The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-02-08

I fOlth tAAN man II Ndnlc 10 thitNl-oA
~ bovine tuberculosis. and that COW >
milk containing tuhercular oacillt Is
responsible for majority OF the cases
OF such infection. This contraiicts he
I theory OF Or Koch or Berlin. an
nounced in 1900. that human beings
could not contract the disease from
\ bovines.
Z A dispatch from the city OF Caracas
says that Gen. Luis Malta y HAS. the
/ governor OF Caracas. was assassinated
\ by crowd OF intoxicated partisans OF
Y Vincente Gomez. the first yicepresi-
\ dent OF the republic
Near sydney. Neb. In quarrel over
the settlement OF an account. W. ID.
Stration. a CARPENTER. attacke d John
Bowers. a wealthy ranchman. with a
I Winchester rifle. Bowers secure: a
shotgun and killed Stratton al the
I first fire.
In unequivocal terms. President
Roosevelt has approved Admiral Da-
Wis entire action in connection with
his visit 10 Kingston. Jamaica. and
requested the secretary OF the navy
10 express TO Admiral Davis his hearth
est commentator OF all that he did
Byron Webster. former editor Of the
Marshalltown Oa.) Statesman is dead.
He was the first editor 10 suggest the
name Of Grover Cleveland for the pres
idency upon the election of Mr.. Cleve-
land as governor of New York in 1882.
solomon Turck, the oldest explosive
powder manufacturer in the country
died at his home in New York city.
aged 70. Mr. Turck was twice dem
ocratic mayor OF Dubuque. la.
A letter from President Roosevelt
TO Mrs Maud Nathan. president of
the Consumers league. was read az
the annual meeting Of the league in
New York city The president wrote
that IL state authorities did not do
their duty in matters Of so vital i'm
portance as child labor. there was no
choice except for the national govern
ment to interfere.
The will OF the late Senator r. \
Alger. fled in the probate court at
Detroit, Mich. leaves all Of his ec-
tate. except $4,000. to his widow and
FIVE children. The senator's brother
Charles NJ. Alger. Hannibal Mo. is
left $4,000 and any debts owed by
Charles NJ Alger TO the estate are
Cancelled.
Two dozen women and children mar
rowly escaped death when flames at
tackled the Lanphere apartment build
Ing az Sixty-sixth street and Monroe
avenue. Chicago. The fire blocked he
main stairway. Fifteen people. penned
in by the flames, on the fourth floor.
we're carried down ladders by the
fremen
With a deionation heard for miles.
and hurting debris hundreds OF feet
in the air. dust in the Stuart mine
near Fayetteville. W Va. exploded.
bringing a terrible death TO so or more
miners who were at work 500 feet
I below the surface
An expenditure of nearly 81 DOC. 900
! for the purchase of cattle to supply
the needs of the Indians on reservs
tons in North and South Dakota
Montana and Arizona will be made by
the interior department within a short
time.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory ship
pers ask the interstate commerce COM
mission TO equalize rates on grain
and -four TO all export points assert
ing that pres,n rates discriminate
against them
The first international contest be
tween German and American yachts
in German waters will be held next
August. when another series OF races
for the so-called Sender type OF boat
will be sailed at Kiel for a cup offered
by the emperor
Because all the evidence for the
prosecution had been spoiled by a
lynchlng. the district court at Char
lotte n O.. ordered a verdict OF not
guilty in the case OF Della Delling
ham. Henry Gillespie and George IT
vine. negroes. The three were charged
with numbering the Lyerly family al
Barber junction last July
David p Rhoades one of the found
ers az the New York Tribune. and ar
associate Of Horace Greeley. died at
his home in StratfoFd. Conn. aged 81
The wife OF Senator Gallinger. 81
New Hampshire. died in Washington
she was taken suddenly i'll at the the
alter
Troops Of Nicaragua and Honduras
FLASHED on the frontier. and those
countries nearly 20 to war over revo
lutionary hodys action.
The post office appropriation bill
will carry 1920. lS0.5Gl This is the
largest amount ever carried for th'
annual expenditures OF the postaSser
vice.
Western lines will make no more
special OF reduced rates for tie tram
portation OF United States troops.
Arkansas general assembly has
elected Jeff Davis as United States
senator To succeed Senator Berry.
Bill authorizing construction OF new
capitol to cost 100000 will be intro
duced In Missouri assembly.