The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-09-02
CURRENT TOPICS.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.


The black rust $ said 10 nave hlicd
he wheat crop In many places. in the
northwestern states. or cut n down 20
such an extent that only the thresher
can ten th, tale The elevator men
and mMlers estimate The crop OF Min
ncsota and The Dakotas from S5,0oo.ooo
10 ls0.ooo.Oau bushels for he three
states
Chicago. Rock Island 4 Pacific train
40 ! was derailed west Of Princeton, p
miles north OF Trenton Mo. on the
2sd. lnjuring As persons. two OF whom
are in a dangerous condition.
Fire in the sme factory OF Armour
4 Co. at Benson avenue and Thirty
second street. Chicago, on the gath,
caused a loss estimated al 100000
Rear Admiral John c Watson was.
on the cath. placed on the retired list
Of the navy. having reached the age OF
g. years
Mrs Susan Stems Wyman Holmes.
AGED ~ Years. an aunt OF Postmaster
Frank Wyman. and one OF the oldes
residents Of 81. Louis. having gone
there before the advent OF the railroad,
died on he night OF the 2sd. OF pnea-
monia
According 10 advioes received at Che
( Foo. on The Path. the Japanese were
50 close to Port Arthur as TO have
driven the Russians from their parade
/ ground Scarcely building remains
/ unchanged in Port Arthur
Admiral Kataoka reported 10 Toxic.
on the cath. that as the Russ an bait
I tleship Sevastopol was emerging from
I Port Arthur. on the Esd. she struck 2
nine. after which she showed a decid-
ed list 20 starboard. She was towed
back into De harbor
\ committee OF business men Of Wa
coma. MINI. one OF the villages struck
/ by the storm on August %. has issued
az appeal for outside aid for those left
destitute OF home and means Of exist
ence by the storm
Announcement IS made az the navy
department that the cruiser Tacoma.
Commander r. r. Nicholson command
Ing. has been finally accepted from
TIE Union iron works. San Francisco.
4 wave OF rejoicing and festiyity
swept over Russia with the rising OF
the sun. on the oath. on the christen-
4 ing day OF the heir 10 the Russian
throne.
The German-American bank. the
Oldest financial institution in Sidney
o. has been placed in the hands Of a
receiver Liabilities. $3.50 900; assets
5000 600.
Alfred Bolster. colored. aged -. is in
Jail al Niohrara. Neb. charged with
numbering his child with saw. His
wife alleges that he killed the child
and buried I'll and says she has been
afraid 10 reveal the facts because hf
had threatened 70 murder her i she
90
After a bitter fight. John c. Cutler
n salt Lake. Utah. was nominated Tor
governor by the republican state con-
vention. on the 25th. on the second
ballot.
A gold and copper discovery IL Cha
peta mountain, in the Monarch dis
trict. near Salida Col. has started a
rush OF nrospectors 10 that locality
-Four persons lost their lives and sew
eral others were injured in a tornado
thai swept through ChautauGua co1n-
". y Y. on the 18th
The Russian galleries in the west
pavilion ~ the Worlds fair Art Pal
ace were Informally opened to visitor.
on the Gath
Fire. probably The result Of 7pvn
tane0us combustion "a a Pile Of leathei
: goods. broke out In the Manufacture
. building az the Worlds fair early OF
t The morning 81 the 9th An alarm
! was promptly given but the fire va
put ont with hand extinguishers be
! fore the arrival Of the fremen TIL
damage was not more than 5000.
According TO a Toxic correspondent
: OF the Paris Matin. the japanese hav'
J discovered that there is no hope y
/ taking Port Arthur by direct assault
and that long siege operations will b.
: necessary.
A battle. which was begun. on tn
gath. between the japanese and Rus
SLAMS 10 the southeast Of Lao Yang
r was stin in progress on the night o
( the 26th The japanese. az last ar
r counts. were advancing from three ii
: rections along the entire lire Of IN.
I Russian eastern front and the advanc,
e was being subbornly resisted
e Philip Weinseimer. president Of th'
New York Building Trades alliance
was arrested. or the 26th. on a nev
8 indictment charging exfortion II
r alleged THAI he squeezed $500 out OF
j. contractor not 10 call a strike
' Seven men were burned 10 death o.
;. the 26th. In an oil fire az Hohoker
4 near Antwerp. Belgium. which de
+ -troyed tanks containing upwards Q
4 &c 100000 gallons OF petroleum.
Salvador Carraaoo the Philippin
constabulary sergeant vino committe
d suitide because n homesickness. a
!. the Worlds fair. wac buried with mi
Z itary honors in the jefferson Barrach
!. cemetery on the 26th.
. Jim Streeter. a negro, was killed. Q
!. the 2Gth, w a trap gun In the store
1 r r Lacey & Son, al Powell Ala tn
|. store had been burglari1ei repeated
during the past few months.
Prof. Charles w. Shields. OF New
a | -. ID .-oJ II Dra ~ tho ioa 1tt