The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-06-21

leave Of absence Gen Obaldia. min
istel 70 the United States. Is expected
home 20 act as president from June %.
In is answer 20 &c case hled with
the interstate commerce commission
by a citizen OF ~. Paul. the Pullman
company denies the right OF the com
mission 20 regulate its ra'es. and at
tacks the constituiionality OF the rail
way rate law.
The interstate commerce commits
sion announced the dismissal for want
OF prosecution the complaint OF the
Consumers Pipe Line Co. against the
ST Louis. Iron Mountain and Southern
Railroad Co ct al.
Ry authority Of the secretary Of the
interior. there will become subject 10
settlement. Sept 80 and 20 entry Oct
80. 1907. abou, 2.sS00OO acres OF land
In Alaska.
President Roosevelt spent the first
dav OF his vacation az oyster Bay with
out INDUCING in any Of his favorite
occupations for recreation and eNer-
else
A Jury OF twelve OF his peers has
declared Mayor Eugene f Schmiiz
OF san Francisco guilty az the crime
OF eNtortion as charged against him
by the oliver grand jury.
Documents closing the deal by which
+. Il Hartman. on behalf OF the
Southern Pacific Co. has bought the
Corvallis 4 Eastern railroad IN ore
gon have been signed
The work OF establishing the state
boundary line between Wyoming and
Nebraska has been awarded by the
secretary OF the interior 20 Edward
+. Stahl. United States surveyor,
Cheyenne. Wyo.
The secretary OF the interior has
Withdrawn from all forms OF entry the
land Immediately surrounding Mulno-
nah rails and also that inclising the
.lskiyou big trees. both in Oregon
Mr.. MiyaOka. counselor OF the Jap
anese embassy. authorized the state
ment that Viscount Aoki. the japanese
ambassador. has decided TO postpone
his proposed visit to the Pacific coast
until later in the summer
NJ. Nelidon opened the peace con
ference al The Hague by affirming
that universal peace and disarmament
was unattainable.
Twenty-nine known dead and 40 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.
Jesse Mcdowell. a veteran Of the
Seminole. Mexican and civil wars and
a cousin OF Gen. Mcdowell. the distin-
guished union solGier. died az Burning
ton. Kas.. from injuries received in
fall. aged 1O2 years.
The agreement between the Harri-
man Interests and the Rock Island
company. entered into in 1904 for the
alternate control OF the Chicago 4 Al
ton railroad. has been abrogated by
mutual consent. according TO an au-
thoritative announcement
Fred z Edison. a lodging house
keeper OF Los Angeles. Cal, instantly
killed his wife and then blew his head
OF. The couple had frequently quar-
relied over financial matters
Corning Mil OF the Equitable pow
der plant. located FIVE miles from Fort
Smith. Ark. was demolished by an ex-
plosion and William Coleman. a work
man. was killed.
The Hannibal and St Joseph divi-
sion Of the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy railroad was tied up three
hours as a direct result Of one Of the
new laws Friday.
over 700 900 saw logs broke loose
two miles up the Guyandotfe river.
in West Virginia. and practically
swept out everything in the river.
r. Williams. aged p. Of Mount. Car
mel. Ill. was crushed 20 death on the
Big Four tracks at GRANVILLE.
Little Herbert Sinclair. the n-year-
old son of a music dealer in Tyrone,
Pa. has been recovered after year 5
abduction II the story the youth tells
is true
Bartholomew. Maso. who was presi-
dent Of the Cuban republic during the
ten years war and who was a candi-
/ date for the presidency against Thorn
as Estrada Palma in 1902. died al his
/ home az .anzanillo.
NJ. Sydney Van Wyck. Jr- who Is In
Chicago representing the interests OF
the 600 policy holders OF San Fran
| cisco in the German Insurance Co. OF
Freeport. H.. succeeded in having the
objections to several hundreds OF the
claims removed by stipulation.
Letters patent establishing a re
sponsible government in the Orange
River colony has been issued. With
few notifications. the new govern
ment follows the lines laid down II
the Transvaal constitution.
Guatemalan spies are continually
being arrested in Chiapas. The polit
ical and military authorities are &C
lively and energetically prosecuting
them. claiming that they are now be
coming a nuisance.
Coy. Folk commuted the sentence o
David Long. who was to have beer
hanged in Pemiscot county. at Caruth