The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-02-15

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New York. Is dead he vas a grcat
orator and was selected BY New York
state 20 deliver the Grafton AZ Gettys
burg IN 1908 He died In the house
where he vas born IS years ago
Thomas Ava Edison. the inventor
says that when man gets 20 be 50
Years old u Is time 20 knock on work
and play Mr Edison Is So
The expectation OF iron and steel
manufactures from the United States
reached their highest record during
the last year. according 10 figures com
piled by the bureau OF statistics OF the
department. Of commerce and labor.
The total for 1906 aggregate Si72.oOo.-
GOO. an increase 81 So. COO. 600 over the
preceding year.
James y Money. Jr- nephew 81
senator Money and cousin % Gov.
vartaman was acquitted by jury OF
the charge Of murder
Melvin COnklin. aged -. has been
sentenced 70 life Imprisonment for the
murder of his brother. Delbert Conk.
jim. az Lansing. Mich.
Women of Chattanooga have pro-
tested aEains. the printing OF details
81 the Thaw murder case and similar
criminal court proceedings.
II is reported that eight girl stu.
dents arrested IN Moscow. Russia. in
connection with the threat OF the ter
rorists 70 execute the death sentences
have been tried b. drumhead court
martial
The relations between the govern
ments of Hayti and Germany are
strained OWNS 20 the refusal Of the
German bankers. Hermann x Co. by
direction OF the court at Port-au-
Prince. 70 return TO the Hay tian gov
erument large sunt Of money alleged
70 have been fraudA lently obtained.
The Italian government sent troops
and assistance 10 Marina di Catanzaro.
a fishing village on the Calabrian
coast. where a tidal wave destroyed
l23 houses and ren<ered the popula-
ton homeless and destitute.
Chief Engineer Stevens tells gov
eminent he will quit If Panama canal
is dug under contract
The Iowa board OF railroad commits
siOners has ordered a complete revis-
ion OF freight schedules in the state
The order was made after hearing
complaints made on rates on live
stock
A Pennsylvania railroad train ran
Wild through Philadelphia with the en-
gineer dead az the throttle He had
1 been struck by some obstruction along
the track The fireman stopped the
lain.
J KMcLean. a prominent Kansan,
died at his home at Florence. Kas..
aged 81 He served through the civil
war as a captain and afterward served
as a major in the regular army. He
Il also served in the Kansas legislature.
All conductors. trainmen and yard
men OF the Southern railway are 10
4 receive an increase in wages aggregat-
ing between s350.G00 and 100000 q
+ year. The advance affects hundreds
Of men.
Oats reached the highest price in
\ Chicago in three years when the May
\ delivery touched 40isc. The advance
was caused BY buying by prominent
Y bulls and shorts. The latter were in
duced 10 cove- BY the fact that the
II greater part Of the May holdings are
said to be in the hands OF few intiu-
ential operators.
A snowslide at Spring Mountain.
Utah. overwhelmed miners cabin
and killed william Thornton. Two
other men IN the cabin were unin-
iured. and a fourth man in the path o.
the avalanche escaped By climbing a
tree. At Kerwin. Wy0.. a slide. In the
night. killed Charles Brunnell and
wife.
The Dawes commission has com
pleted passing on the enrolment Of
the Five Civilized Tribes Of Indians.
a work that was commenced ten years
ago. The names 81 the several thou
sand claimants included in the Toll
viii be sent 70 the secretary Of the
interibr by whom they must be passed
upon by March 4. after which date no
I applications 81 persons rejected viii
be considered.
II Is admitted By railroad managers
that the opening OF spring viii tell
some grewsome tales Of suffering.
starvation and death I'm the Dakotas.
caused by the intense cold and deep
SNOW.
President Diaz Of Mexico has ex-
pressed desire 20 visit Los Angeles
during the imperial council OF Mystic
Shriners in May. The Los Angeles
u Shriners are preparing for the expect
ed visit % the executive Of the south
ern republic
IN competent quarters in France
Premier Clemenceau's position Is re-
garded as seriously compromised. and
his sudden retirement Or downfall
would not create great surprise.
At Ponca. Neb.. Frank Fink. aged
30. shot and killed Miss BESSIE New
ton. daughted Of a prominent citizen
and fatally wounded himself Fink
was a rejected sutton. and in a few
hours Miss Newton would have been