The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-07-26
AN EPIToME OF the MOST I'M
PoRTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
L Carefully plgested and Con-
dsnsed Compilation OF Cur
rent News Domestic
and Foreign.

OF 100 lynchers al Hahnville, la.
Former Attorney General Siurievant
may be appointed to the Wisconsin
railroad commission.
Report that the state will attempt 10
prove that Fred H. Msgill OF Clinton
made threats 10 kill his wife il she re-
fused to sign deeds permitting him TO
,Quander his fortune.
Smallest baby ever born alive, weigh
Ing little over 10 ounces, is placed
in an incubator in New York.
Scores OF attacks on women and girls
ln the suburbs OF New York rouse
public and press.
Army retiring beard in Mex YORK
hnds Lieut. Col Ayres unfit for duty
in spite of his protests.
Railroads are seeking amendment OF
the commerce acts provision as 10
payment Of damages for excessive
rates so as not TO benefit shippers who
have raised prices TO consumers.
Wife seeking a divorce tells OF being
used as target for her husbands PTS
tol practice.
King Edward uses blue pencil free
~ in editing list of invitations for
court ball and enforces rigidly rule OF
presenting cards for function.
Marie Corelh makes ferocious at
tack on lazy noodles Of aristOcrats
who live on the money OF their wives,
who lead loose lives which their hus-
bands tolerate for the sake Of their
dowry.
A duel is now threatened in connec-
ton with the trial Of Karl Hau. coun-
sci for the defendant having sent rep
resentatives TO the state attorney 10
arrange preliminaries.
Carr Neel wins the Illinois state ten
uis title. easily defeating Waidner.
champion for last three years.
Lady Randolph Churchill reviews
several famous English characters in
her memoirs.
Disappearance OF seven Van Dycks
from Italy causing stir.
VIII contest in London involved
necklace worth sl5O,o00.
Two women allowed some OF their
blood 70 be transferred into others.
hoping 10 save lives OF dying loved
ones: both failed.
Medical supervision OF St Louis
schools likely to be realized. PROPOSE
ton when put TO board OF education
three years ago. was considered a
Joke. Project has many converts now.
Seventeen wholesale coffee dealers
NAV merge into a Sc 10000 900 corpora
ton. Advocates Of project say deal
would eliminate inferior goods.
Boy charged with killing Chinaman
attributes his downfall 10 bad com
pany and term in the reform school
Youth says he was forced 10 share
booty aad accompany robbers.
Mrs. Charles W Fairbanks. wife OF
the vice president. and other members
Of an automobile party were In an &C
cidert. but all escaped without serious
Injuries. The loss of a tire ditched
their machine.
The preliminary inquiry in connec
ton with the plot unearthed last MaS
at Tsarskoe- Seloe against the lives o.
the emperor. Grand Duke Nichola and
Premier Stolypin was conducted a
St. Petersburg. Three of the prison
ers will be tried by court martial.
By a process OF elimination th'
naval board which has been investigat
ing the accident whereby the me-
in the turret of the battleship Georges
lost their lives has arrived at the con
clusion that a delayed bareback
caused this catastrophe.
The field for argument. both for IN
prosecution and defense Of WilliamL
HAYWOOD has been limited by Judg
Wood. who ia decision removed fror
consideration Of the jury all evidenc
bearing on the alleged conspiracy b
mine owners and others against IN
Western Federation OF Miners.
The pope ha- conferred the gran
cross of the order OF the Holy Sepu
chre on King Menelik OF Abyssinii
King Menelik recently conferred o
his holiness the decoration OF the Sta
of Ethiopia.
A day Of argument on the admiss
bility OF portions 81 the evidence fc
lowed the announcement from the d
Tense that they had no further vi
nesses TO offer IN behalf Of Villa
D. Haywood.
Stocks advance sharply in the ear
trading on the New York stock e
change. but n reaction follows and q
market becomes stagnant
New York public service board b
gins searching inquiry into the sire
car systems OF that city
Central Americans appeal 10 n
lions OF world TO aid in establishiT
Central American confederation.
Ouida. the novelist. found starvin
is granted pension by England.
Keene's colt. Peter Pan, puts up be
performance in history OF Brigbtc
handicap