The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-08-12
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS N BRIEF.
PERSONAL az GENERAL

LlFt OF flN.IEH WHO NtAA w the NUN
Island ;ra.n near Tucumcari, Tex, on
July 30.
Ray Brom. who IS said 10 have killed
Richard Roberts. brakeman H. Deca-
tur. H.. April 81. and who escaped and
was caught at ST Joseph. 80. and
broke Jail there. has been captured
again al Seattle. Wash
The monthly statement OF the public
debt shows that at the close Of BUSH
ness July 81. 1904 the debt. less cash
in the treasury. amounted TO s9So.ISi.-
80. which is an increase for the month
OF sl2.549.639
Brakeman Naer was killed. C0nduc-
tor Martin was probably fatally in
jurei. and several passengers were hurt
BY the derai,ius OF a passenger coach
on the Cincinnati. Hamilton & Dayton
railroad az Royersyille. near Iront0n.
o.. on the 4th
Alton + Parker ceased 10 be chief
Judge q the court OF appeals OF New
York on the 5th. BY handing in his
resignation after a two minute session
of court. in which be and five associate
judges disposed OF IS cases remaining
on the calendar
4 telegram from Digby, y. s. SAYS
that a sailboat containing eight or ten
American tuorists capsized AID sank
Of Smiths cove. near Digby. on the
4th. and that all on board were
drowned
Sol Temple. the Oklahoma outlaw,
who shot ard almost murdered Police
Sergeant William Gibson. of 81 Jo-
aeph. Mo. last May. was given a SEN
tence OF ten years in prison for The
crime
An engine hauling one baggage car
and two coaches. carrying 40 Pittshurg
miners 10 take the places Of strikers,
arrived at Ziesler H.. on The SO. es-
corted by % armed guards.
A dispatch from Russian sources. On
the 9Th. said that the japanese attacked
the Russian position a. An-Shan-Shan
in idway between Hai-Cheng and Lao
Yang). Oh the 3D. and We're repuised
with heavy loss. The Russian casual
ties are not known
While teaching a party Of little girls
how 10 swim. Michael Reilly and seven
Of his pupils were drowned of a sand
bar in the Mississippi river az the foot
d Washington street. in Alton, Ill, on
he 9Th.
b. comparl son Of notes IL trans
pires that Mrs N B. Lichty. Of Nor
RI. Kas: Mrs. Jas. Siickel OF Had
donia. Kas.. and F. Dalr. Of salt Lake
CITY. Utah. sisters. each gave birth 70
4 daughter on the same day.
The London Times learns from
Trustworthy correspondent that the o.
fcers Of the Russian intelligence de-
partment who examined the British
steamer Malacca. after her seizure. OF
fered her captain So 200 If he would
declare there was contraband aboard
the vessel
A st. Petersburg dispatch Of the Oh
GAYS: According to the latest advices
from Lao Yang. the Japanese have Ne
newed TIE attack all along the line and
he Russians have been driven back
INTO their main intrenchments."
Five would-be bandits held Up a
freight train on the Northwestern rail-
road. near Sterling. III on the morn
Ing OF the 9Th. but. discovering their
mistake fed. The freight was running
On the time OF a passenger train.
The ay-wheel OF a IS horsepower
engine in the plant Of the Johnson Tin
Foil Co. St. Louis, burst while run
ming. on the 4th. instantly klliilg
Franz Gamache. assistant ensin' r,
and breaking tbs left leg Of Ceor Z
%eumann
ST. Louis weather for the month q
July. as has been the case for the last
several years. was cool aud pleasant
comparing most favorably with tie
summer climate Of northern and cast
ern states. The average temperature
Tor the month was 6s.s.
Thirty-seven persons were injured in
A wreck on the Louisville a. Nashville
railroad. near Horse Cave. ky. on The
4th. the result OF a collision Of passen-
ger trains
A bulletin. issued on the fth. by the
physicians attending the duchess Of
Marlborough. who was considerably
bruised and shaken by being thrown
from her horse while riding in Blen-
heim park. on the list. said that she
was not so well
The International Brotherhood OF
Transfers has reelected Cornelius y.
Shea, OF Boston. president. and +. L.
Tyrlcy, OF Chicago, grand secretary
and treasurer. for another term
The Armour Packing Co.'S branch
establishment in Fort Smith, Ark,
was totally destroyed by fire. on the
s,h. . large quantity Of lard and meats
being consumed.
Alta mee.ing Of the Hiooming ton nll.)
Street Car Mems union. on the 5th. Il
wa. decided 10 call OF the strike on
the lines OF the Bloomington & Nor
nal Railway EAactric & Heating Co.
which has been in progress since Janu-
airy