The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-04-03

A Special from Mount tSerHng, NY,
SAYS an insurance agent there, who
has authority TO do SO. will notify
agents az once 20 cancel all insurance
policies held by two of the leading
companies in Kentucky on tobacco
risks. except IN the cities OF Louis
vile. Lexington. greensboro and Pa
ducah The amount 20 be Cancelled is
said 10 be about 100000.
Archbishop ireland writes letter
70 the clergy and laiiy OF his archdio-
cese. declaring that America leads all
other nations IN the race 10 do honor
to the empire of divorce.
Fright occasioncd by a small fire
az her home caused the sudden death
OF Mrs Anna l. Brown az Browns
dale W. va. She was Is, the wife
OF the Hon W. r. Brown. one OF the
most prominent men OF the vicinity
In order 20 combat the wave OF
prohibition i'm Oregon. the wholesale
LIQUOR dealers OF the state have an
nounced that they would take steps TO
weed ont the bad saloons and place
the business on a footing that would
call forth the least opposition. An
official statement from the Oregon
state Brewers association lines the
liquor men up with the very issues
that have been urged by the reform
ers.
J.. Pierpont Morgan shows himself
a. "a faN. 4 rs-ff arH lsh
Queen Alexandria admires a minia-
ture he promptly presents it TO her.
Honors and offices held by the late
duke Devonshire will soon be re-
turned to king and conferred upon
others.
Mysterious woman who lived AT
Cambridge. Mass, for years, and who
always went about thickly yelled, is
found after her death 10 he a negress.
Suit that attacks state control in
any way. and denies right of the
Nebraska railway commission 10 reg
ulate traffic. rates or service. is be-
gun by the Missouri Pacific road.
Pennsylvania railway fixes upon a
plan for the ventilation OF its cars and
coaches. after expending 100000 in
experiments; system adopted wins APP
prevail OF the health commissioner Of
Chicago.
Large dealers in New York get APP
parently correct intimation that the
price Of ice is 10 be raised &C per
cent
Thomas w. Lawson's call 70 the
public TO buy Yukon gold shares
brings 5000 persons to the curb mar
ket and extra police are called in 10
quell the riot
Troops have been ordered from
Fort Seward. al Haines. Alaska. TO
preserve order at the Treadwell mines
on Douglas island. where 500 miners
are out on strike The strikers have
stolen large quantities Of powder from
the mine stores and threaten to de-
stroy the works If the non-unionists
are landed
Thirty-three Armenians have been
butchered and eight wounded by Bas-
hi Bazouks at Van in a slaughter fol
lowing the shooting OF a government
spy by an Armenian revolutionary.
Silverstein. the anarchist who OK
ploded bomb at the demonstration
meeting of the unemployed in New
York Union square. and who was ter
ribly mangled by the bombs prema-
ture explosion. is still alive and may
recover.
The chapman & Dewey Lumber
CO. Of Kansas City. Mo. pleaded
guilty Monday in Judge Dyer's court
az ST. Louis to accepting rebates on
lumber shipments from the Frisco
railroad from points fl Arkansas TO
ST. Louis. A fine Of $4,000 was i'm
posed.
After an absence OF ~ years from
the halls OF congress. John NJ. Stew
art Of d, ermont Monday realized his
/ LIES ambition when he was sworn in
as United States senator 10 fill the
unexpired term Of Senator Proctor.
After ten years Of leadership Of the
| United Mine Workers OF America
| John Mitchell Tuesday retired from
/ the head OF the great labor organiza
ton. succeeded by Vice President
Thomas =. Lewis OF Ohio
without exhibiting the faintes'
signs Of emotion. Chester Gillette was
put to Geath in the electric chair az
Auburn y Y. Monday morning. With
almost his last breath he confessed
that he killed Grace Brown. his sweet
heart. whose body was found in Bil
Moose lake or July IL. 1907.
One II the six-inch broadside guns
on the hattleship Missouri blew NJ
while that vessel was at target prac
tice in Hagdalena Bay Monday ~
one was injured The gun blew us
muzzle ~ The fracture was a clear
one, indicating that there was no flaw
in the gun or the metal.
The president has decided TO ap
point former Assistant Secretary o.
state Francis r Loomis 10 the posi-
tion OF commissioner GENERAL OF the
United States 70 the Toxic exposition
OF 1912 The place VIII pay $4,000 =