The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-09-23
TOPICS.
THE NEWS N BRIEF.
Personal AMI GENERAL

Apparently lN AM az news hND $3.50
seat Of war. The teet IS Il present a.
Reyel.
There were wild scenes in the Chi
cago wheat pit on the lSth, values IN
.creaslrg 81. cents on the strength OF
the government report Millions OF
bushels were sold by profit takers.
big speculators buying heavily. indi-
eating a higher market Minneapolis
and New York felt the pressure, TOO
Corn went up Is cents.
The italian government has asked
that j L. Morgan restore the sacred
cope OF Ascoli. which was s,olen from
the cathedral there two years ago, MI
Morgan subsequently becoming It's
purchaser.
ON the 18Th a maniac in he Terrell
(Tex) insane asylum crushed an az
tendants skull with a water pitcher.
The total amount OF the ohl.satons
Of w. II. Harroun. Of -. Joseph, No..
mostly represented by forged paper.
viii reach, il IS thought. fully $1,000
GOO
Gen. Aparicio Saravia, the chief Of
the Uruguayan re~yolutionists. is dead.
and peace negotiations have been be-
gun.
Nurses carried 81 babies down the fire
escape from the burning Mothers and
Babies home. i'm s. Louis or the 18th.
Joseph Briggs. who was arrested, on
the 18th. on suspicion ot being con
nected with the murder Of Harold Pc
terson. the Chicago tobacco dealer.
who vas killed ia hts store on Septem-
Der II. has been positively Identified IS
the man who d.d The shooting. 10y VIII
lam Potee, the porter.
Rains which have rendered The Man
churian roads all but impossible. have
practically stopped all military opera
tions in the far east
AZ s.. Petersburg the people are har-
assat hv rumors OF impending disaster
10 Gen Knropatkin, which find ready
.refsnce hecause OF the lack OF Official
information from the generals head
quarters al Mukden
Field Marshal Drama has -ceived
positive instructions from Toxic 70 re-
sumo The offensive as soon as his
troops have reeuperated and 10 attack
Gen. K|uropatkin before the winter be-
Ein'.
The Russian auxiliary cruiser Korea
was reported in the Pacific of he
northern coast OF Vancouver island, on
The 18Th II was expected she would
nut in to Esqulman,t or Victoria p G
The Korea s . larger vessel han Tie
Lena.
Northern Iowa cornhelas We're badly
damaged hy a heavy frost on he morn
Ing Of the 10Th. which extended
thronrhout ne extreme mort hsrn par
Of the state Minnes,-a felt % alsc.
A~fortnnate shift ~ wind saved Hal
flax. Nova Scotia. from destruction bl
fire on the 18th. Nevertheless The city
suffered a loss OF S50-l 90 in The bust
ness part az tie water frou-, and III
progress Of the flames was only stage,
81 the dyuami'ingo 81 a dozen buildings
Leut-Gov Francis Waylard Hirgin.
wy.s nominated for governor 81 New
York. by a~cclar-ation. az Saratoga. OF
-he 18Th. by the Republican state con
ventIon. and after Timothy l. Wood
run had taken The platform and form
ally withdrawn his nane and aske.
that the secretary cast the vote Of tn
delegates for Mr. Higgins
A Nukden dispatch Of tho 10th sal
hat the japanese we're aLTancing o
that p,ace from the east, thelr van
guard Ieins opposite The left Of ID
Russian line.
latest advices concerning Pcr- Ar
thur indicate that a~mmgnition IS rru
ming low. and that much q that use
By the Russians IS OF Inferior qualit.
being. apparently, old stock. as -
shells fall short An early surrende
Of the fortress is expected
A St. Peters burg correspondent
the Loulun Telegraph rays 81 Is poss
be that the war may end sooner tha
most people imagine. Russia can n
f, afford 70 exhaust her resources viii
l ont material benefit. and thus plai
temptation in the way Of nations nea
f. or home.
Joseph jefferson. the We, ersn acto
+ IS quite n az his country home in Bu
zard's Bay. Mass. and his engagement
: for the coming theatrical season ha
. all been cancelled.
The Russian government has giv'
: It's answer to the United States a
/, Great Britain on the question Of co
4 trahand u a While maintaining
4, dignihed attitude, she accedes, prac
\ cally. 10 all the demands OF the Z
powers.
A fireman at Kansas City. No, VII
/. giving an exhibition before membC
d OF the lnterparliamentary union,
+ the 18th, fell from a tower and v
II killed.
4 The Japanese are again turning tn
e. attention 20 Port Arthur. while I
a army at Lao Yang recuperates a
70 prepares for the advance toward NJ
den.
A number ~ lives were lost. M
property damaged. and several sh
were wrecked in the storm which r
aged the Atlantic coast on The 18th
ne The entire plant 81 the Sawyer
Aus.fn Lumber ca AT Pine Riuw A.