By the
United Presbyterian assembly. in s.s-
SION AT Tarkio. Mo. TO place isj new
missionaries in the foreign field with
n the next few years.