The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-07-22
LATE NEWS ITEMS.


Nearly a dozen people were injured.
one dangerously. in the derailment OF
/ north bound passenger train No. 81, on
the Paris-Cleburne line of the Gulf.
/ Colorado & Santa Fe railroad. nine
miles south of Dallas. Tex, on the
18th. Thomas Gray baggageman, OF
\ Cleburne. was pinioned under the
heavy safe and trunk in the baggage
car. and suffered serious injuries.
/ With a display Of fireworks surpass-
ing that on the Fourth OF July, the
I Homestead steel works at Pittsburg.
\ Pa, started operation in full. on the
might OF the 18th. with the employees
working double time. The plant has
been operating only about half time
/ for the past year.
The body OF F. Kent LOOMS. who
| disappeared from the North German
Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm H.,
June 20. as that vessel was nearing
| Plymouth. was found by a laborer. on
the 10th. at Warren Point Bigbury bay,
some fifteen miles from Plymouth,
Eng.
The cotton mills OF the Edwards
Manufacturing Co. al Augusta. Me-,
was shut down. on the 10th. for two
months. New machinery will be in
stalled and repairs made About 900
employees will be idle
Secretary of state John Hay has
sent 70 the French embassy a letter ac-
cepting the decoration OF the Legion OF
Honor. which was conferred upon him
by the French government at the ma
tional festival July a.
Four deaths. and many serious pros.
trations in Chicago. on the 18th,
marked that day the hottest day OF the
season. causing suffering 10 millions
and driving thousands to seek relief
away from the city.
Delayed over "a hours by an acct.
dent 10 her machinery. the steamer
-. Louis. from Southampton and
Cherbourg. arrived at quarantine. OF
New York on the 18th.
For their protection in case OF an
attack by the strikers. the Cudahy
Packing Co. Of Sioux City. la. on the
nth. distributed revolyers among all
us non-unlOn employees.
Judge Advocate Diehl. Of the United
Stater navy. has decided that the
wreck Of the Maine in Havana harbor
can not be raised without the formal
consent Of congress.
Two hundred people were hurled N
the ground. on the l7th ar Brighton
Park. suburb of Cleveland, O.. by
tho collapse OF grandstand
Leaders OF the democratic party con-
ferred for more than two hours on the
18th in the rooms OF former Senator
ID. b. Hill. at the Hoffman house in |
New York. and at the close made pub |
lie a statement to the effect that the /
Craftsmanship of the National commit /
tee had not been discussed.
Foreign Minister Delcasse received |
Ion Perdicaris on the 18th. ami confer l
red lengthy with him on the situation /
in Morocco. VI. Perdcaris expressed /
his thanks for the French efforts lead
ing up to his release from captivity,
and urged the necessity for energetic
action towards Morocco.
William T Richards. station oper-
ator, and Ernest Heller, rear iagman,
we're found responsible for the wreck
OF a train on the Greenwood lake divi-
sion OF the Erie railroad at Miivale,
n. Y. week ago. by which nc persons
lost their lives and 80 were injured.
Toliff Anderson, a wealthy retired
farmer living at Linn Grove. Buena
Vista county. Ia. on the 18th. shot his
wife through the head, killing her in
siantly, and then sent a bullet through
his own head. The shooting was done
In the presence OF a daughter.
Suits were filed in Kansas City. Kas..
on the 18th. by the county attorney ~
Wyandotte county. enjoining the Rock
Island and Kansas City Southern rail-
way companies from reconstructing
their temporary pile bridges across the
kaw river at Kansas City
During a riot Of strikers in Paris on
the 18th. several shots were fired re-
sulting in the killing Of four persons
and the wounding of % Ths gend-
armes. who attempted to dispense the
were stoned
vi Tue icth, TWO DONs. aged respec-
lively " and 10. sons o. farmer
named Trosp, were drowned while
bathing in the Blue river. near Fair
bury. Neb The bodies were recovered.
Byron and Ross Clutter, aged re-
ipectively p and IA years. OF 81. Marys.
W Va, were struck by lightning and
instantly killed. on the 18th, during a
evere storm.
AS a result Of the strike OF the great
houses in the United States. IL
expected that the retail price Of beef ,
n England will be raised two pence :
yer pound
The yacht race. on the 18th. from
'oYer TO Ostend. Eng. was won by the
american schooner yacht Ingomar g
owned by Morton r Plant, OF New a
Ork) r.