The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-05-24
AN EpiTOME OF THE MOST I'M
PoRTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH. EAST, WEST, SOUTH
Carefully Digested and Con-
oensed Compilation OF Cur
rent News Domestic
and Foreign.

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10 one year in the penitentiary Il
beating his wife.
Judge Fremont Wood. who is pr,
siding a. the Steunenberg murder tria
directed the prosecuting attorney @
Ada county 10 make an investigator
Of the circumstances under whicl
Harry Orchard was interviewed 10
publication.
The striking longshoremen mad,
something of gain when 400 strike
breakers quit work on the piers o
the White Star line and Joined theii
fortunes with those of the men whose
places they had taken.
Rumor in Milwaukee that Governor
Wheeler. of the soldiers home. has
resigned and is 10 be succeeded by
Major Rowley is emphatically denied
by him.
The entertainment of the Japanese
ARM and navy officers in New York
reached its climax in a banquet given
in the grand ballroom OF the Hotel
Aston by prominent citizens OF the
city
Before a score of startled men Frank
A. Bretherton. a travelling salesman OF
Des Moines, employed by the Aga
Packing Company OF that city shot
himself through the eye.
With all hands we'll and contented.
with bountful supply of fresh air
and with records OF submergency
broken. the submarines Octopus and
Lake rose TO the surface OF Narragan-
sett bay ending a test OF "a hours I'M
der water.
Thousands OF women. children and
aged persons who We're dying Of star
Walton in the streets of Sing Kiang
Pu were placed in a camp outside the
city and are now being fed By the
relief organizations
Alonzo b Jones. well-known re
tired yachtsman and architect. died
AZ Bellevue hospital, New York. as a
result OF injuries sustained in falling
from his bed
While high officers Of the Japa-
nese fighting forces. just now the
guests of New York City. made Off
cial calls. zoo sailors. just one-half
of the crews OF the japanese battle
ships Tsukuba and Chitose. had a
holiday in Manhattan.
A free press special from Saulte Ste.
Marie Mich. says: The steel steam
er Saxon. owned by the Pittsburg
Steamship Co. stranded during a fog
on the north side OF Caribous island.
Lake Superior.
A case OF yellow fever in Guatemala
caused the marine hospital service
TO quarantine Puerto Barrios. Guate- I
mala's eastern seaport. against pas
senger TRAGIC 70 the United States.
The grand jury finished its investi-
cation Of the Metropolitan Life In \
surance Co, and it was said on ap-
parently good authority that at least
one official OF the company would be
indicted as a result OF the probing.
While the door OF the bank at st.
Clair, Mo, 50 miles from st. Louis on
he Frisco stood invitingly open, ban.
dts risked lives and liberty TO rob
a store two blocks distant
Five masked men at Ellettsvllle.
Ind, bound and gagged the town mar.
shall took from him the jail keys and
secured the only prisoner, Oscar Nor
ris, whom they dragged to a tree and
whipped severely.
Manuel J. Hanna, a mechanical en-.
gineer Of St Louis. was arrested in
Cincinnati on complaint OF the Hon.
Ing Hotel management, which claims
he ows board bill Of $40
The first day Of the Ruef extortion
case with twelve jurymen in the box
brought only a small audience to Judge
Dunne's court room
DR.. John w. Trader. born at Xenla.
o.. March 6, 1897. but resident OF
Missouri since 1910, and OF sedalia
since 1865, died OF general debility.
The directors OF the Standard OH
company declared a quarterly dividend
Of - a share. This compares with a
dividend II Sl5 declared three months {
ago.
The next general conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal church. south. will
be held al Ashevile n. c.. in 1910.
Gen. 5. b. NJ YOUNG, retired. was :
appointed superintendent of Yellow.
stone park, to succeed Maj. John Pitch I
r.
The interior department has with.
irawn approximately COS. 900 acres OF (
and lying in the Little Rock. Darda. t
relies and Camden. Ark. land district.
mainly In Montgomery and Polk coun. {
les. and almost west OF Hot Springs. !
or the proposed Arkansas national
crest c
King Victor Emanuel received Con. '
FRESHMAN Julian Kahn. of San Fran. c
'isco. in audience. 9
Plans for the establishment OF a 81 4
'ouis'Chicago line. carrying sleeping
'ars as well as day coaches. have been v
perfected by the Illinois Traction Sys c
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