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

ST. Louis business and social circles,
committed suicide. on the 2lst. nv
shooting himself in the head ~ the
residence of William Clark k%ennerly.
lie had been Respondent for several
days. He was a nephew a the late
Jay Gould.
King Peter of SerNia gave an audi
snce 10 the Ser,ian deputation AZ
Geneva. on the 2lst. and in the course
az the proceedings expressed his APP
provnl Of the programme for his re-
ception in Belgrade. which includes
gala performance al the theater June
-.
White Eagle. the aged chief Of the
Poncas. resigned AZ White Eagle.
Okla. on the 21st. and conferred his
title upon his son. Tahgy. The event
was made one Of great festisity. In
honor of the new chief 700 ponies
were given away as presents.
Amanda De Lartigue confessed. at
Pomeroy, Wash. on the 2lst. that she
killed her husband on the night OF
September 30. 1902. with an ak and
buried the remains in the front ward
of their farm near there, where they
We're found recently.
Judge Hargis. Of Breathitt county.
ny. left Lexington. where Curtis .Jett
and Tom White are in prison charged
with the murder Of J.. II. Marcum.
after giving the jailcr orders TO give
the prisoners anything they wanted
and charge 10 him.
Maj. James II. Pond. well-known
manager Of lecturers and singers.
died on the 2lSr. at his home in Jersey
City. \. j.. as the result Of an opera
ton on juno II. in which his right
leg va ampntated.
Mai. stephen johnson. 81 wears old.
died AZ Piqua. O.. on the 2lst. If paral-
ysis He drafted the charter Of the
Columbus. Piqua & Indiana railway.
now the Pennsylvania line. To Chicago
and Il. Louis.
King Peter Of servia has promoted
several officers who aided in the assas-
sina;ion Of King Alexander and Queen
Drava. Announcement Of The promo
tions was made at Belgrade on the
2Ist.
Textile workers at Lowell. Mass,
voted. ~ the 2lst. 10 return 70 work.
The vote admitting defeat was unani-
nous. IN wages sl.300.0oo were lost.
At Hcmron's Lick. Ky. on the 2ist,
James Rogers killed Bud Lelford.
They were brothers-in-law Rogers
claimed that he shot in self-defensc-
A mob. led by a virginian. burned
a negro at the stake AT Wilmington.
Del. on the 22d. The victim was
George +. White. who was accused o:
having feloniously assaulted and
stabbed TO death Miss Helen ;. Bishop.
the l~--year-old daughter of Rev. DR..
T.. a. Bishop.
Edward Heath. a Muncie Und)
printer. admitted. on the 22d. upon
being questioned, hat his uncle. Per
~ S. Heath. formerly Of Muncie. had
transferred L his name property val
ued at fully 100000. No reason is
known Why the transfer has been
made.
Mrs. Lockkey Perry. 1ol years old,
died. on the I'D. at the home Of her
son in WaverlN. la. She was born May
:. 1902. at George. VT. Her husband.
who died - years ago. was a first
cousin Of Commodore Perry. hero Of
Lake Erie.
Judge Redvine. ~ the Breathitt
(Ky.) circuit court. agreed. on the
no1 ,.;.I E,.- p..ll.,, ,b.- , or..tpl
term ~ court be held in July 70 in
,estigate the charges Of arson and
bribery made by Capt. Even and 9th
crs.
Mrs Henry Siegel was seriously
hurt by being thrown from a carriage
in a runaway accident near New York
city on the 22d. She lost a handbag
containing jewels valued at over one
thousand dollars.
The supreme lodge a. q. 4. w. adj
iourned. on the 22d. az -. Paul. MINI.
The readiuStment Of The assessment
rates provides for an increase in death
benefit assessments beginning AZ the
age Of -.
Capt. II. ]. Even. leading witness in
the trial Of Jett and White for the
murder Of !. u. Marcum at Jackson.
iNy., left Lexington. on the 22d. for a
secret destination On the advice of his
friends.
l.. Prof. a. r. North. one Of the best
known educators and writer's in Wis
%consin. died NJ Pcwaukee. on the 22d,
aged 50 wears,
Louis iIammerslough. pioneer dry
goods merchant Of Kansas CITY. Mo-.
died 81 the 22d, Of dropsy, aged IS
years.
Two freight trains c01lidcd AZ Coles.
near Jefferson City. Mo-. on the 22d.
and Four men were killed.
Samuel -. Evans. n pioneer editor.
] G6 years old. died in Ottumwa. la, %
the 22d, 81 apoplexy.