The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-05-06

The closing session OF laf Won
ans PRESBYTERIAN Board of Missions Of
the Northwest was held On the 2Sth al
Grand Rapids. Mich The next meet
ing viii Le held In Des Moines. Ia.
Congress having failed 70 provide
for an INVESTIGATION OF the pos cf-
fee department. he president. * is
said. vim inaugurate a thorough one
by officials appointed directly by he
president
Prospectors are rushing 10 the cam
yon Of the Shoshone river hye miles
west Of Cody Wyo where it is report
ga Tellurim ore assaying several hun-
dred dollars IN gola and silver has
been discovered.
The Republican convention met al
Ponce r r. on the .7th ana selected
as delegates to The Republican ma.
tional convention Robert food Conner
II Rosey The delegates were inswUct-
ed for Roosevelt
The Indiana Republican state con.
veuuon on the 27th nominated J
Frank Hanly. on Lafayette for governor
on the first ballot The nomination
was the result of a stampede preclpi-
tated by Madison county
John Barrett the newly appointed
United States minister 10 Panama. left
Buenos Ayres. on the 27th via Cher
bourg for the United States He Will
stop a few days in Paris and London
before proceeding 20 his DIES inaton
John Kandtck Bangs and Miss Mary
Blackney Gray were married on the
27th. tn All Angels church. In New
York Miss Daisy King was the maid
Of honor. and John Nendrick Bangs
Jr acted as best man for his father.
A Shanghai dispatch 81 the 2oth said
that it was reported there that The
Russians had suffered disastrous re.
pulse after two days fighting on the
Yaiu river The japanese We're said
10 have crossed ,he river Tie Rus
slams rctreatng
The Mississippi river. on the night
AZ the cath. was eicht miles wide in the
vicinity Of Louisiana NO. extending
clear across The Sni bottoms on the
Illinois side. in an unhroken sheet %
the hlurs Thirty thousand acres Of
growing wheat Is ruined
The fair given by The Countess Cas-
SIM IN aid Of the Red Gross fund in
The war now ia progress between Rus
sia and Japan. was held on the 26th
al Belmont. the home of Mr. and Mrs.
A. L Barbour. al the corner of Four
teeuth and Clinton street. Washington
H. G.
President Loubet arrived in Naples
on the 2Sth. from Rome and was given
a reception equal in enthusiasm that
accorded him In the Eternal city The
event was somewhat spoiled By the
rain. which came down in torrents but
great crowds of people stood for hours
without umbrellas
The Wabash railroad shops al Deca
tur. I'LL. were ordered closed on the
26th. by President Ramsay The order
IS supposed TO be on account Of the
strike order by The Carmens brother
hood Half the force there obeyed the
strike order The regular force there
numbered 400 men.
a party OF young women who are on
their way 10 Port Arthur 10 act as
Russian nurses arrived in Chicago on
the 2S,h The party was under the
leadership OF the countess Bayanda
who has lived several years in Russia
Countess Bavanda IS an American by
birth-a native Of New Orleans
Mrs. y. r TAYLOR was granted a d.
vorce from former Gov Rofort L. Tay-
Tor in chancery court at Knoxville
Tenn on the 2Sth after the deposit
tons Of a few witnesses had been read
The question OF alimony was referred
20 the clerk for settlement Mr Tay-
Tor has served three terms as governor
Of Tennessee.
Prince Pm Lun rsee. heir TO thu
throne Of China. arrived in St Louis
on the 2Sth. To- represent his uncle-em-
peror as imperial commissioner TO the
Worlds fair He went 10 mis- royal
apartments in the Washington hotel
weary but delighted as result OF the
first day cf his months visit to the
Exposition city.
Judge Conlan. at San Francisco
held Mrs Cordelia Botkin 10 answer
90 the superior court for the murder
OF Mrs Joshua ID Dean. BY means OF
poisoned candy. mailed from Sar
Francisco to Dover, Del A request by
her attorney that she be admitted 1,
bail was refused, the Judge stating that
he believed the evidence against hei
was conclusive
As the result ~ recent heavy anc
general rains and the consequent swell
irg OF tho MYERS. fears are entertained
OF a repetition of the disastrous foods
81 1898 The Mississippi was az dan.
ger line go fppn al ST Louis on the