The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1906-08-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK
AN EPiToME or TIE MOST I'M
pORTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
A Carefully cisested and Condensed
Compilation Of Current News
Items, Domestic and Foreign.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Two daughters OF Mr. and Mrs. Car
F. karlsen were drowned in sight o
their parents while bathing in Crane
river, az Grand Haven. Mich.
The car has sounded a call 10 ar
uncompromising war with terrorism
and revolution in Poland. in a tele
gram 10 Gen. STALLION. OF Warsaw. on
his escape from the bombs OF would.
BE- ~assassins. The car said in his
telegram. DO not be discouraged
Be resOlute in battle with -insensate
anarchy and sedition.'
Il is stated that Russia will form
another squadron and dispatch il to
the Pacific in the autumn.
Half a dozen prominent liberals
were arrested in Havana. Cuba.
charged with conspiracy against the
government and plotting to assassin
ate President Palma.
Lewis Morrison. an actor. who
gained fame as Mephisto in Faust.
died in New York city. He was born
IN lS45. OF English parentage. in King
stoa. Jamaica. came 10 this country
al an early age. and served in the
Union army. coming out as captain.
George -Baumgartner. AGED 16. from
Germany. studying for the priesthood
al ST Benedict's college. Atchison.
kas, while al play. placed a rope
around his neck. He accidentally
stepped OF the stage. the rope tight
ening. and breaking his neck.
Michael r. Dryer. the noted horse.
man. died in New York.
Late information from Chile is that
the earthquake If August 16 resulted
In great loss OF fife and property. The
entire country from the Pacific TO the
Andes mountains was shaken. Valpa-
raise Is practically in ruins. As in
a Francisco. fire followed the earth
quake The people are camping on
the hills and n the open places. aad
as August Is one OF the winter months
IN the southern hemisphere. their
suherings must be great. Santiago
has also suffered many buildings be-
Inc demolished and hundreds OF peo-
PIE killed. A number Of smaller towns
have been destroyed. and their inhab-
itants killed or deprived Of shelter.
As 70 how many people have been
killed throughout the country il is
impossible 10 say. There may be s.
600 and there may be 10000 says one
dispatch.
Recent and reliable information
from Panama ~convinces authorities
that the canal is a heavier task than
has heretofore been realized.
Inspector-general OF United States
army has gone to Brownsville. Tex.
TO investigate outbreak OF negro
troops.
Suspecting graft and favoritism in
army shoe contracts. the war depart.
ment orders an Investigation.
Near Columbus. Tex. r. II. Tolllson
stabbed and killed his ~nelghbor. Ed
Kinchbach.
A negro soldier held up and robbed
two women on the reservation at Fort
Lesvenworth. Kas.
Ten thousand attended funeral OF
Gen. Rezalado. ~Salvadorean. who fell
In recent war with Guatemala.
Bank Examiner Jones reports mil
lion dollars lost through c~rookedness
IL Milwaukee Avenue bank. Chicago.
After saving one woman from
drowning. S. j. Kosta. Chicago. lost
his life trying 20 ~ her companion.
AZ South Haven. Mich. ,
Suffering from a hopelessly crippled
leg, J. VI. Mills. seguin, Tex, drowned
himself.
The president has appointed James !
Harlan. Of Chicago. a member OF
interstate commerce commission. ,
is a son OF Associate Justice liar .
Ian, Of the supreme court Of the
States. The appointment oil +,
Mr. Harlan completes the membership ,
Of the commission As provided for IN T.
der the new railroad rate law. !
The First national bank OF Chelsea. :
Mass, has been closed by the comp
Of the currency. The presi- f.,
dent. Sylvester b.. Hinckley. f. said !.
70 have borrowed probably half a !
million OF the banks funds and in !.
vested in real estate. which did not I
prove as profitable az anticipated. !
A London newspaper asserts that a Z
plot has been discovered 10 assassin
ate King Alfonso while attending the :,
irBdild W. notorious span %
ish anarchists were found al Cowes. !,
and the police banished them without =
arrest. fearing to alarm the royalties
assembled. 4
The south end OF the Clinch noun
ain tunnel being driven through the !,
mountain b. the South & Western !,
railroad, near Bristol. Tenn. cavad In. !,
entombing probably fifty men. most !,
Of whom are natives. They were p,
700 feet in the mountain. and Il i,
feared that all would perish. i
The pope advises church Officials 70 I,
oppose French law separating church
and STATE By legal means, and dis :.
conferences violence.
Fifteen thousand old veterans par. 7,
tieipated in the g. a. r. parade a, \
minneapolis Several deaths occurrel :,
as the result OF the march !.