The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-04-22

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JASPER 1 INDIANA
The Russian government has silver
notice that newspaper CORES pondeaI
using wireless ielegraphy Will be treat.
ed as spies and shot
President Roosevelt has signed tho
bin making an appropriation Of $40
COO for the Lewis ard Clark exposi-
ton 20 he held next year AT Portland.
Ore
Albert A. Ames. former mayor Of
Minneapolis. MINI. was arrested on
the l4th. on an Indictment charging
him with accepting a bride December
Is. 1901, from Bessie Lee.
The British torpedo boat destroyer
Teazer grounded during the maneuvers
on Portsmouth On the 18th al the
members OF the crew were saved. II IS
feared the vessel will prove a wreck
United States Senator VIM. A. Clark
cf Montana. sailed. on the 18th. on tlS
Hamburg-American liner Princess Vic
toria Louise. for a five or six weeks
cruise in the Mediterranean 10 regain
his health.
The nomination OF Col. Albert r
Mills. superintendent Of the military
academy at West Point. TO be briga-
der general. was favorably acted on by
the senate committee on military af
fairs on the l4th.
President Roosevelt. on the 14th
sent 10 congress a message recon-
mending an appropriation OF $4,000 &C
compensate William Radcliffe a Brit
ish subject. for loss OF property by a
mob IN Colorado in 1901.
The battalion OF Filipino scouts. un.
der command Of Mai Darlington
which has been AT san Francisco for
some time. left. on the 18th on a spe-
cial train for ST. Louis. where they Will
be one OF the features Of the exposition
Union painters and paper hangers
in Des Moines. Ia. went on a strike
on the Esd. and an appeal will be taken
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a general strike ordered The employ
CTS insist upon an open shop policy
and the men refuse 70 work with non
union men.
Fritz Idle Won Ingelheim. who claims
10 he a scion OF one OF the Oldest and
nobiest families Of Germany. and him
self heir 10 immense estates and a mo-
HE title. son Of a cabinet official under
Emperor William T.. was sentenced to
three years and six months in states
pr. son at Milwaukee. on The 18th for
forgery.
R. VI Snyder. a local capitalist Of
Kansas City. Mo. has formed cor
poration 10 pipe natural gas from indie
pendence Kas. to Kansas City. fur
nishing the towns along the route.
distance Of 100 miles The company
II Is stated. has already received or-
tions on several wells in southern
Kansas
A strike Of ten minutes duration oc-
Cured at the plant Of Swift & Co. at
Chicago. on the 18th Five hundred
cattle butchers walked out Almost at
the moment, however. word came from
a meeting then in session between the
union officials and the employers that
a settlement had been reached. and the
men returned 10 work
Gov Herrick OF Ohio. on the 18th,
granted reprieve to Charles Stimmel.
who was sentenced 70 be elecfrocuted
on April 10 for the murder OF Joseph
W Shide. OF Dayton. Stimmel was de-
MED new trial by the circuit court.
and the reprieve was allowed to give
his attorneys an opportunity 10 appeal
the case TO the supreme court.
While at target practice OF Pensa-
cola. Fla, on the 18th. an explosion |
occurred IN the breech OF a Finch |
gun that was being loaded. in the after
turrei. killing % men. including five |
Of the great battleship Missouri |
commissioned officers. and injuring five
more. two probably fatally The Mis- |
souri, IS commanded by Capt W
Cowles
Postmaster Jno Dolph. Of Brighton. I
Ia. was tried on a charge Of violating /
postal laws in the United States court !
a keokuk. Ia. on the 18th Dolph |
was charged with opening letters adj |
dressed 10 patrons a the Brighton |
post Office lie is an old man. ard has
served as postmaster for many years. |
Judge Mcpherson imposed a fine Of SIC |
and costs.
Walter Brown. the Elkhart lind } /
manufacturer charged with Implication /
in he vrecking OF the Indiana Nation 1
a. Bank % Elkhart, was. on the 18th l
found guilty In the federal court under \
AZ distinct counts Immediately after |
he arrived at his hotel. Brown was
stricken by an attack Ct heart trouble,
and fer more than an hour his recov.
cry was Doubtful