The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-06-07
AN EPiToME OF THE MOST I'M
PoRTANT EVENTS AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
y Carefully pigestcd and Con-
densed Compilation OF Cur
rent News Domestic
and Foreign.

AIRY Corpus Christi exercises. passin
through the streets accompanied b,
an imposing procession in full robe
or uniforms.
The emperor Of Germany. who re
Gently accepted the honorary mem
bership to which he was elected in the
American Cross OF Honor. has pre-
scented a magnificent portrait Of him
self TO that order.
Canton citizens discuss methods OF
preserving the Mckinley home intact
The idea is 10 make a second Mount
Vernon. where the furniture and gifts
and paintings and statuary of the Nc
kinleys may be preserved.
Memorial day was celebrated with
appropriate ceremonies in the nation
al capital The weather was ideal
Thousands made their annual pilgrim.
age TO the Arlington National Gem
etery
The rainfall in Houston, Tex. and
vicinity for the "a hours ended al
O'Clock Thursday night was Al. inches.
Of which can be added an inch during
Wednesday.
The United Society Of Christian En-
deavor. from It's headquarters at Bos-
ton. made a public statement denying
that the color line would be drawn
al the international convention at Sc
attic this year.
An effort is TO be made 10 secure the
Democratic national convention for
Chicago next year. as well as the re-
publican convention. The Iroquois
club appointed a committee TO take
active steps 10 induce national com
mitteemen 10 decide fsvorably on Chi |
cago.
\ medal OF honor has been awarded !
Miss Mary Guion, OF Middleton. y. Y. |
by President Roosevelt for distin. 4
guished daring in risking her life TO
save that Of John c. Runyon. an aged \
man.
general strike of sailors and 9TH
ers belonging 10 the French naval re-
serve began at almost all the ports OF
France AZ daylight Friday and threat
ems the complete paralysis OF French
commerce
The body OF LA Saxton Mckinley
rests beside that OF her distinguished
husband in Westlawn cemetery. Her
las words. o God. why should
longer waltz Let me lie beside him.
have been answered.
Unable to stand a 35foot rise. the
banks OF the Colorado river haze
broken out at two points. and vast
area Of rich farming land and one
town is under water At Wharton.
Texas. the river has flooded the CITY
water plant.
Considering the health OF the pupils /,
Of public schools 10 be OF as great
importance as the intellectual training.
the Boston school committee has de- {
cided 10 appoint a corps OF trained 9
nurses. whose duty it shall be to safe. :
guard the children.
One man instantly killed and .
score Of persons injured. some of
whom Will die. is the result OF the /
wrecking OF eastbound passenger train I
No. :. two miles west OF Lozier. 4
small station on the Southern Pacific Il
According 10 a special dispatch from a
Shanghai. the revolutionists in the a
districts surrounding Swatow and
Annoy are numbering the officials. a
burning official buildings and occupv 7.
ng town sand villages. i
A headon collision between a north. \
,ound passenger train and a south n
'ound freight on the Santa Fe rail.
way. one mile north Of Sewell. resulted
n the death OF fireman John Downey !
4 Gainesville. Tex. and the injury y
4 ten passengers.
Eight thousand people pass-d A."
through the Mckinley nome and
iewed the body OF Mrs. Mckinley o.
tuesday, at Canton. az
Indiana democratic leader figures out q
icfory for Bryan as democratic presi l'
entail nominee next year. whether u'
airbanks or a Roosevelt man runs.
London is making ready for the In. bE
srnational horse show Americans qr
d by F Pabs;. OF Milwaukee. and 81
Hired Vanderbilt, have entries in 300 co
vents.
Tennessee is the only state of south in
hich Is not making laws against trad. in,
= In cotton futures Margin trading Pc
tackled in Dixie. Southern states an
ght the east. ma
News vas brought by the steamer
IMPRESS Of India. which arrived AT m,
Ictoria. b c. from Shanghai. OF ca. Pm
strophe involving the drowning Of 49,,
er one hundred Chinese. ~
The international cotton conference
s opened at Vienna. There are over ,rs,
delegates in attendance. 90
King Edwards new turbine yacht 80.
exandra Of 1000 toas was launched go
~ and was christened by Princess !
uise' the ducress Of Argyll. a.,
au'incus Turkish troops fully armed tho
'e seized the post telegraph station = I,
.shnS enc Of the most important h
i'ers o. commerce in Turkey. iax