The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-01-12

/ ne OAAhAA AtNhNHf tAr1NAetr NNAtNt $50
which was recently forcibly put
throueh the city council hos been de-
clared invalid by the circuit court
! Fire a. Kansas City. Mo. put the
\ Columbus Buggy Co. the Kimball
Piano Co and the Hettinger Bros.
Manufacturing Co out OF business and
! practically destroyed the National Bank
OF Commerce building; estimated loss,
over 100000.
Robert Henderson. a civil war vet
eran and Kansas pioneer. who has
won farae by erecting monuments 10
perpetuate the memory of historical
events in Kansas, died at Junction City.
aged - years
Mary Mcdonald. a negress, who
claimed TO be 1875 years old, died at the
home for ages and infirm colored per
sons in Philadelphia. She claimed TO
/ have been BORN November H. 177O. in
a settlement known as Frogtown. near
/ Valley Forge. Pa.
A distinct earthquake shock was felt
\ in western Missouri. eastern Kansas
and southern Nebraska. on the evening
OF the eth inst. with motion from
north 10 south. and lasting about hall
/ a minute No damage was done. but
many people were badly frightened.
4 The japanese at Port Arthur are ap
plying their home customs regulations
and collecting import duties.
The battleships Kentucky and kear-
sarge ran aground in the lower har-
bors Of New York. while the squadron
was putting 10 set. and the Alabama,
unable e. check her Roadway in time,
struck the kentucky glancing blow,
damaging her so that she had to return
for repairs when she had been pulled
out OF the mud
The Chicago police believe that
Frank J. Constantine. who is charged
with the murder OF Mrs. Arthur w
Gentry in an apart nent building. and
who is a fugitive. has a criminal rec
ord He posed as the son Of wealthy
parents who sent him money regularly.
but this is now thought to have been a
blind.
Ellis f. South. general agent OF the
Big Four Railroad Co. in Terre Haute,
Ind. was fatally injured by falling
down the cellar stairs at his home.
Burglars blew a safe in the Bank OF
Jefferson at Jefferson. S. D., but were
frightened of before they secured any
booty
Charles Christador. ST. Paul (Minn)
capitalist. shot and probably fatally
wounded himself in his Office in the
German-American building in that city,
whether by accident or with suicidal
intent had not been determined
The large dry kilns of the William
Ritter Lumber Co. at Panther, ". Va,
containing 4.000o 600 feet Of dressed OAK
and poplar lumber. were totally de-
stroyed by fire: loss. 5000
Ralph Voorhees,. of Clinton \. j..
has just given second 500. 600 10 Car
roll college. Waukesha, Wis, to be used
for the erection Of additional buildings.
John Peabody. who lives just over
the Orange mountains from Montclair
y J., was arrested by secret service
officers on 4 charge Of annoying Presi-
dert Roosevelt with letters attacking
him FOR his position on the Panama
canal and other political questions. lie
was released on promising TO cease hi;
annoyance
In a shooting ARRAY on the public
road near AkriGge. Ga. William Drew
and Newton ThFelkeld prominent and
wealthy farmers, were fatally wounded
Herbert, the 13-year-old son Of Drew
took a prominent part in the fracas, II
being alleged that he fired the shot
that laid Thre.keld out.
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt
have announced that the marriage o
Miss Alice Roosevelt and Representa-
tive Nicholas Longworth Of Cincinnati
will take place at he White House Feb
ruary II. at neon.
Lawrence r. Van Winkle, a your
San Franciscan. who was recently suer
for s25 900 damages for alternating TN
} affections OF the wife Of Charles y
Watson. a ranchman. committed sui
! eide by shooting in Golden Gate park.
Ex-Goy. Bailey, of Kansas, In
turned into the state treasury 81 200 0
money decided by the state suprem
court 10 have been Improperly used 70
! household purposes out Of the executive
; mansion maintenance fund.
]. c. Harrington. head Of an allegc
fraudulent matrimonial agency in Ne'
J Orleans. was arrested In New York city
preparatory TO being returned To Ne,
r Orleans. lie was indicted there for al
I vertising the matrimonial offer OF a
. alleged rich creole widow and roping Il
suckers at s. each.
+ DR.. ]. c. Howes. Of Omaha. Neb. VII
was arres.ed at St. Joseph. Mo. 70
!, sending improper letters through III
e mails to his young wife-his sixth
Z, Maysville, Mo. attempted suicide wit
morphine. lie will recover.
: Charles A. Edw ards. OF New Yo-l
+ aged about 90 years. was found dying 1
q bed with a bullet in his brain and n
a weapon anywhere around. at the hon
= of his brother-in-law. Charles A. HI
Ter. in New Haven. Conn. where he ha
O uOuo IN attend birthday marty ia hon