The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-06-10

ator 10 MI the vacancy caused by the
death OF NJ 5. Quay.
The Worcester CMassl Spy. one o.
The oldest newspapers in the country.
has suspended publication on account
OF financial troubles The Spy was
founded in 1870. the first Issue appear
ms in Boston.
Patrick j. King. allered head Of the
policy ring in Chicago. has been IN
dicted for violation OF the lottery
laws Indictments were voted also
against a dozen other alleged promi-
nent gamblers
Miss Helen Gould Is 10 receive as a
gift all the exhibits OF the social econ
omy section OF the Belgium pavilion az
the Worlds fair T<ey viii find
place in Miss Gould's social economy
museum in New York.
Rev. Joseph y. Guillard. once the
foremost oblate in the country, died a.
the Tewksbury Novitiate Al Lowell.
Mass. on the 31$t. from paralysis. For
IL years he was provincial for The
United States Province OF Oblates.
Douglas NJ. Smith. paying teller il
the National Tradesmens bank. OF
New Haven, Conn. was arrested. on
the Cd. charged with being defaulter.
He is said TO have confessed a short
age Of between So 600 and s35 600
Postmaster General Payne. as acting
chairman OF the republican national
committee. has appointed United States
Senator Boies Penrose as the Pennsyl-
wanna member OF the national commit
tee to succeed the late Senator Quay
Frank A Rantze was. on the Sd, ap-
pointed agent al the Usage Indian
agency IL Oklahoma. He is a resident
OF Enid. Okla. and was captain o.
company Of rough riders during the
Spanish war His selection was made
by the president
In response 10 an inquiry sent 70 him
by the Baltimore News as 20 a report
that he would become a candidate fcI
congress from New Jersey district
Georee J. Gould teiegraphed from New
York 10 that paper. No truth what
ever in the report"
The supreme court OF Missouri. on
the 3ist. affirmed the sentence OF two
years in the peniientiary fixed upon
Grant Woodward for attempting 70
bribe a jury in the district court az
Kansas City in a damage suit against
the street railway company.
2ear-Admiral Chadwick. command
ing the South Atlantic squadron now
a. Tang.er. Morocco. has reported 20
Washington that conditions remain
unchanged IN the case OF the kidnap-
ing Of the American citizen. Ion PerLi-
cars. and his stepson. Cromwell Var
ley. a British subject
The war department has refused tc
grant a leave Of absence or a transfer
TO Lieut. Sidney s Burbank 10 Visit
the Philippines. Il Is said that Lieut.
Burbank will be required TO remain al
his post until his suit for annulment
o. a ceremony OF marriage with Con
repcion VssquCz. a Filipino woman. e
settled
A Toxic dispatch 20 the Giornais
DIialia says that the japanese havf
occupied the first line 81 the oufeT FOR
tifcations o, Port Arthur after Fee
bic resistance. The same correspcl-
dent adds that the Russian squadron
attempted a sortie but was forced q
return. being threatened BY the Japan
&c feet
While trying 20 escape. John "
Nannirg. a prisoner at the United
States barracks at Columbus. o. was
shot and instantly killed On tho -
by Private Sneck. one Of the sentries
At the garrison Manning was heia
awaiting trial for dessrtion having en-
listed frauculcntly three times ard de-
serted twice.
Nine persons are reported 70 have
been killed and many injured "a q coi
lislon ~ passenger trains on THE Ms
sorri Pacific railroad near Martin City
l. miles south 81 Kansas Cry. no. Thi
trains. which met head-on. were th3
west-bognd Colorado limited No
and the east-bound H0isinron CKas
accommodation No 36
n the voluntary declaration ~ a d.
irg man is to be believed. fms Ia. beer
written 20 the historic Smell tragedy q.
. years ago. and Willie Tasoott. IN.
long-sought murderer. self-identhed
hss paid the penalty OF his crime WITH
peniience. and now fills an unmarked
grave in the heart n the Alaskan vii
derless. whittier he had fed Tor tht
eI1cement Of his individuality.
SIX hundred people were driven rror
their homes at Newton. Kas. on fhs
FL hy a sudden rise In San Francisco
creek. which flows through The nor.f
and west parts OF the city. The over
Tow was caused BY heavy rains ap
preaching in extent a clcudburst. The
flooded district embrlced about a fourth
Of The city. and the water stood a.
high as the second-story windows IL
many places.