The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-11-11
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

] I4ENANEaAAr va N4N I
defenders OF Port Arthur have reured
~ the Liati Hill fort. where they are
r,iainr ont desperately .entrenched. and
with ten guns OF large caliore. Many
Russians are said 10 be deserving Il
surrendering. The Japanese, il Is SAIL
are advancing with irresistible energy.
J. F. Johnson. yardmaster' ard
George A. Richards, division engineer
OF the Rocls Island railroad. both OF
~Chickasha. I. T., were run down n
killed near that city on the 9th. They
were riding on a motor car on the
Mongum branch of the road, when they
were overtaken by a freight rain.
Fresh riots among the students
broke out at Innsbruck. Austria, on me
9Th. following the funeral Of the young
artist who was bayonted during the
disorders on November 3. II was again
necessary 10 call out the gendarmes to
Quell the rioters
There was a heavy fail Of snow IN
New York state. throughout the Cats
Kill mountain region, on he 9th. the
first general snowfall of the season
The Mountains and foothills were ey
erywhere s-now-coyered.
Huntington hall. the largest and I'm
? est public auditorium in Lowell. Mass,
was burned on the 9Th. The loss IS
about $4,000. The fire is thought to
, have -origlnated from a switchboard on
the stage.
A salvage company has bought the
wreck OF the battleship Maine from
the Cuban government for $4,000, and
, will raise the hulk and tow it to Co
ney Island. y. Y, where it will be ex-
hibited.
The Lebaudy airship made a sue
-, cessful ascension al Moisson. France,
] on the 9Th. but was prevented from
, taking the long flight TO Touen because
! OF a heavy mist.
Gen. Jesse J. Finley. one OF the few
n surviving brigadier- generals OF the con
/. federate army. died al Lake City, Fla.
j on the 9th. Gen Finley was % years
II old.
on the 9th. Bill" Hatfield shot and
i k>led his wife Maud and then blew out
\ his brains at Meetetsee Wyo- Jeal-
= ousy was The cause.
The election in italy. on the 9Th,
passed OF quietly. the power Of the
n extreme parties being greatly dimin-
a ished.
The %coroner's inquest OF the 9Th,
failed TO solve the mystery Of Rosa
Butts murder at Marshall. Mo.
Admiral Dewey, II IS said. will have
! the refusal Of sitting on the interra-
!, tional board OF inquiry which will TAXI
= I'D the Anglo-Russian North sea in
= cident. in case the United States
are requested TO send a representative
n one of the stipulations in the agree
=, ment is that the United States De In
vited 70 furnish a naval representative
7 Tho Odessa correspondent of III
~ London Standard says that according
{" to private information from St Peters
burg. on The 7th. the general stan ha
70 received intelligence from Port Arthu
leading to the belief that il Will b
a impossible for the fortress 70 hold on
IA more than -four days more.
Representatives Of the Fall Rive
'ut CIassD cotton manufacturers and m
Ut striking operatives held another cor
ference. on the eth. but were unable 7
he reach an agreement. SO that as far
on the negotiations are concerned the 81
ID uation is unchanged.
Two men wearing yellow sweater
the attempted 10 blow up the safe Of u
err savings bank at Walford. Ia, on II
APP 18th. They were driven of by citizen
To- and made their escape in a bugs
leaving behind them a complete SET
led burglars tools.
lge In an order issued. on the 9Th. Mac
IAN Taylor. president Of the Hosting =
ned gineers' Union Of Illinois. declared q
ure strike OF the hosting engineers on
obedience 70 a referendum vote viii
be resulted. $50 "a 315 in favor of :
Der turning TO work.
yra, Ed Miller. a member Of The firm
on o. +. Miller & son. private bankers
she New Providcncetown. Ia- which fail
last March. was indicted. on the u
AMI by the Hardin county grand jury on
An charge of fraudulent banking.
cot Secret service officers on the u
ARRESTED three counterfelters az Cley
an, land. o.. who. IL is said. have ma
anc ana circulated largo sums Of hog
Hungarian money during the pa
year.
slo'' Counsel for Richard Higgins. Of T
a. oria. M. charged with the murder
.helr Mrs. T%homasson. OF Lacon. ILL.,, on I
D'e, eth. fled q petition in habeas corp
y - tor the release Of Higgins on bond
r. II. Thayer. for many years edit
: ~ OF the Clinton tIa.l Age. and wide
~ known as a democratic politician. dl
-. - r. 49,. = d ~..w.. - ann
limo. IN rraaama.s AK o,d rd,ca,i
VaI society. in session at Manchester,
~ H.. on the 7th. appropi .ated 5000 {
colored schools Of collegiate grade.