The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-05-20
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Nv the breaking OF one OF the spans
Of the suspension tramway across INC
Truckee river at Lawton Springs. h'e
miles west OF Reno. New. on the 10TH
four young people Maurice JACOBS,
Young business man of that city; MISS
Mcmillan. daughter of a prominent
business man of Reno; Mrs. +. ). Ede'
Jr.. and a Mr. Kingsley. OF Chicaso'
we're precipitated from the car into the
swollen stream and drowned.
On the 18th. Joseph Lilliger. ased
70. a wealthy resident OF 81. Joseph
Mo. was beaten by robbers at his home
IN the northern suburbs. and is be-
leved to be fatally injured. Lilliger.
his wife's son. Joseph Lilliger. Jr.'
AGED % we're all beaten into insensi-
hilitv by three men, who believed
large sum OF money was concealed on
the premises. The robbers got nothins
ZEE. Limbocker. OF Loganspori Ind
fell into the Arkansas river at Van
Ruren. Ark. on the 18th. and was
drowned He had just made an ascen-
sion OF 5000 feet. He was fastened IN
his parachute and could not eNtricate
himself. and drowned before assistance
could reach him His body was reooV-
cred within one hour
Mrs. Carrie Nation declares that she
had stopped smashing saloons, and she
saws she is for Gen Nelson \. Miles
for president because he was a prohi-
lbitioniss. Mrs Nation says she pro-
poses TO build a w. c. 7. C. institute
like the one she has erected in Kansas
n every state.
The Nodaway Valley oil, Gas x Min
eral Co. sustained loss OF So.ooo al
Burlington Junction, Mo. by the uneS'
pected strike OF a gas well while boring
: lfor oil The gas flow. which IL large
was ignited. and an explosion followed
wrecking the derrick and doing mucI
, other damage
Two mass meetings on the 18th. on'
for women and the other for men
services in several church and an even
Ing meeting az City Convention hal
ended the thirty-fifth internationa
! convention OF the Y. NJ. c. A. OF Norti
America at Buffalo y. \.
The Farmers bank NJ Metz. Mo. j
J. miles northwest of Nevada. was en-
: tered by robbers. on the 18th. and sal
y was blown 70 pieces with nitro-glycerin
II IS stated they secured the entire con
= tents amounting 10 $500 in money.
e CO. 80. - ~, oyer Nahraka an
: western Iowa on the 18th. the pre-
= cipitation being 2l2 Inches TOR /
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d -. ,-,.,...o t-oaoro,,o, n, Labor ha
It - rasol,,,io, requesting menu
-. .ei,,,ed with II 10 re
-. 49, NAMES IA appea
'e 80, s',r,t-.--,.i,.r ,itv directory.
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"a ie-n nur1tshrne the directory ha
70 ~,.,,,.t,,l, ov,re.eod n determined oppc
,j,ior ~ o~ranized labor in general b
D. - osror,s ~ maintain a so-called 'ope
"a 49,,
Ill o,t....,.-, si.irrish in N
x 80 oo-,,ortton az Sant
ia Cruz Cal on the 18th. was won
1.-The forces opposing the sending Of
=, laeleration 10 the national conventiC
instructed ID support the candidacy
4, Conare,eman W. II. Hearst for 4
an presidency.
m Tho coal mine in the gulch is now
RI fun operation at the Worlds fair
he 81 Louis. Many visitors have talk
TX advantage Of the opportunity TO traN
into the depths Of the earth for 10
ate feet and study the operations OF &C
ity mining.
ew The Noros who attacked the Am'
he ican troops in the Philippines on NJ
by 2 and killed two officers and a numt
NJ men may be severely punished
lis Mai Gen. Wood who IS marching
ary the band with force of 45O officers
FRS. men.
ag. Gen. John b. Sanborn. civil
nee veteran. died at ST. Paul. MINI. on
the 18th. aged rs years. Death was