The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-05-13
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

q A''A AtAAAtN ~ TIC IAAAAfs " AAn capt AIfA
two Americans by the name OF Fore
and Williams who were caught manu-
featuring counterfeit morey
The treasury department has award
ed TO the Galesbprg Gas & Electric
Light Co the contract for the installa-
tion OF steam-heating apparatus in the
, public building al Galesburg IN
The artillery hand (the Zapadores),
the band selected to represent Mexico
at the musical contests at the ST. Louis
exposition. will leave there for that city
June Il is composed Of 10 select
musicians.
Carlisle d Graham who earned for
himself the sobriquet OF Hero Of the
Niagara" by his frequent trips through
the whirlpool rapids in a barrel. is go
ing abroad. and will make an attempt
10 swim the English channel
Contrary 10 what has been deemed
probable a general strike OF all union
bakers in New England was not or
dered n the convention Of the Massa-
chusetts state branch OF the Bakery
and Confectionery workers. held at
Boston on the Sth
The treasury warrant for $4,000. to
be delivered 10 ]. p Morgan & Co. OF
New York. on account Of the Panama
canal purchase was taken 10 that city
on the sth by Secretary Of the Treasury
Shaw. II was delivered by the Score
tary 10 Morgan & Co. on the 9th.
Herman Earl Wilson. an extra con-
ductor in the employee Of the Fort
Wayne & Southwestern Traction Co.
al Fort Wayne. Ind. met instant death.
on the 7th. receiving an electric shock
as he attempted 70 make a telephone
connection with the company's private
system.
Seventeen business places and ten
dwellings were destroyed in a fire
which wiped out half OF Utica. Mich.
on the Sth. Practically nothing could
be done in the way OF fighting the fire
until tho arrival of an engine and COM
pany Of firemen from Detroit The VIII
lage had scarcely any fire fighting APP
paratus
The demand for press seats al the
two national conventions far exceeds
the capacity of the space set apart for
the newspapers Of the country At the
Chicago convention there will be 29C
seats in the press reservation. and al
ready there have been received 300
applications The demand for seats al
the S. Louis convention also is far in (
excess OF the capacity of the space re /
served for the press
Returns from the officers OF the In I
dian bureau show that 45C bids for /
furnishing Indian supplies were re-
ceiyed at Chicago and "A at ST. Louis.
No awards Of the bids have yet been
made.
The treasury warrant for $4,000 600
on account Of the Panama canal pur-
chase was delivered to J. p Morgan 4:
Co by Secretary Shaw at the SUBJ
treasury on the 9th.
After numerous postponements the
trial Of William D. Haywood secre-
tary-treasurer Of the Western Fedora,
ton Of Miners. on the charge OF desc
Grafton Of the flag was held in Justice
Hynes' court at Denver, Col. on the
9th
Reports from St Petersburg say the
statement that Russia is preparing to
make an elaborate exhibit at St Louis
is incorrect There will be no official
by Russia. but there will
be a Russian art section and some pri-
vate exhibits.
4 sensation was created in criminal
court al Cleveland. O.. on the 9Th.
when Prosecutor Keeler announced
that bold attempt had been made 10
brihe the jurors in the case Of Guyati-
rano Piesciotta. an Italian. charged
with the murder Of Policeman White
some time since
Judge J A. Elston. OF Colorado
Springs Col appraiser for the Win
field Scott Stratton estate. has filed his
report, showing that the total value
II the estate az the time Of the death
u Mr. Stratton was sG.3O7 100. and that
he amount due to the state under the
Inheritance law is 1862 .s4i
Charles w Bryan. Of Lincoln. Neb..
md brother Of William jennings Bry- {
~. said in an interview on the 9th. ;
AA' AfPNAA - VI Nl@~tDSlOH IN the
Nebraska democracy are wrong. and
hat his brother will head the delega-
ion to 81 Louis unitedly pledged to
'ote for reafilrmation of the Kansas
'ity platform.
Suddenly and without a moments
warning to the large congregation.
whose heads were bowed while the
minister prayed for their welfare. Rev. /
,. X. Newell, pastor of the NJ. E. I
'hurch at Marshalltown. la, fell strick- 4
n with paralysis in his pulpit. For a T
moment the parishioners were terror n
tricken. and the form OF the stricken +
astor was allowed TO pitch headlonE n
the floor. He was removed to his O
ome, but can not live. b