The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-09-25
NEWS In BRIEF.



SIX masked men robbed the bank a
Douglass. okla. early on the 18th. Of
es.o77. The robbers when they left
the bank went 10 a livery stable. got
the cashiers buggy and rode on
1t Is estimated that this years ex-
port OF cotton from British. West Afri-
CO will amount TO ! 500 tons
The frozen body OF a man named
kerkey was found. on the 18th. near
Minot. ~ ID. E
Secretary OF the Treasury Shaw has
definitely decided 10 withdraw govern
ment deposits from all banks reducing
their circulation to take advantage OF
the high price OF United States bonds.
when such banks are already desig-
1ated a. United States repositories
One hundred and seyenty-six cases
Of shoes. valued at $1,000. 1t has been
discovered. have been delivered 10 un-
authorized parties by the Big Four
Railroad &C. al East ST. Louis, Ill
They We're s,nsigned 10 a ST Louis
wholesale hol sc and have not been To-
Gated. though the transfer driver who
got them has been identified.
Secretary OF the Navy Moody has
disapproyed the findings Of not guilty
OF -culpatie ineiticiency" in the court
martial Of Ensign Workman. tried for
the explosion on the battleship Massa-
chusetts. which cost nine lives
The stockholders annual meeting of
the Chicago. Indianapolis 4 Louisville
Railway Co. was held in Indianapolis.
Ind. on the 10th. Gilbert B. Shaw. OF
Chicago; James Murdoch. of Lafayette.
and volney T. Malott, of Indianapolis.
whose terms as directors expired, were
reelected.
IL was reported. on the 18th. that 1t
had been showing at Eldora. Col. for
four days. and number Of the noun
tain trails and gulches were almost inn
passable In Berthoad pass there was
over two and one-half feet OF snow
Six hundred men employed at the
Lorain Coal and Dock Co.'S Crescent
mines. at Bridgeport. o.. went on
strike. on the 10th, because a dozen
men in the mines would not join the
union and the company insisted on
working them
Fire. on the 10th. destroyed the plan
ing mill and contents OF the l. s. Har-
vey Planning Mill Co., at East St Louis.
Ill How the fire originated was not
known. but IL was believed lightning
struck the building. The loss was
about $4,000.
Frank Clark. who was arrested In
Galesburg. Ill. on the 10th. was taken
to Palmyra. No. on the 18th. and
placed in the Marion county jail. Clark
Is charged with an assault atd at
tempted murder of Ollie Hess, IL
year-old girl of Clark county, Mo-, sew
eral months ago.
The national encampment of the
Sons of Veterans adjourned, at Allan
tic City. y. j., on the 18th. after Sc
lecting Boston for the next annual
Arthur B. SPHINX. Providence.
r. l.. was elected commander-in-chief.
Seven members Of the family of
VIM. Grover. residing near Galesville.
Wis. were poisoned. on the 18th. by
eating canned minced ham. One child
lied md the rest Of the family were
made seriously i'll.
A heavy fall Of snow over James
river valley. ~ D., on the 15th. add
I'd TO the seriousness Of the crop situa-
ton. II was estimated that the fall
vas three inches deep.
The National Association of Next
ian War Veterans. in convention at
indianapolis. Ind. on the 11th. elected
James c. Carlton. Bedford. Ind, presi-
ient
Sir Thomas 9ton. who has been
II Of Catarrhal appendicitis in Chica-
go. was reported by his physicians,
IN the 18th. 20 be recovering
A killing frost destroyed the cante-
oupe crop in the vicinity Of Rocky
Ford. Col. on the night Of the 18th
The loss may reach $3.50. 900.
Frank Wilkens, cigar manufacturer
Il East St Louis and Beileyille. Ill. was
ound guilty. on the 18th. Of having
,a.d an employe. George Jines, $3.50
o Durn his factory in East St Louis
n June. 1902 He was given an in
penitentiary sentence.
Since the storm OF the 18th of the
atlantic coast nothing has been heard
4 the fishing steamship Beatrice. from
Sew York, Which carried crew Of 30
shermen. II is believed the Beatrice |
rent down with all on board.
Senator n. b. Scott, OF West Viz
mia, who has been alarmingly iii at |
ne Brown Palace hotel in Denver. Col, |
ince the 18th. was reported by his !
physicians. on the 18th. to be nearly |
estored TO health.
The weather. on the 18th. was clear |
nj warm throughout Kansas and |
'estern Missouri. The danger TO corn |
prm frost was believed to be ended.
Eine passengers were seriously in
nred, on the 18th. at Charlottesville,
nd. by the collision Of Monon passen-
er train No. 6, Louisville TO Chicago.
nd vandalia freight train.
A Berlin frm has completed an order
Or 100000. 900 cartridges for Turkey.
he last OF them. IL is understood. are
D transit Tho company Is also deliv-
ring to Turkey more of the single
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