The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-20

was bold. but only what was 10 be eN-
pected 81 him.
Five hundred Missouri democrats at
tended a Jefferson day banquet given
by the Missouri State Democratic Press
association in Kansas City Among the
guests were prominent democrats from
various parts II the state GOV. Folk
Senator Stone and Congressman Charles
A. Towne. OF New York. We're the prin.
cipal speakers
Sir Robert Thorburn. former pre-
mier OF Newfoundland, is dead,
The Roumanian government. al the
repeated demands OF the Russian po-
lice. has decided 10 expel Matuschenko
the leader OF the mutiny IN board the
Russian battleShip Kniaz potemkine In
June OF last year.
United States Vice Consul James
Sprineer. at Cardenas, Cuba. died sud
denly Of heart disease.
The London Express says that IL
Grand Norton Denslow. an American
doctor residing in London, has discov.
cred a cure fer locomotor ataxia, anc
has already Effected a number OF Won
dcrful recoyeries.
A fire or supposed %incendiary origin
destroyed the business section OF Ro-
dessa. La. 80 miles north OF Shreve-
port, loss, $4,000.
An unknown man, on whose person
vas found 25 pounds Of dynamite
fuses. caps. two revolvers and a black
mask. was struck and fatally injured
by a Northern Pacific engine in the
Yards at Bozeman. Mont. He was evil
IDENTIFY loaded for a ho.d-up.
The United States grand jury at
Sioux Falls. S. d.. has returned an in
dictment charging perjury against Carl
Petan. a prominent stockman, in con-
nection with government land entries
by four different persons.
Three stables at the Lexington (Ky.)
race track and five cottages just out
side the grounds we're destroyed by
fire, together with ten horses belonging
to George w Bissell, Of P%ittsburg. Pa.
and James Baker. of Lexington: loss,
$4,000.
August Belmont, according 10 Lon
don dispatch, has purchased the racing
stallion Rocksand, paying s125,OOO
Rocksand. Ia 1903. won the Derby, the
st. Leger and the Two Thousand GUM
cas- stakes.
While Philip Schneider was blowing
his farm south OF Hammond, Ind,
the pow struck several sticks OF dyna-
mite buried in the ground. and Schnei-
der was fatally injured by the explo
sion. Both horses were killed.
Boys found the bodies Of a man
woman and child in the mountains
south Of Richards. ". Va. They had
apparently been dead al least a month
The skulls of the woman and child hao
been crushed and there was a bullet
hole in the mans forehead.
At least seven tornadoes were Oh
east and north Of Great Bend
Kas.. In n day. Considerable damage
is reported. including the demolition i
a school house and a threshing outfit.
Mai. Richard Sylvester. Of Washing
ton. ID. c. was reelected president OF
the International Association Of Chief:
OF Police. IN session al Hot Springs
Ark. Harvey o. Carr. OF Grand Rap.
ids, Mich. is ecretary-treasurer
George B Hubbard. a well-knowr
marine. lawyer died at his homo il
Buffalo, \. y, aged 50 years
The war department has taken step:
TO send whatever military force ma!
be necessary to protect the Indiar
agent. Maj. o c. Edwards, on the Una
tilla agency in Oregon. the Indians hav.
ing Threatened 10 co him bodily harm.
Several persons we're injured anC
seven houses completely destroyed by G
tornado at Stafford. Kas.
From the conflicting stories in re
gard 10 Dowie and Zion City, il is diff.
icult TO determine what is really being
or going to be done. Dowie. at last &C
counts. was at the Auditorium Annex
in Chicago. and the Insurgents held pos
session Of Zion.
The Washington Auditorium Co. is
seeking to obtain a charter and conces-
sions to erect n immense ampltheateI
al the national capital, using the stee
frame Of the government building al
the louisiana Purchase exposition.
The national headquarters Of the
Woman's Suffrage association al
Warren. o.. has received a complete his
tory OF woman suffrage bequea'hed by
the late Susan b. Anthony. There are
nearly 1000 volumes.
The armcred cruiser Washington
built by the New York Shipbuildlne
Co. successful y completed her oflcia
speed trial making an average speed Of
22272 knots an hour on a four-hour en-
durance run.
The costly furnishings Of Ben Nc
Dhui. John Alexander Dowle's beautl
ful summer home at White Lake. Mich.
valued at about $4,000. we're sold under
the hammer for g.. 500.
Beriamin u. Greene and John +
Gaynor, charged with conspiracy TO de-
fraud the government, and who for
years fought %extradition from Canada
were found guilty in the federal court al
Savannah. Ga. after a trial lasting "a
weeks. and sentenced TO paw a collective