The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-02

LATE NEWS ITEMS.

warrants charging contempt. were
made at Denver. Col on the 25th. as
an outgrowth Of the legal contest over
the recent election. Thomas Culp and
Frank Mcmahon. democratic election
judges. We're brought before the court
I by a special officer. and released in
bonds OF 81 900 each.
Robert Causby was hanged al Bates
Vile. Ark. on the 25th, for numbering
sheriff d. Morgan on September Is.
1904. Causby was so near dead OF
neryous prostration before h. reached
the gallows that the attending physi-
clan thought that little life was extin-
euished with the moose.
Assistant superintendent Z. \ Pike,
OF the Illinois mine. near North Free
dom, Wis. on the 18th. saved 50 min
.ers from death by rushing into a burn
ing room at the bottom OF the mine
and eXunguishing the flames. which
were licking at 1000 pounds OF dyna-
mite.
stephen Putney. Jr.. OF Richmond.
Va, son Of a wealthy wholesale shoe
dealer there. who mysteriously disap-
Feared while visiting the Worlds fair
at St Louis on November 10, was
found. on the 2sth. in detachment OF
recruits at Jefferson barracks.
Francis Buell. Cooley. founder Of the
wholesale dry goods house Of Cooley.
Farrell ( Co. from which sprang Field
4 Letter. Marshall Field & Co. and
many other dry goods houses in Chi
Cago, died al Hartford, Conn, on the
18th. aged s. years.
The American Federation Of Labor,
in convention al san Francisco. on the
18th. decided TO reinstate the striking
engineers and mechanics who walked
out OF breweries in St Louis, No. and
Beileville, III.
Sixteen persons were hurt two prob
ably fatally. on the 25th, when a pas
ser ger train on the Pennsylvania rail
road crashed into a trolley car al Bed
ford, o. The trolley car was filled with
Henry Holmes. a negro. was hanged
az Columbus, Tex, on the 25th. for
numbering Stewart John Bell and his
FOUR ear-Old son. by beating them 20
death with an iron bar. his motive be-
ing robbery
The Berlin Lokal Anzeiger's Mukden
telegraphs that. accord I
Inc TO report brought by Chinese to (
Russian headquarters az Mukden. the 4
corpse Of Gen. Kuroki has arrived az
YinkOw.
Count Cassinl. the Russian ambas-
'ador and Sir Mortimer Durand. Brit 4
sh ambassador called al the state de-
'artment in Washington. on the 2sth.
and CONFORMITY extended 10 the United
States an invitation 10 name a high
ranking officer OF the United States
iavy on the international committee
hat is to investigate the Dogger Bank
Incident
The congressional committee which
las been taking testimony in the case
If Judge Charles S Swayne OF the
jnited States district court OF the
northern district Of Florida. against
'hom charges OF irregularities have
'een made closed the testimony. On
he 18th, and adjourned
Ten American fishing craft. includ-
ne eight sailing vessels and two steam
oats. have been seized by the Cana
ian fisheries protective cruiser Cur
aw- and fined for illegal fishing in the
anadian waters OF a tributary OF Pas
amaquoddy bay. near st. George. y B.
Charles J. Warner was instantly
He'd and from twenty TO thirty per-
ons seriously injured. on the 2sth. by
ne overturning OF a crowded north
ound BellefOntaine car at Fourteenth
nd Papin streets. 81. Louis.
Nine. Schumann- Heinck. the we'll
nown singer, received a cable mes
age. on the 2Sth. announcing the :
cath Of her husband. Paul Schumann,
their home near Dresden. Germany.
Gen Jacob S. Coxey. Of Mount Yer
on. O celebrated as the leader OF !
Commonweal Army" filed a personal Q
atition in bankruptcy. on the 2Sth. in {
he United States court at Columbus. I
Three laborers. Charles Melnch, Z
rank Bennich. and John Poropat {
ere crushed and smothered TO death s
a trench at Kings highway and Fly
r avenue. 81 Louis. on the 2Sth .
II was reported. on the 2Sth that r
&c pilot for President Roosevelts spe-
al train was stoned by four men
lille passing through lonely spot
Ear Brazil. Ind
Herr Most, tho noted S-x York an
-chist. was arrested ip 81. Louis. on "
le 18th. following two Intellectual at
mpts to hold meeting in that city. a
In clash between Italian factions !,
Carbondale. Pa. on the 2Sth. one
an was killed. one MORALLY wounded
ID another seriously injured.
The Jury In the case Of Nan Paiter- !,
N was discharged. In the 2s,h. on I,
count OF the illness OF one OF the :
rors. =