The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-11-29


sistant cashier of the Chicago Ma
tional bank and confidential man q
John r walsh. testified in the Walsi
trial that on Feb -. 1904, he, a
Walsh's direction forged the names @
five men 60 six notes OF 100000 eaci
and that Walsh drew the money from
the bank
A battle in which the police and
4 score OF deputy sherins. armed WITH
riot guns. were on one side and 3ol
striking quarrymen employed az the
plant OF the Western Stone Co Just
southeast OF Joliet III on the other
was fought. one man being seriously
/ injured and score OF others slightly
hurt More than 200 shots were fred
BY the police and for a time /, VAS
feared that the officials would be
overpoWered and the big plant Of the
stone company wrecked
After an all-night session the jury
in the case of Edward G Lewis, the
publisher. charged with misusing the
mails in connection with the People ;
United states bank informed Judge
Garland in the United States circuit
court at s. Louis that the members
were unable 10 agree.
The corporation commission az
Guthrie. Ok. has issued an order on
the Fort Smith & Western railroad
10 inaugurate the &C fare Immediately
II the company refuses. immediate
action. il is declared viii be taken
Evidence tending 10 show that
bonds OF the Walsh railroads were
sold to various purchasers az prac
tically the figures they were accepted
by the Chicago National bank as col
lateral for notes. was brought out in
the cross-examination OF National
Bank Examiner Mickey in the Walsh
trial at Chicago. Ten sales agregat-
ing 1872. 600 were gone over and iden-
tilted by date and amount
England has seized Pedro Blanca
Island. near Hongkong. and is fortify-
ing IT, Il is a strong strategical point.
Pedro is named in no aliases, and is
probably known also by some Chinese
name
Pierpont Morgan. the fnancier.
aud George F. Baker. president Of the
First National Bank OF New York
City. arrived at the White House Fri
day for a conference with President
Three thousand barrels OF beer. val
ued at $4,000. will be dumped into
the sewer By brewing company OF
Oklahoma City, unless a special dis
oensauon may be granted and the
brewery allowed to ship it out Of the
state and sell il.
With dry" New Orleans as the
aim OF prohbitionists. and a ere
formed New Orleans as the object Of
saloon keepers. a crusade rejecting
the prohibition movement in other
parts OF the South began at New Or
leans Sunday.
The second trial OF Harry Kendall
Thaw set for December 2. again will
be postponed. and there is little
chance that Il viii be called until
some date well along in January.
Chicago claims that she will get the
Democratic national convention IN
less something unexpected happens 20
upset present plans OF the national
committee
The rush at the Philadelphia mint
to turn out s6O.000.000 in gold coins
in three months is making things hum
in the big establishment at Philadel-
phia.
Five children OF Thomas Stuver, an
oil well pumper living near Pleasant
Vile. Venango county, Penn, We're
burned to death in a fire which de
stroyed their home The victims ages
were from 10 II years.
The new Cunard liner Mauritania
broke her hister ship Lusitania's rec
ord Thursday when at noon she com
pleted a days run Of GA knots. The
Lusitania's best record for day was
SIS knots. The Mauretania's time
for the passage. it is calculated, will
be about five days and two hours. or
about seven hours slower than the
Lusitania's fastest westbound pas
sage
The most dramatic incident CON
nected with the trial OF Steve Adams,
on trial al Rathdrum Idaho for the
murder OF Fred Tyler. was the intro
duction OF two letters by James II.
Hawley. counsel for the state. Thurs
day afternoon. The defense objected
70 their being read TO the jury but
Judge Wood declared them properly
identified They were written be-
tween the time Adams confessed and
signed his confessions.
The story Of former United States
Senator Browns acknowledgment or
the paternity OF the two youngest OF
Mrs. Bradley's children was told
Thursday in Judge stafford's court az
Washington by other lips than hers
Chancellor j. w Stout at Gallatin,
Tenn. rendered a decree Of custer in
the case Of the State VS.. the Standard
Oil Co. revoking the license OF said
company 10 transact business in Ten