The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-11-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK
AN EPlTomE OF THE MOST IN
eoRTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
a Carefully plsestsd and Condensed
Compilation Of Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.
MISCELLANEOUS.

MTs. margaret bush, OF Clymer y
T., sister OF Horace Greeley. died IL
that city aged So
special board appointed by the
secretary OF the navy has under con
sideration plans for the most power.
ful battleship ever built 1t will be
far more powerful than the English
Dreadnaught
The battleship Virginia was rsmmed
in Hampton Roads by the Old Domin-
ion liner Monroe. Neither vessel il
was believed. was seriously damaged.
King Leopold OF Belgium denies
the charges OF cruel treatment OF Con-
60 natives. Every native, he says. is
com PEELED 10 work 80 hours each
month for the government, and 10
encourage them TO labor over 80
hours each month the government
pays them. We are really not so bad
after ALL says the king
William Greer died at his home
near Mount Vernon. H. He was born
November "a 1900. and therefore lived
In three centuries-3S days in the
eighteenth century. 100 years in the
nineteenth and almost six years in
the twentieth.
At Jackson. Miss. Mrs Alice Byrd.
divorced wife OF merchant. has been
enjoined from passing in front Of his
store and telling customers he is a
fraud and a cheat"
St Louis has been selected for the
International balloon races for the
James Gordon Bennett cup next year.
Not in years has London society
supped SO full Of scandal as over the
quarrel between the American duchess
Of Marlborough and her husband. the
duke. The duchess was formerly
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Ii is the intention Of the provisional
government to have the American
troops make extensive practice
marches throughout Cuba. This
should not be interpreted as a threat
ening demonstration; the step is taken
for its moral effect on the restoration
Of confidence.
Mrs. Edward Wilson Nye. widow OF
the famous Bill Nye. died at Avoca
plantation. Louisiana. at the home or
her sonin-law. Eugene A. Pharr.
Representative John Henry Ketch-
am. Of Dover Plains. y Y. died Of apo
plexy at a hospital He was "A years
old, and served many years in con-
gress.
At Atlantic City. y. j.. Coroner Gas
kill has announced that experts in
his employ have decided that a loose
rail caused the accident on the Penn
sylvania railroad az the Thoroughfare
draw. in which more than fifty per
sons lost their lives.
Principal Stevens OF Eugene Field
school, St Louis, observes natal day
Of poet by testing knowledge Of him
among pupils.
The various railroads in Missouri
have united on a letter to be sub
mitted to Folk for immigration com
missioner.
r. II Murphy, granitoid walk con
tractor Of Granite City. H.. is held
under peace bonds for menacing coun-
Eli.
Plan for dealing with inebriates.
made famous by Judge Pollard. OF ST.
louis. is indorsed in England.
Merger OF lines in Pennsylvania for
,arrying out the project OF Joseph {
Ramsey, Jr.. is finally approved by the ,
governor.
Michael Angeles lost art redlscov- {
red in the vatican By German artist. ,
iloss-like paint to revolutionize mod !
I'm frescoing.
News has been received direct from /
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ie failed to reach the north pole. but O
made the record Of "farthest north n
Z degrees and six minutes. or about Il
O3 miles. He was beyond the S5th
egree OF latitude for eight DAYS. 8
There he found an open sea. but ter n
ific gales drove the ice eastward de- +
troying his caches OF food. cut of n
is communications, and compelled d
i'm to return The secret OF the =
orth pole is still hidden. but an Amer. n
IAN now holds the honor Of "farthest I.
ORTIZ ;
The monthly circulation OF the n
of the currency shows y
hat at the close Of business October
/. 1906, the total circulation OF ma. q,
ional bank notes was S5S3171.9S5. o.
which Is an increase as compared T,
18th October 81, 1905. Of SIS. 7G3. 1876 =.
nd an Increase for the month OF So. =
6S,S77.
BY agreement OF Prosecuting Attor.
ey Rhoton, at Little Rock. Ark. and II
ttorneys representing five OF the cot. N
'n oil companies doing business in 1c
ulaski county. orders were entered !.
nding the ANTITRUST suits against M
re companies Four Of the companies ~
aid fines OF Sl2.5O0 each. ~
The monthly statement Of the gov. in
rnment receipts and expenditures
how that for October. 1906. the re- 90
sipts amounted 70 S57.2ll 500 and the 4.
Spenditures s54.GlI7Ss. leaving ~
irplus for the month OF s2.G242I1 =,
gainst a deficit for October. 1905. OF
YER Sc 100000