The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-06-14

1hNt'4 u the Oelmdh institute q
: Athens. vaulted edlnce containln;
many gold ornaments and other yalu
ables was discovered Experts be
Aeve the building 10 have been III,
palace OF the Homeric King Nestor.
The stronghold OF Chinese conserva
tism has received a shock. The "2ol,
Duke Yen popularity called The
Duke Confucius.' who Is the direct
descendant OF Confucius in the 10th
generation. has become a liberal
Reassuring messages concerning the
disturbances on the Kwantung border
have been received by the British
consuls al Annoy and Swallow.
Twenty-nine known dead and 90 per
sons injured constitute the list OF cas-
ualties resulting from storms OF tor.
nado severity which swept over south
ern Illinois and Indiana and central
Kentucky.
DR.. p. :. Conner. noted as a sur
geon throughout the English-speaking
world. will retire as profe ssor OF elm.
ioal surgery at the University Of Gin.
cinnati July 5. having served in that
capacity Just forty years TO the day.
A party of prominent kaEsans. in
I Guiding Gov. r. W. Hoch and staff and
7 Mrs HOch. left for the League Island
navy yard 10 present the battleship
Kansas a $1,000 silver service. the gift
OF the state.
Americas proposal to place the
French chamber OF commerce on an
equal footing with the German in the
matter OF invoices pleases French ex-
porters, who also welcome the modi-
ticatiOns in the administrative rgula-
tons granted to Germany.
Il is estimated tina, damage to the
amount OF s.. 100000 to 81. 600 600 was
caued by the cyclone which swept
over Kurrachi. India. June 6. The light
ing system was completely wrecked
Miss Julia Magruder. the novelist,
died at Richmond. Va. after a pro-
tracted illness. She was 81 years old.
District Clerk David Pickle at
Austin. Tex. refused to accept as an
appeal bond the surety bond offered
by the Waters-Pierce Oil Co. II the
American Surety Co.
Peter Mathisson, who has admitted
that he killed his companion. John Jo-
hansen, in a lonely cabin near Ten |
Strike. MINI, was taken into custody /
BY Deputy Sheriff Bailey of Bemidji. /
MINI
A jury in the criminal court decided
that the police department Of Chicago
has no jurisdiction over the running
Of the City OF Traverse as q poolroom
on Lake .iichigan. where wagering on
horse races IS carried on
State Superintendent OF Schools
SretsOn Of Maine was elected TO
in I e Nebraska state
normal school at Peru. He will as
sumo part OF the duties Of Prof. Hart.
Who goes 10 Amherst.
George t. Anderson. 40 years old.
vas found guilty at SheIoyville. Ind.
4 assaulting his S-year-old niece. Bes-
lie Anderson. the daughter OF his
brother, and was sentenced for life in
he penitenuary.
Florencio Morales, the man who
killed Gen BarriIlas. ex-- resident of
guatemala. in one Of the streets OF
his capital on May last. told in
curt the motive for his crime. He !
laced the blame for his act on the
houlders OF his cousin.
Judge Pardee. in the United States
'ourt CT appeals. granted a temporary
Injunction restraining the Georgia
abroad commission from putting into
fleet reduction OF 10 per cent in
ne freight rates OF the Seaboard All.
line under final hearing on June %.
The Hochi- who is supporting Count
)kuma in his position on the Ameri-
an question. says: The San Fran l
.isco outrages are worse than the {
murder Of a missionary in China.
which resulted In the occupation Of
Iia Chow c
Harry Orchard. the self-confessed I
iurderer Of former Gov. Steunenberg. q
I'd who VIII 90 on the stand 20 give ,
sstimcny in the case against William
atwood. was taken into Boise from o
le Idaho penitenoary. For some q
ours he was closcted with the attor. e
sys for the prosecution a
John Seamans. a conductor OF thu
iexican Central is in jail. charged 4
18th smuggling Cinnamon into this Il
Ountry. 81
Through James II. Hawley, senior q
the group OF prosecutors. the state
Idaho made the opening statement II
sainst William ID. Haywood. whom U
charges with the murder OF Frank n
and then began the pre- "
ntation OF the testimony by which II m
'pes 70 prove the indictment laid m
.ainst him. as
The secretary OF war received a ca 81
e dispatch from Col. Goethals. chief Dc
gineer OF the isthmIan canal com er
ission on the isthmus stating that "
e excavation in the CuIebra cut for m
c month Of May was c90256 cubic
rds and at Gatun 70.3c0 cubic Yards.
William Curtis. a wealthy cattle
an. was killed on his farm in the er
sage Nation. Okla. in a quar-. with ri
young farmland named Shabler Sh
DO has been placed in Jail az Sedan. va
as 10
Judge w. c. Hook OF tho United