The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-07-07

sons alleged TO have been engaged IN
deals In connection with public BUSH
ness involving bribery
Secretary OF State John Hay died AZ
his summer home. Lake Sunapee. New
bury. y. H.. az 70 Is on the morning
OF the lst Death came suddenly from
heart failure. after a day In which his
physicians thought he showed encour-
aging symptoms Mr.. Hay was in his
siNty-seventh year.
In the annual races on the Thames
at New London, Conn. between Yale
and Harvard. the latter easily won
the four-oared and freshman races;
but when IL came 70 the varsity eight
Dared race, there was a battle royal
over the four-mile course. up stream.
In which every inch was v~alianlly con
tested. Yale finally winning by the
length OF an a
The Merchants distillery at Terre
Haute. Ind, suffered a loss of slO0.0o0
by the destruction OF its elevator and
damage 10 the spirits house by fire.
In the wreck Of a Santa Re passen-
ser train at san Antonio. y. NJ. Con-
ductor A. A. Wells. Of Fl Paso. Tex,
was killed and five persons injured.
The health authorities of Ecuador
have declared Panama 10 be infected
with bubonic plague and have declared
a quarantine against vessels from Pan
ana ports.
Agrarian disorders are spreading
rapidly throughout Russia. The whole
country Is profoundly stirred, and the
intelligent classes seem almost solidly
arrayed against the government. All
conditions seem ripe for the long-pre-
dicted revolution
4 mutlny among the sailors at Ii
bau. Russia. following on the heels OF
The events al Odessa, has produced a
profound impression in official circles.
and all eyes are turned toward Cron-
stadt.
The British steamer Tropic. bound
for New York. went ashore Is miles
north OF Constitution. Chill. and will
prove a total loss.
The Wholesale Grocery Association
of the United States was organized
az a meeting held in Milwaukee.
William Judson. OF Grand Rapids.
Mich. was chairman.
Eight prisoners. mostly alleged
murderers-seven negroes and one
white man-were taken from the jail
az Watkinsville, Ga. by a mob made
up Of men from neighboring counties.
and snot to death.
Thomas Johnson. a negro police
man. OF Chicago. after being chased
several blocks and threatened with
death for protecting non-union men.
fired upo. his pursuers. fatally
wounding Michael Needy.
The cruiser Charleston. in her trial
run of Provincetown. Mass, made an
average speed Of 22.3 knots an hour.
which was .o5 knots above her contract
requirement.
An Odessa dispatch. on the morning
Of the Goth, via London, said that the
battleship Kniaz Potemkine, in the
hands Of the mutineers. was firing on
the town, and Admiral Kruger's squad
ron had TOT yet arrived from Sebasto-
pol.
-Four soldiers Of the c artillery.
stationed at Honolulu, have been ar
rested on the charge Of counterfeiting.
passing and possessing spurious coin.
A Chinese mass meeting was held
in Honolulu. at which the efforts be-
ing made IN China TO boycott Ameri-
can goods, on account Of The operations
Of the exclusion law, were Endorsed.
The steamer Cottage City, which re-
Gently arrived al Seattle. Wash. from
the north. brought word that the town
Of Metiakahtla, on the southeastern
coast OF Alaska, was burning on the
night Of June 20, when the steamer
passed
The town of Phillipsburg. Kas., is
reported 70 have been wrecked by a
tornado. Al least nine persons are said
70 have been killed.
A dispatch from Odessa. Russia, on
the night Of the 2Sth, said that the
wharves and shipping in the harbor
were in flames, fired by the mutinous
crew Of the batueship Kniaz Potemkin.
who killed nearly all their officers and
threw their bodies overheard. The so
c~ialists ashore we're pushing the revolt
along.
Eleven men were killed In a powder
works explosion az Emporium. Pa.
Gov. d. r. Johnston Of the Chicka-
saw nation and ex-Gov. Palmer 5.
Moseley. under Indictment for alleged
completely IN warrant frauds, surren-
dered to the federal officials aud have
been released on bond.
Thousands Of Chicagoans have
joined in a petition to President Roose-
welt TO recognize the government re-
Gently set up by the Norwegian people.
John b. Rockefeller has subscribed
$1,000. 900 20 the endowment fund for
Yale university and a member OF grad
yates have pledged another million.
Luther Welsh. OF Kansas City. Mo,
VINO stretched himself two inches to
make himself eligible for adj
mission 10 the naval academy az An
napoiis. has successfully passed the
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