The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-03

local train and was killed Steadman
,vos rated 10 be worth In excess OF
g. OOO 900 lie was a brother 81 Eu
mund c. Steadman. poet-banker
Or Joseph Peasden, scientist oc-
cupying one OF the foremost positions
with Nelson Morris 4 Co. Chicago
indicated by signs 20 Drs. j. IS |
Murphy. Frank Weiland and other
physicians az his side in the Chicago /
Baptlst hospital that he realized the
attack of lockjaw from which he Is
suffering would prove fatal ana
begged them to end his life with
drug
Thomas Sommers of San Jose, CAL
shot and killed his 5-year-old boy
having mistaken him for burglar
The child was walking in his sleep
The parents were awakened by
noise in the room and seeing the out
line OF figure near the window,
they concluded il was that OF bur
glar.
Unofficial returns OF the vote In a
majority OF the districts of the United
Mine Workers OF America on success
sor 70 John Mitchell as president show
the election Of 7. l.. Lewis OF Bridge
port. Ohio. by many thousands. ON
cial results will not be announced I'll
the convention meets at Indianapolis,
January q.
A murder. combining the elements
Of mystery and deliberate cruelty that
make it out OF the ordinary. was com
mitted on the Hackensack Meadows
in the town of Harrison. y. j., Thurs
dav. and the nude body of the victim,
a comely woman OF perhaps 80 years.
nearly submerged in the icy waters or
a little pond. Only the feet projected
when chance passersby broke the ice
in which the exposed portions we're
incrusted and dragged the body
ashore.
IL was announced that the ST, Jo-
semi Lead Co. and the Doe Run Lead
co. az Bonnie Terre. Mo. which have
been working on half time during the
past thirty days. will resume work at
full time Jan. l
Telegraphers are said 10 be secret
~ recognizing with view TO calling
another strike in June.
Papers have been drawn up by
Ward. Menen & Woodbridge. attor-
news. at the instance Of certain gen
tlemen in New England m suit 70
question the legality of President
Roosevelts summary dismissal of the
negro regiments after the Brownsville
ARRAY of August l3. 1906. They ha' 2
selected the case OF Oscar w. Reid. a
private in Company c. Twenty-hfth
infantry. and purpose TO bring action
in the United States district court oi
the Southern district OF New York.
; Ominous threats are heard on al
sides and the whites are arming them
selves in fear OF race riots as result
OF the lynching Of the negro James
! Garden, who killed Albert Bates, thu
+ livery man. at Henryetta. Okla.
Milton B. owen 10 years old, at
Z tempted to murder the entire tamil.
OF his employer, Richard owen. o
, AIgoma. Wis. by pouring poison il
5 the teapot When arrested he con
D fessed and said he thought il woul'
be fun to kill the whole family. II
+ has been adjudged insane and sent Z
s the Northern hospital.
p Sister Theresa. a nurse at $
r Mary'e hospital in Milwaukee, wa
l. shot and killed by Gustave Writ
e aged 32 who is supposed to be II
>. sane. He was captured after bein
II chased several blocks. With wa
il operated upon at the hospital about
d year ago. and. it is said. showed sign
E. OF insanity al that time.
e Announcement was made that tn
,r salaries of the clerical employees
the Erie railroad who receive moi
~ than $50 a month would be cut fro
to ? to 10 per cent Jan. J. Eightee
hundred men are affected.
H. Rapid progress is being made in Il
rs removal Of bodies from the Darr mil
in Pennsylvania. All OF the entri
IN except No q have been cleared, al
a total OF 124 bodies have be-
o. brought from the mine. A number
e. other bodies have been located and
IS. is expected that they will be broug
he TO the surface soon.
yn II is announced at the Pere Nj;
n. quette railroad offices that headqu;
"a ters Of the road will be moved
once from Cincinnati to Detroit.
In John Mitchell, president of the Ur
ed ed Mine Workers, spent Christm
raj propped up in bed in an lndianapo
10 hospital. reading epistles Of good
on from members of his organization.
desire 10 spend Christmas at no
~ met with disappointment for he Is
m. able 10 sit up. much less travel
me Spring Valley. III.
air The supreme court Of Massachuse
his will have to decide whether Taunt
,es in that state. is TO be wet or dry
the vote at the last election was
of tie with one vote turned down as
led fective. the mark on IL being a cir
ord instead OF cross, though the vo
he marked opposite the no.
$50 Despondent because OF lonelin'