The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-09-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK
AN EPlToME or THE MOST I'M.
PoRTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
A Carefully Disestsd and CONDENSED
Compilation OF Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.
IscELLANEous.

solomon Sturgess, millionaire
was fatally hurt in an automobile co
lision in Chicago
The police discovered a band OF eA
pert coiners. having international con
nection. and fifty members Of il wer
arrested, including several Latin quar-
ter students. whose parents hold higl
official positions in Paris. The ban.
operated also in England and Ger
many, and was making preparation.
10 open business in Chicago aud il
Buenos Ayres
Word has been received from Mer
Ida, Nucatan OF the death OF the mil
honaire Japanese. Manuel X Tsuk
chila. He had made a business trip
10 that section. and while there was
attacked with yellow fever which
caused his death within fen days.
The cotton crop OF Mexica will. in
all probability be Is TO 20 per cent
less in quantity this year than last.
owing 10 the inundation OF lands in the
Laguna district The loss will be about
two million dollars
On the basis OF the monthly crop
estimates by the department OF agri-
culture. the country has the promise
Of the largest wheat and corn crop
In It's history. and the second and
largest crop OF cotton
General Trepon. commandant OF the
Imperial police. St Petersburg. died
Unexpectedly in his villa at Peterhof.
Trepoh's name was linked with re-
action and oppression in Russia. He
was a natural despOt. a tyrant by in
clination and conviction. His death
was the result. il is said. OF poison
taken with lis food administered by
a cook. al months ago General
Trepons father was a founding
fnrnd on the doorstep OF a Germ4l
family They named him Trepo-hof
German for doorstep.
The Cuban government and the In
surgents agreed 10 stop fighting and
endeavor TO patch up some sort OF 4
peace before Secretary Taft arrival.
so that they could say they had fol
lowed President Rooseyelts advice.
Mexican independence day passed
on without bloodshed. contrary TO pre-
cictions. The Mexicans and Ameri-
cans marched arm in arm az Cananea.
where the race riot occurred recently.
The saloons were closed throughout
the republic. by orders OF President
Diaz. issued through the governors.
China, rapidly copying western civil
iEation. is said 10 have made more
progress in the last five years than
any country in the world
The Pacific mail steamer Trangola.
went aground on reef al Midway
island. in the north Pacific ocean.
The president has addressed an
open letter to the people Of Cuba, urg-
Ing them to return 10 peaceful pursuits
and end the revolution. He also very
forcefully points out that under the
treaty with Cuba 1t devolves upon him
as chief executive 70 maintain Law and
order in Cuba, and that he will do his
duty The president has sent Secre- 7
tary Of War Taft and assistant Sec
Rotary OF State Bacon TO the island to
make a thorough Investigation
Two tornadoes in Johnson county,
Mo. killed four and injured halt
score OF others. A school house was
demolished and two children danger
ously injured.
Earthquake shocks have been felt
over Sicily, and considerable damage
done.
The oilmour hotel In Ottawa Ont.
was burned Many OF the guests
Jumped from windowS and were ser
lously injured.
Maryland. Missouri and Virginia
have begun work on their buildings at
the jamestown, Va. exposition.
Fifty thousand people gathered at
the state capital grounds at Columbus.
o.. to witness Mrs. Alice Longworth
(nee RocsevelD unveil "A statue to the
late President Mckinley The crush
was so great that after Mrs. Long
worth had hurried drawn the veil the
exercises were adjourned until even
ing. Mrs. Longworth had a trying
time escaping from the mob that pur-
sued her. everyone determined 10 get
a look.
Miss Ethel Roosevelt. the only IN.
married daughter Of the president,
had a narrow escape from death in a
runaway accident
Frau Krupp. widow OF the great
gunmaker OF Essen and her daughters.
Bertha and Barbara. recently visited
Berlin. for the purpose Of buying the
daughters trouss aux. Notwiths and
ing their immense wealth not more
than $3.50 was spent for ach OUTFIT
Il Is said
Gen. Linares. who commanded the
Spanish troops al Santiago. Cuba.
during the spanish.American war. ir.
Titated by the attacks OF the editor
OF the Espana Neuva. newspaper
in Mdarid. has resigned the captain.
generalship Of Catalonia. and sent his
seconds To the editor. Senior Soriano.