The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-08-18

| cCpt Commissioner luts lfli N""''''
on the transport Logan Tor llo-llo
Russia has NO particular objection lu
Japan absorbing Korea. hut she wants
Japan 10 avow her purpose plainly ana
not disguise IL under the snbtertnse OF
"prcpondcrating influence
Allen w Wood. the millionaire iron
master OF Pittsbnrg. Pa, who under
went an operation in New York re
Gently, is dead
According TO "A recent measurement
\ hy a United States sociological survey
/ parry tho actual height OF Mount Whit
ncy. in California, is 1902 feet above
sea level. 20 feet less than the gen
orally accepted neures
Twelve persons were killed and
over a score injured. eight of them IA.
tally. by the collision of an cast-bound
passenger and a freight train M kish'
man. o.. due 10 a disobedience OF OF
dcrs The victims were mostly Italian
employees OF the Standard oil Co, on
their way from Fort Seneca 10 Brook
\ field. O.. who were riding in the smok-
ing car
Venezuela has contracted with the
Schneider company, OF Creusot.
France, for eight batteries OF 75-mili-
meter campaign guns and four bat
terics OF mountain guns of the same
caliber
The national referendum on The dis
solution OF the union between Norway
anc Sweden held in Norway. resulted
unanimously in favor of dissolution.
An antiforeiEn outbreak is feared
in the province OF 500 Chow. China
Secretary Taft. speaking at a banquet
given ly natives in Manila. forcibly
outlined the administration policy to-
ward he Philippines as one OF prepar-
iug them gradually for self government.
which could be best brought about by
education and the cultivation of habits
Of thrift and industry
The post Office department has desig-
rated s. Louis. Troy y. v. and Wash
ing1on. - c. a. the points for distri-
button of postal cards 10 postmasters IN
their respective sections Of the country.
Crea'orc. the Italian bandmaster. was
placed under bonds in Detroit. Mich.
&c pay his wife S. a week for her sup
port and 10 pay her expenses from New
York TO Detroit and return
An army Of millions OF mosquitoes
and heat wave OF sweltering intensity
descended upon the peace plenipotentia-
ries az Portsmouth. y. H.. almost inn
Deniately after the japanese terms
were made known The combined
forces made The situation almost intol-
cradle for the Russians The laps were
as imperurbable as ever
Gov. Hoch OF Kansas was the guest
OF honor al a public reception in PhiIa-
delphia Many prominent citizens we're
present and the governor delivered an
address on Reform
Secretary Of The Navy B0naparte has
authorized the use OF his name as a
member " the advisory board OF the
Bennington Memorial association Of
san Diego, Cal, which proposes to erect
a modern sailors clubhouse as 4 me
mortal 20 Bennington's dead.
Mace Hitchcock. alias McHenry. and
John Carter. alias John w Reath
wanted al Bedford. Ind. ihe former for
attempted murder and The latter for e
minor oGense. have been arrested al
Los Angeles. Cal
Ships Of the North Atlantic fleet have
communicated with one another at o
distance Of about 262 miles, the greatest
distance vet attained from ship TO ship.
-Four people died in Chicago. on the
llth as a result Of the heat, and %
others were Frustrated. The mercury
didu't rise about 80 on the street level,
but the humidity made the day exceed
ingly uncomfortable.
Scenes unprecedented in a British
naval port were witnessed az Ports
mouth when the visiting French
sailors fraternized with the British
tars. the sailors Of the two nations
parading the streets arm-in-arm, sing
ing their national songs
sam Black. a member OF the Ken
lucky legislature. Policeman Brittol
and Walter Stolls. saloonkeeper.
engaged in a pistol fight on the street
in Harrodsburg Ky. Black was
killed. Britton got a bullet through
the jaw and Stolls one in the abdo-
men Both the latter will die
one OF the happy events of Secre-
tary Taft's visit to Manila was a
dinner rendered him and the gentle
men Of his party by Archbishop
Harry. formerly Of st. Louis
, President Jordan OF the Southern
Cotton Growers association has de-
manded The resignation of Vice
President Col + ; Peters. OF Texas.
because the latter Is not in harmony
with Jordan's ideas with regard 10
the department Of agriculture
President Roosevclt's visit to the
Wyoming valley in Pennsylvania was
continuous ovation. The entire
population took a holiday and turned
out 20 do him honor
The name Of RI Rev Bishop Theo-
phile Murschaert, Of the Oklahoma
and Indian territory diocese. is prom
inently mentioned in connection with
the succession TO the archepiscopatc