The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-08-31
NEWS OF The WEEK
AN EPiTOME OF THE MOST IN.
PORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
4 Carefully olsested and condenseo
Compilation OF Current News
items, Domestic ard Foreign.
MISCELLANEOUS.


dence OF Premier Stolypin, IN ST Pc
tersburg during a reception. and one
OF them prematurely dropped bomb
in the ante-chamber. The four men
we're blown 10 atoms. and 81 others
were killed The premier escaped
with slight injuries, but his son and
daughter were seriously hurt Among
those killed we're number the ter
rorists had marked for death. The
Incident caused intense excitement
throughout ST. Petersburg and IN hus-
sia wherever il became known.
Al a secret meeting OF independent
disIllers ia Chicago. resolutions
against the denaturized alcohol bill
We're adopted.
Bitter rot threatens the southern II
linois apple crop despite heroic ef-
forts 70 stamp out the disease by
ricking bad fruit
President Roosevelt has appointed
Basil Miles,. OF Pennsylvania. as first
secretary q the American embassy al
81 Petersburg. Mr Miles was pri-
vate secretary 10 AmbassadOr Never.
A terrific electric wind storm swept
a large section around Marion Ind.
eataI.ne much property loss Many
persons We're injured but no deaths
are reported. Three and one-half
inches al rain fell IN 45 minutes
The authorities Of the city D, Buda-
Pesth hungary have decided 20 un-
vel the s. ashington statue. now uE-
der erection. on september IL. and
have seat out invitations % the may
ofs of American cities. presidents 81
American universities and many nota-
bic public men Of the United States
20 nd The idea 81 raising this
statue arose out OF the erection In
Cleveland. o. some years ago Of q
Statue 20 Kossuth.
Kermit Roosevelt. son Of the presl
dent was In a railway wreck in North
Da1cta but escaped with a slight
shaking %.
Imports AMI exports for July exceed
by many millions those Of the cor
responding month Of last year and the
imports and exports for the seven
months 81 the present year exceed
those Of the seven corresponding
months OF last year by ss5.000 900.
a CORES ondent Of a London paper
says OF the situation in Russia.
"Beastiality and humanity are now
struggling :or the upper hand. anc
the chances are On the side OF BEAST
atty.
Gen. Min. a close friend Of the car
was shot five times and killed By ,
mere girl at the railway station il
mere girl at the railway station IN ST
Petersburg. where he was with hi
family. The generals wife seized tn
girl by the head and held her unit
she could be arrested
A negro was lynched az Calhoun
La on Sunday for the usual OF
Tense The following was pinned L
the body This is a warning TO al
negroes who attempt 10 force an el
trance 70 the apartments Of whit
vOmcn
TIE jury IN the case Of Doss Ga
braith. the alleged leader of tie mo
which lynched and burned three ne
Erocs in Springfield. Mo- in Apg.
last and who was on trial. charge
with second degree murder. was III.
charged by the cour- when it repor-e
thai its members were unable 9
agree TIE jury stood 10 for acQuitta
TO for conviction
one thousand OF those who wer
killed by the earthquake a. Nalparais
have been buried. and there are NOR
r.H f.tHr
the ruins.
President Roosevelt has resolved I
adopt the reform" or Carnegie metl
cd Cf spelling. in his messages an
executive correspondence. CONNER.
Ing on the presidents decision, III
London standard bluntly declare
that Mr. Roosevelt overrates his poy
ers. adding that II declines 70 bcliey
that scholarly and cultivated Amer
cans will sacrifice the history an
meaning OF the language by adoptin
the Carnegie jsrgon.
Alfred Stevens. the celebrated Be
gian painter. is dead in Paris. II
was born ia May 1928.
Finance Minister Kokovson OF Ru
STA has authorized the press TO der
catesorically the constantly recurrir
reports that Russia intends 70 ent'
the foreign market for a new loa
this autumn.
a mob took VIM. Spain. a negr
from Jail In Dorchester county. S.
hung him to a tree and fired five hu
dred bullets into HIS body He vi
CHARGED by a white girl with attemI
Ing to climb into her window. Tn
mado three lynchings OF negroes
that state within ten days.
An intense hoi wave has prevail'
over northern Illinois. northern Low
and Michigan. In Chicago. 70
deaths from heat occurred in one d.
and four In Milwaukee.
Commissioner Yerkes SAYS dlsti.l lie
will not be harassed under the Z
natarei alcohol law