The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-11-24

man OF Denver. has Sven to the Den
yer Press club a 81 900 bar OF bullioi
70 be given as a prize for the best stor,
on Colorado written by anyone attend
Ing the annual meeting OF the NatIona
Association Of Press clubs
The shingle manufacturers OF north
west Washington have decided 70 shu
down for 60 days, beginning Deem
Der ].
The final count Of the result, OF IN,
Norwegian plebiscite shows 259.96,
votes in favor of calling Prime,
Charles OF Denmark 20 the throne
and 6s,264 in the negative
The earl of Mimic. who succeeds
Lord Curzon as viceroy OF India has
arrived az Bombay. and Lord Curzon
has started FOR home
The biz plant of the Republic Iron
4 Steel Co. az Coyngton. KY, has
been closed, throwing 500 men out OF
work The work will be transferred
10 YOUNGSTOWN o.
The losses by the recent prairie
fire in South Dakota are estimated at
half a million dollars Many farmers
are practically ruined
TWO men were fatally injured by
an explosion OF gas while engaged in
repairing a main in Chicago
The number Of fatalities from rail-
road acaiden,s In Chicago for the past
IL months-32l- The record
for al OF England.
Bradsrcet's says that the only
draw back 10 the fullest development
Of the country's present phenomenal
business activity is the widespread
railroad blockade.
With the opening OF the main shaft.
the Michigan Central Railroad Co. has
begun the actual construction of the
projected big tunnel under the De-
troit river from Detroit Mich, 10
Windsor Ont
Former United States Senator Ma
son, Of Illinois, in an argument before
Judge lands in the United States
district court in Chicago. declared that
the writ Of habeas corpus, the founda-
ton OF American liberty, has become
a myth in Illinois. because the judges
have agreed not 10 review the find
ings OF one another
The Montana supreme court has de-
clared the antitrust law of Montana
unconstitutional
Fire al Knoxville. Tenn. destroyed the
building occupied by Suffer & Beller.
pants makers. and the wholesale cloth
ing house OF Buckley. Mcclure < Co.
The loss aggregatng $500. 900.
Rev. ". A. Patterson, OF Princeton.
Ind, declared before the Presbyterian
Psalmody CONVENTION in Chicago that
Lead. kindly Light" was unfit as a
song Of praise and worship OF Col.
Minnie Mitchell. aged %. and Aline
Bowers, her cousin. aged %. were found !
dead in their fiat in the western part
of st. Louis. evidently the victims OF
poison that had overtaken them sud |
denly. as they fell and died in their
kitchen just as they had finished wash /
ing their luncheon dishes.
Nice-President Russell Harding OF 4
the Erie Railroad Co. has resigned and 4
will go into private business.
Contributions for the suffering Jews
IN Russia, up to the 10th inst. had
reached total Of 1902 SIS
Criah 3. Wilson. the Oldest member
Of the Old Timers Association of Tel
egraphers, and one Of the founders of
Ann Arbor. Mich, died in Denver. Col.
aged 81 years.
As a sample Of the election methods
In New York one case is cited as
shown BY the canvass. where in the
twelfth precinct of the Second assem-
oiy district William T. Jerome was
not credited with a single vote in the
return, whereas the tally sheet showed
hat he received 81.
Acting Public Printer Ricketts, told
he joint congressional committee
that the report Of the board Of lady
Of the Louisiana Purchase
exposition which was printed at public
expense in private Office could have
been done much more economically
n the government Office.
Emperor William OF Germany has
sent his congratulations to the Man.
haitian Chess club on its victory over
he Berlin Chess Society in the recent
,aDle chess match.
Harry Bunkers the former San Fran.
'isco state senator. convicted Of
bribery and sentenced to five years
Imprisonment. has been denied a new
rial by the appellate court.
Upwards OF 1000 bales OF cotton
we're destroyed. about 900 bales bad
y scorched and several hundred bales
damaged by fire in a warehouse at
,olumbus, Ga, used jointly by the
,entral Railroad of Georgia AMI the
Compress Co. Loss, $3.50, 900;
ully insured.
President Richard A. McCurdy OF
he Mutual Life Insurance Co. created
sensation ar a special meeting OF the
'oard OF trustees by announcing that,
{ his own request his salary had been