The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-09-09
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
PERSONAL AMI GENERAL.

. Fl"Aa accounts 81 me heavy loss OF
+, life there
+ Lr Baldwin. The expert on skin dis
p eases of Chicago, and Or. f. :. Baker.
OK Jacksonville. state health Inspector
who were scnr % Ia Sale. H.. TO ia
vest ignte sensational reports Of the ex-
istence there OF case OF Asiatic lepro-
81 have notified the Illinois state board
OF health Thar the case is not leprcsy.
Former Sheriff Robertson. who was
forced by rhe Citizens Alliance 81
Cripple Creek. Col 10 resign during
The recent outbreak there. has fled
suit 20 Gust his successor.
! japanese strategy in turning the
Russian left flank resulted. on the LIST
IL the abandonment OF Lao Yang by
Gen kuropatkin. who crossed the
Taitse river in order 10 check Gen
kuroN. who had thrown a force across
the river and was threatening Kuropat-
( klns rear
some idea Of ire ferceness of the
fighting around Lao Yang nay BE-
gathered from the estima IS OF losses
during ,wo days fighting. which total
about $1,000 The Russians lost hcav-
lily in arms ammunit.ons. cannon and
wagons
A Toxic dispatch OF the g said that
The japanese left began pressing the
Russian right toward Tatzlo at dawn.
the japanese right being engaged in
the neighborhood Of Heiyingtai.
King Edward has approved the APP
pointment Of Earl Grey as governor
general Of Canada. To succeed the earl /
OF Mimic
A dispatch from Vienna says the |
husband OF the Princess Louise of /
Saxe-Coburg. has offered $4,000 for
the recapture of his wife. who escaped
from her keepers at Bad Elster. sax
ony. The Austrian and German po-
lice are searching for her IN co-Opera-
ton. and are using blOOdhounds
News from the seat OF war in the
far east. up 10 the morning OF the Sd.
indicated that Gen Kuroki. command
ing the right wing OF the japanese
army. was trying his utmost to cut
on Gen kurOpatkin's retreat 10 Nuk- ;
den Kuroki had captured a portion
OF the heights commanding Heiying-
tai and hoped then 10 dominate the
railroad
Advices from Toxic. up 10 the morn
ing Of the Sd. gave an idea OF the ter.
riole slaughter in the battles around a
Lao Yang The Japanese generals &
reported losses. from August %. az
gregating 20.Oa0 men. and accor ling 8
to their estimates the Russian losses 2
must have been greater. e
Judge Parker's abandonment Of his
visit 70 the s.. Louis OK A
position is said TO be the result Ok lG
pressure brought 70 bear upon him 81 IA.
several OF the most prominent men 10 II,
he democratic party notably Henry IA
President Donneily. o. the butcher nj
6orkmen. On the "a. declared a Dow -,
'ott against al meat. in every city in ID
he United States. announcing that :;
ne United States. announcing that ar
inion men would quit in all packing
Establishments az $3.50 p. m. ON tho n.
d. regardless Of where live stock Is
ecured
The monthly report of the chief ~ ~
he bureau Of statistics az the depart =,
lent Of agriculture shows the avar.
&c condition ~ cotton on August n
, have been SAL as compared with -
8 the previous month ST. on Aur. e"
81 =. 1903; CO on August 2f. 1909. =. ~
4 soutAbound State street cable ~
ain struck an iron pin in the cable IL
OF az State and Root streets Chica.
D. on the LIST. and was huslcd from ~
Re track. The car was filed with pas. oe'
'ngers AZ least ten we're hurt n tsa IT
inic that followed. IN
The new United States mint in
eayer Coz. was opened. on tae lst so
tn presidents salute OF 81 guns Wv
ID raising Of the American flag over -
e building by George r. Roberts "A. oe.
ctoF OF the mint Of Washington. d. C. -.
a passenger train. eastoound on the o ~
inta Re coliiied with freight head. oie
near Wiliiamsheld. Ill., on tb,. 1st va
ie crews OK both trains escaped sew. ~ !.
al passengers We're huyt. bu, none
riously 5er
Seven hundred tinsmiths and sheet D.
raj workers went on a strike at :,
on the ist. for an ad. "
nee 81 five cents an hour. 49,.
Former Coy. George ". Peck. OF A.
i"ankee. was chosen as the stanl. 49,.
bearer Of the democrats OF Wis. n
isin, for governor. on the 1st orr
INVESTIGATIONS pursued in behalf OF -,d
former guardians Of Princess Lou. + -,
OF Saxe-COburg. who escaped from r
hotel al Pad Elster. show that az 10,
securing her personal liberty She no
ends seeking divorce with the ,.1r
pose ~ marrying Lieutenant Count =,
tassich-Kerlevitch. 60
udge Alton y. Parker Will not visit for
-, -, ~. 80 NJ Mofiu lalr' on {
the Canadian Pacific at Slnta,u,a h,s
W T.. on the "a. 80