The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-05-04


ace az Akron. Col
The Indiana Steel Co. subsidiary
corporation OF the United states Stec
cor poraiion. has begun work on :
model city % nouse 100000 people
7 IN connection with a SlO.500o0o stoo
plant % 5e erected N Lake county
Indiana east Of the mouth OF the
Grand Caiamei river
The theatrical benefit held In the
Beruharit tent on the Lake Front
I Chicago, for the san Francisco relic
funi. and which continued from moor
until evening" nettei Sl5.5o) Nearly
every company piayins in the city
was represented.
Ex-Judge Abner Smith. president
Jerome v Pierce. cashier. G. F. Sor
row. vioe-president. and r Z Creel
man. a director OF the defunct Banl
OF America. have been indicted by tn
grand jury in Chicago on charges o
fraud and conspiracy.
Chlcago's S5Q00,00o city hall g.
partly wrecked and in danger OF col
lapse. due 10 excavating the site 70.
the new Cook county building.
The western women have SURPRISED
their eastern sisters in their prof
cheney at whist. as demonstrated =
the 81. Louis congress.
Miss Luebkemann. who went from
Red Bud. III. TO 81. Louis TO engag,
in domestic service. was asphyxiatef
oy Illuminating gas on her first night
Or. Charles A. Nichols. OF Urbana
was fined $3.50 and costs in the fed
eral court az Springfield. H.. on con
viction OF using the mails 10 defraud
Pretty actresses in St Louis. selling
flowers for the benefit OF the SaI
Francisco fund. took in lots OF money
One sold carnation for a new sl0t
bill.
William II. Hill. OF Brookline. Mass
multimillionaire, aged 67. and Mis-
Caroline Wright Rogers. who wa
graduated from Wellesley in 1900, ant
who was the founder OF the famou,
Wellesley college inn. were marries
at Dedham. Mass.
The United Confederate Veterans
reuniCe at New Orleans wound nj
with monster parade. in which
much enthusiasm was manifested
Commander Stephen D. Lee was tax
en- seriously Ill during the parade
The area devastated in san Fran
cisco approximates 10000 acres.
about IL square miles. which CONTAINED
100000 inhabitants beside 10000 tran
sients and some OF the finest building,
in the world. among which were near,
100 banks
The Polish natiCIalists Won a com
plete victory at the primary elections
and will form an independent party IL
parliament
Mrs. Dowie, o. learning that her hus
hand was seriously III in Chicago. pait
him a visit az the Auditorium Annex
remaining half Al hour. She was &C
companiee by her sen. Gladstone Dowie
but The latter did not see his father
The purpose Of the visit has not trans
PRED
Il transpires that on the day OF the
earthquake in California IA men wert
killed az Iona Preta ten miles from
Santa Cruz Cal. By the crushing Of &
sawmilie by 4 landslide following the
quake The court house al Santa Cruz
was So badly shaken that il Will havs
TO be ra7ed
Mrs. Abbie Adams national president
Of the Woman's Keller corps. has IS
sued z circular letter 10 all departments
in the Unitet States. calling upon them
10 adopt measures for the speedy relic,
q san Francisco veterans and their
families
The $1,000 rendered by the empress
dOwager OF China and SO. 900 raised By
charity in Hong Kong for the Sar
Francisco sufferers. has been courteous
ly declined by the state department al
Washington. and may be sent direct 4
the Chinese in san Francisco
King Peter Of Servia was thrown
from his horse iniuring his ankle.
The battieship Missouri Won frs
Z prize for the best allrouud shooting tx
7 tie recent target practice By the At
lantic fleet
The British steamer Havana wa.
sunk in Halifax IN. 81 harbor by the
steamer Strathcona. The captain an6
seven men on the Havana were saved
The Suez canal authorities are pre-
+ pairing pockets wherein the dry dock
Dewey can ley up nights during her
Z passage through the canal. so as not &c
entirely obs.ruct the passage Of other
shipping during the six days necessary
% traverse the canal
4 bill has been introduced in con
gress % apply 100000 Of the Chi.
nese indemnify fund to the purchase
7 Of ground wherein to erect buildings
for orr consular Offices in China, Korea
and Japan
The distribution Of food in the city
Of San Francisco has been formally
turned over 20 the United States army
which Will 20 the work along systemat-
Y .c lines
About e0. 900 men who wore the gray
assembled az New Orleans and partici-
T paicd IL the sixteenth annual reunion Of
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