The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-24

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Oakland jail. A policeman iound him
in company with a stranger Ia ok
lands tenderloin and took him 10
police station for his own protection.
Wooden did not have the money Tor
bail and was held until a friend came
20 his rescue.
Gilbert Palmer the last one OF the
jurors in the trial OF John r. Walsh
10 affx his signature 20 a verdict OF
guilty. signed affdaviG al his home
on his farm near Harvard. III. which
tend 20 show he was coercei and in
Inundated by the other jurors
Papers were served on Arthur Her
bert Osborne. the husband OF Helen
Maloney. the heiress who recently
eloped 10 London with Samuel Clark
son. a young Englishman. in a suit
brought by Miss Maloney 10 annul
their marriage.
Application was made in the Unit
ed states supreme court for a review
Of the Judgment OF the lower court fin
Ing the Chicago < Alton railroad and
It's officers $4,000 for granting re-
bates 10 Schwarzschild & Sulzberger
on meat shipments.
Judge Smith Mcpherson OF the
United States district court delivered
a blow to the advocates OF state rights
by declaring unconstitutional the law
passed by the Missouri legislature OF
1907. which prohibits foreign corpora
tions from transferring suits against
them from the state courts 10 the fed
eral courts.
Japanese bell6oys have been intro
duced in Boston hotels with a success
that indicates that many negroes and
white boys now employed in this ca
pacity will be dismissed.
Japan promises 20 check emigration
OF its subjects 10 Canada. and Canada
is said 10 have been empowered 10 ex-
pei Nipponese who enter the Domin-
ion by way OF the United States
Michigan railroads decide 10 abol-
ish passenger association. and organ
nations in other sections of the cOun-
Try are regarded as needless.
Judge Dana. in the Shawnee county
district court at Topeka. Kas-. as
sessed a fine OF sl2 500 against the In
ternational Harvester Co. which the
court found guilty on forty-three
counts OF violating the Kansas anti
trust law. The maximum fine is ST..
600 a count and the minimum 500.
Rush OF emigrants TO Europe for
January shows big increase.
After March l, when the nine hour
gay for railway telegraphers goes into
effect. the roads will use phones in
many stations. giving employment 10
women and displacing telegraph OF
orators. and use OF block signals will
cause the closing OF many small sta
tons.
Expectation is that a state primary
law Will be passed in Kansas. in
which event IL is said Senator Long
will fail OF election for another term
and old political machine viii be
wrecked
The attorney general announced
that pending a decision OF the su-
preme court as to the provision OF the
Hepburn law. which requires railroads
70 dispose OF their coal mine holdings
by May l Of this year. the government
will not prosecute the roads for fail
ure TO obey the Law.
Augustus Hartie has at last decided
oh l. -. -
divorce from his wife. Mrs. Mary Scott
Hartje
More than 100 600 600 ties we're used
in railroad construction and renewals
during the year 1906. according 20 a
circular issued under the joint
auspices Of the Forest Service and
Census Bureau Of the government Inc
figures show that approximately three
fourths Of the ties were hewed and
the others sawed. while the average
price paid per tie was IS cents
Charged with having operated upon
and wilfully caused the death OF a
woman hospital patient while he was
under the influence OF drugs. Or. p. II.
Dahl. one % the wealthiest and most
prominent surgeons in Northwestern
Iowa. Is under arrest al Fort Dodge.
Mrs. Herbert VI Sears or the Wen
known and wealthy family Of that
name OF Boston. committed suicide by
plunging from a window Of her apart
ment. on the thirteenth floor OF the
Hotel s. Regis. TO the Fifth avenue
pavement. in New York
AS a result OF a decision handed
down by Justice Hough in the United
I States circnit court. z. n Hartman
will be compelled 10 appear before the
I interstate commerce commission and
answer all questions put 20 him save
those relating TO the purchases Of
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
stock In connection with the dividend
OF August. 1906. In the same order
Justice Hough directed that Otto II
Kuhn OF Kuhn. Loeb & Co. do like
wise.
England Is alarmed for Japan's III
ture British statesmen think the
combined political and financial crisis
there about the most serious any IA
| ton could uozsihiv face II needed