The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-07-22

oil the Transvaal Republic, died, on th'
i4th az Clarnz. in the Swiss Canton o
vaud Death was due 20 heart weak
ness. resulting from ar attack o
pneumonia
The bgbonic plague has appeared II
RIO Janeiro. ac>Srding 10 a New lorl
Herald dispatch from that city Tt
municipal and state authorities hav'
adopted rigorous measures 10 Precen
az epidemic
Cluiohing a decree OF divorce, Mr3
Ella Swoboda, in rich attire was founS
dead on a sidewalk in South Park ave
nue.. Chicago. on the 18th. A broker
vial which had contained poison, Wa!
found in her hand bag.
The system OF CONCERNING poltica
prisoners in Russia by administrative
order has been abolished by imperia
decree. and persons accused Of politica
crimes henceforth. will be tried by th'
courts, under the regular procedure.
Mayor Cyrus ". Davis, Of Waterville
Ne. was nominated for governor o
Maine al the democratic state conven-
ton. on the 18th. notwithstanding III.
fact that when his name was presented
he protested and announced his With.
Lrawal
Orders have been issued az the navy
department assigning the cruiser Chi
oago 70 duty as flagship OF the Pacific
feet in place OF the cruiser New York
which Is 10 be brought around 10 New
York for duty on the North Atlantic
station
The announcement, In the Transvaal
az Paul Kruger's death. was received
with general regret and sympathy The
newspapers make generous reference tc
him. and warmly support the sugges-
ton Of the burial OF hi. body in the
Transvaal.
The body OF Henry Baxter Kingsley
q New York. who disappeared mysteri-
uusly November IA. which was found
CT the 18th. in the Harlem river at One
Hundred and Fifty-seventh street. was
identified beyond question at the Har-
lem morgue.
Mrs Mary Constantine Boone a pi.
oneer Of Kansas City Mo, died there
II The 14th. aged 81 years. Size was
lorn in Quebec Can. and settled in
Missouri in 1925. When Il she eloped
with Daniel Boone. a grandson OF the
Kentucky fronuersman.
q. F. Cook, discoverer OF the Guate-
maian boil weevil-eating ants. has
wired the department OF agriculture
from Texas that the ants are destroy
Ing cotton boil worms. and also de-
srroying similar Injurious insects with
even greater avidity than they do the
toll weevil
There was no celebration, on the
18th. in the Igorrote village al the
Worlds fair. over the resembling OF
the pants" order The good nevis was
overshadowed by a death in their
midst. Suyon one OF their number,
cied at the reservation hospital OF
pneumonia
Samuel l. Clemens MARK Twain
and his two daughters. bringing the
body Of Mrs. Clemens. who recently died
IN Italy. arrived in New York. on the
18th, on the steamer Prinz Oskar. by
way Of Genoa. Palmero and Naples
Mrs Clemens body was taken 10 FL
mira. " Y, for burial
On the 18th. Samuel NJ Jones. the
Golden Rule" mayor Of Toledo. o.
died as the result OF a complication o.
diseases The immediate cause OF his
death was an abscess on his lungs
When his ahscess broke. the mayor
was not strong enough 10 throw IN
The poison from his system. and death
resulted
The total dead in the destruction OF
tho excursion steamer Gen. Slocum. on
June ~. is given at 95s In the final
renort presented 10 Commissioner Nc
-AN+'' hf AAF ALr lfFttUT- IN charge oil
The Investigation by the police depart.
ment Only S97 OF The dead were iden.
iihed 81 were reported missing. and 81
unidentified.
There will be no change in the cos.
TUNES Of the Igorrotes al the st. Louis
exposition. Statements concerning the
proposed change were sent TO the presi-
cent, while explanations were made BY
Col Edwards. OF the insular bureau
and as result II was decided that nc
order would be issued requiring these
people 70 wear anything more thar
tneir native dress.
On the 18th. five more deaths wer,
added 10 Chicago's list OF Fourth q,
July victims Four died in agopv from
lcckiaw while the nth succumbed &c
wounds caused by the explosion Of
10Y cannon. From other o.ties in the
country TWO deaths from injuries and
i've from ieianus were reported. max
Ing total Of 81 lives lost ia The pa
;rio'ic celebration"