The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-30
PERSONAL AND GENERAL

PERSONAL AND 6eNGHSL
Former Gov James p. Eagle. Of Ar
kansas. died On the 18th.
The car OF Russia has ordered
/ mobilization OF eo090o more troops 20
Join Gen Klropa,kiu-
he opinion is gaining ground IN
Washington thar The report ~ the sem
ate committee - Investigation will be
unfayorable 10 Senator SuOot. OF Utah.
Thomas ". lawson. the Boston
GuanCer. asserted on the night OF -he
aoth. that twice within twenty days he
hai been STRICKEN doNn mysteriously
WiLh pronounced symptoms of poison
ing. the most serious attack being aft
er dining In a Boston hotel
The capture ~ the north fort OF
East Kekwan hill in the tefenses OF
Port Arthur by The japanese has made
a serious gap in the defensive works.
enabling the besiegers 80 get near 10
the old Chinese NALL. which. notH TIL
standing IT'S l. feet thickness. is not
iihely 10 be able 20 resist attacks with
dynamite
The fall Of Keckwan fort has created
Q profound sensation ia s. Petersburg.
IL Being recognized as another distinct
step on the part OF the japanese TO-
ward the final capture Of Port Arthur.
Gen. Nogi in command Of the Jap
anese bes'essng Port Arthur. has asked
for 10000 reinforcements II Is his
desire TO have accomplished his task
q capturing the stronghold before the
arrival Of the Baltic fleet. SO that Adj
miral Togo may have a free hand.
Corwin r. Spencer. the ST. Louis
grain Spectator. is said 70 be out over
$4,000 through the reckless trading
Of his Chicago partner. U. :. Dennis
ton. Nr. Spencer who has dissolved
The partnership. says he doesn't mind
% much the loss 0f the money as be
does the violation q his confidence.
Commissioner General OF Immigra-
I tion Frank =. Sargent says that the
ir coming foreigners are showing a no.
/ table deficiency in desirable qualities
for wouli-be citizens Of the country.
being inferior morally aad physically.
while financially they are almost pau
I pers.
Seven men were surooated. on the
/ ed In the No. soft clay mine OF
the Reese-Hammond Fire Brick Co.
near bolivar. ia. The victims were
Austrians There We're about twenty
Eve men in the mine and all but seven
We're rescued. though they were all in
7 bad shape. and two are likely 70 die
The Dedham savings bank OF Ded-
I ran. Ia closed on the 22d and the
I president. J. G. Cation. who left os-
tensibly for funds. can NOT Be found.
The London Teleg-aDh's Chefoo cor
respondent reported on the 22d that
eisht Russian torpedob0af desroyers
I had escaped from Port Arthur.
The Iowa brewery a. Iowa City. ia.
was burned on the 22d. The total loss
Will amount % about Slo0. 900. insur-
/ ance. $4,000.
Senator Bailey. u Texas. $ urging
the farmers OF the south 10 diversity
their crops. and points our the dan
ger OF a general holding Of cotton back
Y from market for higher prices. telling
/ them that while they might possibly
go more money for a part Of their
\ crop they would be the losers in the
end
Herbert l. Newton. OF Boston.
IL is said. will meet Dr. Leroy S. Chad
wick on his return 10 this country
with a civil suit for the recovery on
a paper given by DR.. Chadwick having
face value OF ss6. 900.
Louis Hartung an old music teacher.
and who had lived as a re-luse for
several years. was found dead in his
room. at 81. Louis. on the 22d. having
committed suicide by the use OF chlor-
oform. He bad reached the ends OF
his means and concluded it was time
20 depart
Tventy-seven persons. most Of them
women and children. we're overcome
by coal gas in a crowded tenement
house in Philadelphia. early on the
morning Of the ed. Twelve OF them
were in serious condition. aud were
taken 70 hospitals: but X was thought
all would recover
While preparing supper at her home
in S. Louis. on the evening Of tho
I'D, Mrs Mathlide B0land attempted
TO start up her fire by the use Of coal
oil. An explosion resulted. and Mrs.
Boland vas burned 20 death. snd her
daughter Nellie SO badly burned. in
efforts 70 save her mother. that she
may die
The faculty OF Columbia college.
New York city. has suspended four
members ~ the sophomore class who
"ere engaged in an attempt to haze
Young KINGDOM Gould