The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-05-17
NEWS OF the WEEK
AN EPITOME OF THE MOST I'M
PoRTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
a Carefully Dlgested and Con-
densed Compilation OF Cur
rent News Domestic
and Foreign.

Chioagos medical profession was
startled by the sensational declara-
ton by Dr. 5. A. Knopf before the
tuberculosis congress in Washington
advising the killing OF consumptves
with poison 70 hasten their end.
John Grier Hibben, in communi-
cation from the Princeton Alumni
committee OF so. announces the gift
OF 81 100000 to Princeton university.
For the first time this spring, there
was no frost reported from any wealth
er bureau station in Nebraska for
Wednesday night
The giant steamship Baltic Of the
White Star line. which grounded on a
mud bank five miles northeast OF
Sandy Hook. in Gedney channel. while
outward bound for Europe, was sue
cessfully hoated az high tide.
Miss Matte Watterson. aged 26
years. said TO be a niece Of Rear Ad-
miral Robley . Evans and member
OF the Daughters of the American
Revolution. was found dead in her
room at Fl Paso. Tex.
: Marshall Williams, OF Pittsburg.
resigned rs secretary Of the Pennsyl-
vania board ~ trade Williams testi-
fed before the capitol investigation
commission two weeks ago.
A special from Fernie. b. c., says:
The striking miners AT Michael re-
turned to work. thus marking the con
clusion OF the strike in the Crow
Nests Pass fields.
There has been serious rioting in
the Cossack village of Kavkazskaia,
IN which 81 persons lost their lives.
Troops have been sent
Coroner W H. Null Of Christian
county. H., dropped dead as he was
about 70 administer the oath TO a
jury summoned 10 conduct an inquest
over the BODY OF Martin Autonivich.
who was killed by a train.
The American Locomotive Co. has
completed at its Allegheny plant the
largest and heaviest locomotive in
the world Ii will be used for drag
ging the Pennsylvania l6hour Chica-
20 express across the mountains.
Sheriff George s Mathews OF Ira
Wis county, Texas, is speeding toward
ST Louis. as fast as express trains
can bring him to take into custody
Millionaire H. Clay Pierce. chairman
Of the board OF directors OF the
Waters-Pierce Oil Co
The state senate. OF Massachusetts.
without dissenting passed the bill pro-
hibiting "bucketshops" in Massachu-
sets
Madrid is celebrating the birth OF an
heir 10 the Spanish throne The stork
came TO the palace OF King Alfonso
and Queen Victoria shortly after noon
Friday bearing the infant whose q
tie is the Prince Of the Austrias.
In consequence OF the great increase
in immigration. the Hungarian manu-.
facturers' union will begin May 10 an
inquiry in the hope Of finding some
means OF keeping the people al home
All American records for quick div
ing for a submarine boat were brok.
en-. when the submarine Octopue Wen,
through a series Of extraordinary tests
in Coddington cove
With much enthusiasm. New York
Spanish colony celebrated the birth
OF the heir 20 the Spanish throne
The hotels and cafes We're Spanlards
coneregated were crowded to- over
flowing
Prints n hands feet and knees ir
the soft mud for half a mile alona
the Mississippi river bank south 81
Cane Girardeau show the desperat.
but futile struggle Of a man to craw
20 help and warmth after a plunge IL
the river
With a letter in his poke. contain
ing what purports 20 BE- a written con
fession Of crimes. George Bevington
valet. was arrested in New York
charged with stealing money and jew
elry valued az several thousand dol
lars from sydney Smith. hi. employ
er.
r. II Benson. Of the Prairie Phos
rhate Co.. az Tampa Fla. was cor
victed Of peonage in the United State
court
a statement regarding the admins
tration Of morphine to consumptiv
patients which was made by DR.. s
A. Knopf Of this city at the recan
meeting Of the National Associatio
for the Study and Prevention Of II
berculosis in Washington was entirel
misunderstood by the general publi
according to Or. Knopf
Kansas Attorney General wins fir.
fight in effort to enforce prohibition
liquor laws St Louis brewery /
quit state
Irish home-rule bin confers but II
lie selfgoyernment upon people Plea
IS no party Crown 70 have appoin
Ing powers.
Andrew Carnegie. accompanied I
his wife and daughter Margaret. sail,
on the White star Baltic for Europ
whore the ircnmaster viii seek
recover from his recent illness.
The attorney general has fix,
Wednesday May Is. for a hearing
the question q labels for whisky.