The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-17

Thirtyone words. a postscript 20 an
old letter. has been admitted for pro
bate as a will in Piitsburg. Pa. in
spite OF the fact that only the initial
IS" is signed 70 IT, Il was proven
by 900 old prescriptions that the late
DR. William G. Simcox simply used
the initial as his signature and the
court accepted IL as such 10 the will
which disposed OF an estate valued at
$50 600
Mrs. George A Custer. widow Of
the dashing cavalry general. who was
killed by Indians. has purchased Is
lots on Palmer avenue and BronNville
road. near the BronNville station. New
York. for purpose OF erecting thereon
a home for young girls. The prof
ect will be in memory OF her husband.
Pietro Saroochi. an ironworker. and
his wife. Reina. fought duel TO the
death in their little four-room cottage
in Oakland Cal He was armed with
a large butcher knife and she with a
razor After battling for fifteen or
twenty minutes the husband finally
slew the wife and cut his own throat
from ear to ear expiring on her dead
body
Admiral Evans feet OF sixteen bat
tleships may make trip 10 Puget
Sound. after leaving San Francisco in
the early summer. according TO an OF
fetal statement made al the navy de
partment
prohibition lobby is the latest re
form organization 70 be established
in the national capital II VIII be
operated under the auspices OF the
national committee OF the prohibit
ton party. to urge congress 10 pro
tect dry" states from federal liquor
interference
With the New Year a new brand OF
Justice has been inaugurated in the
police court OF Cleveland No man is
to be deprived OF that priceless boon
OF citizenship liberty except as the
last resort Convictions can not be
Obtained without evidence such as
would hold in higher court. The ira
ditional offhand grind" OF police court
is relegated TO the discard Hearsay
testimony is swept aside
Nora Turner 20. was acquitted in
the Williamson county dn) circuit
court Of the charge OF numbering her
fisnce. Robert Kennedy. who in a dy-
ing statement said that the girl shot
him. Her defense was that he shot her
and then himself
Seven persons were killed and a
score injured when a passenger train |
on the Alabama & Mississippi rail I
road dashed into a log train near Vine /
gar Bend, Ala. Five of the dead were I
convicts. Hardly a person in the pas
senger train escaped injury
The terrific coast storm which has \
been raging for nearly three days con- /
tinues to sweep the waters OF the /
Baltic far inland The rolling plains 4
in the vicinity OF Lubbock. Germany. /
which is higher than the neighboring 4
towns, is suffering from the food.
What is probably a unique occur
renee. happened at the Birkenfeld In
Urinary. Berlin. DR. Merli, who was
performing an operation on a child.
died suddenly Of heart disease. No
other surgeon was present and the
chnd died before another one could be
procured
An execution against former Sena-
tor Joseph r. Burton Of Kansas for
the fine of $4,000 imposed in the Unit.
ed States district court where he was
convicted OF representing get-rich-
quick concerns before the postoffice
department was asked By United
States District Attorney Henry W.
Blodgett Of James r Gray. clerk OF the
United States circuit court Mr. Gray
was clerk Of the district court at the
time Of Burton's conviction.
After five days. on three Of which
night sessions we're held. under an or
der by Justice Bowling. the 10 men
who will pass upon the fate OF Harry
X. Thaw in his second trial for the
killing OF Stanford White. the archi-
( =. were finally accepted.
The love letters OF a man past hi,
three score and ten to a beautiful
blonde OF "a, said 70 have masquerad
ed as his "grand-niece." are the prin-
cipal exhibit in a suit to break he
will Of Thomas Smell. eccentric mil
lionaire Of Clinton. Ill. who. dying at
the age OF 80. cut of his only living
son. Richard Smell. with an annuit,
of $50 out OF an estate valued at So
900 600.
Marriage and more pay are part OF
the inducements by which General J.
Franklin Bell. chief of stan. hopes %
keep experienced soldiers in the
army. His suggestions are embodied
In special report. made at the re-.
quest of the president. He proposes
TO provide quarters for the married
non-commissioned officers
Urban Angney. a senior in the Uni
versity OF Kansas and captain OF the
university football team. ended his life
by jumping from a window OF the fft,l
floor OF Fraser Hall. the main build
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