The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-11-01

his influence with the troublesome Ute
Indians, with a view 10 suppressing
the outbreak.
President Roosevelt. in the annual
Thanksgiving proclamation, warns the
American people against falling into
love OF ease and luxury lie sets
apart November 2S as "A day when all
shall give praise and thanks 10 God
for the prosperity the countr yenJoys.
Engineer Charles Jones was killed
I and six persons were injured In the
wreck of Wabash passenger train No.
/ 20 near Thompson, Mo.
/ EPITOME-
Paris already is charmed with the
possession Of women lawyers. physi-
clans and cab dryu-. and women
sandwich men II is nov soon 10
have a woman jockey. The name OF
| the young woman who is expected 10
( enter on this new career for women
/ is said TO be Miss Mary Money. who
now is a guest of the Countess de Mo
lima. at Chantlly. She is an Ameri-
can girl.
Greater than Salome in a musical
sense" one hears OF Richard Strauss
new opera. Electra" which will have
its first performance soon after Christ
mas. The story OF the opera follows
that elaboration OF the myth seen in
Hoffmanstahl's drama The composer
keeps as strictly 10 this authors ter
rible text as he did to Oscar Wilde's
in the case of Salome
Timely action on the part of men
OF wealth and influence has served
as oil on the troubled waters of
finance, and New York. which has
been the center OF money storm
for several days, in which many in
terests have been sorely buneted, has
begun business again under conditions
OF the most optimistic nature.
The Canadian Pacific Railway Co S
crack oriental liner Empress OF China
sank Wednesday evening alongside
her docks in Portland. Ore. Her sea
cocks must have been opened. but
how. no one seems able to ascertain.
With the completion of the dirigible
race and awarding Of prizes to the
winners Wednesday afternoon the
great balloon tournament, conceded
10 have been the greatest in the his
tory OF seronautics. came to an end
at St. Louis amid the plaudits OF over
10000 people and the strains OF mar
tial music.
Ii is announced that Don Enrique
c. Creel will soon retire as ambassa
dor 10 the United States from Mexico.
The great International balloon con-
test for the James Gordon Bennett
cup ended Wednesday with the Ger
mans, the Pommern. and the French
Isle de France cars, two out of the
nine starters. so equally divided for
lonors that it will be necessary TO
await decision from the war depart
ment at Washington tell who wins.
The discovery of Mile Lusson. s.
years old. dead in her bed her head
cut off and twenty-seven stab wounds
in her body. adds another atrocity
to a long list that has recently ap-
palled Paris
After writing to his wife, I'm tired
OF you" Leo Antoine OF Charleston.
w. Va, sat down on IA sticks OF dyna-
mite and fired a fuse attached to one
OF them. Fellow workmen had tried TO
get him away, but failed, and had ID
fee Antoine was literally blown to
atoms.
Seven thousand photographs Of the
! planet Mars, taken in Chilli, promise
| to reveal remarkable discoveries re-
garding the proofs of life on the
! planet
Thirty bandits are still disturbing
the peace of the Sancti Spiritus dis
trict. Santa Clara province. and the
authorities are endeavoring TO effect
the capture OF the leaders.
William Lepper. for 80 years a resi-.
dent OF Laramie. Wyo.. shot Judge
Charles W. Bfammell three times in
the law office OF the latter. then turn
ing the revolver upon himself, blew
out his brains.
The ceremonies marking the formal
completion OF the Hennepin canal
between Lake Michigan and the Mis-
sisissippi river were attended by many
thousands of people. all sections OF
Illinois being represented.
The Aero Club of St Louis awarded
$500 cash prizes to the winners OF
the dirigible balloon race in Fores;
Park. at the close of the aeronautic
carnival. which will go down in his
tory as one Of the greatest ever held
An unknown man, who was found
dead in a standing posture in a
slough of OF Macoupin creek, north
Of Alton. Ill, is believed TO have be
come mired in the quicksand of the
creek and succumbed to starvation Oh
! exhaustion and exposure. His clothes
we're found 200 yards away. He hac
apparently been dead for several days
President Roosevelt has issued his
Thanksgiving proclamation. through
the secretary of state. naming the las
Thursday in November, the 2sth
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