The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-08-14
LATE NEWS ITEMS

The disappearance az Wiiisrd 8 Az
len. treasurer ~ the Ministers Aid so
|ciety. with $50 .0oe Of the funds. has
caused a profound stir in Boston
rchurch circles. II has developed that
he gambled in securities with the
ehurch's money and fled when tbs
panic swept all his money away
AS the result OF a runaway al Rich
wood. Wis. on the 9th. Louis Welkert-
Of that place. was seriously injured his
wife was killed instantly and their
children were fatally injured The
horse ran away on hill. dashing into
a tree and wire fence, throwing them
out
A bride OF four months was slain
while asleep by her husband ar Lancas-
ter Pa. on the 9Th After sending two
bullets through her heart he swallowed
morphine and il is thought he can not
live. He says they had agreed 10 die
together
An American firm has contracted 10
furnish Russian -four mills with $780,
90 worth OF machinery. The output
OF the mills will be increased within q
year 10 500 barrels day. suppressed
Ing the supply Of -four from America.
A heavy rainstorm. preceded by fierce
winds. reyailed over central and east
ern Oklahoma on the 9Th In the east
ern part Of the territorv much dam
age was done 10 farm property The
rain was needed for corn and pastures
Sheriff Whiilock. of Danville Ill.
answers Gov. Yates letter concerning
the riot and lynching there. declaring
that sameope in authority should al
ways be left at the capital 10 act in
such emergencies
Shamrock Ill. Sir Thomas L'pton's
cup challenger. was taken into dry
dock without accident at the Erie
Basin. New York. on the 9th. and lie
work Of getting her ready for the raccs
was begun
During a heavy thunder storm IN
the 9Th. a meteor fell in the north part
NJ Chickasha. l. T. with a blaze ~
light ard shower OF sparks which lit
rp the country for miles around
A democrat. conyent.1r az Irouion.
o. adopted resolutions. )n the 18th. de-
handing that the dra.h penalty he in
ficted in all doodle bribery cases-
Deputy Marshal Til.r- liaines was
shot and fatally wor. ed in n rurrins.
battle. on the 9Th. with outlaws near
Pawhuska in the Usage ration. l. T.
Tom Horn and Jim Ncriora escape,
from The Jail al Cheye .',s Wy. On
TIE 9th. after oTc-poE e-Iny ne jallc-.
but they were soor erlIiured
David p Ra-rcws chief q, the bureau
OF Non-ChrisfiaH Tribes was On the
10th. appointed successor - General
Superintendent BRYAN Of the bureau Of
public instruction Er Manila. r. l.. who
has resigned the position on account Of
Illness. Mir. Barrovs Is a native Of Hi
nois and was appointed 10 the bureau,
which he has just vacated, in Septem-
her. 1874
George b Day. prsiIent Of George
town college. " r.. on the 10th ten
ldered his resignation 10 the board OF
trustees. 10 be effective September /. in
order that he may accept the position
OF secretary TO the home mission board
lof the Southern Baptist conventions
with headquarters at Atlanta. Ga
LORD f. Seymour harrington. &C
Icused OF the murder Of James r Nc
lCann at Bonfils Station, in St Loui.
county. on the night Of July j., wa.
held without bail 10 await the actor
Of the September grand jury by Justic'
Isaac " Campbell at the preliminar,
hearing in Clayton. on the 10th
W. c. jerks. who for 3a years ha
been prominent in the lumber bushes
of the northwest. die1 AZ Lacrosse
Wis. on the 10Th. Of paralysis. aged ,
} years. lie was a descendant OF Jete
jerks. who made the first iron furnac
in America and who also mare the die
for the first American coins
The annual session of the lnferna
.lonal typographical union began a
Washington. u. c.. on the 10Th In nj
! annual report President Lynch urge
union men 10 be tolerant Of employers
! associations. hoping that thereby bet
! ter conditions may be brought about.
Delegates passing through hansa
CITY. Mo-. en- route To the national Z
A. Il. encampment at San Francisc
! evince decided sentiment in favor 9
: Gen. Miles. just retired from The hea
. of the United States army. as the mex
} commander-in-chief Of the Q a. X
Bulgarian rebels destroyed on IN
10Th. Is villages in Turkey. KILN
many Of the villagers before the al
! rival Of Turkish troops The insu'
! gents threaten to destroy all The Tu'
: kish railroads
Gov. Durbin Of Indiana. in a letter :
. president Roosevelt. on the lvtl
warmly commcnds the attitude OF "a
latter toward lynchings Gov Tsrre
: Of Georgia adds his Communication
| the idea
, The American squadron. under Real
, Admiral Cotton. has arrived at Gibra
liar. from Lisbon. on Its way to VIE
frarche. southern France.