The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-06-24
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


post Office az Laurel, Mont OF the
l4th. and secured about s. 600.
The Kentucky court OF appeals has
oyerruled petition for a rehearing ID
the case u jim Howard sentenced 70
life for the murder Of William Goeoel
The case VII be appealed 10 The United
States supreme court
( Division No o. the Missouri su-
cutting his throat in a law office. lie
preme court. on the l4th. affirmed The
y cases Of Julius Lehman and Emil
. Hartmann. convicted in the hOodle cru
sade ia s.. Louis. and they must now
20 10 The ptnl,eulary 10 serve their
sentences.
Julius Lehman and Emil Hartmann.
the first OF the convicted s. Louis
bootlers whose sentences were affirmed
hv the supreme court OF Missouri, have
begun 20 serve the terms Of seven and
SIX years. respectively. 20 which they
were sentenced.
on petition o. the stockholders az the
Commercial Bank o. Camori.Fe.
Guernsey county. o.. private ins,lta-
fion a receiver was appointed Tor the
hank on The 18th The petition alleges
defalcauons against p. c. Patterson,
the cashier. and H o. Barber. one o.
tie directors.
Gen BohriS0-. encouragement o.
Finland who was shot by an assassin
a. Hals.rsfors. the Finnish capital. on
the 18TH. died on The 18th. The affair
created a great sensation in 81. Peters
. burE
Ex-Mayor Van Wyck. Of New York,
finding himself ! 200 600 richer through
remarkable streak Of luck on Wall
street. has decided 20 give up politics
and business and enjoy himself lie
has gone On a trip 70 Europe. leaving
his alternate 70 attend the ST. Louis
: convention
According 20 a London dispatch o.
the 18th Gen. StaCkelberg's retreat was
cur Of hy Gen. Kurokls forces in Man
!. churia and he was compelled 20 resume
/. lighting il the neighborhood Of Telissu
Hector Fuller. a war correspondent
from indianapolis. Ind. who was Re
ported 10 have disappeared is nov
said 20 have been arrested and i'm
nrisCred by the Russian authorities
8 a. Port Arthur
= France. represa nted BY Thery. wor
r the fifth international motor race 70
Z the James Gordon Bennett cup. th'
a great event 81 the motoring world
. from Jenarzy. Of Germany the holde
OF The trophy. by II minutes and 4
seconds. The distance covered was "a
L miles. Time. hours ~ minutes.
= seconds. Jenatzy was second.
y The sum Of sle5.o510+. representa-
= The first payment in liquidation OF IN
.e loan Of 100000 70 the louisiana Pur
= chase Exposition Co. was trans
ferred to the United States government
by he auditing department q III
4 Worlds fair on the 10th.
! The battle al Yafangow. betweei
q Russians. under Gen. Stakelberg. an
q japanese under Gen. Oku. resulted i
's the complete rout OF the Russians VII
~ were compelled 10 abandon Is quick
firing guns. several stands Of colors an
many ~ their dead and wounded. III
japanese took 2l1 prisoners
81 Gen. Boh-ikor. governor general g
y Finland. was Shot and MORALLY wound
ed at the entrance 70 the Finnish Sen
ATE. A. Hels.ngfo-s. on the 10Th The a
~ sassin. a man named schaumann. 81
u senator Schaumann. Immediate
committed suicide
Rus ian warshirs. belonging 70 th
70 Vlativo-tok squadron. intercepted th
IN japanese transports Hitachi and Sad'
Al larry lng about 400 men aid a laFa
N number az horses and supplies. and i
he stead of capturing them torPedoed AZ
bv sunk them. Fully a thousand Japane.
Of we're lost.
ks With the recovery % s33 bodies
victims Of the fire on the steamer Gei
s-al Siocum, and the large number r
OF ported missing. ft seems likely that 4
he total death list will reach nearly 10
N There are $40 injured in various ~
lad York hospitals.
ids Mrs. Frances Hollenbach and thr
e. small children. residing two and
al half miles south OF Knob Noster, n
tel we're struck by lightning on the 1T
Mrs Houenbach was instantly Kill
and the children so badly burned p
led will de The house was destroyed
ncn ere
by The body OF ". r Tinsman. Of q
lls- cago. one OF the victims OK the riy
and tragedy 2. Laughton's Springs.
The month ago. has been found imbetd
ng' IN the sand By an Indian near Re-
sao New.
Editor David + Day. OF the Duran
CColb Democrat. has gone 10 jail. ra
~. n than pay a fine Of 5000 imposed up
Do. him by Judge Russell. Of the distr
". SQUIRT. FOR having criticised in his nev
lai paper a decision OF the court.
Ays The Amity dam al Fort Lyons. G
leN completed last year al a cost OF 81
"a 600 mas been torn out by the h
water in the Arkansas river. The !
AZ. Is total Immense damage is feared
q crops under the Amity canal. WI
-an not secure water until the dam
-, rebuilt
&c. Northern Pacific passenger train
-. ,. east-h0und. was held up. on
49, 10th. al Bear Mouth, Mont This is
49, spot where Engineer O'Neill was XII
-te lin n hoid-un two years ago
-.o About 800 Moorish troops of