The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-04-03
LATE NEWS lTeMS

GINA. was placed i'm confinement on
orders of Maj Pitcher. a, Skag>way
Alaska. on the goth. Faulkner is &C.
cused of obtaining money under f..lse
prc;enses.
Robert II. Wilson. driver Of hos,
carriage. was killed almost instant
w, and Can't. Sanford Thompson. Lieut..
Harry Weaver and Adam RUPERT
were injured in responding TO fire
call in Pittsburg. Pa. on the 2sth.
William v. Mexican. who for nearly
twenty years was editor in chief Of
the Public Ledger. died M his home in
Philadelphia. on the Goth. at the age
Of So years. Ne served as President
Buchanan's secretary.
Luther Mays and William Lindsay
farmers. quarreIed over a quantity Of
squirrels at Cumberland. I. T.. on til,
29th. and Lindsay shot Mays dead.
Lindsay surrendered. and asserts he
fired in self-defense.
Capt. Coffin and IL men. who will
take part in the Zeigler Arctic expe-
dition. arrived at Tromsoe. Norway,
on the 29th. The repairs to the exre-
dition's steamship America are com
pleted.
The remains of Sir Hector MacDUn-
aid, the British officer who committed
suicide in Paris rather than face
charges Of immortality. were taken 10
Edinburgh, Scotland, on The Goth. for
burial.
A big ferryboat belonging TO the
Central Railroad of New Jersey
caught fire. on the 2eth. and was
hauled into midstream to save other
craft. The boat burned TO the waters
edge.
Gustavus f. Swift, president of the
Swift Packing Co. died II his home
in Chicago. on the 29th. of internal
hemorrhages resulting from a surgi-
cal operation Mr.. Swift was GO years
Did.
Robert n. Baker. of Worcester,
Mass. and John II. Kenerson. of
Roxbury. Mass, freshmen at Dart
mouth college. were drowned in the
connecticut river IN the goth.
Herman Bowman Esher. of Chicago,
! Yale university student. killed him
elf in New York. on the Goth. because
se had been told that he could not re-
over from consumption.
r. D. keefe. wealthy resident Of
aanito. ILL.,. escaped from the insane
hospital at Jacksonville and was
Silled by a train near Woodson. Ill.
y the Goth.
John Wanamaker. OF Philadelphia,
N the 3oth. sold his rights and title
# his publication. Everybody's Maya
inc, to the Ridgeway-Thayer com
any. which is composed Of Erman J.
udgeway. John Adams Thayer and
}. w. Wilder.
The vote Of bituminous miners in
indiana on the ultimatum of opera
ors that last years agreement 'e
igned. was canvassed at indianapolis.
N the Goth. and showed majority n
avor of rejecting the ultimatum.
stylishly-dressei woman from
.ondon fired three shots at VI. Marcel
'revost. the French novelist. in Paris,
N the 30th. because he refused to
ecognize her. He disarmed the won
N and escaped injury.
Mrs. ;. l.. McQuown was robbed Of
GOO which she had just taken from
The bank in Marion, Ind. on the 3Ofh,
y two men who took the money
rom her pocketbook which was hang
ng from her belt.
Forest McCord. driven insane by
EAR Of arrest on the charge Of dis |
urbing the peace. cut the throat Of |
Is sweetheart. Miss Charity Storfs,
nd killed himself at Bournville, o.,
n the 3Oth.
The ear Of RUSSIA. on the 30th. re-
eived Thomas W. cridler. representa-
We Of the St. Louis exposition. and |
Expressed his personal interest and |
with the objects Of the ex-
osition.
The heart of Vail Wood. while he
AS undergoing surgical operation
Missoula. Mont. on the 3Oth, |
topped beating. and in half an hour
= suddenly returned to life and will
pcoyer.
Seventeen restaurants were closed
! Denver. Col. on the 10th. by
'rike Of 500 union cooks and waters.
he trouble arose over the employ
lent of non-union cooks.
Vice-Adm;ral Courr-jolles. who COM
landed the French forces at Taku
nd Tien Tsin in the recent China ex-
edition. died in Paris. France, on the
)th.
H. Patterson. a ranchman. visited
j. divorced wife 1t IL range. Col. on
lc 30th. All shot his little daughter
trough the I.eart AID killed himself.
Luke James. aged 30. hotel kccp..
BoniIla. $. D.. threw himself under
train at Huron. on the soth. and was
stautly killed
The J. q. Mattingly distillery. in
Ky. was destroyed by fire,
J the 30th, causing = loss Of $4,000.