The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-12-11
PERSONAL AID GENERAL.

Hosting engineers in coal mines ii
the Illinois district were granted al
advance of SO per month in their pay
on the Sd. This. in substance. was d.
cided by the arbitration board tina
heard evidence. in Chicago. on the de
mands of the engineers. who haC
asked for an increase of S15.
The saloon of Thomas TIT. at Bick
nell Ind. was demolished with stones
on the Sd. by Mrs Thomas Dant wife
OF coal miner, who said she was de
termined TO stop drunkenness in hel
home IL she had TO smash every saloon
that sold her relatives liquor
Twenty-Five hundred men were laid
OF. on the Sd. when they reported for
work at the Bellairc tO) plant OF the
National Steel Co The works were
closed down for an indefinite period
on orders from Pittsburg. No explana-
ton was given fol the order
Typhoid fever claimed its thirty
fourth victim, at Butler, Pa, on the
Sd, in the person OF Father Daniel
Walsh. pastor of St. Paurs Catholic
church.
Mrs. Sarah Ellis, Of Bronough. Mo.
on the Sd, started fire with kerosene
oil TO prepare breakfast Her cloth
ing became a mass of flame, and she
was so badly burned that she died
in a few hours.
Frederick Drew. superintendent OF
the Chicago 4 Great Lakes Dredging
& Dock Co. was struck by a Chicago
suburban train, on the Cd. and in
stantly killed
An improvement was noted. on the
3D. in the case OF Miss Mabel Mckinley.
who was i'll at Owensboro, Ky. 1t was
thought that she would be able to leave
her room within a week
Representative Burgers. OF Texas. in
PRODUCED bill in congress. on the ith.
to lessen the damage OF the cotton boil
weevil. directing the secretary Of agri-
culture TO appoint a commission in his
department. TO include residents OF the
states OF Texas and Louisiana, to study
the problem.
Mrs. Mary f. Boswell. the woman
who wr.te letters to Senator NJ. A.
Hanna and Y. l.. White. a Columbus
(O) merchant. demanding hush money
on pain OF some terrible exposure. was
fined $500 and costs, on the 4th, by
United States Judge Thompson, en- q
plea of guilty.
The safe in the temporary Office of
Mayors Asphalt Co, of GAINESVILLE. O..
which was completing paving contracts
at Lima. o.. was found with its doors
open, on the morning OF the 4th. and
1925 was missing. The robbery occurred
within half a block Of the police sta
ton.
The funeral OF Joseph Driscoll. the
detective who was killed in
the fight with the bandits. was held
on the 4th. Assistant Chief of Police
Scluettler, together with others high
IN the police department. marched in
The funeral procession.
Tim Mccarthy. associate walking del
agate Of Sam Parks. who was found
guilty OF the charge OF extorting 5000
rom Lobel-Andrews Co, In New York
lily, was sentenced on the 9TH TO Il
months In the New York penitentiary.
In the destruction OF the horne OF
George Wright. of whatcom. Wash. by
Ire, on the 4th. his eight-year-o son,
1euben. was burned 10 death. In try
ne TO save tho boys life, his sister. |
Maggie. aged IL. was terribly burned
A dispatch. on the 4th. announced
hat the condition OF Herbert Spencer.
he famous writer. who had been III |
n London for some time. was causing
treat anxiety