The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-07-22
CURRENT TOPICS.
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.


I NAAf AAf AA0Ntr hrHIr-dle go fNNN.
The heaviest losers are: Madary Plan
ing Mil Co. $4,000; Hellenbeck plan
ing mills. $4,000.
A tornado struck Bonesteel :. d.,
Just before dark on the 18th and PLAYED
havoc With the hundreds OF tents and
chcaply-constructed ro0ming houses
erected FOR the thousands of homeseek-
ers registering for the Rosebud reserva-
don lands
Presiden, Loubet OF France has sig
nifed his intention Of comforting the
grand cross OF the Legion Of Honor
upon Secretary Hay. in recognition Of
his efforts during the past five years.
10 strengthen tho bonds OF amity be-
tween the United States and Ftance.
Ii was reported on the 18th that a
great battle was IN progress at Ia
Tche-Kiao, IL which the Japanese were
in strength on three sides OF the Rus
SLAMS. Military men weEe of the opin-
ion that il would prove the biggest bat
tie Of the war SO far
The strike situation ar Chicago. on
I the morning of the 10th. locked omi-
nous. The packers and their striking
employees had not been able 70 agree
upon an arbitration proposition. and
the foreign element among the strikers
seemed ripe for riot
! President Roosevelt has notified the
members of his cabinet that he will be
/ back In Washington on July IS. and
/ that he wants all OF them 10 meet him
I there during the first week of August
Meat from cattle alleged 10 have been
affected with Texas fever and blood
poisoning were seized on the 18th by
I Chief Meat Inspector Thomas Stringer.
OF ST. Louis. as il was being delivered
TO the poorhouse insane asylum. female
hospital city hospital and emergency
| hospital. The meat was supplied by a
Chicago contractor.
William I. Scott. nominee for Presi-
dent OF the United States by the Ngro
Civil Liberty League, was arrested IN
East St Louis. H.. on the 18th by a
deputy sheriff on an old capias for a
fine and costs aggregating $3.50, as
! sessed for running a disorderly house
Twenty people were killed and about
twenty-five injured on the 18th. in a col
lision on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois
railroad al Glenwood. % miles south Of
Chicago. The collision occurred be-
tween a picnic train from that city,
which was returning from Momence,
Ill. and a freight train, into the rear
end Of which it dashed at high rate OF
speed.
Two hundred persons in Mllington.
Nd. are homeless and without shelter
and food as the result OF the fire. on
the 18th, which destroyed 80 dwellings
and Il places OF business. The loss is
placed at $4,000 with practically no
insurance
Despondent because OF poor health,
Edward Nienann. a former employee Of
the Bourbon Mercantile Co, POS Wal
nut street. ST. Louis. No. committed
suicide in Denver. Col, on the 18th.
b. firing a 32-caliber bullet into his
brain.
According 10 a LONDON dispatch OF
the 14th. Santos Dumont. the famous
aeronaut. has given mp the idea OF re-
turning 10 the United States to take
part in the airship contest at the
Worlds fair in ST. Louis.
a Toxic dispatch Of the 18th says
the japanese forces have occupied YIN
Kow (the seaport OF New Chwang)
without opposition. the Russians retir-
ing. This would indicate the fall Of
New Chwang
The honorary board Of Filipino COM
mi rnarhnH I -
l4th, and were escorted to their quar-
ters by a special reception committee
and the batalions of Filipino constabu-
larry stationed at the Worlds fair
grounds. led by their band Of so pieces
They Will remain in s. Louis about a
month.
Charles W. Murtfedt. a newspaper
writer and an authority on agricul-
tural subjects. died II his home at
Kirkwood. Mo, on the 18th, al he age
Of 81 years.
Early results OF the strike Of the
butchers and meat cutters were OBJ
servable. on the 14th in an advance all
both fresh and cured. Restaurants in
the cities either put up the price or
meat orders or cut down the size Of the
portions
Two negroes. Frank Ousley and John
Johnston. we're hanged together in the |
jail yard az Pittsburg. Pa on the nth. |
The execution was Witnessed by a son /
OF James Donnelly. whom the negroes |
murdered. Just as the trap was sprung /
a member OF the jury and two specta-
tors fell TO the ground in a faint
On the 18th. a two-headed girl was
born at Cairo. H., 10 a negro family /
Of the name OF Shane II died shortly |
after birth. The heads We're both well |
formed, and rested on the shoulders at
about the same angle The features
were perfect The body OF the infant
was fully matured
After quarrelng with his wife, who
had left him. over a picture of dead
daughter. Sam Baldwin, OF Cedar
Rapids la, on the 14th. cut her throat
from ear to ear with a razor He then
slashed at his own throat. dying befors
he could be taken 10 the hospital
On the 18th. a fire destroyed all tho
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