The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-04-10

= electricity. one man met instant dea'
and six Others were severely ,njure
while working in the vault heneai
: the street car tracks AZ Twenty mr.
T. street and Wabash avenue, Chicago
= Col. William r. Cody cRufal
- RurD who has been critically ill a
4 the Hotel Stratford in Chicago. Is re
ported better. and the physicians be
lieve that the crisis has been safeh
( passed.
Aroused over the action OF the OF
ficials Of the Sandusky Portland &c
ment CO in importing 70 Hungarian
and Italian laborers. Americans EN-
ployed by the same concern al Syra-
cuse. Ind. touched OF a large quaint
IN OF dynamite near the boarding quar-
tiers Of the newcomers In what is
known as the "blOckhouse. "
When Clarence Hayes Of Alton was
given a life sentence for numbering
his wife. Emma Hayes. his mother in
law laughed In his face and seemed
overjoyed az his doom. Hayes shrank
back as the hysterical woman laughed
shrilly and the court officers shud-
dered al the sound. for there was
something almost fendish IN her mer-
riment-
That Calfornians are enthusiastic
over the services Of Admiral Evans is
shown by preparations being made 10
force congress TO grant Evans the
commission OF vice admiral
One dead and 20 injured. several
probably fatally. is the casualty list
in a fire which practically destroyed
the four-story tenement az 40 Pearl
street New York. Fifteen horses also
lost their lives.
Gov. Campbell has refused the re-
quest Of the coal mine operators al
Thurber. Tex. 10 send rangers there
to protect the property. Teh opera
tors allege the miners threaten trou-
BILE Gov. Campbell said he would
first have 10 be convinced the local
authorities could not control the situa-
ton.
Former Governor Yates telegraphs
Chaplain Rutledge OF the penitenti-
AIRY at Chester. H.. denying that he
exacted a promise from him not 10 re-
veal the prison abuses. but the min
lister tells OF other promises and again
refuses 10 furnish book containing ex-
posures.
Colonization plan adopted by the
Rock Island road TO aid preserving
poor in large cities. a number OF fam
lilies being placed on farms near
Plains Kas.
Homesteads in 2450. 000-acre tract
to be opened IN the Big Horn basin
in Wyoming May u are easy TO OBJ
tain under Carey act. only 80 days
residence being required
Russia seeking a way out OF the diff
ficulty precipitated by the refusal OF
the United States TO recognize her
pretensions in Manchuria.
Shah OF Persia fears a plot to rob
him Of his jewels and has more Sc
cret vaults dug
Judges in England again order the
cat-o'-,nine-tails used on robbers guilty
OF brutal assaults.
Thomas Z. Watson or Thomson. Ga.
was nominated unanimously for the
presidency by the Peoples party in
session at the Olympic theater. St.
Louis Friday. Samuel W. Williams
OF Indiana was nominated in the same
manner for the vice presidency. Jaw
". Forrest of Albany. y. Y. placed
Mr.. Watson's name before the con-
vention.
George Hackenschmidt cult in his
match with Frank Gotch for the
catch-as-catch-can wrestling cham
pionship of the world Friday night
at Chicago. giving the title TO the Iowa
man by default. After more than two
hours of unavailing tugging and des-
perate scTambling, the Russian wres-
tier said to Gotch: I'll give you the
match"
Found guilty Of a charge OF arson.
Henry F. Mcdonald. in the circuit
courtroom at Terre Haute. Ind. Thurs
day shot and killed William z. Dwyer.
seriously wounded other officers and
~ao hlhiH~A otlAbNrAs NDuIltl.
Admiral Evans Wednesday received
a long letter of congratu,ation and
commentator from President Roose-
welt In the warmest terms the presi-
dent spoke of the achievements Of the
fleet on its cruise from Hampton
Roads to Magdalena Bay and gave to
Admiral Evans his full share OF credit.
The president also expressed his sin
cere regret over the admirars illness
and stated that he hoped he would
soon be well again.
The legislative session Of the senate
Thursday was largely consumed by
discussion without passage OF bill to
reorganize the public school system
In the District OF Columbia by placing
il under control of director appointed
by the national commissioner Of edu-
cation superseding the control by
board OF education composed OF citi-
zens OF the district.
United States Senator jefferson Da-
Wis was arrested Tuesday afternoon at
Little Rock. Ark, following a street