The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-02-21

rs a IAN 81 coal in the Midvale mine
-ear Mount Carmel, Pa % men were
crushed 10 death u vii be several
DAYS before they can be- recovered.
The entire plant OF the c n Graves
/ Varnlsh Co al Camden. y j.. was de-
/ stroyed by fire resulting from an eN-
Z plosion in the varnish mixing depart
ment The loss Is $500 900. Fifteen
houses were destroyed.
The president nominated Charles r
Grandiield 81 Missouri 10 be FIRST as
sistant postmaster general 10 succeed
Frank II Hitchcock. who resigned TO
manage the Taft boom.
The king Of the Belsians has pro
vided another royal residence Tor the
Baroness peVaughan. his morganaiic
wife The old monarch has just pur-
chased the Chateau RAiaincouri. IN
Normandy. the palatial seat OF the
Marquis DeBalaincourt. for his favor
I lie
J n. Crawford special agent OF the
/ Southern Railway Co was shot dead
near birmingham. Ala in a battle
with train robbers.
Led hy Jacob Miller. who was be-
Ing held 10 answer a charge o. as
sauit 70 kin Bookkceper Schminck OF
a Little Rock Ark bank. seven pris-
oners escaped from the Pulaski coua-
rs jail by saving the steel bars of the
first floor windows
II Is reported in wellinformed CIR
cles that Arthur Parsons plan 10 be
come managing director OF a company
for publishing the London Times has
fallen through and thar other arrange
ments have been made
Imports into the United States dur
Ing January. 1905. amounted 10 SIS
csS.7o4. against sl26.5S6.sS4 the prev
ious January and sl06.52l5 25 in Jan
uary 1906 For the seven months end
ing January last. the total imports
were s7557o5.41+. decrease Of So
023.762 from the seven corresponding
months OF the preceding wear.
Claiming 20 be bounded by the -in
ner circle" ~ the Western Federation
OF Miners since the day he SAT upon
the coroners jury in Cripple Greek
Col. that held federation men respon
sible for the destruction OF the lnde-
pendence depot " + Pruitt. superin-
tendent Of school OF Reno. New says
he has been driven from place 20
place within the state Of Nevada
An expedition OF 500 American pub
lie school teachers will start next az
tumn for a visit to England ireland
Scotland and the Continent OF Europe
for an inspection Of the schools and
methods OF teaching in European
countries
Prosecutions are 70 be instituted by
the government against the Southern
Pacific Company ard against certain
officials OF that railway organization
on allegations thar they paid rebates
10 shippers The Hartman road is in
VOWED in los cases Of alleged re-
batting. in which the refunds are said
10 have amounted to from $4,000 10
$4,000 per month.
The three decisions % the United
States supreme court against organ
lied labor have so embir-ered the lead
ers that steps have been taken By the
Central Federated Union 10 form q
new national labor party Delegate
denounced the judges as ~fossilized-
and said that nothing better could be
expected from men who owed their
positions 10 bankers and corporations.
because he interfered With plans
for the marriage % his sister. Henry
Bean. a prosperous young farmer Of
Prichard. W Va was shot through
the head and instantly killed BY vir-
gil Hatten the young woman's fance
A special train Of three cars on the
Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad. conveying
the Philadelphia orchestra. crashed
into the rear OF a freight three mile
below Chester. Pa. killing two and
contempt occurs in open court. where
verely
Because Mrs. Lillian Lewis Of Chi
cago refused TO secure a divorce and
marry him. defed his threats and drew
a hatpin as a weapon OF self-defense.
she was shot and probably fatally
wounded by George Barber
The possibility Of premature burial
has so alarmed two Massachusetts
Justices that they have engaged DR..
John Dixwell OF Harvard university 10
guarantee that they shall not meet
that fate
Restdisturbing feline music Of the
midnight back fence variety will be
unknown in Washington. says District
Commissioner mcfarland. when con
gress enacts into law bill he has had
prepared
Denial has been issued by Mrs. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt Of the report ca
bled from Hungary that she is en-
gagged 20 marry Count Alexander la
dix. a somewhat notorious member o.