The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-08-04

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c.. j. r. Rodgers. a motorman, was IA
tally injured and about twenty passen
I gers cut and bruised.
Near Wreford. Kas,. cloudburs'
oauseS Lions creek 10 rise more thar
twenty feet. OVERLOOKING It's banks and
doing much damage 70 farm lands and
the railroad
Thirteen Chinese. who We're snug
gled across the Mexican border. sere
discovered ia santa re box car al
FL Paso, Tex. proyisioned for a trip
to Los Angeles. They were placed
under arrest
Fire broke out on board the Nhue
S.ar steamship Teutonic. lying al her
pier in New York. and did damage 10
the amount OF $4,000 or more before it
was eNtinguished
The Norwegian storthing unani-
mously adopted the proposal for a ref
erendum on the question OF dissolution
Of the union with Sweden. and fixed
August lS for the submission OF the
question % The people
4 thorough examination has devel-
niugtOn Is intact 4 court OF inquiry
has been detailed 10 investigate the
cause OF the disaster.
Il has been discovered that. under
an act OF congress passed after The
Maine disas er. the bodies OF the vic
tins of the Bennington explosion at
san Dieeo, Cal. can be sent TO their
homes az government expense. Such OF
the relatives desire can have the bodies
shipped TO hem. for which purpose
they will he disinterred
Eight women joint smashers who put
a saloon at Industry. kas.. out Of bust
ness have been arrested on a charge
of unlawful assembly and destruction
Of property They Will be tried at Abb
lene.
George Thomas. acting chief Of the
bureau of city property. and William
Maher. actins chief Of the bureau Of
highways. appoiutees of Mayor Weav-
or Of Philadelphia. have resigned be-
cause trey failed TO pass the civil SER
vice examination.
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid and Mr,.
Reid gave q dinner al Dorchester
house. their London home 10 Senator
and Mrs. Lodge and Assistant Secre-
tary LOOMS Quite a number Of for
eign diplomats and members OF the Bri-
fish nobility were among the guests.
While Hon William j. Bryan was
making an address az the Montana
Lake (WisD Cnautauqus. a crowded
boat landing broke down and several
hundred persons got a ducking NJ
one was seriously hurt
joseph Mover a Detroit CNichJ
pawnbroker, was fatally beaten by
thieves. who stole $500 In money and
Sl00e worth of diamonds
The boycott Of American goods in
China. as result OF the Chinese pro-
test against the exclusion law. is SAID
20 be developing rapidly.
In a collision of passenger trains al
Hall Road station, Liverpool. England
% persons were killed and many in
jured
Four men were killed by the wreck
ing OF an easr-tound freight train on
the Northern Pacific between Myers
and Big Horn. Mont
The health authorities OF New Or
leans are hopeful that they viii Be
able 10 control the fever outbreak SC
as TO prevent anything like wide
spread epidemic The city is getting
thorough cleansing.
Il has been definitely arranged that
the peace plenipotentiaries will be re-
ceiyed by president Roosevelt on board
the Mayfower q; Oyster Bay on August
5. and after luncheon the Japanese
viii board tic Dolphin. the Russians
on the Mayhower and pro-
coed to Portsmouth. y. H.. conveyed
by the cruiser Galveston.
Chief Examiner Isaac Vonderpool. Ia
a report just made. charges the Mutual
Reserve Life Insurance Co. OF New
York. with concealments Of judgments
against the company amounting TO
SlS2,I67, exaggeration Of its surplus by
over $500 GOO and fixed policy Of de-
lay in settling claims.
The Equitable Life Assurance socie-
tvs income 70. the first six months CT
1905 shows an increase Of S2,3S6.sl0
over the corresponding period OF last
year.
Coal. railroad and dock properties,
estimated to be worth
$4,000 900 embracing seven corpora
tions in Ohio and West Virginia have
been combined under one management
TO be known as the Sunday Creek CON-
pany.
Prof Henry C Davis. a member Of
the philosophy faculty at Yale. has
been chosen professor Of philosophy
and biblical literature in Washburn
college, Topeka, Kas.
The bond for 1865 500 of State Treas
urer Thomas T Kelly Of Kansas was
approved by the unanimous vote Of the
state executive council. This ends the
fight
Judge Marshall Of the Missouri SUI
preme court. issued a writ. returnable |
AZ the October term. prohibiting off,
GERS OF 81. LOWS county from arresting
and trying St Louis policemen for tres
mass in lrealfug into rrn nriptar -.aca /