The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-06

| Tor the japanese famine fund. making
Sl25.000 from this source thus far.
The smoker. day coach and Ave
sleepers of a Nickel Plate passenger
train went into the ditch near South
whitley Ind Twenty-three persons
were injured one fatally
The national convention OF the
I United Mine Workers OF America
which met in Indianapolis. adjourned
sine die after authorizing the national
\ and district officers 10 sign wage
agreements with any coal operator
who would agree 10 pay the scale OF
1908 or its equivalent. Il is expected
that employers OF $4,000 men will
sign; the rest will cease work,
samuel Gompers. president of the
| American Federation of Labor, has
I declined the invitation OF GOV. Good
I ing of Idaho. to join with President
I Mitchell OF the United Mine Workers
in appointing committee TO visit
/ Pocatello April r. TO investigate con
ditions in connection with the pro-
ceedings against the alleged assas-
sins OF former Gov. Steunenburg
Mrs Roosevelt, with her children.
Ethel. Archie and Quentin. sailed
from Fernandina. Fla on the United
( States Yacht Mayfower for a ten days
cruise in West India waters Incl
dentally they will pay private visits
to Havana. cuba. and San Juan, Porto
Rico.
The Iowa house of representatives
passed the anti-pass bill. 20 to H.
with an amendment to include all
federal officers and q clause requir
Ing legislators now AT the capital 10
pay their way home
Il is said that when the federal
grand jury at Portland. Ore. now in
session. makes its final report. sen
sational indictments. covering as
founding land frauds, may be expect
ed
information received in San FL.
cisco from the trade ports and centers
OF China is TO the effect that the boy
colt on American goods is rapidly
dying out
A brilliant farewell reception was
given at Fort Leavenworth Kas.. TO
Gen and Mrs. Franklin Beh by the
officers OF the post. on the eve Of the
generals departure for Washington
to assume the post Of chief-ofstaff OF
the army
Gen. Luke Wright having been
sworn in as ambassador 10 Japan
Henry c. Ide succeeds MIN as gov
ernor OF the Philippines until Septem
Der, when James y. Smith. OF Cali
fornia will be inaugurated governor
Justice Harlan, Of the United States
supreme court denies the report that
he is about 10 retire from the bench,
as reported in some quarters.
In consequence of the suspension
OF mining in the anthracite regions
the Philadelphia 4 Reading Coal 4
Iron Co will not grant the usual
spring reduction OF 50 cents a ton on
domestic sizes The company will
not increase the price and will refuse
I to furnish coal 10 dealers who do All
the other companies will follow suit
The joint conference OF bituminous
coal miners and operators at Indian
apolis finally adjourned without being
able 70 reach an agreement on the
wage scale. the miners standing sol.
idly for the 1903 scale and the opera.
tors with the exception Of the inter
ests represented by r L. Robbins
standing as solidly against it.
The Russian constitutional demo
Gratis have won a sweeping victory in
the municipal elections in the cities
and towns Of the St Petersburg dis
trict
An attempt was made by a party OF
college boys and technical students at
Kharkoff Russia to rob the Volga
komma bank in broad daylight, but
one coolheaded clerk frustrated It
Four OF the would-be robbers were
captured
Elmer Jordan. recently converted az
Methodist revival at Vermillon 6
D.. has confessed to participation with
Richard Brueszhweiler in causing a
number OF fires ia Vermillion last
summer
David Burhaus. coachman for Cor
nelus n Bliss In New York shot and
fatally wounded Thomas Hegerty
groom 10 Mr.. Bliss, and then killed
himself The cause OF the tragedy IS
unknown.
Members of the firm Of X D. Wood
4 Co. iron manufacturers. are on trial
in the federal court in Philadelphia
charged with accepting rebates from
the Great Northern Railway Co and
Mutual Transit Co on shipments &c
Winnipeg. Man. Other cases are TO fol-
low
The street railway employees OF
Winnipeg. Man, went on strike for
higher wages. and attempts TO run
cars We're followed by serious rioting
There was some talk Of calling upon
the mounted police for aid
Miss Nina Virginia Brandt. who has
returned to her home in St Louis
with her father Rev Dr. John l..
: Brandt. now says that the robbery
efory she tea was all an hallucfua.