The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-01-29
Weekly Courier.
G. DoANE. Publisher.
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William A.. Knapp. a broker filed
petition in voluntary bankruptcy IL
Chicago. on the 22d. With liabilities
scheduled at So 500 and assets o
81 ESQ.
Capt Daniel G Parr one OF the old
est AID w%eaithiest citizens OF Louis
VILE. Ky, was found LEAD in bed. oil
the 18th. lie at one time operated
line Of beats on the Ohio and Missis
sippi rivers.
Representative Spaulding. Of Nortt
Dakota. introduced a bill in congress
on the 2tst. appropriatins $4,000 eacl
FOR monuments TO William McKinle,
and to Alexander Hamilton, in the Dis
trict OF Columbia,
Postmaster General Payne. on The
18th. announced that there was nothins
TO bar postmasters or other federal Of
f~ce-holders from serving as delegates
{ O political conventions, whether ma
uonal, state or county.
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The estate OF Charles Hall. for which
more than a dozen widows entered
claims. was istributedhy order OF cogrt
on the 18th. at Los Angeles. Cal. The
entire estate. amounting to sl4i,o 600
went TO heirs IN Boston.
nEA vf1 80 fa-rnnr Gov Aza =
Bushnell was filed az Springfield. O..
on the 20th. for probate. II provided
for the distribution OF practically all
OF bis estate. valued al s. 1000, 900,
among his wife and children.
An urgent deficiency appropriation
of $500 600 Was requested of congress.
on the 18th. by Postmaster-Genera
Payne. TO enable the establishment OF
rural free delivery routes after March
/. when funds would be exhausted.
John Alexander Dowie, with his
party from the east. sailed from San
Francisco. for Australia. on the steam
CT Sonoma, on the 2lst. While in San
Francisco Dowie delivered two adj
dresses. but was coldly received on
both occasions.
The third anniversary of the death
Of Queen Victoria was observed, on
the 22d, in London. There was the
usual memorial service at Frogmore,
which was attended by the king and
Queen Alexandria. and other members
OF the royal family.
The officials Of Wells. Faro & Co,
IN San Francisco. on the 22d. reit-
Grated their previous statement that
the express safe stolen from the Sun
set limited train near San Luis Obispo.
Cal. on the 2ist. contained but a small
amount Of treasure.
About fifty leading citizens Of the
state OF New Hampshire. at q meeting
at Concord. on the 10th, agreed to
try TO raise not less than 49, 900 by
popular subscription. in order that
the state might be represented at the
coming exposition al St Louis.
Alexander Roland Milne. c. VI. G..
collector OF customs for many years al
Victoria. b. c.. died there, on the 18th.
He was a recognized authority on mat
tiers pertaining to sealing. and was
decorated with the order Of 81. Michael
and st. George by the late Queen Vic
toria.
George Hall. d~efaulting county col
lector of st. Joseph, No. who left
there nine years ago with a deficit OF
$4,000 in his accounts. on the
22d. sent word to his bondsmen that
was 10Y in Monterey. Mex, and
would soo return to reimburse them
for losses.
The contract for the construction OF
the extension Of the federal building at
Kansas City. Mo. was let. on the 18th.
to John G. Robinson. Of Chicago. at
F311 81. work to be completed by De-
I. 1905, the granite to match
hat in the present building in color.
and texture.
A disastrous tornado swept over !
'iouhu'Htr AID " loNE OF 5Vv lnhaD- !.
Is miles south Of Tuscaloosa. ]
Ala, early on the 22d. and as a result !
81 persons were killed and more than J
100 injured. Every business house.
the exception of a small drug e
store. was destroyed. a
Hon. James X. Jones. chairman o; =
he democratic national committee. or 1
he 18th, announced the personnel OF
he committee on arrangements for the o
democratic national committee. and 1
a meeting OF that committee for d
February ? next. at 10 O'Clock a. 10. \
It the Southern hotel, st. Louis. p
The first lake of oil ever discovered ),
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