The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-06-10
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

Washington. d. C.. so badly injured
that ne will lose both legs. by being
run down BY a Wabash train while
walking on the tracks. al St Louis. on
the 3d.
The long deadlock in the Illinois re-
publican STATE convention was broken.
on the 81. BY Yates. Hamlln and Sher-
man Withdrawing from the gubernato-
rial contest and throwing their
strength 10 Deneen. as the result OF
mutual understanding. Sherman was
named for neutenant-governor.
Rain interfered. TO some extent. with
the dedication ceremonies al the Mis-
souri, and Indiana state buildings at the
Worlds fair in ST. Louis. on the Sd,
nevertheless both functions we're car
ried out as nearly as possible as
planned The attendance a. both was
quite large
The Russians. who We're Defeated BIZ
the japanese at Kin-Chou. admit loss
OF 500 men and claim 10 have inflicted
4 loss Of 2e.oo0 on the enemy. They DO
not. however. vouch for the correct
ness Of the latter estimate.
The New York cotton market was
demorallzed. on the I'd. Immediately
after the opening. BY a slump OF a.
points in the july futures. 10 1i-5l
cents This was $ a bale lower than
on May 81.
Col Charles r Mills has been ap-
pointed chief q the department Cf
live stock at the WORLDS far. The ap-
polntment TO take effect Immediately
Col Mills succeeds +. u. Colburn. who
resigned the position April Is because
OF continued III health.
Mr and Mrs Sim Price. Of s.. Lo-is.
and Miss Moselie Price entertained the
West Point cadets with a reception. OF
the night OF the 3D. az the Kentucky
state building. Worlds fair. About six
" young 81 Louis women were invit-
ed 10 meet the officers and cadets. bu,
no St Louis men
Lightning struck he home OF John
Gentry. near Tennysol. Ind. on the
ID, and killed John Gentry. Jr aged
IA. and opal Gentry. aged 10. John
Gentry ST. Maud Gentry. aged Z; o.
tie Gentry. aged 8. and the infant
daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Gentry We're
injured
TIE American Press Humorists called
on President Francis Of the Worlds
;air, or the lst and tried their vari-
Gus brands OF hcmOr on Dave" who
beat them al ilch own game. They
gracefully acknowledged the corn.
and presented Mr. Francis with life
membership certificate.
President ID. r. Francis has been
notified that the Argentine training
ship Sacramento had LETT Buen0s Ayres
for New York carrying a fun com
piemeni OF sailors and 4 special crew
OF naval caae.s bound for the Worlds
fair. The crew will proceed lmmedi-
ately 10 81 Louis
On the Isl tornado struck the little
town Of Selden. west a. Norton. Kas..
on the Rock Island railway. demol.sh-
ing a church five dwellings. and de-
slroylng much farm property a fu-
neral service was being conducted in
The church At the time. and 300 per-
sons were in attendance A dozen
4 persons were hurt. none seriously
Gov Odell ~ New York called az
the United States embassy. in Paris. on
the 1st and had half an hours talk
with Ambassador Porter. No mention
was made q the domination for the
eovernorship Of New York.
President Roosevelt has written 10
I Secretary Of the Interior Hitchcock.
declaring that appointments IN the FOR
estry service are 10 longer 20 Be re-
garded as senatorial patronage.
Secretary Hitchcock has returned 10
Washington. after an absence Of ten
days spent at the S. Louis exposition.
A disastrous tornado struck Teka-
nah. Neb. on the lst. wrecking &c
houses and iniuring - persons.
Six persons were killed and dozen
or more others badly hurt. on the I'd.
as the result Of a collision on the Lake
Shore electric railway between an east
bound fast electric passenger car and
q vest-bound package freight" car at
Wells Corners. a few miles east OF
Norwalk. O.
Robert Shaffer. OF Milwaukee. was
fatally hurt and seven other passen-
gers injured by the ditching Of a Mil
waukce east-bound passenger train
near Perry. Ia. on the "a The train
ran into a washout while going 40
miles and hour
Not a street car was moved in Ho1s-
ton. Tex. on the 3D. all the union en-
pl0yes having struck The company
has asked the mayor FOR protection.
In an explosion at the plant OF the
b. r. Goodrich company. al Akron. o..
on the %. half dozen persons were
injured. some seriously.
Ed Gaffney and A. Hurst. policemen
Of Carthage Mo. fought a duel with
| pistols on the street in that city on
the "a. Ganney was shot in the stom-
ach and will die Hurst was sho. In
the head, but may recover