The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-12-09

ress died at Amityville, \. \, on Il
29th, after a long illness from paral
sis She was born IN Prague, Bohemi
IN 1850
Peter Nessen. who started aero
Lake Michigan in his boat. "Foclkill,
No. 8 was found dead on the beac
two and half miles west OF Stevens
vile, Mich. on the list.
1t was reported on the S0th. that
Russian torpedoboat destroyer. return
ms 70 Nladivostok from a scouting eA
petition. was sunk by the guns of ID
Russian forts in error.
Japan has made official complain
regarding the attitude OF the SPANS
government in permitting vessels Q
the Russian second Pacific squadron
TO coal and victual at Vigo
Fred Wittrock, who. under the nam
OF Jim Cummings" committed one o
the most daring train robberies in IN,
history OF Missouri. died OF grip il
Leavenworth. Kas., on the %.
Gen. John NJ Wilson. chairman OF
the inaugural committee on the 2d
appointed Lieut-Gen. Adna r. Chaffee
chief OF stan. L. 5. A. to be g.and
marsha. of the inaugural parade
The weather bureaus monthly sum-
mary. issued on the lst, shows that
crops in all parts Of the country are
suffering from lack OF moisture. Winter
wheat has been unfavorably affected.
The secretary of the interior. E. A.
Hitchcock, has ordered the withdrawal
OF $1,000 acres Of land in the Minot
IN d. land district, on account Of the
Buford- Trenton reclamation project.
Gov Dockery Of Missouri on the %,
offered a reward OF $500 for the MUIR
derer Of Nancy Goodwin Gay. The
murder occurred at Agency. in Blu
chanan county. on November %, 1904.
Howell D. Ferguson. of St Louis.
was arrested at Manhattan, Kas.. on
the lst on charge Of embezzling
money from the Portland hotel. in st.
Louis, OF which he had been head clerk.
Admiral George Dewey. on the 2eth.
declined 10 be a member OF the inter
national commission Of inquiry into
the North sea incident, in which Brit
ish fishing fleet was fred on by the
Russian Baltic squadron.
A little band Of actors gathered in
the chapel Of an undertaker's estab- +.
hshment in New York. on the 2d. 10
take part in the funeral service over
the body Of Madame Francesca Ro-
mana Janauschek. once a noted actress.
Miss Nancy Carver Letter. the sec /
ond daughter Of the late Levi z. Lei 4
ter Of Chicago. and Maj Colin Powys /
Campbell OF the British army. we're
married in Washington. D. c.. on the
29th al the residence OF the brides
mother
Rear-Admiral Charles II. Davis. L.
s y. has been offered and has ac-
oepted membership on the interna-
tonal court OF inquiry. which will in !
vestigate the firing by the Russian
fleet upon British fishing smacks in the
North sea
Emperor Francis Joseph has chosen
Admiral Baron Won Shaun. formerly
Of the Austrian navy. TO be
the fifth member OF the Anglo-Russian
North sea com, r,fu-s~v, - -. - -
Ct four members failed to agree upon
the nth member
According 10 a Toxic dispatch 70 the
London Standard. on the 29th. there is
an unofficial rumor that the Japanese
have hauled large calibre guns TO the
or q 20S-metre hill, from whence
heir fire has sweep OF the whole
harbor Of Port Arthur.
Reports have reached the state depart
nent Of very unsettled state of affairs
n venezuela. Many citizens have been
put in prison for alleged political Of
enses, public opinion is infamed. and
Ierious apprehension for their safety
prevails among the foreign element.
One man is dead. three are in a hos {
'ital suffering from burns and lacera- s
ions. and several others are seriously
lurt as the result OF an explosion. on S
he 27th, in the generating house OF {
he Consolidated Gas Co.'S plant in
Vest FoTty-fourth street, New York {
ity. v
William Loeb. Jr.. as secretary OF the r
resicent, on the 18th, issued "A Official '
igned statement denying that Presi-
ent Roosevelts children had cruelty 1
reated the thanksgiving turkey sent \
the president by Mr.. vose. of S
'hode Island, in accordance with the Il
alters annual custom. {
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The encouragement OF the United
tates has decided that newspaper and
Magazine guessing contests are lotter- :
s in the meaning OF the postal reg a
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