The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-06-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK
The LATEST NEWS or THE
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, WEST
Foreign Lands. Throughout the Ma
ton, AM Part euiariy from the
Great Southwest.


Mshmtut 81 Tag Ter Bros. Houston
TIA The stones an mounted ln rings
were rs a tray which Was removed
from a showcase.
Lloyd shelton. aged Is was killed
az 3 bah game near Mayheld KY sun.
cay evening by being hit 10 the breast
With a ball thrown from second TO
FIRST base He was q spectator and
had JUST arrived al the game.
Secretary q the Navy Metcaif an.
nounced that the two new battlcships
Will De- named Florida and Utah The
name Of the monitor Florida viii be
changed 10 thar OF some city in that
state
NJ W. Stewart. aged IS years. Of
C~hiuicothe. Mo. was fatally burned
h. the explosion Of a gasoline A.
With clothes afame. he grabbed his
wife around the waist With the remark
that he was burning 10 death and
wanted her TO die with him
According 70 a bulletin by the de
partment OF agriculture. the condition
OF spring wheat on June l was $50
per cent OF a normal. as compared
With SIS on June i. 1907. s3.4 on
June ]. 1906. and s33 June average
Of the past 10 years
TWO persons were killed and three
seriously injured by a freak cyclone
which demolished the house OF John
Dalton. near Lindina. Juneau county
Wis.
Doc Chrisman- . negro wanted in
Independence, Mo. 10 answer the
charge Of having murdered another ne
gro there. was arrested while work
ing In the ST. Clair hotel. Detroit,
Mich.
a Well-deyeloped plot 70 blow UP
King Manuel and the whole Portu
guese royal family az The religious
feast 70 be held June Is was frustrat-
ed by the police
WIKI new cases % the bubonic
plague reported daily. the port closed.
business az a standstiIl and the
means % combating the spread Of the
disease wholly inadequate LaGuyara
is facing the most serious situation in
her history
James Flood the deuented boy. Vho
killed A. 2 Camden OF Minneapolis
without provocation. was arraigned IN
the police court on a charge Of
murder in the first degree and held 70
the grand jury. The action was pure
Is formal. no examination being made
With head swollen and blood
stained and throat bruised. indicating
a fierce struggle. the body az d man.
supposed 20 be James r Murray 81
Syracuse. y y. was found neat
Hampton. Ia. by James Shearer. q "a
year-old boy
Two men shot. enc fatally three IN
de- arrest and two escaped are The
results Of q battle fought oy detectives
and a band % alleged bandits. who
were surrounded in a farmhouse az
~Bellebridse. about 20 miles east OF
Pi-tsburg. Pa.
Fifty women Of Winfield. Tex
armed with axes. destroyed a carload
Of keg beer al the railway station.
LED by the wife OF a prominent pro-
feszioual man. they met the train car
ins the beer and as The kegs were
urloaded they swung their axes until
every drop Of the beverage was spilled
On the ground.
T%hirtyone thousand members of the
National Educational association have
silnifed their intention Of being pres
ent al the convention az that organi
ration 70 be held in Cleveland June
- q July 3. inclusive The attend
ance may swell 70 10000 ~ more
a new transatlantic record IS prom
ised when the Prince az Wales sails
shortly 70 pay an official visit 20 Can.
ada The prince will sail on the In
conitable. one OF England's new bat
tlc-hips. and instructions have been
given the crew and stokers Of the big
vessel 70 speed.
Near Crooked Bayou. a small stream
on a plantation near Stuttgart. Ark.
known as the Craig Place. B. r. oil
yer shot and killed his sister. Mrs.
Stanley. while she vas in the garden
setting out sweet potato plants. after
which he went into the house and
Killed her husband. who was In bed
sick.
The Peter Rickmers. a German full
r.gsed ship. which ran ashore on the
Long Island ccas- several weeks ago.
las broken in two. and the remainder