The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-03-09

N~N aNNAciR-AAhA tat4Nde AA WV hNi
were burned. together with between ?.
and 40 cars. One man loss his life anc
several persons were injured.
A report from Boise. Idaho says thai
Steve Adams has made a full confession
in the Steunenberg murder case. fal
more detailed and sweeping than Or
chari's on the movements OF the con-
splrstors.
John X. Walsh. president OF the de-
funct Chicago national bank, was ar
rested on federal warrant. in Chicago
charged with making false returns "a
the comptroller OF the currency and
converting 10 his own use, without
proper authority. funds OF the bank 10
the amount OF sS.Ooo.o00. He was re-
leased on bail pending hearing before
United States Commissioner Foote.
The ban has been placed on boxing
matches and glove contests in Denver.
Charles II Br!ckensveln. former
treasurer Of Coneios county, Colorado.
has confessed 10 shortage Of So. 900,
Of which $1,000 was on deposit in the
defunct Alamosa bank.
The Equitable Building Loan & Saw
ings association OF Elkhart. Ind. will
90 into liquidation in preference &c
levying an assessment Of seven per cent
TO make up losses
The trade reviews foreshadow an
enormous spring business AID building
operations that will Approximate. II not
surpass. las, years huge total
AS duke OF Lancaster. King Edward
Of Great Britain has begun a Two
months holiday il Parts. Biarritz and
the Mediterranean He is attended
only by Gen. Sir Stanley Clarke aud
Hon. Sidney Greyille
Capt William d. Matthews. national
head Of the negro Masons. died al his
home in Leavenvorth. Kas.. aged 50
wears. He was prominent in under
ground railway work in the ffties.
Margaret. countess OF Suffolk and
Berkshire. daughter Of the late l. z.
Letter. Of Chicago. has presented her
husband with 4 son asd heir.
George Mairsw.ler. for years leader
OF the Ringing Bros circus band. was
found dead in bed ar Sioux Falls . D.
where he was spending the winter.
from the rupture Of a blood vessel near
the hest
Meridian, Miss. and adjacent terri
tory was swept by 4 terrible tornado on
the evening OF the Sd inst. which cut
a wide swath through the city. leaving
4 trail NJ aavaerae9r- 80 4.,.h E-s-a
added TO the horrors OF the situation
Il was thought a number OF persons
were buried in the debris. but the
search for the victims was badly ham.
pered by the prostration Of the electric
lighting wires
The Wheeler elevator. on Buffalo riy-
pr. al Buffalo, y. y. was burned; loss
$4,000.
J. W. W White. a wealthy farmer
near Sparks. Okla. was shot and killed
by James Crane. an employe whom he
had accused II stealing.
Slfted down 10 actual facts il appears
that the recent trouble at Nanchan. Chi
"a. was not a Boxer outbreak at ali,
but a pIrely local affair, the rioting
ard killings being the result Of objec-
ton 10 French Catholic priests assum-
ing 10 exercise civil functions.
4 prairie fire swept 81 square miles Of
the richest farming lands in Rice eoun-
y. Kansas. resulting in damage esti-
mated al So 900.
Mise Katherine O'Brien. daughter OF
the American minister. Thomas j.
O'Brien. at Copenhagen. and Henry
6. Chiffon. secretary OF the British le-
cation there. are TO be married April 81
In opening the Newfoundland Legs
lature. Gov. Sir William MacGregor. re-
ferred glowingly 10 the colony's unex-
ampled prosperity.
Mrs. J. l. Brock. the wife OF far
mer. was awarded 5000 damages in
the district court al Independence
Kas.. against George Francis, one Of
the wealthiest men in Kansas. for in
luries received In a runaway caused by
an automobile driven by Francis
Walter Scott tie Death Valley miner.
ard his brother Warner Scott. were
fired upon from ambush at Windy Gap
l3s miles from Ba-s. ow. Cal. and War
ner Scott wa dangerously wounded He
is now in Z hospital AZ Los Angeles.
Judge Worthington. IN The circuit
court at Peoria. H.. has ordered the
eight school inspectors of Peoria who
have a yccr yet 10 serve. to appear in
court March II. and show cause why
they should not be elected from Office
on the ground Of Illegal election.
Constable Joseph F'le!s was shot and
instantly killed by Mrs. Lawrence IA
ker. in Chicaso. while attempting to
levy upon some properly in Mrs. Ba-
ker's home without having shown his
authority
The monthly statement az the public
deht shows that al the close Of business
February g the total debt. less cash
in the treasury. was s37S.52l .555. a de-
crease for the month OF 5000
accounted for ~ large In
crease in the amount o. cash on hand.
Al last accounts the mob still held
partial sway In Springfield. O.. seem
ingly bent on driving the negroes out
II town The urpsorre Of several com