The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03
NEWS OF THE WEEK
TIE LATEST NEWS OF The
WORLD BRIEFLY TOLD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
Foreton Lands Throughout the va
ton and Particularly From the
Great Southwest.

\aw marriage lice.se law IN Ne" |
York requiring that both oFlue anu
groom must apply in person Ter per
nit 10 weG goes mo eject.
Governor Hughes il is SAID VIII
recommend that tAe office OF stare
sunerintendent be abolished ana the
work done by three commissioners al
salaries OF $4,000 10 $4,000 each
In a toast TO Admiral Dewey on
the occasion OF his 10th oirthday an
nlversary. President Roosevelt says
thai of ali living americans. ne mas
brought greater glory 10 the nation
Five persons Were burned TO death
in fire which Destroyed the house
OF John CLARK at Wa;ertown, suouro
Of Boston. Every member OF the
Clark famil, met death IN the names
Twenty persons were killed IN
railroad collision near hooiana' IN
Northwest India. OF TIE dead four are
Europeans and the rest are natives
The crash was between two passen-
ger trains Both were running 81
miles an hour.
Heavy achievements we're ais
patched 10 guard over the Russian
consulate ~ Urundah. Persian At
menia. where ute. anarchy prevails
Murders are being committed by the
score and bandits are attacking every
caravan which enters the country
E. Cain. convicted CT the murder
Of Frank Norris. a mino operator and
sentenced TO life imLrisonment cut
his throat with a razor in the POLK
county ,Iowa) jail IN nour before he
was 70 leave for the enitentiary. lie
secured the razor from the jailer TO
shave.
Anti-oriental feeling in Lethbridge,
Alberta. smolderins f~r months, burst
into flames on a renc p; that Joseph
Smith. citizen. hli heen murdered
"a a Chinese restaurant. Mobs OF sew
eral hundred persons descended on
the oriental quarter AID smashed the
doors and windows md in some cases
the entire fronts OF buildings.
A foot and part Of mans leg
were found in SACK which had been
thrown into the yarc Of the Pitts
burg Plate Glass Co. at Ford City
Pa. From the sack emanated strong
oior of acid. Buggy racks leading
TO the river caused tho authorities e
believe that the rest OF the body was
thrown into the river. There Is nc
clew.
Under orders from .he pope Car
dinal Ferrari. archbishop Of Milan. hai
published from the pulpit OF the cathe
dral OF Milan the edict OF the create
excommunication" ageinst all con
cerned in the publication Of tn
monthly review. u Rinnovammetc
The pronunciation among othe
things deprives those against whom
IS directed Of Christian burial, an
relieves the faithful OF all duties r.
garding the bodies and souls OF thos
denounced whether lie are alive o
dead.
Depleted treasury balance ma
cause Cortelyou to ask bankers
pay up deposits they hold
Discovery Of anthony in army bu
let's points TO guilt of negro soldier
in Brownsville raid.
Arkansas mob chases sheriff wit
negro to state prison gates.
The Utah Consolidated Smelter G
will close its big plant Jan. l as r
suit OF the opposition OF the farmer
who say they are being ruined by Il
fumes, and 5000 men will be throw
ont OF employment until new plal
can be constructed in another loo
ticn
Sixteen mills OF the Laughlln {
plant OF Martins Ferry, O, RESUME
work. after an idleness Of sever
weeks An order was also given
repair the furnace OF the Other sew,
m'lls
Too III to stand while speaking
the jury. Clarence Darrow. chief col
sci for the defense in the Pettibo
trial at Boise. Idaho. sat in his chi
Thursday afternoon az he outlined
case He spoke with effort at tin
and never raised his voice above
VERSA ilbAdl lbUt. ne iltuUNIS
the jury and an audience that CROWD
the courtroom listened to every W,
from the Chicago attorneys lips as
explained the theory OF the defen
Darrow's statement made IL evid
that TO a great degree the same !
OF defense will be followed as in
Haywood tran.
c. Hauge. the Norwegian minis
10 the United States. died in Norv
while on snow shoeing trip
The body OF the late King Os
II was Thursday laid beside those
past Swedish royalties in Rydarho
Cathedral His funeral was the II
magnificent Sweden has ever seel
Checks for $4,000 600 in divide
due Jan. % were mailed by the
cago 4 Northwestern railroad n
agement. the action being taken
relieve the financial stringency. NJ
other corporations are paying int
and dividends IN advance.