The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-04-13

Wall street sharks in stock deals.
Fire destroyed the upper story OF
the Chamber OF Commerce building
in Portland. ore, causing a loss OF
100000. and. indirectly. the death OF
Homer IA. Haliock. a prominent reil
.cad man: who IN frenzy 81 fcM
jrmIed down the light well and was
instantly killed. There were some
spectacular rescues by the hremen.
Atty-Gen. Hadley OF Missouri Is re
covering very slowly from his recent
attack OF pleurisy.
The business portion o. the town Of
| Butler. Ca, was destroyed by fire,
loss, $4,000.
Typhoid fever is almost epidemic
in Pittsburg, Pa. due. il is said. TO the
swollen condition OF the rivers.
ID {. Smith. president: Conrad
Luppe. cashier; ID c. Smith. Jr, book
keeper; Habbe velde. Henry Block
and f r. INLAND. partners in the
Ties,Smith bank at Pekin. Ill, which
failed April >. have been arrested Oh
charges OF embezzlement. on com
plant of depositors.
Gen. Russell A. Alger has an
bounced his determination. on ac
count OF failing health. TO not again
be a candidate for the United States
senatorship for Michigan.
The steamer Burrsield is detained
al quarantine al Philadelphia with
cases of suspected bubonic plague on
board. A meteorological examination
will be made.
DIR. Charles A. Snodgrass, health
commissioner OF 81. Louis. died OF
pneumonia.
Clarence NJ. Stark. the Louisiana
MOI nurseryman. has been declared
insane by the probate court at San
Antonio. Tex, and his wife will take
him to a sanitarium At Waukesha,
Wis.
Benjamin F Ellis. OF Peoria, Ill
and Mrs. Louisa J. Pratt. OF Sharon
H., have been declared the joint heirs
TO the s75O.Oo0 estate OF Miss Susan
Murdoch. OF Carver. Mass, deceased
There we're about eighty claimants.
Jennie Rogers. a St. Louis panel
worker, told the board of police com
m~issioners that in two houses she
operated during the Worlds fair an
average OF about $500 daily was taken
from suckers and that she paid
three policemen S. a week regular
and a percentage of the spoils.
John Norcross. who was arrested in
northern Mexico in connection with
the recent hold-up Of the Dolores mine
treasure train. has confessed and
named his alleged accomplices.
The license Of the Metropolitan Goa
Co, OF Boston. has been revoked by
the secretary OF state because Of e
%tortionate prices fixed for coal sincs
the strike movement was ~inaugurated
James r. Nolan. who. two years
ago, was candidate for secretary OF
state in Wisconsin, has been arrested
at the instance OF Peter Blesser, 8
farmer, who charges that Nolan ap
propriated 5000 which he had collect
ed for the mp:ainant.
Fifty-hve persons wLre known to be
killed and fully 100 injured, some dan
gerously. by the collapse OF the Hotel
Zum Hirsch, az Nogoig, IN Little Black
Forest. Germany. that was under re
pair, while about 200 workmen and
t~ownspeople we're engaged. a guests
Of the keeper, in a merrymaking In the
banquet hall.
Chancellor Prince Won Buelow OF
Germany was seized with a fainting
spell while addressing the reichstag on
the Algeciras conference. and It was
rumored that he had been stricken with
paralysis. lie recovered. however. in
a few hours.
The National Association OF Mai
Carriers have in contemplation the
erection OF a national home for ccu-
sumptive members OF the associaticr
al Colorado Springs, Col, where 16i
acres Of land has been donated for the
purpose.
Patrick Dolan. former president OF
the Pittsburg district OF the United
Mine Workers, AMI Uriah BeIlingham,
former vice-president, have been ex-
PEELED from the organization for volat-
ing instructions.
White cappers at Cripple Greek, Col.
are threatening 10 deport Judge w. p
Seeds, Of the district court, for his ac-
ton in dealing severely with violators
of the Sunday closing ordinance.
King Edward of Great Britain has
ordained that Princess Ena of Batten-
burg, the future queen Of Spain, shall
henceforth be styled her royal high
ness.
Secretary Of State Root, after attend
ing the international conference at Rio
de Janeiro. will extend his trip so as to
circumnavigate the southern continent,
visiting Buenos Ayres. Montevideo,
Santiago de Chile and Lima. coming up
the west coast to Panama and crossing
the isthmus at that point.
J. Burdett, president OF the Eufaula
q. IT, national bank, merchant and
n Of the most prominent and wealthy
men in the Creek nation, was shot and
killed al the rear OF his home by an
unknown ASSASSIN. Mr.. Burdett carried
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