The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-12-20

IL.
tered the final decree in the suit OF
sixteen railroads against 81 ticket
scalpers in accordance with the re-
cent decision OF the United states
suprcme court holding that the onsl'
ness OF railroad ticket scalping Is IL
legal.
Two Iron Mountain freight trains
crashed together in a side track AZ
Witherspoon. Ark. a brakeman named
OBrien being killed and telegraph
operator named Kruse vas probably
fatally injured.
Der, Mccartney. w. c. Cotton ano
c. J. Prince. under Indictment on
charges OF murder in the first de
gree growing out OF the killing OF
three men at Clio. Ark. recently We're
released on bond and their cases con
tinued 10 the July term Of court. Their
bonds were set at $4,000 each.
Formal notice has been given by
the railroads that they will not en-
deavor 10 oppose the Jim Grow law
but they ask that they be given
hearing IN regarding the proposed pro
visions on the law. 80 that they may
not have TO incur any more expense
than is absolutely necessary than at
the present time in view OF the iinan-
c.al stringency and the short time
which they viii apparently be given
ID make the required changes.
The various railroad brotherhoods
are getting into politics in oklahoma
enough this year TO try TO secure from
the legislature measures protective OF
the life aud health OF railroad EN-
ployes.
The body of George Whitney o;
Canterbury was found lying beside
a deer he had killed A long chase
is supposed 10 have caused heat dis
ease.
With hot - hours Of his term TO
serve. Polk Mackey committed suicide
in Inc penitentiary at Nashville with
a Rnife. His mind. Z is believed. sud
denly became unbalanced.
~Prepos ferrous" is the White House
comment in answer 10 inquiry as 70
the report that Secretaries Taft and
Cortelyou are 10 retire from the cab
met in consequence of their political
activity
In three special messages the gov
ernor Of Oklahoma transmitted 10 the
legislature he urges passage immeHi-
ately OF Jaws strclg- hening prohibi-
ton. relieving SCHOOL land tenants and
consideration of financial relief.
fessed slayer OF Mrs. Lillian White
Grant. Kindergarten teacher Of Chica-
20. when hanged AT the county jail
made a speech fr-m the scaffold
thanking the jail guards for their kind
treatment Of him.
Charles barrow. the Chicago attor-
ney. who Is conducting the defense or
George =. Pettibonc at Boise. Idaho
had Harry Orchard the states chief
witness. on the rack for two hours
and ha,l Friday. endeavoring TO dis
credit his testimony. The cross-exam-
ination was rigid and effective in that
in il Orchard was pictured as an in
human monster, murderer, bigamist,
perjurer. gambler. thief and incen-
diary. Pscfting bv the failure Of At
tor1ey Richardson in the Haywood
trial TO shake the Testimony OF Orch
ard. Dar.ow made little attempt to
make the witness contradict himself
An extra appropriation Of $4,000
for conducting the trial of Harry X
Thaw was allowed by the board OF
estimates OF New York City Comp
troner Metz said District Attorney
Jerome vas going TO confer with his
experts With view Of keeping dowr
the expenses for them at the seconC
trial
A storm which struck Pensacola
Fla. early Friday did considerable
damage to shipping interests. TIL
Russian ship Ayonia dragged her an
chors aLd collide5 with the British
barge Emma Parker, damaging tha
vessel to a considerable extent. Mn
barges broke their 1noorings and wer
beached.
Rev. NJ. Antonius Horrigan OF tn
Benedictine order is dead at the HON
OF his mother at Orange. y. ]. Fathe
Horrigan has been head OF his orde
in Kansas City and suffered a strok
OF paralysis there a month ago.
Ninety-two miles an hour is III
speed attained by an electric locom
tive in a speed test by the Pennsylv
MIA railroad. The engine was one
the New York. New Haven & Har
ford motors. known as the Jamestov
: exposition engine II weighs 1900
pounds.
Confident that a tremendous redu
: ton Of traffic can be shown durir
October, November. December az
January. and that widespread !
; trenchmpnts have become necessa
a as the result Of decreased earning
a Missouri railroad companies have d
! cided no. 20 contest the &c passeng
D fare law until Fec, uary.
\ John Busha, aged ia years. died
Edmundson hospital In Council Bluf
d Iowa. where he was taken Mond'
e Busha took part in the Black Ha'