The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-18
SPARKS FROM LIVE WIRES

Andrew Wayland Of Cleveland, d.
vorced a few days ago, OF the eve Of
mis- second marriage. Tell down the
steps al the home OF his hancee and
broke his neck.
Commander Robert Plat, u. S. ~,
retired, lies In a serious condition at
his home In Washington as a result OF
an attack OF cerebral embolism. No i'm
mediate danger is apparent
With several thousand members
from all parts Of the country in at
tendance, the National Grange. Patrons
OF Husbandry. opened It's annual con-
yention at Atlantic City. n. J.
Relieved OF command OF the receiv-
ing ship Independence at the Mare
Island california; navy yard. Commo-
dore Edmund b.. Underwood closed 40
years OF active service in the navy.
Ninety-six hours of practically con-
tinuous roll call viii be necessary be-
fore the constitutional convention at
Santa Fe. y. NJ, al adopt a constitu-
ton. Three hundred sections are 20 be-
voted upon.
Charles Orrin Breed, formerly
worlds amateur champion strong
man. and one of the most prominent
Methodist Episcopal laymen in New
England. dropped dead from heart dis
ease at Lynn. Mass.
Members OF the Methodist Episcopal
church In the United States will give
$4,000. 600 for missions during 1911 II
they meet the expectations OF the COM
mittee Of bishops who have been In
session at New York for the last week.
Chris. Frederick. a retired farmer
OF bloomington. Ill. bought a Gene
terry lot and monument and mailed q
check to an undertaken with instruc-
tons to find the body on the lot. The
body was found with a bullet In the
brain.
BY holding three sessions, the Ari-
IONA constitutional convention made
excellent progress by the tentative
adoption of the judiciary and execu-
tive propositions. An effort to estab-
fish a iour-year term for state officers
failed.
The first legislation resulting from
the adoption of the woman suffrage
amendment TO the Washington consti-
tuition last Tuesday was brought up
when a bill was introduced in the city
council of Seattle prohibiting smoking
in polling places at general or special
elections.
Losing his balance, Richard Wyles.
a bricklayers helper. pitched to the
ground from the seventh story or a
building where he a working at
Bismarck. n. d., and the only in
juries sustained were two broken
ribs, a cut on the head and a general
shaking up.
An interurban car ran into a delivery
wagon in one OF the principal streets
OF Atlanta. Ca. and Knocked 5000
pounds OF dynamite TO the pavement.
There was a series Of explosions when
the dynamite caps struck the tracks.
but none came into contact with the
mass of dynamite.
TO Mechanicsville grocer, n lem
on o. is among the items OF G
pense enumerated by Congressman
elect Theron Akin OF the T~wenty-ffth
congressional district. New York, in
his statement Of election expenses filed
with the secretary of state. his total
expense being sl6S.76.
Madge McClain. a stenographer, Is
recovering from a nervous shock
caused by being locked in a vault In
a st. Louis Office building. While in
the vault putting away books. her EN-
ployer closed the door and left the OF
fee. Her cries for help were heard
by a negro elevator man, who rescued
her.