The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-07-05

killed the owner and his wife and cut
on his daughters hands; also mutila''
ing other persons.
Walter Swinhurn Hancock. former
liz clergyman OF fashionable Epis-
copal church in Chicago, whom MS
bishop inhibited on account OF scan
dals with women. Is under police sur
VIGILANCE in London. He is suspected
OF having poisoned his wife.
Miss Maggie Piatt, aged H. OF som
ervine. Mo. who was run over by
touring automobile Sunday az Belle
Isle. died at Harper hospital Of her
Injuries. The young woman had ooth
hips broken and sustained internal
injuries.
The officials OF the Hambug-Ameri-
can Steamship Co. confirm the re-
port thar they are about 20 order a
steamer which will exceed in size the
Cunard lines new turbine vessels. The
liner will be commissioned in 1910.
Passengers on a trolley car cross
ing Brooklyn bridge were horrifed
when the rear window suddenly
crashed in. admitting the form OF
man who landed senseless and bleed
ing in the aisle. The man was dead
when an ambulance surgeon arrived.
The neck was broken and a fractured
rib had pierced the lung. Papers
found on the body indicated that the
victim was John Nelson. an electrical
engineer Of Brooklyn.
Judge E. NJ Lands OF the United
States district court granted 70 John
c. Hately authority 10 sell property
in Zion City held by Hately as re-
ceiver.
Don Miguel de Braganza. the pre-
tender. is willing 10 accept the Portu-
guese crown and his relatives rel
atives are endeavoring 10 secure the
support Of European powers in his
behalf
The holding Of southern exposi'
I ton in 1905 TO commemorate the com
pletion OF the Panama canal was dis
cussed in a convention, in which
about 100 delegates represented six
southern states.
Mark Twain went IN the house OF
/ commons and listened 70 the debates
from the ambassadors gallery. From
there he made his way to the Hobbies
where he held an informal reception
FOR the members OF the house.
Hugh Kirkman. former Lieutenant in
the United States army was dis
charged from the United States peni
Tertiary. his sentence OF three year:
for embezzlement having been com
muted by President Roosevelt
The hearing in the case Of Herr
Woelfng. once archduke Of Leopold
OF Austria. who is suing his wife fo
divorce, was resumed The evidence
of The servants showed the miser
able existence Of the plaintiff as tn
result Of his wife's fads.
The strife OF the boilermakers o
he -, Douss-LUuisivIle division or IN
Southern railway is settled BY tn
terms OF the agreement the men VII
were employed in the boilermaking d.
partment during the strike will be di:
charged
The orator OF the day at the senio
exercises in the law school OF Yal
university was United States Senate
I Philander Knox OF Pennsylvania. an
his subject was The Development {
The Federal Power 10 Regulate Con
merce."
II statements made privately by le
ter carriers are correct the postoffi,
P department will be confronted By
p delivery strike In san Francisco {
' July !. The walk out is not 10 be d
" clared by the Letter Carriers ASSOC
ton. but will result from individu
= action
= The trial Of Karl Hau. professor
IL Roman lac ar George Washington u
e versity. Washington. d. c.. charg
10 with the murder Of his mothers LA
: Frau Moliter. will begin at Karlsrui
Germany. July Il.
Delegates TO the convention in "
ie waukee OF the International Assoc
IL ticn for the Prevention OF SrnC
- agree that the campaign Of educati
~ has gone far enough and that 1t
time 20 enforce the law.
Rev. Johnston Myers. pastor Of
Emmanuel Baptist church. Chicago.
clares sensationalism in the minis
as a good thing and says he wo
- hire band TO play in front Of
:, church II he had cash.
=, W ". Rockhill. American minis'
has formally communicated 20
., Chinese government an invitation
IN participate in the investigation Of
- opium trade by an international G
n mission.
10 Richard Croker sent a challenge
AZ. Captain J. II. Greer. owner Of
black colt Sieve Gallon. for ma
er. race with Mr. Crokers erby az
distance from five furlongs 70 n
el miles. Captain Greer declined.
70 w F. Bechtel. former president
in. the Northwestern National Life
surance company. was sentenced
idl- states prison for five years He
on. convicted Of grand larceny from
company.
tor English. Scottish and Welsh s
Sa- rail makers have entered into
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