The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-30
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

versity and the sophomore class.
which resented the suspension Of four
OF their number for participation in
the kingdom Gould hazing affair and
which had threatened to quit the uni
versity in a body.
Robert Irwin. arrested near Basin.
Wyo.. on December p. and now in
Jail in that city. has been positively
\ identified as one OF the two bandits
who attempted 70 rob the Cody bank
and killed Cashier Aiiddaugh on No
venber I.
Three men were bitten and several
Thousand shoppers we're thrown into
Wild panic. in Cincinnati. o.. on the
Esd. when recently-Captured bear
broke away from its captors and ran
Gmuck in the heart OF the shopping
district
4 correspondent Of q Russian news
paper. posing as ar American. claims
20 have passed through Japan. visited
many important places. and collected
valuable Information as to the condi-
tons in the interior OF that country.
Shippers az Wichita Kas.. complain
that a number OF railroads are disCrim-
mating in freight rates against that
town in favor Of Missouri river cities.
The interstate commerce commission
Will investigate.
A fire which broke out in Sioux
City. Ia. on the 23d destroyed two
entire city blocks in the cer.ter II the
retail district entailing a loss esti-
mated az a million dollars. One fire.
man was killed
L. =. hdssell. former editor Of the
Lavton tOkla.) State Democrat was.
on the 23d. convicted u manslauehter
in the second degree for the killing Of
J. W Hawkins in that city on April 4.
Ross Garrett. OF Sandersville. Ga.
shot and killed Special Ohcer Gideon
Matthews. on the 23d. while resisting
arrest. because OF refusing 70 submit
- compulsory vaccination.
The jury in the case Of Nan Patter-
son. charged with killing Caesar
Young the New York bookmaker,
failed to agree. on the 2Sd. and was
discharged.
The Russians al Mukden have adj
vanced their heavy siege guns along
the wagon roads. despite the artillery
fire Of the japanese.
The drought. which has prevailed in
central Illinois for months. was brok-
en-. on the I'D. by heavy downpour
OF rain
news agency dispatch from Rome.
on the 26th. stated that Gen. stoessel.
the Russian commander At Port Az
thur. had appealed 70 Gen. Nogi the
japanese commander. asking that hos
tiliues be suspended for q hours. and
that he b. allowed Ia that time to re-
move the wounded from Port Arthur.
While cutting wood in his yard. on
the 18th. James Phillips. Of Versailles.
No. made a slip with the ak and
killed his two-year-old daughter. The
child had gone 70 the wood yard with
her father and was picking up an arm
full OF wood when the ak fell on its
neck, severing the iugular vein
The magazine OF the Bradford ely
cerine Co. near Findlay. o.. which
contained about 1000 quarts Of nitro
glycerin. blew up. on the 26th. the ex.
plosion shaking buildings in that city
and doing considerable damage in the
immediate vicinity Of the magazine.
A portion OF the Acadia Powder
Co.'S works at Waverly. Nova Scotia,
blew up. on the 2Gth. and the concus-
sion shook the country and broke win
jows for 20 miles around Fortunately
not one was killed or seriously in
Jured
A general blizzard swept over all
the western states on the 26ih. TN.
usual cold accompanied the high
winds. and northern Texas recorded a
drop In temperature Of 40 degrees in
seven hours.
A dispatch from ST. Petersburg ON
TIE 10Th. TO a London news agency.
says that the Russian authorities have
closed Moscow university until Feb.
ruary !. owing 70 recent student dis.
turbances.
AS a result Of man dancing with
another mans girl without asking
permission. four men are dead and
~o We're seriously injured. on the
10Th. al Changers. W va.
an imperial ukase issued on the
10Th, by Emperor Nicholas az Russia
mas decidedly liberal promises Of re-
form under a number OF heads.
/ becanseof technically. requ.sition
papers for Dr. Chadwick were ~, 80
snerln Barry % Cleveland. o.. by Gov
odell OF New York.
Gen. William Henry Powell wbo
was schooimatc OF President NJ.
H., on the 25th. ~
New mobilization OF Russian 70.
serves caused serious rioting in IA.
IONA and Rakru. p.t-,